mtl008 Chapter 395 Chef? No, a Spirit Chef!
Chapter 395 Chef? No, a Spirit Chef!
Wow! This is the screen I've always dreamed of!
The girl with the single ponytail was drooling, staring intently at the large screen in Li Muyang's living room! She couldn't even imagine how awesome it would be to play games on this thing!
It's a pity that her father wouldn't let her pretend, saying that indulging in frivolous pursuits would ruin her future and how she would inherit her grandfather's reputation as a culinary master!
Yes, that's right, the person visiting at this time is Hong Xiudie.
"By the way, how did you know we were back?" Li Muyang asked curiously.
Hong Xiudie turned her head with a puzzled look: "Huh? You haven't been here these past few days? Oh! I almost forgot! You went to Vesbania! Did I disturb your rest?"
Li Muyang wiped away his cold sweat. Well, it turns out this girl had no idea they weren't home!
My visit today was purely by chance!
To be able to find her at the right time by sheer luck, Hong Xiudie is truly a person of great fortune!
Li Muyang thought to himself, "This is ridiculous."
The girl with the single ponytail sat down in front of the controller as if she knew it well, turned around and asked if she could take a look. After receiving permission, she opened Li Muyang's character panel with great interest. Judging from her familiar technique, she must be an old original Pro!
"Wow...wow, a whale!" Hong Xiudie exclaimed, looking at Li Muyang's full health and mana. "Thanks so much for taking care of me!"
Li Muyang waved his hand modestly: "It's just a hobby, a simple collecting habit. But you didn't come to see me just to play games, did you?"
"Oh! Right! It's important!" Hong Xiudie slapped her forehead, put down the game controller in her hand, and explained, "Um... when are you going back to Great Xia? My old man wants to see you. If you go back, he said he'd like to come and see you too."
Li Muyang looked over in confusion: "What is it?"
Hong Xiudie shook her head: "I don't know, we don't know what the old man wants to do, but he just said he wants to see you."
"When asked why, he refused to say, and even Master Zhang didn't know."
Master Zhang refers to Zhang Xuanlin.
Li Muyang nodded: "Okay, I understand. I'll go back in a while. Where will I find you then?"
Hong Xiudie handed over a jade talisman: "With this, you can enter our school, and it won't be difficult to find the old man then."
Li Muyang took the jade talisman, its surface smooth and warm to the touch. Upon closer inspection, it seemed to share a similar quality with his own jade disc.
Similar workmanship! Similar functions!
Meow meow meow?
Could it be... that this old man Hong has some connection with the Administration Bureau?
Originally, Li Muyang only wanted to meet him out of curiosity about what this Master Hong wanted with him, but now he was even more curious! And what was his background? Who exactly was he?
The problem is that there's too little information right now, and Li Muyang has absolutely no clues, making it difficult to identify him!
Having achieved her goal, Hong Xiudie showed no sign of leaving. Smiling, she asked Li Muyang directly, "Big Boss, what are your plans for today? Is it convenient?"
Li Muyang glanced at the internet-addicted girl and naturally guessed what she was thinking. He nodded and said, "It's okay, play if you want. Or I'll give you a set of equipment?"
For some reason, Li Muyang found the girl in front of him quite pleasing to the eye, and she didn't seem to have any bad intentions. Her thoughts were all written on her face, making them obvious at a glance.
Hong Xiudie hurriedly waved her hand: "No need, no need! As for the equipment... it's not that I can't afford it, cooking a few more meals for people is enough, it's just that my dad is such an old-fashioned person, he won't let me buy it! Otherwise, I would definitely get a gaming room!"
"That's right," Li Muyang nodded. The appearance fee for that God Tongue lady is not cheap. The chef girl in front of him has much better cooking skills than Nakiri Erina. Moreover, she is the granddaughter of the current God of Cookery of Great Xia and her personal disciple. Her appearance fee must not be cheap.
The main reason Erina's appearance fee is so high is because of her God Tongue, and Hong Xiudie... should also have a divine talent in cooking.
"Ah...you ask about divine talent? I've had special training in that area, including super touch, super hearing, super smell, super sight, and super taste. However, these are all acquired through training and are still somewhat different from innate talent."
While going through the game's storyline, Hong Xiudie explained, "Talent in cooking can be cultivated through special training. Once you train to a high level, it's no less than innate talent. The only difference might be that you have some unique, innate effects."
At this point, Hong Xiudie felt a little sorry for Erina: "Erina's God Tongue originally had the opportunity to go further, but it was ruined by her father, who forcibly raised the lower limit and locked the upper limit."
"However, it's not without room for maneuver. If Erina can clear away the shadow her father left in her heart, there might still be room for redemption."
Li Muyang's lips twitched, and he stroked his chin, saying leisurely, "Um... what if someone helped her erase that shadow?"
Upon hearing this, Hong Xiudie looked over with some confusion and said, "Erase? Are you kidding me? That psychological trauma has become one with Erina's heart. Unless she accepts this power herself, perhaps only if the master personally intervenes could there be any room for maneuver. It's not that easy to erase..."
As they were talking, Hong Xiudie realized something and looked at Li Muyang in shock: "...No way? When?"
"It was at the restaurant last time, when I let you taste my cooking," Li Muyang explained with an embarrassed smile, "that Buddhist dish seems to have been purified!"
Hong Xiudie was stunned for a moment. After a while, she looked like she had no will to live and suddenly felt that the game was also boring!
"...It's such a waste that you don't learn to cook!" Hong Xiudie could only sigh helplessly. "And another thing! I wanted to ask you last time! How do you know our family's ancestral recipes?"
"And... for some reason, the old man has no objection to this!"
Hmm, how could Li Muyang know that?
Naturally, it's the all-powerful Management Bureau, and the Hong Family Recipes.
What else could it be? Could he possibly know this himself?
"Ahem, it was just a quick thing... Don't glare at me like that, facts speak louder than words." Li Muyang shrugged innocently, successfully earning a glare from the cook! That's enough!
"Okay, you really don't have any innate talent?" Li Muyang asked curiously. That shouldn't be the case! With your amazing luck and extraordinary talent, who would believe you don't have some innate buff?
Xiao Ai and Xia He also watched curiously. Hong Xiudie was silent for a moment before honestly confessing, "Okay, I do have a special innate talent, but the effect may not be as magical as you imagine."
"It's just a... glowing food detector."
"A cheat code?!" Li Muyang raised an eyebrow.
Hong Xiudie raised an eyebrow as well: "How did you know?"
Then, as if he understood something, he nodded and continued, "That's right. My right pinky finger seems to be able to check whether the dishes I make have reached the quality of glowing. As long as you get close, my finger will glow."
Ai asked, "What's the principle behind it? Why do my fingers glow? There must be a light source, right?"
Hong Xiudie's lips twitched. She was a chef, not a scientist! Besides, this talent was inherently unscientific!
Li Muyang silently took out a piece of jade and said, "Try this! See if it glows?"
Hong Xiudie retorted speechlessly, "How could it possibly glow on jade..."
Despite saying that, she still obediently stretched out her slender and long right hand. This was not like the hand of someone who had studied cooking since childhood. She could totally be a hand model.
Yes, it's worth a try!
However, just as their right little finger approached the jade, a strange light emanated from it right before their eyes.
Hong Xiudie (?⊿?)?: "Huh?!"
Xiao Ai and Xia He ╮( ??w?? )╭: "What's the explanation?"
Li Muyang: "Haha! Just as I thought!"
The three women looked at Li Muyang, waiting for an explanation! Urgent!
“Hehe, it’s actually very simple. The Golden Finger is not so much for detecting glowing dishes, but for detecting whether they contain enough spiritual energy.” Li Muyang tossed the jade stone to Hong Xiudie and explained, “This is not an ordinary jade stone, it’s a spirit stone containing spiritual energy.”
Hong Xiudie was shocked: "Huh? These are spirit stones used for cultivation? Wait! You mean! The glowing food actually contains spiritual energy?"
She had never heard of this secret before.
Li Muyang nodded very solemnly: "That's right! That's why I was so amazed when I first tasted your delicious food. Although the spiritual energy in the dishes may have dissipated a lot due to the time, it was definitely there, and compared to this Dharma-ending Age, it was much more!"
"In fact, everything in this world has spiritual energy, but most of it contains so little that it is almost undetectable. However, glowing dishes can gather and stimulate spiritual energy, making the originally undetectable spiritual energy either increase or become stronger."
Li Muyang seemed to remember something, glanced at Hong Xiudie, thought for a moment, and asked, "I don't know if you know something, but actually this world..."
"Spiritual energy revival? I know." Hong Xiudie was very calm. She was somewhat skilled in martial arts, and her combat strength was probably twice that of Xiao Lan. Even a certain noble young master might not be able to beat her.
Who told her to cultivate internal energy? That young master is indeed powerful; his physical body is already at the limit of ordinary people. A group of people surrounded him and fired shots, and Kyogoku Makoto could catch all the BBs with his bare hands without missing a single one! He could also kick through a concrete pillar... If we don't consider mutations and external forces, he is indeed the ceiling of combat power.
However, Hong Xiudie, who is skilled in both inner and outer cultivation, is no ordinary person; that is, she doesn't like to use her hands.
If they really put their hands to work, dismantling a tank wouldn't be a problem.
Referring to Senzaemon Nakiri, who was able to fight against the Dragon Clan's Dead Servants alongside Gojo Satoru and Angers, Hong Xiudie, as a junior, is certainly no match for the senior. However, as the number one young chef in the Great Xia Dynasty, she is definitely a human-shaped Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Getting back to the point, Li Muyang, seeing that Hong Xiudie knew, slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "That's right! Exactly! That's why! The glowing dishes contain even more spiritual energy! And the spiritual energy in the glowing dishes is easier for humans to absorb! Enhancing their physique!"