The fat boss finally accepted Zhao Yuan's proposed way of sharing.

He smiled wryly and said, "Hey, this time it's really a bad rule." I think I've been practicing for twenty years, and I've never met such a difficult guest like you, and I've never taken such a small share. Even if I used to cook ingredients for other Taoist friends, I would receive seventy percent in return!"

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

Hao Li nodded and replied, "Of course!"

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

"Not much, just three or five. Hao Li replied, "Cultivation is not something that everyone can get involved in. First of all, you have to know how to practice, and secondly, you have to have a lot of money to support you before you can start practicing. With these two high thresholds, it is destined that the number of cultivators will not be large. ”

Zhao Yuan thought about it, and it was the same reason.

If you don't know how to practice, how can you practice? This is not something that can be realized by reading a few Buddhist and Taoist classics and opening your mind! As for money, it is even easier to understand. If you don't have money, what can you use to buy medicinal herbs, pills, and magic weapons? Not all cultivators can be as self-sufficient as Zhao Yuan! If you want to improve your strength and develop further, it is simply impossible to invest a huge amount of money in it!

With these two thresholds, coupled with the fact that the path of cultivation itself is still full of thorns and bumps, let alone becoming immortals and gods, there are few people who have reached the innate realm. And the cultivators of the acquired realm are not much different from ordinary people in the face of guns, so the number of cultivators is less than that of the ancients, I don't know how many times, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is rare.

For example, the Jinling Zhao family can be regarded as having a rich family background, but even so, it has only cultivated a martial arts practitioner Zhao Dekui!

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

Use the money earned by the lakeside people to maintain their own cultivation.

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

Zhao Yuan nodded: "Bring it." ”

Hao Li looked at Zhao Yuan curiously, and saw that he had neither a backpack nor a bag, and he didn't know where he hid the snake meat.

Wondering, Hao Li didn't ask.

Every practitioner has his own secrets.

"Alright, come with me to the kitchen. Hao Li turned around, led Zhao Yuan into the lakeside house, and walked in the direction of the kitchen.

On the way, he and Zhao Yuan chatted very happily, and both of them hated to see each other late, so they simply called each other brothers.

Passing through the antique corridor of the lakeside people, the two walked into the backyard, crossed a bridge, and came to 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 antique pavilion built with carved railings and jade, which is very beautiful, and the lake, the lonely bridge, and the bright moon reflect each other, and there is quite a bit of ancient rhyme that can only be possessed in poetry.

"This is the lakeside family's kitchen, how is it, okay?" Hao Li asked with a grin.

Zhao Yuan gave a thumbs up and praised sincerely: "Good place, you can really enjoy it!"

"Haha, over the prize, over the prize. Hao Li smiled very happily, and then sighed faintly and said: "In fact, cooking is a kind of artistic creation. If the environment is not good enough and it affects the mood, how can you cook delicious dishes?"

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

The kitchen is semi-open, with a clear view of the outside. Working in this environment, the mood is indeed not bad.

Seeing Hao Li come back, the chefs who were busy in the kitchen said hello one after another. And when they saw Zhao Yuan who was following behind Hao Li, they were collectively stunned.

Because Hao Li rarely brings outsiders into the kitchen, in Hao Li's words, the kitchen is the chef's battlefield, the chef's training place, and outsiders are not allowed to enter, why has he changed his personality today? Could it be that this person is a new colleague?

Just when a group of chefs were curious and speculating, 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, and among the chefs on the first floor, only two head chefs can occasionally go up, and the rest can't even get close to the stairs.

Seeing Zhao Yuan being invited to the second floor by Hao Li, the chefs were all stunned.

The two head chefs glanced at each other, they had been working here for a long time, and they had seen Hao Li take people up to the second floor, and every time, Hao Li would cook himself.

They immediately put down their work and shouted at the cooks who were still in a daze, "What are you doing in a daze?

They have seen Hao Li's cooking skills, and it is not an exaggeration to describe them as miraculous, so they naturally refuse to let go of the opportunity to watch and learn. When Hao Li cooked, he didn't stop others from watching, anyway, he didn't understand the mystery, he couldn't learn the Ding Shi Gong method, he could only learn some cooking skills.

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

Seeing Zhao Yuan 'transform' snake meat out of thin air, a trace of surprise flashed in Hao Li's eyes, but he didn't ask more, just guessed that Zhao Yuan should have some magical magic weapon on his body.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yuan took out the snake gall bladder again and said, "In addition to snake meat, I have another thing here, see if you can cook it." ”

Seeing the snake gall, Hao Li's eyes turned green, and he took the snake gall and said, "Of course you can cook it! The snake gall bladder cooked by my hands is at least five times better than if you swallow it directly!"

Zhao Yuan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Then it's hard for you." ”

"It's not hard, it's not hard, cooking is cultivation for me, I wish I could practice every day, but it's a pity that there are too few ingredients in the world now, and I can't cultivate if I want to!"

At this time, the two head chefs came upstairs, and Hao Li no longer mentioned the matter of cultivation, and changed the topic: "Brother Zhao, you can sit casually, cooking snake soup and snake gall bladder, it is not a matter of a while, I still have to make some preparations before the official start of work." ”

As he spoke, he walked to a corner and took nine pieces of firewood.

Zhao Yuan glanced at it and found that the firewood used by Hao Li was quite particular, and it was all good cypress.

This kind of wood-fired cooking dish will bring a faint fragrance, which is very good. In addition, in the hands of the practitioners of the Ding Shi School, cypress can also be used to reconcile ingredients and medicinal herbs to remove turnips and preserve essences.

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

The two head chefs couldn't understand why Hao Li was carving firewood, but Zhao Yuan could see at a glance that he was portraying the talisman.

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

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

It turned out that at the end of each cooking, Hao Li would clean up the wood ash in the stove so as not to affect the next cooking.

Hao Li squatted down and carefully put nine pieces of firewood engraved with talismans into the stove. Each piece of firewood was placed in a particular position, and soon nine pieces of firewood were stacked in the shape of a tower.

A small formation was just constructed.

"Wrong!"

At this time, Zhao Yuan suddenly opened his mouth, which startled Hao Li.