My cultivation is too warm

Chapter 159: Bamboo Rice Concept
"Bamboo shoots?" Xu Mo exclaimed in surprise, then looked at Ou Fenjin in surprise.

As a man who has come to where he is today by relying on cooking, Xu Mo is still very confident in his cooking skills.

Even though Ou Fenjin has always been the royal chef of Wuyou Peak, he has gained a large number of fans in Wuyou Peak by relying on his cooking skills.

But in his mind, he has always been the number one chef in Wuyouling. In the field of cooking, no one can even see his back, let alone approach him.

But what Ou Fenjin did today made him feel threatened for the first time in the area where he was most confident.

This weird culinary skill is really good.

It's not like he had never cooked bamboo shoots before, but he had never thought of making them look like rice, and making them look, smell, and taste so good that people would feel like they were actually eating.

How does it do this?
Xu Mo narrowed his eyes and stared straight at Ou Fenjin.

Ou Fenjin on the opposite side explained respectfully:

"It's like this. A few days ago, when I was looking for food, I passed by the spiritual field and saw those spiritual plant masters processing these bamboo shoots.

This type of bamboo grows very fast and is not picky about the environment. You can see it almost everywhere.

However, according to them, the spiritual content of this bamboo shoot is too low, and it can only be regarded as the lowest level of spiritual plant. It has no growth potential and basically has no use value.

Therefore, they are generally treated as weeds.

When I saw it, I thought it was a pity to just throw it away. After all, the ancient world is about to suffer from famine, so every bit of it can be saved is a bit.

So I picked them up, thinking about whether I could make them into food and reward everyone.

When I peeled them open and saw their crystal clear appearance like white jade, I suddenly thought of Lingmi and tried it.

After several days and hundreds of experiments, I finally made them taste like rice."

Xu Mo's mind moved when he heard this. He grasped the two words mentioned by Ou Fenjin, "extremely fast growth" and "not picky about the environment", and many ideas suddenly popped up in his mind.

Then he asked Ou Fenjin, "Do you still have that kind of bamboo shoots? Bring them over so I can see."

"Yes, yes." Ou Fenjin nodded, and then a tentacle emerged from his body, turned several corners, and reached into the kitchen. He took out a few bamboo shoots and handed them to Xu Mo.

Xu Mo recognized it at a glance. It was a kind of bamboo shoot called "grass bamboo".

The reason why it is called "grass bamboo" is because it is like a weed and has no use value. It is like an incompletely evolved creature. If you call it a spiritual bamboo, its spiritual content is too low. If you call it an ordinary bamboo, it does contain spirituality.

If one must give it a definition, the one Xu Mo could think of is - half a step to the peak of perfection.

For many spiritual plant practitioners, this is a particularly annoying plant, and its shadow can be seen every time they weed.

Moreover, it has extremely tenacious vitality. It can be said that it cannot be burned by wildfire and will come back to life with the spring breeze.

Therefore, it was named "grass bamboo."

In the past, he wouldn't even bother to look at grass bamboo, and would even dislike using it to make chairs, because this kind of bamboo grows crookedly and doesn't look like bamboo at all. Most importantly, it is also very brittle. Who would be so bored as to use this weird bamboo to make chairs?
However, thinking about the current situation in the ancient world, he suddenly felt that this might be a treasure.

It is edible and spiritual. Although its spiritual content is only about 30% to 40% of that of ordinary first-grade spiritual rice, it grows fast and has a high yield. It is also not picky about the soil and can grow in any corner.

Isn’t this the best alternative to spiritual rice?
Then he looked at Ou Fenjin and asked, "Is your technique for making rice complicated? Can an ordinary person learn it?"

Ou Fenjin was slightly stunned, rolled his eyes and thought for a moment before replying, "It's not complicated. I just need to remove the smell a few times and then steam it. The only complicated part is the knife skills. Cutting them into the shape of rice grains is quite difficult."

Xu Mo touched his chin and nodded in agreement, "Indeed, this kind of knife skills cannot be achieved even after decades of practice."

As the two were talking, a disciple walked in. After hearing the conversation between Xu Mo and Ou Fenjin, he immediately said with a look of surprise:

"But, Peak Master and Uncle Ou, wouldn't it be very simple to use Taoist magic to shape bamboo shoots into the shape of spiritual rice?"

As he spoke, he picked up a bamboo shoot, mobilized his spiritual power, wrapped the bamboo shoot, and then tapped it lightly. The bamboo shoot instantly turned into countless "grains of rice", which looked no different from ordinary spiritual rice.

After finishing all this, he scratched his head and said with an embarrassed smile: "Ah, it seems that there is no need for Taoist magic, only spiritual power is enough. You see, it's quite simple."

When Xu Mo and Ou Fenjin saw this scene, they immediately glared at each other, and looked at each other, both seeing contempt in each other's eyes.

"As a chef, how can you use such cheating methods? Does the food made in this way still have soul? This person knows nothing and just talks nonsense here. It's really annoying."

The same thought suddenly flashed through the minds of the two people.

The man didn't know what the two were thinking. Seeing that they were silent, he took the initiative to say, "Uncle Ou, do you have any rice left? Another bowl."

Albert Ou pointed expressionlessly at the kitchen, "Go inside and get your food."

This was the first time since it joined Wuyou Peak that it did not take the initiative to serve the disciples.

"Oh, okay." The disciple seemed to have noticed that Ou Fenjin was in a bad mood. After responding, he ran into the kitchen with a bit of disappointment, filled a bowl of "rice", and ran away quickly.

After the disciple left, Xu Mo looked at Ou Fenjin and said, "Sorry, you need to sort out the recipe for these bamboo shoots for me later."

"Okay." Ou Fenjin did not ask Xu Mo what he was here to do. After all, it was just Xu Mo's pet. Does the owner need to report to the pet when doing things?
Xu Mo nodded slightly, then scooped some food from the kitchen and put it in "rice", and also took out a few bamboo shoots.

Afterwards, he found his disciple Mo Fusheng, took out the "rice" and bamboo shoots, and said, "Fusheng, I have a task for you. Please study whether long-term consumption of this kind of bamboo shoots will have any side effects on practitioners."

As a doctor who is determined to achieve "no disease in the world", Mo Fusheng has extraordinary medical skills. After entering the medical field, he also studied the "Hundred Classics of Medicine" given to him by Lin Miaoqing. It is most appropriate to entrust this kind of thing to him.

As for the reason why Xu Mo did this, it was naturally because he wanted to promote this kind of bamboo shoots as an emergency substitute for spiritual rice.

Of course, this is just one of his purposes. Since he saw "Cao Zhu", another idea popped up in his mind.

"Bamboo rice" is a hybrid product of bamboo and rice.

The technology works by cross-pollinating bamboo and rice when they bloom. He hadn't thought about it when he was experimenting with hybrid rice, but after seeing Ou Fenjin's bamboo shoot rice, he suddenly remembered the existence of bamboo rice.

If the magical bamboo rice can be developed, then the spiritual rice crisis in the Canggu world will naturally be solved.

When he thought of this, Xu Mo couldn't help but get excited. No matter what, at least he had an idea for the next research.

This is better than being confused and having no direction at all.

Then he couldn't wait to find Qingzhu and the others and told them his idea about bamboo rice.

Qingzhu and the others were stunned when they heard Xu Mo's idea, and then asked hesitantly: "Can bamboo and rice really be combined together?"

Xu Mo could understand their doubts. In fact, if bamboo rice had not really existed in his previous life, he would have been skeptical as well.

However, in response to Qingzhu and the others' questions, he did not directly say that it was definitely possible. Instead, he smiled and said in a guiding tone:
"We're doing research, and maintaining an exploratory and curious mindset is the most important thing. Before we conduct experiments and obtain results, theoretically, any idea that comes to mind has the potential to be realized, right?"

Everyone looked thoughtful upon hearing this, and then they bowed to Xu Mo with a serious expression, "Thank you Wuyou Lingnong for your guidance."

Xu Mo stopped and continued, "Let's experiment now. However, we have limited seeds, so there's no need to do too many experiments at once. Let's just try it on a small scale using a hundred acres of spiritual fields first. If we make any progress, we can expand the scope further."

After hearing his words, everyone had no objections and began to prepare for the work with great enthusiasm.

Previously, due to limited seeds and lack of ideas, we had not conducted experiments for a long time. Now that we have new ideas, everyone can't help but become enthusiastic.

During this period, his disciple Mo Fusheng found him and said that there were results in the research on bamboo shoots. If the monks consumed them for a long time, there would not be any major side effects.

It’s just a little harder to digest than spiritual rice.

However, this kind of bamboo shoots does not have many of the effects of spiritual rice, but it can also play a slight role in eliminating erysipelas, but the effect is only one or two percent of that of spiritual rice.

It is impossible to completely replace spiritual rice, but it is sufficient to be used as an emergency substitute for spiritual rice.

Xu Mo was not surprised by this result. After all, he had never thought that bamboo shoots could replace spiritual rice.

After getting the results from Mo Fusheng, he contacted Zixiao Daozun and told him his idea. He also presented him with the method of making spiritual rice from bamboo shoots that Ou Fenjin had sorted out.

Daoist Master Zixiao was overjoyed. He looked at him with satisfaction and praised him, "Canggu is so lucky to have you."

He said it sincerely, and he really meant it in his heart.

Previously, Xu Mo created the grafting technology, which made great contributions to the ancient world.

Not to mention the curse incident this time. The first person to receive the news about the other party targeting the spiritual plants was Xu Mo. If it weren't for his news, the world of Cang Gu might be several times more severe than it is now.

In fact, the enemy's action really caught them off guard.

They had never thought that anyone would do this before. A Dao Master and several Dao Masters of the Seventh Realm launched a curse at the cost of their lives. No matter how you look at it, this is a huge loss.

The Dao Zun is an existence standing at the pinnacle of the heavens and myriad worlds, and there may not be a Dao Zun in tens of thousands of worlds.

The same is true for the Hedao Venerable. Every Hedao Venerable in the seventh realm is the foundation of a world. Within the heavens and myriad realms, many worlds can only produce one or two Hedao Venerables. If a world can have three or five Hedao Venerables, it can be considered an extremely powerful group.

Of course, the Cang Gu World is an exception. After all, the Cang Gu World is known as a forbidden existence in the heavens.

And it is these great figures standing at the pinnacle of the universe that are so desperate that they would use their own lives to launch a world war against the ancient world.

Isn't this a disease?

After all, curses can be expelled, and it just takes some time.

In fact, the situation in the Cang Gu world has become so serious, more because of the harmony of this world. The Cang Gu Taoist Alliance cares about the people of the world and ordinary cultivators.

If it were any other world, the impact of the curse would be weakened countless times in an instant. They were just mortals, and the people in those worlds would not care at all. They would just keep a little bit of it in captivity as seeds, and then reproduce it vigorously after the curse was expelled.

As for the spiritual rice, they just needed to save some for themselves before expelling the curse. As for ordinary monks? What did it have to do with them?
Therefore, the act of the Taoist Master casting a curse at the cost of his life, if it were placed in a world outside of Cang Gu, would at most be regarded as a punch hitting cotton. There might be some pain, but the actual damage would not be as great as imagined.

It is for this reason that the Cang Gu World had never thought that anyone would do this before, nor had it taken corresponding precautions, which led to it falling into the enemy's trap, and later made wrong judgments because of the enemy's previous actions.

It was not until he got the news from Xu Mo that he took action at the last moment. This is another credit to Xu Mo.

Not to mention that the only grain seeds that can be grown in the Cang Gu world today were also provided by Xu Mo.

And now Xu Mo has found an emergency substitute for spiritual rice for them. Not only that, he even thoughtfully provided the method of making and eating it.

what is this?
This is simply a lucky star!

Therefore, the praise from Zixiao Daozun was not exaggerated at all, and Xu Mo was completely worthy of his praise.

Xu Mo didn't have any special feelings about the praise from Zixiao Daoist Master. The main reason was that he had heard these words from Zixiao Daoist Master too many times and was used to them.

Taoist Zixiao came and left in a hurry. After taking the bamboo shoots and the jade slip containing the production method from Xu Mo, he left.

Xu Mo continued to conduct experiments on bamboo rice with Qingzhu and others in the small world.

However, a few days later, a shadow appeared in the sky, interrupting their experiment.

That was the phantom of the leader of the Cang Gu Taoist Alliance, and it could be seen in every corner of the Cang Gu world.

This was the first time Xu Mo met the leader of the Cang Gu Taoist Alliance since he came to the Cang Gu world.

And his appearance this time was to represent the Cang Gu Dao League and give a speech to the Cang Gu World.

(End of this chapter)