At this moment, it is around 5:30 PM.
Because the current season is early spring, the sun sets earlier, and the outside world has already become gray.
The Daode Palace was brightly lit with lights.
At this moment, everyone looked ahead at Chen Xian with an expression of disbelief.
Extending a hand, the wine cup was instantly divided.
The horizontal cross-section that was cut was clear enough to see the wine, but not a single drop of wine was poured?
No one expected Chen Xian's great method to be astonishing to this extent, and everyone's eyes widened in shock.
Even Naihe and Weihe, the two celestial beings, looked somewhat surprised.
In fact, the separation of the wine cup and the prevention of wine spillage can be achieved not only by Naihe and Weihe, two attainments in alchemy.
Even people like Duzhi Hua, Ci Xian the monk, Li Ming, and other mortal cultivators could perform this action.
Then why does Naihe and Weihe appear to be somewhat surprised on their faces?
The reason is very simple. When Chen Yun separated the wine cup, they felt the fluctuation of spirit essence. However, after the wine cup was separated, there was no fluctuation of spirit essence.
No spirit essence to maintain the flow of the wine?
This is undoubtedly astonishing.
Because it violates "common sense".
It violates the normal natural rules!
Naihe and Weihe are clear in their hearts that this must be some special method of the Chen Clan's secret door, which can achieve such an extraordinary feat.
Chen Yun looked at Li Conghou, who was stunned, and smiled, "Your Majesty, you wanted to drink with me, how come you didn't take the wine cup?"
On hearing the voice, Li Conghou suddenly awoke from his daze, reached out to take the half-filled cup of wine, and said, "Thank you, Master Chen for offering the wine."
After saying that, he drank the whole cup in one go and wiped his mouth with his sleeve, without thinking, he couldn't help but sigh and exclaim, "Chen Xian's great method is earth-shattering and abnormal, I really feel like I am dazed and confused."
Once these words were spoken, the literati and military ministers sitting below, as well as the relatives of the throne, all expressed their admiration.
"The great methods of the immortals truly are extraordinary."
"It is fortunate to witness the great method of Chen Xian in today's world, and this life has no regrets."
"This is a true immortal, no wonder Chen Xian has such a fearsome reputation."
The ministers of both literati and martial, as well as the relatives of the imperial family, all showed expressions of admiration.
Particularly, the two Li Congke and Shi Jingtan, after a short period of surprise, began to think how to curry favor with Chen Xian.
Yes, Li Congke was already moved by Chen Yun's great method and had a faint heart. The "questioning" in his mind gradually became suppressed by admiration.
Chen Yun also drank the half-cup of wine to the bottom.
The method he just demonstrated is indeed not a common technique.
But it is an art of the "Taiping Qingling Book", similar to half-system, called "prohibit water".
This method is one of the "72 Arts of the Earth Spirit" recorded in the later "Records of Immortals Through the Ages".
"Prohibit water" means, as its name suggests, it can banish the flow of all liquids in a narrow sense.
In fact, in a broader sense, it can control all water flow and achieve incomprehensible power.
It can be said that with Chen Yun's current power, except for the waters of the Milky Way and the nine-fold weak water of Kunlun, he can control all other water flows.
Keeping the wine in the cup from spilling, it's as simple as eating and drinking.
After drinking half a cup of wine, Chen Yun extended his hand to Li Conghou and requested, "It is not quite satisfying to drink only half a cup of wine. Please return the wine cup to me."
"Hmm?"
"Hmm, what's the point of returning the cup after it's been split?"
Li Congke, Shi Jingtan, and the entire imperial court were puzzled.
Duzhi Hua, Ci Xian the monk, and Li Ming, among other cultivators, were equally baffled.
Even Naihe and Weihe, who are celestial beings, were also surprised and didn't understand why he wanted the cup back.
Li Conghou was also perplexed, but he dare not disregard the wishes of the immortal, so he respectfully handed the wine cup back.
Chen Yun took the half copper wine cup and then casually brought it together.
The wine cup that had been split in two immediately became perfect again.
He even refilled the cup with wine, and not a single drop spilled out!
"Ah?"
"Restored to its original state?"
The crowd felt a bit surprised.
Naihe and Weihe exchanged a glance with each other, and both saw astonishment in their eyes.
Perhaps ordinary people don't know the impact of what Chen Yun just did, which was truly earth-shattering.
Naihe and Weihe can't be unaware of it.
Just as before, they still did not sense any spirit essence fluctuations from Chen Yun's fusion of the wine cup.
This is clearly another technique from the "semi-concept system" of Immortal arts!
Naihe and Weihe were shocked to think that the true school of Daoist sects is so powerful. Chen Yun, a merely mortal immortality, how can he master so many powerful techniques?
Chen Yun appeared very calm.
The method he just demonstrated was still an art from the "Taiping Qingling Book", called "fragmented".
It was later also recorded as one of the "72 Arts of the Earth Spirit" in the "Records of Immortals Through the Ages".
"Fragmented" is an especially magical technique. It can easily make the person's body parts separate and injury-free when faced with extreme danger, and it can also be restored instantly without any trace.
Of course, its magic is not limited to this. It can also be reflected in items.
Even if a treasure is blasted apart, "Fragmented" can restore it to its original form, though it will consume a great deal of spiritual power.
As for a cup like this, Chen Yun can restore it through the power of the heavens and earth, without even needing to use spiritual power.
Regardless of the "prohibit water" or "fragmented" techniques, in fact, these magical arts can be understood as long as the cultivation realm reaches a certain level. The premise is whether or not one has talent.
Although Chen Yun doesn't have the "overturning heaven" talent to that extent, he has the "Taiping Qingling Book". Just by taking a glance, he can immediately understand the mysteries of the method and easily perform it.
When he reviewed the "Taiping Qingling Book" again, he learned far more than just these two techniques, with dozens of other arts.
It can be said that later on, the "72 Arts of the Earth Spirit" recorded in the "Records of Immortals Through the Ages", he has learned more than half of them.
Only a few powerful arts are temporarily not mastered.
Of course, since half a cup of wine was drank by Li Conghou, even though Chen Yun refilled it with new wine, he wouldn't drink it again.
He definitely doesn't want to have some form of "indirect kissing" with Li Conghou.
After completing all of this, Chen Yun sat back to his original position and softly said, "Your Majesty, I have now broken my fast and need five bottles of wine and a whole sheep to restore it. Please send someone to bring the wine and sheep."
"Ahh? Oh." Li Conghou woke up from his inner shock and quickly shouted to the servants, "Hurry up and bring five small buckets of wine and a roasted whole sheep for Master Chen."
Immediately, a servant stepped forward and responded.
It might be because they had just witnessed Chen Yun's extraordinary Immortal techniques.
Now that they heard he was preparing to consume five large buckets of wine and a whole roasted sheep.
Everyone put down their chopsticks and stopped eating, instead continually glancing towards Chen Yun.
They were all very curious and wanted to see how Chen Yun would eat down twenty pounds of wine and a whole roasted sheep.
Soon after, several servants brought a large jar of wine and a wooden tray holding a roasted whole sheep.
The servants placed the wine and the roasted whole sheep on the table in front of Chen Yun.
When all the things were placed on the table.
Li Congke's eyes stopped blinking.
Shi Jingtan also held his breath, staring straight ahead.
Duzhi Hua, the monk, and Li Ming, among other cultivators, were also like that.
Everyone was puzzled in their hearts.
The wine and the roasted sheep together weigh almost 40 catties. How can Chen Yun possibly eat it all?
Naihe and Weihe didn't really care, they thought Chen Yun would use his spiritual power "cheat".
Chen Yun did not waste words with the crowd, sitting there and opened the wine jar, then stretched out his hand and tore a leg of the sheep, just like ignoring it and drinking from the wine jar, occasionally biting on some of the meat on the leg.
He ate at a rapid pace; in just a short while, half the jar of wine and half the roasted sheep had been swallowed.
At first, the crowd was relatively quiet, but as they saw Chen Yun finish ten pounds of wine and over ten pounds of roasted lamb in just a short while, everyone couldn't help but start whispering to each other.
"Master Chen's appetite…"
"It's truly astonishing!"
"Yes, swallowing ten pounds of wine and over ten pounds of roasted lamb, and it seems like nothing happened, which is truly incredible to believe."
The ministers of both literati and martial, as well as the relatives of the imperial family, were all in awe.
Li Conghou was even more amazed, couldn't help but show concern and ask, "Master Chen, after eating so much, are you all right?"
Although Chen Yun ate food quickly, he looked incredibly elegant.
He first took a sip of wine and then answered with a smile, "This is nothing. If I truly drink without restraint, I can drink an entire river."
Saying that, he continued to drink wine and eat roasted lamb leisurely.
Li Congke and Shi Jingtan watched as Chen Yun ate at a seemingly leisurely pace, but in reality, at an incredible speed. Both of them were moved in their hearts, sighing and feeling that the wonders of immortals were indeed not something ordinary people could fathom.
These ordinary people are relatively okay.
Naihe and Weihe have already been surprised to the point of not knowing what to say.
They originally thought that Chen Yun would "cheat" using his spirit power.
For example, once the food enters the stomach, it would be immediately decomposed into essence and refined by the spirit power, thereby being absorbed by the body.
What they didn't expect was that Chen Yun didn't even remotely cheat. He just sat there and ate normally.
This...
How is that possible!
Although the physical nature of immortals is greatly different from that of mortals, the structure is not much changed.
The stomach is only so big, how can it possibly hold so much food?
Unless the spirit essence is rapidly decomposed to avoid feeling bloated, immortals cannot eat like this either.
Just now, what seemed impossible to Naihe and Weihe actually happened on Chen Yun's body.
Chen Yun's stomach was like a bottomless pit, constantly swallowing lamb and wine.
Yet not only did he not show any signs of being stuffed, not even his abdomen puffed up by a fraction!
Most importantly, Naihe and Weihe still did not sense Chen Yun using his spirit power!
This confusion and puzzlement shocked Naihe and Weihe, wondering how Chen Yun managed to do it.
This is something only Chen Yun himself knows.
The reason why Chen Yun can eat so much without cheating is entirely because of the incredible "water-drinking" technique.
As one of the "72 Arts of the Earth Spirit", drinking water can allow people to drink rivers and lakes, with no problems at all.
The same goes for food; eat as much as you like, and there's no way it could be a problem.
This technique's magic is not limited to just allowing people to eat and digest it, but it can also be vomited out later, and it can be refined through the "food-consuming" technique.
In simple terms, Chen Yun can drink a river's worth of water into his stomach. If he needs to engage in a battle with someone later, he can simply spray the water out.
If he doesn't want to spit it out, he can also use the "food-consuming" technique to transform all that river water into spiritual essence for absorption.
In fact, whether it's spat out or not, whether it's refined or not, it's not necessarily necessary.
He could also have the river water stay in his body forever, or more precisely, in the "sub-dimensional stomach" formed by the "water-drinking" technique within him.
This "sub-dimensional stomach" is somewhat similar to the "pot of heaven" technique.
However, the "pot of heaven" technique cannot be applied to human bodies, while the "water-drinking" technique can only be applied to human bodies.
Another moment had passed.
Chen Yun finished the entire jar of wine and the whole roasted sheep.
The crowd saw this and were in a state of uproar.
"Twenty pounds of wine and over twenty pounds of roasted lamb, all eaten?"
"Good heavens, I can't believe it unless I see it with my own eyes!"
"Master Chen, your belly, isn't it like a treasure trove in the sky?"
"Swallowing so much food, yet you still look as normal as can be? I'm flabbergasted, Master Chen, I'm impressed. Your immortal techniques are awe-inspiring!"
The ministers of both literati and martial, as well as the relatives of the imperial family, were all there, continuously praising.
Even Naihe sincerely exclaimed, "Chen Zhenren's Immortal Art, I even feel ashamed of myself!"
"Excessive praise," Chen Yun did not become arrogant, still very relaxed, even wipe his mouth with a napkin while exclaimed: "Unfortunately, poor Dao still not full, here is no delicious things to eat, otherwise really want to eat some more."
"Ahh?"
"Is there no delicious thing here?"
All the ministers of both literati and martial, as well as the relatives of the imperial family, were all in disbelief.
This is the palace, where could there not be delicacies from the mountains and seas?
Li Conghou also helplessly said, "Master Chen, there are all kinds of delicacies in the world. My palace has everything. If you want to eat something delicious, if there isn't on the table, I will have people go and get it for you immediately."
Li Congke and Shi Jingtan, et al., all looked at Chen Yun.
Chen Yun, however, laughed and waved his hand, saying, "Not to mention the cost and trouble of having people gather things at the expense of the people, but in Luoyang City, there really isn't any food that I particularly like."
Li Conghou was too eager to please Chen Yun. He earnestly asked, "Master Chen, feel free to speak. I promise that I will have people go and find it for you."
He said this while also giving Li Conghou and Shi Jingtan a wink, indicating that they should help speak up.
Li Congke understood and spoke first, "Master Chen, the emperor's words are like gold and jade. As long as you say what you want, he will surely find it for you."
Shi Jingtan quickly followed, "Yes, just let the emperor know, so he can have people bring it for you."
"Alright, since the emperor is so polite, poor Dao will say it." Chen Yun slowly revealed: "Poor Dao likes to eat nothing but the fresh sea turtles from the East Sea."
Dai Liu is an ancient name for the flatfish, which everyone understands.
Just the three words "live sea turtle" made everyone at the scene silent.
This included Li Conghou, the emperor of the Later Tang, as well.
Why?
Firstly, Luoyang is thousands of miles away from the East Sea. It's not easy to eat seafood.
Secondly, anyone with a bit of common sense knows that flatfish is a deep-sea fish, living below 30 meters in the sea.
Especially during colder weather, they live at a depth of 60 to 100 meters below the sea.
This depth, for current technology, is incredibly difficult to capture.
That's another thing.
Because flatfish are deep-sea fish, once they are taken out of the sea, the immense pressure causes their organs to burst, making it impossible to have live flatfish.
Therefore, even if Luoyang can eat flatfish, they are generally dead.
Even so, it still requires numerous preservation methods to send them.
One could say that anyone who can eat a flatfish in Luoyang, even an emperor like Li Conghou, would show a look of envy!
Even dead sea turtles can make the emperor envious. How much more so live sea turtles?
This is impossible.
It's only possible if an immortal flies to the East Sea, catches the flatfish, and brings them back immediately; otherwise, it's impossible to have them.
Li Conghou sighed and smiled helplessly, "Master Chen, your favorite food really... really puts the emperor in a difficult position."
The ministers of both literati and martial, as well as the relatives of the imperial family, were also shaking their heads bitterly.
Naihe and Weihe knew that Chen Yun wouldn't make idle talk. Since he said he wanted to eat live flatfish, it must be for a purpose.
The two decided to help act as a "prop" for Chen Yun.
Naihe stood up with a smile and said, "Since Master Chen enjoys eating live flatfish, I'll go to the East Sea and fetch some live flatfish for you to enjoy."
Weihe said, "Yes, apart from Elder Brother, me, and Master Chen, there's no one else here who has the ability to catch live flatfish from the East Sea in a short time. Let my elder brother go."
"I'm not, I'm not," Chen Yun quickly said, "Poor Dao just wants to eat live flatfish. How could I dare to make the Master far away?"
Naihe could see that Chen Yun was trying to show something.
Naihe joined in harmoniously, "Oh, Master Chen, there's no need for such politeness. It's just a trip, nothing much. Let me go."
He said that like that, but he stood there motionless.
Li Conghou, Li Congke, Shi Jingtan, and the rest of the ministers of both literati and martial watched as the three chatted, not daring to speak a single word.
Or perhaps, they really had no ability to obtain live flatfish, so no one else spoke up again.
Chen Yun looked at the atmosphere and smiled. "It's not appropriate for the teacher to travel so far for my sake, but since I myself am craving it, I'll use my big magic to get some live flatfish to eat."
Ahh?
This place is not just thousands of miles away from the East Sea.
What big magic can you use to obtain live sea turtles?
Li Conghou, Li Congke, and Shi Jingtan were all very puzzled.
They thought Chen Yun was going to fly to the East Sea himself to catch flatfish.
Just as everyone had this thought, Weihe spoke out on behalf of everyone, "Master Chen, if you go and my elder brother goes, what's the difference?"
Chen Yun, seeing Naihe and Weihe working so well together, smiled and said: "Poor Dao only said he wanted to get some live flatfish to eat. He didn't say he had to fly to the East Sea."
"Hmm?"
"Not flying to the East Sea?"
"How can you catch live flatfish?"
This time, not only were the ministers of both literati and martial and the relatives of the imperial family puzzled, but so were the common people.
Zhuo Rong, Shi Yan, and the other disciples also looked confused.
Actually, Naihe and Weihe also didn't know, but they knew Chen Yun had a way. He wouldn't have said that if he didn't.
So Naihe pretended to look surprised and continued to act as a prop, "Master Chen, if you're not going to the East Sea, how will you obtain live flatfish?"
Chen Yun replied confidently, "Poor Dao naturally has a trick."
Naihe quickly extended a hand and said, "Please show us your great magic, Master Chen."
Weihe also said half-truthfully and half-as-a-prop, "Yes, Master Chen, please show us your great magic. Let me and everyone here see with our own eyes."
Other people were also encouraged by the two of them and started to ask for it.
Li Conghou went first and said, "Just as I have never eaten live flatfish, Master Chen, please show us your great magic so that I can also enjoy the delicacy."
Li Congke said, "Master Chen, let's broaden our horizons."
Shi Jingtan's face was full of curiosity and said, "Master Chen, what kind of great magic is it? I can't help but feel curious."
"Yes."
"Master Chen."
"Please show us your great magic, Master Chen. Let us gain some knowledge."
The ministers of both literati and martial, as well as the relatives of the imperial family, were all there, echoing in unison.
Chen Yun stood up and said with a smile, "Since everyone wants to see me perform my magic, then today I will make a fool of myself here!"
Hearing that Chen Yun really was going to perform a magic spell to "transform" live sea turtles.
The ministers of both literati and martial, as well as the relatives of the imperial family, quickly closed their mouths.
They stared with wide eyes, not blinking, to see how Chen Yun would proceed.
Even the Queen on the side couldn't help but stare in curiosity.
Naihe and Weihe, the two immortals, were in a similar situation at that moment.
Everyone was eager to know what great magic Chen Yun would perform next.
(This chapter is complete.)
