1352 A Bowl of Noodles for You (1/2)
When Tian Cang first heard Bu Fang's instructions, he did not want to do it. However, on second thought, he realized that he was considered a patient now. Since this little chef had the Senseless Lotus, it meant that he really had the means to bring him back to life. In that case, he might as well do as he was told.
So he sat down and shoved the Senseless Lotus petal into his mouth. The moment it touched his tongue, a warm and soothing aura spread and filled him. Just by keeping the petal in his mouth, Tian Cang felt that his unstable soul became clearer, and the supreme power that was pulling at his soul was separated from him. He had never felt so good before.
”Wu wu wu?” Tian Cang stared at Bu Fang with a look of excitement on his face.
Bu Fang gave him a sideways glance and said, ”Don't talk. Keep it in your mouth.”
Tian Cang nodded and did as he was told.
”You're a dead man, and the Senseless Lotus has little effect on you. It can delay your soul from being pulled back into Transmigration, but when the time is up, you will still have to leave…” Bu Fang said, then frowned as if he was thinking about something.
Tian Cang nodded again. He knew this very well. It was not so easy to come back to life.
”So, in addition to the Senseless Lotus, we need another method.” Bu Fang touched his chin, stared at Tian Cang for a while, then went on, ”It wouldn't be easy for you… It will be painful.”
”Wu wu wu!” Tian Cang nodded solemnly.
Judging by the way he looked, he was willing to do anything to come back to life. Death was not what he had wanted, and he still had many entanglements in this world. Therefore, in order to be resurrected, he was willing to bear the pain, no matter how terrible it was.
In fact, the pain Bu Fang mentioned was nothing to Tian Cang. It was more like a merciful release when compared to the eternal darkness in the Transmigration.
Bu Fang looked seriously at the Nether King. He did not like to force others. Although he knew he was saving someone, he wanted Tian Cang to willingly accept this.
'By the looks of it, Tian Cang really wants to come back to life, and he's willing to suffer pain for it…' Bu Fang nodded and said, ”Then I'll assume that you said yes…”
After that, he was lost in thought for a while again. Then, as Tian Cang watched with doubt, he took a step back and said, ”Don't talk. I'll cook a bowl of noodles for you.”
'A bowl of noodles?' Tian Cang paused. 'Is there any connection between saving me and eating noodles?'
Bu Fang was going to make noodles, but he wasn't going to make ordinary noodles.
He took out a spirit beast egg, cracked it into the flour, and began to knead them together. His movements were not fast nor slow, as this was not a simple step. He needed to turn the energy in the flour into a silky smooth string with his divine will.
Pak, pak, pak…
Bu Fang began to punch the flour mixture. Soon, it turned into dough. Then, he threw his hands to each side, and the dough in the bowl began to spin slowly as if it had turned into a ball.
It was a pleasure to watch Bu Fang cook, which was a mixture of art and beauty. Tian Cang was stunned as he watched. For the first time, he found that cooking could be so artistic!
As the dough spun, it became rounder and seemed to flicker with a faint light, while Bu Fang's face grew serious. He took a deep breath. The next moment, the divine will Phantom Spirit sitting cross-legged in the center of his spirit sea opened its eyes, and his divine will began to surge.
Highly concentrated, the divine will drew an array in his palm. It was a complicated array. Each of the strokes was condensed of divine will, and there were a total of eighty-one strokes. In fact, every Gourmet Array was drawn with eighty-one strokes.
Profound secrets were hiding in the strokes, and he needed to draw every stroke with extreme care. The array was actually the Time Gourmet Array, which could control the flow of time, and the rate was determined by the details when it was being drawn.
Therefore, Bu Fang dared not to be careless when drawing it. A slight mistake would mean a disaster to Tian Cang, making this bowl of noodles his last dish in this world.
After a long time, the drawing of the Time Array was completed. It hovered over his palm, flashing brightly. There was a weakness in Bu Fang's Gourmet Arrays—they needed to attach to food. He had seen the previous host's Gourmet Arrays, and they didn't seem to have this restriction. However, it was because of that that the previous host didn't come out with things like Death Food Tools.
The array was spinning, exuding a mysterious aura. Bu Fang had made it to slow the flow of time. He turned it into a very small dot, then sent it into the dough, which stopped spinning for one second. The next moment, he stacked his middle finger over the index finger and pulled a noodle from the dough. The noodle was thin, but if one looked carefully, they could see the round Time Array set on its flat cut face.
Bu Fang took a step back, and his hand began to draw a circle in the air. As he kept shaking his hand and drawing, the noodle was being pulled out of the dough in a continuous string, stretching and gathering in the circle.
Tian Cang was astonished as he watched. He had never seen someone cook like this.
The dough soon disappeared. The noodle, on the other hand, was full of Time Arrays. Bu Fang had condensed an array with his divine will in the noodle at every specific distance, filling the string of noodle with numerous arrays. It was an unusual noodle, one that stretched from end to end without break.
Inside the Black Turtle Constellation Wok, the Spring of Life was boiling with a piece of rhino meat, which was leaking its energy into the water. This was the broth for the noodles. Bu Fang pointed out a finger, and the noodle began to fall into the wok in a continuous string.
After that, he began to prepare the other ingredients.