Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

The woman in red understood immediately: Ling Chi wanted to make kebabs.

Ling Chi didn't have any recipes for tiger meat, and this was his first time making it. Since he had never done it before, he could only rely on his extensive culinary experience to learn how to cook other types of meat.

Tiger meat has a coarse texture and a very strong, gamey smell; it's even rumored to have a sour taste. Ling Chi didn't know if tiger meat was sour or not, but the gamey smell was definitely intense. So he borrowed the cooking method from another type of meat with a similarly gamey smell.

Yes, it's mutton.

Lamb has a strong, gamey smell, and there aren't many ways to cook it that appeal to the general public. In reality, the most well-known ways to eat it are grilled lamb skewers, whole roasted lamb, lamb soup, and hot pot, among which grilled lamb skewers are the simplest. Coincidentally, he happened to have a plain white lamb skewer recipe.

Although the mutton has been replaced with tiger meat, the chances of failure shouldn't be too high!

Probably...

After skewering over a hundred skewers, Ling Chi placed the pre-prepared charcoal into the makeshift stone grill. She washed her hands, placed a small jar containing salt and pepper and cumin powder next to the grill, and then put the tiger meat skewers on the grill for the final step of grilling.

Smelling the gradually spreading aroma, the woman in red smiled faintly and said, "You are indeed skilled in cooking."

"Of course it's true." Smelling the seemingly normal aroma of meat, Ling Chi felt seven or eight parts relieved. With that relief in mind, he felt more comfortable chatting with the lady in red: "I'm not bragging, but the only person in the world who can beat me in cooking hasn't been born yet."

Seeing his smug look, the woman in red covered her mouth and smiled, "With such skills, why don't you go to the imperial kitchen to cook for the emperor?"

"Haha, the Emperor wouldn't hire a江湖人 (jianghu person, someone from the martial arts world) like me as a royal chef." Ling Chi shook his head with a smile and said, "Besides, there are too many restrictions for a royal chef, and someone like me can't stand it."

The woman in red smiled faintly and said nothing more.

Seeing that the woman in red remained silent, Ling Chi didn't know how to start a conversation.

Ultimately, he's still a greenhorn with zero dating experience.

When I was in junior high school, I had a crush on a girl in my class. But when I got into the best high school in the city, the girl went to work in another city with her relatives after graduation, and we lost contact with her after that.

Young boys and girls are just beginning to experience romantic feelings, but there's no real love to speak of. After entering high school, because the school was too strict, he dedicated three whole years of his youth to textbooks.

Hard work pays off. He was in exceptionally good form during the two days of the college entrance examination, and he could answer almost all the questions on the exam paper. When the results came out, he scored 708 points, becoming the top liberal arts student in the city.

Then I received my acceptance letter from Tsinghua University.

Although there were some regrets in the first eighteen years of her life, she was generally very accomplished. Ling Chi was quite satisfied with herself, her only regret being that she had never had a relationship of her own.

I was thinking that I could find a pretty female classmate to date after I got to college, but before I even got to school, I was kidnapped by the system.

For the next two years, everything he thought about, did, and did was for survival and self-preservation, so he had even less interest in dating.

But now it's different.

Ling Chi stole a glance at the girl in red, and his heart started pounding.

It's his type.

His martial arts skills are already quite high; he should have no problem protecting himself in this world. He'll only get stronger in the future, and fewer and fewer things will pose a threat to him. With these assurances, he can finally focus on finding love.

He knew about Yue Lingshan's feelings. But he genuinely believed that Yue Lingshan wasn't his type, so he always politely kept his distance, not giving Yue Lingshan any opportunity to take advantage of him.

He felt that given enough time, Yue Lingshan would understand his meaning and withdraw on her own, which would minimize the harm to her.

In comparison, Yilin, whose height, appearance, and figure are closer to those of a mature older woman, is more in line with his standards. The only differences are age and temperament.

But age can be increased, and temperament can be cultivated. Who can guarantee that Yilin won't become a mature older sister in the future?

Of course, Yilin also had her problems.

Although Hengshan and Huashan are not too far apart, given the transportation methods and conditions in ancient times, it would be quite difficult for the two of them to meet.

Distance can make the heart grow fonder, but it can also lead to breakups.

Even if both are in love, being separated by distance will only cause their feelings to fade, eventually leading to them each going their separate ways. Unless one of them can move to where the other lives, there's no chance.

Besides the distance, there were other obstacles between him and Yilin.

For example, Yilin is a nun, and she cannot get married unless she returns to secular life; for example, Yue Buqun values ​​him too much, and he is likely to succeed as the leader of the Huashan Sect in the future, so the possibility of him going to Hengshan is very small; the biggest example is that he will leave this world sooner or later, and what will happen to Yilin then?

Of course, you can try to upgrade your cooking skills to blue, which will open up an extra kitchen helper position. Give that position to Yilin, and then you can leave together.

But all of this is predicated on him and Yilin becoming husband and wife.

How likely is this at present?

he does not know.

and……

He glanced furtively at the girl in red and realized he was having second thoughts about giving the spot to Yilin.

But there's still a small problem.

Is this lady in red really not Dongfang Bubai?

"..."

Thinking that the young lady in red might be a powerful figure from the East, Ling Chi...

Chapter Twenty-Nine: It's Really Unpalatable

"Ready." A skewer of tiger meat was grilled, and a notification sounded in my mind.

"Ding, tiger meat skewers, 60% complete, acceptable. Now, let's begin the technical summary."

"Technical Summary 1: The ingredients needed to marinate tiger meat... It is recommended to change the ingredients when marinating."

"Technical Summary 2: No chili powder was added during the roasting process. It is recommended to add chili powder during roasting."

The technical summary is complete. There were only two errors, but 40% of the completion score was deducted. This means that, disregarding these two points, Lingchi's kebab-grilling technique is flawless.

However, these two mistakes were currently beyond his ability to resolve, because two of the ingredients needed to marinate the tiger meat were not in his inventory. The chili powder to be added during grilling was even more unavailable, as it was located in the distant Americas and couldn't be purchased even if he wanted to.

Just as he was feeling regretful, a "ding" sounded in his mind again.

"Ding! After identification, the tiger meat skewers are a top-tier white recipe. Constitution +1, Agility +0.5, Strength +0.5, cooldown time 10 days."

Ling Chi stared wide-eyed at the steaming tiger meat skewers in his hand, swallowing hard as he breathed heavily.

The first top-tier white recipe was obtained under these circumstances.

The powerful effect made him want to take a bite right away.

Seeing his expression, the woman in red covered her mouth with her sleeve, her eyes crinkling with a smile, and said, "You're practically drooling."

"Ah!?" Ling Chi subconsciously wiped her mouth, and seeing that there was indeed a little saliva, she blushed and stammered, "I, no, I am..." The more nervous she became, the less she could speak. Finally, she simply shut up, stood up and handed the tiger meat skewers in her hand to her: "Sister, you eat."

The woman in red smiled even more broadly, took the tiger meat skewers from Ling Chi's hand, and said, "Thank you."

"No, you're welcome." Ling Chi sheepishly sat back down by the grill and went back to grilling skewers.

The woman in red smiled slightly, looking at the tiger meat skewers in her hand. The color looked very good, and the aroma was very strong, making her want to eat them.

He gently parted his lips, bit off a piece of tiger meat from the side of the wooden skewer, and chewed it slowly.

"Mmm..." The woman in red nodded with a look of enjoyment on her face, and then gracefully began to savor it.

"..."

Watching the young lady in red eat seven or eight skewers in a row, but without any notification sound of her conquering the challenge, Ling Chi was filled with doubt and surprise.

Just what level of monster is this girl?

Tiger meat skewers are a top-tier white-grade dish. Although the completion rate is only 60%, as long as it is qualified, even a top-tier white-grade person will be strongly conquered after eating four skewers.

The success rate of dishes produced by the system is cumulative. For qualified dishes of the same level, the success rate is 30% on the first try, 60% on the second, and 90% on the third. If you are still not convinced after three tries, the fourth attempt will guarantee a 120% success rate.

But what's wrong with this girl in front of me? She's already eaten so many skewers, yet she hasn't been won over?

Could it be?!

Ling Chi was shocked to realize a possibility—this young lady was a blue character!

Recalling the speed at which the young lady ascended the mountain, it was truly as fast as a ghost. Especially when she landed in front of him, with a flick of her hair, she created an afterimage...

Just how agile is this girl?

30? 40? Or 50?

Ling Chi checked his agility attribute. After eating and drinking for a while, his agility had increased to 23.8, an increase of 11.2 points compared to when Liu Zhengfeng retired from the martial arts world. If being called "Lightning Sword" back then was just flattery from his fellow martial artists, he now absolutely deserved that title.

But the young lady in front of him was even faster than him; she was so fast that her head flicked out of existence like a phantom. She was terrifyingly fast.

Seeing Ling Chi looking at her with surprise and uncertainty, the woman in red smiled slightly: "I've always had a big appetite since I was a child, did that scare you?"

"Uh?...No, no." Ling Chi shook her head repeatedly and chuckled dryly, "Being able to eat is a blessing, sister, eat more, there are still plenty of meat skewers!"

The woman in red nodded with a smile, and then in the next half hour, she ate more than fifty skewers, weighing about fifteen or sixteen pounds.

"..."

Ling Chi was dumbfounded.

"I'm full." The woman in red took out a red embroidered handkerchief from her sleeve, wiped the grease from the corner of her lips, and smiled. "It was delicious."

"Uh, thank you." Ling Chi looked at the remaining tiger meat and tentatively asked, "If you're not going to eat it, sister, I was thinking... to preserve it as cured meat, is that alright?"

The woman in red nodded and said, "Suit yourself, the tiger is yours."

"Thank you, sister." Ling Chi was very happy. This tiger weighed at least 400 jin (200 kg), and even after skinning and deboning, there were still about 200 jin (100 catties) of meat left, enough to make about 500 or 600 skewers. If they were all grilled, there would be no shortage of tiger meat skewers for the next ten years or so.

Making cured meat?

Of course, it's just a lie to the girls.

It's summer now, and meat has a very short shelf life, so Ling Chi has to temporarily put aside the young lady and keep the tiger meat fresh.

His method of preservation was quite simple: he simply fetched two buckets of water, soaked the tiger meat in the wooden buckets, and then threw in a few pieces of saltpeter.

Saltpeter can be used to make ice, and once the water in the bucket freezes, the tiger meat can be kept fresh for longer.

Seeing that there were still about fifty skewers of meat left to grill, Ling Chi simply sat down and continued grilling.

It was late at night, and after working so hard for so long, he was hungry. Although eating too much would be wasteful, he figured he could always get tiger meat later, so he might as well let it go to waste!

Who told me to be rich!

"Ding, consumed tiger meat skewers, Constitution +1, Agility +0.5, Strength +0.5, tiger meat skewers enter cooldown period."

Comfortable.

Now that the young lady was full and had also gotten rid of the tiger meat skewers, Ling Chi finally relaxed and started chatting with the young lady in red while grilling.

"Sister, we've known each other for so long, and I still don't know your name." Ling Chi's eyes held a hint of nervousness and anticipation.