Xue Xi returned to the restaurant. Although she had already reached the million-person provincial target and unlocked ten pages, she hadn't claimed her cultivation reward because of the Genius Tournament. As a result, her spread was locked, and all she could do for now was take a reluctant look at the rewards and new recipes.
Back in her little nest, Xue Xi stuck her right hand out from under the covers and flipped through the pages in midair as if she were reading a novel.
In the darkness, the faintly glowing pages turned gold in an instant. Xue Xi's heart leapt with excitement. A golden opening! Looks like today's advantage is mine!
[Tofu Pudding] Tender, soft tofu. Preferences vary by region: people in the north tend to prefer it savory, while those in the south favor sweet flavors. Some areas, such as the Tianfu Plain, enjoy it sour and spicy.
[Heavenly Gift Effect] Increases the consumer's reproductive ability. Note: Only takes effect on non-flesh-and-blood life forms at Universe Rank.
Xue Xi glanced at the picture of the white, tender tofu pudding with a strange look. This effect—is it some kind of fertility blessing?
But it was just what they needed. Earthlings were rebuilding from the ground up, and they needed a large population to fill the gaps. What's more, at Universe Rank, it could even help non-flesh-and-blood life forms reproduce. Didn't that mean that, in the future, members of the Human Race at the Immortal Realm could have children again?
Suppressing her excitement, Xue Xi flipped ahead. Purple, purple, purple... Eight purple pages in a row. Just as she was lamenting that there would only be one golden recipe this time, a brilliant golden light flared in the bottom-right corner of the last page she turned to.
[Lushan Cloud Mist Tea] A traditional tea of the Han people, produced on Mount Lu and classified as a type of green tea. Cloud Mist Tea has a distinctive flavor. The cool, foggy climate of Mount Lu and its short hours of direct sunlight give it thick leaves, abundant down, a mellow sweetness, and an ability to withstand repeated brewing.
[Heavenly Gift Effect] Clouds rise and mist swirls; one comprehends the Dao and becomes immortal. Depending on the drinker's rank, increases their speed of comprehending the laws by 100, 1,000, 10,000, or 100,000 times. One cup lasts for a month.
With a thump, Xue Xi hit her head against the bed's headboard hard enough to make a hole in it. But that was a small matter. She tumbled off the bed and paced back and forth in excitement. It really was just what she'd been hoping for! She'd been worrying about how to comprehend the laws just a few days ago, and now—she had a cheat code!
"Stay calm, stay calm! I still haven't collected the rewards. Maybe there'll be another surprise." Xue Xi did her best to settle down.
With Cloud Mist Tea on her mind, Xue Xi decided to clear all the red dots at once. The familiar blue vortex appeared in the bedroom again, and the first thing to emerge was a colorful card.
Reward Item Upgrade Card: Raises a designated reward item by one rank.
Five more upgrade cards emerged in succession. Holding the six post-purchase upgrade cards from the Great Book, Xue Xi wondered which item she should upgrade.
The blue vortex didn't care. It spat out the remaining four rewards in quick succession, then vanished.
Xue Xi put the upgrade cards away for now and used the Gourmet Anchor to identify the four items: the Earth Seed Bank, the animal Gene Bank, and the Cloning Chamber.
The last item looked like a globe. The identification from the Gourmet Anchor followed right after.
[Ingredient Cultivation Planet]: Just as the name suggests, it was built to match Earth's actual size on a one-to-one scale. But it was empty; the shop owner would have to cultivate it herself.
With a Seed Bank, a Gene Bank, a Cloning Chamber, and now a Cultivation Planet, it seemed the Great Book had solved the problem of basic food ingredients in the universe. Xue Xi sighed as she walked toward the four items.
She picked up the globe, and her entire body was immediately transported into the planet's space. Sure enough, a gigantic sphere existed inside it, but its surface was completely barren.
With a thought, the planet's mountain ranges collapsed into abyssal chasms, while the ocean floor rose into mountain peaks. The planet changed with Xue Xi's will, as effortlessly as playing a creator's game.
An idea struck Xue Xi. She had planned to go to Mount Lu herself to look for traces of Cloud Mist Tea, but now... heh heh heh.
She opened the operating permissions for a Smart Satellite Jia Yi had given her and pointed it at the area around Mount Lu. All the data on the nearby mountains, terrain, and rivers was then transmitted to Xue Xi's smart wristband.
After glancing over the survey data, she entered the planet. The next moment, mountains rose up in the corresponding latitude and longitude, and a region modeled after real-life Mount Lu took shape.
But Xue Xi soon frowned. She had the seeds and the terrain, but what about sunlight and water? There was no sun shining here, nor any moon to exert a gravitational pull on the water.
Xue Xi pondered for a long while, then her eyes suddenly lit up. The Red-Blue Taiji Diagram at her brow expanded, revealing its true form.
That was right. Xue Xi planned to use Culinary Spirit Fire in place of the sun and Myriad Manifestation Water in place of the moon. But the Desolate Rank water and fire she had now clearly weren't enough.
Six upgrade cards appeared in Xue Xi's hand. Perfect—three for each. That would raise them to Universe Rank. She was sure that Myriad Manifestation Water and Culinary Spirit Fire at Universe Rank could handle the job.
She tossed three upgrade cards into the Myriad Manifestation Water and the other three into the Culinary Spirit Fire. The water drowned them and the flames roasted them, and the upgrade cards soon disappeared.
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