Secret Deal

Zheng Ziheng said solemnly.

“I’m afraid you can’t hide the fact that you have spiritual roots from the elders.

But you can rest assured, junior brother. If you don’t want this to spread and be known by other disciples, I will ask Master to block the news, and Master will definitely agree.

Whether to become a disciple, whether to practice, whether to leave Yunxi Sect, is entirely up to you, and no one will force you.”

Shen Leyan organized his words, but before he could speak, the little kid who had been released from the silence spell looked at them like idiots.

 “One has a top-grade single spiritual root, but doesn’t want to cultivate immortality.

The other is the first disciple of the sect master, but doesn’t retain talents for the sect.

You Yunxi Sect is really full of weirdos, just like that Lu Yuanyi!!!”

Zheng Ziheng raised his eyebrows: “Do you know my master?”

“Who doesn’t know that bad guy Lu Yuanyi?! You Yunxi Sect are really hungry, you actually let him become the sect master – and accepted a stupid disciple like you.”

“The sect rules do not allow you to talk about the sect master. Besides, my master has always put the people of the world first and has never done anything evil. You can’t do whatever you want…  “

Shen Leyan had read the original novel and knew about Lu Yuanyi’s life. He agreed and continued, “Don’t just say he’s a bad guy.”

The little kid snorted coldly, “You Yunxi Sect didn’t have a test spirit stone originally, did you know that?

If I hadn’t met that bad guy Lu Yuanyi when I was basking in the sun in the mountains a thousand years ago, and he treated me to a string of candied haws and lied to me that there were endless candied haws here, how could I have come to your Yunxi Sect!

After I came here, not only did I not get offered candied haws every year! I also often had to test the spirit roots of thousands of people!”

The little kid was angry.

“The donkey pulling the millstone is not as tired as me!”

Lu Yuanyi also had such a past? It wasn’t mentioned in the original novel?

[Zheng Ziheng, this honest child, must not know how to refute.]

Shen Leyan cleared his throat, stepped forward and stood in front of Zheng Ziheng. He supported his senior brother with confidence.

 “Just tell me, does Yunxi Sect have endless candied haws?”

The little kid’s face turned green and red, and he hesitated for a while. He found that he had nothing to say, so he turned his head and complained loudly.

“I don’t want to talk to you anymore!!!”

There seemed to be a hint of crying in his voice.

Shen Leyan: “…Hey…”

[I really didn’t bully her. ]

The little kid cried even louder.

Shen Leyan walked over and patted the spirit stone. The spirit stone was actually wet, as if it was the little kid’s tears.

“Don’t cry, don’t cry…Aren’t you just tired of eating candied haws? So, today Senior Brother Zheng will go back and tell his master that he will change you to something else delicious next time.”

The little kid glanced at him: “I want to eat osmanthus cake!”

Shen Leyan looked at Zheng Ziheng’s face. When he nodded, he immediately patted his chest to guarantee.

“No problem!”

“I want roast chicken!”

“No problem!”

“Crab stuffed with orange!”

“No problem! These dishes will be delivered to Lingxi Pavilion tonight.”

Shen Leyan rubbed his hands and lowered his voice with a smile.

“Can we make a deal? Don’t tell everyone that you smelled the scent of a top-grade single spiritual root in the future, okay?”

“No, as a test spiritual stone, I have morals, bottom lines and principles!”

“I’ll treat you to something new tonight, which will definitely be better than roast chicken and pastries.”

The little kid was half-believing and half-doubting: “Is it true? You are an outer disciple of Yunxi Sect, you shouldn’t have much money to buy me delicious food, right?”

“Precious ingredients often have to be cooked in the most primitive way. And the most primitive ingredients must be cooked in my exclusive secret way!” 

“Is it really delicious?”

“Of course it’s true! If you don’t think it tastes good after eating it tonight, I will immediately tell the whole sect that I have a wind spirit root.

Then I will climb up to Mingchan Pavilion and kowtow three times to Lu Yuanyi, begging him to accept me as his disciple and teach me how to cultivate immortality!”

“I didn’t expect you to be so cruel to yourself.” The little kid had a complicated expression, “I will believe you for once because of your oath.”

“Then the matter of my wind spirit root…”

“Wind spirit root? What wind spirit root? I don’t know anything!”

Shen Leyan gave her a thumbs up.

It was already late, and it would be completely dark later. He had to hurry to prepare the ingredients and seasonings.

Zheng Ziheng stood not far away and saw the little junior brother and the test spirit stone whispering something together. After whispering, the little junior brother changed his sad expression and his face was sunny.

 He even hummed a song in his heart [The sun is shining in the sky~The flowers are smiling at me~The birds are saying good morning~]

He didn’t know where this poll came from. The lyrics and tunes were very novel and he had never heard of it before.

The junior brother didn’t say it, so he didn’t ask.

With a slight raise of his hand, the imprisonment spell flew to his side with the test spirit stone. The little kid seemed to be thinking about some delicious food. The tears on her face hadn’t dried yet, but a happy smile was already on the corner of her mouth.

The smiles of both the man and the stone were not quite right.

Zheng Ziheng untied the imprisonment spell and said to the little kid.

 “Master has told me to take you back to Lingxi Pavilion immediately and ask you about the top-grade single spiritual root.”

The little kid stretched out his hand: “You’d better tie me up with the confinement technique.”

Zheng Ziheng paused: “…What do you mean?”

“What top-grade single spiritual root? Did I say top-grade single spiritual root? Who heard me say top-grade single spiritual root?!

Even if you let the bad guy Lu Yuanyi come to ask me in person, I don’t know what a top-grade single spiritual root is!”

Zheng Ziheng: “…”

His junior brother finished humming the song.

[As expected of a moral, principled and bottom-line test spiritual stone, really righteous! I’ll reward you with an extra plate of beef rolls tonight! ]

Shen Leyan has a clear understanding of his cooking skills. He can cook instant noodles, but he certainly can’t make a gluttonous feast.

Just now, he promised to make her delicious food tonight to test the spiritual stone because he wanted to make some food that is not available in the world of cultivation.

 For example, hot pot, Xue Mei Niang, and taro milk tea.

For the hot pot base, just add some star anise, some meat bones to make a broth, and stir-fry some chili oil. He has to go to the back kitchen of the sect canteen and spend some money to buy other ingredients.

Shen Leyan bought glutinous rice flour, a piece of tofu, a few eggs, a large piece of beef, and some fresh vegetables. He asked an inner sect cultivator with fire attribute to help transform the copper pot into a mandarin duck pot, and carried it back to the dormitory.

His roommates all went to evening class, but his senior brother Chen Jing, who had experienced the village fire with him, was wandering in the corridor. It seemed that he was waiting for him.

“Senior Brother Chen Jing!”

“Hey!” Chen Jing waved at him. He stepped forward quickly to help him carry things, and looked down.

 “What are these? Didn’t you have dinner? Did you go to the cafeteria to buy some food?”

Shen Leyan smiled: “No, I promised a person… to make some midnight snacks for her.

I just woke up in the evening and haven’t asked my senior brother yet, what are the results of the spiritual root test. Is there any good news?”