Chapter 1674 - Bu Fang’s Choice (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

‘Can’t he be a little bit more normal?’

Summer looked at Mu Hongzi as he stepped out of the thatched hut, speechless.

It would be nothing if it was just him coming out of the hut, but when a naked Realm Lord Di Tai followed, the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Realm Lord Di Tai had not expected Bu Fang’s return. Looking at that familiar face, his eyes became watery. “Oh! Little Bubu!” He began to run toward Bu Fang as if he were running into the setting sun, with emotional teardrops in the corners of his eyes.

Bam!

Just as he approached Bu Fang, however, he was slapped away by Summer, whose face had turned dark. “I don’t know why I get mad every time I see this guy,” she said, rubbing her fist.

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Mu Hongzi, on the other hand, looked at Bu Fang with a smile on his face. He walked up to him, patted him on the shoulder, and sighed emotionally.

Summer left, and she took Realm Lord Di Tai with her. The Realm Lord had thought of catching up with Bu Fang, but she grabbed his head and dragged him away.

Soon, only Mu Hongzi and Bu Fang were left at the top of the Immortal Tree. Clad in a glowing white robe, Mu Hongzi stood with his hands behind his back. He seemed to have become one with the Immortal Cooking Ream, but in fact, it was Realm Lord Di Tai who had become one with the realm.

Bu Fang took out a chair from the Heaven and Earth Farmland and sat down in front of the thatched hut, quietly watching Mu Hongzi’s performance.

After a long silence, Mu Hongzi finally spoke.

“You are worthy of the man of my choice. In just a short time, your cultivation base has reached the level of a God Emperor…” he said with a very warm smile on his face.

Bu Fang did not smile but just nodded at him. He sensed that Mu Hongzi’s cultivation base had become even more unfathomable, and probably not just at the God Emperor’s level.

“I was left with nothing but my soul, but after recuperation, my cultivation base has returned to its peak. I used to love cooking, but I haven’t held a kitchen knife in ages,” said Mu Hongzi.

This made Bu Fang narrow his eyes and perk up. “Do you know what happened to me?” he asked.

Unsurprisingly, Mu Hongzi nodded.

“Since you chose this path without a second thought, you are bound to encounter this situation… You’ve lost your sense of taste and smell and even your mental force… You are no longer a top chef now.”

“Why is that?” Bu Fang’s pupils constricted. That was what he wanted to know. Sure enough, Mu Hongzi knew about such a condition.

Mu Hongzi fell silent. He looked at Bu Fang, his eyes gradually becoming a little confused. “I used to be like you…” he sighed deeply.

“It’s a choice. You can think of it as a test, but it’s a cruel test. To make someone who loves to cook lose his sense of taste, touch, smell, and even his mental force is simply cruel torture.

“You have a great mindset. You’re optimistic. When this happened to me, I was frantic to find a solution to get my senses back. I wanted to cook. I wanted to continue on the path of becoming the God of Cooking. Unfortunately, reality gave me a cruel blow. In the end, I failed…”

Mu Hongzi glanced at Bu Fang with a wry smile. He envied him for his calm attitude. He could not do that. Of course, Bu Fang’s calmness might only be superficial.

“What do I have to do to get back my senses and mental force?” Bu Fang asked. That was the most crucial question.

Mu Hongzi, however, shook his head. “I don’t know. It’s up to you. This is actually considered a test given to you by ‘it’. If you can’t complete it, you’ll probably be eliminated or even wiped out,” he said. The ‘it’ he referred to was probably the System.

‘Even Mu Hongzi doesn’t know the solution?’

“I thought a lot about it after my resurrection, though. Everyone has a different answer to a test like this. It may be asking you to find the essence of the Culinary Path that belongs to you. Everything has an essence. You can’t get to the top if you don’t figure it out,” Mu Hongzi said seriously.

He saw his once confused self in Bu Fang at this moment. Unfortunately, no one was there to give him advice. Compared to Bu Fang, he was less fortunate. He thought Bu Fang could go farther on the path of becoming the God of Cooking.

“To find the essence of the Culinary Path that belongs to me…” Bu Fang was baffled. Mu Hongzi’s words made him ponder.

He had always talked about becoming the God of Cooking who stood at the top of the food chain in the fantasy world, but what was the true path of becoming the God of Cooking? He found that he did not seem to have really thought about it.

Perhaps he had thought about it when he was forming his Heart of Cooking Path, but that thinking was only superficial. The reason that the System had sealed off his mental force and deprived him of his sense of touch, smell, and taste might be to make him find that essence…

If he could find it, he would be able to walk unwaveringly on that path even without all his senses and mental force. Bu Fang’s eyes lit up.

Mu Hongzi noticed that Bu Fang seemed to take some inspiration from what he had said. This made him envious for a moment.

“Come to me, little ones.” Looking at Bu Fang, who was deep in thought, Mu Hongzi smiled and did not disturb him. Instead, he went on to tease Foxy and Shrimpy on Bu Fang’s shoulders.

Foxy had the blood of a Heavengod flowing in her, so she was no longer an ordinary nine-tailed fox. As for Shrimpy, it made Mu Hongzi narrow his eyes slightly. The next moment, the smile on his face became even brighter.