God's Tongue

[God's Tongue] A secret art that stimulated the sense of taste with Origin Energy to develop the senses.

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

Thor tapped the screen with a fingertip. "All done. The cultivation method 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 argue with that? Improving her ability to sense ingredients and flavors would help her figure out how to improve her food. Maybe she could even make the first Cosmos Rank delicacy with it.

Afterward, she picked two different kinds of fruit-bearing Spirit of Vegetation from the treasury. Luo Feng had finished choosing as well, and his selections were more or less the same as in the original story. The two treasury curators promised to deliver their picks, then sent them back to the restaurant and hurried off.

Thanks to all the delicious food Xue Xi had made, both of them felt their long-dormant cultivation and insights beginning to stir. They decided to go back and meditate in seclusion for a while.

After topping up his buffs at the restaurant, Luo Feng said goodbye and went home. He needed to absorb the remaining medicinal effects of the Spirit of Vegetation and sort through all the treasures he had exchanged for.

Xue Xi found herself with some free time. She put the Spirit of Vegetation that had just arrived, along with the ones she had obtained earlier, in one section of the Universe Pot. She would get around to planting them once she had cleared some space.

For now, Xue Xi dashed up to the second floor, curled up comfortably on the sofa, pulled out her consciousness-sensing helmet, and entered the War God Palace.

Her vision shifted. In her private room, Xue Xi saw a booklet on the bedside table. It was the cultivation secret art for God's Tongue.

Eager to learn this divine cooking skill, Xue Xi opened the booklet, its cover slightly yellowed with age.

[God's Tongue] was originally the Treasured Taste Manual of a family renowned for judging delicacies. After surviving the Great Nirvana, its descendants learned to absorb the Cosmic Force to stimulate their body's genetic Origin Energy, which caused their sense of taste and nerves to evolve dramatically. This allowed them to discern even the subtlest qualities of food through their taste buds.

Note: Once God's Tongue is mastered, it cannot be undone. From then on, your standards for food will be extremely high, and you may suffer various side effects. Non-professionals should not practice it.

The following pages described how to temper and stimulate the sense of taste with genetic Origin Energy. Xue Xi immediately set about memorizing them.

As for the warning in the notes, Xue Xi ignored it completely. Come on, if a chef didn't have faith in their own creations, what was the point of being a chef or cooking at all? They might as well go play with mud.

No Martial Artist had a slow mind. In less than fifteen minutes, Xue Xi had memorized the secret art from the booklet inside and out. She logged off without hesitation. Her body was still outside, and the tempering required complete concentration. One careless mistake could leave her unable to taste anything at all.

With a sudden movement, Xue Xi sat upright on the sofa and snapped her fingers. The thick curtains slowly drew shut, plunging the unlit room into darkness.

Sitting up straight, Xue Xi spread her Spiritual Force over every drop of genetic Origin Energy and carefully guided it toward the taste buds in her mouth.

She began stimulating her taste buds according to the secret art. She felt saliva flood her mouth as if a dam had burst, and before long, it filled her entire mouth.

But she couldn't swallow. The secret art required the saliva, too. Her Spiritual Force extracted the sensory factors from it and guided them toward her gustatory nerves.

The clock ticked away in the silent room. Nothing was visible in the darkness. Only when the clock hands reached six in the evening did Xue Xi finally relax her tense body.

She hurried to the bathroom to rinse her mouth. Did you know what it felt like to keep a mouthful of saliva for an entire afternoon? Xue Xi had just found out—and she had experienced it with her sense of taste growing sharper by the minute.

Tilting her head back, she swished the rinse water around in her mouth a few times before spitting it into the toilet. Only then did the strange taste disappear. She panted and said, "Oh my god, how did I never notice my saliva tasted like this? God's Tongue is terrifying!"

Xue Xi leaned close to the mirror and opened her mouth. She could just make out her tonsils. "It doesn't look any different. Whatever, time to test it!"

Back in the living room, she took a gray-green pouch out of the pot. It was the Magic Seasoning Pouch, one of the rewards she'd unlocked. It seemed to contain a huge space, but things could only come out, never go in. She'd been using it for over half a month, and it still didn't seem any emptier.

To get a particular seasoning, you just had to run your hand over the patterns on the surface and ask for what you wanted. The next second, the pouch would spit it out, just like the magic treasure sack from some old folktale.

Xue Xi stroked the Magic Seasoning Pouch as if she were petting Little Wolf, thinking, I want a little of every seasoning I can access at my current level!

The next second, five-colored light blossomed from the mouth of the pouch. When it faded, a pile of little porcelain bottles sealed with wooden stoppers had appeared on the table. Each bottle was labeled with the seasoning's name and use.