Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

"Master Liu knows that I enjoy researching food, but the ingredients I use in my dishes are all very precious. I'm currently researching a dish that requires very rare ingredients. I wonder if Master Liu could find them?"

Upon learning that Ling Chi wanted century-old ginseng, Liu Zhengfeng patted his chest and said that it was no problem, and promised to collect as many century-old ginseng as possible for him in the shortest possible time.

Ling Chi expressed his gratitude and said he was willing to pay all the expenses.

Liu Zhengfeng refused, saying that he did this to repay the life-saving grace, and if he wanted money, what kind of repayment would that be?

In this way, before moving his family overseas, Liu Zhengfeng used all his connections in the underworld to obtain twenty-two century-old ginseng roots for him in just three days.

A century-old ginseng can be used 10 times, and these 22 ginsengs are enough for him to use for six years.

In fact, besides the longevity fish, other high-end white-label recipes also require the addition of premium ingredients. For example, the meat used in Juntun Guokui is all carefully selected, top-quality meat, and the purchase price is not cheap. If he hadn't worked hard from dawn till dusk to earn money, how could he have afforded the appetites of the Huashan Sect members?

Fortunately, he made quite a bit of money in Hengshan City those few days. With that money on hand, he could support his procurement for a long time. And Shuang'er would take care of the procurement.

During their time away, Ling Chi and Shuang'er would meet every night in the Chef God Space. Shuang'er would use the money Ling Chi earned to purchase supplies, such as the Yellow River carp that they would use to make the Longevity Fish.

Near Mount Hua lies Fenglingdu, situated at the bend where the Yellow River turns eastward. Since ancient times, it has been a vital passage connecting Hedong, Henan, and Guanzhong, making it a strategically vital location fought over by military strategists. The ancient battlefields of the Wei and Qin states took place here. Famous battles such as Cao Cao's campaigns against Han Sui and Ma Chao during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Yuwen Tai's defeat of Gao Huan during the Western Wei Dynasty, all occurred at Fenglingdu.

In this peaceful era, Fenglingdu has become a major ferry crossing, with merchant ships coming and going every day, bringing local products from all around the Yellow River, including Yellow River carp.

Ling Chi works so hard to earn money mainly to buy all kinds of ingredients and utensils. More than 70% of the ingredients for recipes that can improve attributes come from Fenglingdu.

In the past month or so, Chef's Space has been replenished with many different kinds of ingredients, not only those bought by Shuang'er, but also various supplies that Ling Chi purchased during his business trip.

Fuzhou is a coastal city with many maritime merchants. During Lingchi's trip to Fuzhou, he bought a lot of seafood.

Unfortunately, the Chef God Space cannot be used to raise fish, so many of the seafood he bought died. He could only store them using the Chef God Space's preservation function, so he didn't have to worry about them not being fresh enough when he used them.

Driven by urgency, Ling Chi did one more thing: he told these maritime merchants that "on the other side of the sea, there is a continent called America, where there are high-yield crops that can produce thousands of kilograms per acre, as well as various vegetables and fruits that have never been seen in the Central Plains."

As Marx said in Capital: "Capital becomes bold when there is a suitable profit. With a 10% profit, it will be used everywhere; with a 20% profit, it becomes active; with a 50% profit, it will take risks; for a 100% profit, it will trample on all human laws; with a 300% profit, it will commit any crime, even risking the gallows."

What are these maritime merchants risking their lives on the high seas every day for? Isn't it all for making money?

However, the sea is fraught with danger and immense risk, with the constant threat of capsizing. No one would become a maritime merchant for a pittance unless they were desperate for survival. But if unimaginably huge profits were to appear, they would be willing to risk their lives to take the plunge.

When Ling Chi realistically depicted the various agricultural products of the Americas from his memory and presented them in a detailed illustrated book to the maritime merchants, their eyes lit up with envy.

Treasure! These are priceless treasures!

In addition, Ling Chi was good at geography in school and had learned from his teacher how to hand-draw a simple world map on the blackboard. So he took the opportunity to draw a simple world map and handed it to these maritime merchants.

Did these merchants go to sea again? Ling Chi didn't know, because his time in Fuzhou was too short. After the Fuwei Escort Agency was destroyed, he went to Hengshan to cause trouble, and then stayed here at Siguo Cliff to "reflect on his mistakes."

He certainly won't be able to go to Fuzhou for the next year, but a year isn't a long time, and it won't be too late to go and see him after the lockdown ends.

What if!

If these maritime merchants really manage to bring all the agricultural products from the Americas over, he'll sell everything he owns to get a whole trainload of them.

Shredded pork with green peppers, shredded pork with garlic sauce, shredded pork with garlic shoots, shredded pork with pickled peppers, shredded beef, shredded beef with pickled peppers, twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts, twice-cooked pork with cabbage, twice-cooked pork with fried noodles, Mapo tofu, chicken and tofu pudding, braised beef, spicy blood curd, skewers, hot pot, cold skewers, boiled chicken, poached chicken, Sichuan-style spicy chicken, spicy chicken, cold chicken salad, braised tofu, dry-fried crucian carp, boiled fish, boiled sliced ​​pork, cold pot fish, cold crucian carp salad, dry pot chicken, live rabbit, fresh pepper rabbit, cold rabbit, cold beef, salt-fried pork...

Chili pepper! Come back soon, your brother can't handle it without you.

……

Inside the cave, Ling Chi skillfully prepared the carp and then began to marinate it with various ingredients.

After marinating ginger slices, garlic slices, scallion segments, etc., they are deep-fried. After frying, they are removed and drained of oil before proceeding to the next step of preparation.

The preparation method is actually the same as braising, but a few slices of century-old ginseng are added, along with the top-notch cooking techniques of Lingchi White, to create a high-end white delicacy - Longevity Fish.

"Ding, Longevity Fish, 100% completion, perfect."

Ling Chi breathed a sigh of relief. Thanks to practicing in the Chef God Space these past few days, he finally achieved 100% completion before returning to Mount Hua.

Achieving 100% completion of a recipe not only increases the chances of conquering higher-level opponents, but the biggest difference lies in the intensity of the hallucinogenic pleasure.

A recipe that is 60% to 99% perfect will produce varying degrees of hallucinations when consumed by diners of the same skill level. While there may be hallucinations and an unprecedented sense of pleasure, this pleasure is imperfect.

It's like listening to a beautiful song when suddenly a piece of background noise appears. Whether it's long or short, it's not a big problem, but it will still affect the listening experience.

A 100% complete recipe, on the other hand, is free of any distractions, allowing diners to perfectly experience the ultimate hallucinogenic pleasure.

This dreamlike experience may very well be the only wonderful experience they will ever have in their lives, and they will never have it again.

Once a person has had this experience, everything else becomes meaningless.

This is the perfect conquest, from body to mind.

Chapter Twenty-Five: I Miss Home

After successfully preparing a longevity fish dish, Ling Chi did not eat it immediately, but instead stored it in the Chef God Space.

It was already dark when Ling Chi lit torches in the cave for illumination and began the second phase of the process.

This was his first time doing it, so he only made one serving of longevity fish. This time, he wants to take advantage of the large capacity of the big iron pot to make ten servings of longevity fish at once.

Ling Chi would prepare multiple portions of all recipes that increased attributes at once and store them in the Chef God Space. Once the cooldown period was over, she would consume them immediately to avoid wasting time and effort.

An hour later, ten servings of longevity fish were completed, and the completion rate was also 100%.

Ling Chi was very satisfied. Since his culinary skills reached the highest level of white, he had never made a mistake when creating advanced white recipes. This feeling was somewhat similar to a fifth-grade student doing third-grade exercises; as long as one wasn't a complete failure, they could generally solve the problems.

Ling Chi is not only not a bad student, but also the most awesome class monitor.

Advanced white recipes? So easy.

While the iron was hot, Ling Chi began making the second batch, but this batch only had nine portions, because he was using the same ginseng that had been used before, and there were only nine portions left.

An hour later, the second batch of longevity fish was 100% ready.

By the time the nine portions of longevity fish were stored in the Chef God's Space and the pots and pans were cleaned, the moon was already high in the sky.

Seeing that it was almost time, Ling Chi entered the Chef God Space.

"Shuang'er, is it convenient?" Ling Chi conveyed the message to Shuang'er through his mind.

Shuang'er's message came quickly: "Wait a moment."

A minute or two later, Shuang'er sent a message: "Brother, I'm all better."

Ling Chi immediately summoned her into the Chef God Space.

Shuang'er was already dressed, but her hair was still a little disheveled.

Upon seeing Ling Chi, Shuang'er sweetly called out, "Brother."

Ling Chi smiled slightly and asked, "Asleep?"

"I fell asleep while lying down." Shuang'er stuck out her tongue, tidied her messy hair, and said, "Brother, why did you wake me up so late? What delicious food did you make?"

"I've made a fish dish that's not very useful to you." Ling Chi raised his left hand, and a fish tank (fish plate) containing longevity fish appeared in his hand, emitting a fragrance as if spring had returned to the earth.

Shuang'er couldn't help but take a deep breath and exclaimed, "What a fragrant fish! What's the name of this dish?"

"Longevity Fish." A pair of chopsticks appeared out of thin air in his right hand. Ling Chi picked up a piece of fish and put it in his mouth.

"Well……"

Although he was the host of the God of Cookery System, Ling Chi, like any ordinary person, showed an expression of ecstasy. The difference was that he snapped out of it after only two or three seconds.

"Ding, after consuming the Longevity Fish, lifespan increased by 0.1."

Seeing that his lifespan had increased from 79.3 to 79.4, Ling Chi smiled and narrowed his eyes.

Even though it's only a tiny bit of growth, it feels so good!

Ling Chi smiled and picked up a piece of fish, bringing it to Shuang'er's lips: "Try it."

All recipes that increase attributes only have an effect on the first bite; the rest only provide the taste of the food itself, offering no attribute boost other than being delicious and filling.

Ling Chi has already obtained the fish's attributes, so it doesn't matter if the rest are given to Shuang'er.

Shuang'er put the fish in her mouth, made two "mmm" sounds while chewing, and nodded, saying, "Delicious."

"Don't waste it, let's eat together!" Ling Chi waved his hand, and a small round table and two round stools appeared out of thin air. The two sat down and enjoyed the longevity fish together.

"Brother..." Shuang'er asked while eating fish, "Why didn't you bring Fei Yan to the Huashan Sect?"

Ling Chi paused, looking at her.

Eyes facing each other.

A few moments later, Ling Chi smiled and said, "Your sister Ling Shan told you everything?"

"Hmm." Shuang'er nodded and said, "I heard that Sister Feiyan really wanted to come to the Huashan Sect with Brother, but Brother didn't agree, and Sister Feiyan even cried!"

Ling Chi was silent for a moment, then poked the fish with his chopsticks and sighed, "Yes! That girl's crying is quite heartbreaking."

"Then why not bring her back?" Shuang'er said, "I will take good care of her."

“Because her only relative is still alive.” Ling Chi put down her chopsticks and said calmly, “I will not separate them. Family should be together.”

Shuang'er opened her mouth and whispered, "Brother, are you missing your family again?"

"..."

Ling Chi was silent for a moment, then suddenly chuckled softly: "I want to!"

Leaning back slightly, gazing at the sky above the Chef God Space: "I miss my parents, I miss my sister, I miss my classmates, I miss my Tsinghua University acceptance letter... I was about to reach the pinnacle of my life, how did I end up being possessed by this damn system!"

“Brother…” Shuang’er held his hand and gently rubbed it against her cheek: “Don’t be sad, Shuang’er will stay with you, brother.”

“Heh…” Ling Chi chuckled as he touched Shuang’er’s cheek, “This broken system is still somewhat useful at least, allowing me to meet Shuang’er.”

Hearing this, Shuang'er blushed and smiled.

"But it's too hateful." Ling Chi's tone changed, and she gritted her teeth as she said, "It doesn't give you any room to grow, so you can only be a little loli."

Shuang'er's face stiffened, and the corners of her mouth slowly drooped. Clearly, she was extremely dissatisfied with the system forcibly locking her biological age, even more so than with the joy of remaining forever young.

"Alright." Seeing Shuang'er's mood turn somber, Ling Chi picked up a piece of fish and brought it to her lips, saying, "Life is full of disappointments. Compared to those ordinary people who are destined to drift in the world, to experience birth, aging, sickness, and death, we are already lucky enough."

"..." Shuang'er bit into the fish, made two "mmm" sounds, and said, "But Shuang'er wants to grow up so that she can serve her brother."

"Hehe." Ling Chi chuckled and said, "As long as Shuang'er is by my side, that's enough. There will be people to serve me in the future."

"But I'm sorry to have to trouble you during this time, brother..." Shuang'er said with self-reproach, "I feel terrible about it."

"Don't think too much about it," Ling Chi comforted her. "I was too impatient back then. I fed you fried rice with eggs before you were even grown up."

"It's not your fault, brother." Shuang'er shook her head repeatedly. "Brother was just afraid of missing out on Shuang'er. Shuang'er... is very happy!"

Shuang'er blushed.