Chapter 1604 - 1451: Yin Yang Inn 7
Having witnessed the abilities of the head butler Wood Demon, Feng Lin then took Pei Shaosen to the kitchen. The Yin Yang Inn’s kitchen was extremely vast, with all kinds of kitchenware and crockery neatly arranged inside.
Not only that, but all these utensils were as shiny as new, as if they had never been used before.
Feng Lin snapped his fingers and said with a smile to Pei Shaosen, "Now, I’m going to introduce you to our Yin Yang Inn’s second big personality, the Kitchen God, Yuan Chongyuan!"
Pei Shaosen was taken aback; the Kitchen God Yuan Chongyuan was a legendary figure, rumored to have been a prince who happened to be interested in cooking.
Despite family pressure, he painstakingly studied culinary arts, and he actually made a name for himself later on. Even the Emperor couldn’t stop praising his cooking, unable to eat anything else with satisfaction without a meal made by him.
However, when Pei Shaosen looked around the empty kitchen after a stroll and saw no one, he looked at Feng Lin strangely, "Uh, where is he?"
Feng Lin couldn’t help but burst into laughter. He leaned over and patted Pei Shaosen on the shoulder, "Brother Pei, you really lack imagination.
Yuan Chongyuan was just an ordinary person who’s been dead for hundreds of years by now, reincarnating who knows how many times, so how could he appear here?"
Pei Shaosen looked speechlessly at Feng Lin, the handsome young man’s cheeks flushed with laughter, revealing two sharp little tiger teeth, combining handsomeness with cuteness.
When Feng Lin finally finished laughing, he began to explain to Pei Shaosen, "You’ve seen the Wood Demon butler outside, so why is your mind still so rigid?
Yuan Chongyuan died, but most of his life was spent in the kitchen, where he poured all his efforts into researching dishes and creating delicious food.
After he died, the kitchen he always used developed its own Spiritual Wisdom, transforming into a demon and perfectly inheriting his culinary skills.
Out of affection for its owner, it took on Yuan Chongyuan’s name, and after hundreds of years of study, its cooking skills now far surpass its already reincarnated master. You’ll know once you have a meal."
After Feng Lin finished speaking, Pei Shaosen saw a bulge suddenly rise from the bluestone floor, the color of the bulge exactly like that of a stone, growing bigger and bigger.
The bulge took on the shape of a person, and then the stone-like color changed into the color of human skin, finally transforming completely into a handsome man dressed in the same black embroidered silver-patterned elegant attire as himself.
The figure looked at Pei Shaosen, nodded, and said with a cool and indifferent expression, "Mr. Pei, I am Yuan Chongyuan, the chef of the Yin Yang Inn. You can tell me anything you’d like to eat."
Pei Shaosen nodded hurriedly, "Hello, I am Pei Shaosen, please take care of me in the future."
Yuan Chongyuan nodded, his body turning back into the color of bluestone, then slowly shrinking back into a bulge, finally falling back to the ground and disappearing, exuding a very aloof demeanor.
One side, Feng Lin, seeing Yuan Chongyuan disappear after just a couple of words, explained to Pei Shaosen to prevent awkwardness, "Mr. Pei, don’t mind, he’s just like this.
His temperament follows his master; his eyes are only on cooking. He thinks about culinary arts all day long, to the point of foolishness. Even with our Shopkeeper, he maintains this attitude. It’s not aimed at you, nor is it that you’re unwelcome."
Of course, Pei Shaosen wouldn’t mind. Feng Lin continued to tour the inn with Pei Shaosen, showing him the hot springs behind the inn outside, surrounded by fields of Manjushaka, an absolutely beautiful sight.
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Meanwhile, on the other side, Qi Shuangshuang and Li Yu stood at the foot of a stone mountain shrouded in black clouds, both still donning their black elegant attires.
Qi Shuangshuang, shaking a round fan, watched the rolling black clouds and occasionally howling Evil Ghosts atop the stone mountain, sighing slightly, "Really, always causing me trouble; capturing so many Evil Ghosts will take some effort."
The seventh lunar month festival, when the ghost gate opened, Evil Ghosts escaped from Hell, occupying the Black Stone Mountain, capturing several living people in one day and absorbing their yang energy.
Spirits whose time has not come are naturally unwilling to die; their lifelong obsessions prevent them from being led by the Reincarnation Law, requiring them to walk the Yellow Springs Road and enter the Underworld’s Reincarnation Road to reincarnate.
Li Yu, hugging his shoulders, spoke with a lazy voice tinged with some discontent, "This Underworld is becoming more and more useless, opening the ghost gate every seventh lunar month, allowing Evil Ghosts to escape every year.
They can’t guard the gate, can’t catch the fleeing Evil Ghosts, and in the end, still rely on us to clean up their mess. What are the Ghost Messengers and Judges in this Underworld doing?"
Qi Shuangshuang chuckled lightly, "Don’t be so harsh. Back then, when Hell broke out, and Evil Ghosts slaughtered freely, even the King Zhuanlun sacrificed himself to stabilize the Underworld.
The new King Zhuanlun hasn’t emerged yet, and the Underworld is already overwhelmed with affairs. Though chaos hasn’t settled, we can help where we can, can’t we? After all, it’s not that difficult, just a bit troublesome."
After Qi Shuangshuang spoke, she waved her hand, a Barrier instantly enveloping the entire Black Stone Mountain, trapping all the Evil Ghosts within the mountain.
This way, she only needed to find the hidden Evil Ghosts on the mountain, rather than, like last year, with Li Yu, running around the world until their legs were about to break to catch all the escaped Evil Ghosts.
Qi Shuangshuang’s actions clearly startled the Evil Ghosts on Black Stone Mountain. As soon as Qi Shuangshuang and Li Yu stepped into the mountain’s range, Evil Ghosts aggressively rushed forward to attack them.
Across, Li Yu twisted his wrist, clicked his tongue, then directly transformed into his original form, turning into a giant black fox as large as a hill, pouncing directly at the Evil Ghosts.
With sharp claws extending, one swipe of the paw reduced an Evil Ghost to smoke, while Qi Shuangshuang calmly stood in place, watching as a pitch-black Ghost Claw reached straight for her face.
Her long hair flew up in the wind brought by the Ghost Claw, yet Qi Shuangshuang remained motionless. Just as the Ghost Claw was about to reach her, it suddenly stopped.
Then, the Evil Ghost shattered inch by inch before Qi Shuangshuang, disappearing without a trace in an instant.
The last thing the Evil Ghost saw were fine transparent threads densely forming a net around him, enclosing and suddenly tightening around him.
Qi Shuangshuang easily handled the Evil Ghost attacking her, then appreciated Li Yu’s gigantic black fox form pouncing on the Evil Ghosts. What was a fierce attack looked cute in Qi Shuangshuang’s eyes.
Li Yu’s combat power was impressive; with a swipe of his paw and a flick of his tail, the Evil Ghosts turned into dust one by one, without even using his teeth.
The Evil Ghosts weren’t foolish; seeing they weren’t a match, their leader let out a sharp cry, intending to escape with the remaining Evil Ghosts. But just as they tried to fly away, they found their bodies immobilized.
Qi Shuangshuang’s gentle laughter drifted into the leader Evil Ghost’s ears, "Did you think you could ignore me and escape from my grasp?"