Exploring Immortality Cultivation

Wang Qi was beating up Qin Xuan while Chen Youjia was snacking late at night in her room.

She had a small bowl in front of her, filled entirely with tofu pudding. Granulated sugar, honey, dried fruits, cheese, Qingyan, fish sauce, spicy soup, meat sauce—eight flavors to choose from.

Although she heard that there had been endless debates, even fights, over whether tofu pudding should be eaten sweet or salty, Chen Youjia thought that a true gourmet shouldn't be so limited. A qualified food connoisseur should know how to enjoy all delicacies.

She planned to drink the flavors in order from light to strong, with the spicy soup tasting reserved for last. The spiciness could stimulate the taste buds, dulling the perception of other flavors. The heat should be savored at the very end.

Just as she finished her first bowl of granulated sugar, Chen Feng walked out of the study. Seeing Chen Youjia eating in the dining room, he subconsciously took a step back and asked, "Am I interrupting?"

Chen Youjia put down her bowl and pointed to the other servings of tofu pudding on the table, "Want some?"

Chen Feng sighed in relief. He knew that if Chen Youjia was willing to share snacks or late-night treats, it meant her mood was good—this was the best way for a foodie to express their friendliness. He glanced at the remaining bowls on the table and carefully picked up the Qingyan-flavored one, taking a sip, "It would be perfect if there were deep-fried dough sticks to go with it."

Chen Youjia took out a sealed oil paper package, compressed and actuated it with mana. Moments later, she tore open the package and handed it to Chen Feng, revealing a crisp and flaky deep-fried dough stick.

Chen Feng was a bit puzzled, "I remember you refuse to use mana for cooking food unless your cultivation is beyond Golden Core."

Ordinary cooking gone wrong is just ordinarily unpleasant, but involving mana in the reaction with ingredients could result in unimaginable culinary disasters.

"It's a new product from the Big Food Sect; the mana is used to activate the packaging for heat generation, and the produced heat has nothing to do with the strength of the mana," Chen Youjia placed the deep-fried dough stick on the table, then continued to eat her tofu pudding.

Not talking while eating was an important etiquette.

"You always like these newfangled things," Chen Feng said with a laugh and a shake of his head. The Big Food Sect was just a second-rate, bottom-of-the-list sect, existing as a vassal to the Burning Gold Valley. Its research field was considered by many to be indulgent and a distraction from serious pursuits. But Chen Youjia had been focused on this sect, which controlled the food industry, ever since her time in the Immortal Institute.

When Chen Youjia finished her late-night snack and cleaned up the bowls and utensils, Chen Feng finally asked, "Hey, Youjia, what do you think about Wang Qi?"

Chen Youjia looked perplexed.

"Didn't you say 'you're in trouble' today? I remember you are not the kind who enjoys threatening others."

Chen Youjia calmly replied, "It's a fact."

"Ah? You're going to take action?"

"Some people want to. As soon as his paper came out, many in the Wanfa Sect were not convinced. Seniors, proud of their status, would not take action, but our true inheritors of the same generation won't just let it go."

Chen Feng laughed wryly, "Why can't you express your kind warning properly? It's not cute at all."

Chen Youjia rolled her eyes.

"Okay, let's change the subject," said Chen Feng, seeing that Chen Youjia didn't want to continue. "Is your disagreement with Wang Qi really that big?"

"The Li Sect believes that including non-mathematical parts into mathematics is a sacrilege, while the Li Sect considers the reduction of mathematics to fragments by the Li Sect equally blasphemous."

Chen Feng sighed, "Look, you haven't even placed yourself on either side—you clearly belong to that 'indifferent' group, don't you?"

"Speaking habit."

Chen Feng looked doubtful, "Really?"

"Really."

"Whatever, no matter what I hope you can get along well with him, at least don't start a conflict in front of me—consider it a favor to me, okay?"

Before Chen Youjia could agree, Chen Feng's personal calculator rang. Chen Feng connected with it, his consciousness sinking into the illusion. Moments later, he opened his eyes, caught between laughter and tears, "Youjia, have you considered switching to studying Bai Ze's Algorithm? You're spot-on; Wang Qi really is in trouble."

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Watching the incessantly weeping Qin Xuan in front of him gave Fu Silu a bit of a headache.

Fu Silu was the Prison Director of the Divine Capital Criminal Law Department, but before that, he had been an Inner Sect Disciple of Thunder Pavilion, an Accumulated Golden Core. In his self-perception, being a Seeking Dao Seeker was the most important identity. Unlike most Golden Cores who had lost their edge or Cultivators who began to grow weary even before their Core Formation, Fu Silu was still aiming for the Primordial Spirit Heavenly Barrier. Thunder Pavilion disciples mainly delve into the study of electromagnetic interactions, and to sharpen their spirit they must be proficient in mathematics. Therefore, he also paid attention to the journals of the Wanfa Sect.

Combining the information given by Du Bin, he was well aware of who the young man before him was.

A paper that had caused a stir in the Carefree and had received high praise from the Master of Calculation—was this something an ordinary Cultivator could achieve?

If a Cultivator from a second-rate Sect was named by the Master of Calculation, they could be directly nurtured as the next Sect Leader. Even if a first-rate Sect's Cultivator received a word of praise from the Master of Calculation, it meant they could enter the Sect's core circle. What concept was it to have a paper highly praised?

And especially noteworthy was that ordinary individuals, even if they wrote good papers, wouldn't be personally reviewed by seniors. The fact that Wang Qi's paper could be directly sent to the Master of Calculation upon completion said a lot.

Fu Silu thought very shrewdly about many things.

Although this kid said to be suspected of being a Banished Immortal, the suspicion was probably not high, and while this generation's Sect Leader did not like him, other high-level figures of the Wanfa Sect were still paying attention to him.

In such a case, not to mention the minor issues caused by Wang Qi, even if he made a hole through the sky, the most severe punishment by the Immortal Alliance would probably be to lock him up and have him wholeheartedly study mathematics.

"These two Chaotics are simply disregarding the authority of Immortal Law, Uncle Master!" At this moment, Qin Xuan's face was swollen several sizes larger with bandages. He glared resentfully at the innocent-faced Wang Qi and the helpless Chen Feng, shouting, "These fellows, relying on their bit of talent, act unbridled, thinking the entire Immortal Alliance will shield and indulge them... Without severe punishment, the authority of the Immortal Alliance Law is nonexistent!"

Fu Silu sighed. If one strictly followed Immortal Alliance Law, this time it should probably be a light punishment of fifty board hits each. But if one really wanted to favor one side within the rules, it was very easy. Wang Qi was destined to be a new star of the Wanfa Sect, and even if he imposed many punishment orders, most would be overturned, so he might as well just smoothly go along with favors.

Thus, Fu Silu asked, "Chen Feng, what do you think?"

"Uncle Master, in this matter Wang Qi is in the wrong, but according to the Immortal Alliance Law, we should mediate neutrally, and it's really not appropriate to arrest anyone. Moreover, the Chen Family's house servants attacking Wang Qi is the true violation of the law, and they should be punished."

"Chen Feng you—" Qin Xuan wanted to continue yelling, but Fu Silu sealed his mouth with a wave of mana, "Qin Xuan, have you caused enough trouble?"

"Mmm!" Qin Xuan looked at Fu Silu, then at the smiling Wang Qi, and his vision darkened, fainting.