Chapter 772: Ruler

Walking into the building boat, Li Qi looked down from the middle floor of the building boat.

This building is basically a skyscraper floating on the water, more than 30 feet high, with a red pavilion and green pavilion, which can be seen suddenly. There are rows of houses upstairs and hundreds of various banners, half hidden in the air. Halfway up the road, like the colorful clouds in the east sky, there are more buildings with mist and star-picking, and the trees are like the mountains. Among them are many shops, roadside wine shops, and bridgeside tea stoves. It is completely a large complex shopping mall.

Many Chang'an locals relax, shop and spend money here.

Li Qi and Qiu Zhi bought two cups of tea. It was a new type of tea from outside the country. It was not produced in the world. It was said that it came from the ice leaves that grew from a certain kind of spiritual hub. It had no bitter taste, but was a little sour and sweet.

Humanity does not exclude these specialties from outside the territory. On the contrary, a large number of specialties that Humanity likes are sent over every day, which makes many of Humanity's products become better and better with each passing day.

Li Qi looked at Qiu Zhi and paid with only copper coins, and said with some emotion: "This price is really cheap. The people of the Tang Dynasty can enjoy the specialties sent from hundreds of millions of light years away with just a few copper coins. I'm afraid this money It’s not even enough for shipping, right?”

Qiu Zhi replied: "If you only transport this one, it will not be enough, but if you add other items, it will be fine. Specialties from thousands of worlds always have different values. As the center of the world and the capital of all worlds, this place is the center of the world and the capital of all worlds." , it has to be a little bit of everything.”

Li Qi shook his head: "If the capital of all worlds wants to have everything... then what else should we do elsewhere?"

"I know, the view of witchcraft is that you should go wherever you want to eat, but that would be inconvenient, wouldn't it? It's convenient for others." Qiu Zhi said calmly while drinking tea.

It is convenient for people, so it is necessary to bring together thousands of specialties from all over the world.

People must be the center of everything, and everything must revolve around "people".

Li Qi was very uncomfortable with this attitude, even though according to the classification of humanity, Li Qi was also a real 'human'.

In the eyes of humanity, there are actually only "people who pursue the Way". These "people" are truly noble, intelligent, rational, able to divide work, cooperate, coordinate, and work together to achieve the ultimate goal.

And noble people with these qualities are born with the ability to understand the world and transform it.

Other than that, living things are tools, raw materials, resources, and moving ‘mines’.

"I still can't accept it. This world is not just for humans." Li Qi looked outside and said.

Qiu Zhi was unceremonious: "Witch's hypocrisy. You are also human beings. You enjoy all the privileges and conveniences created by humans, and then you start to say that the world does not only belong to humans."

"We have different definitions. We do live in everything created by our own hands, but they also live in everything created by their hands, the exquisite spells created by Wu Shenshan, and the clumsy instruments they created. Although they have advantages, There is no distinction between inferior and inferior, they are all just things done for one's own purpose. A person's life is always noble, just like fire. If you tire yourself, you will also burn others. "Li Qi. So said.

"If you can't abandon the instinct of the beast and only pursue leisure and comfort, then why should you practice? People should become a torch, lighting up this world." Qiu Zhize replied.

"Do you light up the world? Or do you use the world as fuel to light up yourself?" Li Qi asked back.

Qiu Zhi took a sip of tea and said: "There is no difference. If this world only has stones, beasts, and plants, wouldn't it be too sad? In such a mundane world, only the light of human beings can illuminate it. The lotus emerges from the mud and remains unstained. So are people."

This is the humane point of view.

In this world of nothingness and chaos, thoughts are the only light. The world originally has no meaning. All meanings are given by people themselves. The world itself is just a mass of matter, some energy, and some fluctuations. If there are no thoughts and people to provide it, If given meaning, then everything in this universe is just nothingness. The essence of beasts is just some compounds of Qi, which are no different from stones. What can really distinguish beasts from stones is their thoughts.

Thoughts distinguish people from other things in this world.

With thoughts, people can give meaning to this world, and people are the purpose of the existence of this world.

Li Qi did not refute, because the two of them just said that. In fact, they both knew that it was impossible to convince the other party.

Li Qi didn't say anything more. He stood up and walked to the window of the building.

Reaching out to open the window, you can see the long river, but you can see the waves rippling below, the cattails are rustling, the incense breeze is cooling, and there are other boats outside, and there are also singing, dancing, and various performances. From time to time, they pass by the window, and the world is soft. It's a hard-to-find situation.

If you don't consider humanity's view of the world, humanity is still very beautiful. Li Qi actually appreciates their self-discipline and various restraints on themselves.

After all, humanity does not have double standards. As strict as they are on 'resources', they are also strict on themselves. Even if they are a first-class humane, they have always restrained themselves and made themselves conform to the rules of the public.

In comparison, Li Qi seemed too casual.

But...that's all.

After drinking tea, Li Qi and Qiu Zhi walked all the way to the top floor of the boat. There were many restaurants and shops here, and various craftsmen showed off their cooking skills.

Li Qi came here excitedly and wanted to eat mutton, so he found a mutton restaurant, sat down, and ordered.

I said I wanted to eat mutton, but actually I was watching it more than eating it.

After all, most of the restaurants on the top of this building ship are very good, which is not comparable to ordinary small shops. For example, here, the mutton is cut and eaten immediately, and the sheep used as raw materials are all graded, ranging from eighth grade to ninth grade. It is obvious that they are stuffed ducks in humane farms.

Qiu Zhi paid the money and watched the performance with Li Qi.

It is called a performance, but in fact it is just in the market, which is nothing special for a fourth grade.

The meat-cutting chef is meticulous and takes out a big knife. The knife is a kitchen knife, but it is very thick. It is called a knife, but it looks like a palm-sized iron plate. Li Qi starts to order meat, and the first thing he says is top brain, cucumber strips, three forks, and big fat slices.

When Li Qi orders one, the chef takes out the corresponding piece of meat. The meat is not frozen meat, but soft to the touch. This kind of meat cannot be cut well without skills.

But the chef moved very quickly, and the slices were very thin. He demonstrated his knife skills near the counter. He took out a piece of meat, covered it with a piece of cloth, and cut it with one hand while holding the meat with the other hand. His knife skills were neat and the slices were as thin as a cicada's wing.

Meat here can be grilled or cooked in hot soup. Li Qi chose to grill it, so there was a stove in front of him with a piece of iron plate with holes on it. The chef cut the meat on the counter, and the slices flew directly to the plate next to Li Qi's iron plate and piled them up. Li Qi shouted and the corresponding meat flew over. At the same time, there were other people in the store shouting. The chef cut dozens of tables by himself, but he didn't seem to be struggling. It can be seen that his knife skills are good. If he used it to kill people, he would be a good hand.

However, it is not humane.

On the stove, the meat is not grilled with charcoal or firewood, nor is it energy such as magic or fire, but the spiritual pine tree that has been processed and smoked, so it has a special aroma. Therefore, grilling meat does not require much seasoning, only a little pepper and salt, or even no pepper and salt, just taste the deliciousness of the meat without any fishy smell.

Li Qi ate the meat directly without asking for anything else, but Qiu Zhi next to him was different. His way of eating was more particular than Li Qi's. He ordered some green onions.

This was green onion, the white part of which was as thick as sugar cane. The master's good knife skills cut it into slices diagonally, and then a few cuts were made into dragon whiskers. The taste was tender and sweet. It was mixed with the barbecued meat, and a basket of sesame cakes was ordered.

This was sesame sesame cake, which was very light and thin. There were only two thin layers of skin, both sides were covered with sesame seeds. When it was opened, a stream of hot steam would come out. The barbecued meat mixed with seasoning and scallion shreds was stuffed in the middle, and then eaten. The fat and sesame cakes were mixed, and the scallion shreds were added to relieve the greasiness, which also had a unique flavor.

The two no longer talked about business or cultivation, but talked about some interesting things they had seen in Chang'an. Li Qi talked about some interesting stories when he was studying at the Imperial College. This topic made Qiu Zhi a little interested because he had not studied at the Imperial College.

The selection threshold of the Imperial College was too high, so Qiu Zhi was not able to pass the entrance exam when he was young. He grew up slowly in the war outside the domain in the later days.

However, perhaps he was a late bloomer, and now he is better than most students of the Imperial College.

After eating mutton, go to eat fish.

After all, this place is on the water, and it is also the Dadu of Chang'an, so there are naturally abundant aquatic products, and there are many fish restaurants around.

The way of eating around is mostly stewed fish, which is probably the local taste near Dadu, not necessarily the taste of Chang'an. After all, Chang'an is tens of thousands of miles in radius, and there are too many regions. It is probably a specialty of this section.

Li Qi observed that the fish was stewed in a clay pot, and there seemed to be no trick.

Li Qi ordered a pot, which was delivered quickly. After eating it, it was indeed delicious, but there was nothing to copy, because although the technique was good, the taste still depended on the fresh fish of the local Dadu. There was no need to do anything more. It was delicious when boiled in plain water. The fish were all caught on the spot. There was a group of fishermen on the boat who fished by the river and the boat, not for money, but just for interest.

Li Qi knew it at a glance, because the baits caught by these people were more expensive than fish, but if someone caught a big fish, some would take it home to eat, and some would sell it to the fish restaurant on the spot, so that the diners could enjoy the delicious food.

It's not surprising that it's simple. It's delicious like this, so what else needs to be processed? After all, this is a fish from Chang'an Dadu. To put it in a bigger way, this is a fish from the ancient capital of the fairyland and the divine dynasty. If it doesn't taste good, it will be a ghost.

However, Li Qi still wanted to eat something that was more chef-processed, so he ordered another fish fillet.

This time, the chef cooked it himself, and the ingredients were still very fine. Not only were they live local fresh fish, but they were also different from stewing fish, so they couldn't all be used.

The largest ones must be used, because they have thick meat. Otherwise, if they are small, it will be difficult to continue cooking. Cut the big fish into pieces and only use the most refined part of the middle section.

Because the fish is large, it looks very large when cut open.

The knife skills are also exquisite. The fish fillets are cut to a moderate thickness, the scales are scraped and the skin is removed, and when cutting, all the fish bones have been shaved off, and there is no trace.

However, because the fish is big, the bones are also big, so this step is not very difficult.

After that, coat it with egg white, warm oil, fry it until golden and crispy, use good lotus root powder to thicken it, and don't use cornstarch, probably because lotus root powder is transparent. Then make sweet and sour sauce, add a spoonful of hot oil while it is hot, take its shine, and pour it on the fried fish fillets. In this way, it looks like ice cubes, named "rock sugar fish", but it actually tastes sweet and sour. Li Qi originally looked good and wanted to eat a bite, but he didn't like the sweet taste.

But Qiu Zhi ate it well. I think he likes sweet and sour tastes, but Li Qi is a mountain man, and most of the mountain delicacies are salty and fresh, so he can't eat such sweet taste.

But when the fish pieces were served, it was enough to just look at them. They were indeed made like crystal.

After finishing the fish and the lamb, they strolled around and had some snacks. What impressed Li Qi was a bowl of chestnuts cooked with osmanthus. The osmanthus was fragrant and the chestnuts were soft and glutinous. Although Li Qi did not like sweets, he was still happy to eat it.

Time passed quickly and it was evening soon.

In the evening, the sun set, and the lights in the building ship were lit.

The lights were lit, the orchids were blooming, the fire trees were gorgeous, the silver flowers were flourishing, the sparse stars were scattered, and the bright moon in the cold sky, the light was rising in the night sky, and it was extremely beautiful.

Li Qi stood on the top of the boat, looked for a while, and said: "Let's go, let's visit the Imperial College canteen. I haven't seen Brother Guo for a long time."

"Okay." Qiu Zhi did not refuse, but continued to follow Li Qi.

When they were on the ground, the two could move freely without affecting others, so they disappeared while talking and came to the Imperial College.

In the evening of the Imperial College, most of the students had left, so it looked very deserted.

The gate was open. Li Qi couldn't see it before, but now he could clearly see the gate gods of the Imperial College guarding diligently inside.

However, in addition to the gate gods, Li Qi also saw a girl standing at the door.

She was slender, her movements were rigid, and she looked underage, but she had an incredible sense of oppression.

Seeing this girl, Li Qi immediately walked up, waved his hand, and said, "Mr. Ruler!"

This is the magic weapon of the Imperial College's chief priest, the ruler. In the past, when Li Qi was looking for the boundary theory, he blew up the Imperial College. The underworld came up, and it was the other party who stopped the people of the underworld, and even didn't hold Li Qi accountable afterwards. (For details, see Chapter 376)

The girl looked at him and was a little stunned: "Li Qi?"

Li Qi ran over: "Mr. Ruler, I didn't expect to see you here."

"I should say this. You should be in a confrontation now. You actually came here... Oh, Qiu Zhi, it's good. I thought you came secretly." The ruler looked at Li Qi, looked around, and understood the reason.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Now that I am against humanity, Mr. Ruler will not blame me and not let me in, right?"

But Mr. Ruler shook his head: "I knew it would be like this the day you came, so why wouldn't I let you in? Go ahead." (End of this chapter)