Kung Fu Baby with 17 Doting Brothers-Chapter 652: Five Spirit Roots

Ji Zhangzhuo got ready with snacks tailored for a storytelling session, and urged Zhen Haowei over the phone to quickly start telling the story.

The tall chef said truthfully, "Second Senior Brother, you have a really nasty personality."

Ji Zhangzhuo: "..."

A meaty paw covered the phone, as if this would stop Ji Zhangzhuo from yelling on the other end.

The youngest, yet often the peacemaker, Tuanzi came forward, speaking in a cute voice to ease the tension.

Zhen Haowei’s righteous face showed innocence, "I’m just speaking the truth."

The voice was so loud that even with Tuanzi covering the phone, Ji Zhangzhuo could hear it clearly on the other end.

Tuanzi decisively hung up the phone.

"Phew, this way we won’t have a fight."

[Ancient Martial System: When you return, your second senior brother, who’s been holding back for so long, will only be noisier.]

Tuanzi paused, then quickly shook her head as if refusing to accept this fact.

"Ahem!"

Duan Xiayou coughed a few times, signaling Zhen Haowei to sit down.

"Your second senior brother is just that kind of person, you’ll get used to it."

Zhen Haowei obediently sat down.

His large build made the standard hotel chair look quite small, as if a tiger begrudgingly crouched on a small stool.

"Then after getting used to it, can I hit him?"

Zhen Haowei sincerely asked, "When he speaks, I feel uncomfortable all over."

The others: "..."

Tuanzi cleverly brought over a fruit platter, enthusiastically offering, "Seventh Senior Brother, have a taste, it’s really delicious."

Zhen Haowei picked up a piece of melon with a toothpick, his expression conflicted as he stared at it for a few seconds before taking a small bite, without swallowing.

Tuanzi widened her eyes, "Not good? But this is the best melon here, sweet and crisp."

"Then you guys have it too rough usually."

Zhen Haowei, who was a chef by profession, said, "If the best is this bad, how bad must the worst be?"

He explained that in their world, most sects were located in Cave Heaven Blessed Lands.

In those places, the spiritual energy is abundant, which aids cultivation, and the fruits and vegetables grown there are exceptionally tasty. Even the meat of the edible birds and beasts is tender and delicious, easy to prepare. If you meet a food cultivator skilled in cooking, the food they make would be divine even for immortals.

"Slurp."

Tuanzi covered her mouth, tears of envy almost falling.

"Is it really that good? Is your place really that amazing?"

Zhen Haowei nodded, then as if recalling something, shook his head.

"In our place, the strong are revered. Even mortal emperors fawn over cultivators. The major sects occupy the areas richest in spiritual energy, and the smaller sects have to rely on these big sects. Even though no one has ascended successfully yet, the resources of the whole world have already been divided by the big sects."

Zhen Haowei stated factually, "In our place, if you’re talented and get accepted by a big sect as an inner sect disciple, then you have great prospects. Otherwise, with your low status, you’ll be oppressed everywhere, easily killed by disciples of the big sects, and no one will stand up for you. Whether it’s good or bad depends on your aptitude."

Tuanzi sensed something was off, tugging her little finger, carefully looking at this new senior brother.

"Seventh Senior Brother, do you have good talent or not?"

If he had good talent and was highly valued with great prospects, wouldn’t he have fallen to the point where he had to cross worlds to survive?

Moreover, she didn’t think this senior brother was much stronger than herself. Surely, a cultivation world isn’t worse than the martial hero world she lived in before?

[Ancient Martial System: Don’t expect too much from his cultivation world. I just looked up some data. The efficacy of Spirit Jade isn’t that powerful. If Spirit Jade can take him across worlds, it proves his world is only slightly stronger than the place you lived before, high martial cultivation, but overall, it’s still a small world, below my home planet. This means I could freely go to that world.]

The system gave a detailed explanation and stated that if someone in Zhen Haowei’s world had really succeeded in ascending, the world would have departed from the existing civilization.

[Ancient Martial System: This means, if the world you live in is filled with spiritual energy, you all have a chance to cultivate and quickly catch up with them. It’s just that the likelihood of spiritual energy resurgence is very low. You think he’s not much stronger than you, firstly because his world isn’t that formidable, and secondly because he probably belongs to the poorly gifted category.]

As expected, Zhen Haowei willingly admitted his poor aptitude.

"In our place, those with Single Spirit Root and Dual Spirit Roots are considered talented, while Five Spirit Roots is the worst. Cultivators need to introduce energy into the body to nourish the Spirit Root. The more Spirit Roots, the more complex the cultivation, and the fewer who succeed. Moreover, Spirit Roots inherently conflict with each other. In my world, no one has managed to balance the Five Elements with Five Spirit Roots to this day."

Meeting the concerned gaze of his junior sister, Zhen Haowei gave a carefree smile, "I can’t achieve the Five Element balance, and have only reached the Qi Cultivation Stage. Coming here..."

He didn’t finish, but everyone understood.

In a world rich in spiritual energy, he couldn’t progress past the Qi Cultivation Stage. In this spiritual energy-starved world, there was even less hope of a breakthrough.

Additionally, to Zhen Haowei, the air here stank, the ingredients weren’t fresh, and the meals weren’t delicious.

However... finding his junior sister, whom he’d known for less than a day, teary-eyed, he felt quite lucky.

"I’m quite fortunate," Zhen Haowei snuck a glance at the brightly smiling Li Zhou, swiftly ruffled Tuanzi’s little head, "Though I’m an orphan, I learned excellent cooking skills from hotel chefs. Though I have Five Spirit Roots, I became a chef for a major sect thanks to my culinary skills. Major sects have plenty of good stuff, and I get to benefit."

For the first time, Tuanzi didn’t plead for him to cook upon hearing he was skilled at it.

She put on a serious little face, her gaze sharp, "It’s strange, if life was so good there, how did you end up crossing worlds to see Master? And how come you crossed over a second time?"

Unlike her other senior brothers, who both crossed worlds due to crises.

What kind of life-and-death crisis could a chef encounter?

"Ah, about that!"

Zhen Haowei made another innocent expression that gave Li Zhou a toothache, though Li Zhou himself occasionally wore such an expression.

"I accidentally saw the Sect Leader practicing a Demon Technique, draining the power of the personal disciples. After being discovered, I had to flee for my life."

Zhen Haowei felt super innocent.

"Many cultivators fast, so they don’t care for food, but that inner sect disciple was an exception, loving the meals I cooked. That time, he didn’t show up at the appointed time, so I went looking for him and saw that scene."

At this point, his face was filled with regret.

"I was holding a lotus leaf-wrapped skewer and some fine wine when I got discovered and threw the food away to escape; such a pity!"

Tuanzi and the others: "..."

Tuanzi candidly said, "Miaomiao loves to eat too, but when it’s a life-and-death moment, brother, you shouldn’t be fixated on the food!"