[Body of God (One Repair): Costs 1,000 points, 5,696 points remaining]
[Body of God (One Repair): Immortal! When receiving lethal damage, ignore that damage and become invincible for five seconds, then forcibly teleport yourself away. CD: 23 hours]
[Additionally! Gain Strength, Agility, and Constitution equal to 2x your level!]
[Body of God] branch ability: [Omnipotence] unlocked!
[Omnipotence (Incomplete): When dealing damage with equipment that requires Strength, Agility, and Constitution adjustments to use, total damage is additionally increased by 10%!]
Words continuously surfaced in his mind. Before Li Xunsheng could even identify them, a large number of new prompts rang out:
[Will of God (One Repair): Costs 1,000 points, 4,696 points remaining]
[Will of God (One Repair): When subjected to any negative mental effect, ignore that effect and reflect it back at the caster with doubled strength. CD: 23 hours]
[Additionally! Gain Intelligence and Spirit equal to 2x your level!]
[Will of God] branch ability: [Omniscience] unlocked!
[Omniscience (Incomplete): When dealing damage with equipment that requires Intelligence and Spirit adjustments to use, total damage is additionally increased by 10%.]
"..."
There was no need to say more. Xuan Sheng silently opened his attribute panel and looked at his current stats.
[STR: 31 (+2) INT: 19 AGI: 27 (+4) CON: 19 SPI: 19 LUK: 5 (+5)]
He had only just reached level five... His Strength had already caught up to, or even surpassed, that of the level-seven Elite Monster, the Mutated Villager Elite...
His primary secondary attribute, Agility, had left that Elite Monster far behind... And that was while he was practically unequipped, with only a dagger equipped as a weapon...
The improvements to these two skills had also granted him the two passive abilities, [Omniscience] and [Omnipotence], which steadily increased his total damage by 10%.
It seemed that as [Body of God] and [Will of God] underwent more repairs, these two branch abilities would improve as well... And the multiplier for the attribute gains based on his level would increase along with them...
In the future, he would probably become a five-stat warrior...
Looking at his ridiculously powerful unequipped panel, Xuan Sheng scratched his head.
Would he eventually turn into a humanoid boss, the ultimate panel monster...?
"How is the warehouse organization going?"
Watching as the employee, who had stayed up all night and even developed faint dark circles under his eyes, slowly emerged from the bedroom, Mo Rui raised the corners of her lips in a teasing smile.
Who knew what this guy had been busy with yesterday? He had only fallen asleep in the middle of the night, yet he had insisted on preparing ingredients that morning... As a result, this fragile human had barely gotten any rest.
"You insist on opening the shop... Aren't you afraid of dropping dead? I think you should rest first, or find a suitable place to practice that mediocre cooking of yours. Don't get in the way."
"A suitable place?"
What, could this game world actually have a New Oriental Culinary School?
When he thought about the half-warehouse of S-class Ingredients he still couldn't use, the little drowsiness Li Xunsheng had felt vanished completely.
If he hadn't thought that the players in general didn't have many good things yet and that there wasn't much profit to squeeze out of them, he would have put the potatoes up for auction long ago and made those players bleed badly.
Those were S-class Ingredients that permanently increased Strength by five points! That was practically an entire level's worth of attribute gains! It was just that... if he really sold something like that, the other players would surely become suspicious of him and target him... It would be more trouble than it was worth.
"You can check the bulletin board to see if there are any culinary masters in Lone Star City willing to take apprentices. Or you could pay one a visit yourself."
"That works too..."
[This boss lady currently finds her employee to be in the way and plans to make up some excuse to send him away, then do something unspeakable~]
After using the Eye of God to see through Mo Rui's plans, Xuan Sheng shrugged and walked out of the tavern quite willingly.
The demon race probably had something going on again. He'd better not get in the way.
Still, he really ought to deal with that half-warehouse of S-class Ingredients soon... Otherwise, he would keep feeling itchy inside. Not eating those attribute points made him uncomfortable...
After turning through several intersections, he arrived in front of the bulletin board. As usual, the youth began looking through the various notices and commissions...
Soon, a special request caught his eye.
[S-class Main Ingredient Wanted! The head chef of the Drunken Flower House is breaking through in culinary skill. All other ingredients have been prepared, but one S-class main ingredient is still needed to complete the dish. This notice is posted to collect a suitable ingredient. Adventurers and talented individuals who are interested are welcome to bring the ingredient to the Drunken Flower House for further discussion.]
"Drunken Flower House?"
The name sounded... strangely improper...
Li Xunsheng's expression turned odd as he rubbed his ear.
[Drunken Flower House: A respectable restaurant that also operates respectable businesses.]
[ "...As expected."
The youth's eyelids drooped, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
Forget it. Whatever their primary business was had nothing to do with him.
He remembered that this restaurant had seemed to be recruiting apprentices before, but his Basic Cooking level had been nowhere near sufficient, so he hadn't had the opportunity.
Now that he had S-class Ingredients as a stepping stone, he might as well go see how a master-level chef handled 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 fellow Blue Star natives!
After memorizing the location of the Drunken Flower House marked on the notice board, Xuan Sheng nodded solemnly and quickly set off.
He was only going to appreciate the master's skills. He had no other intentions, okay?
[Drunken Flower House]
Unlike what the youth had imagined, this was not a little tavern packed with pretty girls loudly calling, "Come on in, sir~"
On the contrary, it was a lofty, magnificent pavilion in the city, exquisitely carved and luxurious without being ostentatious.
The pavilion, filled with the ancient style of Dragon Kingdom, was covered with carvings of auspicious beasts. On its roof ridges were numerous delicate ornaments, such as lanterns and colorful silk, giving the place a dreamlike air...
"Hello, are you..."
A page standing beside the entrance noticed the youth approaching. After realizing that the other man was dressed in a plain, ordinary long robe, indistinguishable from that of a common villager, he immediately showed a trace of disdain and disgust. The respect vanished from his tone as he said harshly:
"Ahem, this is the Drunken Flower House. Who are you? The services here aren't something an ordinary villager can afford. I advise you not to enter recklessly. If you offend some important person in the city, you'll suffer for it."
After intimidating the newcomer with a half-threat, the page leaned arrogantly against the door, completely ignoring the awkward-looking Li Xunsheng.
Xuan Sheng had originally wanted to ask for directions and explain his purpose, but the page's words had choked him so thoroughly that he forgot everything he had intended to say and could only stand blankly at the entrance.
"Hm? Wait."
Seeing that this plainly dressed fellow neither left nor stopped looking at him awkwardly, the page was slightly taken aback before instantly realizing what was going on.
He looked the other man's appearance and build up and down, then nodded to himself.
"You're here to apply for a job?"
"..."
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