Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 77 A Feast at the Three Immortals Restaurant

When Li Wushou emerged from the river of yin energy, the sun had already set.

The setting sun vigorously cast its last rays, spreading them across the eaves of the various buildings in Wufang City.

Li Wushou walked excitedly toward the Three Immortals Pavilion.

He had just heard some good news: Chef Hu from the City God Temple had been sent to the Three Immortals Restaurant for a while now, and it seemed that he had brought plenty of seasonings with him.

This pleased him greatly, and he directly declined the invitation from the junior officials to dine together, heading straight to the Three Immortals Pavilion.

The Three Immortals Pavilion was filled with fragrant aromas.

Chef Hu, along with his two apprentices, stared at the fish tail on the grill, their hands still trembling slightly.

In his decades-long career, this was the first time he had ever seen such a large fish tail. If a single fish tail was this big, he couldn't imagine how big the whole fish must be.

They're probably all fish monsters, right?
But the young priest who handed him the fish tail shook his head.

Chef Hu was shocked. Such a big fish isn't a fish monster?
But then the little priest said that this was the tail of the Black Carp River God, which had been worshipped in Cui Family Village for over a hundred years!
Upon hearing this, the two apprentices who were still processing the scales trembled uncontrollably, and Chef Hu also felt dizzy.

"So this is the river god that the City God Temple is trying to defeat?"

The young priest nodded and left, leaving the three of them bewildered in the wind.

"We're actually going to roast a god???"

"And our High Priest actually wants to eat a god!"

After calming themselves down for a while, the three of them, with blood rushing to their heads, used all the skills they had learned to cook.

On the one hand, such ingredients are rare, and on the other hand, they were afraid that the high priest would not be satisfied with the food and would eat them as well.

Li Wushou was unaware of this incident, but he was satisfied with the outcome.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw the fish tail, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The tender fish tail had turned golden under the licking of the stove fire, and the oil dripped onto the charcoal fire, sizzling loudly.

A unique aroma rose up, and Li Wushou took a gentle sniff. It was a blend of the savory flavor of meat and the smoky aroma of charcoal.

The three masters and their apprentices, who were focused on grilling the fish tail, looked up and saw Li Wushou drooling.

He was startled at first, then quickly bowed respectfully and greeted her, "High Priest, you're back?"

Li Wushou waved his hand and sincerely praised Chef Hu, saying, "Chef Hu's skills are truly remarkable, second only to that six-eyed monk from Blood Buddha Temple."

Chef Hu had never heard of any senior monk at Blood Buddha Temple who was also a cook, but the high priest must have a reason for saying so, so he quickly chimed in:

"The High Priest is right. We still need to practice!"

"The fish tail will be ready soon, High Priest, would you like to try some?"

Li Wushou's appetite was whetted. He cut off a piece of fish tail and put it in his mouth. The oil mixed with the aroma of meat melted directly in his mouth. Then, Li Wushou felt a pure blood energy flow into his Yin and Yang meridians.

"Hiss! Good!"

Chef Hu and his two apprentices instantly beamed with joy.

"As long as the High Priest is satisfied. Would you like us to cut it open for you?"

Li Wushou shook his head slightly: "No need, we can do it ourselves when the old beggar and Chen Gou'er wake up."

The three men paused in their laughter. The rumors that this high priest kept two ghosts, one called Old Beggar and the other Chen Gou'er, had already spread throughout the city and were nothing new.

Hearing Li Wushou say it like that, the three of them still felt a little awkward.

Li Wushou's mind was entirely focused on the fish tail, so he naturally didn't notice the three people's strange behavior. After thinking for a moment, Li Wushou picked up a knife, cut off three palm-sized pieces of fish meat from the fish tail, and handed them to the three of them.

"This fish is very rich in blood and energy. The three of you should eat it in several portions according to your capacity. Thank you for today."

"Thank you for the reward, High Priest."

The three bowed repeatedly, overjoyed. This was the flesh of the River God; they were lucky enough to have such a feast.
From now on, I will serve the High Priest faithfully, without hesitation.

Li Wushou gazed at the nearly three-meter-long fish tail, thought for a moment, then cut off two more pieces of fish meat, each as long as an adult's thigh, wrapped them in oil paper, handed them to Chef Hu again, and instructed:
"Could you go to Cuiwei Lane for me and deliver these two packages of fish and meat to a storyteller named Wu Zhuangyuan? Just tell him I'm paying for it," Chef Hu solemnly accepted the package and made his promise.

"Rest assured, High Priest, I know that new storyteller, he will definitely deliver it to you."

Li Wushou was speechless as he watched the three leave in a hurry.

As for Li Wushou, who always regarded food as the most important thing, why would he send fish and meat to Wu Zhuangyuan?
On the one hand, Li Wushou felt that he still owed the other party money, and Wu Zhuangyuan was a generous customer, so it would be easier to borrow money from him again in the future if he maintained a good relationship with him.

On the other hand, Li Wushou felt that Wu Zhuangyuan was a capable person, and the things he talked about about gods and immortals were very useful to Li Wushou.

Of course, this was all told to him by Li Wushou. If needed, he could come up with ten or eight more.

As for the real reason, only he himself knows.

Then Li Wushou carried the fish tail to the inner courtyard. It was strange today. Chef Hu's skills were so good. He had been roasting it for more than an hour, but Chen Gou'er hadn't smelled the aroma and hadn't come out.
Li Wushou placed the fish tail in the yard and called into the house, "Old beggar, Chen Gou'er, get up! Look what delicious food I brought."

After a long silence, Li Wushou pushed open the door and saw the old beggar and Chen Gou'er sitting cross-legged under the incense table, their bodies glowing red and bathed in the incense.

Both of them were muttering to themselves, and Li Wushou immediately recognized them as reciting "Food is the most important thing!"

The smile on his face faded, and he began to ponder how to get his hands on the old man and the young man.

No wonder the two of them didn't react after grilling the fish tail for so long; they were both stuffed.

good good!
Li Wushou turned around and went outside the courtyard, where he cut off a piece of fish and began to eat it with gusto.

Just as he finished eating a piece of fish, he heard Chen Gou'er's strange cry: "Wow~ Li Wushou, this big fish tail smells so good."

Chen Gou'er leaped up, about to pounce on the fish tail, but Li Wushou, sitting at the table, suddenly unfurled a dark shadow behind him, blocking Chen Gou'er and sending him tumbling several times.

"Li Wushou, what are you doing?"

Li Wushou slowly tore off a piece of golden fish meat and swallowed it, making Chen Gou'er's mouth water.

"Oh~ I just got back. You and the old beggar are both stuffed. I've been fighting these strange gods all day, so I'm a little hungry. Let me eat something first."

Chen Gou'er blushed; he had indeed eaten too much with the old beggar today.

Today, after Li Wushou set off from Cui Family Village to fight the River God, the two of them also secretly left the main city and returned to the south city.

They followed a monk out of the south city and into the city. Originally, the two only intended to rob the monk for the Blood Yang Technique and a few eyes to eat.

They were shocked when they found out what the monk had brought with him; he had brought far too many flesh and blood spirits with him.

In order to ensure that none of them would escape and go back to report, the two had no choice but to eat all the facial features.

According to the old beggar, this is called keeping the news from leaking out!
As for the monk? The old beggar fed him to one of the eyes he had previously nurtured, and that eye happened to be growing on the monk's body.

Later, when the old beggar passed by the south city, he returned the eye of excellent quality!

As Chen Gou'er was pondering how to explain, he saw the old beggar, who was meditating inside, slowly walk out of the house. With a confident air, he pulled a book from his robes and said loudly:

"Li Wushou, Chen Gou'er and I risked everything to find the monks of Blood Buddha Temple because of your Blood Yang Qi method. If those five senses don't eat it, the news will leak out!"

Li Wushou looked at the two of them with some suspicion, "Really?"

But he didn't stop the two from sitting down, and reached out to take the old beggar's book to look at it.

On the book's cover, there is a lady, her clothes half-undone, in a rather alluring pose, with the three large characters "Lady's Picture" written beside her!

Li Wushou's face darkened, but then he saw the old beggar, who had swallowed a mouthful of fish, slap his forehead, somewhat embarrassed, snatch the book back, put it back in his pocket, and then take out another one and hand it back.

"You've picked up the wrong one, this is the right one!"

Li Wushou's eyes lit up at the sight.

The book's cover boldly proclaimed: "The Blood Buddha Sutra!"

(End of this chapter)