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

Chapter 101 Overlord's Tripod Lifting Skill

Inside Zhenjiang City.

Wu's Blacksmith Shop.

"Brother Nanxu, this is the fine iron kitchen knife you ordered, along with two cold iron sheaths, one long and one short." Master Wu pulled back the dust cover on the knife rack. "Here, take a look."

Nan Xu took the sword, which had mysterious and exquisite patterns on its blade, and weighed it in his hand.

Then, he picked up the scabbard wrapped in sharkskin and felt the chilling aura emanating from it, nodding in satisfaction.

"Indeed, your cooking skills are just as good as the rumors say."

"Hahaha—I'm relieved to hear that." Master Wu grinned. "This scabbard you wanted was really not easy to fight. I put in a lot of effort, but thankfully I didn't ruin the signboard."

Nan Xu sheathed Su Yue, and the blade and scabbard fit together perfectly, as if they were born as one.

So he put the Wenwu sword and the longer cold iron scabbard into his food pouch, waved to Master Wu, and said, "Well then, I'll take my leave now."

"Take care, and feel free to contact me if you need any after-sales service!" Master Wu patted his chest.

Nan Xu smiled and walked towards the blacksmith's shop.

As soon as he reached the door, he heard Liao Changfeng call out, "Brother Nan, over here!"

Nan Xu's eyes lit up, and he quickly walked over.

"Brother Changfeng, what are the results on your end?"

Liao Changfeng laughed heartily: "Haha—just as Brother Nan predicted, that Lü Shaojiang does indeed have a bounty on him, and quite a lot of it."

"As long as he is delivered to the Yangzhou government office, there will be a reward of 1,500 taels of silver."

"I've already arranged a prison cart, and it will depart this afternoon to escort him to Yangzhou. You just need to wait to collect your reward." Then, Liao Changfeng lowered his voice and said, "Brother Nan, in principle, Lü Shaojiang's personal belongings should be handed over as well, but given the long journey, it's understandable that a few items might be lost."

Nan Xu smiled upon hearing this: "Thank you for your kind offer, Brother Changfeng, but there's no need for that."

It wasn't that he regarded money as dirt, but rather that there really wasn't much of value in Lü Shaojiang's food pouch.

As a dark-blooded food hunter who is obsessed with gourmet food, it is difficult for him to keep either silver or ingredients.

After all the calculations, apart from the steel broadsword that Nan Xu couldn't use, among Lü Shaojiang's "dropped items," only two martial arts manuals were of considerable value.

As for those two manuals, Nan Xu had already read them thoroughly and used his experience points to master them completely.

One of the books, a fifth-grade knife technique, wasn't very suitable as a cooking skill and wasn't of much use to Nanxu.

If it weren't for the fact that he could teach players how to gain experience later, he wouldn't even bother wasting experience points to learn it.

The other sixth-grade manual, although also more focused on martial arts, was far more useful to Nan Xu than the fifth-grade sword technique.

[Overlord's Lifting Tripod Skill (LV1, 0%)]

[Type: Martial Arts/Cooking Skills]

[Rank: Rare, Rank Six]

[Internal Force Attribute: Vajra]

[Special Effect of the Technique: Each point of your physical strength greatly increases your load-bearing and lifting capacity, and this increase will continue to rise as your total internal energy increases.]

That's right, this is a sixth-rank passive skill!

Nan Xu was undoubtedly pleasantly surprised when he saw that Lü Shaojiang had actually revealed a sixth-grade passive skill manual.

Although this skill is clearly more combat-oriented, Lü Shaojiang was able to abduct Liao Yudie with the ease of carrying a fine iron broadsword, which was probably largely thanks to this skill.

However, improving weightlifting and load-bearing capacity also has a significant effect on cooking.

For the average player, this passive skill can greatly save the stamina consumed during high-intensity, long-duration cooking tasks.

However, Nanxu's internal energy effects allowed him to easily recover his stamina. In addition, after drinking monkey wine, his physical strength attribute also reached a fairly high value, so he was not very likely to encounter the problem of lacking stamina.

Even with this skill added on, there is still some diminishing marginal returns.

Of course, this is under the premise that you don't need to handle giant ingredients or use heavy kitchen utensils.

Once his chef rank is high enough, and he begins to use all sorts of extravagant ingredients and cooking methods, this culinary skill will show its usefulness.

With this in mind, Nanxu used up some of his accumulated experience points to level up to level four in one go.

Now that he had acquired the most valuable passive skill, Nan Xu naturally wouldn't care about the rest of the junk.

According to the rules, it should be handed over to the government; anyway, he wouldn't even look at it.

His attitude only made Liao Changfeng admire him even more: "Brother Nan is indeed of noble character and integrity; I admire him greatly!"

"In that case, we'll set off for Yangzhou this afternoon with that convoy. What do you say, young man Nan?"

"Yangzhou, ah—"

Nan Xu pondered the word, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

Given Ding Baozhen's official position and status, the quality of the tasks he issued would certainly not be low.

I wonder what awaits him at that grand autumn food festival?

Inside the banquet hall, the carved beams and painted rafters were magnificent and splendid.

The roof is inlaid with crystal-clear luminous pearls, which flow with a gentle light. Four large cloisonné enamel incense burners with bronze bodies are placed on the east and west walls, emitting wisps of bluish smoke that are soothing to the soul.

Inside the hall, eight rosewood screens with gold trim are arranged in a row, inlaid with mother-of-pearl depicting flowers, birds, figures, and pavilions, making them exquisitely beautiful.

In front of the screen was a very large round rosewood table, carved with patterns of bats amidst flowing clouds, lingzhi mushrooms, and ruyi scepters; its surface was entirely black and glossy.

The table was adorned with a variety of fresh and dried fruits, as well as eight appetizers, four cold and four hot, all brightly colored, exquisitely plated, and ingeniously crafted.

Prefect Liao Hong sat in the main seat, wearing a blue robe with cloud patterns and a white jade dragon-patterned belt around his waist. He raised his wine cup with a broad smile.

"Brother Nan, you saved the lives of my unfilial children and cleverly captured the thieves from Juexiang Tower. I really don't know how to thank you enough."

As he spoke, he held the cup with both hands and stood up: "I am honored that you have graced me with your presence today, young brother, with the honor of drinking a cup of wine from my home. This cup is a toast to you as a father, so please do not refuse."

After saying that, he raised his glass and drank the wine in one gulp, turning the glass upside down, leaving not a drop of wine.

Nan Xu rose to greet him, holding a cup and saying solemnly, "Prefect Liao, you flatter me. I am already acquainted with Brother Changfeng and Miss Yudie, and helping each other is only natural. How can I accept such a generous gift?"

"I am already deeply grateful for the Prefect's kind intentions. I will only drink this cup to repay the Prefect's sincere gratitude."

With that, he tilted his head back and drank the blood-red Western Region wine in his glass clean.

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