Chapter 4. The Fragrance Assails The Nose

 After bringing them into the house, Li Yang arranged for them to sit down and walked into the kitchen.

"Tsk, no wonder those odd-job disciples are unwilling to leave no matter what. If I had such a background, even being an odd-job disciple would be a dream come true."

 Looking at the old furniture around him, one of the disciples twitched his mouth.

"It's not easy being a service disciple, but we must cultivate diligently. Otherwise, we'll have to leave the 72 peaks if we fail the assessment!"

 Jia Feiyu sat at the head of the table, gently waving the fan in his hand.

"Sigh, I thought that there wouldn't be anything good to eat. From the looks of it, I don't even have spirit rice. I haven't had brown rice in a long time since I went up the mountain."

 Another disciple said.

"Tsk, so what if it's spiritual rice? You guys just haven't seen the world. Do you think you can make good things in the cafeteria on the mountain?"

 Hearing this disciple's words, Jia Feiyu shook his head in disdain.

 When they heard Jia Feiyu's words, they did not refute him. They were all from the same place, so they naturally knew about their family backgrounds.

 The others were all from small families; only Jia Feiyu was the son of a well-known local tycoon. Before he entered the Nine Planet Sect, Jia Feiyu also grew up in a city. In the city's big and small restaurants, there was nothing that Jia Feiyu had not eaten.

 When he was free, Jia Feiyu would occasionally bring a few people down the mountain to the city and set up a large table of exotic delicacies for a meal.

 Regarding what he had eaten, Jia Feiyu even dared to boast that many of the disciples of the 36 peaks were not as knowledgeable as him!

 Jia Feiyu, who came from such a background, naturally wouldn't be interested in the food cooked by a mere handyman disciple in this place. However, he was hungry now, so that it would be over after a meal.

 Just as a few of them were chatting, Jia Feiyu suddenly noticed a trace of spirit Qi fluctuation coming from the kitchen. They looked up and saw that Li Yang was processing the rice.

 "This Junior Brother is lucky to enjoy the spiritual rice at the foot of the mountain."

 One of the disciples beside Jia Feiyu laughed and teased.

 "Senior brother must be joking. This is what I got in exchange for my daily monthly salary. It's much cheaper to exchange it in the inner sect."

 Li Yang laughed as he worked.

 "Eh, Junior Brother, why are you using a frying pan to steam the rice? Don't tell me you're going to hunt some game?"

 Another disciple asked as he looked at the kitchenware on the stove.

 "This is a new cooking method I just developed recently. It's called fried rice. Senior brothers, you're all in luck."

 The unlocked recipe had long been deeply engraved in Li Yang's mind. Therefore, even though he was talking to the people outside, Li Yang's hands didn't move in a panic.

 "Tsk, fried rice? In the end, it's just some overnight spiritual rice. Do you think that I'm one of those ignorant fellows?"

"In this environment, you don't have good equipment to process ingredients. What good things can you make with common and crude equipment?"

 Jia Feiyu's expression was unconcerned.

 However, before he came, Jia Feiyu had already prepared himself mentally. He wanted to fill his stomach and return to the mountain to continue cultivating so he was not impatient.

" That's right, that's right. Sigh; after all, he grew up in such a small place. Naturally, he can't be as knowledgeable as senior brother Jia."

 Another disciple quickly chimed in.

 "However, this person is thinking. The monthly salary of a service disciple is probably only enough for his family to eat in exchange for spiritual rice. Now that we are here to eat, it will be much less."

"It's just some spiritual rice. I'll give him some when I'm free. It'll be enough for him to eat for ten days to half a month."

 A few others also echoed.

 At this moment.

 Li Yang had already prepared the spirit rice in the kitchen and put it into the pot. Listening to the sound of steam, Li Yang sat by the stove and silently controlled the heat.

 When he felt that it was about time, Li Yang stood up and opened the lid. A fresh and rich fragrance immediately filled the room!

 "Eh? This smell is better than the spiritual rice I had in the canteen on the mountain."

 When the fragrance assailed their noses, one of the disciples raised his head curiously and looked into the kitchen.

 The others also smelled it and subconsciously nodded in agreement.

 Jia Feiyu, sitting at the head of the table, frowned slightly and motioned for everyone to sit down. "All of you, sit down. It's just some overnight spirit rice.

 You've been busy the whole morning, and your stomach is empty. What can you smell that isn't fragrant?"

 Even though he said that the aroma around his nose made Jia Feiyu nod in his heart, today's meal might not be as bad as he thought.

 However, in the end, this just filled his stomach.

"What senior brother said makes sense. After all, it's just out of the pot. It's normal for it to taste better."

 When the others heard Jia Feiyu's words, they nodded in agreement. They no longer paid attention to the kitchen and began to chat among themselves.

 Conversely, Li Yang had finished processing the spiritual rice and cracked the fire-patterned egg.

 The commotion outside the house naturally reached Li Yang's ears. However, Li Yang wasn't surprised by everyone's reaction at all.

 Every step of the golden egg fried rice was to bring out the most delicious part of the ingredients. Therefore, even the simplest rice tasted better than ordinary ingredients.

 However, this was only the most unremarkable step in the egg-fried rice!

 Then, Li Yang poured the oil into the pot. When the temperature was right, he poured the spiritual rice in and started to stir-fry.

 "Whoosh!"

 When the spirit rice was almost done, Li Yang moved his arm and poured the golden egg liquid into the pot. As Li Yang moved, pieces of golden eggs flew up and down, and the excess egg liquid covered every grain of spirit rice evenly.

 The fragrance that was much stronger than before rushed to the nostrils of the people sitting in the living room without warning!

 "Gulp, gulp ..."

 A slightly fatter disciple smelled the fragrance, and his stomach growled at an untimely moment.

"Hehe, this Junior Brother has some skills to be able to control the dining hall of the outer sect peak. The aroma has indeed aroused my appetite."

 Fatty said with a smile when he saw everyone's eyes on him.

 The other three also nodded their heads. They secretly compared Li Yang's cooking skills and thought more highly of him.

 "Not bad; ordinary spirit rice can produce such a fragrance."

 "This Junior Brother is thoughtful. Unfortunately, they are just some ordinary ingredients. Occasionally, I have to fill them up, and they can barely be considered to have a taste."

 "If we're talking about delicious food, it's the feast prepared by the chefs in the city."

 Jia Feiyu opened his folding fan and gently fanned it, his expression very calm.

 However, Jia Feiyu's interest in today's meal was slightly piqued.