I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 25: Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma in the Late Eastern Han Dynasty

Jiji~
The little Golden Crow became even angrier, protesting loudly and sending a telepathic message to Wang Jing.

"Oh, you are a female? That means you are an unfilial daughter!"

After saying that, Wang Jing ignored the little golden crow's protests and continued to treat its soft body as dough, kneading it into balls and flattening it.

He didn't let go until Little Golden Crow was finally unconscious from being pinched by him.

Chirp~ Chirp~
After waking up, the little golden crow turned over and stood up again, with wings on his waist, and seemed to become even angrier than before.

No one has ever dared to treat a fairy bird like this!
there has never been!

Wang Jing snorted twice and said dissatisfiedly: "You are unhappy, but I am also unhappy. Not only can you not help me at all, but I have to pay for your support."

Although he said words of disgust, Wang Jing still breathed in and out, condensing a wisp of Danyu Holy Flame. He then compressed the holy flame into a small ball, flicked his finger, and bounced it into the mouth of the little golden crow.

The little Golden Crow was just about to continue cursing, but after taking a bite of Danyu Holy Flame, his eyes suddenly glowed with golden light. He flapped his wings and jumped onto Wang Jing's shoulder, rubbing his head affectionately, obviously wanting another bite of food. He was completely shameless to the extreme.

This scene happened to be seen by Diao Chan who knocked on the door with a food box in hand. She was immediately touched by the cute appearance of the little guy and excitedly came forward to touch it: "Ah, my dear, this bird's personality is similar to yours, just like your own child."

"Nonsense!"

Chichi!

The man and the bird protested at the same time.

Seeing this, Diao Chan also chuckled, then put the food box on the table, opened the lid, revealing a dignified and simple celadon soup bowl.

The moment the lid was opened, a refreshing aroma wafted out, which greatly increased Wang Jing's appetite.

"What is this? Why does it smell so good?"

"My dear, you are in luck. This soup is called Golden Wind Jade Dew Soup. It is said to be made from the egg liquid of golden blood swallows. It is added with golden fire dates, one of the five fruits, and the top-grade spiritual fruit Langhua Jade Cinnamon. It is the best for nourishing qi and blood, strengthening muscles and bones, and strengthening aptitude."

Wang Jing's appetite increased when he heard this, as the golden thread fire dates and the cloud pattern purple pear are both one of the five fruits.

The cloud-patterned purple pear contains rich water-based energy. Eating it can improve one's talent for controlling water and also help to comprehend the mysteries of thunder magic. It is a rare and top-grade spiritual fruit.

The golden thread fire dates contain both gold and fire elements of the Five Elements, and among them, fire overcomes gold. Therefore, the effect after eating them is extremely unique. It can not only enhance the talent of controlling fire and gold, but also enhance the resistance to fire-based Taoism.

Of course, for a gourmet like Wang Jing, the soft, sweet, and slightly spicy taste of the golden thread fire dates is what attracts him the most.

As for the eggs of the golden blood swallow and the langhua cinnamon produced by the langgan tree, although they are not as precious as the cloud-patterned purple pear and golden fire dates, they are also rare treasures with excellent taste.

"Diao Chan, go get another bowl, and let's sit down and eat together."

"The slaves dare not."

"Listen to me and go quickly."

"Yes."

Diao Chan pursed her lips, then stood up and walked lightly to get a small celadon bowl the size of a palm. Then she picked up a porcelain spoon, scooped a few spoonfuls of soup from the large bowl and poured it into her bowl.

Seeing this, Wang Jing took her bowl and scooped a few more spoonfuls for her, admonishing her, "You are growing up, so eat more. Got it?"

Diao Chan lowered her head, tears welling up in her eyes: "I understand."

At this moment, she was deeply moved.

In this era of respect for seniority and hierarchy, and being from a prominent family like the Wang family of Taiyuan, even if she was as beautiful as a fairy, she was ultimately just a slave.

He has a humble status and low position, and can even be said to be as lowly as dust and dirt.

But Wang Jing did not despise her lowly status, nor did he ever act superior or domineering in front of her. This feeling of "equal treatment" was something she had never gotten from anyone else.

Because the words "superior and inferior" have long been engraved in everyone's bones.

Even in the Taiyuan Wang family, which had a very strict family tradition, neither the head of the family, Wang Yun, nor the eldest son, Wang Gai, had ever harshly criticized or scolded the servants, but they would never regard the servants as people with whom they could communicate on an "equal" basis.

To them, the master is the master and the servant is the servant, with distinctions of high and low.

Only Wang Jing came from later generations and an ordinary family, so he was used to looking at others as equals. This made the servants in the mansion feel that he was approachable and not arrogant.

As a close maid, Diao Chan was deeply infatuated with the feeling of being treated as an equal. When she looked at Wang Jing, she did not hide her admiration at all.

Wang Jing used a porcelain spoon to gently circle the soup. He smelled the aroma and his body instinctively became eager for the delicious food in front of him. It seemed as if every cell in his body became active.

"It really is a tonic."

Looking at the soup in front of him that looked like bird's nest, Wang Jing took a closer look and found that there seemed to be some gelatinous substance in it that was the color of glass and the shape of amber.

Suddenly, he was secretly surprised: "Xianyu Qiongzhi!?"

Apparently, fairy jade and jadeite were added to the soup, but this magical object was too precious, so it was no wonder that Diao Chan was completely unaware of it.

Without thinking too much, Wang Jing picked up the bowl and started to gulp the food down.

The sweet and rich taste instantly blooms on the tip of the tongue, followed by a stream of heat that goes straight into the lungs. The whole body feels as if wrapped in a hot spring, warm and cozy, making people drowsy.

A feeling of satisfaction fills my heart.

"This tastes so good..."

Wang Jing felt the changes coming from inside his body, as if every cell was cheering and jumping for joy. He had an unparalleled pleasure as if his life essence was elevated. Every pore was dilating, and his mood seemed to fly high into the sky, like riding on the clouds.

"Ah~"

Diao Chan beside him couldn't help but let out a moan after drinking the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Soup, and then felt hot all over.

She did not have Wang Jing's Qi training level, so the changes in her body were more drastic. Her whole body began to feel hot, her fair skin turned red, and even her eyes became blurred.

"My dear...my dear...I am so hot..."

Diao Chan's breath was as fragrant as orchid, and her delicate body leaned softly in Wang Jing's arms.

Wang Jing carried Diao Chan to the bed and used his internal energy to clear her meridians so that she could better absorb the medicinal power of the Golden Wind and Jade Dew Soup.

On the bed, Wang Jing placed his palms on Diao Chan's shoulders and began to slowly inject Danyu Holy Flame along his palms.

The holy flame with infinite vitality first entered Diao Chan's body, and then began to move rhythmically, exhaling and inhaling, guiding the Yuan Qi to circulate in her body.

Half an hour later, Wang Jing gently stroked her sweat-soaked back and said softly, "Go ask the woodshed to boil some hot water. We will take a bath and change clothes together later."

Diao Chan blushed upon hearing this, and replied shyly, "Yes, I'll go right away."

After saying this, he fled away like a frightened deer.

Chirp~chirp~
As if feeling ignored, the little golden crow jumped in front of Wang Jing angrily, with its wings akimbo, cursing.

Wang Jing reached out and touched his head, ruffling the hair on top of the little guy's head: "Why, you want to wash too?"

Jiji~
When Little Golden Crow heard that he was going to take a bath, he immediately struggled violently.

What it hates most is water!
bath?

Don’t even want to die!

After teasing the little guy for a while, Wang Jing fed it a few balls of holy flames, then got up and went to play in the water with Diao Chan and go to Wushan together.

Really...

Twenty-eight beauties have a body as soft as a stick, and a sword at their waists to kill ordinary people.

Although there are no dead heads, secretly the bones of the emperor are withered.

After taking a shower, Wang Jing felt refreshed.

The trouble caused by the Fire Dragon Energy of the Wei Dynasty was temporarily solved, and the plan to improve strength was put on the agenda again. Wang Jing took out the blood-colored glazed jade box and planned to start the second refining of "Nine Refinings of True Yang".

At this moment, there was already a spark of fire in his heart that came from the divine bird Phoenix.

Although this flame is inconspicuous, its essence is extremely high, containing the essence of destruction and rebirth.

Under the control of the Dharmakaya, the flames ignited the Yuan Qi, which circulated endlessly in the eight extraordinary meridians in the form of a small circulation, and sometimes penetrated into multiple organs in the body to refine the body's digestive system. This change was happening every moment.

Although Wang Jing didn't notice the changes at all because they were extremely subtle and relatively slow, it didn't matter. The Dharma body would record them in real time, so Wang Jing understood his body better and better.

"The Danyu Holy Flame left behind by the divine bird Phoenix seems to have a far better effect on the body than the Danyu Holy Flame I released myself."

Looking at the curve of body changes recorded by the Dharma body, Wang Jing could feel the huge gap between the two.

With the continuous refining every day, Danyu Holy Flame is slowly improving his physique and his foundation every moment.

If the strengthening effect of the Danyu Holy Flame he generated himself is "one", then the strengthening effect of the Holy Fire left on Danyu by the divine bird Phoenix is ​​at least "thirty".

A gap of thirty times!

No wonder Wang Yun was determined to get back the divine object Danyu, which was originally used as the base of the sealing array, even at the cost of sacrificing his second son.

Although he was treated as a "sacrifice", Wang Jing did not feel any hatred towards Wang Yun.

After all, he didn't really regard Wang Yun as his biological father. They were just using each other, and it would be too costly to talk about feelings.

Moreover, in Wang Jing's opinion, he had nothing to lose anyway, and it was a blessing in disguise.

Wang Jing thought with an open mind, and then began to absorb the remaining phoenix fire on Danyu for the second time. As a result, as soon as he touched it, the little golden crow ran out from somewhere again, and stared at Danyu in the glazed jade box with its cute eyes, drooling, looking extremely greedy.

But it was too scared to get close and could only look at Wang Jing eagerly.

Jiji~
Wang Jing glared back angrily: "What are you thinking? This is the heirloom of my Taiyuan Wang family! I don't want to be beaten! Don't even think about it!"

Ji~
The little Golden Crow slumped dejectedly on the table, with his big head drooped, and began to sigh, looking pitiful and abandoned.

"Stop pretending to be pitiful! No means no!"

When Wang Jing was a child, he often used the same trick to trick his parents into buying candy. Little Jinwu was too naive to try the same trick on him.

Chirp~chirp~
The little golden crow raised its head, its eyes were full of tears, and it clasped its wings together. It continued to act cute and pitiful towards Wang Jing, as if it would not give up until it achieved its goal.

"I'm really scared of you!"

Wang Jing was so annoyed that he had to clench his right hand and grab a wisp of holy flame left by the divine bird Phoenix from Danyu and placed it in his palm.

Jiji~
Looking at the little flame swaying in Wang Jing's palm, the little Golden Crow, who was originally acting cute and pitiful, immediately became energetic, jumping up and down, wanting it very much, as if a child saw his favorite candy.

"After you finish eating, go away and don't disturb me while I practice. Deal or not?"

Jiji~
"Okay, then we have a deal. No one is allowed to cheat."

Ji~
Wang Jing squeezed the flame into a ball and flicked it with his fingers.

The little golden crow, who had been unable to wait any longer, kicked his legs, flew up, and swallowed the ball of fire into his stomach in one gulp.

Boom~
Then I saw it lying lazily on the table, looking full and satisfied, patting its belly and burping.

Apparently, the flame just now made it full.

Seeing that Little Golden Crow was fine, Wang Jing didn't bother to care about it anymore and continued to absorb the Danyu Holy Flame.

This time, he wanted to refine the motor system, so he needed to strengthen more organs than the digestive system, including bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, bursae, etc.

This kind of strengthening cannot be accomplished overnight, but after each refining, the effect is immediate.

After completing thirty-six cycles, the Niyu Holy Flame spread throughout his body. Wang Jing suddenly stood up and punched in the air.

Boom~
The force exploded the air, creating a strong wind that made the house a mess, and the mulberry paper pasted on the doors and windows made a rustling sound.

The power of this punch is quite amazing!
The power is more than five times greater than the previous full-strength punch!
It's not that Wang Jing's upper limit of strength has increased five times, but that his bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, nerves, blood vessels, bursae and other parts seem to be integrated by some force and twisted into a rope.

The power runs through the whole body, layer by layer, resulting in such an incredible increase in power.

Wang Jing moved his hands and feet and felt as if he had been reborn. In fact, it was almost the same. After being refined by the Danyu Holy Flame, his physique was already moving towards excellence.

When this change reaches a certain level, things like innate supernatural powers will be easy to obtain.

And that day is not too far away. Perhaps a month or two of settling in will be enough.

After half a year of testing, Wang Jing continued to develop new functions of his Dharma body, and even he was shocked by the efficiency of his own Qi refining.

Wang Ling could already be called a genius, and he practiced hard every day, meditating and breathing the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth for six hours without fail. However, Wang Jing's improvement speed was more than three times his, and dozens of times that of an ordinary Qi Refiner!
This means that one year of Wang Jing's idle time is equivalent to twenty years of hard practice for others!

The reason why the efficiency gap is so huge has nothing to do with hard work and qualifications. After all, Wang Ling is a genius who has both qualifications and hard work, but his efficiency is still far inferior to Wang Jing.

The difference lies in that Qi training is a slow and painstaking process that requires one to constantly improve one's life essence by breathing in the primordial Qi of heaven and earth.

And every time the practitioner circulates the energy in the body and mobilizes the vital energy of heaven and earth, it requires the practitioner to devote his whole heart and soul, and there cannot be the slightest mistake during the practice.

On this point, human will will never be able to surpass artificial intelligence, because as long as there are no bugs in the system, artificial intelligence will never make mistakes.

As long as the most perfect exercise route is worked out, the Dharma body will be able to breathe in and out the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth continuously for twelve hours a day to refine the cells in the body, so that every organ, every meridian, and even every cell that the Yuan Qi flows through can be moistened and nourished by the Yuan Qi.

This kind of training efficiency can never be matched by human efforts.

It’s like no matter how great a craftsman is, he cannot compare with the intelligent assembly line in terms of production efficiency.

Wang Jing squeezed his palm hard, and the sound of air exploding came out: "I am very strong now!"

After estimating his current combat power, Wang Jing felt that if he met a general of He Man's level again, he already had the ability to kill him head-on. Even without the help of external forces such as the Four Directions of Heaven and Earth Fu Long Formation, he had the confidence to kill him.

It may be a tough battle, but the final victory is unquestionable.

Finally, I gained more confidence to survive in troubled times.

Wang Jing was filled with joy.

……

A few days later, news came from Luoyang.

Emperor Liu Hong passed away.

In March of the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling of Han died, and the crown prince Liu Bian ascended the throne and became the Shao Emperor.

When the Shao Emperor was fourteen years old, his biological mother, Empress He, was honored as the Empress Dowager and presided over the government.

Empress Dowager He allowed her brother, General He Jin, and Grand Tutor Yuan Wei to jointly participate in the affairs of the Secretariat and take charge of the government, thus creating a situation in which the He family, the foreign relatives, held exclusive power.

When a king dies, the whole country is in mourning.

But for Wang Yun, it was a blessing in disguise.

Before this, Wang Yun had always stood on He Jin's side. He had firmly opposed Liu Hong's decision to depose the eldest son and enthrone the youngest son. He supported Liu Bian, the eldest son of the legitimate wife, to inherit the throne. His political demands were the same as He Jin's.

Of course, the most important thing is that in order to make the He family one of the aristocratic families, He Jin also tried his best to win over famous families such as the Wang family of Taiyuan, and thus became very close to the aristocratic families.

Now that Liu Hong has passed away, Zhang Rang has lost his greatest backer. He Jin immediately invited Wang Yun, hoping that Wang Yun could return to Luoyang and work with him on great undertakings.

The entire Wang family was excited about this, believing it to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Wang family of Taiyuan has been silent for a long time, and it is time to enter the center of power again!

The eldest son Wang Gai, the youngest son Wang Ding, and the nephew Wang Chen all congratulated him. Even Wang Ling, who had the calmest personality, could not hide his joy and excitement.

Among the crowd, only Wang Jing was feeling melancholy and worried secretly: "Sure enough, the gears of fate have begun to turn. This time, whether it is a blessing or a curse depends on whether we can successfully break the situation."

Wang Yun was originally in a good mood, but when he saw Wang Jing's strange expression, he couldn't help but ask, "Yuan Xu, why are you so depressed?"

"Father, as the saying goes, fortunes are intertwined with disasters, and disasters are intertwined with fortunes. In a peaceful and prosperous age, the closer you are to the center of power, the more chances you have to rise to the upper class. But can the world today be called a prosperous age? Moreover, in the court, the general and the ten eunuchs are at loggerheads. We are involved in it, and we can't even guarantee our lives, let alone wealth and glory."

After these words were spoken, not only Wang Yun, but also the younger generation of the clan such as Wang Gai and Wang Ling, changed their expressions.

The eldest brother Wang Gai couldn't help but ask: "Yuan Xu, are you worrying too much?"

Wang Jing shook his head and said in a serious tone: "Planning ahead is the key to success. It is never a bad thing to plan ahead."

(End of this chapter)