Delicious Dishes

Seeing his master, Celia, so fearless in the face of death, Li Yan almost believed it. If he didn't know Celia's character very well, anyone else might have let her go out of admiration for her spirit.

"I will set up a dispelling spell for you. In three days, these magical seals and restraints on your body will automatically be removed. At that time, I will also keep the key to the chains on your hands and feet with you."

Li Yan said earnestly that three days was enough time for him to see his old friends and then run back to the future; the rest would be left to his past self to handle.

"What if I get hungry?"

Serie said it calmly.

I brought you food.

Li Yan scratched his head. There was nothing he could do. He was worried that his Grandmaster would seek revenge. The seal and restraint could not be broken. He would feed him when he was hungry or thirsty.

"What if I need to use the restroom?"

Serie asked expressionlessly.

"Use magic to control it!"

Li Yan spoke with a serious expression.

"Get out! Can't you see the Anti-Magic Stone chains on my body?"

Serie shouted angrily in Li Yan's direction, her face showing a helpless sense of dejection. She felt that revenge was hopeless. The other party had set a three-day deadline, obviously planning to run away after three days.

"Then... I'll teleport here and take you there."

Li Yan scratched his head with a troubled expression. In any case, releasing the person was definitely out of the question; doing so would only cause him trouble.

"Whatever you want."

Serie glanced at Li Yan, then sat down and dozed off as if she were giving up.

"Okay, then when you need my help, just struggle against the magic Sealing Barrier. I can sense it."

Li Yan chuckled and gently patted Serie's head. An annoyed Serie glared at Li Yan Li Yan, who simply smiled, waved, and left.

As Li Yan left, Serie sat quietly, gazing in the direction Li Yan had disappeared, lost in thought. To defeat her with such despicable methods, not to kill her but to humiliate and toy with her—this mysterious person was truly strange.

While Flamme was conducting her magical experiments, she sensed a spatial fluctuation. Following the direction she looked, she saw Li Yan carrying a large bag of things walking towards her.

You're back?

"Um."

What are these?

"This is a nourishing dinner for you, Godmother."

Li Yan placed a large pile of ingredients on the table and began to get busy. These ingredients were rare and exquisite ones that Li Yan had selected from various regions: snow ice shrimp from the Southern Sea, colorful crabs from the West Western Sea, tuna from the Eastern Sea, century-old immortal herbs from Changbai Snow Mountain, and wild goats from the Black Mountain Cliff.

"It looks so delicious!"

After finishing her magical experiments Flamme watched Li Yan prepare the ingredients with a bored expression. She peeled shrimp veins and cleaned up the clutter. With the help of magic, all the ingredients were prepared in a pleasing way. Even Flamme couldn't help but sigh that her own Mana manipulation skills were not as proficient as A Yan's.

As ingredients were placed into the pot one by one, Flamme carefully learned various cooking techniques, combining different delicious ingredients and seasonings, and skillfully using magic to steam, boil, and stir-fry.

In just a few minutes, Flamme stared wide-eyed at the table full of delicious food. Every dish was so pleasing to the eye, like a work of art.

"It smells so good."

Flamme took a closer sniff, and each ingredient exuded its own wonderful aroma.

"Here, Godmother, have a shrimp."

Li Yan peeled the shrimp's shell and held it to Flamme's lips. Flamme didn't find anything wrong with such an intimate gesture and ate it in one bite.

"So delicious! The meat is so fresh and tender, with a hint of sweetness."

Flamme squinted her eyes in enjoyment; this dish was the best she had ever eaten, as if she had stepped into the Southern Sea and beheld Southern Sea beauty.

"Eat more if you like it, Godmother, there's plenty of food."

Li Yan chuckled as she peeled shrimp and other food for Volamey, when she suddenly felt a surge of magical energy within her body. Clearly, the magical seal had been activated, a call from her grandmaster, Seria.

"A Yan, you should eat too. There's so much, I can't finish it all by myself."

Amidst a table laden with delicious food, Flamme, like a little girl, eagerly savored each dish.

"I know, Godmother. An old acquaintance of mine seems to need to see me. You eat first, I'll go check on him."

Li Yan hurriedly waved, and after Volame nodded and waved to indicate that she didn't need to worry about her, Li Yan opened a spatial portal leading to the location of her master Seria's castle.

Upon entering the Castle, Li Yan spotted Serie sitting listlessly on the ground, looking utterly dejected.

I'm hungry!

Seeing his grandmaster Celia's resigned expression, Li Yan had no choice but to open the spatial gate again. "I'll go get it for you, wait for me."

Returning to Flamme's side, Flamme blinked in surprise at A Yan, who had only been gone for a few dozen seconds, and asked, "Is it resolved?"

Li Yan shook her head, took out a lunchbox from her Storage Alternate Space, and chuckled as she thought of Serie's nonchalant expression. "She hasn't eaten yet, I'll bring her some."

"Oh, I see. Take more."

Flamme covered her mouth and laughed, then started helping Li Yan put food on her plate, giving her a generous amount of each dish. Seeing that the lunchbox was already full, Li Yan quickly waved her hand, "That's enough, that's enough, she can't eat this much."

"Haha, A Yan, your old friend is really interesting, she even made you bring her food."

Flamme helped close the lunchbox and thoughtfully brought out a pair of chopsticks.

"Go quickly, don't let your old friend go hungry."

"Flamme spoke gently."

"Um."

Li Yan picked up the lunchbox and went to deliver food to Serie with a hint of helplessness. He himself hadn't eaten yet, but there was nothing he could do; after all, Selene was his Grandmaster.

With a spatial fluctuation, Serie looked up at Li Yan, who was carrying a lunchbox, as if she was giving up. She had a good idea: no matter what kind of food the other party brought, she didn't plan to say it was delicious, so that the other party would have to come back and forth a few more times.

"Are you hungry, Ms. Serie? Eat up."

Li Yan placed the lunchbox in front of Serie and was about to turn and leave when Serie's eyes widened. Her lips twitched slightly. Her hands were bound, and the other party was actually telling her to eat by herself. What was she supposed to eat with?

"Stop! How am I supposed to eat if you don't untie me?"

Serie shouted angrily, her tone tinged with exasperation.

"Uh... I forgot."

Li Yan chuckled, scratched his head, and turned around, leaving the annoyed Serie completely unsure whether he had genuinely forgotten or was simply trying to play a trick on her.

"Of course, it's impossible to untie it. I'll feed you."

Li Yan sighed and picked up the lunchbox, opening it. Serie, who had been indifferent, couldn't help but look up at the lunchbox that was emitting a fragrant aroma.

"Let's eat the shrimp first. These are snow-cold shrimp from the Southern Sea; they're incredibly fresh and sweet."

Li Yan picked up a snow shrimp and personally fed it to Serie. Serie originally intended to look disgusted, found the snow shrimp in front of her so tempting, and the aroma was simply irresistible.

"Hateful!"

Serie bit her lip lightly, her mouth slightly agape as she watched the approaching Snow Ice Shrimp. She planned to take only a small bite and then spit it onto the mysterious man's face.

As the snow shrimp entered her mouth, Serie felt that the bouncy shrimp meat simply melted in her mouth. Biting into the shrimp meat, the fresh and sweet taste was indescribable; even the word "delicious" seemed insufficient to describe it.

"How did you do that? I've also eaten snow shrimp from the Southern Sea, but why is it completely different from what I've had before?"

Serie's eyes widened as she asked curiously.

"Hmm, of course, because I made all of this myself. As one of the world's top God of Cooking, it's naturally the most delicious food in the world."

Li Yan boasted that he had learned his skills from hundreds of famous chefs. Every hundred years, a top chef with maximum talent would emerge, and Li Yan would always learn their culinary dishes from them.

Although he rarely cooks, Li Yan has always kept learning and improving, because one day he wants to personally cook all the dishes he has learned for Flamme.