Chapter 153: Preparatory Disciple, Li Zhi

Chapter 153: Preparatory Disciple, Li Zhi

Chapter 153: Preparatory Disciple, Li Zhi

After the first battle, White Tiger City fell into an even greater carnival because Ash's apprentices held a buffet.

Pot after pot of dishes were brought out from the open-air kitchen and placed by apprentices in front of one delighted face after another.

This is the training that Ash gives these apprentices. [Five Flavors Chef] focuses on the five flavors, not only the five flavors of food, but also the five flavors of life.

Some students are born with a sense of superiority. Without polishing and experience, it is very difficult for them to comprehend the [Five Flavors of Cooking].

Since he is a teacher, Ash must do his job conscientiously. He will teach if he can, and it is up to him if the students don't listen. He will only stay for one year anyway, and it will be enough for him to sow the seeds.

While the students were busy, Ash also put dish after dish into his stomach and then evaluated whether it was acceptable or not.

As his reputation gradually spread, his recruitment method changed. It was no longer him looking for apprentices, but apprentices looking for him.

He said that anyone who wanted to be his apprentice could bring him a dish they cooked themselves to taste and they wouldn't have to worry about tuition fees. If the apprentice was really outstanding, he could provide an interest-free loan to the apprentice for his studies.

When eating a dish, Ash suddenly stopped eating. It was not very delicious. The taste of this dish was just average, but the fragrance was extreme.

This is a very unusual thing, because the fragrance can be so extreme, which means that the cooking skills are not bad, and the taste should not be so ordinary.

Ash glanced at the list and said, "Ask Mei Yaojie to come in."

Soon a young man walked in. Although he seemed polite, Ash could still see his hidden arrogance.

Another young master spoiled by his family, Ash knew what was going on with just one glance.

"Who made this dish for you?" Ash asked indifferently.

The young man "I" was about to say that I did it, but then I felt an extremely terrifying murderous intent coming, which made him feel like he was falling into an icy cave.

Since the change in the enrollment method, more and more people have been trying to take advantage of the situation. He has encountered people registering by using other people's dishes more than a dozen times.

He didn't care at first. After all, if you participate in this way, you won't have any enthusiasm for cooking and there is no way you can pass it.

But this time, Ash decided to make an exception, because he felt that the person should be a talented person, but just didn't follow the right path.

Or there is no way to get on the right path.

Ash glanced at the young man who had confessed obediently under his murderous aura, waved his hand, and asked the apprentice next to him to take him away.

Soon, Ren You came over with a young man wearing a linen shirt.

"Teacher, this is the person you want." Ren You said.

"Yes." Ash looked at the dark-skinned boy in linen clothes, "You are Li Zhi. Did you make the dish that Mei Yaojie made?"

"Yes." Li Zhi said a little nervously.

"Want to learn how to cook?" Ash asked.

Li Zhi glanced around and said, "Can I say I don't want to?"

"Okay, but you have to tell me why you don't want to first," Ash said.

Li Zhi bowed his head and said honestly: "I want to be a pharmacist. I don't want my sister to suffer from illness anymore."

"Just because of this?" Ash asked.

"That's why." Li Zhi said.

Ash said, "If I cure your sister's illness, will you be willing to learn how to cook?"

"Yes!" Li Zhi nodded vigorously.

Ash nodded slightly, "Bring his sister."

"Yes." Ren You nodded, and before leaving, he couldn't help but take another look at Li Zhi. If he guessed correctly, he would probably soon have a nominal senior brother.

Soon, Ren You came over carrying a sick girl and put her down.

The girl immediately hid behind Li Zhi and grabbed his clothes and said, "Brother."

"Hey, brother is here." Li Zhi immediately responded softly.

Ash, however, glanced at the siblings with a strange look, because he could see that they were not related by blood at all.

"Tsk, I didn't expect to meet a lucky guy."

Ash teased inwardly, then said, "I've seen your sister's illness. Does she twitch all over from time to time, as if being stabbed by a knife?"

"Yes!" Li Zhi nodded, his eyes lit up. He knew that a big shot like Ash would not know their details in detail.

Now Ash can see through his sister's situation at a glance, obviously he has real skills.

"I won't cure your sister's illness." Yaxiu said calmly. When Li Zhi heard this, he wanted to ask, didn't he agree to cure the disease? He would only learn to cook after the disease was cured.

But he still held back his words. After years of struggling at the bottom of society, he had already recognized the essence of this reality: the weak have no power.

He had no right to question a strong man like Ash, otherwise being beaten and scolded would be the lightest punishment. If he was unlucky, he might even be beaten to death.

Ash looked at his performance and nodded slightly. He knew when to advance and retreat, and had a good character.

"Your sister's illness is not actually an illness." Ash said slowly, "She just eats too little."

"Too little?" Li Zhi frowned. "Impossible, I feed her three meals a day!"

"Just relying on your coarse grains and rice?" Ash asked back, "Do you know why an old cow eats grass every day but becomes thinner day by day and eventually starves to death?"

"Because you can't digest the grass?" Li Zhi hesitated.

Ash nodded and said, "Yes and no, it still has the ability to digest, but the amount of grass it digests every day is limited, and the energy it gets is far from enough to cover its expenditure."

"But it's different if its owner is willing to feed it ground soybeans and eggs. Even if it has limited food to digest, the same quality of soybeans and eggs can provide much higher energy than grass, and it can get it for longer."

"Your sister is in the same condition now." Ash pointed at the girl. "Your sister was born with extraordinary blood. Even if she eats a full meal every day, the energy she gets every day is not enough for her to grow. That's why your sister feels like she's being cut by a knife from time to time. She's shrinking to adapt to the lack of energy."

"If left alone, this symptom will probably disappear in two or three years." Yaxiu said, "But your sister will become like everyone else. Not only that, because of the atrophy of her blood vessels, her life span will be much shorter than that of ordinary people. Well, she will probably only live to her twenties."

"That means she can only live for fifteen years at most!" Li Zhi was shocked subconsciously, and then he reacted. With a plop, he knelt down in front of Yaxiu and kowtowed, "Master, I beg you to save my sister's life."

"I told you, I won't do anything, and you are not worthy of being my disciple right now."

Ash's words came slowly, but Li Zhi didn't even raise his head, just remained silent. He knew that Ash should have something else to say.

"You can be my apprentice first, just like Ren You." Ya Xiu said slowly, "I will not lack food, clothing, shelter and transportation for you and your brother."

"But if you want to save your sister, you have to cook for half a year. If you can take good care of your sister within half a year, I will accept you as my apprentice. If you can't, you can go wherever you want after the apprenticeship period is over. I won't care."

"Yes, teacher." Li Zhi finally spoke.

Ash waved his hand: "Ren You, go make the arrangements."

"Yes, teacher." Ren You nodded and left with Li Zhi and his sister.

Yaxiu tapped the table with his fingers and chuckled. This kid is brave, resourceful, and knows when to advance and when to retreat. He is indeed a good candidate, but he is a little too cunning. Without some training, he will not be a good disciple.

Moreover, if he really wants to be his disciple, it depends on whether Li Zhi can successfully tap into his talents.

"However, how could the bloodline of the Red Brilliant Dragon, one of the Nine Dragons, be spread among the common people?" Ash thought.

Chonglong, it doesn’t matter whether you pronounce it as “zhong” (stressed gravity) or “zhong” (repeated). Of course, the official pronunciation is still “zhong” (repeated).

The reason for this is that the Chonglong Empire has nine major families, also known as the Nine Chonglongs, each consisting of one emperor and eight kings.

Yidi refers to the bloodline of the current emperor, Zhonglong, so it is also OK to read Zhonglong Empire as Zhonglong Empire.

The eight kings are Tyrannosaurus, Power Dragon, War Dragon, Shadow Dragon, Red Dragon, Wind Spirit Dragon, Ice Soul Dragon and Earth Ankylosaurus.

According to what Ash knew, Red Brilliant Dragon, one of the Eight Kings, should still be quietly serving as his prince.

A golden family like this one, which has golden blood, should establish a blood archive or something like that to supervise all members of the clan. The first purpose is to monitor the life and death of their own clan members, and the second is to gather clan members with awakened blood as soon as possible and train them together.

"A surprise?" Ash tapped the table with his fingers. If he hadn't come, he could imagine what kind of bloody plot it would be.

The younger sister has officially awakened her bloodline when she reaches adulthood. Her biological parents come to look for her, but they look down on her and force the couple to break up. The young man vows to become a strong man and be qualified to stand by his sister's side. Unexpectedly, his sister is getting married again. In order to resist all this, the young man prepares to snatch the bride.
Stopping his wandering thoughts, Ash shook his head. To be honest, he really wanted to see whether this reality would develop like the bloody plot.

Unfortunately, now that he has arrived, even if all this happened, it is destined to be impossible to happen, not to mention that this is just his fantasy based on the novels of his previous life.

Continuing to taste the dishes, Ash continued to recruit students.

By the end of the day, Ash had eaten thousands of plates, but in the end he only recruited two students.

The tenth-tier swords promised by the ten martial arts gym masters were also delivered, a dagger with a ferocious bird head. Ash thoughtfully took out another blood-red dagger with a dragon circling the hilt.

This is King Shabi's sacred sword, but it was damaged during the battle. He collected the fragments and melted them into a kitchen knife, which is the one in his right hand.

The Duyi has already reached the tenth level, and upgrading to a divine artifact is not something that can be achieved by simply swallowing gold and iron. It requires empowerment to be given to it, and this can only be done by a demigod.

"Garuda Sword, Eternal Spirit Sword? Do you want me to create the eight legendary kitchen utensils?"

Ash gestured with the two swords and raised his eyebrows, thinking that it would be quite interesting to leave a legend for future generations.

However, for now, it is still a bit too difficult to make them. After all, kitchen utensils such as the Dragon-Turning Pot and the Demon Saint Bronze Utensils require the power of time. Even for him, it is still quite difficult to manipulate time through "heaven", not to mention that he has not yet reached the level of demigod.

(End of this chapter)