The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 149 Little Crescent Moon's Return Gift
"Then we won't be polite."

Qin Lang's eyes lit up when he saw the special ginkgo fruit that belonged exclusively to Luxingyuan. He reached out, picked one up, and put it in his mouth.

After chewing twice, Qin Lang looked surprised and suspicious.

"Ms. Yunqi, why do I feel that this year's ginkgo fruits taste even better than the last time?"

In just over a week, Qin Lang was certain he hadn't made a mistake.

This time, the sweetness and unique aroma of ginkgo nuts have become much richer.

"This is all thanks to Little Crescent."

Yunqi smiled and patted the head of the little crescent moon that came closer, "The precious spirit can enhance the quality of ingredients in the surrounding area through catalysis."

"Therefore, the quality of ginkgo fruits from Luxingyuan has improved again recently, and they are now very close to being of the rarest grade."

"But I heard that rare spirits can only improve the quality of ingredients from the same species, right?" Qin Lang couldn't help but ask curiously.

"How can crescent-shaped ginkgo nuts improve the quality of ginkgo fruits?"

“You’ll have to ask Little Crescent Moon for that,” Yunxi said, both amused and exasperated. “I originally thought that if Little Crescent Moon lived with the other white deer, the quality of the other white deer would also improve. But I didn’t expect that it was the ginkgo tree that was improved.”

"Yo-"

Little Crescent Moon let out a chirp, its expression showing a hint of smugness.

At this point, it's necessary to call in a professional translator.

"Come out, little fat chicken!"

With a flick of his wrist, Qin Lang summoned a chubby little chicken that had just finished eating and drinking and was dozing off, its eyes still sleepy.

Upon seeing the chubby little chick, who was also a rare spirit, Little Crescent Moon's eyes lit up. The two rare spirits began to chatter amongst themselves, and after a moment, the chubby little chick looked at Qin Lang.

"Cuckoo~"

Although Zhenling cannot form a contract with the Spirit Chef, after being included in the Traveler's Book, Little Fatty Chicken seems to have formed a special contractual relationship with Qin Lang.

With the daily collection of premium eggs and premium chicken meat from Little Fatty Chicken, Qin Lang and Little Fatty Chicken are now able to communicate without any problems.

After hearing Little Fatty Chicken's explanation, Qin Lang's expression immediately turned strange. "Ms. Yunqi, Little Crescent Moon said that venison doesn't taste good. Let's have everyone eat more ginkgo nuts instead."

After hearing this, everyone was left speechless, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Indeed, the premise of Zhenling improving the quality of ingredients is to regard its own kind as ingredients, but the white deer in Luxingyuan are never ingredients; they are the masters living in this mountain forest.

“It seems that the ability of a rare spirit to improve the quality of similar ingredients is not absolute.” Yunxi chuckled. “If the rare spirit is willing, it can also improve the quality of other ingredients.”

"Yo-"

Little Crescent Moon let out a soft chirp, which Little Fat Chicken translated for it.

“It’s possible, but it will take more effort,” Qin Lang explained. “The crescent moon can only improve the quality of this one large ginkgo tree.”

"That's enough." Yunxi gently stroked Little Crescent's antlers. "Little Crescent, thank you for bringing us such delicious ginkgo fruits."

"Oh, right!" Cao Dongdong remembered the dragon beard candy he had prepared and excitedly took it out. "Ms. Yunqi, please have a taste."

"This is a new dessert I made under Qin Lang's guidance, called Dragon Beard Candy."

"What beautiful food!" Yunxi looked delighted and examined it closely. "Dragon Beard Candy... what a fitting name."

After appreciating its appearance, Yunqi took a bite.

The slightly crisp and delicate texture, and the sweet but not cloying taste quickly caught the eye of this dessert connoisseur, who said, "It's even more delicious than the lotus flower pastry I had before."

"I can't believe you've mastered such delicious food in just one week."

"Dongdong is indeed very talented in desserts." Qin Lang nodded in deep agreement.

Even in his past life, he had rarely seen such a gifted genius. Not only could he easily learn by analogy, but he could also attempt to replicate many things after seeing them. "With such talent, shouldn't you teach me more?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Dongdong couldn't help but wink at Qin Lang, "I'll practice making dragon beard candy later, Qin Lang, can you teach me something else?"

"Let's talk about it when we get to Danju City," Qin Lang chuckled.

It seems this kid got a little cocky after I praised him. I'll give him a more challenging lesson later.

Listening to their conversation, Yunqi and Zhao Qian exchanged a smile. After they finished tasting the dragon beard candy, Yunqi remembered something and stood up.

"Look at my memory, I forgot to make you tea."

"Ms. Yunqi, please wait a moment!"

Qin Lang suddenly remembered something, took out a gift box from his backpack and handed it to the other person, "If you want to make tea, use this."

"This is..." Yunxi opened the gift box and looked surprised when she saw the blooming golden dried chrysanthemums. "Chrysanthemums of such high quality?"

"Could it be the golden chrysanthemum cultivated by Song Hui?"

"Huh?" Qin Lang was somewhat surprised. "You can tell that?"

What he took out was the golden chrysanthemum that Ms. Song Hui had given him when he left Dongxia City.

“We are all food enthusiasts from Tianhua Prefecture, so it’s natural that we would exchange ideas,” Yunxi said with a smile. “Speaking of which, it’s been a long time since I’ve tasted tea made with golden chrysanthemum.”

As she spoke, she took a clump of tea leaves from the box and put it into the teapot. Then she added boiling water. The golden chrysanthemums floated on the surface of the water and expanded as they absorbed the water, and the tea soup also showed a clear yellow color.

A delicate chrysanthemum fragrance instantly filled the entire living room.

With one sip, the rich aroma of chrysanthemum fills the mouth and nose, and the slightly bitter yet sweet tea soup invigorates the spirit.

The hot tea went down my throat, but a refreshing coolness followed.

"Yo-"

Little Crescent, who was playing with the chubby chick, sniffed and came closer, drawn by the smell.

"Would you like some tea too?" Qin Lang smiled at it, poured a fresh cup of tea, and handed it over. "Be careful, it's hot."

"Yo-"

Little Crescent shook her head, her gaze falling on the golden chrysanthemum gift box that Qin Lang had placed on the coffee table.

"You want to eat golden chrysanthemum directly?" Qin Lang's lips twitched slightly as he took out a ball and tentatively handed it to Xiaoyueya.

Little Crescent Moon's eyes lit up. She gave Qin Lang a look that said, "You're very perceptive." She finished a bunch of golden chrysanthemums, which was about half the size of her palm, in a few bites, and then stared at Qin Lang's gift box.

"Little Crescent Moon, you can't do that~" Yunxi said, both amused and exasperated, "Golden chrysanthemums are very precious."

"It's alright." Qin Lang smiled and shook his head. "Since Little Crescent likes it, let it eat more."

As he spoke, Qin Lang handed the second bunch of golden chrysanthemums to Little Crescent Moon.

Next came the Third Regiment, the Fourth Regiment…

In the end, the gift box was completely empty. Little Crescent Moon shook her head with a hint of reluctance, and then gently bumped the gift box.

Instantly, Qin Lang felt the gift box in his hand become heavier.

Curious, he opened the gift box and found that inside the previously empty box was a pair of complete deer antlers, their surfaces gleaming like cast silver, looking exquisitely crafted.

This is…

"Rare deer antler?!"

(End of this chapter)