The Law of Demon-Human Inequality

[Profession: Cook]

[Level: Lv10 (100/100)]

[Rank: 0]

[Advancement Ritual: Taste of Happiness]

[Current Progress: 8/100]

Back at Shocking Heron Martial Hall, Li Xiang checked his Cook advancement progress and nearly exploded.

"Were they not hungry enough, or are there too few grateful people in this world?"

After all the inner turmoil of his previous life, Li Xiang had learned to look for external causes.

Besides, he had the Book of a Hundred Trades. His Cook profession had reached Lv10; anything he made was bound to look, smell, and taste delicious. How could it possibly be bad?

"Man is born evil. Confucianism gets some things right."

"People never cherish what they get for free. They take it for granted, then resent you if they think someone else got more."

"If I want to complete the advancement ritual, it looks like I'll have to try the big restaurants."

A change in thinking opened up a whole new world.

An exquisite face surfaced unbidden in Li Xiang's mind.

Tang Youwei, the owner of Heavenly Fragrance Tower.

The wealthy woman who had slipped him a card at the Wanqing Tailor Shop and invited him to become her exclusive model.

Qin Zhong had strongly recommended her, saying that if Li Xiang won her favor, he would never have to worry about the rest of his life.

But he would have to make one thing clear first: he would sell his talent, not his body.

Heavenly Fragrance Tower, main hall.

The banquet hall, usually filled with pleasant music and clinking cups, had been turned into a temporary meeting room.

Everyone seated around it was a leader in one of Linjiang County's trades.

Liu Beixuan of the True Martial Gate, Cheng Jingyun of the Eight Trigrams Gate, Tao Xingzhou of the Giant Whale Gang, Xin