I work as a cook in Xuanmen

Chapter 5 Breakthrough
There were a lot of things prepared for lunch, and it was noon. Rong Xuan took off his long gown, put on an apron, and started busy around the stove again.

I stood aside to help. The disciple who was lighting the fire behind the stove was a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old. She had regular facial features, nothing too out of the ordinary, but made people feel comfortable.

As if she had no distracting thoughts, she quietly lit the fire. At this moment, there was a strange aperture in the kitchen. The sun shone in, and the circles of light and shadow wandered along the stove around the kitchen. Some of those lights and shadows entered her. Some of them followed the stove and entered the body of Rong Xuan, who was waving a spatula, and some even slipped onto me.

The inexplicable light and shadow gently touched my skin, testing me. Seeing that I didn't object to its approach, it entered my body along the pores, slowly traveled through my blood vessels, and kept flowing.

I let them follow the meridians without disturbing or paying attention to them, and they slowly entered another world.

There are gurgling water, a gentle breeze, and elves jumping back and forth everywhere. They are laughing and chasing each other. Under the shade of lush trees is a winding path, with flowers blooming on both sides of the path, which is so beautiful.

As I walked forward along the path, spiritual energy and fairy music floated into my ears, as if I was outside the mortal world, and there was only one person in the world.

"Congratulations to my uncle, Master, for breaking through to the first level of Qi training."

When I came back to my senses, the kitchen stove was clean, and Rong Xuan was standing next to me.

I told him what I felt just now, but he laughed and said, "Uncle Master just entered the Xuanjing Land, and he broke through a level in a single thought."

"Weren't you cooking just now? Where are the vegetables?"

"We have already had lunch. Uncle Master has been standing for an hour. Are you tired? I left some food for Uncle Master."

As Rong Xuan spoke, he turned around and took out my rice bowl from the kitchen cabinet.

Only now did I feel hungry. I thanked Rong Xuan and squatted behind the stove with my bowl in my hands to eat.

I don’t know if it’s because Rong Xuan said these dishes can replenish spiritual energy, but I actually find them more delicious.

"Why haven't you seen Li Yun come to the dining hall to have dinner?" I asked while eating.

"Uncle Master is already in the late stage of pill formation and has already given up fasting."

So that’s it, that means it doesn’t matter whether you eat it or not in the future.

In other words, I was deceived by old man Tianqi. When I saw him lying on the ground, I thought he was fainting from hunger, but it turned out that he had tricked me into coming here. He had stopped eating grains a long time ago and could survive by sucking wind and drinking dew. for a long time.

While I was eating, I gave old man Tianqi a big cross in my heart. This old man is so bad.

Rong Xuan took an ax, walked to the open space behind the kitchen, and started chopping firewood. The wood he chopped was of the same size and was neatly placed under the eaves. I washed the dishes and wanted to try chopping firewood.

Rong Xuan handed me a piece of wood with a smile, stood aside and handed me the ax, watching me chop it.

I lifted it high, but it was too heavy and I couldn't gather it. It was no more than my knees. I tried harder.

But only raised it a little.

"This is too heavy, I can't lift it." I looked at him with a sad face.

"Uncle Master, you have to practice physical fitness when you come here. Many senior brothers who are not good at understanding can also practice cultivation." Rong Xuan said as he took the ax and continued to chop.

"Where do you practice?" I asked humbly with the attitude of just asking if you don't understand.

Old man Tianqi brought me here and didn't teach me anything. He left me alone and went into seclusion. I didn't know anything, so I could only learn step by step.

Rong Xuan wiped the non-existent sweat and said, "There is a practice area in Xuanqingmen. It has a thousand-pound pendant formation. You can hold it for a quarter of an hour after entering it, even if you have to run around the square ten times outside."

so smart? "What about you? How long can you stay?"

"It only lasts an hour for me to enter now. I only practice my physical fitness occasionally, so I can't compete with them." Rong Xuan smiled and touched the back of his head.

There are six people in the kitchen. The others not only talk little, but also rarely interact with each other. When doing things, they just work hard and leave without a trace after cleaning up. Only this Rong Xuan can still chat with me.

"That's not bad. I think everyone else is quite talkative?"

"No, they have all banned their speech recently. Some senior brothers have not spoken a word for several years."

"Then you're panicking if you don't hold it back?" Are you still going to revise the ban? Aren't you allowed to talk even if you do nothing?
Yes, the human world is called closed-mouth meditation. It is said that all Taoists and masters who practice well are at the master level.

No wonder the entire Xuanqing Sect is like no one. No one is making any noise all day long. The noisiest times are probably when Rong Xuan rings the bell for dinner, and during morning and evening classes.

"No, they have cultivated well and can communicate with their spiritual consciousness." "The senior brother who made the fire today saw that my uncle was breaking the barrier and asked me not to touch you. She hasn't said a word in three years, so she has no spiritual consciousness. Gave me an idea.”

Do you want to be so awesome? Although I am not a talkative person, if you ask me not to speak, I will choke to death!

"They are too good, I can't learn from them."

"Actually, those who can enter the Xuanqing Sect usually have a rough life experience and have suffered a lot. All of them have seen through the world of mortals and only those who want to be pure come under the sect." Rong Xuan's sadness suddenly came over him.

"But... I was captured by Master, and he didn't even ask for my consent."

Rong Xuan saw the unhappy look on my face, coughed slightly, and then said, "The sect master has been looking for my uncle for many years. Some time ago, I got the fluctuation of your spiritual consciousness, so I entered the human world to look for you. I am probably afraid of losing you again." The news, that’s why I brought you back forcefully.”

"But I still have parents in the human world! I wonder if they will miss me?"

Although my parents have only loved my younger brother since I was a child and didn't pay much attention to me, I am still their daughter after all.

"Why don't you go find Uncle Li Yun and ask him to take you to the Observing Mirror?"

"Viewing mirror?"

"Well, just hand over a medium-grade spiritual stone and you can see."

Sigh... I want spiritual stones again. I haven't even earned the low-grade ones. Let's wait a little longer.

I touched the Qiankun bag hanging on my waist, and then I remembered that I had been practicing hard for so long in order to be able to open the Qiankun bag, and today I finally got my wish.

I focused my consciousness on the Qiankun bag, and sure enough, an independent space appeared in front of me. The space was not big. I tried to put a few pieces of chopped firewood. After entering, they were piled neatly in the corner.

I took it out and put it in again, repeating this cycle many times, gradually feeling a little exhausted and sleepy.

I yawned loudly and put out the firewood. "I'm so sleepy. Let's go back and take a nap."

Rong Xuan smiled and said, "Uncle Master, this is caused by excessive consumption of spiritual power. Uncle Master has just made a breakthrough, so it is not suitable to use it too much."

"Oh, I got it. I'm new to it and I still don't understand some of it. I won't do it next time." I turned around and waved goodbye to Rong Xuan as I walked away.

"Master, uncle, walk slowly."

I walked to the room in a daze, got on the bed, and fell asleep.

I slept until You woke up.

There were a lot of footsteps outside the door, but no one spoke.

I opened the door crack, and all the disciples passing by stopped and gave me a fist-cup salute, "Master, uncle." "Old ancestor."

I know that apart from me, Li Yun has the highest seniority in this group, and these disciples are the ones who move around Li Yun more.

"Where are you going?"

"The General Affairs Office has assigned new tasks, and the disciples are preparing to take on some tasks."

Divisional Affairs Office? It should be where Li Yun works.

"I haven't been to the Secretary's Office yet. I'll go check it out with you."

Several people nodded in agreement, and I followed them uphill to a square halfway up the mountain. I saw many bulletin boards around the square with various tasks scrolling on them.

The disciples who came with me dispersed and ran to the bulletin board to receive the task. After receiving the task above, the task disappeared, and then there was an extra mark on the arm of the disciple who received the task.

While I was looking around curiously, Li Yun walked to me quietly.

"Uncle Master."

"What is that mark for?" Out of curiosity, I asked obediently.

"That's a sign for accepting a mission. It can also save lives. It's also a defensive formation. When you go on a mission and your life is in danger, you will automatically open the defensive barrier and wait for the division's rescue."

(End of this chapter)