Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

"You're full after just a few bites?" Ling Chi saw that she had only drunk a small bowl of tomato and egg soup, a piece of steamed bread, and a few bites of vegetables, and said, "Your appetite is much worse than before."

"I guess I'm getting old! I can't eat much anymore." Wu Xingyun stroked her snow-white long hair. Not only had her appearance aged, but even her voice had aged. However, she was highly skilled, and her current appearance was only in her forties, only her voice was rather old.

"She's not that old," Ling Chi comforted her. "Even in her later years, she still retains her charm."

Wu Xingyun chuckled: "Your mouth may be a bit glib, but it can be quite sweet sometimes. If you used it on those young girls, you'd be able to have a baby by the end of this year."

"Hehe," Ling Chi laughed, "I haven't thought that far ahead yet."

He paused for a moment, then said, "I want to go back to the Song Dynasty in another month."

Wu Xingyun frowned and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm just handling some personal matters," Ling Chi said with a smile. "Don't worry! I'll definitely be back in six months at most."

“…” Wu Xingyun was silent for a moment, then said, “I will have the Four Swords accompany you.”

Ling Chi looked at her and said, "You don't trust me?"

“No.” Wu Xingyun shook his head: “Your martial arts are far superior to the Four Swordsmen, they can’t stop you. Let them take care of you along the way! They will send back news of you as soon as possible.”

He paused for a moment, then said, "Lingjiu Palace has a vast territory. If needed, you are welcome to use it."

Ling Chi smiled slightly: "Then I'll leave Shuang'er here too! If I leave, only Shuang'er will be able to cook for you."

Wu Xingyun glanced at him and nodded: "Alright."

……

That evening, Ling Chi returned home and recounted the exchange he had made with Wu Xingyun that day. Shuang'er nodded after listening, "I'm very relieved that the Four Swords are taking care of you, brother. Don't worry about me either, brother. I really like the atmosphere at Lingjiu Palace."

"I don't have much to worry about, it's just that having the Four Swords with me makes some things a bit inconvenient," Ling Chi said.

Shuang'er smiled and said, "If you cook for them a few more times, they will listen to you obediently."

Ling Chi looked at her, a half-smile on his face, and said, "What kind of wicked idea are you plotting now?"

"Quadruplets are rare," Shuang'er said. "Beautiful quadruplets are even rarer. Brother, don't miss out."

Ling Chi smiled and said, "Since Shuang'er has put it that way, I'll reluctantly agree!"

Shuang'er chuckled and was about to say something when she suddenly heard Huang Rong's voice: "Brother Ling, Sister Shuang'er, I've found the mother tiger who just gave birth to cubs. Open the farm gate and I'll bring the tigers in."

Ling Chi and Shuang'er were overjoyed and immediately entered the God of Cookery space, opened the farm's passage, and let Huang Rong grab the tigress and enter the farm.

On the farm, Huang Rong was holding a trembling tigress in one hand and two furry tiger cubs in the other. When she saw Shuang'er, she immediately smiled and said, "Sister Shuang'er, look, I've found the tiger milk."

Shuang'er's eyes welled up with tears as she said, "Rong'er, thank you."

"No need to thank me, it's what I should do." Huang Rong chuckled, placed the two still slightly baby-smelling tiger cubs on the ground, and said, "Brother Ling, I really like these two tiger cubs, let's keep them on the farm!"

"Keep them!" Ling Chi laughed. "Are these two male or female?"

"I haven't had a chance to look yet." Huang Rong picked up the little tiger and looked at it: "This one is female, and this one... is also female."

"What a pity," Ling Chi said. "If it were a male, we could have used it to make medicinal wine."

Huang Rong blushed, her eyes sparkling: "What does Brother Ling want to do with the wine?"

Ling Chi gave her a teasing look: "What do you think?"

"Hehe, I won't tell." Huang Rong was a little excited about her successful prank.

"Ahem." Shuang'er coughed twice and said, "Brother, could you please make three bottles first?"

"Alright!" Ling Chi stopped joking and took out several porcelain bottles, saying, "Rong'er, squeeze out the tiger milk, I'll squeeze out the cow milk, and Shuang'er, squeeze out the sheep milk."

"Ah."

The three worked together and quickly obtained enough milk. They then returned to the Chef's Space and began making the drink called "I Want to Grow Up".

Over the past two months, Ling Chi has honed this recipe to 100% perfection, so she certainly won't make a mistake this time.

Half an hour later, three full bottles of milky white milk drinks with a blue fluorescent glow were successfully made, achieving 100% completion.

"Shuang'er." Ling Chi placed the three bottles of milk drink in front of Shuang'er and smiled, "Drink up!"

Suppressing her excitement, Shuang'er took a deep breath and said, "Thank you, brother."

"Drink up!" Ling Chi smiled.

Shuang'er nodded, picked up one of the bottles, and took a sip.

"..."

Setting down the bottle, Ling Chi looked at Shuang'er, who seemed unchanged, and asked, "How are you feeling?"

“This…” Shuang’er moved her body slightly, her delicate brows furrowing: “I don’t seem to feel anything.”

"How could you not feel anything?" Huang Rong asked in astonishment.

"..." Ling Chi pondered for a moment, then asked, "System, what's going on?"

"Ding! [I Want to Grow Up], a blue premium recipe. After drinking it, your body will develop normally for the next year."

Upon hearing this answer, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

Huang Rong laughed and said, "I knew it! That makes sense. If you grow up all at once, people will think you're a monster."

Shuang'er patted her chest and said, "You scared me to death! I thought I was going to be disappointed again!"

“No, it won’t,” Ling Chi said. “The recipes have never failed to work. But this is a reminder that even if the system locks in my appearance and age, I can still make changes through the recipes. That’s quite humane.”

"Yes." Huang Rong and Shuang'er both nodded.

Huang Rong said, "Sister Shuang'er, quickly drink the other two bottles too! Don't waste them."

"Mm." Shuang'er nodded, then picked up the other two bottles and took a sip from each. The effects were all in the first sip, so there was no need to drink it all at once; the rest could be consumed slowly.

After taking three sips of "I Want to Grow Up," Shuang'er stretched her arms and laughed, "I really hope these three years will pass quickly."

"That's easy," Huang Rong said with a smile. "Sister Shuang'er will be on the farm for the next three years! It'll be over soon."

“That won’t do.” Shuang’er shook her head: “I still have to cook for Granny Tong, I can’t get away.”

"Cook?"

Chapter Forty: Lotus Blossoms at Every Step, Taoist Supernatural Powers

"Woof...woof...woof woof woof—"

On the farm, more than fifty local dogs of different sizes barked wildly at the huge tigress. Although their tails were tucked in in fear, they refused to back down an inch, baring their teeth as if they were determined to fight the tigress to the death.

"Big Yellow! Little White! Little Gray! General..." Ling Chi shouted, "Come here!"

"Woof—" The mongrel dogs immediately ran towards Ling Chi, but remained wary of the tigress as they ran, fearing she might suddenly attack. In the end, the tigress didn't move at all, because she was protecting the two cubs behind her. Although these mongrel dogs weren't large, they were all adult dogs and exuded a fierce aura, clearly battle-hardened fighting dogs, so the tigress didn't dare to be careless.

"Okay, good girls..." The dogs wagged their tails and excitedly rubbed against Ling Chi as they approached him. Ling Chi stroked the dogs, trying to soothe their fear.

These mongrel dogs were the same dogs Ling Chi had on Wuchang Island in the Legend of the Condor Heroes world. When he left the world, Ling Chi gave Wuchang Island to Huang Rong, intending to leave the dogs behind. However, Huang Rong was very reluctant to part with them and wanted to take them with her. Ling Chi was in a dilemma; he couldn't very well recruit these ordinary mongrel dogs as farmers!

But Shuang'er's words solved all the problems.

"Aren't dogs edible? Why not just raise them as livestock on a farm?"

"..."

And so, these dogs entered the farm as 'food'. Of course, Ling Chi was reluctant to eat them, but he was also afraid that they would die of old age, so he would feed them a longevity fish every ten days so that they could live on the farm forever.

These dogs are very intelligent and often help farmers climb trees to pick fruit, go down to the river to catch fish and shrimp, hunt bamboo rats in the bamboo forest, and catch rabbits in the woods. They also sometimes act as dog racers, bringing new entertainment to the farm.

The worst thing about life is boredom. If you have nothing to do all day, you might as well be dead. But as long as the entertainment industry is thriving, even ordinary people want to live to be a hundred.

Ling Chi's biggest fear is that the farmers will become bored and lethargic after living for a long time. Fortunately, as the number of people on the farm increases, Ling Chi has introduced some entertainment projects to help them pass the time.

In the last century, he first organized a Spring Festival sports meet, which received a good response. After that, a series of sports such as ice skating, skiing, high diving, and shuttlecock kicking were introduced to the farm, causing wave after wave of enthusiasm. But these are all sports, which are fun, but also tiring.

It wasn't until these dogs entered the farm, and were lured in by Huang Rong and the fruit maids, that dog racing officially took over the world.

Humans have a gambling instinct. The gambling mentality when facing the unknown can make everyone impulsive, and the feeling of ecstasy when winning and pain when losing is even more irresistible.

It has been over a year since they arrived in the Tianlong World, while more than a decade has passed on the farm. During these years, almost everyone has become a loyal believer in gambling, but their bets are not gold and silver treasures, nor various delicacies, but rather their working hours.

Although farm work is not hard work for them, it is just troublesome, but they can rest and no one wants to work. So gradually, some people started to use the time spent working as a wager. Whoever wins can make the loser work for them. This situation was then transplanted into dog racing.

Each person will set aside at least one day as a betting stake. The winner can take a day off from work, while the loser has to do the work of two people in one day.

The system generates a virtual currency called Time Coins, which can be earned by working more or making innovations in agricultural technology. Time Coins can then be used as gambling chips.

Over the past decade, almost everyone has lost time to some extent, except for the three dealers, Ling Chi, Shuang'er, and Huang Rong, who have obtained countless time coins. Unfortunately, these time coins are of no use to them, but the farmers can obtain time coins as a reward by bribing the dealers.

Linghu Chong often bribed Ling Chi with newly brewed wine, which led Ling Chi to secretly give him a lot of time coins. Linghu Chong could then use the time coins to designate someone to do farm work for him for a corresponding period of time.

Linghu Chong always chose Ren Yingying, a young lady he didn't get along with, simply to vent his anger. Although Ren Yingying was a young lady from a wealthy family, she was very hardworking. However, after finishing her work, she would always try to earn some time coins and then ask Linghu Chong to do the work for her.

Come on! Let's hurt each other!

Others will certainly try their best to earn time coins, but working more is just the most basic way; the real way to earn time coins is through researchers.

For example, someone can earn a year's worth of Time Coins by growing a brand new delicious fruit. Or someone can earn a lot of Time Coins by raising livestock to make the meat more tender and delicious. But the biggest source of Time Coins is still grain production.

In this regard, Yue Lingshan and Ji Xiaofu had a huge advantage. They were in charge of research on the yield of rice and other grains. After more than a thousand years of unremitting efforts, Yue Lingshan and Ji Xiaofu had mastered a variety of grain yield-increasing technologies, such as hybrid rice. Not only has the yield reached 2,000 kilograms per mu, but the taste has also been greatly improved.

The rice grown on the farm now, when steamed alone, is a simple white delicacy. And it's not just rice; the yields of corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, pumpkins, and other grains have also increased significantly. For this, Ling Chi specially rewarded each of them with time coins equivalent to more than ten years. With these, they could enjoy leisure time for over a decade without having to work.

However, after working as technicians for a long time, they simply can't stay idle. Every day they're thinking about how to increase production or improve the taste. If you don't let them work, they're actually unhappy.

Ultimately, these time coins are nothing more than a form of entertainment on the farm. You have to work with them, and you still have to work without them. Making others do the work for you is just a form of entertainment to tease others.

If you live too long, you have to find some fun, otherwise it's too boring.

The joy the dogs bring to the farm is immeasurable. So, over the past decade or so, the dogs have been pampered exceptionally well, growing much stronger and faster. In terms of fighting ability, while they can't yet defeat a tiger, a pack of them would surely kill the tigress.

Ling Chi patted the dogs' heads and said, "This tiger was caught by Rong'er. It will live on the farm from now on. Don't cause them any trouble, understand?"

"Woof (I got it) —"

After arriving at the farm, these dogs not only understood human speech but could even engage in simple communication with people. This wasn't the first time; everyone had gotten used to it.

Ling Chi dismissed the dogs and walked up to the tigress, saying, "From now on, you and your cubs will live here. You'll be provided with three meals a day. Don't hunt for food on your own, understand?"

"Roar..." The tigress growled softly, indicating that she understood.

When it first encountered Huang Rong, it was beaten so badly by her that it questioned its very existence as a tiger, and it knew that it had met someone it couldn't afford to mess with.

It can't fight back; it can't run away. It's at the mercy of others, like a fish on a chopping board. Now it can only obediently follow orders, hoping that its uncontrollable fate will be kinder to it and its offspring.