The fat boss finally accepted the sharing method proposed by Zhao Yuan.

He smiled wryly and said, "Hey, this time it's really a bad rule. I think I have been practicing for twenty years and have never met a customer as difficult as you, and have never received such a small share. Even if I cooked ingredients for other fellow Taoists before, I would still receive 70% of them as a reward!"

Zhao Yuan ignored his sigh and just asked, "Have you met other practitioners before?"

Hao Li nodded and replied: "Of course!"

Zhao Yuan's curiosity was immediately aroused and he asked again: "Have you seen many practitioners?"

"Not many, only three or five." Hao Li replied: "Cultivation is not something that everyone can get involved. First, you must know the method of practice; secondly, you must have a large amount of funds to support you before you can start practicing. With these two high thresholds, the number of practitioners will not be too large."

Zhao Yuan thought about it and this is the case.

How can you practice if you don’t understand the method of practice? This is not something you can understand by looking at some Buddhist scriptures and thinking about it! As for funds, it’s better to understand. If you don’t have money, what can you buy medicinal materials, elixirs, and magic tools? Not all practitioners can be as self-sufficient as Zhao Yuan! If you want to improve your strength and develop further, it is impossible not to spend a lot of money in it!

With these two thresholds, and the path of cultivation itself is full of thorns and bumps. Not to mention becoming an immortal or a god, there are not many people who have reached the innate realm. However, there are not much difference between cultivators in the acquired realm and ordinary people when facing guns and cannons, so the number of cultivators is many times less than that in ancient times. It is no exaggeration to say that they are rare.

For example, the Zhao family in Jinling has a rich family background, but even so, it has cultivated a martial arts practitioner Zhao Dekui!

Hao Li runs a lakeside family, and in addition to asking others to come to him with rare ingredients, there is another reason, which is to make money!

Use the money earned by others by the lake to maintain your own practice.

After chatting for a few words, Hao Li went straight to the point and asked, "Did you bring the snake meat?"

Zhao Yuan nodded: "Take it."

Hao Li looked at Zhao Yuan curiously, and saw that he had neither a backpack nor a bag, nor did he know where he had hidden the snake flesh.

After some confusion, Hao Li did not ask.

Every practitioner has his own secret.

"Okay, come with me to the kitchen." Hao Li turned around and led Zhao Yuan into the lakeside house, heading towards the kitchen.

On the way, he and Zhao Yuan had a very happy chat. They both met too late, so they simply called each other brothers.

After passing through the long antique corridor of the family by the lake, the two walked into the backyard, crossed another bridge, and arrived at a small island in the lake surrounded by water and an area of ​​only a few hundred square meters.

On this small island, there is an ancient pavilion made of carved railings and jade. It is very beautiful, and it complements the lake, lonely bridge and bright moon, and has a bit of ancient charm that is only found in poetry.

"This is the kitchen of someone on the lakeside. How about it? Isn't it okay?" Hao Li asked with a smile.

Zhao Yuan gave a thumbs up and exclaimed sincerely: "A good place, you really know how to enjoy it!"

"Haha, too much award, too much award." Hao Li smiled very happily, then sighed quietly and said, "In fact, cooking is a kind of artistic creation. If the environment is not beautiful enough and affects the mood, how can you cook delicious dishes?"

Under the leadership of Hao Li, Zhao Yuan walked into this kitchen with a full of ancient charm.

This kitchen is semi-open, and people inside can clearly see the beautiful scenery outside. Working in this environment, you will not feel bad.

Seeing Hao Li come back, the chefs who are busy in the kitchen say hello one after another. But when they see Zhao Yuan following Hao Li, they are collectively stunned.

Because Hao Li rarely brings outsiders into the kitchen. In Hao Li's words, the kitchen is the battlefield for chefs and the place for chefs to practice. Outsiders should not enter indiscriminately. Why did he become more and more accustomed to today? Could this person be a new colleague?

Just as a group of chefs were curious about speculation, Hao Li led Zhao Yuan to the second floor.

There is also a kitchen on the second floor, but it is Hao Li’s own. He eats and lives there. Among the chefs on the first floor, only two chefs can occasionally go up, and the rest cannot even get close to the stairs.

Seeing that Zhao Yuan was invited to the second floor by Hao Li, the chefs were all shocked.

The two chefs looked at each other and said that they had been working here for a long time. They had seen Hao Li take people to the second floor. Every time, Hao Li would cook in person.

They immediately put down their work and shouted to the chefs who were still in a daze, "What are you doing in a daze? Work quickly!" Then they asked someone to take over their work, and then they quickly went to the second floor.

They have seen Hao Li's cooking skills, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them with magical skills. Naturally, they refuse to miss the opportunity to watch and learn. However, when Hao Li cooks, he does not stop others from watching. Anyway, he does not understand the mystery and cannot learn the technique of cooking. He can only learn some cooking skills.

When the two chefs went upstairs, Zhao Yuan had already taken out the snake meat from the ring space.

Seeing Zhao Yuan transforming into snake flesh out of thin air, Hao Li's eyes flashed with surprise, but he didn't ask much, just guessing that Zhao Yuan should have a magical magic weapon on his body.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yuan took out the snake gall and said, "In addition to snake meat, I have something else here. Can you see if you can cook it?"

Seeing the snake gallbladder, Hao Li's eyes turned green. He took the snake gallbladder and said, "Of course I can cook it! The snake gallbladder that I cooked through my hands is at least five times better than that if you swallow it directly!"

Zhao Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "thank you for your hard work."

"No, no, no, cooking is just practice for me. I wish I could practice every day. Unfortunately, there are too few ingredients in the world that contain Qi. I can't practice even if I want to practice!" At the end, Hao Li sighed helplessly.

At this time, when the two chefs came upstairs, Hao Li stopped talking about the matter of cultivation and changed the topic: "Brother Zhao, you can sit casually and cook snake soup and snake galls, which is not a matter of time. Before the formal construction begins, I have to make some preparations."

While speaking, he walked to one corner of the wall and took nine pieces of firewood.

Zhao Yuan glanced at him and found that the firewood used by Hao Li was quite particular, and all the best cypress trees were used.

This kind of dish cooked from firewood will bring a faint fragrance and smell very pleasant. In addition, in the hands of practitioners of the Dingshi School, cypress can also blend ingredients and medicinal materials to remove the drought and preserve the essence.

Hao Li picked up a knife from the table and quickly carved it on nine firewood.

The two chefs couldn't understand why Hao Li wanted to carve Chai, but Zhao Yuan could see at a glance that he was carving talismans.

Soon, the nine talismans were carved, and Hao Li took them to the stove in the center of the building.

The stove is very clean, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is spotless.

It turns out that after each cooking, Hao Li would clean up the ash in the stove to avoid affecting the next cooking.

Hao Li squatted down and carefully placed nine firewood with talismans into the stove. Each firewood was placed with particular attention, and soon the nine firewood was stacked into a tower shape.

A small formation was constructed like this.

"Wrong!"
Chapter completed!