After resting for a night, Zhang Jingmo took out the python meat from the Sumeru Ring.

He gave a portion to Qingfeng, instructing him to use this meat to replace the meat that Lu Guijiu usually ate. As for the other portion, he personally cooked a pot of snake soup, wanting to call Lu Guijiu to share it together.

Cultivators should not eat ordinary food, because these meats will cause impurities to accumulate in the body and affect cultivation.

Zhang Jingmo had never paid attention to this issue before, until Qingfeng reminded him, he then remembered this matter.

Since he remembered, Zhang Jingmo would not let Lu Guijiu eat mortal food anymore, so he asked Qingfeng to buy spirit grains and spirit plants for Lu Guijiu to eat.

Although spirit plants and spirit grains are easy to buy, the meat of high-grade spirit beasts is very rare.

The demon python that Zhang Jingmo killed, whether it was the bones or the flesh, were rare treasures. He brought back the skin and bones together, specifically for Lu Guijiu to eat.

When the snake soup was boiling in the pot, it emitted a rich fragrance.

Zhang Jingmo added a few medicinal ingredients to it to moderate the cool nature of the snake soup.

Just as Zhang Jingmo was about to take the snake soup off the stove, his good friend surnamed Yu came uninvited again.

Elder Yu heard that Zhang Jingmo was back, but he always waited in vain for him to come, so he brought two pots of good wine and came to the door himself. As soon as he arrived at Zhang Jingmo's cave residence, he smelled a rich fragrance, and with a turn of his head, he guessed that Zhang Jingmo must have brought back something good.

"Oh, I was wondering what you went out to find, it turns out you went to find spirit beast meat for your beloved disciple." Elder Yu laughed as he walked into the kitchen from outside.

Zhang Jingmo picked up the snake soup and turned to walk out, "So don't fight with him over it."

Elder Yu said, "Hey, Qingyuan, you are too heartless... It's been a long time since I've seen you cook. Today I finally have the chance to see it, but you won't even let me have a taste?" Qingyuan was Zhang Jingmo's Daoist name, and Elder Yu usually called him that in private.

Zhang Jingmo smiled, "If I don't let you taste it, will you leave?"

Elder Yu laughed, "You really understand me. Ever since I cultivated this Dao, I find it more and more boring. Cutting off the seven emotions and six desires just to seek immortality, what's the point of that?"

If it were someone else, Zhang Jingmo would probably think these words were a joke, but Zhang Jingmo knew that his good friend Yu Fen was serious.

In the many times Zhang Jingmo had been reborn, Yu Fen only had one ending - falling in love with the same demon cultivator and not having a good ending. No matter what Zhang Jingmo did, he could not influence this good friend of his.

Sometimes Zhang Jingmo would even deliberately let them miss the time to meet, but as long as Zhang Jingmo was not paying attention, Elder Yu would be able to form a bond with that demon cultivator, as if even lightning could not shake it.

After many times, Zhang Jingmo got lazy and gave up. He was indifferent by nature, and seeing that fate could not be changed, he simply gave up.

The snake soup was brought to the table, and Elder Yu sat down without any courtesy.

Zhang Jingmo said, "I'll go call my disciple, don't eat it all."

Elder Yu made a few "aye" sounds, his eyes fixed on the snake soup and unable to move away.

Zhang Jingmo went to the room where Lu Guijiu was and called out to Lu Guijiu who was still reading.

Zhang Jingmo said, "I made a pot of snake soup, come eat it with me."

Lu Guijiu obediently nodded and followed beside Zhang Jingmo. His steps were slow, and he had to jog to keep up with Zhang Jingmo's pace. Seeing this, Zhang Jingmo directly bent down and hugged him in his arms, then with a magic technique, he instantly moved in front of Elder Yu.

While Zhang Jingmo went to find his disciple, Elder Yu had already set the bowls and chopsticks and prepared the wine.

Zhang Jingmo put Lu Guijiu on the stool and saw that Lu Guijiu's chin was just at the stone table, and he frowned.

Lu Guijiu was still too small. This stone table was made according to the proportions of an adult. Sitting there, only a pair of eyes could be seen, and he probably could only eat half-kneeling, stretching his head.

Zhang Jingmo called out, "Mingyue, get a high stool."

A moment later, Mingyue, who was originally making other side dishes in the kitchen, brought a high stool for Lu Guijiu and let him sit on it.

Seeing this, Elder Yu was a little surprised. He said, "Qingyuan, you didn't just accept a disciple, you clearly accepted a little ancestor." He had been in Lingxu Sect for so long, but he had never seen a master care so much about his disciple.

Zhang Jingmo looked at him indifferently and said, "Eat your snake soup."

Elder Yu was snubbed and drank a cup of wine.

The flesh of the demon python originally contained spiritual energy. When eaten, it made the whole body feel refreshed. When Zhang Jingmo stewed the snake meat, he only added some salt as seasoning, and did not add any other ingredients.

But even so, it was so fresh that it made people's tongues fall off.

Elder Yu was not picky. He drank a few bowls of snake soup and chewed on a lot of snake meat. He also asked Zhang Jingmo if this snake demon was already in the late Golden Core stage, and if he refined that Primordial Cyan Pill just to get this snake meat.

Zhang Jingmo drank a cup of wine brought by Elder Yu and said lightly, "So much meat can't block your mouth."

Elder Yu chuckled. He looked at Lu Guijiu, who was still eating silently without saying a word, and said, "Boy, your master treats you so well, don't forget to repay your master in the future."

Lu Guijiu was drinking soup. Hearing Elder Yu's words, he put down the soup bowl and said seriously, "I will."

Elder Yu said, "Aye, aye, aye, how beautiful! Snake meat with fine wine, even immortals wouldn't trade it - by the way, Qingyuan, if you want to refine that Primordial Cyan Pill again in the future, don't forget my share."

Zhang Jingmo made an "en" sound. A cultivator can only use three Primordial Cyan Pills in his life, after which they lose their effect. If he refined too many, they would be useless to him.

It was better to use them to do favors.

Elder Yu said, "You are good in everything, but you are just cold-hearted and cold-emotioned, as if you don't care about anything. But now that you have a cute little disciple, I don't believe you are still so heartless."

Zhang Jingmo said coldly, "It seems I invited you to eat this pot of snake meat for the wrong reason."

Elder Yu quickly admitted his mistake. He always talked a lot, and even in front of Zhang Jingmo who didn't like to talk much, he could entertain himself.

Perhaps it was because of this reason that Zhang Jingmo became friends with him.

Zhang Jingmo was never too fond of the desires of the tongue. He didn't eat many pieces of snake meat, but instead drank a few more cups of the wine brought by Elder Yu. This wine was naturally not ordinary, and the spiritual energy contained within it was no less than that contained in the demon beast meat.

Seeing that Zhang Jingmo was not easy to provoke, Elder Yu turned his attention to Lu Guijiu. He raised his wine cup to Lu Guijiu and said, "Little disciple, why don't you also try the taste of this fine wine?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Guijiu didn't say anything, but cast his gaze towards Zhang Jingmo.

Zhang Jingmo said indifferently, "If you want to drink, it's fine to have some." This wine was brewed in the Spirit Valley, and drinking it would only benefit the body, not harm it.

Having obtained Zhang Jingmo's permission, Lu Guijiu took the wine cup from Elder Yu's hand and took a small sip.

Just one sip - a red blush rose on his cheeks, and his little face scrunched up, seeming to have been burned by the taste of the wine.

Seeing this, Elder Yu burst into laughter. He said, "Qingyuan ah, your little disciple is really adorable, making me want to take on a disciple too."

The corners of Zhang Jingmo's mouth also carried a hint of a faint smile.

The two adults were happy, but the teased Lu Guijiu was very unhappy. He gloomily put down the wine cup, feeling that he had lost face in front of his master. Hearing Elder Yu still laughing at him, he fired back in a childish voice, "Not funny!"

Hearing this, Elder Yu laughed even louder, and even shouted, "I have to laugh~" It had been a long time since he had teased a child.

Lu Guijiu was so angry that his entire face was puffed up round like a freshly cooked rice ball. He stole a glance at Zhang Jingmo and seeing that he had no intention of stopping Elder Yu, he became even angrier. So he angrily grabbed the wine cup and poured all the wine in the cup into his mouth.

Elder Yu let out a pained "ai" sound, but he wasn't distressed for Lu Guijiu, but for his own wine. Lu Guijiu's way of drinking was simply a waste of fine wine.

After drinking, Lu Guijiu put down the cup, twisted his short waist, jumped off the high stool, and ran off angrily with his short legs.

Seeing this, Elder Yu still wanted to tease, but was stopped by Zhang Jingmo.

Elder Yu said, "Qingyuan, you are biased..."

Zhang Jingmo said, "How old are you? How old is he?"

Elder Yu: "..." What he said made a lot of sense, and he was actually speechless.

The two ate for a while longer until the snake soup in the pot was almost gone. Only then did Elder Yu reluctantly take his leave, saying that when Zhang Jingmo ate the remaining snake meat, he must call him over and he would bring good wine.

Zhang Jingmo agreed verbally, but in his heart, he thought that the remaining snake meat belonged to Lu Guijiu alone, and how could he share it with this old rascal.

After Elder Yu left, Zhang Jingmo didn't go to find Lu Guijiu, but instead went alone to the spiritual cave of the cave abode and refined the spiritual energy contained in the snake meat.

When he came out of the cave abode, it was already five days later.

As soon as Zhang Jingmo came out, he saw Mingyue guarding the door. He said, "Did anything happen?"

Mingyue said, "Three days ago, Young Master Lu officially entered the Dao..." Entering the Dao meant entering the first level of the Qi Refining stage.

Zhang Jingmo never expected that eating snake meat once would allow Lu Guijiu to progress so much. He said, "Why didn't you call me?"

Mingyue said, "Young Master Lu was not in the room when he entered the Dao... By the time Mingyue discovered it, he had already completed the Dao, so I didn't notify you, Elder."

Zhang Jingmo said, "Not in the room? Then where was he?"

Mingyue stammered and couldn't say it.

Zhang Jingmo said, "Speak."

Mingyue said, "This small one doesn't know..." He was already kneeling on the ground, and at this time he was even more trembling, deeply afraid that Zhang Jingmo would punish him.

However, Zhang Jingmo did not get angry. He had long known that Lu Guijiu was extraordinary, but he was still surprised by his disciple time and time again.

Back then, Lu Guijiu entered the Dao at the age of eight, which was already early enough.

But now, he was a full four years earlier. If the people in the Lingxu Sect knew about this - it would probably cause quite a stir.

Zhang Jingmo said, "Who else knows about this?"

Mingyue said, "Only Qingfeng and I..."

Hearing this, Zhang Jingmo waved his hand, and Qingfeng also instantly appeared in front of him.

Qingfeng was a little dazed at first, but when he saw Mingyue's pale face and Zhang Jingmo's expressionless face, he guessed what had happened and hurriedly knelt down to apologize.

Zhang Jingmo didn't say much, but took out two medicinal pills from his sleeve and let the two of them take them.

Qingfeng and Mingyue didn't dare to disobey, and both strangely swallowed the medicinal pills into their stomachs.

Zhang Jingmo said coldly, "If other people find out that Young Master Lu entered the Dao at the age of four, you know what will happen, right?"

Qingfeng and Mingyue kowtowed and said they didn't dare.

Zhang Jingmo snorted coldly, "Don't dare, what else don't you dare to do." - These words, however, were not said to these two servant boys, but to that good disciple who had been deceiving him all along.

Back then, even if Lu Guijiu hadn't practiced the Water Extension Scripture and hadn't eaten snake meat, it was absolutely impossible for him to only enter the Dao at the age of eight, unless - he had lied to him.

He had really raised a "pure-hearted" good disciple!