Sub-profession

During this period, her contact with Chen Nana had never been severed. The other party had repeatedly asked her to help purchase some supplies in Qinglan Town, and Yun Xi had agreed. She had also received a sizable commission.

This time, after receiving Yun Xi's message, the other party immediately took it seriously.

"Yun Xi, do you mean that our Blue Star recipes and prescriptions can also be recognized by the system?"

"That's right. For example, a simple bowl of boiled noodles might become a dish with special effects if spiritual energy is added during the cooking process," Yun Xi replied.

"But these special effects are determined by the chef's own level. At the beginning, there definitely won't be any particularly good positive effects. There might even be side effects."

Recipes and prescriptions worked the same way. Ingredients with different attributes also emphasized mutual restraint and generation.

Some ingredients would produce positive effects when placed together. Conversely, mixing certain other ingredients might produce toxicity.

Recently, Yun Xi had occasionally cooked for herself.

Most of the food she made by following recipes from the internet had no negative effects. However, when she operated recklessly on her own, she might accidentally put mutually conflicting ingredients together and cook a dish with side effects.

For example, consuming it over a long period might reduce Constitution Attribute or cause listlessness.

As for dishes with positive effects, most of them could increase Constitution Attribute when consumed over a long period.

The recipes Yun Xi had learned by spending real gold and Silver Coin in the Godfall Continent included The Complete Collection of White Mushroom Cooking, which consisted of thirty-six volumes. It recorded thirty-six ways to cook white mushrooms.

The effects of each cooking method were different, but they all had one thing in common: none had side effects.

The simplest dish, boiled white mushrooms, increased satiety when served. Consuming it over many years could slightly increase Constitution Attribute.

Another slightly more complicated dish, fried white mushrooms, could likewise increase satiety and slightly increase Constitution Attribute. At the same time, it had an additional effect: long-term consumption could slightly increase fire resistance.

Yun Xi could not figure out the principle behind it and could only attribute it to the "mutation" that occurred after spiritual energy was added to the dish.

However, white mushrooms were ultimately just the most common low-level ingredient. The "slight" increase in Constitution Attribute and "slight" increase in fire resistance mentioned here were practically equivalent to having no effect at all. Even after eating white mushrooms continuously for ten years, one might not necessarily gain a single point of Constitution Attribute.

This was one of the common food ingredients in Qinglan Town.

"Sis Nana, the main point isn't the recipes but the prescriptions. Many of our Blue Star prescriptions will also have different effects. I suggest that you consider developing this area as well."

"Yun Xi, thank you for your suggestion. I'll report it to my superiors. But Yun Xi, are you really not planning to join the Special Action Bureau?"

Ever since the public beta began, Chen Nana had invited Yun Xi several times. Unfortunately, Yun Xi had refused every time.

"No. I've accepted a special mission. If I join the official core organization, something unexpected might happen and implicate all of you."

Yun Xi was not lying. If she signed a contract with the authorities, it would mean that they had established a formal Karma Link.

If something unexpected happened in the future, to put it bluntly, a powerful enemy... could crush the entire Blue Star with one hand.

"Okay, I understand. Then, Yun Xi, be careful." Seeing the seriousness in Yun Xi's words, Chen Nana could also sense that this was not merely an excuse.

"Yun Xi, if you need us to provide any assistance, just ask. Although you haven't joined the core department, you're still a member of the Flower Country government. That won't change." After receiving the message from above, Chen Nana also made this promise.

After all, whether it was the knowledge books Yun Xi had brought back or the various pieces of information she had provided, they were all unique.

They could not possibly ignore these contributions, nor would they take them for granted.

"Okay, thank you, Sis Nana."

As for the information Yun Xi had provided about Sub-professions, the relevant departments immediately began conducting experiments.

They acted quickly. In less than a day, they released a related nationwide announcement.

[Latest news from the Godfall Continent: Official sorcerers can formally change classes to various Sub-professions... Among them, the Alchemist and Chef Sub-professions can also have Blue Star prescriptions and recipes recognized by the system.

If any official sorcerers were previously chefs or pharmaceutical professionals, they may contact the relevant local government departments, join the local core departments, and receive specialized training.

Benefits and obligations are as follows—

Basic benefits: Monthly salary of 10,000–50,000, 10–100 Silver Coin, and payment of five insurances and one housing fund. For details on advanced benefits, please contact the relevant local government departments.

Basic obligations: Sign the relevant contract with the authorities. For contract details, please contact the relevant local government departments.]

The authorities acted quickly. After learning the relevant information, they immediately sent out recruitment invitations.

It was not that nobody within the authorities wanted to change classes to Chef or Alchemist. It was simply that... everyone's skill points were limited.

If they wanted to cultivate true Sub-profession masters, they would inevitably have to abandon skills related to their main profession.

Take the Chef Sub-profession as an example.

Each person could only obtain one skill point every time they leveled up. A sorcerer's profession-specific skills were extremely special and could only be upgraded by allocating points.

Although a Chef's profession-specific skills could be upgraded through independent practice, there was still a difference between system-allotted points and upgrading through practice.

System-allotted points could increase one's talent in the relevant profession, exerting a far-reaching influence on future development.

Most importantly, practicing culinary skills on one's own was simply far too slow.

However, directly recruiting people who had already become official sorcerers and had prior experience in culinary arts was a different matter.

Their initial culinary skill was very likely already LV 2 or LV 3. Some of their specialties might even have reached a high level, giving them a considerable head start over others.

The benefits offered by the authorities were also extremely generous. The monthly salary was actually 10–100 Silver Coin.

Yun Xi guessed that this was probably linked to their culinary skill level. If a master chef's initial culinary skill was already LV 10, they would receive a monthly salary of 100 Silver Coin.

That was the same benefit offered to the captain of the Qinglan Town Patrol Team. At this stage, basically no one would refuse it.

Moreover, this salary could not possibly remain unchanged. It would definitely increase as their culinary skill level rose.

Even the minimum of 10 Silver Coin was already quite a lot, roughly equivalent to the salary of an ordinary member of the Qinglan Town Patrol Team.

There was no need to elaborate on how oppressive the contracts of town Patrol Team members were. The Flower Country government's contracts certainly would not be so strict. At the very least, they would not casually restrict a person's freedom, and the consequences of violating the contract would not be too outrageous.

The difference between the two was immediately clear.

For many people, compared with the various forces of the Godfall Continent, their own homeland still gave them a greater sense of security.