Chuka Ichiban!

The system listed a wide variety of books about food, and to Ma Feifei's surprise, it even included two comic books about food.

"Tsk tsk, Chuka Ichiban!! Food that Illuminate, my Little Master is amazing." Ma Feifei looked at the Chuka Ichiban! manga given to him by the system and sighed.

Of all the books provided by the system, Ma Feifei hadn't read any of them. However, "Chuka Ichiban!" was an unforgettable anime in Ma Feifei's memory. This anime, adapted from a manga, caused a sensation in Ma Feifei's world back then and is a cherished memory for countless people born in the 1990s.

As one of the pioneers of the food-themed anime, "Chuka Ichiban!" is most appealing not for its plot or fighting, but for the dishes that Illuminate.

At that time, Ma Feifei was still young. He vaguely remembered seeing that the dishes made by the Little Master in "Chuka Ichiban!" could Illuminate. He immediately ran to ask his mother if he could make dishes that Illuminate like the Little Master.

Could his mother make it? Of course not. Ma Feifei looked at his mother with disdain and was eventually beaten by her.

Although it's a bit silly, it's an indelible memory from my childhood, and it's enough to prove the influence that "Chuka Ichiban!" had on Ma Feifei.

"Let's buy this one." After thinking for a moment, Ma Feifei decided to purchase "Chuka Ichiban!."

"Ding~ Congratulations, host, you have successfully purchased the Epic-grade- quality book 'Chuka Ichiban!' (manga). Ten million Spirit Crystal have been deducted."

As the system notification sounded, Ma Feifei successfully purchased the book "Chuka Ichiban!". Ma Feifei got up, walked into the Bookstore, and took out the book.

Zhang Caicai had been paying close attention to Ma Feifei, especially when Ma Feifei came out of the Bookstore with a black-covered book in his hand; Zhang Caicai's face turned bright red with excitement.

Although he had just arrived in Dubian Town, he was already familiar with the quality of the books in the Mysterious Bookstore. The lowest quality books in the Mysterious Bookstore were the White Books, or White Quality books. Besides slightly purifying the purity of Spiritual Power within the body, the White Books had no other effects. Furthermore, as the Mysterious Bookstore continued to introduce higher-quality books, the Mysterious Bookstore Books had somehow been removed from the shelves and became history; no one could see those books anymore.

The books listed in the white paper are of Blue Quality. This type of book is currently the most numerous in the Mysterious Bookstore, accounting for about 90% of the total. Most cultivators who enter the Bookstore to read books are looking at Blue Quality books.

Above Blue Quality are Yellow Quality books. Reaching the Yellow Quality level represents a significant leap forward compared to the previous levels, not only in terms of benefits, but more importantly, Yellow Quality books can trigger book worlds, allowing you to enter magical book worlds to explore opportunities. This type of book is currently the most popular and has the highest frequency of triggering book worlds.

Books of Yellow Quality and above also include Epic-grade and Legendary-grade quality books. The chance of triggering the world within these two types of books is currently quite small, but if you do manage to trigger it, the rewards will increase exponentially. If you are lucky enough, you may even obtain divine artifacts, divine pets, or divine-level martial arts techniques.

The black cover corresponds to the Epic-grade quality of the book, meaning that the book the shop owner is holding is very likely an Epic-grade quality book about food!

This Epic-grade quality! If he could comprehend the true meaning of the book, how much would he gain? Could he create delicious dishes that greatly increase one's cultivation level? Or could he directly ascend to the Immortal Realm?

Thinking of this, Zhang Caicai felt a surge of excitement and started chatting on YY (a Chinese online forum).

Ma Feifei was of course unaware of Zhang Caicai's inner thoughts, but judging from Ma Feifei Zhang Caicai's expression, he could tell that she was very interested in this "Chuka Ichiban!".

"I happen to have a manga about food here called 'Chuka Ichiban!.' Would you be interested in taking a look?" Ma Feifei sat back in her rocking chair, held up the Chuka Ichiban!, and asked.

"Yes, I really want to!" Zhang Caicai quickly replied. How could he not want to? If he didn't know he couldn't beat Ma Feifei, he would have even considered forcibly taking it from him. A culinary master! This was Zhang Caicai's goal since childhood, a dream!

"If you want to read it, there are two ways. You can use Spirit Crystal to read the book. Since this book hasn't been released yet, you'll need to pay 100,000 Spirit Crystal per day at the market price to read it," Ma Feifei said with a smile.

Upon hearing the first suggestion, Zhang Caicai's excitement froze. Where would he get 100,000 Spirit Crystal? And that was for the daily expenses! Even if he were killed, he couldn't come up with that much!

Ma Feifei only said that because he knew Zhang Caicai couldn't afford that many Spirit Crystal. As long as the books weren't on the shelves, whether or not there was a fee for reading them was entirely up to Ma Feifei. He could do whatever he wanted, even if he didn't want to pay a single penny, or he could charge her a million Spirit Crystal a day if he wanted to. It was all up to him.

"What about the second method?" Zhang Caicai asked nervously. The first method was definitely not going to work, so he could only hope for the second one.

"The second method is simple: sell yourself to pay off your debts. You can read this comic book as long as you want, but in return, you'll sell yourself to our Bookstore as a cook, preparing meals for the employees of Mysterious Bookstore every day."

Since the opening of the Mysterious Bookstore, everyone has brought their own lunch. However, because eating inside the Bookstore considered inappropriate, Ma Feifei has banned customers from eating there. So, around noon, most people choose to leave the Bookstore temporarily to eat outside before returning. Of course, some customers who don't want to waste time simply skip lunch.

As a result, the Bookstore employees, Zhang Yunji and Luan Feng, were constantly hungry. If it weren't for their cultivators' constitution, they probably would have gotten sick from hunger after such a long time.

One of the reasons Ma Feifei wanted to hire a beautiful cook was this: if there were dedicated kitchen staff, the Mysterious Bookstore could provide lunch for Bookstore employees, which would be a benefit for them, and he could consider it fulfilling his responsibilities and obligations as a boss, right?

"Sell... sell yourself to pay off debts..." Zhang Caicai was a little confused. This was the first time he had ever heard of such a request. But to expect him to sell himself for a book? That was just too far-fetched.

Ma Feifei seemed to Detect Zhang Caicai's mind, patted "Chuka Ichiban!" on the shoulder, and said, "This is a manga that can make you a master chef!"

"Master Chef! Really... really?" Zhang Caicai was so shocked by Ma Feifei's words that she was speechless. She pointed to the "Chuka Ichiban!" comic book in Ma Feifei's arms and asked.

"Of course, when has my Mysterious Bookstore ever lied to anyone?" Ma Feifei said righteously. This wasn't just Ma Feifei bragging; given the current level of chefs on the Azure Dragon Continent, the Epic-grade- quality book "Chuka Ichiban!" was more than capable of elevating Zhang Caicai to the culinary god level, crushing any chef on the entire Azure Dragon Continent.

"Okay! I agree, but I have one condition: if one day I feel that this 'Chuka Ichiban!' manga can no longer satisfy my craving for food, you can't stop me from leaving." Although Zhang Caicai agreed, she still set a condition.

"Of course!" Ma Feifei readily agreed. He was joking; one "Chuka Ichiban!" wasn't enough, he had other books! The System Shop had plenty of books, and he'd admit defeat if Zhang Caicai could read them all.

"Let's high-five as a pledge." Zhang Caicai was still uneasy and reached out her hand to high-five Ma Feifei.

"Snap!" Ma Feifei reached out and touched Zhang Caicai's hand.

The agreement between the two was thus established, without any complicated process; it was simple in some ways, and difficult in others.

"Greetings, shop owner!" Zhang Caicai greeted with clasped hands.

Ma Feifei waved his hand and said kindly, "No need to be so polite. From today onwards, we're all family. Let's skip the formalities and make ourselves at home."

"Okay." Zhang Caicai was also very happy. The shop owner was friendly and he felt comfortable working there. However, Zhang Caicai's eyes never left the "Chuka Ichiban!" book in Ma Feifei's hands.

"Here you go." Ma Feifei tossed "Chuka Ichiban!" to Zhang Caicai Zhang Caicai, who hurriedly caught it, her face beaming with excitement, eager to start watching.

"Cai Cai, it's almost lunchtime. Go cook some Caicai. We'll call all the Bookstore staff later; it'll be a welcome dinner for you, and everyone can get to know each other." Ma Feifei rubbed his stomach; he was a little hungry...

"Uh..." Zhang Caicai stood there awkwardly upon hearing this.

Ma Feifei was taken aback and asked, "What? You're going to strike on the first day?"

Zhang Caicai quickly shook her head and said, "No, shop owner, no."

"Then what do you mean?" Ma Feifei was unhappy; this girl was a bit of a troublemaker!

Zhang Caicai didn't dare to look Ma Feifei in the eye. She lowered her head slightly, her hands twisting together again. After hesitating for a while, she finally said, "To be honest... shop owner, I only know how to make one dish."

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