Chen Xu invested a portion of his heart and spirit into the Fire and Smoke Kitchen to inspect the new ingredients within.

[Hundred Evils Fruit: A manifestation of malice in the world, can be roasted and ground into powder to be used as a seasoning.

Adding a small amount can double the deliciousness of any dish, leaving diners unable to stop.

If added in large quantities, there is the risk of diners becoming intoxicated and insane. Use with caution.]

The Hundred Evils Fruit, turns out to be a seasoning?

This was somewhat beyond Chen Xu's expectations, yet the sinister nature of the Hundred Evils Fruit clearly fitted its origins and name.

Chen Xu felt that this item possessed a profound philosophical thought.

It seemed just like the grand desires of human nature.

A small amount of malice can double the deliciousness, making the diners unable to stop.

Just like many extraordinary achievements in the world, they often require a vigorous desire and ambition to possibly complete a stunning transformation.

But the grand desires of human nature are often the easiest to lose control of.

When you can control them, desires are seasoning, additives.

But once human nature is controlled by desire, then desire becomes poison, a fatal harm!

"The greatest misfortune lies in not knowing contentment, the greatest fault lies in wanting more."

"If desires are strong, guard them with gentleness; if they are powerful, safeguard them with weakness."

Chen Xu's mind was in turmoil as he walked in the mountain forest at this moment, far away from the hustle and bustle of the way he came, yet suddenly he felt as if he had just awakened from a great dream.

He recalled his ten years of hard study, and all the experiences he had since acquiring the Food Cauldron Celestial Book.

Chen Xu couldn't help but reflect as well.

Having suddenly transformed from an ordinary mortal to walking a path of ascending cultivation, has he truly never been restless and lost for even a moment on this path?

No, obviously not. Even sages make mistakes, so what about him, Chen Xu?

The human heart changes in an instant, it's easy to practice one moment, but difficult to practice every moment.

And the path he needs to walk is inherently a long and uncharted road with no guide and no known end.

Although the Food Cauldron Celestial Book provides the cultivation technique, it does not specifically teach how to cultivate.

Everything must be explored by Chen Xu himself.

Even the experience panels for several of the cultivation skills need Chen Xu to first have insights, only then can the experience increase.

It's not to say that as long as you pretend to be cultivating, experience will magically increase, that's impossible.

Of course, the results achieved step by step through genuine and solid cultivation will naturally be more reliable and reassuring.

Chen Xu pondered as he walked.

The mountain wind stirred the pine forest to make a hidden surge sound, and the sunlight in the sky had hidden into the clouds unnoticed, what was clear skies just a moment ago now seemed as if it might rain.

Chen Xu immediately took to the wind, jumping onto a pine tree.

Standing atop the treetops, his vision broadened immediately.

He saw the outline of a city in the distance, roads and farms down the mountain, and beyond the pine forest, the higher peaks of Qihai Mountain.

Those were steep clouds, green trees and strange rocks, winding mountain paths, and jagged cliffs.

Suddenly, Chen Xu had the impulse to experience a rain, to cast away all mundane matters and feel the most primal form of nature.

Although he had learned the Wind Summoning Skill, until now, he had never truly let go and cast the wind summoning.

He could summon the wind, but could he fly?

Chen Xu didn't know, he wasn't even sure if the Wind Summoning Skill could fully support him at this moment.

He thought, perhaps what bound him wasn't his cultivation power, but his heart that was tightly bound by the worldly web.

As the mountain wind blew sharply, Chen Xu suddenly let out a light laugh.

He gathered up the small sleeping hedgehog Wei Yuan with one hand, and as his heart moved, his form rose with the wind.

With divine thought spreading, the heavens and earth around him, everything within thirty feet was as if right before his eyes.

Chen Xu felt his body particularly light, stepping on the treetops of the pine forest, flying upwards toward the mountain.

With a rush, a flock of birds were startled into flight.

Birds chirped, wings trembled.

Chen Xu's clothes fluttered as if he was a gigantic bird, sweeping through the sky.

Initially, he occasionally needed to land on some treetops for strength, but after climbing for a moment, he heard an eagle's cry approaching from afar.

"Caw—"

As the sound arrived, the next moment, Chen Xu suddenly felt a gust of wind sweep past him.

The strong wind almost caused a sonic boom, and as he instinctively turned his body, he saw in front of him a green silhouette spiraling and flying.

Whoosh!

The green shadow fluctuated, turning a circle mid-air, its iron-like wings gently flapped and it suddenly turned to look at Chen Xu.

"Caw!"

An eagle's cry echoed across the sky, with winds and clouds rolling.

This green eagle that appeared from nowhere, was it challenging Chen Xu?

No, it was inviting Chen Xu to compete in flight!

The wingspan of this green silhouette was nearly two meters, and it approached with an elegant posture, worthy of being called magnificent.

Perhaps because on the nearby mountains it rarely saw a bird larger than itself, upon spotting Chen Xu flying among the treetops, it considered him a rival, inciting a competitive spirit.

How could Chen Xu be provoked by a green eagle?

The other soared and whistled, naturally—

Naturally, he followed the wind in pursuit.

Chen Xu's form unfolded, and he suddenly felt all previous complications disappear like an old wound healed.

He stepped on the treetops layer by layer, his body gradually rose until he completely moved away from needing support, truly controlling the wind, soaring into the sky.

"Indeed, Liezi could ride the wind with ease!"

In the blowing wind, he laughed and recited.

"The wind is born from the ground, rises from the tips of green duckweed."

"A great roc rises with the wind one day, soaring straight up ninety thousand miles."

What is wind?

Chen Xu gradually realized that until now he finally understood a bit of the character of the wind.

The wind can be gentle, it can be violent, but it should be more about being free and unrestrained, going wherever one's heart desires.

If there is no heart daring to run towards the distance in freedom, how could one summon the wind?

[Wind Summoning Level 1 (89/100)]

Regarding Wind Summoning, Chen Xu's cultivation progress has always been slow.

Unlike Fire Control and Chopping Wood, where these two skills steadily progressed, even reaching the brink of Level 2 completion.

But Wind Summoning and Water Control, Chen Xu has always advanced slowly.

He now realized it was likely because he never truly understood wind and water before!

[Wind Summoning Level 1 (96/100)]

The experience of Wind Summoning was surging.

But the distance between Chen Xu and the front green eagle was continuously stretching, his speed was no match, far inferior to this naturally grown bird.

"Caw!"

The green eagle circled in the sky, suddenly diving down.

It was seemingly mocking Chen Xu for being too slow, proudly showing: Look, that's not flying, this is real flying!

Chen Xu actually understood a bit of beast language.

Or rather more accurately, because his Divine Soul was strong and he had mastered Spirit Manipulation Technique, for certain spiritually endowed birds and beasts, he could roughly perceive their tone and meaning.

Now, this green eagle not only wants to compete in flight with him but is even teaching him how to fly!

Watching every subtle movement of its form and wings, Chen Xu suddenly felt bursts of inspiration.

The Innate Qi within him rolled and moved, flooding his heart with an extraordinarily clear and spiritual feeling.

[Wind Summoning Level 1 (99/100)]

[Wind Summoning Level 1 (100/100)]

Wind Summoning, perfection!

In the Fire and Smoke Kitchen, Level 2 Wind Summoning Skill can now be unlocked immediately.

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