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

"If I didn't have memories of my past life, I probably wouldn't even be able to imagine how I could comprehend internal energy from this Surangama Sutra."

Nan Xu smiled slightly, turned the Shurangama Sutra upside down, and opened the pages in reverse order from back to front.

At this moment, in his eyes, the small black characters had long lost their shape and turned into a collection of various curved lines.

"Splash, splash!"

Nan Xu quickly flipped through the pages. As the pages turned, the curved lines seemed to come alive, wriggling like tadpoles!

At the same time, the system issued a notification.

[Ding! You have viewed the sixth-grade internal skill "Mind-Intent Qi Hunyuan Skill". Do you wish to spend 2000 experience points to learn it?]

"confirm!"

With a thought, Nan Xu's two thousand experience points were completely depleted. At the same time, a warm current rose from his dantian!

He was overjoyed and immediately opened the panel to check the detailed values ​​of this internal skill.

【Mind-Intent Qi-Primordial Skill (LV1, 0%)】

[Type: Internal Skill]

[Rank: Rare, Rank Six]

  

[True Qi Attribute: Primordial Chaos]

[True Qi Value: +120 per level]

[Attribute Bonus: Strength, Agility, and Constitution +3 per level, Willpower +5]

[Special Effect: Return to Origin. Your natural stamina recovery rate increases by 50%; you can actively activate this effect to consume stamina to restore true qi, or consume true qi to restore stamina.]

Nan Xu smiled with satisfaction.

As expected of a sixth-grade internal skill, the attributes it provides are quite generous.

Moreover, its special effects are also excellent.

The early stages are when you're most lacking in stamina. Whether you're grinding for skill points, cooking, or trekking through mountains and rivers to find ingredients, you'll need to consume a lot of stamina.

The "Return to Origin" effect allows Nanxu to quickly recover his stamina, greatly increasing the speed of the snowball effect.

More importantly, the true qi attribute of this sixth-grade internal skill is the rare [Primordial Chaos].

This means that no matter what type of cooking skill he uses or what type of internal energy he wants to cultivate in the future, he will not be affected by the clash of internal forces.

All things considered, this internal skill is simply the perfect transitional choice in the early stages... of course, from Nan Xu's perspective.

For ordinary players who don't have high requirements for internal strength, this internal strength is more than enough to be used in the mid-game and even the late-game!

"Never has there been such a wonderful start!"

Even with Nan Xu's knowledge as a second-rank culinary master, he couldn't help but cheer with joy.

Then, he suddenly waved his hand, pouring all the remaining experience points into this internal skill!

"System, upgrade me!"

With a "ding," the progress bar for the [Mind, Intent, Qi, and Primordial Chaos Technique] instantly surpassed 100%, reaching LV2, which is the second level.

Then... the progress stopped at 27% on the second floor.

Seeing this, Nan Xu clicked his tongue.

"As expected, I don't have enough experience points..."

The experience points required to upgrade to the sixth-grade internal skill are too many in the early stages.

Even if he accomplished the impossible task and his dishes were recognized by NPCs beyond their level, it wouldn't be enough to support him leveling up his internal skill by several more levels.

A sense of urgency rose in Nan Xu's heart.

He needs more experience points!

With that thought in mind, his gaze hardened, and he strode quickly out of the alley.

……

"Chef Luo, I'm back!"

With a creak, Nanxu pushed open the kitchen door and placed a basket of fresh ingredients against the wall.

Looking around, I couldn't see Luo Qinzhu anywhere.

"Hello, young man. You must be the young man Nan that the acting chef was talking about?"

A kind-looking, smiling middle-aged male chef greeted him.

"You must be tired from grocery shopping. You can rest for a while. The cook will be back soon. My surname is Li, you can just call me Chef Li."

Nan Xu's gaze swept over the calluses on Master Li's hands and the beautifully prepared ingredients in front of him.

Hmm, her cooking skills are far superior to Wang Yi's; she's probably at the seventh rank.

However, she is still somewhat inferior to Luo Qinzhu. Although Luo Qinzhu is only at the seventh rank, her signature dishes are at least at the sixth rank level.

"Hello, Master Li," he greeted respectfully, without the slightest hint of unease.

Nan Xu would never look down on others just because he had reached a higher level in the past. Even when he was a second-rank culinary immortal, he would never put on airs when facing people who were not as strong as him.

Because he knew very well that the art of cooking was profound and complex, and even as a second-rank culinary master, he had many shortcomings and deficiencies.

Always be humble and always learn, so that you will not miss any opportunity to improve.

Of course, this is his usual attitude. If someone unjustly questions his culinary skills, or if it involves a competition…

Then, he will also show his true colors.

Master Li smiled and nodded: "Are you hungry? There's some broth noodles cooking in the pot, it's a staff meal, eat as much as you like, no problem!"

As he spoke, he walked over, picked up the vegetable basket, examined it, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Wow, you've picked much better vegetables than Xiao Zou!"

Master Li carefully took out another tender bamboo shoot, sniffed it gently, and a look of surprise appeared on his face!

"Xiao Nan, you're really skilled! To be able to pick out such high-quality bamboo shoots, your eye for quality is probably on par with Chef Luo's!"

Nan Xu smiled, said nothing, and silently began to eat her broth noodles.

Last night's knife practice had exhausted Nanxu's energy, and now he was starving.

What's more, this broth noodles taste really good.

The noodles are smooth and chewy, the broth is fresh and rich, and the cooking time is just right, skillfully blending the essence of countless mountain delicacies together.

"Slurp!"

Well, it’s so sweet!

He slurped and ate with great relish, finishing a large bowl of noodles in just a few bites.

Just then, the kitchen door creaked open again.

Luo Qinzhu walked into the kitchen, followed by a young man dressed as an apprentice.

Upon seeing Nan Xu, the young man immediately greeted him warmly: "Hey, hello, hello! You must be the Nan Xu Chef Luo was talking about, right? Welcome, welcome! From today onwards, we'll be working together at the water station!"

Luo Qinzhu introduced to Nan Xu, "This is Xiao Zou. You can familiarize yourself with the water platform operation process with him today. Don't be too nervous, just treat it as practice."

Nan Xu nodded politely and smiled, "Okay, I understand."

"A customer has ordered some elaborate dishes, I need to go find Chef Li to make arrangements first. Xiao Zou, you can look after him for now, and contact me anytime if there are any issues." Luo Qinzhu gave these brief instructions and then hurriedly left.

Xiao Zou ran over quickly and waved enthusiastically, "Let's go, I'll take you to the water feature!"

Nan Xu put down the empty bowl and obediently followed behind Xiao Zou, even feeling a little expectant.

It really has been a long time since I've experienced what it's like to work in a basic kitchen position.

the other side.

Luo Qinzhu approached Master Li, who was happily selecting vegetables, glanced at the ingredients in the basket, and looked surprised.

"Mr. Li, did you go out to buy groceries today?"

"Oh, no," Master Li waved his hand. "This was bought by that young man Nan Xu. You even showed me his work, didn't you?"

"It was him?" Luo Qinzhu was stunned.

She never expected that such high-quality ingredients were actually chosen by Nan Xu.

This is not something that can be done with talent alone; it also requires the accumulation of experience.

How can someone so young have such a high ability to identify ingredients?

Could it be that, like me, he started learning to identify ingredients when he was two or three years old?

But how could someone like that not even be able to cut a single shred of radish properly?

Luo Qinzhu couldn't help but feel a little curious; in her mind, Nan Xu's image became increasingly mysterious.