Ascending, Do Not Disturb!

Chapter 52: Hundred Flowers Ball

“Please be seated.” Looking at Huan Zhong’s expressionless face, An He decided to give up on asking. He turned and said to the peak masters and sect masters present, “Path friends, this master is the benefactor who saved my master’s life.”

“Greetings, Path Friend.” Regardless of whether they knew the trio, the cultivators present were all polite and friendly to them. First, they had to give An He face, and second, Huan Zhong’s background was not ordinary.

Huan Zhong’s expressionless face appeared unfathomable and mysterious in their eyes. His silence, in their view, was the mannerism of an expert. In conclusion, he appeared very mysterious and a person they could not afford to offend.

An He introduced each guest seated to Huan Zhong.

“This is the manor master of Five Flavors Manor, Spirit Master Bai An.”

“You are that extremely skilled chef Spirit Master Bai An who cultivates through cooking?” When Kong Hou heard the words Five Flavors Manor, her eyes became as bright as stars. She had heard the shijie at the sect food hall say that while Five Flavor Manors was small, their cultivators were skilled chefs, especially Spirit Master Bai An. His cooking could cause cultivators to have epiphanies and their cultivation to grow, and female cultivators to become more beautiful. In the last hundred years, the sect master had attempted many times to form ties with Spirit Master Bai An. But Spirit Master Bai An did not seem to have any intentions of making ties. He scorned Splendid Cloud Sect for making food with only flavor but no soul. Sect Master left in disappointment, unable to even state his thought for Five Flavors Manor to join them.

The disciples of the sect were disappointed by this result, but inside, they all held a small hope they could still recruit Five Flavors Manor. Any disciple that went travelling would be told by the shixiong and shijie that if they encountered disciples of Five Flavors Manor being bullied by others, they should bravely help when they were able. If the disciple felt grateful, maybe they would be willing to join Splendid Cloud Sect?

“This one has long heard of Spirit Master’s great name. Seeing Spirit Master today, you are as the rumors say.” Kong Hou stood and gave the bow of a junior to Spirit Master Bai An. Many people had a stubborn impression of a chef, either plump or oily. Yet this Spirit Master Bai An was different. His body was thin. He wore light blue robes. His beard and hair were silvery white, and he gave off an ethereal air.

Facing Kong Hou’s enthusiastic attitude, Spirit Master Bai An was puzzled. The cultivators of the cultivation world mostly cultivated using forging, pill-making, beast-taming, seal-writing, energy, and weaponry. Cultivators like him who cultivated by cooking did not have high cultivation and were not of great use. Their status in the cultivation world was low. He had not encountered a junior who admired him with such sincerity for a long time, especially a likable young girl.

Had the elders of this young girl told her some nonsense rumors which she believed, so she had a great misunderstanding of him?

“Celestial exaggerates.” Spirit Master Bai An could not guess Kong Hou’s identity but was very polite to her. He saw that the young girl’s hairpins and other items were talismans or divine talismans. He did not know how many layers of seals had been added to her magic robe. This must be a disciple of status from a major sect. He was the manor master, but a small sect like Five Flavors Manor could not afford to offend a person like this.

“Spirit Master is too humble.” Because other people were present, this was not a good place to chat. Kong Hou was too embarrassed to talk longer with Spirit Master Bai An. She sat down and smiled brightly at him.

This smile was too likable. Spirit Master Bai An couldn’t help but smile back.

An He who sat at the front felt complicated. This young beauty was so enthusiastic to an old man like Bai An—why was she so cool to him? While he felt conflicted inside, he still persisted in introducing everyone else present to Huan Zhong.