dognovel Chapter 149 A plate of cucumbers proves the Great Dao, and the gods and demons in the courtyard are
Chapter 149 A plate of cucumbers proves the Great Dao, and the gods and demons in the courtyard are
In the courtyard, the terrifying phenomenon that swept across the heavens and earth came and went quickly.
As Lin Fan carefully placed the smashed "Nebula Cucumber" into the bowl and began skillfully adding minced garlic and seasonings, the dazzling sea of stars that had enveloped the capital and even made half the planet tremble silently receded like a tide.
The sky has returned to daylight.
The cosmic spectacle that had just occurred, enough to go down in history and trigger a global nuclear arsenal shift, turned out to be a brief collective illusion.
In the kitchen, several trainee maids, who had been stunned by the energy shock, slowly regained consciousness, their eyelashes fluttering slightly.
Fang Yubing, with the most aloof demeanor, was the first to regain consciousness.
She shook her still dizzy head, her martial arts instincts prompting her to introspect.
The next second, she froze completely.
What is that?
The Xuanbing True Qi that had been flowing gently in her dantian had disappeared.
Instead, there is a magnificent galaxy that flows endlessly and stretches to the horizon!
Every wisp of true energy transformed into a torrent of energy condensed from billions of starlight points.
Within each point of light, there pulsed the laws of spacetime that she could not comprehend yet felt intimately familiar with!
Her cultivation level underwent a tremendous transformation during that brief period of unconsciousness.
The barrier of the peak of the Transformation Realm was broken through without any resistance, as if it were made of paper.
The Realm of Elixir!
Qi Refining Realm!
Those barriers that her grandfather said would require decades of painstaking effort to overcome were utterly fragile in the face of her Star River True Qi!
Ultimately, this unstoppable force came to a steady halt before a threshold that existed only in legend.
A terrestrial deity!
She was just one step away from reaching the realm that her grandfather had painstakingly cultivated for nearly a century, only managing to barely touch upon in his twilight years with the help of endless resources and a bit of luck!
A near-immortal!
She was simply... knocked unconscious by the stench emanating from a smashed cucumber.
Then, he completed a path that countless martial arts masters could never reach in their entire lives.
"this……"
Fang Yubing was completely stunned. She stared blankly at her fair and delicate hands, feeling as if she were living in an absurd dream.
"Ah! My body! Stars are running inside my body!"
A gasp interrupted her reverie.
The lively and active Fang Lingshan also woke up. She screamed in surprise, her little face a mixture of fear, confusion and a hint of uncontrollable joy.
Her situation was similar to Fang Yubing's. Although she hadn't reached the exaggerated level of a half-step immortal, she had still swept away the old and broken through the Great Perfection of Qi!
Fang Ruoxi, the gentlest of them all, was now covering her mouth tightly with her hand, her clear, bright eyes filled with an overwhelming sense of shock.
Her spiritual power underwent a qualitative change. The whole world was different in her perception. All things shed their appearances and revealed their flowing origins before her eyes.
The three girls looked at each other.
Their eyes met, and they both saw the same emotion in each other's eyes.
It was like being hit by a pie bigger than a planet, falling precisely from ten thousand meters in the air, and being knocked unconscious by a blissful dizziness.
Then, drawn by an invisible magnet, their gazes, without prior arrangement, turned to that figure from behind.
The man humming a little tune, leisurely stirring the cold dish with his chopsticks.
That plate of cucumbers had already toned down its destructive power.
Yet, on each shattered surface, tiny sparkles of starlight still shimmered, deep and dazzling, as if the entire summer night sky had been condensed into that ordinary white porcelain plate.
A fresh, unique aroma, a blend of garlic and vinegar, filled the kitchen.
With a gentle breath, the three women instantly calmed and stabilized the explosive growth and somewhat uncontrollable power within their bodies, allowing it to peacefully return to their dantian.
At this moment, they finally understood what Fang Qingxue had said during her "onboarding training" yesterday.
"As long as you perform well at work and gain your husband's approval, the rewards you receive will be immeasurable by money."
This is hardly a return.
This is clearly divine grace!
They were merely brushed against by the aftershocks of cooking, yet they received such incredible good fortune.
that……
What if I could taste it myself?
In an instant, the way the three girls looked at the plate of "smashed cucumbers" completely changed.
It's no longer just about looking at a dish.
They were looking up at a bright, golden road leading to the highest realm of martial arts!
"Alright, dinner's ready!"
Lin Fan carried the plate of "garlic cucumber salad" and strolled out of the kitchen.
He placed the plate heavily on the stone table in the center of the courtyard.
"Come and try this! It's a new dish I've developed! It's cooling and detoxifying, good for your skin and complexion—perfect for summer!"
He warmly greeted all the "employees" in the courtyard who were still in a daze.
Thus, in an atmosphere a hundred times more bizarre and sacred than the last time we ate "stir-fried cabbage with vinegar".
A group of gods from different mythologies, Saint Seiya warriors clad in golden armor, world-class super mercenaries, and four maids whose bodies radiate Daoist energy and who are on the verge of ascension, once again sat around the stone table.
Their gazes were fixed on the center of the table.
On that plate of still-sparkling cucumber salad.
Everyone sat upright, their expressions solemn, their backs ramrod straight. This didn't seem like a breakfast; it was more like a high-level meeting that would decide the future of the universe.
No one dared to touch their chopsticks.
Shall we pick up our chopsticks?
Are you kidding me!
The commotion that had just torn the sky apart and reshaped the world was still etched deep in their souls!
The young girls from the Fang family, who were merely grazed by the aftershocks, almost ascended to immortality on the spot.
If I were to actually eat one...
Wouldn't it explode on the spot, its physical body disintegrate, and its soul turn into the purest cosmic dust?!
Especially the twelve Gold Saints, the way they looked at that plate of cucumbers was a hundred times more solemn than when they faced Hades, the god of the underworld.
They could clearly sense that the cold dish contained the primordial stellar power to reshape the twelve zodiac constellations and even open up a completely new dimension!
Can you eat this with your mouth?
This is clearly the manifestation of the seventh sense, the eighth sense, and even the legendary ninth sense that even the gods have not fully mastered... the crystallization of the Alaya consciousness!
Looking at the group of people, each with an expression of great alarm, Lin Fan was somewhat puzzled.
"What's wrong? Why that expression again?"
"It's just a plate of smashed cucumber, what's there to be afraid of?"
He picked up his chopsticks and, under the horrified gazes of the crowd, easily picked up a piece of cucumber that shimmered with starlight and put it in his mouth.
"Crack!"
A crisp sound rang out, particularly abrupt in the deathly silent courtyard.
"Hmm, it tastes good, crisp and refreshing, with a strong garlic flavor."
Lin Fan smacked his lips, savoring the taste.
"It just feels like... something's missing."
He frowned slightly, feeling that the dish was missing a little something in terms of color combination and flavor layers.
Just as he was wondering whether he should get some cilantro or chopped chili peppers to sprinkle on top.
A timid voice, tinged with obvious obsequiousness and humility, cautiously drifted in from the courtyard gate.
"Um... Mr. Lin... are you... are you home?"