Chef God

Yes! Sweet Skin Duck! It was her favorite kind of roast chicken and roast duck. Just thinking about that rich yet non-greasy duck meat sizzling with oil in her mouth, bursting with an intensely roasted aroma, made Xue Xi want to forget about opening the next page and go fill her belly instead. Fortunately, she managed to hold back.

She looked at the modified effects section, rubbing her chin as she pondered. Complete control over the body? Although this was only a dream experience and it lasted a short time, it should still offer a great deal of insight into the force application techniques currently used on Earth.

After all, complete control over the body was one of the prerequisites for becoming an Immortal!

The Nine-Layered Thunder Blade currently used on Earth had a maximum force multiplier of seven times one's own physical strength, while complete control over the body meant exerting a hundredfold force—that is, a body amplitude of one. Even from a dream experience, it was easy to imagine how quickly this dish would improve the body control of those who ate it.

The effect was excellent—a great start! Xue Xi eagerly flipped to the next page.

Candied Fruit Shop treats that could cleanse the soul, flower cakes that enhanced beauty, steamed rice cakes that expanded one's range of mental perception... There were ten pages in all, with all sorts of effects, but none of them had produced a golden menu.

Still, Xue Xi was quite satisfied. Although Sweet Skin Duck was purple, that was only because its potential was a little limited. Before anyone became an Immortal, this dish would be no less appealing than a golden menu.

She prepared a list of the ingredients needed for the new dishes and sent it to the manager of a nearby supermarket, asking him to restock her warehouse. This was one of the benefits the county's reconstruction had brought her: she no longer had to go to a distant Base City to buy ingredients.

With the arrangements for the new dishes taken care of, Xue Xi reached for the page-unlock rewards with a lovestruck grin. She swiftly tapped all the red dots on the new page, and the familiar blue vortex appeared once more. Ten oddly shaped items emerged from it.

A Beast Pet Contract, one Bloodline Evolution Pill (for monster beasts), a Virtual Battlefield, a Little Sweet Vegetable Language Learning Machine, a short passage of the God of Cookery's cooking insights, a Flavor-Enhancing Cutting Board, Energy Fluorescent Pigment, one Gourmet Anchor reset opportunity, three Bloodline Evolution Pills (for monster beasts), and a Restaurant Sound System.

Looking over the ten rewards, she didn't see anything related to domains. Xue Xi felt a little disappointed, but soon the strange items among them caught her attention.

Hmm, she'd leave the contract and the four Bloodline Evolution Pills to Little Wolf. The Virtual Battlefield could improve combat experience just like the Martial Arena, but it wasn't very useful. The language learning machine, on the other hand, was nice; she could start learning Universal Language ahead of time.

The God of Cookery's cooking insights? Which God of Cookery was it? Well, since he'd been called the God of Cookery, she'd have to study them carefully!

Hmm, the Flavor-Enhancing Cutting Board and the fluorescent pigment—one was for flavor, the other for color. Those were pretty good. Maybe they could raise the level of her dishes? Xue Xi imagined.

The Restaurant Sound System had already been installed on the Gourmet Anchor, and it could be heard throughout its coverage area. Xue Xi took a look. The music library was quite extensive, with everything from classical music to rap. It could certainly improve the customers' dining atmosphere.

The last item had certainly taken Xue Xi by surprise. The original description had said that once an anchor was placed, it couldn't be moved. Now it seemed that wasn't entirely absolute.

She'd once thought it would be better to move into the city, but now that this place had been rebuilt, she decided against it. She wasn't sure whether another opportunity would come along in the future, and she'd definitely need it once she reached the universe, so she'd save it for now.

With that plan in mind, Xue Xi organized all of today's gains. Little Wolf hadn't returned yet, so she'd wait until evening to make the contract and handle the rest. As for now...

Xue Xi held a ball of grayish-white gas in her hand. It was the Chef God's insights from the rewards. The information it conveyed said that all she had to do was place it against her brow and activate it with her mental power to immerse herself in the Chef God's cooking experience for a day.

Sitting on the sofa, Xue Xi slowly brought the gray gas toward her forehead. Mental power shot from between her brows, connecting with the gray cloud that radiated a strange aura.

In an instant, an ancient-style building appeared before Xue Xi, wafting with wisps of fragrant aromas. In her field of vision stood a dignified-looking man, surrounded by an imposing, imperial aura. Yet he seemed to treat her with the utmost respect.

He bent slightly at the waist and listened closely as the teachings came from his own mouth: "Among the three groups of animals, those that live in water taste fishy, those that eat meat taste rank, and those that eat plants taste gamey. But with the right methods, they can all be turned into delicacies."

Watching herself handle the ingredients and control the heat, Xue Xi was secretly astonished. The five flavors and three ingredients, boiling in a cauldron and discussing soup... Could the owner of this memory be Yi Yin, one of Huaxia's Four Great Chef Gods?

Yi Yin was the famous figure who served as prime minister under five rulers and said that governing a great nation was like cooking a small fish. Xue Xi immediately stopped letting her thoughts wander and focused on cooking along with Yi Yin.

It was a swan soup. The Yi Yin she had become moved on his own: chopping wood, lighting the fire, cutting the meat, stir-frying, sprinkling in the seasonings, and simmering the soup. There was no showboating or arrogance in his movements. He cooked as calmly and plainly as an ordinary person making dinner.