It is unbelievable that in order to conceive the essence of life, it must be formed in the process of continuous absorption of the vitality of heaven and earth, and it will be formed over a long period of time.

For mushrooms, the growth cycle is only a few months at most, how can it be possible to give birth to the essence of life? Even if it is Ganoderma lucidum, which is as famous as ginseng, it will take dozens or hundreds of years!

Of course, if you directly input the ancestral god energy into these mushrooms like yourself, then even ordinary mushrooms will contain pure life essence in the blink of an eye.

It's just that there is a second person in this world who has the same energy as himself, the ancestral god?

There is also the possibility that these mushrooms can also contain life essence by cultivating them with energy lotion.

But even if someone gets an energy lotion, who would be bored enough to use it to grow mushrooms to satisfy everyone's mouth, given its rarity?

Because he was thinking about the mushroom in his mind, Ling Zikai was stunned, holding chopsticks in his hand, and he didn't fall for a long time, Zhang Hao next to him kicked him with his arm and asked curiously:

"Why are you in a daze? If you don't rush to get some more, you won't have anything to eat later!"

After being awakened, Ling Zikai realized that in the moment of his contemplation, most of the dishes that were served had been divided by everyone.

Although it is impossible for everyone to know the hidden mysteries in these dishes, these dishes containing the essence of life are not comparable to those dishes that are usually eaten in terms of color, aroma, taste and other aspects. As soon as you taste it, this mouth will not stop.

Especially for girls like He Ling, Chen Yi, and Zhang Nan, in order to maintain their figures, they are usually losing weight and controlling their appetite, but at this moment, they can't resist the temptation of the tip of their tongues, and they have completely lost the reserve of a lady, and have become a complete foodie.

Ling Zikai looked at their hungry looks, and secretly felt a little funny in his heart. Eat like this, and in a while they will surely answer what they said earlier: "Eat enough!"

Ling Zikai was in the mood to find out, and tasted all the "eight treasures" that were served.

As he expected, six of these eight dishes had those mushrooms in them. These six dishes are self-evidently full of the essence of life. And in the remaining two dishes, because of the lack of this mushroom as an adjunct, it tastes particularly bland.

From this point of view, the reason why the "Eight Treasures Dishes" of the Eight Treasures Pavilion can be famous is not because they advertise it, and it has much to do with the secret methods used by the palace. No matter what kind of dish it is, as long as you use that small mushroom as an adjunct, it will become a rare dish.

I don't know if it's just a coincidence, or if it's a deliberate act by the restaurateur!

The so-called coincidence means that the six dishes were cooked exactly according to the recipe of the year, and the ingredients used happened to have the kind of mushrooms as auxiliary ingredients.

If it's done deliberately, it means that the restaurateur or chef knows that the use of mushrooms as an adjunct plays a key role in the flavor of the dish.

However, since they understood this, why didn't they add this mushroom to all their dishes?

Thinking of the restaurant's rule of serving only ten seats of Eight Treasures every day, Ling Zikai thought of a possibility, that is, the production of this mushroom is very small, and it can only meet the supply of ten seats of "Eight Treasures".

Come to think of it, mushrooms that can contain the essence of life are probably more rare than the wild ginseng!

At this point, Ling Zikai was sure that the restaurateur or the culinary chef did not know the secret of the life essence contained in this mushroom, otherwise it would be impossible to use it as an ingredient at all, this is completely tyrannical!

Where does this mushroom come from?

Ling Zikai's heart was full of interest and curiosity.

Originally, he was a little wary of the weird old man in the restaurant, and he didn't want to have too much to do with him. Now he regretted that he should not have refused the invitation before, and wondered how to create an opportunity to meet the old man again, so that he could find out where the little mushroom came from.

At this moment, the restaurateur, who had already left the box, walked in again. Holding a tray in his hand, he walked straight to Ling Zikai.

"Mr. Ling, this is a bottle of fine wine that my old man specially ordered to give you!"

The restaurateur picked up a small white bottle from the tray and placed it on the table in front of Ling Zikai, and then took a small and delicate pocket cup.

"Thank you for your kindness, old man!"

Ling Zikai looked at the bottles and cups in front of him with some curiosity.

It looked like the bottle and the cup were carved from the same white jade.

The bottle is shaped like a gourd and is small and exquisite. It should be said that this is the smallest wine bottle that Ling Zikai has ever seen in his life, smaller than the common 125ml wine bottle on the market, and it can only be filled with about two taels at most. If he hadn't listened to the restaurant owner beforehand, Ling Zikai would definitely mistake it for something like a bottle of perfume.

Similarly, the cup is also very small, no more than five centimeters high, and the diameter of the mouth is about two centimeters. But if you finish pouring the wine in the jade bottle, I'm afraid you can pour seven or eight glasses. It looks like the bottle goes well with the glass.

It seems that the bottle of wine given by the old man of the restaurant is completely aimed at Ling Zikai alone, and he has no intention of sharing it with everyone present.

Zhang Hao on the side said a little unhappily: "Your old man is too affectionate, he sits at the same table, so he won't be so favoritous." ”

The restaurant owner's face showed a hint of embarrassment, and explained: "I won't hide it from you, this bottle of wine is a treasure that the old man has treasured for decades, and there is only one cup left in the bottle." If you really let everyone share, I'm afraid that everyone sitting here can only lick a bite in the cup, and that wouldn't be even more respectful!"

Before the restaurant owner's words fell, He Ling shouted: "What do you mean? Do you want us to spit out everything we eat? Let everyone take turns to lick it in the cup? How can there be such a disgusting person as you! Even if that bottle contains the immortal wine drunk by the heavenly immortals, I won't be rare!"

The restaurant owner hurriedly said: "So, this wine can only be tasted by Mr. Ling alone! Of course, I didn't think about it well before, and I neglected you! The store will send a bottle of puree Moutai that has been treasured for 20 years, which is an apology to everyone!"

Twenty years of puree Moutai, that is also a valuable treasure, enough to show the sincerity of Ba Zhen Ge. But at this time, everyone's minds were all attracted by the small bottle in front of them, and they didn't know what kind of wine the old man gave Ling Zikai to taste.