The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 360 A New Rare Spirit!

Things seem to have gotten complicated again.

Looking at Mr. Zheng Chuan's house not far away, Cao Dongdong sighed.

“Yes,” Zuo Ge nodded in agreement. “Persuading these companies won’t be an easy task.”

"On the bright side, at least we've found the whereabouts of all the jade pendant fragments. Now all we have to do is persuade the owners of the fragments," Zhao Qian comforted her. "Progress is a good thing."

“Things should go relatively smoothly with Mr. Xu Chen,” Fatima calmly analyzed. “But getting the Ren and Zhang families to produce each other’s fragments will be extremely difficult.”

The others nodded in agreement.

The piecing together of fragments is like clearing up past misunderstandings.

This means that it is easy to imagine how difficult it would be to reconcile two families with a grudge.

"No matter how difficult it is, we have to try." Qin Lang took a deep breath. "Although I haven't thought of a good solution yet, there's always a way."

Having obtained the fourth jade pendant fragment, he was now fully revitalized. "Let's go back to the hotel!"

The group nodded and hailed a taxi straight to the hotel.
-
"Puff~"

With a light leap, Xiao Cai jumped from the small fish tank held by Qin Lang into the large fish tank. The Golden Lake perch, which had been obediently staying in the large fish tank, suddenly became energetic and quickly approached Xiao Cai, its face full of human-like flattery.

Upon seeing this scene, Qin Lang's face showed a thoughtful expression.

Although the appearance of the Golden Lake perch has not changed much these days.

But he always felt that this fish, which was not stupid to begin with, seemed to be even smarter.

This made him think of the rumor he heard from Mr. Zheng Chuan today, which said that Xiao Cai's predecessor was also a Golden Lake perch.

The Golden Lake perch that occasionally appears in Yueyu Lake today are all descendants of its lingering influence.

This made Qin Lang think of the Silver Deer of Bailushan City and the white deer that were considered to be descendants of the Silver Deer.

Little Crescent Moon is a rare spirit that emerged from the white deer.

and so…

"Little Cai, how much longer will it take for it to become a rare spirit?"

Qin Lang couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

Upon hearing this question, Xiao Cai flicked its tail, glanced at the Golden Lake perch beside it, and then opened its mouth.

he~tui!

As Qin Lang stared in disbelief, a streak of blue-purple light burst forth from Xiao Cai's mouth and flew into the mouth of the Golden Lake Perch.

The latter paused for a moment, then began to convulse as if it had gone mad. The surrounding star power converged on it at an extremely fast speed, as if some kind of strange and unpredictable change was taking place inside the Golden Lake Perch.

Qin Lang's eyes widened involuntarily.

He was all too familiar with this scene!
When Little Crescent Moon transformed into Zhenling, wasn't that how it happened?

It seems this Golden Lake perch is going to become a rare delicacy!
Thinking of this, Qin Lang's eyes couldn't help but show anticipation, and even Danbao and Lala couldn't help but come over.

Precious spirit!

So does that mean they'll be able to eat new, rare ingredients in the future?

Both food spirits' eyes lit up with surprise at the same time.

Under the tense gaze of one person and two spirits, the scales on the surface of the Golden Lake perch became even brighter, and the dazzling golden color was so bright that it was hard to open one's eyes.

At this moment, its quality has been completely transformed into that of a rare treasure!
Streaks of white light emanated from its body and quickly converged above the Golden Lake perch.

That was a sign that a precious spirit was about to be born!
Qin Lang couldn't help but clench his fists, staring intently at every detail, but the next moment, he couldn't help but gasp.

Just as the white light reached its peak and the new rare spirit was about to take shape, Xiao Cai, who had remained motionless, slapped its tail across the way.

With the force of that tail, the nascent spirit was forcibly shoved into the body of the Golden Lake perch.

"This is…"

Qin Lang's mouth gaped open, his eyes filled with confusion.

The rare spirit and the precious creature are one and the same, with a strong bond between them, and they can even communicate with each other's hearts. It is not unreasonable to compare them to the relationship between a food spirit and a spirit chef.

But now Xiao Cai is trying to completely fuse the rare spirits and rare creatures together. What is the purpose of doing this?
Qin Lang stared blankly at the Golden Lake perch.

The white light that should have given birth to a rare spirit has now transferred to the Golden Lake Perch. In the shimmering light, the outline of the Golden Lake Perch is changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Finally, when the white light faded, a brand new fish with shimmering golden scales and an adorable design appeared before his eyes.

This is…

Feeling the surging power within the other party, Qin Lang couldn't help but take out his phone and scan the creature in front of him.

"drop--"

【Type: Zhenling】

[Level: Lv1]

Flavor profile: Umami, Salty

Precious spirit?

Qin Lang couldn't help but frown.

He had thought that after Xiao Cai's actions, the creatures born would be different; he even wondered if the legendary creatures originated in this way…

Unexpectedly, the final result was still a rare spirit.

Wasn't Xiao Cai's entire operation a waste of time?

Seemingly sensing Qin Lang's thoughts, Xiao Cai flicked its tail at the newly born precious spirit, causing the latter to surge with light, but the light faded again after a moment.

The goldfish Zhenling looked at Xiaocai with a pitiful expression, her expression filled with helplessness.

Xiao Cai rolled her eyes and blew a bubble at Qin Lang.

That means asking Qin Lang to get some food for the goldfish Zhenling.

Is this meant to make the spirit produce ingredients?

Qin Lang, having guessed Xiao Cai's thoughts, excitedly took a handful of rice from the Traveler's Book and sprinkled it into the bathtub.

Upon seeing the grains of rice, the goldfish Zhenling's eyes lost their light.

It lowered its head in distress, glanced cautiously at Xiao Cai beside it, and then braced itself and began to eat.

Seeing the goldfish Zhenling's reluctant look, Qin Lang slapped his forehead and suddenly remembered.

The prototype of the Goldfish Spirit is the Golden Lake Perch.

Sea bass, on the other hand, is a carnivorous fish!

Although it's unclear why Xiao Cai loves to eat premium rice, the goldfish Zhen Ling clearly doesn't.

With that in mind, Qin Lang tentatively took out a premium chicken leg, tore the meat into strips, and put them into the fish tank.

The goldfish, Zhenling, who had been unable to eat a moment ago, suddenly perked up, leaned in and ate a chicken leg in one bite. After chewing a few times, it immediately swallowed a second one, as if it hadn't had a full meal in many days.

Seeing this, Qin Lang guiltily touched his nose.

After eating two premium chicken drumsticks, the goldfish spirit finally returned to normal, and its body once again shone with golden light.

The rays of light gathered around it and quickly formed a large golden fish that was a full meter long.

This is actually food produced by the Goldfish Spirit!
However, when Qin Lang saw the fish clearly, his expression immediately turned strange.

Because it was a species of fish he had never seen before.

That is not the Jinhu perch, nor is it any of the various lake fish species such as grass carp, common carp, silver carp, or bighead carp.

On the contrary...

Such as entirely new varieties created by merging these varieties.

(End of this chapter)