Free Web NovelChapter 547: Chapter 332: The Appearance of an Adult?
Zou Feng then took out a few cooking utensils and ingredients from his Storage Pouch and, to everyone’s surprise, began cooking noodles for Jiang Wanzhao on the spot.
Everyone then remembered that Zou Feng was also a Spirit Chef. So, was he trying to show off his skills right then and there?
But no matter how incredible a dish made by a Spiritual Energy Realm chef was, it would only be effective if consumed over a long period.
If one wanted immediate results, it was better to just take an Elixir directly.
Therefore, cooking noodles on the spot didn’t seem to hide the fact that Zou Feng’s gift was rather shabby.
Besides, just from watching Zou Feng’s cooking process, he wasn’t adding any precious ingredients...
Soon, after a series of fluid and graceful movements, the dish Zou Feng finally completed was just a simple bowl of... oil-splashed noodles!?
"Senior Sister Jiang, please, enjoy!"
At this moment, Jiang Wanzhao stared blankly at the bowl of oil-splashed noodles, her body trembling slightly.
She had wanted to ask Zou Feng how he knew, but she immediately thought of her junior, Leng Jing, and instantly understood.
"How thoughtful of you!"
This wasn’t her just trying to save face; she was genuinely satisfied from the bottom of her heart.
After all, just from the aroma, she felt as if she had returned to that unforgettable snowy night...
Next, Jiang Wanzhao began slurping down the noodles in big mouthfuls, her eyes quickly welling up with hot tears.
She ate with extreme earnestness, as if she had been starving for a long time, even licking the bottom of the bowl clean.
Everyone has an unforgettable meal, especially those who have known true hunger.
Zou Feng had learned from a chat with Leng Jing that back when Jiang Wanzhao was still a Martial Artist in Great Yan, her favorite food was oil-splashed noodles.
This was related to Jiang Wanzhao’s childhood as a refugee.
And the beginning of her escape from those days of constant starvation was, in fact, a bowl of oil-splashed noodles.
However, after coming to the Eastern Earth Immortal Realm, the ingredients and spices were different. Not being skilled in the culinary arts, Jiang Wanzhao had never tasted that same flavor again.
Later, she became busy with her Cultivation and didn’t pay much attention to it anymore. It wasn’t a necessity, after all.
But Zou Feng was perfectly familiar with the flavor profile of the oil-splashed noodles from Great Yan, so recreating it was no trouble at all.
After licking the bowl clean, Jiang Wanzhao entered a state of excitement.
For an old Cultivator like her who had lived for several hundred years, being able to relive a long-lost joy was an extremely pleasurable experience in itself.
And so, amidst the astonished expressions of the crowd, Jiang Wanzhao actually went through a second growth spurt on the spot.
Her originally short and small frame suddenly expanded and shot upwards.
Her height rapidly increased to nearly 1.8 meters. Her short legs transformed into super long legs, and her washboard chest became towering peaks.
Her skyward-pointing pigtail came undone, and a head of black hair cascaded down smoothly.
Even her face matured a great deal, transforming from that of a little girl into a cool, mature beauty.
Such a scene completely stunned the crowd.
’What the hell? She ate a bowl of noodles and just... grew up!?’
However, not even Zou Feng had expected that his bowl of noodles, which was meant to play the nostalgia card, would actually cause Jiang Wanzhao to have a second growth spurt...
How could he have known that Jiang Wanzhao’s little-girl appearance wasn’t intentional?
It was because she had often starved as a child and ate many things she shouldn’t have, leading to stunted development.
Even after becoming a Martial Artist, she couldn’t make up for the earlier damage.
Of course, after joining the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect and succeeding in her Cultivation, she actually had the chance to improve these things, but Jiang Wanzhao had already grown accustomed to her old body and couldn’t be bothered to change it.
Who would have thought that now, as a Golden Core Realm Cultivator, reliving a long-forgotten joy would stimulate her physical body through her excited emotions, causing her to genuinely grow up in an instant.
Or rather, her body automatically grew into the form it should have taken if she hadn’t suffered from malnutrition back then.
Jiang Wanzhao herself also understood this point in an instant.
So she waved her hand, conjuring a water mirror, and stared blankly at her reflection.
"So this is... what I was supposed to look like..." Jiang Wanzhao murmured, her feelings complicated as she touched her now elongated, oval face.
But the only person on the scene who felt no sense of amazement at Jiang Wanzhao’s transformation was Zhao Feixiong, whose face was already a mask of bitterness.
Jiang Wanzhao had clearly grown up and become more beautiful, yet his original feelings of adoration suddenly vanished into thin air.
He just felt that the woman he had once loved so deeply had suddenly become bland and uninteresting.
The more he thought about it, the less he understood. He turned and roared angrily at Zou Feng, "What on earth did you feed Senior Sister Jiang? Why did she turn into this... this monstrous form... PTAH—"
Before Zhao Feixiong could finish his sentence, he was sent flying by a slap from Jiang Wanzhao out of thin air.
After slapping Zhao Feixiong, Jiang Wanzhao’s state of mind returned to normal, no longer immersed in the thrill brought by the delicious food.
Once her mind calmed, she found she could no longer maintain her mature form, and in the next moment, she visibly shrank back down.
She turned back into a little girl. While the others didn’t have much of a reaction, Zhao Feixiong, who had been slapped into a wall, let out a long sigh of relief.
At the same time, his gaze towards Jiang Wanzhao was once again filled with intense adoration.
"Delicious..."
"It’s exactly the same as the taste I remember from all those years ago!" At this point, Jiang Wanzhao was filled with gratitude for Zou Feng.
It wasn’t just because Zou Feng had let her re-experience the food of her past, but also because he had allowed her to see the form she was meant to have.
This second-stage "transformation" had even become a new Divine Skill for Jiang Wanzhao.
After all, being able to grow to this extent was the absolute peak state her physical body could achieve.
Therefore, Zou Feng’s gift was no longer just a sentimental gesture for Jiang Wanzhao; it brought tangible benefits.
The bottleneck she had been facing even showed signs of breaking because of this...
From this point on, no one dared to look down on the oil-splashed noodles that could make Jiang Wanzhao "transform."
Originally, everyone thought Zou Feng was just dabbling as a Spirit Chef, maybe opening a "Frenzied Fry" fried rice joint to earn some pocket money.
They never imagined he actually had real substance. This level of culinary skill had also reached the level of the "Dao."
After this, no matter how much "Fortune" Jiang Wanzhao decided to share with Zou Feng, no one present would have any objections.
The birthday banquet continued. After all the guests had presented their gifts, a festive chiming sound came from the Celestial Dao Cauldron high in the sky.
Immediately, a huge golden orb of light slowly descended, heading towards Rakshasa Palace.
As soon as the chiming began, Jiang Wanzhao had already flown out of the main hall. In the open space outside, she bowed in preparation to receive the blessed gift of Fortune from the Celestial Dao Cauldron.
Zou Feng and the others naturally followed her out, all of them curiously sizing up the orb of light.
One must understand that this was the "Fortune" that a True Disciple could only receive once every hundred years.
And it was guaranteed to contain something good, tailor-made for the True Disciple by the Celestial Dao Cauldron.
After keeping the tailor-made item for themselves, the rest of the Fortune would be distributed among their subordinates based on merit, all depending on the True Disciple’s mood.
But sharing the "Fortune" was already an unwritten rule. Unless one was a lone wolf unwilling to build a faction, it was unlikely they would hoard it all for themselves.
Since Jiang Wanzhao hadn’t been a True Inheritor for long, this was her first major birthday celebration to be congratulated by the Celestial Dao Cauldron. So never mind her subordinates, she herself was also quite excited.
Those present who had a chance to receive a share of the Fortune were filled with anticipation.
Each portion of Fortune, depending on the amount of "blessing" received and the holder’s personal situation, would appropriately produce different effects.
To put it bluntly, "Fortune" was intelligent. It would instantly analyze the holder and quickly generate what they most likely needed at that moment.
This was the main reason Zou Feng wanted to compete for a share of it.
In order to build a stronger Dao Foundation, he felt that the Ant Queen’s Heart alone was not enough.
But as for what else he needed, he simply had no clue.
If he could let the Celestial Dao Cauldron do the work and deliver the most suitable auxiliary item for his Foundation Establishment, that would be for the best.
Before long, Jiang Wanzhao was completely bathed in the orb of light.
After being enveloped by the orb, Jiang Wanzhao couldn’t help but let out a cry of pleasant surprise.
When she walked out of the orb of light, she had once again completed her transformation into her mature form.
Apparently, after receiving the Fortune gift tailor-made for her by the Celestial Dao Cauldron, she was extremely satisfied, causing her emotions to become excited again and triggering the automatic transformation.
The moment he saw Jiang Wanzhao transform again, the broad smile on Zhao Feixiong’s face instantly collapsed.
