Raise a sword!

Late at night, in a military camp outside the mountains.

A fire was lit in an open space, and on top of the fire was a clay pot.

The aroma of meat wafted from the earthenware pot, causing many soldiers who were secretly observing to swallow hard.

Beside the fire, Jiang Peng was fiddling with the firewood, controlling the heat.

Behind Jiang Peng, several other disciples of the Cangshan Sect were talking, including Sun Yinxi. She seemed to be talking to someone else, but her eyes kept glancing at the pottery jar.

Not only Sun Yinxi, but the others were the same, but no one urged them.

Suddenly, a figure appeared beside Jiang Peng and gently patted his shoulder.

"What are you stewing?"

Jiang Peng was startled and turned around to see that it was Peak Master Ni Chang.

"In reply to my uncle, it's just a stew, but this stew has a nice name: Buddha Jumps Over the Wall."

"What do you mean?"

"The Buddha heard of this and jumped over the wall to come."

Upon hearing this, Peak Master Ni Chang immediately became interested and, just like Jiang Peng, squatted down in front of the fire, asking curiously, "Tell me in detail."

Jiang Peng immediately gave a brief introduction.

Thanks to the trade routes connecting Cangshan Market and the southern coast, Jiang Peng happened to meet a merchant selling dried seafood and stockpiled some abalone, sea cucumber and other ingredients.

After listening with great interest to the intricate process of making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, the Peak Master of Ni Chang asked curiously, "I heard from Junior Brother Qin that you are a diligent cultivator, but I didn't expect you to also have the mind to ponder culinary skills."

"That's all the hobbies I have," Jiang Peng replied casually.

About fifteen minutes later, Jiang Peng took the earthenware pot off the fire, opened the lid, and a rich, fresh aroma immediately spread out.

Before he could even speak, the Peak Master of Ni Chang handed him a porcelain bowl.

Jiang Peng took a look and realized that this was the porcelain bowl from the food box he had given to Peak Master Ni Chang.

Not just the Peak Master of Rainbow Robes.

Sun Yinxi, along with several fellow disciples whom Jiang Peng didn't recognize, quietly approached from behind.

The jar of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was quickly devoured.

Only after everyone reluctantly put down their empty bowls did the Peak Master of Rainbow Garments beckon to a disciple beside her.

The disciple looked to be in his early twenties, with striking eyebrows and bright eyes, a handsome and talented appearance.

"Song Lian is here. What are your orders, Uncle Lü?"

Jiang Peng, who was standing to the side, then realized that this was none other than Song Lian, the prodigy of the Song family.

The Peak Master of Rainbow Peak said, "Have the descendants of the Qian family been recruited by your family?"

"Yes," Song Lian replied.

He wasn't surprised that the sect knew about such a trivial matter. As the local power in the northern foothills, the Song family was well aware of the extent of the Cangshan Sect's control over the market.

"Summon him within three days; we'll need his help this time," Peak Master Ni Chang instructed.

Song Lian immediately responded.

After Song Lian had walked a distance, Jiang Peng noticed that Peak Master Ni Chang seemed to be in a good mood, so she asked, "Senior Uncle, how is it in the mountains?"

"The elders and I have cleared the mountains and forests. Most of the Qi Refining evil cultivators are dead. As for the Foundation Establishment evil cultivator... he has only been using a puppet to cause trouble in the mountains and forests from beginning to end. We still don't know where his real body is."

The voice of the Peak Master of Rainbow Peak was not quiet; it seemed as if she was deliberately speaking to the disciples around her, as if to give them an explanation.

"That evil cultivator was quite familiar with the sect's methods, and he obviously came prepared... He had set up an array in advance to block the mother-child communication talisman, and the puppet he controlled only moved within the array, so the mother talisman in the elders' hands remained unmoved."

When this matter was mentioned, Peak Master Ni Chang's expression turned slightly unpleasant.

She had already investigated that formation.

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It can only prevent the child talisman from sending a message to the mother talisman after it spontaneously combusts, but it cannot prevent the child talismans from interacting with each other.

This fiend clearly knew about the Cangshan Sect's methods long ago, and it's true that he had something to ask for. He couldn't change his evil cultivation nature, and it's also true that he deliberately committed murder.

He thought that by knowing the Cangshan Sect's secret plans, he could force the sect to submit.

However, if the Cangshan Sect were so easy to control, how could it have occupied the northern foothills for hundreds of years?

"The Li family is doing very well! In order to please their new master, they have completely sold out their old master," the Peak Master of Ni Chang thought to herself.

......

The mission to eliminate the evil cultivators has come to a temporary end, but the disciples still in Cang Kingdom were not recalled to their sects. Instead, they all returned to a small town in the southwest to rest.

It seems this matter is not over, but the Peak Master of Ni Chang did not specify what would happen next.

Three days later, Song Lian brought Qian Laosi to the town.

When he arrived at the residence of the Peak Master of Ni Chang, he learned that the Peak Master of Ni Chang was out. After making several inquiries, he finally found her in the kitchen of a restaurant.

At that moment, in the kitchen, Jiang Peng was wearing an apron and wielding a wok rapidly.

The Peak Master of Rainbow Peak stared intently from the side.

Just then, Jiang Peng took the braised pork, which had been reducing the sauce in the pot, out of the pot and turned around to see Qian Laosi.

"Brother Qian is here," he greeted with a smile.

"Brother Jiang, what brings you here?" Qian Laosi's eyes lit up.

Seeing that Jiang Peng was also there, he immediately relaxed a lot.

"The dishes are all ready, let's eat!" The Peak Master of Ni Chang took the braised pork from Jiang Peng's hand and quickly walked out of the kitchen.

Jiang Peng then took the spirit rice out of the pot and put it into a large rice bowl.

Then, he said to Song Lian and Qian Laosi with a wry smile, "It seems that my uncle is a reincarnated starving ghost. It's just ordinary food. How could he be so hungry?"

"For the past three days, she's practically made me live in this kitchen."

Song Lian was eager to befriend Jiang Peng, so he smiled and replied, "It's true that Junior Brother's cooking skills are outstanding. At least in the restaurants in Cangshan Market, none of them can match Junior Brother's cooking skills, and they have far fewer varieties... Besides, Martial Uncle has been practicing abstinence from grains for who knows how many years."

"It's also because the cooks are too lazy to study," Jiang Peng shook her head slightly.

He had also witnessed the banquets held in the market.

Some dishes are fancy and taste good, but they mainly rely on the ingredients themselves and the seasoning is average.

Things like boiled monster meat.

After all, they were doing business with cultivators. Ordinary cultivators would be satisfied with just one Bigu Pill. To attract customers, the ingredients had to be beneficial to their cultivation.

Jiang Peng, who uses common seasonings, has become an anomaly.

The former is beneficial to one's cultivation, while also trying to make it as delicious as possible, with all the thought put into selecting the ingredients.

Jiang Peng, on the other hand, simply liked it because it tasted good.

This is the essential difference between Jiang Peng's culinary skills and the culinary traditions of this world.

......

After the meal, Peak Master Ni Chang first went to see Qian Lao Si, and it's unclear what she said. Then, Song Lian took Qian Lao Si away.

The Peak Master of Ni Chang then summoned the disciples who were still waiting in the town.

"Does anyone here know about this Old Demon Dan?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Peng's heart skipped a beat.

"A demonic cultivator at the peak of Qi Refining, he is also an alchemist."

"We chased after him, but he escaped. He's quite cunning."

"This person has disappeared for a long time and may no longer be in Cang Kingdom."

The disciples responded in unison.