The delicacies of the heavens begin with obtaining gem meat.

Chapter 115 Cake Pumpkin, Puffed Food Tree, Golden Apple

Upon entering the city, Jiang Yan quickly arrived at the food market. After selling the ingredients he had obtained from the Baron Islands, he received a sum of money.

Jiang Yan felt quite helpless about choosing to sell ingredients.

In the world of Gourmet Delight, gold and gemstones, while having some value, are of very low value, even less than rare ingredients of the same weight.

As for using other means to obtain money, Jiang Yan immediately ruled that out.

With the initial capital, Jiang Yan purchased a large number of items.

Includes a portable acupressure gun, a food ingredient guide, a map, and identification documents.

After finishing all that, Jiang Yan sampled the city's specialty seafood dishes and finalized the next voyage.

Traveling by train through bustling cities, vast farmlands, and rolling hills, the scenery outside the window gradually changes from rows of buildings to desolate deserts and dense forests.

After a bumpy ride of more than ten hours, Jiang Yan arrived at his destination—the edge of the Bebat Sand Dunes region in the northern part of the human world.

With limited funds, Jiang Yan naturally had no choice but to hunt for ingredients himself.

Jiang Yan decided on the Bebat Sand Dunes after much deliberation.

Although he is quite capable, he lacks experience.

The Bebard dunes are slightly more dangerous than the Baron Islands, but not to the point of being too deadly.

The key is that it covers a large area and contains many rare ingredients, making it a relatively ideal region.

After leaving the station, Jiang Yan quickly and truly understood what the era of gourmet food was all about.

The nature here seems to have been created entirely for delicious food.

Even a casual bend down to pluck a seemingly ordinary clump of weeds from beside your feet reveals a sweet and refreshing vegetable salad; a casually brushed shrub reveals crisp and delicious leaves—

No need to search deliberately, all kinds of ingredients are readily available, and the air is filled with a sweet and delicious aroma.

Jiang Yan took a step forward, his eyes shining as he scanned his surroundings.

Jiang Yan soon discovered a field of cake pumpkins.

Bending down and reaching into the dense pumpkin vines, I quickly picked a football-sized, round, plump cake pumpkin with an orange-yellow skin.

The cake pumpkin is sprinkled with a layer of natural white icing sugar, which glistens delicately in the sunlight. It feels soft, smooth, and slightly cool to the touch, without the hardness and roughness of ordinary pumpkins.

I took out the kitchen knife I always carry and cut into the pumpkin skin. There was almost no resistance, and the blade slid into the flesh.

After cutting off a slice, the layered texture of the cake becomes clearly visible.

The golden pumpkin cake base and light cream filling are layered and interwoven, creating a fluffy structure, much like a chiffon cake meticulously crafted by a top baker.

With one bite, the fluffy texture melts on the tongue, refreshingly sweet without being cloying.

The natural fragrance of pumpkin blends perfectly with the rich cream, bringing a surge of happiness to Jiang Yan's head. He couldn't help but squint his eyes, immersing himself in this delicious treat.

"These are really good ingredients."

Jiang Yan couldn't help but smile.

Then, following the lush green vines that spread across the ground, one could find numerous cake pumpkins hanging from the thick vines, each one plump and tempting.

In just over ten minutes, Jiang Yan had collected quite a few cakes and pumpkins.

Besides the cake pumpkin, around the cake pumpkin, in the damp soil and grass, there are also cute little bread snails and cake snails about the size of a fist crawling around.

The bread snail's shell is a golden-brown color, with a texture resembling freshly baked bread.

It has a soft and fluffy texture, yet it's also chewy, with the rich aroma of fermented wheat that becomes more fragrant the more you chew it.

The cake snail's shell is a fluffy sponge cake with a layer of delicate cream on top. It melts in your mouth, with a rich and lingering sweetness and creamy aroma that lingers for a long time.

Jiang Yan, of course, wouldn't let such a delicacy pass him by, and he also added it to his collection.

After harvesting a large quantity of cake pumpkins, bread snails, and cake snails, Jiang Yan reluctantly straightened up and looked towards the depths of the hills.

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The delicious food in front of him was just the tip of the iceberg; countless ingredients he had never heard of or seen before awaited him ahead.

After leaving the cake pumpkin field, Jiang Yan walked for a distance and came to a grassy area.

Looking around, Jiang Yan was unsure which direction to go.

At this moment, Jiang Yan saw a tree standing tall on the grass.

The tree trunk was thick and the branches and leaves were lush. This gave Jiang Yan an idea. If he could climb to the top of the tree, he could take in the terrain for miles around and determine the next route.

Jiang Yan immediately strode toward the tree, but before he got close, he smelled an extremely rich fragrance.

Upon closer inspection, it was the rich, creamy aroma of mayonnaise, mixed with a subtle fruity acidity, which whetted one's appetite.

As Jiang Yan walked to the tree and looked up, his eyes lit up.

It turns out this is a mayonnaise tree!

The trunk and branches are light brown, the leaves are broad and emerald green, and the branches are covered with teardrop-shaped brown mayonnaise fruits, slightly longer than a palm, with smooth skin and plump and juicy.

Jiang Yan reached out and picked a mayonnaise fruit.

Take out a bread snail, then squeeze the mayonnaise pod; a thick, milky white liquid immediately flows out from the bottom of the pod.

I dipped the bread snail in the sauce and put it in my mouth. It was silky smooth and had a rich aroma.

Jiang Yan happily picked all the mayonnaise fruits, only then remembering his original purpose.

After carefully collecting the mayonnaise berries, I gripped the rough tree trunk with both hands and, relying on my superhuman strength, climbed up in a few quick movements, standing firmly on a thick branch.

Climbing to a high vantage point opens up a vast and expansive view.

A grove of uniquely shaped trees came into view, instantly capturing Jiang Yan's full attention.

Jiang Yan immediately decided to go there.

Before even stepping into the woods, a variety of fragrances wafted over, so rich that they were almost overwhelming.

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The trees here are all kinds of strange and wonderful, including potato chip trees with thick trunks and branches covered with potato chips.

Each leaf is like a natural potato chip; it makes a crunchy sound when you bite into it, and it crumbles easily.

What's even more amazing is that different potato chip varieties bring completely different flavors: the freshness of lime, the smoky aroma of barbecue, the crispness of cucumber, the richness of cheese—a wide variety, with everything imaginable.

In addition, there are rice cracker trees, snow cake trees, shrimp cracker trees, and rice cake trees —

It can be said that all kinds of puffed food that he can imagine are here; it's practically a forest of puffed food.

Jiang Yan decisively picked a large amount of potato chips, shrimp crackers, and rice crackers.

Besides the various trees that grow puffed food products, the forest is also home to many unique creatures.

A potato chip butterfly with wings as thin and crisp as potato chips, a shrimp worm with a body curled up like a shrimp cracker, and a Doritos snail with a shell like a Doritos sandwich —

In the very center of the forest of puffed food products, a gushing spring suddenly appears.

The spring water was bubbling with brownish-red cola; cola paired with puffed snacks, they actually complemented each other perfectly.

As dusk settled, the setting sun painted the sky orange-red, and the evening breeze carried the fresh scent of grass and trees.

Jiang Yan traveled a while longer and came across a grove of white apple trees.

The white apple tree has a thick trunk and lush leaves, and its branches are laden with round and plump white apples.

After some of the white apples were picked, it got completely dark.

Jiang Yan simply climbed up a white apple tree, found a stable spot on a branch, lay down, used the sky as his blanket and the tree as his bed, and fell into a deep sleep amidst the faint fragrance of the fruit.

The next morning, as the first rays of sunlight pierced through the gaps in the leaves and fell upon him, Jiang Yan slowly awoke, feeling refreshed.

I casually picked up a few white apples and started eating them; the sweet flesh awakened my dormant taste buds.

As Jiang Yan was eating, a golden light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

This immediately piqued Jiang Yan's curiosity, so he went over to it.

As Jiang Yan approached the white apple tree where the golden light had appeared, he looked up and discovered a golden apple among the many white apples. He picked it with a puzzled expression.

Looking at the golden apple in his hand, Jiang Yan thought for a moment, then took out the ingredient catalog he had bought earlier and found the information about white apples.

According to the illustration, there is a one in a million chance that a white apple will become a golden apple.

The capture level of the white apple is only 1.

However, the Golden Apple's capture level is 11.

"Looks like I'm having pretty good luck with food!"

Jiang Yan couldn't help but smile.

After all, in the world of Gourmet Delight, luck is extremely important.

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