Little Cooking Saint – 0335 – Steamed Pork with Rice Flour (h)

Chapter 335 – Steamed Pork with Rice Flour (h)

Translated by Gumihou

Edited by Gumihou

 

Gumihou: …after treating us to an excess of information as per chapter 324, Su Nian Jin Shi now practices the tactic of ‘information withdrawal’.

 

You know, Detective Kindaichi’s style of dialogue that goes:

Kindaichi: In fact, it’s all down to ‘that’

Random person: ‘That’? Wait, does that mean because of ‘that’ the murderer…

Kindaichi: Yes, thanks to ‘that’, everything is now revealed

 

Brilliant. So profound

 

After locating Luo Dongting, Shiyu explained the purpose of their visit.

“We shall be leaving for Profound Sky soon. You don’t have to come with us. As for what I have promised you before, you may start preparing for it now. Your Spiritual Attribute will depend on the type of Spiritual Seed you consume. Once you have found the Seed, we may proceed to the next step.”

When Luo Dongting heard this, he could not help but tremble with excitement.

“So, this is real?”

“Of course?”

Luo Dongting had to ask this over and over again before he gradually calmed down. Finally, after a long pause, he said, “Which attribute has the highest possibility for success? The highest possibility of survival? If I can choose, I prefer the one that allows me the highest possibility of survival.”

“Why not chose the most powerful one?”

“I cannot be too reckless. I still have a little sister who depends on me. If I die, what would happen to my sister? I cannot even consider handing over her care to others,” said Luo Dongting.

To obtain a Spiritual Vein was something he desired for himself. However, he must also choose the path with the highest survival rate for the sake of his sister and his parents.

Shiyu nodded, she always choose to respect other people’s choices [1a].

“If it’s the highest possibility for survival, Earth Attribute should be the most suitable.” Earth was the most forgiving of all the attributes, lacking the tyranny of fire and thunder which could destroy the body.

“That’s good enough for me. I shall have people on the lookout for Earth Seeds right away.”

Thus far, Shiyu had more or less completed what she needed to do at Grand Martial City. The next thing to do was to take Jin Ming to Profound Sky Empire.

To prevent what had happened last time, the three Pandas were not allowed to come. Instead, they were tasked with the duty to protect Liu Eleven and the others. If something went wrong, they will escort the friends back to Eastern Empire.

This was their backup plan just in case.

It did not take long for the Rainbow Sparrow to reach the Capital City of Profound Sky Empire. They only had to fly for two days to reach this place.

Compared to Eastern Empire Capital, Profound Sky Empire was indeed much more magnificent. The most striking feature is the huge formation suspended in the sky above the city.

Golden light lingered on the edges of the formation. From time to time, colourful rays of light would flash past. Right in the middle of the formation were the faint figures of two people sitting cross-legged, with their backs to each other.

“That should be the Ninth Realm’s Teleportation Gate to the Eight Realm, right?” exclaimed Shiyu. “It’s really quite extraordinary.”

“It should be,” Qing Chen nodded. So long as they crossed over this formation, they would reach the Eight Realm.

Shiyu glanced over at Jin Ming who was being held by Uncle Wang. “Now that we have reached Profound Sky, so long as you tell me where to find that woman, I shall let you go.”

Jin Ming quickly said, “Then you must find her at the State Master’s Residence. Dear auntie, please let me go. Now that I’ve been tied up like a dumpling, what should I do if someone recognises me? I’ll be laughed to death. No matter what, this is still my territory so do at least give me some face. In return, I shall treat you to dinner, ah!”

Shiyu sent him off the flying mount with one kick. “Away with you, we shall not see you off.”

After having been kicked off the Rainbow Sparrow, he quickly broke the ropes around him and tidied up his appearance.

“Thank you for escorting me back. I shall treat you to a meal in return.”

Shiyu smiled, “Hopefully you could still afford to when the time comes.”

With that, she and Qing Chen also got off their mount and walked toward the capital.

The State Master’s Residence was rather famous. The moment she entered the city, it did not take long for her to get directions from some random passersby.

“Shall we go look for it now?” asked Qing Chen. “With just the two of us, we could suffer a loss.”

“No need to hurry,” said Shiyu. “Jin Ming probably hasn’t even reached home yet, we can afford to wait. [2]”

Qing Chen was stunned. Suddenly, he shook his head and laughed, “You two are really…”

“It can’t be helped, there are only two of us now and we don’t have that much strength. Therefore, we can only do this [2],” said Shiyu helplessly. “The only thing I don’t know is where Xiao Yun is now.”

The two of them stayed at an inn. A day later, someone came to visit them.

 

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The [4] window broke and a woman in Flamingo Red climbed through the window saying, “I say, here I was wondering why you guys are so slow. I’ve been waiting for days now. Don’t you know it’s difficult for me to come? Why are you still staying in this inn? You don’t want to save the little girl anymore?”

“Of course we do, we are now trying to figure out how to save her. [1b] How about this, why don’t you just secretly hand the child over to me? We shall certainly be grateful,” said Shiyu

The Woman in Flamingo Red robes’ eyes brightened. She turned bright eyes at Qing Chen, “Let him warm my bed?”

“No way, I cannot force him.”

“Very well,” the woman looked regretful [1c]. “Then we have nothing to talk about. Looks like I have waited in vain with nothing to gain.”

“Actually, it cannot be said that you have nothing to gain. I wish to ask, what is the relationship between Li Tian and the State Master?” that person knew that Li Tian [5] was a Demonic Cultivator yet still wanted to protect him. Therefore, this State Master did not seem to be a good person.

“They are husband and wife,” said the woman.

“…husband and wife? With a Demonic Cultivator? The State Master is not afraid of being implicated by him?”

“I’m not too clear about all that. Anyway, I’m busy, so I’ll leave first.” She jumped back out of the window. “Hopefully you two could come over soon.” The last sentence floated in with the wind, not entirely clear.

However, even with the woman’s prompting, [1b] Shiyu still chose to wait another day. on the third day, quite a lot of people drop by their inn.

As for these people who had suddenly appeared, [1b] Shiyu was not at all surprised to see them.

She just said, “How do you know I’m here?”

“We have been recommended by Master Jin Ming to come, he said you need some fighters and we have some people in hand. If you need any people, I can provide them for you.” [1c]

[1c] To put it bluntly, the speaker was the head of an assassin group.

However, Shiyu has [1d] no intention of ending the life of the State Master. This Jin Ming is really…

“You say you have people, any Divine Transformation experts?” asked Shiyu.”

“Yes,” the smile on the man’s face suddenly became a little more sincere. “However, if you wish to hire them, you’ll need to pay a much higher price.”

“So long as you have the people,”

“Yes, I shall contact you again.”

To get to the Eight Realm, one has to go through the Teleportation Array. Moreover, the array was not free to use. Everyone who wishes to go through it must offer something in return.

Because of the high price, there would always be some powerful people lurking around Profound Sky Capital earning a commission by taking care of business.

 

(1) days of baseless OMG!! Shiyu so brilliant!!

 

Gumihou: …so much glossing over. Should I even count them?

Like, we don’t even know the general outline of Shiyu’s plan. The withholding information tactic is not good.

It’s better to show Shiyu giving someone an outline of her plan before having said plan run into trouble and showcase the MC’s problem-solving ski-

You know what?

Never mind.

 

We now have Glossaries for Character, Cultivation Terms, Clan Names, Restaurants & Places

 

[1] Lol, make MC look good moments:

[a] Like, the fact that the author used the term ‘always choose to respect’ to describe Shiyu is hilarious to Gumi

[b] Ahh, a moment of audacity. *slow claps*

[c] A big trouble resolved itself without explanation. =_=;;

[d] MC is better than thou because she good moment.

[2] SNJS withholds information

[3] Convenient Coincident

[4] Drama that serves… nothing

[5] Plot inconsistency – Aren’t you a reader of this story? Also, you were ‘looking for the State Master’ back in xx chapter and now you don’t know them? What is this inconsistency?

 

 

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