I’m Really Not A Supreme Master!

Inside the small courtyard.

Upon hearing that Li Fan was going to personally cook fish hotpot, a group of disciples were all brimming with excitement.

They all got busy.

Zi Ling, Nan Feng, Gong Ya, and others were selecting vegetables with laughter and chatter, while Wu Dade and others brought out the chopping boards and placed the plump green fish on them.

“Master, are you, are you really going to do the cutting yourself?”

Dugu Yuqing and other disciples looked at Li Fan with ardent eyes!

Li Fan nodded and smiled, “What, do you want to learn how I do it?”

His cooking skills had also been honed by the System, so he had quite a bit of confidence in them.

“Yes!”

Other disciples were all watching eagerly.

Li Fan nodded and said, “Good, then let me teach you!”

It was a good opportunity to let the disciples learn some culinary skills, lest they couldn’t find wives in the future. In this day and age, lacking culinary skills might easily lead to a life of singledom!

He immediately picked up the kitchen knife and declared:

“The first step is to descale the fish.”

He immediately started slicing swiftly, scales peeling off from the saint-tier green fish at high speed!

Soon enough, all the scales had been removed!

“The second step is to clean the insides!”

With a move of his knife, Li Fan cut open the fish’s belly, picked with the blade, and removed all the viscera.

“Next is filleting the fish, this step requires mastering the knife skills.”

Li Fan spoke indifferently and began to slide the knife over the plump green fish as smoothly as flowing water!

At this moment, all disciples were staring at Li Fan in sheer shock!

“What… What kind of knife skills are these? I clearly feel that each cut holds the power to slice through the cosmos!”

Wu Dade was astounded!

“It clearly holds the weight of ten thousand jun, yet it’s as effortless as lifting a feather, a single cut that could easily destroy the world, yet when it lands on the flesh of the fish, it is as light as a down feather, elegant and graceful!”

Long Zixuan murmured to himself, receiving an enlightenment at this moment.

His entire sequence of True Dragon Techniques was all about power and ferocity; overwhelmingly commanding, yet… it lacked a touch of lightness!

“To balance strength with softness is to achieve the supreme technique!”

His eyes suddenly brightened as the Dragon Soul within him roared, and his techniques ascended to a new realm on the spot!

“Quick as the wind, light as falling dust, enduring as a mountain… What kind of knife skills, what kind of realm is this? I understand now, the Sword Dao is not only about swiftness and ferocity but also about slowness and gentleness!”

Dugu Yuqing came to a sudden realization, watching Li Fan’s supreme knife skills deepened his understanding of the Sword Dao!

“Master truly is the pinnacle of the path of chess, every move he makes embodies the perfection of the chess path, clearly, it’s just a fish, but I felt as if it was a chessboard under Master’s control, managed without the slightest error…”

Jiang Li gazed at the knife marks on the fish, and his mental bottleneck burst open!

Even Zi Ling and others who were picking vegetables nearby rushed over to watch!

Finally, the kitchen knife in Li Fan’s hands gently fell.

The fish was fully filleted.

Seeing the expressions of the surrounding disciples, he let out a faint smile, quite satisfied with his own performance!

This knife skill of his, if shown to the outside world, should reach the level of head chef in a restaurant, right?

Following that, he gently lifted his hand and pulled the tail of the fish!

Instantly, the fish bones were lifted out from the meat, while the sliced fish, still in the shape of a whole fish with uniform thinness, remained intact!

“Wow!”

Immediately, the group of disciples was incredibly amazed!

“Master’s knife skills, if unleashed towards the outside world, could probably directly annihilate the Immortal Domain…”

Nan Feng’s face was a picture of complexity!

“Ah ah ah ah, Master is really too wise and virtuous, whoever marries him will be happy to death… Wuuu, why does it hurt my heart to think of Master marrying some other girl…”

Zi Ling looked at Li Fan, her eyes filled with stars.

“Such a great figure, a single kitchen knife could annihilate an entire domain, yet he deigns to stay here cooking for a bunch of disciples…”

Gong Ya couldn’t help but feel envious of Zi Ling and Dugu Yuqing; however, suddenly, she remembered that she too was now a part of this place… A warm feeling rose in her heart.

“Come on, let’s simmer the base broth.”

Li Fan laughed, set up the pot, and threw in the fish bones and other ingredients to make the broth.

Soon, the delicious fragrance of the fish soup wafted through the air!

The disciples were all looking forward to it.

“Alright, let’s all sit down and start with the sliced fish. These slices are very thin, they’ll cook quickly.”

Li Fan spoke and began to place the fish slices into the pot.

Before long, the delicious aroma of the fish filled the air.

The group of disciples started to move their chopsticks.

And at that moment, from outside the courtyard, came a voice:

“Qian Ning and others are here to pay a visit to Senior Li!”

Li Fan said:

“Please come in.”

Fire Spirit and others pushed the door and entered.

Just as they entered, the savory scent of the fish immediately greeted them.

“Wow, what’s this smell? It’s delicious!”

Mu Qianning’s beautiful eyes sparkled.

“Senior Li… are you having dinner?”

Fire Spirit was also surprised.

Li Fan, however, stood up and smiled:

“You’ve come at just the right time, come on, join us for dinner!”

Upon hearing this, Fire Spirit and the others were overjoyed and came over to sit down.

When they saw the fish meat in the pot, they were all shocked.

“…Wait, this meat… why does it contain so many Saintly Dao rules?”

Fire Spirit was surprised.

“This… I heard that a certain Ancient Saint of the Green Scale Clan in Kirin Valley has perished…”

Ji Yuanqing was also shocked when he saw the scales amongst the trash not yet thrown out, many of them green!

Those… all of them were saint-level!

Out in the world, they’d be worth a fortune, capable of being refined into supreme battle armor!

Yet here, they were a pile of trash, and of the trash, the least valuable kind!

“Eat up everyone, there’s plenty of fish meat today!”

Li Fan also smiled as he spoke.

Fire Spirit and the others were not polite, and immediately started to eat!

“This fish flesh is so tender. Master’s cooking is truly delicious,”

Zi Ling picked up a piece of fish, dipped it lightly into the sauce Li Fan had made, and then put it in her mouth. The fish flesh instantly melted in her mouth, delighting her taste buds!

A group of disciples ate heartily.

“Boom!”

As they were eating, suddenly, Wu Dade’s aura changed dramatically.

He directly broke through from the Sea-Dividing Realm to the Saint Tier Realm!

At that moment, within his body, there seemed to be a warm sun!

Dugu Yuqing experienced a similar change. His aura rapidly shifted, and he too stepped into the Saint Tier Realm. Within the sword sea in his Dantian, a divine sword stood above all others, his Sword Seed!

“The Brahman Path is like the sea, and all beings are like fish… to achieve freedom!”

Qing Chen was also mumbling as he broke through. In his sea of Buddha, a sitting figure suddenly appeared. Indistinctly, that figure emitted a sacred light of the Myriad Brahman Path, and astonishingly bore the same face as him!

His seed of the Brahman Path!

In Gong Ya’s Dantian, the huge teapot shone with brilliant golden light. From the spout of the teapot, countless spiritual springs poured out, and within the sea of spiritual springs, a tea tree’s silhouette could be seen.

“Damn, did my grass grow inside my Dantian?”

Lu Rang was surprised. In his Dantian, an impressive grass appeared, as if it could slash through everything, utterly mysterious.

Next to Li Fan, Xinning had eaten her fill but now seemed somewhat confused, saying:

“With countless poems written, which one is supreme?”

Hearing this, Li Fan, who was feeding Xiao Bai fish, smiled. Xinning really was studious, even pondering ancient poetry while eating.

He then said:

“There’s no first among literature, yet there may be one verse that can be honored, ‘Countless heroes of the times, look to this day!'”

Countless heroes of the times, look to this day!

In Xinning’s eyes, a resolute light suddenly ignited!

“Countless heroes of the times… look to this day!”

She murmured, and in the sea of poetry in her Dantian, a line of dazzling golden characters stood above all the countless poems she had learned.

“Countless heroes of the times, look to this day!”

This was her Poetry Seed!

“Fish, too, can transform into dragons!”

In Long Zixuan’s Dantian, the shadow of a dreadful True Dragon was taking shape, as if a primeval behemoth!

“In this life, I only wish to suspend a pot to help the world, to ease some of the sufferings in this world…”

Su Baiqian was also comprehending the Dao. In her Dantian, a vast ocean suddenly emerged. It was composed of countless mystical Spiritual Medicines. She realized a sea of medicine—within that sea, all were ultimate medications recorded in the “Original Medicine”!

Her cultivation level was the shallowest, only now breaking into the Sea-Dividing Realm.

Whereas Zi Ling and Nan Feng had advanced into the Saint Tier Realm ahead of time thanks to Li Fan’s sweat, they now reached the full completion of the Saint Tier Realm.

Just one step away, they could become Four Luminaries-level experts!

Fire Spirit and Mu Qianning, too, had made great strides in progress!

They directly stepped into the Siyao Realm!

——Last time they feasted on a whole cow banquet and received two years’ worth of Li Fan’s wine, they had already broken into the Saint Tier Realm.

In comparison, their talents were slightly weaker than that of Zi Ling and the others, so they actually broke through faster.

Disciples like Zi Ling, who had foundations deep as oceans, found it difficult to raise an ocean to a higher level.

But if the foundation was only a lake, then expanding the lake by a circle was quite easy.

However, the deeper the foundation, the more invincible they were in their rank!

Even Ji Yuanqing had his aura suddenly shift, also achieving full completion of the Saint Tier Realm.

Soon, a group of disciples had eaten their fill.

“Meow meow~~”

Xiao Bai’s little belly was bulging, lying on Li Fan’s lap, its little paws holding onto Li Fan’s hand, extremely clingy.

Li Fan rubbed Xiao Bai’s belly, also with a slight smile.

The truth was, this green fish’s flesh wasn’t that great… barely passable, but fortunately, his soup and seasoning were good, still edible.

After all, it was wild, and probably not as good as farmed fish… Thinking this, he unconsciously glanced at the pond.

Suddenly, the group of carp that were swimming joyfully became instantly still!

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At the same moment.

In Huangtian State.

The three Saint Kings of the Ji Family, leading many Saints, had arrived!

They had come to the location mentioned by Ji Changxiao, only to find that the mountain range was left with desolate dwellings.

A stele stood there.

“The Ji Tianjing lineage, expelled from the Ji family!”

“From now on, severed with one cut!”

Looking at the words on the stele, everyone’s face was very cold.

“The evidence is conclusive, the Ji Tianjing lineage indeed does not hold the clan in regard,” the Taigang Saint King said coldly.

“Saint Kings, according to my son’s words, there was a river here that greatly resembled Ji Water’s, but now it has disappeared… The clan records suggest that our clan’s ancestral treasure can reflect reality!” Ji Tianhao spoke as if he was claiming credit, saying:

“The theft of the clan’s ancestral treasure by Ji Tianjing is beyond doubt!”

“Now, we must immediately find them, hold them accountable for the theft of the ancestral treasure, and then retrieve it,” the Taigang Saint King said, nodding his head.

“Take out the Emperor Artifact, the artifact and our clan’s ancestral treasure share a resonance, it will lead us to them,” the Taitian Saint King said.

Hearing this, the Taixuan Saint King’s expression changed, and he said:

“No! This matter may involve strangeness, how can we use the Emperor Artifact? If we create karma, it could bring about the Ji Family’s eternal doom…”

“At this point, you’re still obstructing our search for the family’s ancestral treasure!”

Taigang Saint King immediately looked at Taixuan Saint King coldly, saying:

“Could it be that you have colluded with the descendents of Ji Tianjing?”

Taixuan Saint King’s face turned ugly, his eyes filled with anger.

This was almost like an accusation from within one’s heart!

The problem was, he couldn’t argue further, or it would seem like he really harbored ill intentions toward the ancestral treasure.

“Fine, fine, fine, today I, Taixuan, will accompany you to the end to see who is the real criminal of the Ji family!”

He clenched his teeth!

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