Chapter 769 - Eating Comes First (1/2)
It was the third year and eleventh month of ShenYuan.
Winter was approaching. The earth was yellow and bleak.
All the pedestrians on the road bent their heads and hunched. Although the weather was not extremely cold, every inch of their skin was covered including their arms and legs. It seemed like everyone felt the unusual chilliness.
In Vigilante A’s farm villa, it was still warm like spring. In the dining area, a hot pot feast was happening around the turquoise table. Tofu, enoki mushrooms, green vegetables… Were boiling in the hot soup. Seemingly ordinary things, but they were all exuding aroma that was irresistible even to divine beings.
A taste that could only be experienced in heaven, and could not be found anywhere in the ordinary world. Unlike before, they only had one customer now — Bodhisattva Spirit King…
Bodhisattva Spirit King came all the way to deliver the secret techniques to construct the checkpoint for Space Passage, that was why Vigilante A held a banquet.
“Don’t worry, everything’s vegetarian. Nothing contains meat, not even a little. You can safely enjoy everything…,” Vigilante A was being eagerly attentive.
This was the System’s definition of a great reward. From Fang Ning’s perspective, the System was still reliable. At least he did not make a bunch of thick newspapers… It would be mortifying if he did. (TN: In Chinese, the literal meaning of a great reward is thick newspaper.)
“When I attended the banquet held by the ancestral god back then, I didn’t even get to taste such delicacies. I’m undeserving of your overwhelming kindness,” Bodhisattva Spirit King joined his palms together devoutly and expressed his gratitude.
“I’m glad. Please enjoy your meal as much as possible.”
“If so, I’ll eat to my heart’s content,” Bodhisattva Spirit King folded his sleeves while holding his chopsticks and started eating.
He tasted a piece of tofu by slowly taking two bites, then he said, “Such culinary skills are divinelike. Having said that, a saint stands high above the masses, and will never be anywhere near the kitchen. It’s hard to imagine such heavenly expertise exists in this world. It’s true that life is endless, and miracles never stop happening.”
Even though he said that, he stopped eating right after finishing the piece of tofu.
“Why did you stop?” Vigilante A was surprised.
“I’ll just have one more bite. I’m just worried that my years of cultivation won’t be able to control my gluttony, and I’ll break the commandments…,” Bodhisattva Spirit King shook his head and sighed.
He spoke with a hint of unrestrained sorrow and pity.
“That’s why you’re a divine being,” Vigilante A said with admiration.
“Look at yourself, Sir Fang. You’re incomparable to Bodhisattva Spirit King, when are you going to cultivate until his level? Unlike Bodhisattva Spirit King who managed to control himself and not succumb to my legendary culinary skills, you felt uneasy when you stopped playing mobile games for three days. You really have to learn from him, to do more work and control your urge to play mobile games,” the System took the chance to lecture Fang Ning.
“Alright, that’s enough. Stop lecturing me. If I become a Bodhisattva, what’s the point of your existence? You’re just like the golden fillet on Monkey King’s head. When Monkey King comes to fruition and learns how to behave, it’ll disappear itself. Do you want to disappear as well?” Fang Ning said.
“Why do you have so many twisted theories?,” the System responded, “But my intuition’s telling me that what you said is right. It’s depressing.”
“Haha, it’s good that you’re aware,” Fang Ning said proudly.
While they were talking to each other, there was a surge of air in the atmosphere, and a green palm-sized worm suddenly appeared on the turquoise dining table.
As soon as it appeared, it immediately crawled towards the hot pot.
Although it appeared green at the time, it seemed like it was camouflaging. The two of them who were sitting around the dining table stared at it firmly.
“Since Father Chong stopped eating, I’m here to help out,” Chong Daqing held its head up and said shamelessly.
“You really are a filial child…,” Vigilante A said without any facial expressions.
“Of course. I’ve always been an obedient child,” Chong Daqing said righteously.
“That’s alright. Since I cannot break my commandments, I’ll leave it to Daqing to clear the pot,” Bodhisattva Spirit King smiled and said.
“Father Chong still dotes on me…,” Chong Daqing laid around the hot pot, and gobbled up without even using a pair of chopsticks.
Not long after, the whole pot was emptied.
“How can I be full?” Chong Daqing was content but baffled. “That can’t be. I need to eat a hundred pots, a thousand pots…”