I'm a male god in Liyue

"How did you feel this time, Miss Qiqi?"

"I feel happy."

"Any more?"

"Mr. Xia, it looks very good."

"..."

Qi Qi stared intently at Xia Zhi.

Xia Zhi paused for a moment, then silently put away the second incense stick in her hand.

The effect of adding succubus hair was indeed not very good, but luckily he only added a little bit for the experiment.

It seems he absolutely cannot light it in the bedroom at night, otherwise he might really experience sleep paralysis.

"now what?"

"That feeling is gone."

"Ah That's good."

Xia Zhi nodded and handed the first piece of [Perfect Body Restoration Incense] to Qi Qi.

"Since Miss Qiqi likes it, then this piece of incense will also be given to you."

"Thank you, Mr. Xia."

"You're welcome."

Qiqi held the incense in her hand, feeling the faint warmth left on it, and couldn't help but recall that strange feeling of pleasure and longing from before.

At that moment, something seemed to touch her heart.

She had never experienced that feeling before; it was strange, but not unpleasant.

"Does Bubulu also treat patients today?"

"Ah."

"Dr. Bai works very hard too."

"Mr. Bai's health is not very good."

"Oh?"

“I often hear Mr. Bai coughing in his room at night.”

"Are you sick? Have you been sick for a long time?"

“Mr. Bai, he has always been like this; he is very weak.”

The fact that the most skilled doctor in Liyue was so physically weak reminded Xia Zhi of the saying that a doctor cannot heal himself, but he felt that there was something strange about Bai Shu.

"I heard that Dr. Bai has a white snake wrapped around his neck."

"That is immortality."

"Immortality?"

"Yes, Changsheng is its name."

"Longevity..."

It's not entirely incomprehensible that a person with a weak constitution would give their pet such a meaningful name, hoping for longevity.

"Chang Sheng can talk."

"? It can talk?"

"Hmm, Changsheng is very smart. It seems to like the smell of incense, so I shared half of the incense with it."

"That's it..."

A white snake that can speak human language is no ordinary animal; it must be a spiritual being.

However, Xia Zhi remembered that the last time he went to Bubulu to see Bai Shu, he only saw a silver progress bar on Bai Shu.

There was no progress bar on that spirit snake.

This situation is very unreasonable.

The baby crane can't speak, but it has a progress bar. Guoba can't speak either, but it also has a progress bar. But Changsheng can speak, yet it doesn't have a progress bar.

Could it be that, like Xiangling, it belongs to the low-probability group that doesn't have a treasure chest?

Xia Zhi remained silent for a moment, then suddenly remembered Changsheng's round pupils and Baishu's vertical pupils.

That seems to be some kind of mysterious eye-changing ritual.

perhaps……

It's not that Changsheng doesn't have a progress bar, but rather that in the system's judgment, Changsheng and Baishu are considered as one entity, which is why Baishu only has one progress bar.

Xiangling may not lack a progress bar, but for some similar reason, the system treats her and Guoba as one, so she only has one progress bar.

Xia Zhi couldn't help but think of the [Thread of Fate] he had obtained.

Could it be because... there's some kind of symbiotic contract?

Chapter 117 I, Gan Yu, am here today!

Almost an hour later, Zhu Zi and Gan Yu returned from grocery shopping, bringing back a small oil paper package.

"Boss, we brought back mooncakes!"

"Huh? What mooncake?"

“When we passed by the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, we met Young Master Xingqiu. These are gifts from Young Master Xingqiu. He said that his family really liked the mooncakes we gave him last time, so he specially asked a pastry chef to try making some more. These are our return gifts.”

"I see. Young Master Xingqiu is too kind."

"Boss, here! Have a taste."

Zhu Zi handed over a mooncake, round and flat, looking similar to the ones Xia Zhi made.

The only difference is that the cakes have the words "good fortune and happiness" and "a perfect union" printed on them, which can be considered a way to pray for good luck.

Xia Zhi took it, took a small bite, and slowly chewed and savored it.

The proportions of the filling, seasonings, and cooking time seem similar to his mooncakes.

Xia Zhi guessed that the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce must have found a few skilled pastry chefs to make these imitations directly by imitating the mooncakes he had given to Xing Qiu.

Although this is considered a very delicious snack by ordinary people, it still doesn't taste as good as what he makes.

After all, no matter how skilled those pastry chefs are, even if you follow their production steps exactly, you can't make the mooncakes shine.

Those noodle shop chefs must be having a real headache about this.

Xia Zhi smiled, finished the mooncake in her hand, and then went to the kitchen to see the groceries they had bought.

They all looked good, and it was clear that Zhu Zi and Gan Yu had done their best to select them. However, since it had been a morning and there was no refrigerator to keep them fresh, the ingredients were starting to lose some of their freshness.

Although his culinary skills could easily cover up this flaw, it still felt somewhat offensive to serve a genuine deity with less-than-fresh ingredients among the diners tonight.

When in doubt, you still have to spend money.

Xia Zhi made an excuse to go upstairs to get something, returned to his room, opened the [Shop], and found an item he had glanced at a few times before.

【Eternal Spirit Blade】

Quality: Silver.

Type: Kitchenware set.

Features: None.

Effect: When using this knife to process ordinary ingredients, it can restore the freshness of the ingredients.

Hidden effect: Collecting all eight pieces of the kitchenware set will activate the set's special properties.

Price: 20 points.

This cleaver isn't very expensive, and although it only works on ordinary ingredients, it's sufficient.

Xia Zhi chose to buy it.

A gleaming kitchen knife with a dragon-shaped hilt appeared in his inventory.

Xia Zhi took it out.

As his fingers gripped the hilt, a peculiar "tyrant dragon pattern" suddenly appeared on the blade.

However, no sense of spiritual connection was felt; the pattern seemed to be purely decorative.

Xia Zhi casually twirled the knife in his hand, then bought two more "Creamy Mushrooms," took them downstairs, and returned to the kitchen.

Zhu Zi stared at the thing in his hand with great curiosity.

"Yay! We get to eat the boss's treasured mushrooms again! Hey? Boss, what's this?"

"The kitchen knife I used to use."