While in Hollywood, I used Taoist magic to quell American terrorism.

Anne Hathaway took her phone out of her bag, looked at it, and said to Cao Kun, "It's my agent, Molly. Should I have her come over?"

Cao Kun: "Your agent doesn't seem to have much character. Yesterday, he just abandoned you and ran away."

Anne Heather smiled and said, "It's normal to be afraid of ghosts. I don't need her to have great character; as long as she can help me get resources and roles, that's enough."

Cao Kun looked at Annie and nodded: "What you said makes sense. Let her come over."

"Molly, I'm here..."

Anne-Heather gave him the restaurant's address: "Come find me here."

Just as Cao Kun and his companion finished their meal and were about to leave, their agent, Mo Li, arrived.

She was somewhat surprised to see Anne Hathaway having dinner with Cao Kun.

After exchanging greetings, Molly asked, "Annie, how did things go?"

Anne Heather smiled slightly, showing no sign of dissatisfaction with her agent: "Cao is very capable; he has resolved the issue perfectly for me."

"That's good."

Molly relaxed: "Let's go, Annie, you still have a commercial shoot to do today."

"Okay, wait a moment."

Anne Hathaway threw herself into Cao Kun's arms and kissed him passionately.

Molly's eyes widened immediately.

She stared blankly at Anne Hathaway, then at Cao Kun, unable to understand how these two had gotten together.

It wasn't until Cao Kun and Anne-Heather relaxed slightly, and Anne urged her, that she reacted: "Coming, coming."

As she left, she couldn't help but take one last deep look at Cao Kun.

She got into the driver's seat of Anne Hathaway's Mercedes and started the car with practiced ease.

She peered at Anne Hathaway through the rearview mirror: "Anne, although I shouldn't interfere in your love life, but..."

Anne: "He's incredibly talented, beyond what most people can imagine."

Molly: "I know he's an exorcist with abilities that ordinary people don't have, but that can't put food on the table. You're a celebrity, so you should be thinking more about your work and image."

Anne: "He's 20..."

Molly's eyes widened immediately: "How could he, an Asian, possibly be like that?"

Anne: "I just tried it last night, and it was more than enough."

Molly couldn't help but swallow hard: "While this is definitely a plus, but..."

Anne: "He lives in Beverly Hills."

Molly: "..."

Molly's voice lowered a little: "Is it possible that it's rented?"

Anne: "He's a billionaire and he's about to invest in a company we all know. I promised him it would be a secret, so I can't tell you now."

Molly stared in disbelief: "Uh..."

Anne: "After I was with him... my skin and complexion improved significantly. He has extraordinary abilities. His... can also change..."

squeak……

Molly slammed on the brakes and pulled the car over to the side of the road.

She turned to Anne Hathaway: "Is it too late for me to go find him now?"

Anne looked at her: "He probably doesn't like older people."

Molly sighed and drove the car away again: "Can he help you with your work?"

Anne: "Didn't you know he'd have a change of luck?"

Molly: "That's just a legend; whether it's true or not is unverified. Did he change your luck?"

Anne: "He asked me, and I refused for the time being. But he promised me that no matter what trouble I encounter, as long as I contact him, he can solve it for me."

It's any kind of trouble.

Molly: "Annie, I'm a little envious of you."

Anne: "It's not enough yet. Right now, we're just enjoying each other's benefits, but I want to hold on tighter to a man like this."

Molly: "Then you'll have to give even more."

Anne-Heather smiled: "There's no such thing as a free lunch. Even kids know that."

………………

Cao Kun drove himself home.

He checked his QQ messages.

I've been in contact with Wu Chen during this time.

However, the medicinal herbs he needed were becoming increasingly scarce and difficult to find, leaving Cao Kun somewhat helpless.

In fact, Cao Kun understood.

Many medicinal herbs are, after all, used for alchemy.

Although Wu Chen was born into a family of herbalists, he was likely in contact with doctors rather than cultivators.

These are two completely different concepts.

It's already quite remarkable that Wu Chen was able to find so many medicinal herbs for Cao Kun.

If you want more, you have to take a chance.

Besides elixirs, there is also weapon crafting.

Cao Kun's main material for refining weapons is still lightning-struck wood.

Although the material was indeed quite good, it gradually became insufficient.

As for better materials...

Cao Kun glanced at the name and knew it was pretty much a lost cause.

The materials used by Taoists are not as exaggerated as those in cultivation novels, which often use things like Nine Heavens Star Iron.

In reality, these things don't exist at all.

The Taoist methods mainly rely on qi, momentum, movement, and strength.

Qi: Yang Qi, evil Qi, Yin Qi, and malevolent Qi. Materials containing these types of Qi are all used for crafting weapons.

For example, the executioner's knife has killed countless people.

The general's swords, spears, and other weapons were used to slay countless enemies.

These all contain powerful malevolent energy; they are natural magical artifacts in themselves.

Fortune and momentum: Five Emperor Coins contain the yang energy of money that has passed through the hands of many people, as well as the fortune of a dynasty.

This is why Cao Kun's copper coin sword is so powerful.

Force: It is similar to lightning-struck wood, a material that, by chance, absorbs the power of heavenly lightning.

Better materials are those containing even stronger such power.

These things are hard to find; you have to stumble upon them.

………………

Around 6 p.m., Anne-Heather returned to Cao Kun's house.

"Damn, I bought groceries, come and get them for me."

Cao Kun heard Anne Hathaway's voice coming from inside the garage.

Cao Kun went over and saw that she had bought a lot of things, big and small bags.

Moreover, many seasonings and packaging have Chinese characters printed on them.

"You went to the Asian supermarket?"

Cao Kun understood.

"Yes." Anne-Heather proudly pulled out two cookbooks: "Look, I also bought Chinese cookbooks."

Cao Kun was taken aback, then took it and looked at it.

It really is a recipe book that teaches how to cook Chinese food, and it's even in English.

However, Cao Kun took a look and realized that what he was teaching was a modified version of Chinese recipes.

Similar to Chinese restaurants abroad that specialize in serving Chinese food to foreigners.

The first dish we'll be sharing is General Tso's Chicken.

This dish doesn't even exist in China.

Cao Kun looked helpless: "What are you trying to do? Don't you say you can't cook?"

Anne Heather said earnestly, "I'm going to learn."

Cao Kun: "Chinese cuisine is one of the most difficult cuisines in the world. If you really want to learn it, you should learn to cook white food first."

"White food?" Anne Hathaway had never heard this term before.

"You mean the food we usually eat?"

Cao Kun: "Pretty much. Fry an egg, make a vegetable salad, cook some pasta or something. Start with the simplest things."

Anne Hathaway: "Are these things really that simple?"

Cao Kun: "..."