Everyone's a Hunter? I'm a Hunter x Hunter!

Kitchen #16 of the Golden Gathering.

Two Minamoto no Yorimitsu warriors were present; one was kneading dough, and the other was washing a newly purchased steamer basket.

Two firework warriors, one burning firewood, the other making a nausea pit out of wool and clay.

Meanwhile, Lü Xiu was rolling out dough, making buns, arranging them one by one into a steamer, and then steaming them.

After returning from the Floating Clouds Chamber of Commerce, Lü Xiu bought a large quantity of materials.

Nearly a hundred kinds of rare beans, ingredients for making steamed buns, plant seeds from more than ten acres of land, and so on.

There's no rush to test the beans; the Yellow Turban Warriors can plant them on the ten-odd acres of land while they're asleep at night.

Right now, the more important thing is to figure out the steamed bun recipe I'll be using for the preliminary round of the food competition in about two weeks.

The Floating Cloud Merchant Guild has many steamed bun recipes, ranging from common to treasure-level. As for the even higher perfect-level recipes, they have all been put up for auction three days later by the Floating Cloud Merchant Guild.

In response, Lü Xiu could only curse the unscrupulous merchant.

Finally, he bought three recipes for steamed buns.

The three recipes are soup dumplings, baked buns, and custard buns, all of which are only of the common grade. Because of the upcoming culinary competition, the bun recipes have become ridiculously expensive, with the rare-grade bun recipes already fetching tens of millions—five times the usual price!

Therefore, Lü Xiu plans to upgrade the three recipes using the "sweet taste of knowledge".

It saves money and also helps you improve your culinary skills.

...

The first batch of soup dumplings is cooked.

Lu Xiu hugged the entire steamer basket, placed the bottom basket on the table, and then put the top basket back on the pot to continue steaming.

On the table, freshly steamed soup dumplings are steaming, accompanied by a faint aroma of meat. The thin, translucent dough reveals the tender soup sloshing inside, making your mouth water just by looking at them.

Lü Xiu didn't hesitate. He took out the chopsticks he had prepared and gently picked up one. The soup inside the skin swayed slightly, as if it might overflow at any moment.

Examine its attributes carefully.

Soup Dumplings

Quality: Normal

Effect: Movement speed +7 for 4 hours (cannot be stacked)

Description: Delicious soup dumplings.

"Not bad," Lu Xiu commented.

Ordinary-grade delicacies cannot provide permanent attributes; Lu Xiu mainly looks at the numerical increase and duration.

The movement speed boost provided by a standard-grade soup dumpling ranges from 1 to 10 and lasts for 1 to 5 hours.

My movement speed is +7 and the soup dumplings last for 4 hours, so this is considered above average.

Lu Xiu was very satisfied that the first one was of this quality.

After seeing the results, the next thing to check is the taste.

In the world of hunters, the most important thing for food to sell well is its attributes, followed by its taste!

Holding the soup dumpling in front of him, Lü Xiu gently bit open a small hole, and the rich soup inside instantly gushed out!

The aroma is wonderful.

"Hiss!" Lu Xiu immediately sucked hard!

It's a little hot!

For an average person, this would be enough to cause a burn.

But Lü Xiu was physically strong and had thick skin, so he wasn't afraid of getting burned.

The first taste is the fresh aroma of pork, with a hint of crab roe flavor. This is related to the aspic Lü Xiu used when making soup dumplings; he specially added some crab meat to the aspic.

The flavor profile suddenly became richer and more complex.

Put the whole soup dumpling in your mouth and chew and savor it slowly.

With a gentle bite, the soft bread crust separates on its own, like taking off clothes, revealing the plump pork filling inside.

The pork that Lü Xiu chose was pork shoulder, which is the upper shoulder of the pork. This cut of meat is particularly tender, fragrant, and not greasy.

Savoring the delicate texture of the minced meat, Lü Xiu's teeth were like a wound-up machine, taking bite after bite, each bite bringing a real sense of satisfaction!

"So comfortable~"

Even after the soup dumplings are completely swallowed, the delicious flavor lingers on the taste buds, leaving a lasting impression.

[Tip: Eating soup dumplings increases movement speed by 7 for 4 hours (cannot be stacked)]

Lu Xiu quickly picked up another soup dumpling and threw it into his mouth.

Take a bite, and the broth bursts in your mouth! The sweetness of the pork dances on your tongue, and the happiness and satisfaction of eating delicious food arrives once again!

This is why hunters in the hunting world have amazing physical qualities. In my previous life, an ordinary person would probably have to go to the hospital after eating just a few of these foods.

Lü Xiu quickly finished a steamer of soup dumplings.

not enough!

Lü Xiu said he could eat hundreds!

So he continued to cook, continued to steam, and continued to eat.

I ate as I cooked, until I reached the thirteenth tray, when a prompt popped up in front of me.

[Hint: The "Sweet Taste of Knowledge" skill has been activated, and the Common-grade recipe "Soup Dumplings" has been upgraded to the Superior-grade recipe "Crab Roe Soup Dumplings"]

"Finally triggered!" Lu Xiu raised an eyebrow; this was the moment he had been waiting for.

I quickly checked the newly upgraded recipe.

Crab Roe Soup Dumplings (Recipe)

Excellent

Attribute: Permanently increases movement speed by 1-3 (only effective upon first use).

Instructions: Prepare 1000g flour and 600g warm water...

For the recipe of crab roe soup dumplings, Lü Xiu should focus on the attributes.

Permanently increase movement speed by 1-3!

It permanently increases the attributes!

"NICE!" Lu Xiu clenched his fist, just as he had guessed.

When choosing a steamed bun recipe, there were thousands of recipes in front of him, ranging from basic to premium!

Which recipe should I choose?

Lü Xiu tried to put himself in the shoes of a diner.

If you were a diner, which shop would you choose to buy steamed buns from if the whole street was selling them?

Lu Xiu felt that his priority would be attributes.

A bun that can permanently increase attributes, even if the increase is small, is better than a bun that increases attributes only for a limited time.

But what if you had to choose from several types of buns that could permanently increase attributes?

Different hunters may make different choices. For example, elemental hunters and knowledge hunters might prioritize items that permanently increase intelligence. Weapon hunters, on the other hand, might choose items that increase strength or dexterity...

Are there any attributes that all hunters desire but are extremely rare?

Movement speed, final damage, ignores defense!

These are just three of them!

These are also the attributes that Lü Xiu has gained from the three recipes he chose: soup dumplings, baked buns, and custard buns!

However, as regular recipes, the attributes they add are time-limited.

Lu Xiu bought these three recipes to see if the recipes upgraded with the "Sweet Taste of Knowledge" skill would retain the effects of the previous version, changing the original time-limited restrictions into permanent ones!

As it turned out, Lü Xiu's guess was correct.

Among those thousands of recipes, there are indeed excellent recipes that permanently increase movement speed, but there are no recipes that permanently increase final damage or ignore defense.

As for the Treasure-level recipes, there isn't a single one that permanently increases movement speed, final damage, or ignores defense!

At least the Floating Clouds Chamber of Commerce doesn't have that!

If you could have a recipe that permanently increases movement speed, final damage, and ignores defense.

So, the preliminary round of this food competition will be...

wrong!

With recipes that permanently increase movement speed, final damage, and ignore defense, Lü Xiu felt he could even become a renowned chef throughout Yunxing Prefecture!