Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

"This is a dish I made with lots of good ingredients. It's called 'Disabled but Determined.' Eating it will strengthen your will, so you won't be so indecisive." Ling Chi produced another pair of bamboo chopsticks and said, "Eat!"

"There's such a dish?" Wu Yazi took the chopsticks. Although he didn't believe that this dish could really enhance willpower, the taste was just too delicious, and he couldn't resist the craving in his stomach.

One bite.

"Well--"

"Ding! You have conquered the stomach of Wu Yazi, a high-level blue-ranked diner. The diner's rank is too low and does not count towards the conquest count. A high-level blue-ranked recipe, 'Fish in the Northern Sea,' has dropped."

"Northern Sea Fish: Advanced Blue Recipe, True Qi +10, Cooldown Time 10 Days".

……

not bad.

Ling Chi was quite satisfied with the recipe. Ten years of true qi, which translates to about a year of innate true qi, was quite a lot. However, the ingredients were a bit of a rip-off. The fish used was whale meat, specifically blue whale meat, and each blue whale could only be used once. Seriously… was this some kind of exorbitant rip-off?

After Wu Yazi woke up from the illusion, he couldn't wait to finish the rest of the food and looked at Ling Chi with lingering satisfaction.

"Don't look at me, we're out," Ling Chi said. "Do you think the ingredients for this dish are easy to find?"

"What the sect leader says is true. Wu Yazi was greedy." Wu Yazi nodded: "I didn't expect the sect leader to have such culinary skills. If we use this as a reward for the disciples of the Free and Unfettered Sect, it wouldn't be unreasonable."

"Oh?" Ling Chi looked at him and found that his eyes were very bright, much like a commander on the battlefield.

Willpower +2, it seems to have really worked.

"We'll see!" Ling Chi produced a large popsicle in his hand and beckoned to Su Xinghe with his finger: "You, come here."

"..." Su Xinghe stepped forward two steps: "What are your orders, Sect Leader... um!"

The large popsicle was being stirred in Su Xinghe's mouth, but there was no notification sound.

Ling Chi frowned, took out another one, and stuffed it in.

"Ding! You have conquered the stomach of ordinary blue-level diner Su Xinghe. The diner's level is too low and does not count towards the conquest count. Ordinary blue-level recipe dropped: Deep Affection Between Master and Disciple."

“Deep Master-Disciple Bond: Ordinary blue recipe, Master-Disciple bond +1, valid for three uses.”

Chapter Fifty-Five: You Traitorous Disciple

Xingxiuhai is located in a desert oasis in Gansu. For hundreds of miles around, there are endless lakes and marshes of all sizes. When viewed from a high point in the sunlight, they shimmer like stars in the night sky, hence the name Xingxiuhai (Starry Sea).

Years ago, Ding Chunqiu injured Su Xinghe in an attempt to obtain the secret techniques of the Xiaoyao Sect. Su Xinghe then tricked him, claiming that the manuals were hidden in the Xingxiu Sea. Ding Chunqiu traveled a great distance to settle there in search of the manuals and founded the Xingxiu Sect. The Xingxiu Sea is perpetually dark and damp, barren of vegetation but teeming with poisonous creatures. Therefore, disciples of the Xingxiu Sect often hunted poisonous creatures there for their own cultivation of poisonous arts.

These past few days, Ding Chunqiu has been in a very bad mood because his precious Divine Wood King Cauldron was stolen by A Zi.

The Divine Wood King Cauldron is a small wooden cauldron about six inches tall, with a deep yellow color. The cauldron is exquisitely carved, and the wood is firm and smooth like jade, with faint red threads showing through its grain. It naturally possesses a unique aura, and when incense is burned inside, it can attract poisonous insects in a short time. Within a radius of ten miles, no poisonous insect can resist the attraction of this fragrance.

Ding Chunqiu's newly created "Dissolving Power Technique" often required applying the venom of poisonous snakes and insects to his palms and absorbing it into his body. If he didn't apply it for seven days, not only would his power diminish, but the venom accumulated in his body for decades would also gradually take effect without the help of new poison, causing unimaginable harm. Because of this calamity, Ding Chunqiu needed the Divine Wood King Cauldron to assist him in cultivating this technique.

However, Azi actually stole the Divine Wood King Cauldron when he wasn't paying attention.

Ding Chunqiu lived in a dark, damp valley, teeming with venomous snakes and insects. Although the Divine Wood Cauldron was lost, catching some venomous insects to add to the poison wouldn't be difficult. However, while ordinary venomous insects were easy to catch, finding rare, exotic, and highly venomous creatures like before was a matter of luck. He also had another worry: he feared that if the experts of the Central Plains discovered the cauldron's origin, they would immediately destroy it. Therefore, he couldn't rest easy until it was recovered.

He has now sent his disciples to capture Azi, and even his eldest disciple, Zhaixingzi, has been dispatched. However, each report sent by carrier pigeon has been unsuccessful. This has made Ding Chunqiu increasingly irritable, and he is quick to kill people to vent his anger, causing widespread panic within the Xingxiu Sect.

……

At noon, on the mountain road to Xingxiu Sect, Ling Chi and the Four Swords were sitting by the roadside making potstickers. The rich aroma wafted into the distance. The four of them were enjoying their meal when a young girl came over.

"Hey, what are you eating?" A clear voice drew the attention of the five people.

On the mountain path stood a girl of about fifteen or sixteen years old, dressed in a purple dress. She was petite and delicate, with fair skin and exquisite features. Her most captivating features were her bright, sparkling eyes and her clever and mischievous expression.

Ling Chi's heart skipped a beat. He stuffed a potsticker into his mouth and mumbled, "Potsticker."

"Potstickers?" The girl blinked, noticing that the four swordsmen all carried long swords, and knew they must be martial artists. She was somewhat wary, but stopped about five meters away, inhaling the enticing aroma with a look of pure delight: "Are these potstickers for sale?"

"Selling." Ling Chi asked with a smile, "How many do you want, young lady?"

"How much is it?" Azi couldn't help but walk two more meters forward.

“Five taels of silver each,” Ling Chi said.

"How much!?" Azi thought she had misheard.

"Five taels of silver." Ling Chi held up five fingers and said, "Five taels of silver."

"..." The girl was amused and exasperated: "You actually dare to ask for it!"

“What’s there to be afraid of?” Ling Chi said, “Eating one of my potstickers can restore a lot of energy and strength. For example, right now, you look tired and hungry, and if you eat one of my potstickers, you will not only be full of energy immediately, but you will also be full of vitality. If you don’t believe me, you can try one. If it doesn’t work, I won’t charge you a penny.”

“You said it yourself.” The girl’s eyes lit up. “Give me one to try.”

"Okay." Ling Chi took a small plate from the car, picked up a potsticker and handed it to her: "It's fresh out of the pan, so it's a little hot. Eat slowly."

The girl took it and laughed, "You're not a nanny, why are you being so long-winded? It's not like I don't understand."

"It was I who spoke out of turn," Ling Chi smiled. "Please enjoy your meal, miss."

The girl picked up a potsticker, blew on it, and took a bite.

"Uh-huh—"

"Ding! You have conquered the stomach of the high-level white-rank diner, A Zi. The diner's rank is too low and does not count towards the conquest count. High-level white-rank recipe dropped - Braised Pufferfish."

"Braised Pufferfish: Advanced white recipe, poison resistance +0.5, effective three times."

Sure enough it was her.

Ling Chi smiled when he saw the new recipe; it was quite good.

When Azi regained consciousness, she stuffed the rest of the potstickers into her mouth in one bite and chewed them like a little hamster, which was very cute.

Ling Chi chuckled and said, "Miss, how are you? Don't you feel full of energy and all your fatigue has vanished?"

Azi rolled her eyes and snorted, "It's no use at all, I'm still tired and hungry."

"Oh?" Ling Chi was over a hundred years old, so how could he not see through A Zi's little scheme? He chuckled and said, "It seems that it is not convenient for you, Miss. In that case..." Ling Chi picked up a few more potstickers, wrapped them in oil paper, and handed them to her.

"What do you mean?" Azi blinked, confused.

“I imagine you’re having some difficulties today, so please accept these for your meals on your journey. If you are able to pay me back someday,” Ling Chi said with a smile.

"..." Azi looked at him, her eyes blinking like stars in the sky: "Are you stupid? What if I'm never well-off?"

"Then consider this my treat, young lady!" Ling Chi stuffed the oil paper package into her hand: "The world of martial arts is not easy. You are young and have come out to travel the world. It is inevitable that you will encounter difficulties. I have helped you today. I only hope that if any good people suffer in the future, you will lend a helping hand to the best of your ability. That would be enough."

This was the first time Ah Zi had ever encountered someone like this in her life, and she couldn't help but feel a little shaken: "You..."

"Ah Zi, so you're here! We've finally caught up with you!" Just then, dozens of young men dressed in gang uniforms and wielding weapons rushed out from the mountains, shouting, "Hand over the Divine Wood Cauldron, and we'll spare your life!"

"Oh no!" Azi's expression changed drastically. She immediately abandoned Ling Chi and the four swords and ran away, but as she ran, she shouted, "They are from the Xingxiu Sect. They kill without blinking an eye. Run!"

Seeing that she reminded them before fleeing for her life, Ling Chi smiled slightly: "The Starry Constellation Sect, that's really great."

Golden light burst forth, a golden dragon soared into the sky, and the emperor's domineering aura swept over the Xingxiu Sect members. The effect activates: 100% chance to instill fear in the enemy, 50% chance to reduce the enemy's combat power, and 10% chance to make the enemy surrender without a fight.

The members of the Xingxiu Sect immediately fell into a state of fear. Then, with a 50% probability, the fighting power of everyone dropped significantly. Subsequently, nearly half of them knelt on the ground with a thud and cried out, "Grandpa, spare our lives!"

Those who weren't kneeling on the ground stood frozen in terror, unable to muster even the slightest thought of resistance in the face of the roaring golden dragon.

With a deafening roar, when the smoke and dust cleared, all the dozens of Xingxiu Sect members were found severely injured and lying on the ground, unable to get up.

Azi, who hadn't run far, was stunned when she saw this scene.

The four swordsmen had no choice but to get up, take the fermented stinky tofu that Ling Chi handed them, and run over to feed them excrement.

A series of ringing sounds rang out, and this time all the recipes that appeared were white, and most of them were ordinary white recipes, with only three advanced white recipes.

"A bunch of useless trash." Ling Chi was very dissatisfied. He casually dug a large pit by the roadside, threw these people in, and buried them alive.

There wasn't a single good person in the Xingxiu faction; burying them alive wouldn't be unjust.

Seeing Ling Chi stomping around on the mound of earth, A Zi's eyes were filled with excitement. She quickly ran over and stomped around with him, exclaiming, "Big brother, you're amazing!"

"..." Ling Chi looked at her and smiled, "Why aren't you running away, young lady?"

"The people chasing me are all dead, why should I run?" Azi chuckled and said, "Big brother, thank you! My name is Azi, what's yours?"

“Ling Chi.” Ling Chi smiled and said, “Ling means soaring ambition, and Chi means wine pool and meat forest.”

"A wine pool and a meat forest? Hehe, Brother Ling's parents really know how to name their children." Azi chuckled, her eyes darting around, and said, "Brother Ling, you're amazing! What kind of kung fu did you use just now? It was so powerful, much more powerful than the Starry Night Old Monster."

"Guess," Ling Chi said with a smile.

"Hehe, I won't guess." Azi laughed even more happily: "Brother Ling, you're so funny! I like people like you."

"..." So familiar with everyone, is she really worthy of being called A Zi?

Ling Chi stomped down the mound of earth, stamped his foot, and asked, "Miss Azi, why are they chasing you?"

"Because I stole the Divine Wood King Cauldron from the Starry Sky Old Monster." Azi didn't hide anything and took out a small wooden cauldron from her bundle, saying, "This Divine Wood King Cauldron can attract all kinds of poisons. The old monster needs to use the Divine Wood King Cauldron to cultivate the Dissolving Power Technique, but I stole it, so he can't cultivate anymore. In the long run, there is even a risk of being poisoned."

"I see." Ling Chi examined the Divine Wood King Cauldron. Just like in the novel, it was about six inches tall and a deep yellow color. The wooden cauldron was exquisitely carved, and the wood was firm and smooth like jade, with faint red threads showing through its grain.

"So, the Starry Sky Monster is still in the Starry Sky Sea?" Ling Chi asked.

"He should be here!" Azi said. "Why does Brother Ling want to ask him?"

“Heh…” Ling Chi chuckled: “Clean house.”

"???"

……

A day later, the Xingxiu Sect was subjected to a massacre. Four identical, beautiful young women, wielding long swords, formed a sword formation and slaughtered the Xingxiu Sect like a meat grinder, leaving a trail of blood and destruction in their wake.

Apart from Ding Chunqiu, the Xingxiu Sect only had a few disciples who were high-level white-rank figures. The rest were ordinary white-rank figures. Facing the four top-rank white-rank swordsmen, who were also forming a sword formation, they had no power to resist at all. They were like fish on a chopping board, at the mercy of the four swordsmen.

Looking at everything before her, Azi was completely dumbfounded.

"Wow...that's amazing..."

She had thought that the Four Swords would be very powerful, after all, Ling Chi was so powerful, and as Ling Chi's maid, there was no reason for her to be too weak. She just didn't expect them to be this powerful. Among the people who were killed just now were her senior brothers, Zhui Fengzi and Chu Chenzi.

The Xingxiu Sect's ranking system for disciples is unique. While other sects rank disciples by entry order or age, the Xingxiu Sect ranks them by martial arts skill. If a disciple believes they can defeat their senior brother or sister, they can challenge them at any time. If they win, they can take the senior brother's place, but if they lose, they may lose their life.

Azi ranked fifth among the disciples of the Xingxiu Sect, a ranking earned through hard-fought battles. Her senior brothers, Zhuifengzi and Chuchenzi, were even more skilled than her. Yet, when they encountered the Four Swords, they were utterly powerless to resist and were killed with a single sword strike.

But why?

The Xingxiu Sect differs from other martial arts sects. While other sects rely on genuine fist and foot techniques or weapon skills, the Xingxiu Sect primarily uses poison to kill. When facing an enemy, they are often poisoned and fall to the ground before they even get close.

But why? Why were the four swords completely unaffected?