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"Who?"
"The Jiuyou Sect, don't you recognize them?" Lu Yang was somewhat surprised, not understanding why the higher-ups of the Immortal Sect were so astonished.
Aren't you all here selling skewers? Isn't it normal for the Jiuyou Sect to open franchise stores in the outside world?
Even those at the Body Fusion stage are so easily startled; their mental cultivation is not yet perfected.
By contrast, Brother Dai Bufan is outstanding. He remained calm upon learning that the Jiuyou Sect was planning to open franchise stores.
"The Jiuyou Sect asked me if I had any profitable ventures. I mentioned there was a barbecue project right here that was guaranteed to make money. They asked if they should go for it, and I said yes." Lu Yang succinctly narrated the events.
The sect leader and others thought they had misheard. The Jiuyou Sect expanding barbecue stores? Could this really be something they would do?
Although Lu Yang made the story sound simple, the sect leader and the others were not fools; they believed he had omitted many details.
No matter how much was omitted, the fact that the Jiuyou Sect was helping the Seek Tao Sect open franchise barbecue stores was peculiar.
They must have been deceived by some lie from Lu Yang.
But that didn't make sense either, as the Jiuyou Sect's Petrification Bones had secret methods to detect lies; no one could lie in front of them.
It was baffling.
Forget it, why bother thinking about this? They're all just ghosts now, without any aspirations. As long as the barbecue store thrives, that's all that matters.
The Jiuyou Sect helping with the barbecue store is a good thing; drag down whoever can be dragged down.
"When we collaborated with the Jiuyou Sect, we provided two extremely important technical supports. As the first branch of the 'Once More Barbecue' store, you are also entitled to them."
Under the expectant gazes of the Immortal Sect's higher-ups, Lu Yang took out something resembling a bookshelf from his identity jade card.
"This is an automatic barbecue grill. Just place the skewered meat on it, and it will barbecue automatically."
Master Liu and Master Gao looked down on this magical tool, feeling it challenged their status: "Boss Lu, pardon my frankness, but the food grilled on this kind of grill lacks soul. We don't need this."
Lu Yang thought about it and agreed. Both Master Liu and Master Gao were at the late stage of Body Fusion, and their barbecue skills were definitely superior to this magical tool.
Moreover, the most important thing was that Master Liu and Master Gao could only grill skewers here. If the automatic barbecue grill replaced them, they would face unemployment.
"And this, the Three-Flavor Pure Yang True Fire seed." Lu Yang took out a small jade bottle, opened the cap, and a flickering flame hovered in the air, looking mysterious and unpredictable.
The higher-ups of the Immortal Sect were not too shocked, but the three ghost girls, including Xiao Qi, felt an innate fear upon seeing the True Fire seed.
The fire seed contained the Pure Yang True Fire of a Golden Elixir stage single powerhouse, naturally restraining ghosts.
Lu Yang smiled and said, "This is a combination of the Three-Flavor True Fire and Pure Yang True Fire. The Three-Flavor True Fire has a miraculous effect on barbecuing, providing three flavors. The Pure Yang True Fire is different from what you know; this Pure Yang True Fire I have can enhance vigor."
"Is there really such a miraculous thing in the world?" Not only the sect leader but even the Immortal himself showed a somewhat surprised expression.
The Immortal had the memories of all the disciples of the Immortal Sect, yet he had never heard of the Three-Flavor True Fire or the vigor-enhancing Pure Yang True Fire.
"This Pure Yang True Fire was discovered by a close friend of mine on the path of pursuing the ultimate truth. I greatly admire this spirit."
The sect leader pondered, "Although the Pure Yang True Fire is good, it seems unnecessary for our Seek Tao Sect, doesn't it?"
Everyone in the Seek Tao Sect had high cultivation and didn't need to enhance vigor. Moreover, there were many vigor-enhancing herbs in the sect. Lu Yang knew that the ginseng from the Ginseng Baby was a vigor-enhancing treasure.
Lu Yang thought about it and realized that was true, so he put away the Three-Flavor Pure Yang True Fire seed and flipped his palm, releasing the Three-Flavor True Fire.
"This is the Three-Flavor True Fire seed. You can give it a try and see if it has a miraculous effect on barbecuing."
Master Liu skeptically took the fire seed, replaced the charcoal with it, and picked up ten skewers of tofu skin to grill.
As the tofu skin was placed on the grill and expertly flipped by Master Liu, the deliciousness of the tofu skin slowly fermented.
"Everyone, have a taste."
After the tofu skin was grilled, each person took a skewer. Master Liu took a bite of the tofu skin he had grilled and his eyes widened in shock.
He had grilled simple tofu skin countless times and was all too familiar with its taste. He never expected that after being enhanced by the Three-Flavor True Fire's triple flavoring, it would give the tofu skin a dense texture that was sweet at first and then spicy.
The taste of the grilled tofu skin had risen to a new level!
This was no longer a gap that could be bridged by skill alone.
How miraculous!
No wonder Qin Yanyan was always dissatisfied with their skewers; the reason lay here.
They had painstakingly researched skewers for months, yet they were not as thorough as a Golden Elixir stage cultivator.
After this, they must enter seclusion to cultivate, striving for new insights into the way of barbecuing!
"Then, this fire seed is yours to keep."
Master Liu and Master Gao treasured it as if it were a precious gift.
"And my dear niece, did you tell anyone when you left Hundred Refinements Peak?"
"I don't think so."
"Then you'd better go back now. After the Fifth Elder and Junior Brother Li return to Hundred Refinements Peak and find you're not there…"
"They'll be very anxious?"
"They'll forget you ever existed."
"…"
"I'll go back right now."
Lu Yang stretched lazily, feeling he had done a good deed.
In fact, how could the Fifth Elder and Li Haoran possibly forget Qin Yanyan? On the contrary, they would search everywhere for her.
But saying so would make Qin Yanyan feel too mushy, so he let it be.
He strolled leisurely towards the Scripture Pavilion.
"What are you going to the Scripture Pavilion for?" In the spiritual space, the Immortal lazily lay on the bed, her legs straight up, her fair toes wiggling, then her legs slanted, and she flopped onto the bed.
"If there's anything you don't know, this Immortal can teach you."
"I'm revising my cultivation technique. My technique, 'Clarity of Heart and Mind,' was self-created, but my knowledge was limited at the time, and I only developed it up to the Foundation Establishment stage. Now that I'm at the Golden Elixir stage, the technique can't keep up with my progress, so I need to find inspiration in the Scripture Pavilion to see how to cultivate further."
"You're so young and you can create cultivation techniques?" The Immortal was shocked; even just reaching the Foundation Establishment stage was quite impressive.
"How could I? After I created it, my senior sister revised a part of it."
The Immortal secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought so. I couldn't even write my own techniques at the Foundation Establishment stage. How much did Yun Zhi change for you?"
Lu Yang hesitated for a moment, then decided to tell the truth.
"Just the name of the technique."
The Immortal: "…"
"Then you might as well let Yun Zhi continue the technique for you."
"One must be independent in life; how can I rely on my senior sister for everything? Maybe this time, the technique I create myself will pass her scrutiny?" Lu Yang was full of confidence.
The Immortal fell silent, feeling that Lu Yang's confidence might be due to the Invincible Pill.
It's better not to tell him these trivial matters.