I Suggest Everyone Have a Cup

Jiang Yao was dumbfounded.

Wasn't Phantylia basically saying that people outside were spreading rumors that he was the Xianzhou Marshal?

To come up with such an outrageous rumor...

The Luofu really was full of talented people, huh?

Only then did Jiang Yao notice.

The crowd around him really was growing.

Well...

Was gathering to watch a spectacle really human nature?

He hadn't even done anything yet!

Jiang Yao shook his head and stopped worrying about it.

Honestly.

If he really wanted to become the Xianzhou Marshal...

Forget Hua—even Lan would have to kowtow to him.

Did they have any idea what being the Aeon of Voracity meant?

Even among Aeons, there were differences in power!

Besides, this had nothing to do with him in the first place.

Anyone looking for trouble wouldn't have grounds to come after him.

And even if he entertained the remotest possibility...

If someone with ulterior motives had arranged this—and he was looking at that rotten scoundrel Phantylia in particular...

Then they were welcome to try.

He guaranteed that every last one of them would fall silent once they came.

"All right, all right, I'm not the Marshal. I'm going to start cooking now."

Jiang Yao replied to Phantylia.

He got serious.

Bailu's eyes instantly lit up.

Let the Marshal come. I'm a High Elder myself, after all. What's there to be afraid of?

Trying Jiang Yao's new dish is much more important!

I still have to go back to work after eating~

Jiang Yao had actually figured out how to improve the Dream Tapir Roll long ago.

The Dream Tapir Roll was really just a cake roll so cute that people couldn't bear to bite into it.

It was named purely for the pretty patterns on the cake roll, which resembled a dream tapir's fur.

In reality, looking pretty was all it had going for it.

Its flavor and texture were nothing special.

Jiang Yao's favorite dessert was Snow Skin Mochi.

Not only could he customize the flavors himself, but most importantly, it felt absolutely amazing to the touch!

So he had decided from the start to base his makeover on Snow Skin Mochi.

But Snow Skin Mochi and cake rolls were two different kinds of dessert, after all.

How could that count as improving a Luofu snack?

Well, in that case...

He would make a dressed-up version of Snow Skin Mochi!

Jiang Yao swiftly found a clean pan.

Then he toasted some glutinous rice flour and set it aside.

This step looked simple, but it actually demanded an extremely high level of skill, too.

People who knew nothing about cooking thought Jiang Yao was simply toasting the flour.

People who knew cooking also thought Jiang Yao was simply toasting the flour.

Only Jiang Yao knew.

He was already leagues ahead at the very first step.

His seemingly casual stirring actually involved precise control over every grain of glutinous rice flour.

That ensured the Snow Skin Mochi's texture would remain perfectly consistent.

Next.

Jiang Yao took out two bowls, one large and one small.

He poured the cooled Hot Floating Mutton Milk into the large bowl.

In Jiang Yao's eyes, the problem with Hot Floating Mutton Milk lay solely in its ingredients.

That might be a major problem for Xianzhou natives.

But for the Aeon of Voracity, it was a piece of cake~

Had they ever heard this saying?

Where venomous snakes lived, an antidote could always be found nearby.

That might not be entirely accurate.

Then he would put it another way: all things supported and counteracted one another.

All he needed to do was add some tea to the Hot Floating Mutton Milk.

Yes, the ultimate form of Hot Floating Mutton Milk—milk tea!

Of course, the best tea for improving it was Wheat Ear Tea.

Jiang Yao had given it that name.

Because no one besides Jiang Yao and Yaoshi could get their hands on it, or even knew about it.

Oh, right. The wheat ears were the ones on Yaoshi's body.

Some of them were actually tea.

Jiang Yao had been fortunate enough to try it once.

It tasted exquisite.

But it didn't matter if he had no Wheat Ear Tea.

How about the Xianzhou specialty, Soda Bean Juice?

Yes, Soda Bean Juice—a drink that people either passionately loved or passionately hated—was the key ingredient for adjusting Hot Floating Mutton Milk!

Of course, the ratio was very important.

Get the ratio wrong, and it would be a disaster among disasters.

But Jiang Yao knew that. Everyone else didn't!

"Aaaaah! Soda Bean Juice?! When did you buy that?"

Bailu smelled the Soda Bean Juice Jiang Yao was about to add to the Hot Floating Mutton Milk and cried out.

She absolutely hated Soda Bean Juice.

Don't ask why.

Even a High Elder had drunk things that made her throw up.

She wouldn't drink it a second time, even if it killed her!

Focused on his work, Jiang Yao didn't reply.

Because the ratio really was important.

The strange flavor of Soda Bean Juice and the bitterness of cooled Hot Floating Mutton Milk would only neutralize each other at a precise ratio.

It would preserve the sweetness of both while neutralizing their strange flavor and bitterness, creating an even more distinctive taste!

Even a little too much or too little would affect the result.

The ratio had to be accurate to 1:3.1415926...

So how could Jiang Yao spare the attention to answer?

While Jiang Yao was carefully measuring out the proportions...

Guinaifen squeezed her way to the front with her exceptional physical abilities.

She pulled the camera back, livestreaming Jiang Yao's movements.

"Everyone, look! This is the master who's improving Luofu snacks!"

"He looks so young! And so handsome!"

"Watch closely, everyone. The snack this master is improving should be Hot Floating Mutton Milk, one of the Luofu's four famous delicacies."

"New viewers might not know, so let Little Gui fill you in. This master's fried Qiongshi Bird Skewers even have stretchy threads of caramel! Their aroma carries for miles, and even the dragon lady herself praised them!"

Guinaifen really was born to be a livestreamer.

Her camerawork was superb, giving Bailu, who was gazing eagerly beside Jiang Yao, a close-up.

She perfectly captured Bailu's craving without compromising her dignity as the High Elder.

That showed just how important camera angles were.

She also gave Phantylia, who stood beside Jiang Yao wearing Tingyun's face and clothes, a shot.

No matter where you were...

Beautiful women always drew attention~

"According to the people around me, the master chilled the Hot Floating Mutton Milk to solve the problem of it turning bitter when it cools."

"The master poured in the Hot Floating Mutton Milk, then added Soda Bean Juice..."

"Uh... um... huh?"

Guinaifen's eyes widened, and her fluent commentary faltered.

Wait, what the heck?

Soda Bean Juice?

"Uh, did the master do that on purpose, or was it an accident?"

Guinaifen was completely dumbstruck.

When she first arrived on the Luofu, she had sampled food from streets and alleys all over the place.

Naturally, Soda Bean Juice had been one of them.

"Drinking this stuff is like taking medicine. Just close your eyes, steel yourself, and gulp it down."

Guinaifen pointed the livestream camera straight at her face.

Her sour expression said it all.

"These two together... I don't even dare imagine it."

Guinaifen looked conflicted, but inwardly, she was itching to try.

She felt she was about to go viral.

Tasted awful?

A failed improvement?

No problem!

I, Little Gui, have no shame when it comes to making money!

At that moment, Guinaifen kept mentally preparing herself.

No matter how awful it tasted, she would down it in one gulp!

Anything for entertaining content~

The comments in Guinaifen's livestream were also flooding the screen.

Things like—

[That's it?]

[Soda Bean Juice and cold Hot Floating Mutton Milk... tsk. Is this an improvement or attempted murder?]

[Lmao, reverse marketing.]

[Anyone can call themselves a master these days, huh? More like a master of garbage food!]

[...]

There was plenty of skepticism.

There were even trolls!

[I think the people who assume the master's drink tastes bad are actually a little pitiful, because you've already decided this is a drink that'll make you throw up. But in my opinion, the master's innovation has, in a sense, already transcended food.

The master's creative combination is brimming with his understanding of Luofu snacks, his care for humanity, and people of every age.

This seemingly absurd combination—the strange flavor of Soda Bean Juice and the bitterness of cooled Hot Floating Mutton Milk.

Put these two together, and you'll discover that this might not be food at all, but art. All I can say is that some people don't know how to appreciate it. Perhaps Aurum Alley's current slump has made everyone unable to see the promise in this creative art.

So I suggest everyone enthusiastically give it a try and have a cup. If you don't drink it, am I supposed to?!]