Swallowed Star: A Culinary Universe
Chapter 33

God's Tongue

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[God's Tongue] A secret technique that stimulates the sense of taste through Origin Force to develop sensory perception.

Xue Xi pointed at this secret technique excitedly and said to Thor, "Thor, I want this secret technique."

Thor tapped the screen with his fingertip: "Done. The cultivation method for the secret technique has been sent to your room in the War God Palace. I have to say, this thing really suits you."

Xue Xi nodded. Who could deny that? By increasing her perception and sensitivity toward ingredients and flavors, she would be able to find ways to improve her food. Perhaps she might even be able to use this to create her first Cosmos Rank delicacy.

Afterward, she selected two different fruit-type Spirit of Vegetation in the treasury. Luo Feng had also finished his selections, which were largely similar to the original story. After the two treasury curators promised to deliver the goods to their doorsteps, they sent the two back to the restaurant before hurrying away.

Under the enhancement of Xue Xi's various delicacies, both felt their long-stagnant cultivation and insights loosening, so they decided to go back and enter a short period of seclusion.

After topping up on buffs at the restaurant, Luo Feng also said his goodbyes and headed home. He needed to digest the residual medicinal effects of the Spirit of Vegetation and organize the various treasures he had exchanged for.

Xue Xi found herself with some free time. She placed the Spirit of Vegetation that had been delivered, along with the ones she had obtained previously, into a section of the Universe Pot, waiting until she cleared some space to start planting them.

As for now, Xue Xi trotted upstairs, found a comfortable position curled up on the sofa, took out her consciousness induction helmet, and entered the War God Palace.

Her vision shifted. In her private room, Xue Xi saw a booklet resting on her bedside table; it was precisely the secret cultivation technique for the God's Tongue.

Unable to wait to possess this divine chef skill, Xue Xi flipped open the slightly yellowed cover of the booklet.

[God's Tongue] Originally the Treasured Taste Manual of a gourmet family. After the baptism of the Great Nirvana, their descendants used cosmic Origin Force to stimulate human genetic Origin Force, heightening the evolution of taste buds and sensory nerves, allowing for extremely subtle appreciation of food through the taste buds.

Note: Once the God's Tongue is successfully cultivated, it cannot be reversed. From then on, the requirements for food will be extremely high, and it is prone to various side effects. Non-professionals, please do not cultivate.

The following pages contained the methods for tempering and stimulating the taste buds using genetic Origin Force, which Xue Xi memorized directly.

As for the warning in the notes, Xue Xi ignored it entirely. Just kidding—if a chef doesn't have confidence in their own work, what kind of chef are they, and what kind of food are they cooking? They might as well go play in the mud.

No Martial Artist is slow-witted. In less than twenty minutes, Xue Xi had memorized the secret technique in the booklet by heart. She logged off without hesitation; after all, her physical body was still outside, and the tempering process required absolute concentration. Otherwise, if she were even slightly careless, it was possible that the God's Tongue could turn into a total loss of taste.

With a whoosh, she sat up on the sofa. Xue Xi snapped her fingers, and the thick curtains slowly closed, plunging the unlit room into darkness.

Sitting upright, Xue Xi attached her spiritual power to every drop of genetic Origin Force, controlling them as they slowly approached the taste buds in her mouth.

As she began to stimulate her taste buds using the method from the secret technique, Xue Xi felt her saliva flowing like a broken dam, pouring out uncontrollably until her mouth was filled to the brim.

But she couldn't swallow; the secret technique required these saliva secretions to work in tandem. Her spiritual power extracted the sensory factors within and wrapped them around her taste nerves.

The ticking of the clock echoed in the silent, pitch-black room where nothing could be seen. It wasn't until the hour hand pointed to six in the evening that Xue Xi finally relaxed her tense body.

She rushed to the bathroom to rinse her mouth. Do you know what it feels like to hold a mouthful of saliva for an entire afternoon? Xue Xi had not only experienced it, but she had done so while her sense of taste was constantly intensifying.

She tilted her head back, swished the mouthwash around with a gurgle, and spat it into the toilet. Only then did the strange taste in her mouth disappear. She gasped, "Oh my god, why didn't I realize my own saliva tasted like this before? The God's Tongue is truly terrifying!"

Xue Xi leaned close to the mirror and opened her small mouth, her tonsils faintly visible. "Doesn't look like there's any change. Forget it, time for an experiment!"

Returning to the living room, she pulled a grayish-green pouch from the pot. This was the Magic Seasoning Pouch, one of her unlock rewards. It seemed to contain a vast space, but it only dispensed items and never took them in. She had been using it for over half a month, and it didn't seem to be running low at all.

Whatever seasoning you wanted, you just had to touch the patterns on the surface while stating your request. The next second, the pouch would spray out the seasoning you wanted, just like the wish-granting treasure pouch of a snake spirit.

Xue Xi stroked the Magic Seasoning Pouch as if she were petting Little Wolf, thinking to herself: I want all the seasonings I can currently access at my level, just a little bit of each!

The next second, the mouth of the pouch bloomed with five-colored radiance. As the light faded, a pile of small porcelain bottles sealed with wooden stoppers appeared out of thin air on the table, each labeled with the name and usage of the seasoning.

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