Potential of the Panel Monster

[Body of God (First Repair): Cost 1000 points, remaining points 5696]

[Body of God (First Repair): Undying! When receiving fatal damage, ignore the damage and become invincible for five seconds, then forcibly teleport yourself away. CD: 23 hours]

[Additionally! Gain Strength, Agility, and Constitution x2 your level!]

[Body of God] Branch Ability: [Omnipotence] Unlocked!

[Omnipotence (Incomplete): When dealing damage with equipment modified by Strength, Agility, and Constitution, it additionally increases total damage by 10%!]

Messages continued to appear in his mind. Before Li Xunsheng could even process them, more notifications rang out:

[Will of God (First Repair): Cost 1000 points, remaining points 4696]

[Will of God (First Repair): When receiving any mental debuffs, ignore the effect and reflect it back to the caster doubled. CD: 23 hours]

[Additionally! Gain Intelligence and Spirit x2 your level!]

[Will of God] Branch Ability: [Omniscience] Unlocked!

[Omniscience (Incomplete): When dealing damage with equipment modified by Intelligence and Spirit, it additionally increases total damage by 10%]

"..."

There was no need for further words. Xunsheng silently opened his status panel to check his current attributes.

[STR: 31(+2) INT: 19 AGI: 27(+4) CON: 19 SPR: 19 LUK: 5(+5)]

He was only level five... His strength had already caught up to, or even surpassed, the elite monster, Demonized Villager Elite, which was level seven...

Even his main stat, Agility, was significantly higher than that elite monster's... And this was with almost no equipment, only a dagger equipped...

These two skills also provided the passive abilities [Omniscience] and [Omnipotence], which steadily increased total damage by 10%...

It seemed that as [Body of God] and [Will of God] were repaired multiple times, these two branch abilities would also improve... Furthermore, the multiplier for attribute increases based on level would also grow...

In the future, he might become a five-sided warrior...

Looking at his exaggerated base stats, Xunsheng scratched his head.

Would he eventually turn into a humanoid boss, an ultimate stat monster...

"How is the warehouse organization coming along?"

Mo Rui chuckled mischievously as she watched the employee, who had stayed up all night and even had slight dark circles under his eyes, emerge from the bedroom.

Yesterday, this guy had been busy with something unknown and only fell asleep late at night. This morning, he insisted on preparing ingredients... As a result, this fragile human hadn't gotten much rest.

"You're insisting on opening the shop... Aren't you afraid of dying from overwork? I think you should rest first, or find a suitable place to practice your amateur cooking skills. Don't cause trouble."

"A suitable place?"

What, was there a culinary school in this game world?

The thought of still having half a warehouse full of S-class ingredients he couldn't use dispelled Li Xunsheng's slight drowsiness.

If he hadn't felt that players generally didn't have many good items to exploit yet, he would have already put the potatoes on the auction house, making those players bleed money.

Those were S-class ingredients that permanently increased Strength by five points! They were equivalent to a full level's worth of attribute gain! However... if he actually sold something like that, he would definitely be suspected and targeted by other players... It wouldn't be worth the trouble.

"You can check the notice board to see if there are any master chefs in Lone Star City looking for apprentices, or you can visit them yourself."

"Alright..."

[This proprietress is currently finding her employee bothersome and plans to find an excuse to get him out of the way so she can do something unspeakable~]

Having detected Mo Rui's plan through the Eye of God, Xunsheng shrugged and voluntarily walked out of the tavern.

It was probably something going on with the Demon Race again, he shouldn't add to the trouble.

However, he really should deal with that half-warehouse of S-class ingredients soon... Otherwise, he'd always feel restless, and it would be uncomfortable not to consume attribute points...

He walked past a few intersections and arrived at the notice board, where the young man browsed through various notices and requests as usual...

Soon, a particular request caught his eye.

[Recruiting S-class Main Ingredient! The head chef of Drunken Flower House is breaking through in culinary skills. All other ingredients have been prepared, but one S-class main ingredient is still needed to complete the dish. A notice is hereby posted to collect qualified ingredients. Adventurers or talents interested are invited to present their ingredients at Drunken Flower House for further discussion.]

"Drunken Flower House?"

That name sounds... a bit unsavory...

Li Xunsheng's expression was strange as he pinched his ear.

[Drunken Flower House: A legitimate restaurant that also operates a legitimate business]

[ "...As expected."

The young man's eyes drooped, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Never mind, it didn't matter to him what their main business was.

He remembered that this restaurant had seemed to be recruiting apprentices before, but because his basic cooking skill level was too low, he hadn't had the chance.

Now, with S-class ingredients as a stepping stone, perhaps he could witness how a master chef prepared ingredients.

He still had half a warehouse of Golden Potatoes. If he could learn a recipe from this master chef, he wouldn't have to worry about having nothing to sell to his compatriots from Earth!

Noting down the location of Drunken Flower House marked on the announcement board, Xunsheng nodded solemnly and quickly set off.

He was only here to appreciate his master's craftsmanship, he had no other intentions, okay?

[Drunken Flower House]

Contrary to what the young man expected, this was not a small tavern filled with ladies loudly shouting, "Come play, sir~".

On the contrary, it was an exquisitely carved, grand building that was magnificent without being ostentatious.

The pavilion, with its strong ancient Dragon Country style, was adorned with carvings of auspicious beasts everywhere. On the roof tiles, many delicate and exquisite small ornaments, such as lanterns and colorful ribbons, were decorated, giving it a dreamlike appearance...

"Hello, are you..."

The attendant by the door noticed the young man who had arrived. Realizing that the other party was wearing ordinary, simple clothes, indistinguishable from a common villager, his face immediately showed a hint of disdain and disgust. The respect in his tone completely disappeared, and he spoke rudely:

"Cough, this is Drunken Flower House. Who are you? The services here are not something ordinary villagers can afford. I advise you not to enter carelessly. If you offend some noble person in the city, you'll be in for a lot of trouble."

After threatening the newcomer with a half-hearted warning, the attendant leaned against the door arrogantly, completely disregarding Li Xunsheng's embarrassed expression.

Xunsheng, who had originally intended to ask for directions and state his purpose, was choked by the attendant's words. He immediately forgot what he was going to say and could only stand dumbfounded at the entrance.

"Hmm? Wait a moment."

Seeing that this plainly dressed fellow neither left nor looked at him with embarrassment, the attendant was momentarily stunned and immediately reacted.

He sized up the other party's appearance and figure, then nodded to himself.

"Are you here for employment?"

"..."