Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

Ling Chi was so anxious that cold sweat poured down his forehead. He had encountered a problem: how to take away the Fire Refining Essence?

He never dreamed that this Fire Refining Essence actually grew from the ground, just like a tree, with roots connected to the magma, constantly absorbing the fire spirit energy from the magma, which is why it grew so big.

Under normal circumstances, all you need to do is cut off the rootstock. But the current situation is clearly abnormal. There's a fire demon next to it that's bigger than an elephant. If it makes a noise, the background music of "The wind howls, the Yi River is cold, the hero goes forth, never to return" will probably start playing in the next second.

what to do!?

Ling Chi was so anxious that he scratched his head and finally came up with a solution—to kill the Fire Demon and take away the Fire Refining Essence.

Although the Fire Demon is a red monster, it is sleeping. If we take advantage of this opportunity to strike it hard and seriously injure it, we might have a chance to kill it.

Moreover, he has a large number of 'red potions' and 'blue potions'. As long as he can drag the battle into a protracted war, this fire demon will undoubtedly be defeated!

Just do it!

Ling Chi first ate a plate of 'Overbearing' to insure himself, then quietly drew his Dragon Slayer Blade and glanced at the Fire Demon's neck. This Fire Demon was evolved from various ancient beasts, and they themselves had the weakness of beasts, which was that if their heads were cut off, they would die without a doubt.

The neck is much thinner and easier to cut than the body. Ling Chi focused on the Fire Demon's neck, took a deep breath, and raised the Dragon Slayer Blade high.

"Hi--"

puff--

"Ow—"

The Dragon Slayer Blade pierced the Fire Demon's neck, but only severed one-tenth of it. However, Ling Chi was exceptionally cunning. He had infused the Dragon Slayer Blade with water elemental power from the beginning, and then decisively detonated the water elemental power after severing the blade.

Due to the elemental conflict, the wound on the Fire Demon's neck instantly burst open, and with the water elemental energy binding it, the Fire Demon could no longer heal itself using the fire elemental energy in the cave.

"Roar—" The fire demon stood upright on its legs, appearing even taller and more powerful, and then pounced on Ling Chi with great speed. Before Ling Chi could react, it had already knocked him to the ground.

With a whoosh, Ling Chi returned to the Chef God Space immediately.

The fire demon suddenly lost its target and began to roar madly, but as it roared, burning blood gushed from the wound on its neck, making it suddenly feel weak.

puff--

Ling Chi reappeared out of thin air, his Dragon-Slaying Blade, infused with water elemental power, slashing at the Fire Demon's neck once more. Because his appearance was so sudden, the Fire Demon had no time to dodge and was struck again.

Before Ling Chi could even feel happy, a giant, burning claw pierced his abdomen.

puff--

Ling Chi coughed up blood and hurriedly returned to the Chef God Space.

"Yi... Junior Sister Yilin..." Ling Chi shouted with his last bit of strength, spitting out another mouthful of blood before fainting.

The next moment, Yilin rushed out of the farm and saw Ling Chi bleeding profusely and unconscious from serious injuries. She hurriedly sent a beam of Buddhist light into his body to expel the fire demon aura spreading within him. Then, her whole body flashed with white light, she chanted a spell, and placed her hands on his wounds. His wounds healed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye. In no time, they were smooth and new, without a trace of injury.

At this moment, people from the farm and ranch rushed out, watching them with great anxiety. As the white light surrounding Yilin dissipated, Lingchi's abdominal wound completely healed. Xiao Zhao hurriedly asked, "Sister Yilin, how is Father?"

"Don't worry!" Yilin stroked Lingchi's forehead, slowly letting the Buddhist light seep into his brain, and said, "Your father has just fainted, he will wake up soon."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

A moment later, Ling Chi indeed regained consciousness, though his body felt a little weak. Seeing everyone, he forced a smile and said, "You're all here!"

"Father!" Xiao Zhao threw herself into his arms, her delicate body trembling, choking back sobs.

"Don't cry, don't cry," Ling Chi comforted her repeatedly. "I'm fine, aren't I?"

"Godfather, you scared me to death!" Guo Xiang wiped the cold sweat from her forehead and asked, "What kind of monster did you encounter outside? How did you get so badly injured?"

Since Ling Chi hadn't been live-streaming before, the people at the farm and ranch hadn't seen what was happening outside. His sudden serious injury really terrified everyone.

Chapter Eight: Solanum Fruit

"I encountered a red monster." Ling Chi got up, grabbed some food to replenish his strength and energy, and started eating. He also turned on his live stream to show everyone what the monster that had brought him to the brink of death looked like.

Everyone looked at the 'big screen' and saw a huge and terrifying monster engulfed in flames.

"How terrifying!" Everyone was seeing a monster for the first time, especially such a terrifying one, and they were all startled. But the monster was clutching its neck with one hand, roaring madly, its breath growing weaker and weaker.

"It's bleeding," Qiao Feng said. "There's a huge wound on its neck."

"The aura is gradually weakening." Shi Zhixuan said thoughtfully, then asked, "Brother Ling, did you do this?"

"Otherwise, how could it have almost killed me?" Ling Chi stuffed a piece of cake into his mouth and said, "This red monster is really terrifying, especially its speed. It's too fast. By the time I reacted, I had already been hit by it."

"You couldn't escape even with your lightness skill?" Shi Zhixuan was very surprised. Ling Chi's lightness skill was very fast, and he was ashamed of himself for it.

“I didn’t have time to react.” Ling Chi shook his head and said, “It’s also my fault for being careless. I had already slashed it once, so I could have just waited in the space. But I wanted to finish it quickly, and that’s how I fell into its trap.”

"Don't do that again." Little Dragon Girl walked up to him and said softly, "You are the pillar of all of us, you must take care of yourself."

Ling Chi smiled slightly: "It won't happen again."

"Mm." Little Dragon Girl nodded, picked up a steamer of xiaolongbao (soup dumplings), and ate while watching the live stream.

"..." Ling Chi shook his head with a smile. Even after all these years, Xiaolongnu is still as adorable as ever.

The crowd sat together, watching the live broadcast. The fire demon had been causing trouble for a long time, but probably realized that Ling Chi wouldn't appear, so it quieted down and began to desperately absorb fire-type spiritual energy, hoping to heal the wound on its neck as soon as possible.

Although Ling Chi used water-based magic to corrode its wounds, the amount was small. In addition, after the fire demon absorbed fire-based spiritual energy, it continuously consumed the remaining power of the water-based magic. It looked like the fire demon was about to exhaust all its water-based spiritual energy.

Seeing this, Ling Chi immediately stood up: "No, I have to give it a hard time."

"What do you want to do?" Little Dragon Girl put down the steamed buns, her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything reckless," Ling Chi said. "I just want to test whether a life-and-death talisman formed from water spiritual energy will work on this monster."

"Hmm?" Wu Xingyun said thoughtfully, "A very interesting idea. If it can be realized, the power of the Life and Death Talisman will be greatly increased."

The Life and Death Talisman is a hidden weapon, so it doesn't require close-range contact with the Fire Demon, making it very safe. Everyone thought it was feasible.

"Let me give it a try." Ling Chi immediately used water-based magic to condense water, and then injected water elemental power into the water, continuously compressing the water elemental power until it reached its limit, before using internal force to force it into a life-and-death talisman.

At this moment, Ling Chi felt that the water elemental power of the Life and Death Talisman in his hand was incredibly dense, like a nuclear bomb. Once it exploded, it would surely cause widespread destruction.

Taking a deep breath, Ling Chi immediately left the space, appearing ten meters away from the Fire Demon. He shot out the Life and Death Talisman with lightning speed, and without even looking at it, returned to the space.

"How was it?" Ling Chi asked. "Did you hit the target?"

"Roar--"

Without needing anyone's reply, seeing the Fire Demon's painful roars and its frantic rolling on the ground through the live stream, it was clear that the Fire Demon had been struck by the Life and Death Talisman, and the effect was much better than expected.

The fire demon, perhaps unable to bear the pain and itching caused by the Life and Death Talisman, frantically rammed its head against the rocks, scattering rubble all over the cave and frightening the distant monsters into trembling.

But at a cave entrance in the northwest, a small head appeared, staring in astonishment at the crazed fire demon.

"Hmm?" Ling Chi noticed this person, and his eyes lit up when he saw her appearance.

With that hairstyle and those clothes, she must be Chu Bihen, the younger sister of one of the Sala Tree Fairies, right?

"Brother Ling, what a beautiful fairy!" Wanwan approached and, seeing that Ling Chi's gaze wasn't on the Fire Demon, couldn't help but feel curious. Following Ling Chi's gaze, she saw Chu Bihen at the cave entrance. Wanwan smiled, her eyes narrowing, and whispered in his ear with a slightly mischievous tone.

"Don't overthink it." Ling Chi patted her and said, "Didn't you see the chilling aura emanating from him? Think about it, why is there a woman with a chilling aura in the Yan Emperor Shennong Cave, which is full of lava?"

“People wouldn’t understand!” Wanwan smiled slightly and said, “But this world is full of demons and monsters. Maybe she’s a beautiful monster who’s about to eat people!”

“…Okay!” He shouldn’t have asked.

……

The fire demon, having mutilated itself, quickly bled to death. With its death, the fire demon's corpse turned into a ball of fire, instantly turning to ashes, leaving only a fire spirit crystal.

Ling Chi had replenished his energy and said, "I'm going to collect the Fire Refining Essence. You can watch if you want, or go back if you don't."

No one went back; they were all intently watching the live stream.

Ling Chi shrugged, returned to the cave, and picked up the fire spirit crystal left behind by the fire demon. This fire spirit crystal was clearly of much higher quality than the others left behind by the fire demon, containing at least ten times the fire spirit power of those ordinary fire spirit crystals.

Ling Chi happily tossed the Fire Spirit Crystal into his spatial storage, then drew his Dragon Slayer Blade and uprooted the Fire Refining Essence.

This piece of fire-refined essence is over a meter long, a palm wide, and weighs over thirty kilograms. It's not heavy, but it should be more than enough to forge a flying sword.

"Now we have everything." Ling Chi happily put away the Fire Refining Essence, then looked towards the cave entrance in the northwest direction.

The little head was still there, looking at him with a curious expression.

Ling Chi beckoned to her: "Little girl, come here."

"Little girl?" The little head pointed to itself.

"Yes, it's you," Ling Chi said. "Where did you come from? Don't you know it's dangerous here!"

“I live right here,” the little head said, walking towards him.

"Oh?" Ling Chi looked her over. She looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old, and was quite short, only about 1.5 meters tall. She was wearing a flowing, light green dress with wide sleeves, and like the Wine Immortal, she had a ribbon flowing down her back. Anyone with such a ribbon was basically a deity.

"Are you a deity?" Ling Chi asked, pointing to the ribbons flowing behind her.

"Not yet." The little head shook its head: "I'm just a half-immortal."

"A demigod?" Ling Chi pressed, "A demon?"

"You're the monster!" The little head rolled its eyes and said, "I'm a tree spirit. As long as the opportunity comes, I can ascend to become an immortal and become a true immortal."

"Oh." Ling Chi nodded and asked, "What's your name?"

"Chu Bihen, what about you?" Chu Bihen asked in return.

"You're really honest," Ling Chi laughed. "You answer every question I ask. Aren't you afraid I'm a bad guy who'll try to sabotage you once I figure out your background?"

"You...you're a bad person!?" Chu Bihen hurriedly backed away, looking at him with a wary expression.

"..." Ling Chi laughed heartily: "Little girl, you're so funny."

Seeing Ling Chi laugh, Chu Bihen was taken aback and said, "Oh! So you were lying to me. Humph! You bad person."

"You're just too stupid," Ling Chi laughed.

Seeing her unhappy expression, Ling Chi took out a lollipop from his pocket and said, "Okay, it was my fault. Here, have some candy."

"Candy?" Chu Bihen walked over, saw the colorful lollipop spinning in circles, and asked, "What's candy?"

"It's something sweet, and it's delicious." Ling Chi handed her the lollipop: "Just lick it with your tongue."

"Oh?" Chu Bihen grabbed the lollipop and licked it with her pink little tongue.

"Mmm...so sweet!" Chu Bihen's eyes lit up, and she happily licked it a few more times: "It's so delicious. I never thought candy was so good. It's so fragrant and sweet. I've never eaten anything so delicious before."

“You’re really pitiful. These lollipops are just ordinary snacks; kids outside eat them all the time,” Ling Chi said.

"Do all the kids outside eat lollipops every day?" Chu Bihen asked with longing and envy.