“You two, stop showing off.”
Wu Ming naturally noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s small movement and could not help smacking the two of them on the head.
Then he invited Tang San and the others, saying, “It’s almost noon.
I still have a tough battle to fight at 12:30, so I need to fill my stomach first.
Come on, my treat.”
“Yeah!”
Oscar and Ma Hongjun were naturally excited.
Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong also agreed, following Wu Ming to the public dining area of the Great Spirit Arena.
The staff had already received Manager Ao’s instructions and served Wu Ming and the others the best dishes, with the bill waived.
“Free food?
You and that Manager Ao aren’t relatives, are you?” Xiao Wu’s eyes lit up.
She ordered a bowl of carrot fried rice, and while shoveling it in, she asked about Wu Ming’s relationship with Manager Ao.
“Of course—”
Wu Ming drew out the words.
Under Tang San and Xiao Wu’s gazes, he said the remaining two words.
“I’m not.”
“It’s just that I came here to participate in spirit fights, and the World-Honored One’s reputation spread, attracting quite a few Spirit Masters from out of town.
As a result, his Spirit Arena’s business has become much better than usual, so naturally, he owes me a favor.”
“On top of that, I accepted Fiend Team’s challenge.
He probably thinks this is my final meal, so he waived the bill.”
By this point, Wu Ming had already eaten an entire beef leg, even biting the bone into pieces.
Only after chewing thoroughly did he swallow it, truly like the reincarnation of a Taotie.
Tang San and the others all swallowed their saliva at the sight.
Including Xiao Wu, they all asked the server for a roasted beef leg and began eating heartily.
However, the six of them were already stuffed after eating one beef leg, and could only watch as Wu Ming continuously swallowed all kinds of meat, fruits, and vegetables, beginning to wonder whether Wu Ming was even human.
Being able to eat was one thing, but after eating so much, his stomach was actually only slightly bulging.
He really was a monster!
“Why are you so greedy for food?” Seeing Wu Ming ask the server for another large bowl of fruit salad, Xiao Wu grabbed a handful of peeled oranges from it and asked while eating.
“Greedy?
No, no, no.
Only by eating more can the body develop well.
Besides, in this world, only fine food must never be failed.”
At this point, Wu Ming grabbed a bunch of grapes and tossed them into his mouth one by one.
“The flavors of food are varied, but in the end, they are no more than the five tastes: sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty.
By blending them in different proportions, tens of thousands of flavors can be created.
“When you can truly taste the flavor of food, feel the taste dancing on your taste buds, and experience the satisfaction after food enters your stomach, your spiritual power can also improve.” Find the original chapter at novelping.com.
For now, Wu Ming was only talking about this grand principle.
But in the next second, it was no longer just talk.
[Gourmand (White): Your tongue can distinguish the flavors of food and sense the intentions of the chef during preparation, using this to stimulate the rhythm of the cells throughout your body and gain spiritual pleasure, thereby improving spiritual power.]
Having obtained such a character setting talent, Wu Ming was delighted, but the smile on his face did not change.
He continued eating grapes.
“Spiritual power?”
Tang San only knew that his Purple Demon Eye could cultivate spiritual power.
He had never imagined that eating fine food could also improve spiritual power.
“What is spiritual power?”
Oscar and Ma Hongjun were also hearing Wu Ming mention this concept for the first time.
“Everyone has spiritual power.
For example: controlling the release and withdrawal of Martial Souls, manipulating Spirit Power to use Spirit Abilities, and so on.
In essence, all of these are spiritual power at work.
But most people, even Spirit Masters, find it difficult to truly perceive its existence before cultivating to Spirit Douluo.”
Wu Ming said, “The above is what Teacher told me.
“What follows is my own understanding of spiritual power: that is, an abstract energy produced by the activities of the soul.
“Currently, there is only one mainstream method in the Spirit Master world to improve spiritual power.
“That is for it to gradually improve along with the rise of Spirit Power.
After all, to control more and more Spirit Power within the body, one’s spiritual power must inevitably be on par with it.
Otherwise, it would be like a six-year-old child using a hammer weighing over ten jin, very easy to injure himself.”
“So spiritual power doesn’t need to be cultivated specially?”
Oscar realized that cultivating Spirit Power could also train spiritual power, only that when one’s cultivation was low, one could not accurately perceive the existence of this kind of power.
“After all, it is an abstract energy.
Even Spirit Hall may not necessarily have a specialized method for cultivating this energy.
However, since it is energy produced by the activity of the soul, then theoretically, as long as the strength of the soul is improved, spiritual power will also improve along with it.”
Wu Ming finally revealed his true point.
“You mean, the more you eat, not only can your body grow, but the strength of your soul can also improve?” Xiao Wu linked this to the earlier topic, full of question marks.
“Half right!”
Wu Ming laughed.
“What is the soul?
No one can explain it clearly, but it can be verified from the side.
For example: from childhood to adulthood, aside from eating, drinking, excreting, and sleeping, what else is there in the process of growing up?”
Without waiting for everyone to think of an answer, Wu Ming raised a finger.
“It is feelings and memories.”
Tang San froze, staring at Wu Ming in disbelief, truly suspecting that the other party was the World-Honored One descended into the womb!
Feelings, memories…
This pointed directly to spiritual power, even directly to the essence of the soul!
“Taking my eating fine food as an example, the color, aroma, and flavor of food are feelings to me.
When I eat the food, I gain the thought of ‘satisfaction.’ And during this process, I recall the memories of eating when I was starving as a child, which then gives rise to emotions such as joy, sadness, worry, and so on.”
Wu Ming smiled.
“Strong emotions cause my soul to fluctuate.
Once the fluctuation returns to calm, I can feel my thoughts becoming clearer than usual… This is probably the effect of improved spiritual power.”
Tang San listened until he was utterly dumbfounded.
Spiritual power could actually be improved through this method!
Just how far had Wu Ming’s wisdom reached?
No!
Rather, just how terrifying was Wu Ming’s talent?
He could actually sense changes in his thinking!
“So eating really can improve spiritual power!” Xiao Wu was equally dumbfounded, looking at Wu Ming as though she were looking at a monster.
“The key lies in the word ‘enjoyment.’ You must devote yourself wholeheartedly, taste the flavor of the food, and experience the chef’s mood when making it.
If you merely stuff food into your stomach just to fill it, you will either grow fat or get diarrhea.”
At the end, Wu Ming made a small joke.
Then he looked toward Zhu Zhuqing, pondered for a moment as if confirming some thought, and said, “Zhu Zhuqing, during the process of eating, you are the one who least knows how to ‘enjoy’ it.”
Hearing this, Zhu Zhuqing fell silent, but in the end, she still nodded and said, “The situation in my family is rather special.
Right now, I only want to cultivate powerful strength.
For this kind of abstract spiritual power cultivation… it doesn’t seem very suitable for me.”
“Fine.
I’m too lazy to meddle in the private issues between you and Dai Mubai.”
Although he said this, Wu Ming merely touched upon it briefly.
Ignoring Zhu Zhuqing’s gaze as she looked over, he said leisurely, “But as long as you join Shrek, everyone is a brother or sister connected by tendons even if the bones are broken.
“And I, as your senior, have the duty to guide my junior schoolbrothers and school sisters.
In the future, whether it is cultivation, eating, or any other project or content, you must put down other thoughts and try your best to enjoy the process.
“Can you do that?”
Zhu Zhuqing said nothing.
“If you want to surpass Dai Mubai, or even control your own future.”
“Good!”
Zhu Zhuqing immediately agreed.
Wu Ming: “…”
The others: “…”
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