Nourishing Spirit Peak.

As the place in the Eternal Immortal Sect specifically responsible for cultivating medicinal herb plants and spiritual pets and beasts, its location is relatively more secluded compared to other Immortal Peaks. For the convenience of water diversion, an artificial canal was specially built from the Luoyu River, which crosses the Profound One Spirit Marsh from afar.

Surrounded by mountains, with a canal in front, the area is filled with water vapor and mist, creating a rich ecosystem. Even before entering the mountain gate, just being in the Cloud Profound Corridor, Fan Wubing could feel the flowing breath of life.

He suddenly felt hungry.

His "tongue desire" intuition told him that there were many delicious things in Nourishing Spirit Peak.

Upon further thought, if he really took on the role of the head chef for the grand opening banquet, wouldn't he be able to taste many ingredients that are not usually available?

As the saying goes, a chef never steals, grains never stop growing. It's always okay for the head chef to taste the flavor.

The cry of cranes and chirping of birds filled his ears, and a mountain spring splashed in the distance.

The sounds entered his ears like immortal music.

Fan Wubing's mood opened up and brightened with it. Such a place truly felt like an Immortal Land.

After entering the mountain gate, a winding path paved with green stone slabs could be seen. Unlike other Immortal Peaks filled with Palace Immortal Towers, this place mostly consisted of bamboo buildings and wooden houses, accompanied by various flowers, plants, and vines, with thin mist giving it an out-of-this-world feeling.

Gu Lan smiled and said,

"Nourishing Spirit Peak is far from the mountains and rarely interacts with other peaks. Please pardon the simplicity, Junior Brother Fan."

Initially, seeing Gu Lan's kind attitude towards him, Fan Wubing felt that she might not interact much with disciples from other peaks.

Fan Wubing shook his head and said,

"Such a place truly feels like a dwelling for cultivators. Peaceful and undisturbed, natural and carefree, staying here for a long time would make one's heart as clear as a mirror."

"Junior Brother Fan, you're joking. Come, let me show you around."

It must be said that on Nourishing Spirit Peak, even just wandering around doing nothing brings immense joy. The most comforting aspect is the disciples here, who seem to all possess calm temperaments and prefer natural coexistence, making it a place free from judgmental gazes.

In terraced Spirit Fields, various Spirit Rice, fruits, vegetables, and herbs for refining elixirs were planted in large plots.

Some disciples, carrying various tools, walked among the fields, weeding, watering with medicinal liquids, and observing the growth states of the plants.

Scenes like these stirred Fan Wubing's heart, making him long to enclose a plot and live a self-sufficient pastoral life.

Probably the unique farming gene in his bones at work.

As Gu Lan walked, she introduced,

"The food and medicinal elixirs for all disciples and Elders in the sect primarily come from these fields, and we only use a small portion. The majority of the harvest is sold elsewhere, like Weiri City at the foot of the mountain where immortals and mortals mingle, or to noble families of mundane dynasties... this is also one of the main sources of income for the sect."

They reached the edge of a cliff, looking ahead, the mountains appeared like jade, encircling one another, steaming with immortal spiritual essence.

"Those mountains over there are the pastures of Nourishing Spirit Peak, used to raise spiritual pets for travel and viewing, as well as carefully bred edible beasts with plenty of meat and good-tasting meat."

"It sounds like breeding and selection is quite a skill."

Gu Lan laughed and said,

"Indeed. I've been learning on Nourishing Spirit Peak for nearly twenty or thirty years, and have barely gotten started. In today's world, those most skilled are from farming backgrounds. Many of our seedlings and seeds are bred by farming families. I heard that on Changsheng Continent, there was a Great Feng Immortal from a farming background, who cultivated a type of Spirit Rice that could feed a city for half a year with just one plot per season."

"That's quite exaggerated!"

"Whether it's true or not is unclear. But the abilities of the Great Feng Immortal are indeed extraordinary." Gu Lan took a deep breath, "Alright, Junior Brother Fan, let's leave it here for now. We have a task to attend to. We need to check if the kitchen for cooking meets your preferences, and if there's anything you are dissatisfied with, we can renovate it beforehand."

"Alright."

The two of them circled a mountain and returned to the residential area of the disciples on Nourishing Spirit Peak.

Walking among the bamboo and wooden buildings, Fan Wubing felt unusually happy. Here and there appeared small ponds, containing lively ornamental fish that looked delicious even though they were meant for viewing.

The two of them arrived at a building with a rather peculiar design. From the outside, it looked like a giant pot, and there was even a handle at the top.

Gu Lan introduced,

"This Spirit Nurturing Pot was personally refined by a former Peak Master of Celestial Craft Peak, a Sixth-Grade Refiner. It took two full years to complete. It's been over a hundred years since it was made, and there's no sign of damage. This pot is usually not opened, only during the grand sect feasts."

They walked into the Spirit Nurturing Pot.

The internal structure was quite unusual and differed significantly from a regular kitchen. A typical kitchen would have several stoves, counters, washing stations, and better ones would have water stoves, smoke stoves, and roasting platforms.

Here, there was only a fixed stove block. Structurally, it involved placing fuel in the stove block and cooking directly on it. The cooking method Fan Wubing could think of was that the Immortal Chef would harness immortal energy to directly invoke the ingredients to blend and exchange flavors.

He scrutinized it and pondered a bit before asking,

"What is the specific use of this Spirit Nurturing Pot?"

"According to my master, it's mainly used for gathering qi and storing spirits, locking the naturally occurring Dao charm and the essence of the sun and moon within the ingredients, preventing them from being lost during cooking."

Fan Wubing shook his head,

"This is completely different from my cooking methods."

Gu Lan, curious, asked,

"Then how does Junior Brother Fan usually cook?"

"Have you seen how chefs in restaurants cook?"

"I have."

"Yes, I use that kind of traditional method."

Gu Lan was taken aback,

"Can such mundane techniques also cook immortal food?"

"Of course. In my view, the essence of cooking is to satisfy the desire for taste, then transform it into a form of spiritual enjoyment. Normally, immortal food places too much emphasis on how consuming the food strengthens the self, thinking about gaining greater power from food, and neglecting the meaning of cooking itself, losing the taste experience in the process of enjoying immortal food. This seems somewhat utilitarian. The current transformed cooking methods are indeed convenient, but not as aromatic and colorful as traditional methods for immortal food."

Fan Wubing's words left Gu Lan a bit dazed,

"This theory is quite novel." She was not deeply studied in the art of cooking immortal food, so she asked, "How will Junior Brother Fan transform it?"

"We'll need to set it up like a restaurant kitchen, with all the pots, bowls, steamers, hooks, and spatulas... Since it's a grand feast, there can't be a shortage of dishes."

"This... we don't have those mundane kitchen utensils on Nourishing Spirit Peak. Should we have the disciples of Celestial Craft Peak forge some, or go down to the city to procure them?"

Fan Wubing pondered a bit,

"Let's go to the city to procure them."

The disciples of Celestial Craft Peak are skilled in refining artifacts. It's no problem for them to forge magical artifacts and weapons, but mundane kitchen utensils might need some studying. It's better to procure ready-made ones.

Additionally, there's another reason.

Fan Wubing needed to learn some recipes. Although his "tongue desire" had acquired a lot of recipes, it's a grand feast after all, it's better to prepare more dishes.

He was not representing just himself now, but the entire Enlightenment Peak.

Even though Enlightenment Peak, counting the newcomer Luo Qingyao, only had four people in total.

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