The Beast Clan will never be enslaved?

Sorry, this King is just a disciple, not a slave.

Would rather starve to death than eat a single mouthful of food?

Sorry, this King is enduring humiliation for the sake of royal hegemony, lying low and working hard!

Just like that, unable to resist the temptation of delicious food, Zilin Demon King compromised and became a disciple of Eternal Sect.

“New here?”

“…”

“I’m in charge of closing the gate, you’re in charge of opening it.”

“…”

At the main gate, Zilin Demon King and He Wudi stood opposite each other.

Two proper gate gods.

Jun Changxiao was still a bit uneasy, worried that Zilin Demon King hadn’t genuinely submitted and that once his injuries healed, he would pat his behind and leave.

Such a durable fellow who could also control beast hordes couldn’t be allowed to fly away!

“Girl.”

Jun Changxiao instructed, “This fellow is entrusted to you. Make him delicious food every day and make him unable to extricate himself!”

For now, he could only continue to use delicious food for deeper-level temptation.

“Okay!”

Liu Wanshi nodded.

In this aspect, she was quite confident.

“By the way.”

Returning to the great hall, Jun Changxiao murmured, “The little girl cooks for the sect every day, she should have quite a bit of merit value, right?”

He opened the system panel, clicked on Lingyan Pavilion, found Liu Wanshi’s name and matched it, showing 100 merit points with a confirmation button appearing.

“As expected!”

Jun Changxiao was surprised, “The little girl has indeed worked hard and achieved great merit!”

Naturally.

Everyone in the sect, three meals a day, were all handled by her.

“Although the girl’s martial way isn’t outstanding, she has also contributed greatly to the sect. She must have one of these twenty-four positions.”

Jun Changxiao clicked on confirm, and then a bunch of operation authority options appeared.

Liu Wanshi managed so many people’s meals every day and was already very busy, so after some thought, he selected the [Skip] button at the very end.

“The host still has some conscience.” The system said.

Jun Changxiao ignored it and thought to himself, “When Xiao Zui meets the conditions, I’ll give him Foundry Pavilion operation authority. When Su Xiaomo meets the conditions, I’ll give him Talisman Pavilion operation authority…”

To become a carefree and elegant hands-off manager in the future, he had already arranged things for his disciples in advance.

…

Right after Jun Changxiao selected skip, Liu Wanshi, who was preparing ingredients in the kitchen, suddenly had surges of magnificent momentum emanating from her body.

“What’s happening?”

The little girl felt her hands getting hot.

So she raised them to look, and saw both hands beginning to emit white smoke, as if they were about to catch fire!

“Are they going to burn?!” Liu Wanshi’s eyes widened.

This sudden situation surprised her, but she wasn’t panicked, because although her hands were hot, they didn’t hurt at all, and even felt somewhat comfortable.

“Whoosh whoosh—”

Her increasingly scorching palms suddenly burst into blazing flames.

“Sect Master, Sect Master!”

Liu Wanshi ran to the great hall holding her two flame-enveloped palms and exclaimed, “My hands are on fire!”

“Huh?”

Jun Changxiao was quite astonished.

Possessing the Sacred Flame Body, he could sense that the flames appearing in the little girl’s hands were definitely not condensed from cultivating the Five Elements Heaven-Viewing Manual.

The system said, “This is Stovelord Fire.”

“Stovelord Fire?”

“Simply put, this type of flame is extremely rare, even comparable to some divine-grade fire seeds, but its purpose isn’t combat—it’s for cooking.”

Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched, “Then it’s basically useless.”

The system said, “For someone like you who can only make instant noodles, it’s completely useless, but for Liu Wanshi who is proficient in culinary arts, it’s an absolute priceless treasure.”

“True!”

“Wow!”

Just then, Liu Wanshi exclaimed, “Sect Master, look quickly, there are words on the back of my hand!”

Jun Changxiao hurried to look and saw the Stovelord Fire gradually weaken. On the back of the little girl’s hand, a character for “Stove” (灶) gathered, then slowly disappeared into invisibility.

He opened Purple Smoke Pavilion and saw that on the paper with “Liu Wanshi” written on it, an image of her cooking gathered, and simultaneously a large character for “Stove” was stamped on it.

Understood, understood.

Any disciple inducted into Lingyan Pavilion would have a character as their code name.

The little girl managed the dining hall, so she was given the character “Stove.”

Wait!

Just then, Jun Changxiao was shocked to discover that below the portrait was a line of small text reading: Merit Value: 500/1000.

There’s still merit value!

How did it increase from an upper limit of 100 to 1000!

Jun Changxiao hurriedly looked at Li Qingyang’s portrait and indeed found merit value below it as well, but only 50/1000.

The system said, “It seems disciples inducted into Purple Smoke Pavilion have another chance to upgrade.”

Jun Changxiao shook his head, “Qingyang and Doudou should be able to gather 1000 points. As for Qianqian and Xingchen, burning high incense if they can gather 100 points.”

“Sect Master!”

Liu Wanshi said excitedly, “A fire seed appeared in my body out of nowhere!”

Jun Changxiao said, “That’s the rare Stovelord Fire, which will be very helpful for your cooking.”

“Really?”

Although Liu Wanshi didn’t know about Stovelord Fire, since it would help with cooking, she was naturally very happy.

“I’ll go try it!”

The little girl hurried back to the kitchen, then communicated with the fire seed in her body. Flames immediately burst from her palms and merged into the stove.

At that moment, Liu Wanshi sensed the temperature at the bottom of the pot and everything within it.

“It feels like I’ve become one with the stove!”

Sizzle—

She poured in oil, and after the pot heated up, Liu Wanshi held a kitchen knife in her left hand, tossing cut green peppers, ginger slices, and other seasonings into the pot to stir-fry.

Already extremely skilled, with the perception of Stovelord Fire, she could now precisely control when the ingredients in the oil pot released their optimal flavor.

“So amazing!”

Liu Wanshi was shocked in her heart!

Shortly after.

A plate of green pepper shredded pork came out.

She hurriedly called Jun Changxiao over, “Sect Master, try this!”

“Just from smelling it, I know it’s a delicacy of the mortal realm!”

Jun Changxiao picked up chopsticks and took a bite. His entire being stood rooted to the spot, his soul as if flying to the setting sun chasing his dreams!

“Step!”

Zilin Demon King took a step into the dining hall.

Smelling the fragrant aroma that assailed his nose, he almost floated over with both feet off the ground.

“Junior Brother, you try it too.” Liu Wanshi smiled.

Zilin Demon King walked over, picked up chopsticks, and took a bite. Then his full head of purple hair immediately stood on end, his soul also flying to the setting sun.

Thus.

In the dining hall, Jun Changxiao and Zilin Demon King, with enchanted expressions and graceful postures, circled around the dining table, as if falling into infinite fantasy.

“You are the wind, I am the sand, entwining around the world…”

…

Inducted into Lingyan Pavilion, Liu Wanshi received the character “Stove.” Although she didn’t advance in realm or improve her spiritual roots, she obtained the most powerful Stovelord Fire.

This type of flame provided the user with super strong perception during the cooking process, enabling more perfect control of seasonings, food, and heat.

Liu Wanshi was overjoyed.

And was full of confidence for the upcoming Culinary God Competition!

Of course.

The benefits weren’t limited to even more perfect food quality.

It would also provide greater help for her future research into meals that enhanced strength.

The happiest were naturally the Eternal Sect disciples, because every bowl of rice and every dish they ate from now on would be delicacies, leaving them with endless aftertaste!

And in the future, whenever it was mealtime, one could definitely see Zilin Demon King anxiously waiting in the dining hall.

Without a doubt.

This fellow’s stomach had completely fallen.

Sect Master Jun didn’t need to worry at all. As long as Liu Wanshi remained the Meal Hall Master for a day, Zilin Demon King would remain an Eternal Sect disciple for a day.