Chapter 55: Fifth Younger Martial Brother

  An hour later, the moonlight poured down.

  In the courtyard, a wooden table is set up. Coarse tea and plain rice, a plate of wild vegetables, and several wild fruits.

  "Lu Ming, let me introduce you. This is your fourth senior brother Han Feng, third senior brother Chu Hang, and second senior brother Chu Tian. Your eldest senior brother is currently in the back mountain cultivating with Dao Guang Shifu and won't be returning for a while."

  Sitting on the main seat, a clear teacher respectfully introduced one by one. Lu Fan stood up and bowed his fists to greet him loudly.

  "Han Feng, Chu Hang, Chu Tian. This is a new student from Yuan Institute, also your fifth junior brother Lu Ming."

  A clear and respectful voice came from the master, pointing at Lu Fan. His face full of fat was all smiles, obviously very satisfied with having taken Lu Fan as his disciple.

  "Haha, finally I'm not at the bottom. Come on, Fifth Junior Brother, taste your senior brother's skills. Ah, my face!"

  Han Feng looked very happy, his purple face, grinning and showing a row of white teeth. Only where the front teeth used to be was now just a hole, looking incredibly silly.

  Chu Tian and Chu Xing were about the same, both with a face full of injuries. Apparently, their master's hands were not light just now, and the rule that one should not hit people in the face seemed to be inapplicable in the First Yuan Courtyard.

  Chu Tian and Chu Xing both wanted to show a kind smile to Lu Fan, but it pulled at their wounds, making the smile look incredibly strange.

  Lu Fan, under the enthusiastic invitation of his fourth senior brother Han Feng, picked up a dish with chopsticks and just put it in his mouth when Lu Fan's face changed.

  Han Feng smiled and patted Lu Fan's shoulder, saying: "How is it, Lu Fan Shidi, is it delicious?"

  Lu Fan forcibly swallowed the dish and cracked a smile.

  A clear voice came from the respected teacher: "Lu Fan, if you don't like eating it, just say so directly, no need to be polite."

  Han Feng looked at Lu Fan's face and said, "Really not delicious?"

  Lu Fan nodded slightly. Han Feng sighed and said, "Alas, my culinary skills seem to be stagnant. Second Brother, why don't you do it instead?"

  Chu Tian Dao said: "It's okay if it's okay. But you have to guarantee that after I've done it, you must eat."

  He hadn't finished speaking when Qing Shizun waved his hand repeatedly and said, "Forget it, forget it. Lu Fan, can you cook?"

  Everyone's eyes were on Lu Fan.

  Lu Fan never thought that the first question he would be asked when he arrived at Yuan Yi Guan was whether or not he could cook.

  Lu Fan slowly said: "I'm not very good at it."

  The crowd let out a collective sigh, and Han Feng suddenly shouted: "Heavens! Why do I have to eat this kind of food every day? Look at the carefree courtyard, look at the horizontal mountain courtyard. People are envious to death!"

  A clear and gentle voice said: "Noise."

  Turning his head, Qing Shi said to Lu Fan: "Sorry, Lu Fan. You also saw that the number of people in Yuanyuan Academy is scarce, unlike other colleges with special food suppliers, so we all cook and eat by ourselves here. All the ingredients are from the mountains, and the most troublesome thing for everyone is the problem of cooking. I'm not afraid to laugh at you, for more than a decade, the disciples of Yuanyuan Academy have hardly had a few decent meals. They were all rough tea and plain rice, beast meat and wild vegetables. Your several senior brothers are not good at cooking, and Han Feng's cooking skills are the best among them. You will get used to it slowly."

  Lu Fan's eyelid twitched, and this was already the best. What about the other few senior brothers cooking? Wouldn't that be a death sentence for the person eating it? He paused for a moment before continuing: "I may not know how to cook, but Xiao Hei does."

  As soon as this was said, everyone turned their heads and looked over. Han Feng said: "Xiao Hei?"

  Lu Fan took out some ingredients and medicine from his ring and handed them over to Xiao Hei, saying: "Go make something edible."

  Xiao Hei wrapped its two small front legs around the ingredients and turned to walk to one side. With agile limbs, it quickly gathered some stones, and with a mouthful of black flames, these stones instantly transformed into pots and pans. Then, using the claws on its small front legs, it separated the ingredients, ignited the black flames, and began to slowly cook things.

  Han Feng and others were stunned, they had never seen a wild beast cooking and eating like a human.

  Lu Fan was indeed accustomed to seeing this, as it was the result of Wu Chen's training of Xiao Hei during their mountain retreat. After all, they couldn't just eat barbecue every day while cultivating in the mountains, and had to come up with something else to eat.

  Soon, Xiao Hei cooked a big pot of something and used his head to hold the stone pot. He walked over with both front legs holding the sides of the stone pot and then put it on the table.

  Lu Fan happily gave the largest piece of meat inside to Xiao Hei.

  Han Feng and others looked at each other, then simultaneously picked up their chopsticks and took a bite.

  Then, the three people's faces changed.

  "What's wrong? Is it very difficult to eat? The appearance doesn't seem to be a problem."

  One of the masters also took a sip. Suddenly, he shouted: "Good! This flavor is not bad."

  Chu Tian and Chu Xing almost simultaneously shook their heads and exclaimed loudly, "Delicious! I haven't had something this delicious in a long time."

  Lu Fan has grown a mouth, isn't this an exaggeration?

  But thinking about the wild vegetables they just ate, Lu Fan could understand how they felt after eating Han Feng's cooking and then eating other foods.

  Turning around, it seemed that Senior Brother Han Feng was still relatively calm.

  But looking closely, why did Han Feng Shixiong close his eyes?

  "Fourth Brother, what's wrong? Can't get used to eating?"

  "Be quiet for a moment and let me savor this."

  Lu Fan was completely speechless and silently turned his head around.

  As soon as he turned his head, Lu Fan saw three people - Qing Shizun, Chu Tian Shixiong and Chu Xing Shixiong - eating with their hands moving like phantoms.

  A large pot of food is decreasing at a visibly noticeable rate.

  Lu Fan also hastily picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

  Han Feng finally savored it and said softly: "Ah, today I can finally eat something delicious."

  As soon as he opened his eyes, Han Feng Shixiong picked up his chopsticks, and the next moment, he saw a stone pot that had been eaten clean spinning in front of him.

  A satisfied Qing Shizun wiped his mouth and said, "Very good, today's meal was comfortable. The important task of future meals will be handed over to Xiao Hei. Lu Fan, don't be heartbroken, cooking is also a kind of cultivation. When the time comes, I'll send it another blessing."

  Chu Tian and Chu Xing both nodded desperately in unison: "The Master's words are extremely correct."

  Qing Shizun pointed at the table and said: "Han Feng, clean up. Lu Fan, come with me."

  Lu Fan stood up and followed Yiqing Master out.

  Han Feng stared blankly at the table, still unable to react until now.

  Chu Tian and Chu Xing stood up, took out a medicinal herb from their bosom and handed it to Xiao Hei: "Haha, Xiao Hei, from now on we are one family. Thank you for the dinner, this Zhu Guo is our gift to celebrate our meeting."

  Little Hei stared at a bright red pomegranate in front of him with big, shining eyes. He instinctively felt that this was something good and quickly grasped it tightly with both paws.

  The two of them left, and Han Feng finally came back to his senses, shouting loudly: "You bunch of bastards ahhhhhhh!"

  After shouting, Han Feng suddenly thought of something and grabbed Xiao Hei.

  Xiao Hei thought Han Fen was going to snatch his own jujube, and he glared at Han Fen with a fierce expression, sparks flying out of his mouth.

  "Hold on, don't be impulsive! My dear Xiao Hei. You see, you ate my meat and I didn't say anything. How about you make something for me to eat instead? I'll find the ingredients for you, okay? Look, I have some medicinal herbs too, if you cook for me, I'll give them to you."

  Han Feng took out a withered medicinal herb, which looked more like an old ginseng from the mountains.

  Xiao Hei sniffed it and could smell that this medicinal herb was indeed good. After a pause, Xiao Hei nodded slightly.

  Han Feng smiled and directly handed the ginseng over to Xiao Hei.

  Then Han Feng quickly walked towards the already collapsed wooden house, saying as he walked: "The kitchen must still have food. Let's go, we'll get it now. Haha, you guys can't grab it fast enough, I'm going to eat alone."

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  On the other hand, Lu Fan was led into a slightly larger wooden house by a clear and respected teacher.

  Pushing open the door, a burst of sandalwood fragrance hits the nose. Looking up, a large landscape painting hangs on half of the wall.

  "One Yuan Reverts to the Beginning, All Things Renewed!"

  One Clear Master took three incense sticks from the side and handed them to Lu Fan, saying: "Come, bow three times in front of the portrait. From today on, you are officially a disciple of Yiyuan Institute."

  Lu Fan heard this and took over the incense, taking a deep breath, and bowed deeply three times in front of the portrait.

  In an instant, the incense in his hand burned out, and the ash fell onto Lu Fan's hand, startling him.

  A clear master said: "Don't be alarmed, this is just a manifestation. Don't think that what you've just done is useless, look at your hands."

  Lu Fan hastily looked at the back of his hand.

  Only to see a yuan character slowly appearing on both hands that had just been scalded by hot ash.

  "A Qing Master said: 'With this, you can learn the One Yuan Dao Jue. Alright, come here. I will tell you some things about the future cultivation of the One Yuan Sect.'"

  A Qing master respectfully waved his hand lightly, and two chairs flew over.

  Lu Fan sat down and quietly waited for Qing Shi to speak.

  A fat master finally managed to squeeze his plump butt into the chair, and said while squeezing: "It seems that a bigger chair is needed. I didn't expect it to be so crowded, have I gained weight again? Indeed, a broad mind and a fat body!"

  Slowly sitting down, Qing Shi Zun faced Lu Fan and said: "When practicing in the First Yuan Institute, there are only two things you need to pay attention to. Firstly, deep within the Tian Shan mountain range, after Yu Ling Mountain, you are not allowed to enter without permission from me or Dao Guang Zun. Believe me, this is for your own good, as there are too many people or beasts that can kill you there. Secondly, all disciples of this academy must be kind-hearted and pure-minded. Otherwise, their cultivation will be abolished and they will be expelled from the academy. Do you understand?"

  Lu Fan solemnly said: "Understood, Master."

  A clear master nodded and said, "Yes, very good. Lu Fan, the path of martial arts is long and arduous, and my energy is limited, so I can't teach too many disciples. Plus, there's the tradition of the One Yuan Institute, so there aren't many disciples in the institute. But as long as you're here, I'll do my best to teach you. I may not let you make rapid progress in a short period of time, nor will I let you immediately learn high-level martial arts techniques. However, believe me, you will learn something more important than martial arts at One Yuan Institute - cultivating your heart. Become the person who takes steady and solid steps on the path of martial arts, step by step towards the peak."