Unpleasantness, Losses That Outweigh the Gains, and Conflicts...

S-Rank Super Rare Ingredients were incredibly valuable. If sold, one could at least trade them for a top-tier piece of equipment or an equivalent amount of money. If it had been an ordinary player, they would probably have already started looking for a buyer to make a fortune.

It was not merely because the ingredients themselves were less valuable to them than the profits from Cor. More importantly, the ingredients' rank was too high. Without raising one's Cooking skill to a certain level, it was impossible to handle such ingredients. Trying to process them carelessly would only turn the precious S-Rank ingredients into a pile of charcoal...

So far, among the professional chefs known to the players, not a single one was capable of handling this kind of S-Rank Super Rare Ingredient. Even if they wanted to taste one, they could not.

Of course, this was not the slightest obstacle for Wu Yan, whose Cooking skill proficiency had already been completely maxed out!

Originally, after catching the Ragout Rabbit, Wu Yan had intended to go straight home and cook it. Who would have thought that Asuna, that foodie, would happen to run into him? In the end, under Asuna's "threats," Wu Yan could only suppress his impatience and save the Ragout Rabbit for dinner... But because of that, he had plenty of time to browse the market. To avoid wasting this S-Rank Super Rare Ingredient, Wu Yan planned to use the finest side dishes and seasonings to accompany it.

Thus, Wu Yan first took a stroll through the market on the fiftieth floor of Algert and bought quite a few ingredients. Then he purchased herbs, potions, and other materials to make seasonings. By the time he had finished, night was just beginning to fall.

Wu Yan put away the day's