Chapter 208: Master Luo

Mo Hua shook his head and said, "Heaven endowed me with talent, it must be useful, how can it be useless?"

An Xiao Fu was stunned for a moment, "What use could it have?"

Mo Hua thought for a while, seeming unable to explain it clearly. He couldn't articulate the specifics of the food aspect, so he said,

"Your family runs a food building, and your sense of taste is so good, how can it be useless?"

An Xiao Fu sighed, "Our family running a food building is actually done unwillingly..."

"Unwillingly?"

An Xiao Fu saw that the sky was still early, the meat was delicious, and it was rare to have someone to talk to, so he took a bite of meat, a sip of fruit wine, and chatted with Mo Hua:

"The An family, at first, also did refining tools and pills. Later, they couldn't compete with the Qian family, and their industry declined. They could only rely on some ancestral property to run a spirit food building business..."

"My grandfather doesn't like running a food building. He still wants to refine tools and pills, feeling that running a food building is very embarrassing."

"Is a food building not good?" Mo Hua was a bit doubtful.

"I think it's quite good, but my grandfather feels it's not good," An Xiao Fu muttered and said, "Moreover, the hundred trades of cultivation are also divided into levels."

An Xiao Fu counted on his fingers, one by one:

"First are array laws, which are the hardest to learn and most useful. Array masters are considered high-level people wherever they go. Next are refining pills and tools, as well as making talismans, which are all considered quite good."

"Other categories like spirit food, spirit plants, textiles, craftsmanship, and demon hunting are actually not very highly regarded."

"Don't get angry when I say this," An Xiao Fu said weakly, "Many cultivators from big families and sects think that spirit food and demon hunting are professions that lower-level loose cultivators do, and they disdain them in their hearts."

Mo Hua understood in his heart but didn't take it seriously. "If no cultivators engage in spirit plants, spirit food, and textiles, what do they eat and wear? Without eating and wearing, what is there to be proud of?"

An Xiao Fu nodded and said, "Exactly! Exactly!"

An Xiao Fu loved to eat and felt that eating was the most important thing. Everything related to eating was a very important matter.

Liu Ru Hua made several other dishes, some with demon meat and some with wild vegetables from the mountains. Although the ingredients were ordinary, the taste was very good, and the flavor was also extremely special.

An Xiao Fu ate with bulging cheeks, full to the brim, and couldn't help but praise, "Mo Hua, your mother's cooking is really delicious."

Mo Hua was happier than if he himself had been praised, "That's only natural!"

After they finished eating, they waved goodbye to each other.

Mo Hua looked at An Xiao Fu's retreating figure and couldn't help but think:

What can a good sense of taste do?

Become a food master? Open a food building?

But the An family already runs a spirit food building...

Mo Hua had a faint idea in his heart but still needed to think it through more thoroughly.

Qian Shun Zhi investigated for several days and finally found some clues. He then went to report to the family head, Qian Hong.

"A new cave mansion was built in the south of the city before. The plaque says 'Bai Fu', and a woman with a veil lives inside, bringing one male and one female young cultivators. But it's not known if they are proficient in array laws."

Qian Hong's eyes flashed with a hint of apprehension. "These are disciples of big families traveling. We can't provoke them, and they won't help those demon hunters. Is there anyone else?"

Qian Shun Zhi said, "There was an aged old cultivator who passed by, with unclear traces. After several days, he left Tong Xian City. Several middle-aged array masters came here and stayed at the guest inn. They have some connections with families in the city..."

Qian Hong thought for a moment and said coldly, "These are all wrong, go investigate again."

Qian Shun Zhi saw that Qian Hong's expression was a bit displeased, so he took out several array diagrams and handed them over.

"Among the demon hunters, there is a small array master. These array laws were drawn by this small array master. Some are true traces of array laws from the small array master's hand, and some I found people to copy."

Qian Hong took them and looked at them, a bit disappointed. "They are all some common array laws, not at the same level."

Although he was not an array master and couldn't distinguish between different array laws clearly, he could still count array patterns.

These array laws, some new and some old, although the brushstrokes were skilled, most only had five or six array patterns.

A young cultivator in his teens who could draw five or six array patterns was already considered extremely talented, no wonder he was called a 'small array master'.

But the Qian family wanted to find, not this small array master, but that mysterious first-grade array master.

"Dispatch more people and go find them again," Qian Hong instructed.

"Yes."

Qian Shun Zhi bowed respectfully and was about to withdraw, but was called back by Qian Hong.

Qian Hong thought for a moment and handed her the several array laws. "Send these array laws to Master Qian and see if he can find any clues."

Qian Shun Zhi respectfully agreed and then handed over the several array laws and copies of the array laws to Master Qian.

Master Qian was in the Qian family library, discussing matters with a group of array masters.

Some of these array masters were from the Qian family, some had deep connections with the Qian family, and some, although their friendship with the Qian family was not deep, could only come over because they received Master Qian's invitation.

Tong Xian City is so big, and there are not many array masters. Everyone meets each other eventually and always develops some friendship.

The Qian family was also the largest and wealthiest family in Tong Xian City, so they naturally couldn't ignore the Qian family's face.

A first-grade array master was definitely not an unknown person and couldn't be without any connections to the various families.

Master Qian invited these array masters from Tong Xian City precisely to inquire and see if everyone had any clues or connections.

If there were indeed connections, then everything would be easy to say, and they could also follow this connection to build some friendship with that array master.

But the group chatted for half a day, and there were still no clues.

That first-grade array master seemed to have appeared out of nowhere; no one knew his origin.

While the group was at a loss, Qian Shun Zhi entered with the array laws.

Master Qian took the array laws, looked at them, frowned, and then handed them to the various array masters to pass around and read.

"Can everyone see anything?" Master Qian asked.

"These array laws are drawn quite well."

"Very systematic."

"The brushstrokes are very skilled and show a lot of foundation."

"It's a pity they are just some low-level array laws, with five or six array patterns, so you can't see much..."

A group of array masters all discussed.

The last array master, who looked thin, pondered and said, "If these array laws are from that small array master's hand, then this small array master must be related to that first-grade array master."

Other array masters also nodded, "If there is no connection, it's impossible for him, at such a young age, to draw array laws so well."

As the group was chatting, a Qian family disciple entered the room and said respectfully, "Master Luo has arrived."

Master Qian immediately stood up, and the other array masters also stood up, stepped to the door, and bowed to the arriving person, greeting them:

"Master Luo, good!"

The person who arrived was exactly Master Luo, one of the few first-grade array masters in Tong Xian City who had truly passed the Dao Court's assessment and been graded.

The other few first-grade array masters in Tong Xian City were already old and liked to be quiet, no longer socializing. Only Master Luo occasionally moved around a bit.

Master Luo also returned the greetings one by one, "Everyone, please be polite."

Then he said to Master Qian, "Master Qian, long time no see."

Master Qian quickly declined, "Dare not, dare not. In front of Master Luo, how dare I deserve the title 'Master'."

Master Luo laughed and said, "Old Brother Qian, too modest. With your array law attainments, promotion to the next grade is just a matter of time."

Master Luo entered the main hall and sat in the main seat, while the other array masters sat in order.

A Qian family maidservant came up to offer tea.

Master Qian said, "This is Lu Peak cloud mist tea, beautiful and tender green, with beautiful color and fragrance. Please taste it, Master Luo."

Master Luo's eyes lit up slightly. He held the cup and lifted the lid. The tea vapor rose like clouds and mist. He took a sip. The sweetness entered his throat and seeped into his heart and spleen. He couldn't help but nod and praise, "Good tea!"

After sitting down and tasting the tea, the group then spoke about the main business.