Food System in Cultivation World

In the cave, the head of the great eagle suddenly moved again.

Perhaps, some large birds of prey are indeed highly spiritual. The blue eagle initially observed Chen Xu cautiously as it narrowed its eyes.

When the Demon Puppet Bone Powder slowly floated to its beak, it seemed to suddenly understand something and immediately opened its sharp beak wide.

Swish!

The small handful of Demon Puppet Bone Powder floating in mid-air was promptly snatched into its mouth.

It raised its head, its beak rapidly opening and closing, swallowing the bone powder into its stomach in an instant.

Hurrgh—

The throat of the blue eagle began to emit a strange sound.

It seemed somewhat intoxicated, suddenly shaking its head.

Chen Xu began to sense a wondrous change in energy starting to form inside the blue eagle's body.

This great eagle already had robust Qi Blood, making it exceptionally majestic and formidable among eagles.

Even though it had erupted with its full strength in a moment of crisis and suddenly displayed capabilities that ordinary birds would never have, its original foundation remained intact.

Now, as the Demon Puppet Bone Powder was swallowed, it was like a spark being swallowed into a well-built stack of wood!

With a roar, the great strength burned wildly like a volcanic eruption, surging within the blue eagle.

Chen Xu could not see the mystery with his naked eye, but his keen Divine Thought, along with the Tide-Watching Technique learned from Master Wu, allowed him to clearly see the great strength roaring and burning, like furnaces rising everywhere—

This was the first time Chen Xu saw what a furnace looked like within a living creature.

In studying the Food God Technique Scroll, the first principle mentioned is to view heaven and earth as a furnace, all things as firewood, and only through countless tempering and refining can one attain True Gang.

At the same time, humans emulate the land, which also means treating the physical body as a furnace, Essence as firewood, and Qi Blood as flames.

The Divine Soul is the root of Divine Thought, with the body, Qi Blood, and Essence serving as vessels to carry this "divine" across to the other shore.

What exactly is on the other shore? What is it?

Chen Xu did not know.

He only knew he must press forward, knowing that one day he could grasp the true essence of the Grand Dao.

Perhaps immortality and eternal presence.

Yet, all that remained too distant, so distant that it was merely a vague dream, unable to guide Chen Xu's every detailed step on the cultivation path.

Chen Xu's current path still requires first refining himself.

As for how to refine?

He always just comprehends and refines, not blindly, yet always lacking a high-level overall perspective.

Until now, Chen Xu, by a twist of fate, discovered that through an eagle, he witnessed the formation and birth of a furnace!

The Qi Blood seemed to ignite like flames, sweeping through every inch of the blue eagle's body.

Initially, it lay crouched on the ground, but later it stood up unwittingly.

The cave was not too cramped, overall about two meters high.

But when the blue eagle stood up to its full height, an indescribable flourishing power shot out from its body.

The two small eagles huddled together, and at this moment, they involuntarily struggled to rise, trembling as they retreated to a corner of the cave.

Chen Xu immediately stepped forward, shielding the two little eagles behind him.

The blue eagle raised its head, its throat starting to emit a series of eagle cries.

The sound waves surged within the cave, and, resonating with the rain, were transmitted far into the sky.

Like a battle song born with the rain in nature.

"Screech—"

The eagle's cry gathered into waves, shaking the dry grass in the cave.

Suddenly, the blue eagle stretched out its wings.

Whoosh!

The nearly two-meter wingspan practically filled the cave. Using his constant Tide-Watching Technique, Chen Xu finally saw clearly at this moment that after the searing strength had burned through every inch of the blue eagle—

Ultimately, all that power converged, forming a heavy "blood," flowing back through the blood vessels to the eagle's chest cavity, into its heart!

"Screech!"

The blue eagle let out a long cry, seemingly joyous but distinctly expressing gratitude to Chen Xu.

[Likes +300]

The Food Cauldron Celestial Book opened: [You seized the opportunity, aiding the ordinary eagle in breaking through the limits, awakening its spirit, and developing demonic power. Receiving its likes, you have obtained the Spiritual Material Furnace Fruit.]

[Unlocked new spiritual material, rewarded Fireworks Value +300.]

A series of prompts appeared.

Yet Chen Xu didn't bother to check these gains; watching the blue eagle's transformation, he realized he had obtained something far more important than the rewards.

In cultivation, it has always been said: humans emulate the land, the land emulates the heavens, the heavens emulate the Dao, and the Dao emulates nature.

But how exactly is one to "emulate nature"? Its explanation has always been varied, vague, and difficult to understand.

Ultimately, it comes back to one word: comprehension.

The discussion of the Grand Dao has always been profound.

Most mysterious, beyond words, it ultimately requires "comprehension."

How to comprehend?

It depends on luck, on inspiration, but it also depends on the bits and pieces one sees and encounters.

Chen Xu felt that just now, while observing the blue eagle's transformation, the furnace within his own body also seemed to awaken subtly.

The Innate Qi flowed through him, seemingly igniting blazing flames within his body.

As the flames burned, each inch of his body seemed to be undergoing transformation!

His bones and muscles became stronger, his meridians seemed to widen, his blood seemed heavier, and every part of his organs and viscera seemed to pulsate more powerfully—

But this transformation seemed to be merely an illusion.

Because Chen Xu's body was not like the blue eagle before him.

He already had a perfect Three Elements Foundation Establishment, and now all his Attribute Points were close to three hundred.

With such a physique, wanting to transform obviously couldn't happen overnight.

But at least at this moment, Chen Xu found the next direction for transformation!

So this is the Dao emulating nature.

In the natural world, some things are born and nurtured by heaven and earth, close to the Dao.

[Food God Cultivation Technique Scroll – Tier 1 (56/100)]

[Food God Cultivation Technique Scroll – Tier 1 (59/100)]

[(63/100)]

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Chen Xu cultivated the Food God Technique Scroll steadily and methodically.

In other words, although his cultivation had made great leaps, he had never made leapfrog progress in the understanding and cultivation of the Food God Technique Scroll.

The two are strongly related, yet they cannot be completely conflated.

Chen Xu's usual understanding is that cultivating the [Food God Technique Scroll] can be considered as a motivation booster; the more successful the optimization of this motivation group, the faster his own cultivation speed, and the smoother his progress.

Otherwise, he either relies on "most mysterious" fortune or pure persistence and hard work.

Now, Chen Xu had also achieved leapfrog progress in cultivating the [Food God Technique Scroll].

[Food God Cultivation Technique Scroll – Tier 1 (80/100)]

Ultimately, the cultivation experience of this technique stopped at 80 points.

Yet Chen Xu only felt his mind flooded with inspiration, as if innumerable profound truths were unfolding from the unseen, revealing themselves to him one by one.

Many perplexities were resolved, concerning humans and heaven and earth, heaven and earth and nature, nature and humans…

Among them, profound mysteries once again unveiled a layer of the veil before Chen Xu.

The blue eagle finished its long cry, Chen Xu stood in the cave, holding a little hedgehog in his arm, smiling slightly.

Cultivation, so this is what it is.

The Food Cauldron Celestial Book suddenly displayed a new prompt: [Halfway through the first layer cultivation of the Food God Technique Scroll, you can unlock new techniques.]

Chen Xu immediately opened the Fireworks Collection, taking a deep breath.

Oh?