It's just cooking a dish, how did it become the main character in a game?

A flash of light appeared on the panel!

Nan Xu was on high alert. Based on his experience in the game, he should be entering a profound state of enlightenment.

But this time, Nanxu didn't feel any signs of entering a state of enlightenment.

A flash of light, and several large characters appeared before my eyes:

Breakthrough successful!

"What happened?"

Nan Xu was stunned. He had broken through so easily?

After thinking for a while, he roughly understood the reason.

"I had already grasped these things in my previous life, so I was able to break through directly."

Nan Xu immediately beamed with joy. This meant that until the mid-to-late stages, he could succeed on his first attempt at breaking through to new insights.

Wouldn't that save a lot of experience points?

"Xiao Nan, dinner's ready!"

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Master Li's voice interrupted Nan Xu's thoughts.

"Alright!" Nan Xu replied, putting the cleaver back into the knife holder, a hint of anticipation rising in her heart.

Perhaps because Luo Qinzhu had noticed his efforts, the food he had been eating these past few days had been exceptionally good.

The staff meals almost always include Luo Qinzhu's specialty medicinal dishes. After eating them, Nan Xu is covered in buffs, making him even more energetic when practicing his knife skills.

What delicious treats will be in today's staff meal?

Nan Xu licked her lips and walked towards the door.

……

"Chef Luo, the staff meal is as lavish as ever today!" Xiao Zou happily ladled out soup. "I'm getting lucky again because of Nan Xu!"

Wang Yi remained silent and simply ate his food.

Chef Li took a sip of the soup and said with great familiarity, "Angelica, Astragalus, Codonopsis, Goji berries...tsk tsk tsk, so nourishing."

Nan Xu smiled slightly: "I am deeply grateful for Chef Luo's kindness. I have no way to repay you and I am truly ashamed."

"If you could take better care of your health, that would be the best way to repay me." Luo Qinzhu sighed softly. "As the acting head chef of Baiweilou, I can't just watch you work yourself to death on the job."

"Don't worry, Chef Luo, I know what I'm doing," Nan Xu replied.

Again.

Luo Qinzhu sighed inwardly. Every time she advised Nan Xu to take care of his health, he would brush her off with the same excuse.

She could always sense a distinct urgency in Nan Xu's way of doing things, as if... some inexplicable sense of urgency was driving him.

Why is all this happening?

……

Nan Xu truly felt an unprecedented sense of urgency.

Inside the room, he flipped through the calendar and checked the time again.

"There are still more than six months, less than a year, before the players arrive."

"Before that, I must be promoted to a seventh-grade chef, raise my knife skills to LV40 or higher, and have the ability to prepare sixth-grade dishes."

"Only in this way can I seize that greatest opportunity... the one that could change the course of my life, before the players arrive!"

Thinking of that great opportunity, Nan Xu felt a surge of excitement.

Even from his perspective as a second-rank culinary master, those were absolutely must-have delicacies.

No matter what effort it takes, even if it costs him everything, he will get his hands on it!

To achieve this goal, the timing of the [Seventh-Rank Chef Qualification Examination] is crucial.

If you want to pursue a career as a chef, you must take the corresponding [Chef Qualification Examination] every 10 levels to continue leveling up.

The qualification assessment for seventh-grade chefs, which requires advancing from level 30 to level 31, is only open once every six months.

"If I calculate the time, the earliest I can participate in the seventh-grade chef qualification exam is probably... about two weeks after the game's launch."

A glint of light flashed in Nan Xu's eyes.

"In other words... for that assessment, I was only allowed to succeed, not fail."

He then flipped the calendar back over, his eyes regaining their calm.

Actually, there was another reason why Nanxu was so eager to improve his cooking skills.

That is, according to my memories from my previous life, Baiweilou will change hands soon.

He couldn't quite remember the exact date, but he was certain it would be within the next month.

He must find a way to stop this.

Putting aside the fact that Baiweilou has changed hands, which may reduce his efficiency in gaining proficiency points.

The care Luo Qinzhu had shown him these past few days made it impossible for him to abandon Baiweilou.

"Baiweilou was left to Luo Qinzhu by her father, and it holds a very high place in her heart. If I knew that the Jiang family would launch a culinary feud to seize Baiweilou, how could I stand idly by and do nothing?"

Thinking of this, Nan Xu clenched his fist.

His current culinary skill is still too low. Unless the topic of the culinary competition is favorable to him, he will have a hard time beating even an ordinary seventh-rank chef.

Don't be fooled by how easily he beat Wang Yi; it was because the subject matter was simple, which gave him an advantage.

He lacked so many things: experience, skill, level, cooking skills...

He must become stronger... He must become stronger as quickly as possible!

Only in this way will he not miss future opportunities and have a chance to change the course of his destiny!

"Phew... I'll climb out the window and go practice my knife skills in the kitchen."

Nan Xu's gaze fell upon the pitch-black night.

……

Several more days passed in the midst of rigorous daily practice.

Nan Xu maintained his routine of working at the water station during the day, practicing knife skills at night, and cultivating internal energy at night.

Soon, the day of his knife skills assessment, which he had agreed upon with Luo Qinzhu, arrived.

back kitchen.

Xiao Zou looked nervous and fidgeted with the kitchen knife.

He muttered to himself, "I wonder what Chef Luo's assessment questions will be this time... I hope it won't be like last time, where we have to carve radish flowers again."

Upon hearing this, Nan Xu simply smiled slightly: "If we really encounter this kind of question, there's nothing we can do about it, isn't there?"

"Brother, you have a really good attitude." Xiao Zou couldn't help but marvel at Nan Xu's calm demeanor.

But then he thought, Nan Xu has only been in the kitchen for a few days? This time he's probably just here to keep her company and practice her skills, so she won't be nervous at all.

Thinking this way, Xiao Zou felt relieved.

He looked at Nan Xu and comforted her, "You were just unlucky this time. You only worked in the kitchen for a week before you had to take the chopping board promotion exam. Otherwise, with your hard work, you might have passed it on the first try."

As they talked, Xiao Zou couldn't help but wonder again:

"It's strange, usually these promotion assessments are only held once every three months, but it's only been less than two months since the last one... Could it be that Chef Luo has misremembered?"

Nan Xu smiled but didn't say anything.

Revealing the truth at this point would seem somewhat like deliberately showing off.

While waiting, his gaze inadvertently swept over the character panel—

[Knife Skill: LV16]

After several days of hard practice, his knife skills have made great progress.

Even though the required proficiency level for each level increased exponentially after the cooking skill attribute was raised to LV10, he still managed to raise his knife skills level to 16 in just a few days.

With a knife skill level of 16, he has already reached the level of a senior ninth-grade chef.

Of course, Nanxu will not let his guard down because of this. As the saying goes, even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit; no matter what kind of challenge he faces, he will do his best to achieve the best.

The silence was broken by the creaking sound of the door hinges turning.

Luo Qinzhu appeared at the doorway.

She carried a basket of fresh, juicy cucumbers, placed it on the ground, and said with a smile:

"Sorry to keep you waiting! The test questions have been finalized, and they are..."

"Cucumber in a raincoat!"