Chapter 2707

"Beets have many benefits. They fight tumors and lower blood pressure. They help your stomach and liver. If you feed them to animals, they help the meat grow better. Fish like the taste, too."

Zhu Yanyi stopped and looked around. "This forest has so many tasty plants. It is a pity you do not know how good they are."

Qing Yun was surprised. "Master, so the food we eat is also medicine?"

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "Yes. Every food has some healing power. You just never looked closely."

Qing Yun asked, "So if we use these spices, will we be healthier?"

"Food is better than medicine," Zhu Yanyi said seriously. "Spices help your body stay balanced. But be careful. Some foods fight each other. You must know your ingredients well."

"Foods fight?" Qing Yun had never heard this.

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "Yes. For example, do not eat chili peppers with cucumbers. Cucumbers break down the good vitamins in peppers. Do not eat peppers with carrots either. Carrots also break down the vitamins. The food loses its power."

She continued, "Peppers do not go with pork liver or sheep liver. The metal in the liver destroys the vitamins in the peppers. It makes the food useless."

Zhu Yanyi handed her a small book. "Here is a list of foods that fight. Memorize it."

"Yes," Qing Yun said, taking the book.

The master and disciple gathered many wild vegetables, like ferns and shepherd’s purse.

Black Emperor laughed. "Great! I have not eaten wild veggies in ages. Today we feast."

"You will not die if you skip a meal," Yan Aohan said coldly. "But if you want to eat, help me. Do not sit there like Grandpa. No one will serve you."

Black Emperor looked at Yan Aohan. "You are just busy. Why are you mad at me?"

"Then do not make me busy," Yan Aohan scoffed. "You men can cook. You just want to be lazy."

Black Emperor grinned. "We can all cook, but you cook the best. We want your food."

"(ˉ▽￣～) Tsk. I only cook for my wife," Yan Aohan said. "Besides, would your wives let you eat my food? Would you not be jealous?"

This hit the right spot. The other men froze. They were all very jealous.

"Fine," Black Emperor said. "I will make a love lunchbox for my wife. You do not need to help."

"My wife ordered a beggar’s chicken with fire spirit energy," Fire Emperor said. "You cannot make that. I will do it."

"I will take care of my wife myself," Immortal Emperor said.

Yan Aohan nodded. "Good. A good husband loves his wife."

Soon, every man started cooking for his own wife.

Zhu Yanyi gave Yan Aohan a thumbs up. She was very smart.

Yan Aohan raised an eyebrow. He made mushroom soup with dumplings. "Wife, eat. I added dumplings. It is enough for us."

Qing Yun, as the disciple, got a bowl too.

Qing Yun ate and was amazed. "These mushrooms taste so good! We used to think they were bad. We just did not know how to cook them."

While they ate, they heard noises. Qing Yun looked up. "Master, should I check?"

Zhu Yanyi shook her head. She pointed at the waterfall. A water screen appeared, showing a group of people.

"It is the Huang family," Qing Yun recognized them. "The leader is Elder Huang Gu."

Zhu Yanyi nodded. "I heard the Seven-Color City is ruled by seven families. Is that true?"

"Yes," Qing Yun said. "The city is named after the seven families. Their surnames are colors. Like our Qing family, the Red family, and the Huang family. The others are White, Blue, Purple, and Black."

"Your surnames are interesting," the Immortal Empress said.

"I heard this from my father," Qing Yun explained. "Our ancestors helped a great power build a country. To thank us, he gave us the Seven-Color City. The land was divided among the seven families. They used to be friends. But now…" He sighed. "It is different now."