Chapter 207: Knowing Taste

Someone was inquiring about the array master situation. Elder Yu told Mo Hua about it and advised Mo Hua to be careful.

While you should not have the intention to harm others, you must always be vigilant against others' intentions.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and felt that the possibility of himself being suspected was not very high. Unless it was an acquaintance, ordinary cultivators would probably not believe that a ten-something-year-old Mo Hua could draw a first-grade array.

On the contrary, Mo Hua was worried about Mister Zhuang. He was afraid that the Qian family would suspect Mister Zhuang, and he would bring trouble to Mister Zhuang.

Mo Hua went to see Mister Zhuang and simply explained the matter.

When Mister Zhuang heard this, he just smiled and said, "Just do what you feel is right. You don't need to worry about my affairs."

"The Qian family won't trouble you, will they?"

"They won't be able to find anything."

"What if they do find something?" Mo Hua was still a little uneasy.

"'Originally there is nothing, where would dust settle?' It's impossible for them to find anything," Mister Zhuang said calmly.

Mo Hua nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite. He felt that Mister Zhuang was speaking in riddles and didn't know exactly what he was saying...

But since Mister Zhuang said this, he must have a plan, and Mo Hua also felt relieved.

Mister Zhuang was profound and mysterious. Perhaps he didn't take the Qian family seriously, but it wouldn't be good if the Qian family caused trouble and disturbed Mister Zhuang's quiet cultivation.

"How are your array studies coming along?" Mister Zhuang asked.

"I've learned both the first-grade Molten Fire Control Spirit Array and the first-grade Fire Wood Dual Birth Array, and I've used them all on the furnace," Mo Hua said happily.

Mister Zhuang nodded in approval: "Not bad."

Mo Hua smiled, then asked, "Mister, which arrays should I learn next?"

"First, find some compound arrays and just learn them casually," Mister Zhuang said. "Wait until you break through the Qi Refining seventh layer, then look at the puzzle array in the Sea of Consciousness, and then make your next plans."

"Okay," Mo Hua nodded.

What kind of puzzle array would be the bottleneck of the Tian Yan Jue Qi Refining seventh layer?

Mo Hua was both anticipating and a little apprehensive.

After bidding farewell to Mister Zhuang, Mo Hua went home as usual, but on the way, he ran into An Xiao Fu.

"What a coincidence," Mo Hua greeted An Xiao Fu.

An Xiao Fu lowered his head, his brows furrowed, "Not a coincidence. My grandpa and my dad asked me to specifically wait for you nearby."

"Ah?" Mo Hua was stunned for a moment.

"They wanted me to pretend to bump into you casually and get close to you," An Xiao Fu explained. "But you are so smart, you would definitely know at first glance, so I'm just too lazy to pretend. My grandpa and my dad still asked me to..."

An Xiao Fu rattled on, like pouring beans, about the things his grandpa and his dad instructed him to do, the things that could be said and the things that couldn't be said, he said them all at once.

Mo Hua didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

After An Xiao Fu finished speaking, he felt much more comfortable.

He felt that his task was completed. He had said all the words his grandpa and his dad asked him to say, and he had done all the things they instructed him to do.

Although the way might be somewhat different from their explanation, the result was the same.

An Xiao Fu sighed as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

"Oh right, there are also some gifts here. My grandpa asked me to send them to you, so you should take them,"

An Xiao Fu handed over a storage bag. Inside were some array books, several array pens, and quite a few spirit inks.

They weren't considered too precious, but they were carefully selected and catered to Mo Hua's preferences, obviously a lot of thought had been put into them.

Mo Hua politely declined for a moment.

An Xiao Fu simply stuffed it into Mo Hua's hand, "If I take it back, my grandpa will blame me. If I give it to you, he'll probably even praise me. They're not that precious anyway, just take them. It's foolish not to take advantage of a good deal."

Mo Hua thought for a moment and nodded: "Indeed."

Not wanting to be a "little fool," Mo Hua accepted the gifts, then said, "Let's go, I'll treat you to something to eat!"

An Xiao Fu waved his hand, "How can I let you spend money?"

"Not spending money," Mo Hua said, "It's at my place!"

An Xiao Fu was a little curious. He thought that he had nothing fun to do at home anyway, so he might as well follow Mo Hua and play for a while.

An Xiao Fu followed Mo Hua through several streets and around several corners. Then he saw a food shop at an intersection. The signboard fluttered in the wind, and there were simple tables and benches placed in the spacious area.

Diners gathered in twos and threes, either eating meat in big mouthfuls or drinking wine in big gulps, clinking glasses and exchanging drinks, it was lively.

The aroma of meat and wine came head-on, floating with the clear wind to a distant place.

This was an atmosphere An Xiao Fu had never seen before.

"Mother," Mo Hua waved from afar.

Liu Ru Hua smiled when she heard this and walked out. Then she saw Mo Hua, and the little fatty in brocade clothes and jade robe beside Mo Hua, a little puzzled: "This is..."

An Xiao Fu bowed respectfully, very polite: "Hello Auntie, I am An Xiao Fu."

"An family?"

An Xiao Fu nodded, "My dad is the head of the An family."

Liu Ru Hua was a little surprised and immediately looked at Mo Hua. She thought to herself, how did Mo Hua get to know the young master of the An family?

Mo Hua said: "Mother, I'm treating Xiao Fu to a meal, make some good food."

"Such a young age, still treating people to a meal..." Liu Ru Hua laughed, and asked An Xiao Fu, "Young Master An, what would you like to eat?"

An Xiao Fu quickly waved his hand, "Just call me Xiao Fu. I'm not picky, anything is fine."

Liu Ru Hua nodded: "Then you two play for a while, I'll go make some food."

Mo Hua then pulled An Xiao Fu and found a bright table to sit down.

An Xiao Fu looked around for a while and said, "This is your family's food shop."

"That's right!" Mo Hua was a little proud.

He had helped a lot to get this food shop open.

An Xiao Fu was a little envious, "It's really good."

Mo Hua was puzzled: "Doesn't your An family have a Spirit Meal Building? That's bigger and looks more grand."

"It's not the same," An Xiao Fu thought for a moment and said, "Although the Spirit Meal Building is big and quiet, it always feels cold and cheerless. Eating there is meaningless."

An Xiao Fu looked at the surrounding diners.

There were demon hunter masters, weapon refining masters, pill refining masters, local loose cultivators, passing vendors, foreign merchants, everyone of various shapes and colors, but they all gathered together, eating and chatting at the same time, talking and laughing.

Sometimes they would run into acquaintances and chat enthusiastically for a few sentences, toast each other a cup of wine, and wish each other a smooth journey.

"Everyone gathers like this and eats a lively meal, that's what's meaningful," An Xiao Fu said.

Mo Hua also felt the same way, "Then wait a bit and eat more, my mother's cooking is super delicious."

"Thank you," An Xiao Fu thanked him.

But he was just being polite and thanking Mo Hua for the treat. In his heart, he didn't think it could be that delicious.

The An family ran the Spirit Meal Building. The meal building hired famous chefs who researched all kinds of exquisite recipes and made all sorts of rare delicacies.

He ate every day, what delicious food had he not eaten?

But when Liu Ru Hua brought the dishes, An Xiao Fu discovered that he really hadn't eaten anything like this...

An Xiao Fu took a bite and asked, "What kind of meat is this?"

"Demon beast meat," Mo Hua picked up a chopstick and tasted a bite, "Probably some kind of sheep. If it were in the Big Black Mountain, I could recognize it, but now that it's on the plate, I can't."

An Xiao Fu was surprised: "Demon beast meat, can it also be made so delicious?"

"Hehe, you didn't expect that, did you?"

An Xiao Fu ate another bite, savoring it carefully, "This spice is also different."

"You can taste the spice too?"

An Xiao Fu nodded.

"Which ones can you taste?" Mo Hua was a little curious.

"Um..." An Xiao Fu thought for a moment, "There's cassia leaves, mustard seeds, plum, galangal..."

An Xiao Fu counted out quite a few, then said, "And some others, they taste very special, I've never tasted them before, so I can't say what they are."

Mo Hua was surprised: "You're so amazing!"

Some of these spices were bought from the market, and some were picked by Mo Hua from the outer mountains of the Big Black Mountain. These spices were relatively obscure and not easy to mass-produce, so it was normal for An Xiao Fu not to know their names.

But being able to taste so many spices was already very amazing.

An Xiao Fu was praised by Mo Hua and was a little embarrassed, "I... I just eat a lot every day, that's all I can do, it's useless. I can't compare to you..."

Mo Hua, on the other hand, knew arrays, and his array level was very high, even his grandpa found it hard to believe.