A man in the Qin Dynasty changed the world by collecting entries.

If it weren't for the need to put on a show and avoid making things too sensational, Bai Yuan wouldn't even want to open the bamboo slips.

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He flipped through it, and in just a few minutes, he finished reading the bamboo scroll. The content and its artistic conception were already deeply engraved in his mind.

After rolling up the bamboo slips and putting them back, Bai Yuan picked up the next scroll and began to read.

Then the Confucian disciples in the library noticed a strange phenomenon: Bai Yuan would pick up a bamboo scroll, look at it briefly, and then put it back. This cycle repeated itself, and in one morning, they watched as Bai Yuan went through all the bamboo scrolls on the first floor.

This behavior seemed incredibly strange to the Confucian disciples. In their eyes, Bai Yuan didn't seem to be there to study at all; he seemed to be there to have fun.

Moreover, his constant picking up and putting down of books severely impacted their reading experience, but since Bai Yuan was a distinguished guest of the Confucian school, they couldn't say anything.

After "reading" books all morning, Bai Yuan also felt his head was a little swollen.

Quantum speed reading can only help him read, understand and memorize the contents of a book quickly, but memorizing too much at once will consume a lot of brainpower.

Bai Yuan rubbed his temples to relieve his fatigue.

“That’s it for today!”

He had already seen a lot that morning, and he planned to take a break in the afternoon.

Bai Yuan put the bamboo slips back, tidied them up, and then went back.

Back at his lodgings, he found Ningyan sitting in her room staring blankly at the sea, radiating an aura of utter confusion.

Bai Yuan couldn't help but start thinking about whether he should find her something to do as well.

Although Ningyan was nominally his maid, in reality she was usually only asked to fetch water and pour tea for him, so most of the time she had nothing to do.

Hearing footsteps, Ningyan turned around and saw that it was Bai Yuan, so she turned back to look at the sea.

Why didn't you go for a walk in the streets?

"I don't want to go."

Ningyan shook her head slightly, her gaze fixed on the distant sea.

Bai Yuan sighed.

Have you been feeling unsure of what to do lately?

Ningyan fell silent upon hearing his words.

Because he was right.

Having escaped the net, she was indeed no longer required to carry out those endless missions, but having grown accustomed to being told what to do, she suddenly found herself lost and directionless.

She doesn't have any hobbies of her own. Perhaps practicing swordsmanship is one, but she doesn't use a sword anymore.

Aside from that, she had absolutely no other hobbies.

Seeing her reaction, Bai Yuan confirmed his guess.

"Since you don't have any ideas, why don't you learn to cook with me first?"

"Cook?"

Ningyan was immediately puzzled.

“That’s right. We’ll probably be staying in Sanghai for a while. I’m unlikely to have time to cook normally, and I don’t really like the food prepared by Xiaoshengxianzhuang. We can’t afford to eat out every day, so I might as well teach you how to cook for me. That way, we’ll have our meals sorted out.”

Bai Yuan thought about it more and more and it seemed feasible.

But Ningyan hesitated. It was fine for her to cook, but could Bai Yuan's methods be taught to others?

After all, she had seen Bai Yuan cook more than once or twice; from Daliang to Sanghai, Bai Yuan had been cooking the whole way.

His cooking methods were no different from anyone else's.

Bai Yuan noticed Ning Yan's confusion, so he immediately spent some fragments to materialize some white-quality recipes.

He knew from the fact that the pill formula could be materialized that any skill recorded by the system could be materialized and then taught to others.

White quality recipes also come in sets of 10 pieces.

However, the recipes are not as precious as the elixirs, since only foods of green quality can have some special effects.

Chapter 52 Without blushing or skipping a beat

Ningyan saw Bai Yuan take out a scroll from somewhere, and her eyes showed even more doubt.

Bai Yuan held the recipe scroll, a faint smile playing on his lips: "Do you know why I can cook such delicious food?"

"Why?"

Ningyan subconsciously asked back.

"Of course it's because of this!" Bai Yuan shook the scroll in his hand. "This is a cookbook I obtained by chance. It records many dishes, and most importantly, it contains a special artistic conception that can make one's cooking skills improve by leaps and bounds. I'm so good at cooking because I learned it from it."

Ningyan was stunned for a moment after hearing this, realizing that the cookbook in Bai Yuan's hand was not simple.

In her mind, anything that could be described with the word "artistic conception" was nothing more than a classic secret manual from various schools of thought; ordinary books and scrolls were simply not worthy of using that word.

Bai Yuan pulled her hand and handed her the scroll.

"I'm entrusting this cookbook to you!"

Judging from his extremely solemn appearance, anyone who didn't know better would think he had handed over some peerless martial arts manual to Ningyan.

Ningyan took the scroll and nodded slightly. Whether it was really as magical as Bai Yuan said, she would know once she learned it.

"I will learn it as soon as possible."

"Yes, I believe you can handle that."

The recipes Bai Yuan provided were quite easy to learn. Cooking wasn't as troublesome as alchemy, and there were no entry barriers.

These dishes use common ingredients and most of them don't require much effort to prepare.

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At that moment, Bai Yuan's stomach suddenly growled.

"I've been reading all morning and haven't eaten yet. Judging from your appearance, you probably haven't eaten either, right?"

"No."

Ningyan shook her head slightly. She had been spacing out all morning, so naturally she wouldn't eat.

"Since that's the case, then come with me! I'm in a good mood today, so I'll show you something special."

Bai Yuan turned and walked outside, gesturing for Ningyan to follow.

"But doesn't the Little Sage Village not have a kitchen?"

"Just follow me."

Upon hearing his words, Ningyan immediately put the recipe scroll away and followed him.

Before the two had even left Xiaoshengxianzhuang, Bai Yuan suddenly stopped and stared at a figure in the distance.

"what happened?"

Ningyan followed his gaze and saw that he was just a big, fat man.

Seeing that he was carrying a food box, Ningyan guessed his identity.

They must be some kind of deliveryman or waiter who came to deliver food to Xiaoshengxianzhuang.

"Let's go, we've found a kitchen!"

Bai Yuan gave a confident smile and stepped forward to call out to the other person.

"Manager Ding!"

Just as Paoding finished delivering the meal to Xiaoshengxianzhuang and was about to return home, he suddenly heard someone calling him and instinctively turned around to look.

"Was that you calling me? Who are you?"

He looked at Bai Yuan, who was a complete stranger, and it seemed as if he didn't recognize the person at all.

"I am Bai Yuan, a disciple of the Heavenly Sect. I just came to Xiaoshengxianzhuang yesterday to study. I learned by chance that Manager Ding is a famous chef in Sanghai. I just wanted to say hello since I ran into him."

Bai Yuan introduced himself.

When Paoding heard Bai Yuan praise him like that, he couldn't help but laugh: "Sir, you flatter me. I dare not accept such praise as being renowned throughout Sanghai! I'm glad you like it!"

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"Of course I like it, but I have a favor to ask, and I hope Manager Ding can help me!"

Bai Yuan smiled, first affirming the cook's skills, and then immediately asked for help after building rapport.

Cook Ding patted his chest and said, "Tell me, sir, if it's something I can do, I'll definitely help!"

"It's like this, Xiaoshengxianzhuang doesn't have a kitchen, so I'd like to borrow your kitchen. I usually enjoy cooking for myself. As the saying goes, 'self-reliance leads to abundance,' and I'm sure Manager Ding understands the feeling of eating food I've made myself, right?"

Upon hearing this, Butcher Ding immediately understood; he had met a kindred spirit!

He laughed and replied, "Of course, no problem! If you'd like to use it, please do!"

Bai Yuan bowed and said, "Thank you in advance!"

"You're too kind, sir!"

Ningyan was dumbfounded to see that Bai Yuan had managed to get to the kitchen in just a few words.

This guy was just telling her he didn't like the food prepared by Xiaoshengxianzhuang, but now he's saying he likes it without batting an eye.

And that "do it yourself, you'll have plenty to eat and wear" thing, won't it all be her job from now on?

At this moment, Bai Yuan turned around and winked at her, which earned him a roll of his eyes in return.

She knew very well that Bai Yuan's words were just polite formalities and that he didn't mean to expose her, so she remained silent.

Bai Yuan and his companion followed Paoding to his inn, where they found three people waiting at the entrance.

"The Grand Master?"

The butcher was startled when he saw the person who had come.

Bai Yuan frowned slightly.

How did the six-fingered black knight, the leader of the Mohist school, Mo Ban, a descendant of Mozi, and Dao Zhi, the king of thieves, end up here?