Chapter 10: Popular Chicken Cake

Lin Yunyi made a batch of chicken cakes and sent them to the cultivators in the chicken-raising team to taste.

　　As the scale of chicken farming continued to expand, the team members got tired of eating Ling eggs.

　　The sponge cake quickly won unanimous praise from everyone as soon as it was launched.

　　"Brother Yi, you're amazing!"

　　"Brother Yi's cooking skills are so good, I admire him to the skies."

　　"Brother Yi, will we give out sponge cakes every month from now on?"

　　"Brother Yi, you're amazing! When are you getting married? I can be your concubine."

　　"..."

　　Facing pairs of expectant eyes, Lin Yunyi waved his hand and said, "We'll have plenty of chicken cakes in the future, so there's no need to make smaller ones."

　　Lin Yunyi was speechless, secretly marveling at how formidable the female cultivators of this world were. They hadn't even grown their pubic hair yet, and they were already considering becoming concubines. He really couldn't handle them!

　　Lin Yunyi made many experimental products, and the members of the chicken-raising team were responsible for tasting them.

　　There were quite a few test samples, and the team members couldn't finish them all, so they shared them with the people in their tribe.

　　Many tribespeople, thanks to the team members, got to eat chicken cake and praised it highly, which boosted the team members' status.

　　After repeatedly adjusting the recipe, Lin Yunyi made a batch of cakes and sent them to the store for sale.

　　Chicken cakes made with Lingji eggs are sweet and delicious.

　　Ten chicken cakes cost one spirit stone, and the chicken cakes were well received after their release.

　　Some traveling monks would also buy some as provisions.

　　Over time, the reputation of the chicken cake grew, attracting many cultivators who came to try it.

　　Several cultivators from the Lin family enthusiastically devoted themselves to making the sponge cake.

　　The sponge cakes can be stored in storage bags for quite some time. After their reputation spread, they unexpectedly attracted many traveling merchants who resold them.

　　...

　　The Jiang family.

　　Several children gathered together, eating sponge cake.

　　"This seems to be a sponge cake launched by the Lin family. It costs ten spirit stones, which isn't too expensive."

　　"I heard that this sponge cake was launched by the Lin family's Five Elemental Roots.""I heard that Lin Yunyi recently set his sights on the offal of demonic beasts, collecting all sorts of dirty, smelly offal from them."

　　"What does the Lin family want that thing for? Could it be that they want to practice evil magic?"

　　"It's not so much an evil spell, I heard it's used to raise chickens."

　　"I heard that the Lin family's five spiritual roots don't have much talent for cultivation, but they are quite good at business."

　　"We cultivators pursue the Great Dao, which is the right path. I've heard that the Lin family's five spiritual roots deal with chicken manure all day long."

　　“I’ve heard about it too. It’s said that he wants to use spirit chicken manure to improve ordinary fields, attempting to turn them into spirit fields.”

　　"How could Fan Tian transform so easily, just with spirit chicken droppings? This guy is really delusional."

　　Jiang Tan'er said with a dark face, "Stop talking. If you keep talking like this, I won't be able to eat any more pastries. This sponge cake is really rough. It's only those rogue cultivators like it. It's far inferior to the pastries from Bazhenfang."

　　"That's natural. Bazhenfang has a master chef in charge. Compared to that, the Lin family's chicken cake is really quite meager."

　　"..."

　　...

　　Fucheng Yuechuan Refining Shop.

　　A six or seven-year-old child is holding a sponge cake and eating it.

　　Yuechuan Refining Shop was just an ordinary refining shop in the prefectural city, run by a couple of refining masters.

　　The shop owner, Jiang Qingchuan, has a cultivation level of the seventh stage of Qi Refining.

　　The proprietress, Ye Jingyue, has a cultivation level of the sixth stage of Qi Refining.

　　The child was their son, Jiang Yanbing, who also possessed five spiritual roots and was at the second level of Qi Refining.

　　Ye Jingyue glanced at Jiang Qingchuan and said, "I heard that this chicken cake is sold by the Lin family, and the person who came up with this cake business is that five-elemental-root person from the Lin family."

　　Jiang Qingchuan: "The Lin family's child with five spiritual roots is said to be a very precocious child."

　　Jiang Qingchuan is a member of a collateral branch of the Jiang family. His branch is related to Jiang Hao, the ancestor of the Jiang family, but the relationship is somewhat distant.

　　Jiang Qingchuan and Ye Jingyue's cultivation levels were not weak either. The couple supported each other, and although their lives were not very wealthy, they were still quite good.

　　Ye Jingyue: "I heard that the shuttlecock from a while ago was also invented by that person."

　　Jiang Qingchuan: "He's a formidable young man!"

　　Jiang Qingchuan runs a weapon-refining shop, and the appearance of the shuttlecock immediately caught his attention.

　　This thing is simple to make and not very useful, but because it uses spirit chicken feathers, it can barely be considered a half-magical artifact.

　　This thing is extremely attractive to many descendants of cultivators who lack spiritual roots.

　　Although the shuttlecocks were not valuable, they brought a lot of customers to the Lin family. It is said that many traveling merchants bought large quantities of shuttlecocks from the Lin family and sent them to other cities to sell.

　　The shuttlecock was just a small trinket, but it was quite helpful to the Lin family's business.

　　The head of the Jiang family once asked him if he could imitate the Lin family in making shuttlecocks.

　　Making shuttlecocks with chicken feathers is not difficult; the difficulty lies in cost control.

　　The Lin family raises a large flock of spirit chickens, making it easy for them to obtain a large amount of raw materials. The Jiang family, on the other hand, cannot do this. It would obviously not be worthwhile for them to spend a large amount of spirit stones to buy spirit chicken feathers.

　　As far as Jiang Qingchuan knew, the Jiang family seemed to have tried raising chickens, but because the cost of raising chickens was relatively high and it was difficult to increase the number of chickens, they gave up after raising them for half a year.

　　Ye Jingyue: "That person seems to be engaged to Jiang Tan'er."

　　Jiang Qingchuan: "I've heard that's how it is, but the Jiang family doesn't seem too happy about it."

　　Ye Jingyue: "Jiang Tan'er has dual spiritual roots of fire and wood, no wonder the Jiang family is unhappy."

　　Jiang Qingchuan: "What's strange is the reaction of the Lin family patriarch. He didn't even send any gifts to maintain the relationship, as if he didn't take this granddaughter-in-law seriously."

　　Ye Jingyue: "Perhaps the Lin family patriarch knew the Jiang family's attitude and didn't want to force the issue."

　　Jiang Qingchuan: "The reaction of the Lin family patriarch is a bit strange. Logically speaking, he shouldn't give up this marriage so easily."

　　Ye Jingyue smiled and said, "Spiritual roots don't represent everything."

　　Jiang Qingchuan: "That's true. We can't fathom the thoughts of these important figures."

　　Jiang Qingchuan glanced at Jiang Yanbing, smiled, and said, "Yanbing, how does this sponge cake taste?"

　　Jiang Yanbing: "It's delicious, I like it."

　　Jiang Qingchuan: "The third child of the Lin family seems to be a very special child. It's a pity that he lives on Qingxi Mountain all year round and rarely comes down the mountain, otherwise, we could meet him."

　　Ye Jingyue: "That kid also has five spiritual roots, I wonder what his cultivation level is."

　　Jiang Qingchuan said with some pride, "It should be a bit slower than Yan Bing. Although that kid is precocious, our Yan Bing is a cultivation prodigy."

　　Ye Jingyue: "How do you know that he isn't a cultivation prodigy?"

　　Jiang Qingchuan: "Where can there be so many geniuses? Our Yanbing is definitely special."

　　While munching on a sponge cake, Jiang Yanbing listened to her parents' conversation, and unconsciously became more curious about Lin Yunyi.