Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 29: Three or Two Desserts in the Red Dust

There was another light rain in the afternoon. Chen Xu was practicing fire control and wood chopping techniques in the fireworks kitchen.

When you feel tired from practicing, give yourself some extra points. After digesting the new attribute points, continue practicing the second skill.

The fire control technique progressed smoothly. Ever since he grasped the key to combining Qi and intention, Chen Xu's sense of the inner fire became clearer and clearer. Between breaths, the fire grew larger.

[Fire Control Level 1: (59/100)]

(62/100)

(68/100)

……

He practiced constantly and thought often, and with every increase in experience, his understanding also increased.

Only his axe-chopping skills remained at the (99/100) experience level. Even after repeated refinement, he still couldn't break through.

If it was before this morning, Chen Xu would inevitably be anxious about this.

But now he has experienced the adventures of the vast array, solved the troubles of bad luck, seen different scenery, and his mind has been broadened a lot invisibly.

Chen Xu was not discouraged and continued to practice.

In the meantime, he checked several exotic ingredients he had obtained previously, such as [Three Taels of Heart Monkey Dust Flame] and [One Tael of Happiness, Three Points of Melancholy].

To be honest, it was weird and Chen Xu found it a bit strange.

He carefully checked the entry and found that [Three Liang of Heart Monkey Dust Flame] could be directly forged with the heart fire and refined into [Three Liang of Red Dust Pastry], which could help people break through mental barriers and solve puzzles.

Seeing this, Chen Xu couldn't help but blurt out: "I'll go!"

He seemed like that fool who just immersed himself in practicing as soon as he entered the fireworks kitchen, and even forgot to check the food entries first.

And the [One or two ounces of pleasure, three parts of melancholy] also has special effects. After mixing Baicao Frost with Chuangyi, and then adding Jade Dew Spring water and simmering it, you will finally get [Soul-Jisu Powder], which can be used to control the soul of the person who takes the Soul-Jisu Powder.

[Note: Due to the low quality of the materials, this Soul-Snatching Powder can only control mortals.]

Chen Xu looked carefully and found that Baicao Frost was actually pot bottom ash, which was very easy to find.

As for the wrinkled clothes, it turns out to be human dandruff.

For example, if Chen Xu wanted to use the Soul-Sending Powder to control others, he would rub off a chapped part of his body and put it into the Hundred Herbs Frost to boil together. Only in this way would the Soul-Sending Powder be centered around him.

If you use someone else's wrinkled clothes, then the Soul-Snatching Powder will focus on that other person.

Chen Xu: ...

He immediately figured out who the Soul-Snatching Powder should be used to control.

A little disgusting, but also seems a little emotional.

He has always been obsessed with "practicing martial arts" and seems to have underestimated the true nature of the Food Cauldron Book.

Chen Xu immediately spent 50 fireworks points, first unlocked the specific recipe of [Three Liang of Red Dust Pastry], and then took out the so-called [Three Liang of Heart Monkey Dust Flame] from the shelf next to him.

This thing is light and translucent, like a blue flame. It will hover automatically when held in the palm of your hand, which looks very magical.

Chen Xu took a deep breath, followed the recipe's instructions to gather his energy and luck, and a wisp of fire from his heart burst out of his mouth.

The bright orange-red flame slowly expanded and expanded, enveloping the blue dust flame in Chen Xu's palm like a cloud.

Then cook it slowly over low heat and calcine it with fire.

During the process, Chen Xu had a very wonderful experience.

He discovered that it was harder to contain the fire in his heart than to release it.

Just like human nature, indulgence is always easier than restraint, but restraint is always more powerful than indulgence.

Strong fire and gentle fire, alternately fast and slow, alternately tense and relaxed.

Being able to control fire is the key!
[Fire Control Level 1: (71/100)]

(73/100)

……

When the flames in his palm spread and the Red Dust Three Liang Crisp was successfully forged, Chen Xu's Fire Control Skills experience unexpectedly rose to (89/100). He held the bean-like Red Dust Three Liang Crisp in his left hand and snapped his right fingers in mid-air, and a ball of fire suddenly appeared.

At this point, the art of fire control broke away from the limitation of spitting fire from the mouth and became a true art of fire control.

Chen Xu was filled with joy and swallowed the Three-Two-Tael Crisp without hesitation. He then picked up the hatchet, chopped wood, and broke through the obstacles.

The sword is like the wind cutting through the waves, and its power is as fast as the flash of stone.

Wood-chopping knife skills, level one, perfect!

【Chopping Wood Level 1 (100/100)】

The surging qi and blood flow throughout the body, and all the key techniques are mastered and perfected.

Chen Xu threw a log in front of him, and with a flash of his knife, in just a moment, the log broke into nearly a hundred small pieces of firewood.

Chen Xu stood there without moving, as if he had never drawn his sword at all.

A training session, full of satisfaction.

At nightfall, Chen Xu prepared dinner in the kitchen, then scraped off the frost on the herbs and went back into the kitchen.

At this time, his fireworks value was only [16] points.

And there are only [3] free attribute points left.

The ternary attribute becomes:
[Essence: 30]

[Qi and Blood: 30]

[Spirit: 30]

As he got closer and closer to the Three Yuan Foundation Establishment, Chen Xu began to feel a strange object stirring between his eyebrows. His every move was agile, powerful and full of strength.

He even had the illusion that he could fly anytime and anywhere. Of course, this was just an illusion.

It's just that the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit are close to the limits of mortal body, which makes him have such a "transcendent feeling" from time to time.

This time when Chen Xu entered the fireworks kitchen, he wanted to control this sense of detachment so that he would not be filled with murderous intent all the time, as if he was about to draw his knife and kill someone.

This is not good, as it is detrimental to his image as a scholar and may easily make people unnecessarily wary of him.

Secondly, Chen Xu wanted to brew the [Soul-Sending Powder]. He had already prepared all the ingredients for the Soul-Sending Powder, including the Jade Dew Spring water.

In the kitchen, the water in the jar next to the stove is Yu Lu Spring water.

Similar to the pile of logs in the corner, the water in this tank is also endless, and Chen Xu can use it at will.

He selected firewood of suitable size and stuffed it into the stove. Then he snapped his fingers and used the fire control technique to ignite the firewood.

Chen Xu sat by the stove, controlling the fire to boil the "medicine".

The flame in the stove was as he wished, sometimes big, sometimes small, sometimes fierce, sometimes slow, with just the right amount of tension and relaxation, which was quite amazing.

As his experience in fire control increased occasionally, Chen Xu's understanding of fire became deeper.

At three o'clock in the morning, the night watchman passed by Nanshi Street and struck the gong: Dong!

"It's the middle of the night, the spring rain is pouring, be careful of leaks——"

The continuous drizzle is like spring silkworms gnawing on mulberry leaves, making dense rustling sounds in the quiet world.

Chen Xu listened to the night watchman's call, and waited until the footsteps faded away before he climbed over the wall and left his courtyard, avoiding Nanshi Street and heading straight to the east of the city.

He ran quickly in the rainy night, heading towards the direction of Boya Zhai.

The shopkeeper Sun Wu's residence is not far from Boyazhai. It is a two-story courtyard, neither too big nor too small. His family is considered well-off in the entire Jichuan County.

But Sun Wu had always been a miser. Although his courtyard was well-maintained and respectable, he only employed an old doorman to guard the gate. He also left all household chores, both inside and outside the home, to his wife and concubines, and was reluctant to hire even a maid.

That night his wife complained to him again about the difficult family situation. Sun Wu scolded her, "What do you mean by difficult? Living in the second courtyard is difficult, and you say it's difficult? Ask around on the street, and you'll find that whose wife has it as easy as yours.

Eating meat once every five days—even country landlords may not have such a good life! Go away, your master still has to settle accounts, don't bother me!

He sent his wife away and stayed in the study, where he lit the oil lamp and checked the account book.

(End of this chapter)