The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 295, Fifteenth Painting

The troublemakers were quickly taken away by security personnel.

The surrounding crowd then began to whisper among themselves.

"How many times has this been the first time in the last two days?"

"If I remember correctly, it should be the third time."

"The association has issued a statement explaining the whole story, but these guys still stubbornly believe it's the fault of Leaping Fish."

"Yes, I heard they also want to change the name of Yueyu Lake. This name has been used for so many years, it's ridiculous."

"... "

From the discussion among the onlookers, Qin Lang and his companions finally understood what had happened.

After the Leaping Fish rampage incident ended, although the Yuehu City Royal Chef Association promptly released the details of the incident and apprehended the culprit, Luo Pei, many people still stubbornly believed that it was the Leaping Fish's fault.

They formed a group called the "Anti-Leaping Fish Association" and carried out several protests against the Leaping Fish during this period, attempting to completely erase the traces left by the Leaping Fish from Leap Lake City, a city with the legend of the Leaping Fish.

Some of the more extreme members even attempted to use violence.

The vivid example just now illustrates this point.

If it weren't for the timely intervention of security personnel, this ancient stone sculpture, which has stood on the shore of Yueyu Lake for many years, would probably have been destroyed.

Who would have thought that the Leaping Fish itself was right here?

Thinking of this, Qin Lang and the others couldn't help but look at Xiao Cai.

Xiao Cai had closed her eyes at this moment, as if she were fast asleep.

But just a moment ago the other person was clearly gazing at the stone sculpture, so his heart was obviously not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

"Let's go to the hotel," Qin Lang said softly with a sigh.

Cao Dongdong had booked a five-person room at the Tianzhou Hotel, a chain hotel in Yuehu City, in advance. Now, with Xiao Cai joining them, he changed Qin Lang's room to a special room with a luxury fish tank.

For ultra-luxury hotels like Tianzhou Hotel, meeting the diverse needs of guests is the core of their service. Even if the request sounds a bit outrageous, they still quickly resolve all difficulties.

When Qin Lang entered his room, he couldn't help but gasp at the sight of the ultra-luxurious fish tank that occupied an entire wall.

"Xiao Cai, you can stay here from now on." Qin Lang poured the water from the fish tank he was holding, along with Xiao Cai, into the deluxe fish tank.

"Puff puff~"

Xiao Cai swam into the new large fish tank, swayed its tail and blew a bubble, then looked at Qin Lang again.

"Don't worry, I'll take you with me when I go out." Qin Lang roughly guessed what the other person meant, and casually grabbed a handful of rare rice from the Traveler's Book and sprinkled it into the fish tank.

Xiao Cai nodded in satisfaction, eating the premium rice bite by bite, behaving exactly as before.

After settling Xiao Cai in, Qin Lang breathed a slight sigh of relief and patted Dan Bao and La La, who had been following him all the way. "Let's rest for a bit too."

As he spoke, he grabbed the two little ones, fell backward, and landed heavily on the soft bed. He bounced up and down a couple of times before letting out a comfortable sigh.

The whole fish feast on the cruise ship before disembarking exhausted him.

Now that we've arrived at the hotel, we're finally settled in.

correct!

Qin Lang seemed to realize something and slowly closed his eyes.

Within the celestial veins of Tian Shu, the Traveler's Book shimmered faintly.

Open it and turn to page fourteen. In the lower right corner of the original stone statue landscape painting, a small green checkmark has appeared, indicating that the check-in was successful.

I wonder what the reward will be for this check-in.

Based on the patterns in the Traveler's Book, such an easy check-in will most likely reward you with a Clear Star Stone...

Eh?
Turning to the next page and seeing the check-in rewards, Qin Lang's eyes lit up.

The first thing you see is a purple gemstone with a nearly quadrilateral shape, sharper corners, and metallic decorations on its outer surface.

At the very center of the gemstone is an imprint of a symbol representing the spiritual realm.

This is... a Spirit attribute gem?
Moreover, just like the fire attribute gem that Egg Baby had back then, it was one of the highest quality attribute gems!

He had previously been thinking about whether to spend money to buy an attribute gem for Lala before it reached one star.

This attribute gem is like a godsend!
Overjoyed, Qin Lang looked at the fifteenth painting that had been unlocked at the same time.

The next moment, he was stunned.

Because the main subject in the picture is a tombstone.

It was an ordinary tombstone, nothing special, with some damage on the surface, clearly quite old.

Logically, tombstones should be engraved with the deceased's identity information, so finding the tombstone in the picture using this clue should not be difficult.

But the inscriptions that should have been on the tombstone seemed to have been scraped off, making them completely indistinguishable.

Qin Lang carefully examined the painting, his gaze finally settling on a jade pendant in front of the tombstone.

It was a piece of jade of excellent quality, but its surface had very clear damage, and it had even broken into four pieces.

Such jade must be rare, and perhaps it is the key to finding the fifteenth painting.

This time, I'll probably have to resort to my old skill of copying landscape paintings again.

Opening his eyes again, Qin Lang took out the spirit attribute gem and handed it to Lala, saying, "This is your attribute gem. Absorb it."

Not far away in the fish tank, Xiao Cai paused slightly as it swallowed the precious rice. It glanced at the attribute gem in Qin Lang's hand with a puzzled look, then slowly withdrew its gaze and focused on the rice in front of it again.

"Chaka?!"

Lala couldn't help but widen her eyes, her expression filled with surprise.

With Qin Lang's help, it quickly fused with the attribute gem, and then a purple spirit-type mark appeared on its forehead.

The next moment, a glimmer of light appeared on the surface of Lala's body.

"Actually upgraded?"

Qin Lang looked surprised and took out his phone to scan it.

"drop--"

【Food Spirit: Spicy】

[Level: Lv9]

【Characteristics: Complex flavor】

[Culinary Techniques: Speeding Up Cooking]

[Experience Value: 18/100]

【Attributes: Fresh, Vibrant】

【味值：270（体力60、攻击80、防御50、速度80）】

[Combat Skills: (Mental) Fearful Gaze, (Mental) Oblivion Magic, (Wood) Light Sleep Fragrance, (Mental) Soul Slash]

After absorbing the Clear Star Stone, Lala's level increased to Lv7 in one go, and then to Lv8 during the journey on the "Leaping Fish" cruise ship.

Now, thanks to past accumulation and the influence of spirit attribute gems, Lala has successfully leveled up to Lv9.

As for experience points, with the help of various top-quality ingredients and delicious dishes over the past period, Lala's experience points have steadily increased at a rapid pace.

"Guru Guru~"

Danbao nuzzled Qin Lang's arm, urging him on.

"Don't rush, take a look at them all." Qin Lang smiled and glanced at them.

"drop--"

[Level: Lv21]

[Experience Value: 41/100]

(End of this chapter)