Was He a Master Chef?

Was He a Master Chef?

Ye Weiming was still 1 point of Comprehension, 5 points of Aptitude, and 3 levels of the Breathing Technique away from meeting the basic requirements to learn the Primal Chaos Skill.

For the time being, he had no good way to improve his Aptitude. As for the Breathing Technique, he could level it up just by grinding monsters, killing enemies, collecting corpses, and burying people. He was only 1 point short in Comprehension. According to the price list at the private school, finishing the Hundred Family Surnames would grant 1 point of Comprehension, just enough to meet the cultivation requirements for the Primal Chaos Skill.

Compared to the great classics that cost tens of thousands later on, the price of 100 gold was still barely acceptable.

But being able to accept it did not mean he could afford to study it right away. Before that, the first thing he needed to do was save money while also raising the level of his Breathing Technique!

With a goal in mind, Ye Weiming threw himself into grinding with unprecedented enthusiasm. Over the following period, he began frantically farming all sorts of wanted quests. He would often calculate his route in advance, accept several wanted quests at once, then complete them all together.

Pfft!

Ye Weiming pulled his bloodstained Green Bamboo Sword from the chest of a level 20 BOSS named Liu Xueqiao. With a casual flick of his wrist, he shook every trace of blood from the Sword Peak.

Ding! You killed Liu Xueqiao, Sai Huohou, the River-Lake Bandit who abducted innocent women by force. Quest reward: 2,000 experience, 200 cultivation points, 50 silver.

As the system notification entered his ears, Ye Weiming had already begun looting the corpse with practiced ease.

As expected, the BOSS called Liu Xueqiao had not dropped any Martial Arts Manuals. However, she had dropped several pieces of blue equipment. None of them could compare to the Divine Constable Bureau set he wore, but they were worth some silver on the market. Once he reached Luoyang, he could toss them directly into Jiao Tailang's Blue Fatty Equipment Shop to sell.

Speaking of that profiteer, he might have been detestable, but his shop was quite convenient to use.

More than ten days earlier, Ye Weiming had accepted a string of bandit-suppression quests from the reinstated Zhan Zhao. The enemies had appeared everywhere from Bianjing to Luoyang, practically forming a straight line across the map. He had then followed that line, fighting all the way from Bianjing to Luoyang, wiping out three bandit strongholds and killing twelve wanted criminals.

However, so much game time had passed that he naturally could not have claimed every first kill. Fortunately, these wanted criminals respawned after being killed, so he did not need to worry about being unable to complete the quests.

Of the three bandit strongholds he had destroyed, two had even become instances. The BOSS drops had been greatly reduced compared with first kills, but fortunately, the quest rewards had not been reduced.

After such a long period of fighting, Ye Weiming's strength had improved noticeably. His level and attributes had now become...

Ye Weiming

Level: 18

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Health: 970/970

Internal Energy: 760/760

Physique: 81

Arm Strength: 81

Agility: 206

Reaction: 81

Aptitude: 25

Comprehension: 29

Breathing Technique (Low-grade) Level: 8

Proficiency: 11208/12800

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Health +400, Internal Energy +400

Physique +40, Arm Strength +40, Agility +40, Reaction +40

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Moon Maiden Swordplay (Low-grade)

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Level: 8

Proficiency: 8636/12800

Power +80%, Accuracy +80%

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Dragon-Phoenix Dance (Intermediate)

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Level: 4

Proficiency: 3578/4000

Defense +80%, Accuracy +80%, Evasion +40%

Special Effect: Force Dissipation (Through weapon contact, dissipates the opponent's force and leaves oneself invincible.)

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Eight-Step Toad Leap (Beginner)

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Level: 6

Proficiency: 1314/8000

Agility +120

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Tai Shan's Secret (Ultimate Art)

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Level: 2

Proficiency: 1211/2000

Attack Damage +20%, Hit Rate +20%, Critical Damage +20%.

Can activate an active effect in battle to perform Deduction on flaws in the enemy's moves and defeat them in one strike!

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Equipment

Omitted

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Money: 74 gold, 60 silver, 27 copper

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Every time Ye Weiming saw the intermediate swordplay called Dragon-Phoenix Dance, which Commander You had given him as a quest reward, he could not help wanting to complain furiously.

As a swordplay technique, just look at what it boosted?

Defense, accuracy, evasion, Force Dissipation... It gave absolutely no bonus to Attack Power.

Still, when it came to self-preservation, this swordplay was truly excellent. With Ye Weiming's current attributes, he believed that even against a level 30 BOSS, he could use this damned swordplay to fight the opponent to a draw.

As for its offensive effects... Heh. It was not a matter of whether its attacks were strong or weak. When using this set of swordplay, there was simply no damage output at all, okay!?

The intermediate swordplay was so underwhelming that Ye Weiming had continued using the Low-grade Moon Maiden Swordplay while grinding quests during this period. Its Proficiency had risen rapidly, and it was getting closer and closer to the requirements for the ninth level.

When would he ever get a high-level swordplay that was not so damned awful?

It did not necessarily have to be high-level. Intermediate or even beginner-level would be fine!

He took out a straw mat and skillfully wrapped up Liu Xueqiao's corpse, obtaining 1 Lightness Technique Insights.

After using it casually, Eight-Step Toad Leap gained 1,200 Proficiency.

By now, the sky had turned to dusk.

After confirming his direction, Ye Weiming immediately unleashed the fifth level of Eight-Step Toad Leap and raced toward Luoyang City. He had already completed all the quests he had accepted, and his inventory was now full of loot. If he threw everything into Jiao Tailang's equipment shop, he could basically scrape together the 100 gold tuition fee for the Hundred Family Surnames.

Halfway there, night had completely fallen. Feeling hungry, Ye Weiming realized that his hunger had already reached the 70% warning line. He wanted to chew on a couple of steamed buns to fill his stomach, only to discover that the buns he had bought before leaving Bianjing City had all been eaten by noon.

At his current speed, could he reach Luoyang City before starving to death?

That was a question!

After taking out his map and making a quick calculation, Ye Weiming discovered that it was a Schrödinger question.

In other words, if he could not solve his food problem soon, there was at least a fifty percent chance that he would starve to death before reaching Luoyang City.

What a miscalculation!

Awooo...

Just as Ye Weiming was worrying about his stomach, a wolf howl from not far away made his eyes light up.

He rummaged through his inventory, found a blue-quality Hundred-Forged Sword, equipped it, and charged toward the source of the howl.

Why change swords?

Do not forget that the Green Bamboo Sword was a Poison Sword. Any prey killed by it would have poisoned flesh and blood, making it completely inedible.

Night Wolves averaged around level 17. With Ye Weiming's current strength, killing them took no effort at all.

Ten minutes later, Ye Weiming had already built a campfire and was leisurely roasting wolf meat.

Another twenty minutes passed...

Half-Raw, Half-Burnt Roasted Wolf Meat: Quality: Failed Product. Consuming it reduces Hunger by 50 points, but reduces Health by 1 point per minute for one hour.

The meat was still poisonous!

Using his sword, he shaved off the burnt outer layer of the wolf meat, and the roasted wolf meat's attributes changed once again...

Undercooked Roasted Wolf Meat: Quality: 0. Consuming it reduces Hunger by 20 points.

Although its effects had been cut by more than half, at least he no longer needed to worry about food poisoning. Looking at the ugly creation in his hand, Ye Weiming was about to eat when he suddenly noticed a ragged little boy standing not far away. No one knew when he had appeared, but he was staring eagerly at the roasted meat in Ye Weiming's hand, swallowing repeatedly.

Why would there be a child in this desolate wilderness?

The only thing Ye Weiming could be certain of was that this child was an NPC, because there were no children of this age among the interstellar immigrants.

Ye Weiming waved at the little boy and asked with a smile, "Where are your parents?"

"Mom is gone, and Ah Huang is gone too. I'm looking for them." Though he said this, the little boy's eyes remained fixed on the roasted wolf meat in Ye Weiming's hand.

Ye Weiming smiled. "Want some?"

The little boy nodded.

"Here, eat it."

The little boy accepted the roasted wolf meat and wolfed it down. This chunk of meat looked so bad that even Ye Weiming himself could not bear to eat it, yet the boy ate it with obvious relish.

Watching the little boy eat, Ye Weiming suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment. He casually asked, "Is it good?"

"Not good." The little boy replied indistinctly, then lowered his head and continued eating.

Ye Weiming: ...

The kid was certainly honest. Still, Ye Weiming could not blame him, since the thing he had roasted was not something even he could shamelessly call edible.

But for the sake of his pride, Ye Weiming still brazenly defended himself. "Actually, it's mainly because we're out in the wilderness and there aren't any seasonings..."

Before Ye Weiming could finish, the little boy had already eaten the mostly shaved-down meat. Interrupting him, he said, "It's not a seasoning problem. You didn't control the heat properly. When roasting meat, you absolutely cannot place it directly over an open flame. You need to wait until the charcoal is completely red, then..."

Ding! You received guidance from a master chef. Cooking experience increased by 1,000 points. Cooking level increased to level 4.

This little boy was actually a master chef?

"Little brother, what's your name?"

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