I Kept Part of It While Washing

"This one, and this one..."

Raiden Shogun did not want to dig up the vegetables herself, so she directed the students beside her.

The students looked at one another. They did not know how, either.

So they called for the servants.

However, when Raiden Shogun saw them pulling the ingredients out of the soil, she frowned and said,

"Once they're pulled out, they're no longer fresh. We can't use these."

If they were not fresh, she could not make delicious food. If she got angry, believe it or not, she might chop the entire Heaven Dou City in half with a single slash.

"My lady, they'll still be fresh for a day or two after being pulled out," the servants said aggrievedly.

"Whatever the advanced chef says goes! Hurry up and think of a solution for this prince!" Xue Beng shouted.

How could the servants dare refuse? They quickly brought over basins and packed the ingredients together with the soil.

"As expected of an advanced chef. Ingredients like this are so fresh—we're in for a treat tonight."

The other nobles felt that Raiden Shogun was simply too professional.

Just her attitude toward ingredients already surpassed ninety-nine percent of people!

Xue Beng was also full of anticipation. He was even somewhat envious of the Blue Tyrant Academy students. With such a beautiful chef, they must have been living blissfully every day.

After digging up a huge pile of ingredients, the large group marched grandly toward the imperial palace.

Xue Beng often brought his fair-weather friends to play in the palace, and the guards had long since grown accustomed to it.

They did not stop them.

When they arrived at a kitchen, Raiden Shogun looked at the dozen or so people and asked for a large pot, planning to make enough in one go to fill them all up.

"My lady, Your Highness, the milk you requested has arrived."

Several eunuchs carried over the milk.

Its rich milky fragrance was deeply pleasing.

"Wow! This is milk from a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beast, the Great Fragrant Milk King Cow! Your Highness, you actually brought out such an ingredient? We really are in for a feast today!"

The nobles all looked as though they were drooling.

After all, raising a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beast in captivity was not something an ordinary faction could manage.

Especially not merely for the sake of drinking a dairy cow's milk.

Only the imperial family could accomplish something like that.

Yet Raiden Shogun frowned. "This isn't fresh."

Raiden Shogun wanted the freshest milk. Only then could she make the most delicious food in the world.

"My lady... this was just milked," a eunuch hurriedly explained.

Xue Beng nodded as well and said,

"Miss Advanced Chef, that Great Fragrant Milk King Cow is a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beast. It's kept in captivity, so moving it is impossible."

"That's simple. Just take me there."

Raiden Shogun spoke indifferently.

"You want to milk it yourself? Oh! So that's how it is!"

Xue Beng believed that a master chef like Raiden Shogun surely had her own methods for making the milk even richer and more fragrant.

So he said to the eunuchs below, "What are you waiting for? Lead the way."

Since the prince had spoken, the eunuchs did not dare delay and led them to the area where the Soul Beasts were kept.

This place was filled with Soul Beasts that could produce a steady supply of ingredients every day.

Milk from cows, eggs from birds, and the like.

There were several Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beasts here, guarded by powerful Soul Masters.

When Raiden Shogun saw the Great Fragrant Milk King Cow, her eyes lit up as well.

The Great Fragrant Milk King Cow was as large as an adult elephant, with black-and-white hide and a plump, fat body.

Just as everyone thought Raiden Shogun was about to milk it herself, she waved her hand. The power of lightning directly seized the enormous iron cage and the Great Fragrant Milk King Cow, lifting them into the air.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Xue Beng's body trembled.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several Soul Masters emerged from the shadows and surrounded Raiden Shogun.

"How dare you! Put down the Great Fragrant Milk King Cow!"

This thing was extremely precious. The milk produced by a Ten-Thousand Year Soul Beast was highly beneficial to humans.

Not only could it improve one's physique, but it was also greatly helpful for cultivation.

To control such a massive Great Fragrant Milk King Cow without even using a martial soul meant her strength was far from ordinary.

Xue Beng's eyes flashed. If someone like her could be used by him, then he would have a means to contend with Xue Qinghe.

Thus, he roared at the Soul Masters around them,

"Why are you making such a fuss?! Can't you see this prince's personal chef is choosing ingredients?! Get out of here at once!"

Imperial authority was immense in this world, and the Soul Masters immediately hesitated.

But thinking of how Xue Beng spent his days acting like an irresponsible playboy, they feared that the Great Fragrant Milk King Cow would be taken away and slaughtered outright.

So they hurriedly said,

"Your Highness, Lord Chef! The Great Fragrant Milk King Cow is extraordinarily valuable for the milk it produces. If it is killed for meat, once His Majesty learns of it, none of us will keep our heads!"

"How could my personal chef possibly lack such basic common sense? Go on, get lost! Stop meddling here and disturbing my chef while she cooks!"

Xue Beng had already claimed Raiden Shogun as one of his own.

The guarding Soul Masters let out huge sighs of relief. As long as Xue Beng did not do anything reckless, it was fine.

Then, Raiden Shogun carried the Great Fragrant Milk King Cow out of the Soul Beast area.

Everyone who saw it was utterly shocked. How had she done that?

Without Soul Power or a martial soul, she had merely released lightning energy and lifted such a huge Soul Beast into the air.

The imperial palace was extremely complicated.

Spies from every faction were everywhere.

Very quickly, the people at the top of the palace learned what had happened here.

Xue Qinghe frowned. "That power... it's likely already at the level of a Titled Douluo. Where did Xue Beng find this person? Lightning, an advanced chef from Blue Tyrant Academy... Is she from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan?"

Xue Beng had some connection to Poison Douluo. If he now established ties with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as well, it would greatly hinder her plans.

Thus, she hurried to the palace, wanting to confirm Raiden Shogun's identity.

When Xue Ye learned of this, he was delighted.

His useless son had actually invited a powerhouse from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to cook. If word got out, it would bring great prestige to their imperial family.

So he led people over as well, wanting to sample the master chef's cooking.

Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Raiden Shogun finally began cooking in earnest.

The others watched Raiden Shogun with eager expressions.

Then they saw her pull the fresh ingredients from the basins and, after merely rinsing them with water, begin chopping them.

The vegetables were chopped... as though they had been chewed by a dog.

"Hiss... Why didn't the master chef wash the ingredients clean before chopping them? Isn't that dirty?" someone asked suspiciously.

Upon hearing this, Xue Beng punched him on the head and said,

"The master chef must have done it on purpose. If you wash them clean, how will anyone know these are fresh ingredients? By leaving some dirt on them, we'll know we're eating fresh food when we eat it."

"So that's how it is! As expected of the master chef!"

The lackeys cried out in admiration again and again!