Food gives me an entry, I will be invincible if I stay alive

Chapter 309, "A Miraculous Encounter with Heavenly Craftsmanship," New Hints from the Book of Food and Delight

Chen Xu has recently been trading daily with the Holy Master of the Weichen Kingdom.

The items traded included not only meat pies, but also spirit rice porridge, duck wrapped in lotus leaves, stewed fish, osmanthus cake, lotus flower pastry, and so on.

What Chen Xu received were special products of the Weichen Kingdom, such as floating rice seeds and glutinous taro seeds.

At the same time, through daily food preparation, Chen Xu not only regulated his true energy and stabilized his cultivation, but also calmed his mind and gradually gained a more comprehensive control over his own cultivation.

Of course, mastering the subtleties of cultivation is not something that can be achieved overnight. Although Chen Xu has made significant progress, the path ahead is still long and arduous.

He wasn't in a hurry; he just found it very interesting.

Furthermore, there is another wonderful aspect to trading with the Dust Kingdom.

That means Chen Xu has gained a brand new source of likes.

The little people in the Dust Kingdom can provide Chen Xu with at least 1080 likes every day. Over time, this steady stream of likes can be quite valuable.

Chen Xu also tried offering spiritual food to see if the number of likes would increase after these little people ate it.

The test results showed that even if ordinary characters consume spiritual food, their daily like limit is still 10 points.

Only that holy master can have a daily like limit of 200 points.

The proportion is too low, so there is no need to trade spiritual food frequently.

Chen Xu guessed that it was probably because these little people were too small and their foundations too weak that it was difficult for them to break through their limits.

In this world, body size usually determines the upper limit of lifespan.

The fact that each of the little people in the Dust Kingdom can provide Chen Xu with 10 likes per day is already an extraordinary feat, even stronger than most ordinary people.

It is worth mentioning that Chen Xu also received an important piece of information through the feedback from the Culinary Cauldron Heavenly Book:
For ordinary mortals, a single person can provide Chen Xu with a maximum of 5 points per day, with a total maximum of 200 points.

The little people of the Dust Kingdom can provide a daily limit of 10 points, and the total limit is also quite high—

According to the feedback from the Heavenly Book, the total limit for an ordinary villain is 5,000 points, while the total limit for a Saint Master is 50,000 points.

It is evident that the life essence of these little people is quite extraordinary.

However, now that Chen Xu has broken through to the Golden Core stage, the ratio of his likes to free attribute points has been increased once again.

Before the breakthrough, 40 likes could be exchanged for one free attribute point, but now it takes 60 likes to exchange for one attribute point.

In theory, Chen Xuzhen should have accumulated more attribute points before attempting a breakthrough.

But the inspiration for a breakthrough is fleeting, and with the prophetic calamity of the dragon looming, Chen Xu cannot afford to abandon this breakthrough for the sake of so-called "maximizing benefits."

After the breakthrough, the Culinary Cauldron Heavenly Book also generated new prompts:

[Tip 1: Once your total number of likes reaches 500,000, you will be able to unlock Volume 3 of the God of Cookery Cultivation Manual.]

[Tip 2: When your total number of likes reaches 100,000, the Kitchen of Fireworks will undergo a second upgrade and you will receive the title "Spiritual Stove House".]

Lingxu Kitchen God Palace!

Just by looking at the name, Lingxu Stove House seems much more mysterious than Yanhuo Kitchen.

Chen Xu was very much looking forward to it.

His current data is as follows:
【Accumulated likes: 75330】

It's not far from reaching 100,000 likes.

Chen Xu collected a total of 300 catties of floating rice and glutinous taro seeds. After that, he would enter the kitchen several times a day to use the Myriad Things Transformation Talisman to promote the growth of floating rice and glutinous taro, thereby obtaining more seeds.

Chen Xu's control over the Myriad Things Transformation Talisman is now very proficient. He deliberately controlled the direction, preventing the floating rice and glutinous taro from developing into spiritual materials.

Instead, each time they are induced to reproduce, the goal is to encourage them to develop as many seeds as possible.

This is also a form of spiritual practice. Day after day, Chen Xu was almost completely oblivious to what was happening outside his window.

Time flies, and it's already the end of June. In just two days, the provincial examinations will officially begin!
Five days earlier, Chen Xu had taken his official seal and other items to the examination hall to register for the reference list.

The provincial examinations and the imperial examinations of the Dai Le Dynasty were different.

By the time the provincial examination was held, since the successful candidates had already acquired various magical powers, the registration and verification for the provincial examination no longer required five guarantors.

Each person was responsible for their own affairs. As long as they had the seal of a scholar and a recommendation letter from a licentiate in their place of residence, they could directly participate in the provincial examination.

As for verifying one's identity, that's something to be done on the day of the exam.

The examination hall has its own literary and legal resources to ensure that all examinees are genuine individuals.

Anyone who dares to impersonate someone will be struck down by lightning on the spot and will be sentenced to death!

With such strict punishments, it was virtually impossible to find anyone daring to cheat in the provincial examinations.

Even so, the examiners and others for this provincial examination entered the examination hall several days in advance, and the examination hall was immediately closed once they entered.

From this moment until the end of the provincial examination, entry is permitted but exit is not.

What Chen Xu didn't know was that his book, "The Miraculous Craftsmanship," had caused quite a stir in Pingyang City during those days.

First, there was a poor family whose fortunes declined, and their family's land holdings plummeted from thousands of acres to only a hundred acres.

Even among these hundred acres of land, most are medium-sized fields where water is inconvenient to obtain, while there is not a single acre of high-quality land left.

The young man named Yu Zhi was truly filled with anguish.

Recently, due to the hot weather, the Yu family's fields have become extremely dry.

The tenants' manual labor in carrying water for irrigation was simply not enough to fully irrigate the fields.

The tenants suffer, and so does the owner.

He fears this year's harvest will be poor, and his family will have to sell their land.

It was in this state of distress that he gritted his teeth and took out the three hundred coins he had secretly saved to buy a copy of "The Wonderful Journey of the Heavenly Craftsman" newly published by Shiqu Bookstore.

Yu Zhi was not a scholar; he only passed the preliminary examination and the county-level examination was extremely difficult for him.

His family hoped he could improve his life through education, but he knew his own limitations and simply gave up on pursuing advancement through the imperial examinations.

However, whenever I was urged to study hard, I would secretly go to various study rooms to find some storybooks to pass the time.

The appeal of "The Wonderful Craftsmanship" lies in its somewhat legendary title. Yu Zhi thought it might be interesting, so he quietly bought a copy.

Then he opened the book and started reading, and once he started, he couldn't stop.

Thus, Yu Zhi became completely absorbed in the book while studying at the school.

He was in a daze during class, his mind only on the plot of the book.

The protagonist was kicked out of his home by his father, which made him resentful.

The protagonist felt even more aggrieved when he was treated coldly by the villagers at the farm.

Logically speaking, if you feel frustrated, you can simply choose not to watch it.

Unfortunately, readers of this era have not yet been poisoned by all sorts of melodramatic plots, and the tropes in books seem fresh to them.

The more the protagonist is treated coldly, the more anxious and restless Yu Zhi becomes.

He held his breath, and even after being scolded by the teacher twice during class, he still didn't forget the plot of the book.

As soon as get out of class ended, he immediately pulled out the book "The Wonderful Craftsmanship" from his book box, and began reading it eagerly as soon as he opened it.

(End of this chapter)