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

Upon seeing this name, Nan Xu's heart skipped a beat.

Then, a hint of joy appeared on his face.

"I never expected they even have this culinary skill here!"

He smiled and pulled the booklet from the bookshelf.

Although this "Long Eyes and Flying Ears Skill" is a seventh-grade cooking skill, its value is almost equivalent to a sixth-grade cooking skill!

It's important to understand that every three minor tiers represent a significant hurdle that leads to a qualitative leap.

The difference in value between a seventh-rank and a sixth-rank item is like night and day!

However, the value of this culinary skill is comparable to that of a sixth-grade culinary skill, which shows just how valuable it is.

The reason for saying this is twofold: firstly, because of its effectiveness, and secondly, because of its rarity.

This "Long Eyes and Flying Ears Skill" can enhance the eyesight and hearing of practitioners. Those who master it will have all five senses clear, able to know what is thousands of miles away and to detect what is hidden in the most obscure places.

It can even cultivate a vague sixth sense, enabling one to perceive things that are obscured by the naked eye, regardless of the obstruction of sight.

This culinary skill can be of great help to him in finding, identifying, and processing ingredients!

But that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this is an extremely rare passive skill.

In the game "Chef Soul," there's no limit to the number of cooking skills a player can learn. As long as you have enough experience, learning tens of thousands of skills is perfectly fine.

However, most cooking skills require active use to be effective. No matter how skilled you are, there is a limit to the number of cooking skills you can use at the same time.

Therefore, passive cooking techniques like "Long Eyes and Flying Ears" that don't require active use are extremely popular.

However, such passive cooking skills are not only extremely rare, but also have very few channels for acquisition.

The fact that Baiweilou also had a copy was completely unexpected for Nanxu.

"I'm so lucky."

Nan Xu happily thought to herself, and put the cooking manual into her pocket as well.

He didn't rush to study, but instead continued to look at the bookshelf.

As long as you lend out your cooking skills, you can learn them anytime.

Now, his experience points have a more important use.

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After looking through all the cooking techniques on the bookshelf, Nan Xu shook his head regretfully; there were no more cooking techniques that met his standards.

However, finding three books, especially one of them called "Long Eyes and Flying Ears Technique," was far beyond his expectations.

Thinking of this, Nan Xu smiled self-deprecatingly; he had been too greedy.

Then, he pulled out a book on seventh-grade cooking techniques from the bookshelf and began flipping through it rapidly.

  

[Ding! You have viewed the seventh-grade culinary skill "Flying Chopsticks Flipping Ten Pots". Do you wish to spend 1000 experience points to learn it?]

"Yes."

With a thought, a flash of light appeared on Nanxu's control panel, revealing a new culinary skill.

Then, without stopping, he turned to the next book...

[Ding! You have viewed the seventh-grade culinary skill "Five Tigers Slaying Dragon Blade". Do you wish to...?]

"Yes."

[Ding! You have viewed...]

"Yes."

Nan Xu worked quickly, and in no time, more than a dozen cooking skills appeared on his panel.

All the experience points I had accumulated were completely used up.

Nanxu put the last cooking book back on the shelf and sighed as she looked at the remaining cooking books on the shelf.

Sure enough, he still had too few experience points to use.

Nan Xu spent so much experience points to learn so many cooking skills that he couldn't use himself, of course because it was profitable.

He clearly remembered how players were frantically craving high-level cooking skills when the game first launched in his previous life.

If he were to take these Rank 7 cooking skills and wander around the beginner village, he would definitely have plenty of players eagerly offering themselves up to him, begging him to teach them the skills.

Players who want to learn an NPC's skills must pay the NPC an additional amount of experience.

Nanxu's goal is to earn a lot of experience points by teaching cooking skills!

Since he relies on teaching cooking skills to gain experience, the more cooking skills he has mastered and the more diverse they are, the more players will want to learn from him.

This is equivalent to a leveraged investment that yields huge profits; the more capital he invests, the more he earns in the end.

Therefore, Nan Xu wished he could borrow 60,000 to 70,000 experience points immediately to learn all the cooking skills here.

Unfortunately, he didn't have that many experience points, and "Chef Soul" didn't have an experience point loan function.

Nan Xu reluctantly looked away from the bookshelf.

This feeling is like having a mountain of treasure but being unable to use it; it's incredibly frustrating.

Fortunately, he passed Luo Qinzhu's test and can come here again anytime in the future.

As long as he can gain enough experience points, he can learn all the cooking skills here.

However... his current rate of gaining experience points is still too slow.

We need to find a way to earn as many experience points as possible as quickly as possible.

With that thought in mind, Nan Xu, carrying three culinary manuals, walked towards the door.

"Chef Luo, I've made my selection."

Luo Qinzhu breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the three culinary manuals in Nan Xu's arms.

She was genuinely worried that if Nan Xu lent out a dozen or so books at once, no matter how talented he was, he couldn't withstand such a distraction.

Fortunately, it seems that Nanxu still has a clear understanding of the situation.

She nodded and said, "No problem. Do you need me to give you a day off so you can get used to your cooking skills?"

Nan Xu smiled and shook his head: "No need for that. But, could I also take over as the stove cook?"

"Compared to knife skills, cooking techniques and seasoning are actually my forte."

Nanxu made this request mainly because relying solely on chopping vegetables to gain experience points was too slow.

The majority of experience points are gained from customer satisfaction feedback after tasting the dishes.

If he could take on some of the stove work, his experience points would be gained several times faster!

Luo Qinzhu thought for a moment and said, "With your seasoning skills, it's a real waste to only be a cutting board."

"Here's what we'll do: when no one's using the stove, you can cook a few dishes to practice. But if you want to serve the dishes to guests, you'll have to wait until you get your ninth-grade chef qualification."

Nan Xu nodded. Many large restaurants have this strict rule because passing the ninth-grade chef qualification examination means that the chef has a very solid foundation in culinary skills and no weaknesses.

It's not surprising that Luo Qinzhu made this request; rather, it shows that this is a responsible attitude towards diners.

Since that's the case, he needs to hurry.

A glint flashed in Nan Xu's eyes. The ninth-grade chef qualification examination was only held once every two weeks.

The next assessment is in three days. If you miss it, you'll have to wait another two weeks.

Thinking of this, he immediately said, "Chef Luo, I need to ask for a day off in three days."

"Three days later?" Luo Qinzhu was taken aback.

She knew that day was the day of the ninth-grade chef qualification examination.

But is three days of preparation time a bit too tight?

However, considering Nan Xu's talent and seasoning skills, she didn't try to dissuade him further and nodded, saying:

"Of course. If you can successfully pass the ninth-grade chef assessment, it will also be a good thing for Baiweilou."

"Then thank you very much, Chef Luo." Nan Xu smiled slightly.

He will definitely pass this assessment, and he must pass it.