Who is the boss?

[Failed Mashed Potatoes: F-class, slowly restores 20% HP after consumption, usable only in non-combat state]

"Ugh..."

Looking at the mush he had made, Li Xunsheng's face was burning with embarrassment...

Especially when the Eye of God's information was so brutally accurate...

[This dish barely managed to reach F-class. Honestly, who knows what kind of trash it was abused by to end up in this shape.]

Great! So if he had messed up even a little bit, he wouldn't have made something so pathetic, right!

Clicking his tongue, Li Xunsheng picked up the fried fries he had made earlier and looked them over.

[Passable Fried Fries: E-class, slowly restores 30% MP after consumption, usable only in non-combat state]

"Damn it, after all this, it's still worse than eating them raw, huh..."

Packing up ten servings of mashed potatoes and fries, Li Xunsheng sighed softly and shook his head.

Fortunately, Old Man Liu didn't know he had half a warehouse of Golden Potatoes. If that old man found out he was wasting S-class ingredients like this, he might just drag him over to test the sharpness of his cleaver...

But honestly, the proficiency he gained was really a lot...

The young man looked at his status panel, marveling inwardly.

[Li Xunsheng: Cooking Level: Lv.6]

This was the experience he gained even though almost everything he made was a failure... No wonder Old Man Liu broke through from 79 to 80 just by making one S-class dish...

Of course, his previous accumulated experience was also quite important, but this also showed that high-level ingredients could indeed play a crucial role in a chef's progression.

"Forget it, I'll just put them up for sale like this."

Originally, Li Xunsheng had worried that selling S-class ingredients directly would be too shocking. This batch of wholesale S-class ingredients might cause a huge impact on the players.

He didn't know the current combat power levels of other players, but in any case, being too flashy would be of no benefit to his development.

However, now, selling the dishes he had ruined would be no problem.

Li Xunsheng rubbed his chin, thinking to himself.

He remembered that the potion shop in Lone Star City sold Tier 1 Health Potions that could be used during combat, restoring 40% HP within ten seconds, but with a one-minute cooldown, effective for those under level ten.

The price of those things seemed to be... ten Copper Coins per bottle.

But when Li Xunsheng went to collect supplies earlier, he found... they were already sold out!

Perhaps it was because too many players had joined Lone Star City and bought them all up?

In any case, since recovery items were in short supply, it should be fine to price his recovery items at thirty Copper Coins, right?

Li Xunsheng chuckled and put his recovery items up for auction.

[Failed Mashed Potatoes: Buyout Price, 30 Copper Coins!]x10
[Passable Fried Fries: Buyout Price, 40 Copper Coins!]x10
Consignor: Golden Shovel!

Just a few seconds after putting the items up, several system notifications chimed in:

[Your item 'Failed Mashed Potatoes' has been sold. Received 270 Copper Coins.]
[Your item 'Passable Fried Fries' has been sold. Received 360 Copper Coins.]
[Consignment function incurs a 10% handling fee.]

"They're this popular?"

It was almost instantly sold out within a few breaths of listing them, which Li Xunsheng hadn't expected at all, leaving him stunned.

After that, he received quite a few private messages.

"Thirty Copper Coins is too high! Greedy merchant!"

"Bro, how did you get this item? Can you make it?"

"Why was it instantly sold out? Do you still have any, Big Boss Golden Shovel?"

As the consigned recovery items were instantly snapped up, the chat channel of Lone Star City rippled with some commotion.

"Holy crap, Big Boss Golden Shovel can cook besides effortlessly defeating elite monsters?"

If you think this book is good, remember to add it to your bookshelf to avoid losing it next time.

"Tch, it's just Failed Mashed Potatoes, only F-class, trash!"

"Upstairs, are you sour because you can't have it? You know there are absolutely no recovery items in the city. If you look down on it, don't snatch it!"

"I'm majoring in Cooking as a life skill, and by the way, F-class food is very difficult to make. Let alone F-class, I can't even make G-class. I heard you need a Cooking Level of ten or higher to make F-class."

"What the heck? Is being a chef that hard?"

"It's the same for other life professions, okay? If it's helpful for combat, the level requirements are very high."

"It's really slow to grind monsters without recovery items... Is it really possible to reach level ten like this..."

Seeing the chat channel descend into chaos once more, Xunsheng shook his head with regret.

"Too bad, I priced it too low."

Given how quickly they were snapped up at this price, he should have set it higher.

He originally thought players wouldn't have much to spare, making them hard to fleece.

But now it seemed, anyone who could enter Lone Star City in the first week was a fat sheep... they all had some tricks up their sleeves.

In that case, don't blame him for being ruthless!

Taking out the Golden Potato, Li Xunsheng leaned against the stove and started tinkering again...

[Failed Mashed Potatoes: 50 Copper Coin Listed] x20

[Passable Fried Fries: 60 Copper Coin Listed] x20

Closing the notification, and looking at his Cooking skill which had already reached level nine, Xunsheng stretched. He decided to go level up first.

He'd let the items sell, he wasn't short on money or equipment now. The only reason he was doing this was to sell the things he made.

Taking the two batches of mashed potatoes and fried fries he prepared for himself, he washed the cooking utensils on the stove, and Li Xunsheng pulled open the shop door, ready to head out.

However, a familiar face appeared before his eyes...

"Brother Li?"

"Zhao Jun? What are you wearing..."

This man, who came from the same novice village and carried the hopes of his comrades, was wearing a strange uniform and seemed to be patrolling the streets.

"Did you get a job with the establishment?"

With a smirk, Li Xunsheng teased.

"Don't even mention it. If this job didn't provide some recovery items as supplies, I wouldn't want to waste my time here."

Zhao Jun also wanted to go out and fight monsters in the wild, but he didn't have the chance!

The low-level supplies in the city had long been sold out, and the items on the auction house were outrageously expensive...

"Sigh, it's tough... Brother Li, are you..."

"I'm working here."

"He's not just working here, you know."

Mo Rui, dressed in a white one-piece dress, walked out from inside the shop. Her slender and graceful figure, along with her perfect physique, was fully revealed by the long dress.

Flirtatiously tucking a strand of her purple hair behind her ear, Mo Rui smiled slightly, as if her soul being controlled had no effect on her at all.

"The boss's wife? Are you kidding me."

"Kidding? No, have you forgotten what you did to me? My dear boss~"

Under Zhao Jun's stunned gaze, Mo Rui smiled charmingly, implying that her soul was controlled by Xunsheng, and he was the true owner of the place.

"Holy crap, brother, you're amazing..."

Such a beautiful girl, and he managed to win her over in just one day of entering the city, that's too impressive!

One boss and one boss's wife, the promotion was too fast!

Facing his companion with a strange expression, Zhao Jun secretly gave him a thumbs-up...

A role model for us! He was so envious!