"Not even half a year has passed!"
Bao Chao was utterly shaken.
He considered himself quite talented in the Spirit Chef's craft, yet back when he had studied it, the second step alone had taken him a full twenty years.
He knew that, with the help of Divine Sense, Foundation Establishment cultivators were bound to be much better at processing ingredients for Spirit Cuisine.
But surely not to such an outrageous extent?
The key was that Senior Wang handled ingredients with incredible precision and care. Even when he casually picked up a first-tier Spirit Beast, his processing was flawless, not the least bit inferior to Bao Chao's.
Yet Bao Chao knew very well how much effort he had poured into the second step.
That was precisely why he was all the more astonished.
He praised him sincerely. "Senior, your talent as a Spirit Chef is simply as though you were born for this craft!"
Hearing this, Wang Ba did not know whether he ought to be pleased.
Did that mean I was born to be a cook?
Still, he was not particularly surprised by this result.
Put plainly, the Spirit Chef's craft was actually a profession in which extensive practice made perfect.
On top of that, he was good at summarizing and drawing conclusions, finding similar patterns for processing different ingredients.
That had allowed him to master the second step quickly, in a short span of time.
"You flatter me, Master Bao. Now that I've completed the second step, how should I go about the third?"
Wang Ba composed himself, then returned to the matter at hand.
He had not specifically invited Bao Chao over just to show off in front of him.
Bao Chao pondered briefly.
"The third step involves quite a few more things."
"But broadly speaking, it