Dao Of The Salted FishCh61 - Food (＠￣￢￣＠)

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Zhou Sheng’s lips pursed slightly. “…Yes.” He looked warily at Wen Zhihao but only saw confusion on his face, not condemnation.

This was because Wen Zhihao was recalling all the different xianxia he had ever seen or watched. There were so many xianxia where demonic cultivators were evil, and so many xianxia were demonic cultivators were the heroes, to the point that Wen Zhihao had no idea which was what anymore.

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Finally, Wen Zhihao politely asked, “Cultivator Zhou, please explain some more. What does ‘demonic cultivator’ mean? What kind of demonic cultivator are you?”

Zhou Sheng put down his chopsticks. His eyes darkened. Did this Wen Zhihao want to trick him? His voice took on a mocking tone as he answered, “Demonic cultivators are evil cultivators who use improper methods to gain power. Many demonic cultivators desecrate corpses, assault and slaughter innocents, and go against what is natural, against the order of the world.” wbVx23

Wen Zhihao’s eyebrows raised slightly. That sounded like anti-demonic cultivation propaganda. “What kind of demonic cultivator are you?” he repeated. Somehow, he didn’t think that this Zhou Sheng would be one of those mass murderer type demonic cultivators.

Zhou Sheng raised a hand. Beads of blood formed on his skin, sharpening into a thin blade-like slither. “I am a blood cultivator.”

He let the blade fly. It easily sliced through the nearest tree. Now, he saw Wen Zhihao frown. As expected, all righteous cultivators hated demonic cultivators—

“I hope you eat enough iron-rich foods to compensate for your blood loss and vitamin-C-rich foods to help absorb that iron,” Wen Zhihao said, nudging the food box closer to the other. “Eat. This is a meat bun. Have some fruit too,”

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Zhou Sheng heard the words but didn’t understand the tone of concern. “You—you don’t hate me for being a blood cultivator?” he asked, sounding lost. “Using blood is disrespectful to the parents…Against the natural order…”

Wen Zhihao’s heart softened. Poor kid.

“I don’t hate you. Your blood is your own, made by your own body.” He added sternly, “If you were stealing other people’s blood, then that’s a different situation.”

Zhou Sheng nodded, still dazed. “Yes…It’s different…You understand…” Zhou Sheng’s heart was sour. Even though Wen Zhihao was clearly younger than him, Wen Zhihao felt older and more stable. s6aFQO

‘Old-man-at-heart’ Wen Zhihao said wisely, “Food nourishes the body.”

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Zhou Sheng finally picked up his chopsticks again. With a little qi-force, he sliced the meat bun into pieces that he could pick up with his chopsticks. He was about to bite when he remembered: “…What is ‘vitamin C’?”

Wen Zhihao froze for a split second. Woops. He answered vaguely, “Vitamin C is something found in many fruits, especially oranges.”

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Zhou Sheng brows wrinkled. “I used to be part of the Golden Sun Sect, but the food wasn’t like this.”

“Ah, the bland food of the Banquet Hall?” VNdhFj

“En. If the food there had changed to be like this…”

Wen Zhihao snorted. “No, it’s definitely still bland. This food here is specially made by the chefs at the kitchens. I really didn’t want to eat plain porridge every day.”

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“As a righteous cultivator, one must achieve inedia and eat only the purest foods when necessary,” Zhou Sheng said in a pompous voice. He added in a lowered tone, “I used to add century eggs just to make it taste better.”

Wen Zhihao’s lips curled up. “That’s a good idea. Pity all those poor disciples forced to eat such boring things every day!” 3a6OCG

“Maybe that’s why some of them are so irritable. They’re hungry but the food is so off-putting.”

“It’s not even the cooks’ fault! Aunty Liu told me that the food is all made using recipes given to them by the sect administration! Aunty Liu and the others are good cooks, but they have to follow orders. What does your sect serve?”

Zhou Sheng scoffed. “My sect only serves food to those who are in the top positions. The rest of us have to find our own food. Some rogue cultivators have set up restaurants near the sect just for this.”

“Are they culinary cultivators?” Wen Zhihao asked curiously. “They must produce heavenly food.” qs7P3n

Zhou Sheng was a little speechless with Wen Zhihao’s thought process.

“…No, they are mostly weapon-type cultivators. They must defend against unruly patrons if necessary. However, I find the best chefs are mortals. There is a very good mapo tofu vendor in a town twenty li or so away from here.”

Wen Zhihao straightened. “Really?”

“Yes, it’s next to the best hand-pulled noodles that I’ve tasted.” QNTE0o

“Now that you’ve said that, you have to show me. When are you free?” Although he and Sun Fuyu had visited many towns, they obviously haven’t tasted everything that should be tasted yet. It would be great if he could take Sun Fuyu to more delicious places.

Zhou Sheng’s eyes darkened as a dream fragment flashed in his mind. “I will be busy. Perhaps in a week’s time. I still have not been able to complete your task.”

Wen Zhihao shrugged. “If you can’t complete it, then you can’t complete it. Here, have some of this watermelon. I helped grow it, and it accidentally became a spiritual fruit…”

After Zhou Sheng finished eating a few watermelon cubes, another growling sound came from the forest. Mwk76h

Zhou Sheng’s eyes contracted in wariness, his blood pumping faster as a large lion-like demonic beast burst out and ran at full speed straight at them.

Wen Zhihao’s eyes brightened. He nudged the dog off his lap and stood up, just in time to catch the cat leaping into his arms. “Hello, you’re here!” Wen Zhihao cooed as he petted the fluffy cat that was as tall as him. “Zhou Sheng, this is one of the cats of the Golden Sun Sect.”

Zhou Sheng: …That’s clearly not a cat…

The demonic cat’s tail swung back and forth as she spread her scent over Wen Zhihao and covered up that stupid dog smell. lhfj0S

Seeing that Zhou Sheng remained silent, Wen Zhihao put the cat down. He patted the cat when she gave a meow of dissent. “Zhou Sheng, feed the cat a meat bun,” he said. “Stretch your legs out, don’t worry, she won’t bite…”

Who knows how it happened, but a few minutes later, Zhou Sheng found himself with a large furry demonic beast on his lap, his hands hesitantly copying Wen Zhihao in petting it.

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– Hmpf, since you gave me food, I’ll allow it, the demonic cat purred.

Zhou Sheng’s headache seemed to have completely disappeared. His stomach was comfortably filled, mouth sweet. The demonic beast was soft and solid, anchoring him to the world. His fingers stroked over soft and smooth fur, the beast complacent and willing to be in Zhou Sheng’s company. Gentle warm qi permeated the air. DpFi5d

Zhou Sheng felt his throat clog up. How long has it been since he felt like this? How long has it been since someone cared for him?

Wen Zhihao sat back down, and the dog immediately crawled back onto his lap. His eyes softened at Zhou Sheng’s bowed head, lips curling up lazily.

Cat therapy had a 100% success rate!

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Thanks for all the comments! It inspired the following little theatre~

Wen Zhihao’s “harem”: a little theatre

*David Attenberg voice* RmFop

Presenter: The preferred habitat of the salted fish cultivator, also known as Wen Zhihao, is characterised by…

Viewers see a large house surrounded by picturesque gardens. Various big cats are sleeping in the sun. Inside, there are floor to ceiling windows, their curtains pulled back to let in warm sunlight.

Presenter: It is believed that the salted fish cultivator has many so-called partners, a harem, if you will. Let us quietly see what he and his harem are doing…

Viewers see piles of blankets and cushions by the window. Wen Zhihao is napping in the center, surrounded by other sleeping cultivators. HUzxC

Presenter: As viewers can see, the aura of the salted fish cultivator has caused all members of his harem to also nap. *Yawns* Hmm this presenter is getting sleepy too…

[Later]

Presenter: Due to viewer requests, this presenter has returned late at night to observe bedroom activities…

In the night-vision camera, viewers see….everyone sleeping together on a big bed. csevx0

Presenter: A less well-known conjecture of researchers is that the salted fish cultivator does not keep a harem, but instead runs a childcare—I mean cultivator-care—facility…

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146 comments

  1. Hahaha ha, I can’t stop laughing, I’m enjoying this bit of fluff so much! Thank you, Author🌸

  3. Thanks for the chapter it was perfect as always

    I love to read how Zhou Sheng is being cared for, I think he deserves a lot of love and care, he is a good child who was misunderstood and have suffered QAQAlso….Cultivator care facility > v <

  6. Mental Healthcare seems neglected in this world, formal counselling seems very underwhelming. Wen Zhihao would make a killing if he opened up a tea shop where people just relax around and feel soothed by Wen Zhihao’s ambient qi that permeated into the furniture and walls. Also cat therapy worked yet again!! XD. Zhou Sheng totally deserves the rest and Lin Yijun needs to chill for a bit. He’s tenser than a suspension bridge and needs to take a breather. Thanks for the Chapter~~*

  9. Thank you for the chapter! So healing to see Zhou Sheng getting the care he deserves 😢

  10. So I was correct! He did offer him food and cat therapy. I am GODDAMN prophet.

    I just thought that it seems like a childcare center! Sometimes including Sun Fuyu… No offense..👀

    Thanks for the Chapter!

  14. BL Fan Girls: “We were promised bedtime activities” holds knife on Presenter.

    Presenter: Runs and hides

  16. Pfffftt- childcare, well they’re mostly really like children with all those love-hate relationship and such

    Also, everything can be solved with food and cats. My everyday motto is “When in doubt, eat” which is why if you can see me in real life, I’m always eating; I’m always in doubt xD though we don’t have cats ’cause my mother have asthma…

    Well, thank you for the wonderful chapter ♡＾▽＾♡

  18. Thanks for the chapter.. I really love that everyone can see that its demonic cats and only WZ treating them as cats

  20. I’m loving this so much. I am getting all the warm feelings just reading about it.

    Keep the fluff coming dear author. We love it 😊

  26. “childcare—I mean cultivator-care—facility…“

    I’m crying inside (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

    Thanks for the chapter! (^o^)/

  27. Wen Zhihao gets him~ 🥺

    That’s it, I’m also adopting him! 😤

    My poor kid being starved outside! I’m surprised that the sects have so many disciples, I definitely would not be able to live in place with bad food. I would go: Sorry, immortality? Power? Not worth it! Give me my pizza!! 😬

    I loved how this time Wen Zhihao didn’t have to take him to the kittens, as the kitten has come to him and such a tsundere one to boost 😆

    And just now I understood their size… I want to pet them even more ☺️

    Ahhhhh, I’m dying with this little theatre. 😂Childcare services include kitten time and Aunty Jiu’s food!

    Author-san, thanks for the chapter ❤️

    • Thank you for adopting Zhou Sheng, please sign the adopting papers here~ 😂

      Technically, the food isn’t bad, but it’s very bland in comparison to what Wen Zhihao likes.

      Hehehe the “kitten” 😂😂😂

      I’m glad you like the childcare center 😂😂 thank you for your lovely comment!

  28. “Are they cookery cultivators?” Wen Zhihao asked curiously. “Cooking cultivation must produce heavenly food.”

    Me: Cookery… is that an actual word? goes to Google Apparently it is. (Maybe ‘culinary’ can be used instead?)

    On another note, thanks for the chapter!

  30. slowly getting sleepy while imagining the theater scene happening *: I really envy these cultivators. Therapy with cats ALWAYS work, I wanted one too !!!!!

  32. Author-san, I would totally read a novel called “Harem of the Salted Fish” by you😂 it can be an alternate world story and/or with entirely different characters💕 I’m just going to go daydream about it now~

    Thank you for the chapter!

    • LOL I’ve definitely thought that I should go all out and write a smutty/Explicit rating story in the future, but my list of things-to-do is too long 🙈🙈🙈🙈

      If I get any more ideas, I might do some more little theatres, though don’t wait up for it 😅😅😅😅

  35. This really is gentle healing, such a soft novel really makes it easier to take a break and calm down. I love our salted fish, he’s genuinely good and I’m glad other people (aside from his number 1 supporter Sun Fuyu) can see and appreciate it (and join in on the cat & gentle care therapy, ofc)!

  36. Yes, yes, bonding over food is the strongest bond òwó

    Huh? Money and power?

    If you can’t get food from a friendship, it’s not friendship anymore! It doesn’t matter how rich/powerful they are! Ò^Ó

  37. Oho, cat therapy has progressed to taking house (or rather, forest) calls now 😂 Also childcare facility is spot on at this point! So glad Zhou Sheng finally found someone to (adopt) take care of him and feed him 😋 I guess SFY is gonna be quite jelly though… WZH has to properly sell it to him, “they’re not your rivals, they’re our children!”

    • “they’re not your rivals, they’re our children!” THIS is hilarious 🤣🤣😆 Wen Zhihao is an old man at heart, but Xiao Yu is young! Yet his has children older than him 😆

      • That just be how it happenes sometimes 😅 Not only does SFY have to deal with all these big children coming out of nowhere, WZH is basically also going to be the cultivation equivalent of a crazy cat lady if he keeps going like that… and it’s not like he’s going to be the one taking care of them 😋 Poor SFY, he really has his work cut out for him 😂🐱

        • Hehe, Wen Zhihao gets the best parts of owning a cat and none of the messy parts because Huang Jialing deals with them 🤣 Well, Sun Fuyu has learn how to deal with the cats! (distracting them with talismans), so I’m sure he’ll learn ways to deal with the “big children” 🤣

  38. BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHHA I lost it in this chapter!! Too hilarious!! Since the “anti-demonic cultivation propaganda” i can’t stop laughing! Kkkkkkk too many funny things! The children care!kkkkkkkkk

    And how nice, demonic cultivator, i know how you feel bro, having a friend that understand and cares for you, make life worth it!

  40. jajajajjajaaj

    ZS: eso no es un gato.

    Pescado salado: minino minino minino

    “Gato”: – Hmpf, ya que me diste comida, lo permitiré , ronroneó el gato demoníaco.

    Lectores: si es un gato, uno que “esclaviza” a su humano [Pescado Salado] para que lo mime, le de de comer, entretenga y lo ayude a cultivar en ahhh sueño … Pescado salado: ah, que lindo gato y perro, ahora adoptó a otro niño perdido, ven ven … vamos a acariciar el gato.

  41. So.. The “cats” are the size of a lion or bigger right? My imagination failed me😔. I keep imagining them the normal size cats 😂😂. Still waiting for Wen Zhi Hao’s “Cat” Therapy Spa 🤗🤗

    • They are now! At first, they were “normal sized cats”, but they were never cats, but rather demonic beasts that looked like cats! Wen Zhihao himself still considers them cats, hence that’s the vibe readers get from his POV 😂

  42. This chapter inspired me to cook XD Thanks for the chapter!

    Really love your story. I just realized that I’ve been binging this since yesterday and I left you like 60 comments, please don’t feel pressure to respond to them all 😅

    • Yay for cooking! I’m…lazy when it comes to cooking 🙈🙈🙈

      I’ll do my best to respond to most of them 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 Also, it was so fun to see your comments the chapters!!

  47. “Zhou Sheng, this is one of the cats of the Golden Sun Sect.”

    So proud of one of his cats! 😂 Well, me too. I liked furry animals too! My fav definitely cats~. I once took care of injured fox, and it is lovely (but a bit smelly lol).

    Childcare centre’s headmaster Zhihao with his special chicken soup and cat-theraphy 👍😆

  48. Thanks for the chapter .

    I really love this novel it’s really good writen ,i didn’t read that this is original novel but now I know so amazing job Author keep it up the good work ❣🥰

  54. childcare 😭😭 zhihao’s too good at this qi-counseling and his so called ‘patients’ are falling for it as they should 😗 poor kids

  57. today i did my usual zombified-by-capitalism walk to my cat so i can get a faceful of healing fur, so i especially feel the 100% success cat therapy akdbakxbjs

    poor Zhou Sheng ;-; i wish him all the soothness and naps

  61. This chapter was so sweet and alsoa bit sad sad… Poor ZS, it’s the first time that someone brings him a bit of peace…he deserves more ❤️ Our MC is really a healing characters for everyone, I like him so much ❤️❤️❤️ It’s my first time reading a xanxia novel and honestly I have a real great time, I can’t stop reading! It’s really well written, sweet fun and just a bit of drama, perfectly balanced. Congratulations dear author you did a really great job! ❤️, I’m quite picky when reading a novel but this one is definitely very good, even after 60 chapters. I’ll read your other novels after this one. Just one thing, I wish we could have read more about our rabbit’s inner thoughts about the MC..did he know him before?how did he feel at first,when did he realize he has feelings..? Thx dear author for your hard work, it brings us a lot of joy ❤️❤️❤️

    • I’m so happy you like Wen Zhihao so much, and I’m glad you like this story too!!!!!! Sun Fuyu was probably more aware about his feelings and realised quite quickly 🤣🤣