Chapter 1042 Fuck The Food And That Old Man
The old man did not get out of his meditative state even after noticing Lith and Fei.
Fei had her cultivation covered for obvious reasons, and Lith didn't intend to hide himself, so let his aura run freely.
The boy was gone from the area after bringing Lith to the old man.
Instead of conversing with the old man, Lith felt it was better to have his cooking do the talking.
Lith stomped on the ground, and three rectangular tables arranged in a U-shape were formed.
"Sit there for a while and watch."
Lith stomped on the ground again and a square pillar half the height of Fei rose up. It was an impromptu stool to sit upon.
Fei sat there quietly and watched whatever her Master was doing.
Lith had all the necessary ingredients within his ring.
His ring was so big that there were sections within it. One section contained books, one had weapons, one had cooking ingredients, and so on and so forth.
Lith took out King grade beast meat and placed it on the stone table. He then brought vegetables, mushrooms, and spices respectively and arranged them properly on the table.
Once the ingredients were ready, Lith began chopping the veggies.
Tak-Tak-Tak-Tak-Tak!
The rhythmic chopping sounds made the old man open one of his eyes and see what the young man was upto.
What met his gaze were vegetables flying in arc above the young man's head and falling into a bowl of water, then slipping from the bowl to smaller bowls.
It was such a majestic sight that the old man was at a loss for words.
Still, chopping doesn't mean jackshit if the food was crap.
The old man shut his eyes again and began meditating. This wasn't fascinating.
With the ingredients ready, Lith stomped on the ground again and a hollow rectangular pillar reaching his waist emerged from it.
Lith added a few pieces of firewood inside the cavity along with some aromatic barks. He then lit them up and placed a wok on top of it.
With the wok getting heated, Lith cut off fat from the King Grade beast meat and tossed it in the wok, having it immediately melt away and grease the wok.
A gamey aroma hit Fei and the old man's nostrils, which was later replaced with the smell of freshly cut shallots and green onions.
Next, hot chili was added in the sizzling wok, the smell of which sent a burning sensation down the old man's nose and throat, making him cough.
Fei felt it too, but being a Supreme Rank, she did not cough.
After chili was salt, then sugar, then finally, the King Grade beast meat, which was finished after a pinch of secret powder was added by Lith.
The main dish was ready. Lith went to prepare the dessert and appetizer for the pre and post main course.
Eggs from a King Grade bird were mixed with sugar obtained from an underground sugarcane stem, and white-colored vanilla beans that grew on clouds.
Fantasy world did not follow normal logic. If it did, it wouldn't be called fantasy in the first place.
Lith kneaded black-colored buckwheat flour into a tender yet firm dough, which was eventually cut into fine noodle strands.
The noodles were sent to a boiling pot of water and in the meantime, Lith did the plating of two big bowls.
To this day, Miwa was still getting royalties for her poison concoction.
'Oh how far I've come...'
Lith almost had a tear in his eyes.
"Mhm-hmm~..."
"..."
Fei's moans were becoming concerning and snapped Lith out of his daze.
He watched her with a dumbfounded look on his face as she sucked on her chopsticks, forgetting that there's still food present in the bowl.
The old man turned to look at her too and was staring with knitted brows.
He refused to believe that someone could have such a reaction just by eating food! This woman was definitely paid by Lith to do this!
'Brat! Scammer brat! Just wait. I'll taste this and tell you how shit it is!' The old man turned his attention back to the three bowls in front of him.
"Ahh... so tasty..."
Fei finally took out the chopsticks from her mouth and went for another serving.
Lith's eyes twitched and he thought, 'If she does it another time then...'
"Ohhhh!"
Fei moaned out loud after having another mouthful of the golden cubes.
'That's it! Fuck the food and that old man!'
Lith's patience broke loose as something within his pants was starting to be unleashed.
It would be a concerning matter if that something did not react in the way it did after hearing the moans of a beautiful maiden.
Although petite and short, Fei was actually a beauty. If she didn't exist, Lith would've never known that washboard-like chests were attractive too!
"Let's go, we have work to finish."
Lith held Fei's hand and the tray full of food with his other one.
Fei blinked in confusion, but before she knew it, she was dragged away from the place by Lith.
While leaving, Lith turned his face to the side and said, "Old man, I know you're going to enjoy that food. With this, I've completed the challenge. If I get time in future, I'll have you taste it again. Until then..."
"...farewell."
Lith vanished from the place with Fei, leaving the old man flabbergasted.
The old man blinked his old foggy eyes and mumbled, "That brat... didn't waste words on idle chatter, instead..."
"...he cooked, he served, he left."
"Good. Very good. Let me see if the food lives up to the cockiness you've just portrayed."
The old man turned his gaze down at the bowl and grabbed one of the golden cubes. The moment he placed it in his mouth and bit onto it...
Crunch—!
"WHAAAATTT!?!"