Chapter 60 Sharing the Treasure Fish, Snow Comes South

Refining essence, nourishing qi, and conceiving spirit.

After practicing for a few days, Cao Jie finally understood why others could not reach the third realm.

If there is no soul from the previous life to cheat, let alone practicing in three realms, even practicing in one realm will take up half a lifetime's energy.

To be honest, all the 108 heroes of Liangshan were actually cheaters.

The soul has its own skills, which are 100% compatible with the body and there is no bottleneck in cultivation. Cao Jie feels that this level of cheating is higher than his own.

For example, Wu Song, who is about the same age as himself, has already achieved great success in refining essence and nourishing qi, and has even reached the ninth level of night travel in terms of conceiving spirit.

How many people in the world can defeat him in a one-on-one fight?
Even Cao Zheng's cooking skills are close to those of Taoism.

"Erlang!"

Ruan Xiaoqi, who had disappeared since Cao Jie succeeded in cultivating his Qi, rushed into Cao's residence with great interest and laughed, "Erlang, we went back to Liangshan Lake and had good luck. We got more than ten precious fish!"

"Seventh Brother, why are you going to catch precious fish in the middle of winter?"

Cao Jie looked at Ruan Xiaoqi and saw that his nose was red and his voice was a little hoarse, as if he had caught a cold.

With his current physical strength, he could have fought off pneumonia, let alone a cold, but he still got sick.

"Erlang, you have just started to nourish your Qi, so you need natural treasures to nourish your body. It would be great if you could eat one of these precious fish every day."

At this time, Wu Xuejiu followed Cao Zheng who was holding the fish and walked in, saying as he walked: "...This is a ghost-faced fish!"

"Ancient books record that there is a precious fish in the river, two or three feet long, shaped like a carp, black in color, with ghost patterns on its face, like a human face. It is called the ghost-faced fish. Cook it over a low fire and eat it to strengthen your bones and muscles."

"This is a silver sand carp. It can drive away dampness and coldness and stimulate blood..."

"This is ox-horn pomfret. Not only can it cleanse the marrow and strengthen the bones, it also tastes the best and is best eaten raw."

"Brother, Xiaoqi's kindness, you should accept it!" Wu Yong raised his hand, bowed to Ruan Xiaoqi, and said with a smile: "Only you three brothers can catch so many precious fish in Liangshan Lake."

Ruan Xiaoqi scratched his head and smiled innocently: "This is all Ruan Xiaoqi is capable of, haha..."

Wu Yong pointed at the horn-growing pomfret and said, "Brother Cao Zheng, your knife skills are excellent. Let's make a sashimi dish with this fish for my brother to eat."

Among the natural treasures, the precious fish is actually not that valuable. The old mountain ginseng between the White Mountains and Black Waters, the snow lotus on the Snow Mountain in the southwest, the strange snake in Yongzhou... are considered as precious treasures.

Although such treasures are good, ordinary practitioners generally cannot afford them, so they can only eat and drink more to make up for daily consumption.

People who practice cultivation will have a greatly increased appetite. You see, in nature, tigers and lions eat meat, while weak sheep eat grass. Why are practitioners so powerful? In a word, they can eat a lot.

Where does a practitioner's power come from? It comes from the interaction between heaven and earth.

Eating, drinking water, breathing, this is the process of cultivation.

Practitioners are also human beings. Human beings are made of iron and rice is made of steel. If they don’t eat for a meal, they will feel hungry. The essence of the five grains in food can provide people with energy to survive, and breathing can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

This series of processes are inseparable from the absorption media role of the internal organs, and no one in the world is an exception.

Those who practice refining essence eat a lot and obtain more energy after digestion, so they can use ordinary food to support the daily consumption of their powerful bodies.

However, it is different for practitioners who are pregnant with the spirit. If they have not yet completed the refinement of their internal organs and their nutrient absorption efficiency is low, they can no longer eat ordinary food in the world.

Because the energy absorbed from grains and cereals can no longer meet the needs of cultivation, this behavior is called "bigu" by practitioners.

There are also many people in the world who claim to be practicing "Bigu".

As for fasting, in a narrow sense, it means not eating grains. In a broad sense, it means not eating foods that everyone eats, because these foods contain too many impurities and too little energy.

The energy content of the precious fish exceeds that of all common meats in the world. Not to mention beef, even tiger meat is far inferior.

Cao Zheng was very skillful with his knife skills, and within a few minutes, a plate of sashimi was placed in front of Cao Jie. Wu Yong also brought a small bowl of soy sauce.

“Brother, please!”

In fact, Cao Jie doesn't care much about the precious fish. Ruan Xiaoqi's kindness is much more valuable than the precious fish.

"Let's all come together!"

"Brother, we have successfully refined our essence, so eating this thing is just for taste, it has no significant effect. Brother Military Advisor can eat a few pieces..." Ruan Xiaoqi said with a smile.

Wu Yong left and waved his hand: "Xiao Qi, you are joking again. How can I eat the precious fish you gave to your brother as a gift..."

"If everyone else doesn't want to eat, then I won't eat either." Cao Jie didn't take the chopsticks and shook his head, saying, "We are all brothers, we should share happiness and difficulties. I eat the precious fish alone today and tomorrow. If I get greedy, should I ask my seventh brother to be a white-water fisherman and fish for me again?"

"Actually, it's not impossible to fish for Erlang."

Cao Jie's face straightened, and he said solemnly: "Have you, Ruan Xiaoqi, forgotten our ambition? Today, there are four of us here, so we will share the food among four. In the future, if there are a thousand of us here, we will share the food among a thousand. There is absolutely no reason for me to eat alone!"

"Seventh Brother, you've worked so hard, eat first!"

"Professor, you are a pregnant god. Although you also refine your essence, you are far inferior to me. This precious fish has the effect of cleansing the marrow and strengthening the bones. You should eat more."

"Brother Cao Zheng, the knife in your hand is very powerful. I have high hopes for you. I don't want you to slaughter pigs and cows, and I know you don't have the heart to kill people in battle. I hope that the knife in your hand can save people. You have to be like Hua Tuo who scrapes bones to heal wounds..."

"elder brother!"

Cao Zheng's eyes were filled with tears, and Wu Yong and Ruan Xiaoqi were also deeply moved.

"Erlang, I'll eat it."

Ruan Xiaoqi picked up the chopsticks. At this moment, the precious fish was lying quietly on the white plate. The slices of fish meat, as thin as cicada wings, glowed like rubies under the light.

You can tell it's extraordinary as soon as you see its appearance.

His sword skills were even more extraordinary.

Ruan Xiaoqi picked up a piece, put it into his mouth and swallowed it, then raised the chopsticks in his hand and said, "Professor, please!"

Wu Yong took the chopsticks with an extremely pious expression. He picked up only a thin piece of pink fish fillet, swung it gently in the soy sauce bowl like a koi fish's tail, and quickly put it into his mouth.

While chewing slowly, he closed his eyes and shook his head to enjoy it.

Seeing that the three of them had already eaten, Cao Jie naturally wouldn't be polite in front of the delicious food.

When the precious fish meat entered his mouth, the expression on his face seemed as sweet as the fish meat in his mouth.

It is indeed glowing fish meat, and the taste of such fresh food is so delicious.

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In Yuncheng, Shandong, Cao Jie is sharing the precious fish.

In the north, a cold current began to sweep across the world. The knife-like cold wind swept southward from the white mountains and black waters like scraping bones and cutting flesh, terrifying all things.

The snow and wind arrived in Cangzhou City, blew toward people's collars with a roar, trying to take away the little remaining heat.

In such bad weather, there are still hawkers on the street shouting with trembling voices, wearing tattered jackets, just to make a small business and barely get through this harsh winter.

The pedestrians hurrying by on the road all tucked their heads into their collars, stuck out their buttocks, and leaned forward, just like quails.

Lin Chong shook the wine gourd in his hand and found that it was empty.

He picked it up with his spear and strode out of the hayfield.

(End of this chapter)