The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 145 The Reward for the Seventh Painting

"Ok."

After hearing Luo Mi's words, Liu Chuang quickened his pace.

They had previously entered the underground palace from a cave near Luxingyuan by going against the underground water flow, and now they were returning the same way, following the water flow all the way without expending too much effort.

Carefully navigating the narrow passage of the cave, the two quickly emerged.

Just as he was about to run away, Liu Chuang suddenly grabbed Luo Mi.

"Lomi, take a look at this."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and opened the latest news from Bailushan City.

"In the recent flash flood incident at Misty Mountain, the Spirit Chef Association has formally arrested an elite member of the criminal organization, the Treasure Hunting Team..."

Redo's face, blurred out, appeared on the screen.

Lomi paused for a moment, then put her hands on her hips and laughed.

"As expected, no one who offends this beautiful girl will have a good ending." With that, she plopped down on the ground. "No need to run anymore!"

"Let's continue with the previous task."

"That works too." Liu Chuang nodded, then, as if remembering something, his expression immediately turned sour. "But what about the promised promotion to cadre..."

"Don't worry." Lomi waved her hand dismissively. "As long as we complete enough tasks, the merits will be enough for us to be promoted to cadres sooner or later."

“You’re right.” Liu Chuang’s eyes regained their energy. “As long as we can snatch that rare spirit from Qin Lang, that’ll be enough!”

“That’s right!” Lomi nodded emphatically. “If that old guy hadn’t helped us in the underground palace, we would definitely have won because we learned new self-taught combat skills.”

"Next, as long as I find another opportunity to face the three of them..." Lomi grinned, revealing her little tiger teeth, "Kukuku~"

"That precious spirit must be ours!"
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"Finally back."

Back in his hotel room, Qin Lang stretched and threw himself onto the soft, comfortable bed, as if all his fatigue had been washed away.

"Gulu~"

Danbao imitated Qin Lang, falling from the air, landing on the bed, bouncing high, and then falling back onto the bed. It seemed to have opened the door to a new world and played with great enthusiasm.

Looking at Danbao, who still seemed full of energy despite having gone through so much, Qin Lang shook his head with a wry smile, and then slowly closed his eyes.

After checking in at the Misty Pavilion, he didn't have time to check the reward for the seventh painting before various unexpected events occurred.

Only after things calmed down did he have time to enter a state of inner vision.

Within the Tian Shu star vein, the Traveler's Book, shimmering with a mysterious light, flew into Qin Lang's hand with a wave of his hand.

Qin Lang skillfully flipped to the back of the seventh painting, and a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.

Within the pitch-black pages, a triangular gem shimmered with colorful light; its main body was red, while its edges gradually transitioned into other colors.

"This is…"

The gems before him did not match the food spirit tools and treasures he remembered, and Qin Lang couldn't help but look bewildered.

Until, after careful observation, he saw clear cutting marks on two sides of the triangle.

Thinking about its shape, Qin Lang's eyes widened.

Could this be...

A fragment of the original oath?!
Based on its outline and shape, it does indeed look like one-sixth of the original oath fragment, plus that colorful glow.

The more Qin Lang thought about it, the more convinced he became that it was true.

So here's the question. Wasn't it said that no matter how the original oath fragments were divided, they would all transform into hexagons? What does this mean?
Fragments of fragments?
However, considering the wonders of the Traveler's Book, Qin Lang felt that such a thing was not entirely impossible.

Anyway, let's take it out and give it a try!
Thinking of the wonders described by Zog in the original Oath Fragment and Redo's madness in trying to obtain it, Qin Lang felt his heart racing.

Who would have thought that the Traveler's Book would even have something like this?
But the next moment, Qin Lang was stunned.

Because this one-sixth fragment of the original oath cannot be retrieved.

A thought from the depths of his being told him that only by collecting all six fragments of the original oath could he retrieve the complete fragment of the original oath.

and so…

Qin Lang looked at the thick, sealed pages at the back of the Traveler's Book.

Are there other fragments among the future rewards?
Well, even if I can't get it out, at least there's something to look forward to, isn't there?
Qin Lang looked forward to it, his gaze falling on the eighth painting that had been unlocked after successfully completing the seventh painting.

It was a grove of orange trees laden with fruit, but unlike ordinary orange trees, the fruit on these trees had a special crimson color.

"This is…"

Qin Lang blinked, a look of bewilderment on his face.

This time, he didn't need to ask anyone; he already knew the location of the eighth image.

In Tianhua Prefecture, there is a very special city.

Located at the entrance of the Xiayun River into Tianhua Prefecture, this city boasts a well-developed tributary system and fertile, flat terrain, making it ideal for crop growth. It is the most renowned agricultural city in Tianhua Prefecture, supplying nearly half of the prefecture's grains, fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products.

The most distinctive of these is a special type of orange that can only grow locally and whose original flavor cannot be transplanted anywhere else. This orange has a reddish-brown peel, is sweet and not sour, and is very popular.

And that's how the city got its name, Danju City.

Without a doubt, the eighth painting corresponds to Danju City.

The countdown to leaving Bailushan City has begun.

Opening his eyes again, Qin Lang picked up his phone, instinctively wanting to tell Cao Dongdong and Zhao Qian their new destination, but then, thinking that the two were probably already asleep, he put the phone down again.

Since things have come to this, let's take a good rest first.
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"What? We're going to Danju City next?"

The two, who had just woken up, were proudly showing off the meal Qin Lang had made when they suddenly heard this news and their eyes widened at the same time.

“That’s right.” Qin Lang smiled. “I checked, and it’s currently the season when Danju City’s most famous tangerines are ripe.”

"Don't you want to try the most authentic Danju oranges from their place of origin?"

"I'd really like to try it." Zhao Qian swallowed hard. "Is it really as purely sweet and without any sourness as the legend says?"

"That has to be true." Cao Dongdong chuckled. "I tasted it when I traveled to Danju City years ago..."

"You've been there before?" Qin Lang and Zhao Qian asked in unison.

"That's right!" Cao Dongdong puffed out his chest. "This time, Cao Dongdong, the guide, is back online!"

Qin Lang and Zhao Qian exchanged a glance before simultaneously looking away.

This guy's guiding abilities are highly questionable.

Zhao Qian promptly changed the subject, "So, are we leaving now?"

“A few more days.” Qin Lang shook his head. “My week-long appointment with those spirit chef stall owners isn’t over yet.”

"I want to see if they choose to stay after a week."

Although the challenge of completing the sixth painting has ended, it was something Qin Lang personally facilitated, so he naturally wanted to see the result with his own eyes.

(End of this chapter)