Chapter 45 - Steps

The silence, combined with beautiful ladies serving delicious tea to the guests, made the entire room buzz with murmurs as they all enjoyed the special service from the other side.

They continued to be served by lovely women, and none of them appeared to be unhappy as they all smiled and sipped tea to their hearts' content.

Huu!!!

"Sir, that tea was delicious, and we all thank you for allowing us to enjoy tasting something so exotic as this." Since it is difficult to find such a rich environment filled with Qi on this planet and because spirit tea is difficult to grow, the majority of them are now considered relics.

Feng Lin, on the other hand, only needed to search his system without mentioning that it was available by using this world currency, which costs approximately 5000 RMD, something that Feng can easily acquire from the system.

The amount of money he receives from the system, which he had completely forgotten about, also originated from the same place, but he was still wondering, about what the system would do with the money it receives from him.

After that, Feng recalled the boy from earlier and decided to introduce a minor topic to find out what the people in front of him are capable of.

"Actually, everyone, I have a question for you: do you know anyone who knows anything about a man named Tian?" Feng's voice was low as they all realized what he was saying and turned to look at him.

"Young master Feng, if you're referring to Tian's useless son who is into debauchery, any of us here knows who he is and who his father is."

Given that the number of guests here is the best of the best from all the social circles in town, who doesn't know about that brat, and his father happened to be waiting for their turn to greet Feng outside, one of the guests said with a smile.

"Then Duan, send him away; he is not worthy, and tell him to keep his son in check; otherwise, there will be consequences in the future."

Feng's voice was sharp, and he was telling Duan that he needed to blacklist the guy as soon as possible.

In response to Feng's remark, every single guest became dead serious about immediately blacklisting the other guy. As few of them had even made a call to tell their companies to buy all of their stocks, their companies severed all ties with him.

Even though such a small loss won't cripple the father and son with the surname Tian, it will hurt.

"So, naturally, all eyes will be on the tea ceremony and the tea, but what if I told you that was just the cherry on top?" Feng sounded the opening clap, and several dishes with a potent aroma of revitalization appeared on the table.

In which regular dishes were served, but with the addition of a special herbal spice ingredient that he had requested the Executioner prepare, the meal was transformed into a low-class spirit buffet.

Feng Lin used this technique to turn a dozen of his followers into spirit chefs, just as a royal chef had done for his disciples who lacked the necessary cultivation talent to become spirit chefs on their own.

"I only ate a small piece of meat, but it was so delicious that my entire body felt warmed up and energized." The little chef who came to stand behind Feng was thrilled by the abundance of low compliments and comments.

When you consider how many restaurants may have fired them before this point, you can see why they may not know.

When Fatty Duan appeared in their lives, they not only became the best chefs they had worked under for all this time, but they also became the best chefs in the world in just a week of practice.

They could turn down invitations from 5-star hotels, which previously ignored their applications.

"Sir Feng, these dishes are truly delicious, and as long as the restaurant is open, I will bring all of my staff members to dine on a daily basis."

Feng returned the fat boss's smile and laughter with his own, saying, "Please thank, the workers behind me, they are the reason that all of us are able to dine such dishes and it was a pleasure of mine that they chose me over several high-class restaurant proposal."

When Feng turned to acknowledge them, the embarrassed chef could only smile and thank them again and again.

At last, everyone was free to leave, but by then, Feng's best attempt at advertising had already ended, despite the fact that the end product looked slightly above par.

After that, Duan said that he would handle everything himself and asked for both Feng and Sia to leave. Duan made a note of the Tian family as he greeted the other guest and reasoned out the dishes again, but this time they were not served tea.

After all, they didn't just whip that out for fun; it was a high-quality item that required careful preparation.

When Feng and Sia returned to their room, they sat on the bed feeling a little worn out, especially the young girl Sia who slouched on the bed and closed her eyes.

"This must have been an entirely new experience for her, being the center of so much attention from so many people." Feng thought about this and patted her on the head as he walked up to make some juice to lighten the mood before they went to bed.

They felt like they might burst at the seams from all the food they'd consumed along with the others.

Even though he had taken precautions to ensure that Sia would not consume excessive amounts of food, he found himself eating it all himself.

"I am full." Feng muttered as he put down the juice and pinched her cheeks.

Sia sat back up and drank it all, a little bitter on her face, but that bitterness soon turned to sweetness as she smiled with contentment on her face.

Feng created this juice because he wanted Sia to keep drinking it despite the fact that it contains bitter herbs, a flavor profile that Sia strongly dislikes. As a result, the enticing sweet aftertaste put little Sia in a quandary about whether or not to drink.

"Hehe! good girl, to finish it all. The time for bed has come, and I must be off to complete my own tasks, so sweet little angel, sleep tight."

After that, he laid her out on her bed, covered her with a blanket, and turned on the air conditioner to a comfortable setting, at which point Sia fell into an ecstatic slumber.

"Good night..." Sia murmured where Feng smiled and walked out of the room, and silently closed it without making any noise at all.

Sia slept without noticing the diamond necklace on her neck, which Feng had left before leaving the room.

Taking it in stride as a gift, he went back to his room and sat cross-legged on his bed, reflecting on the fact that he had been stuck at the half-grandmaster realm for the past few weeks, when he had been planning on moving on to the Qi cultivator path instead.

Half-Grandmaster ↴↦ Grandmaster realm.

Half-Grandmaster to Qi Cultivator realm.

When someone enters the realm of Qi cultivation, they are no longer called martial artists. Instead, they call themselves cultivators.

Master artists have developed their own Qi by combining their life energy and mental spirit. Cultivators, on the other hand, must take Qi from the outside world.

Cultivation requires a certain amount of talent, which Feng acquired on the day his body was cleansed and he learned the identities of his girlfriends.

Even though 98% of martial artists don't have the talent to enter the path of cultivation and the other 2% have trouble getting the resources they need to cultivate, the cultivation path is very hard to find and can only be cultivated by higher-stabilized sects.

Even so, Feng is convinced that the system's boundless potential will ultimately win out, and he is excited by the prospect of cultivating even more of them along this route, where Spirit tea is already a best resource for novice.

That's why, when little Sia asked for tea, Feng didn't argue. As he wanted to train her in the field of cultivator, so that one day she will be able to become strong enough to protect herself.

When Feng had reached his limit, he suddenly felt a tinge of Qi, and the world around him began to fill with it as he finally realized and grasped Qi, with which he drank the spirit wine. While the wine was churning in his stomach, he could feel the Qi within it, and he eventually managed to grasp it.

So, he guided the Qi inside his naval area when the Qi entered an ethereal world, which is the so-called dantian inside the human body.

It was as if the dantian world were a sponge that eagerly sucked up Qi from its surroundings until there was chaos inside. While meditating, Feng began chanting a mantra that immediately took control of the spiritual Qi within his dantian, spinning it in a pattern that transformed his regular Qi into Yuan Qi.

[Yuan Flaming Qi refining method]

[Yuan Pill] [2 k contribution point for one pallet.]

Feng took about five of them and threw them in his mouth, causing a violent energy surge to emanate from the pellet and enter Feng Lin's dantian. After chanting the mantra, Feng discovered that the energy was easily consumed and transformed into pure Yuan energy.

Success!!!

With that Feng Lin had reached a realm higher and more powerful than Grandmaster realm.