Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

"Senior Brother, please watch my sword for me." Seeing that Ling Chi and Shuang'er were so busy that they didn't even have time to wipe their sweat, Yue Lingshan quickly took off her sword and went over to help.

Seeing his junior sister leave, Linghu Chong chuckled, secretly took a pot of wine, and poured himself a drink with a satisfied expression.

"Excellent wine! Truly excellent wine!"

……

"We're sold out of steamed buns for today. Please come back early tomorrow!"

As the last few meat buns were packed up by one person, the people behind them sighed repeatedly, but only complained a few times before dispersing.

"Sister Lingshan, you've worked hard. Wipe your sweat!" Shuang'er obediently handed a wet towel to Yue Lingshan.

After working for an hour, Yue Lingshan was drenched in sweat, but beautiful girls are different; even their sweat smelled sweet.

"Thank you, Shuang'er." Yue Lingshan smiled as she took the damp towel, wiping the sweat from her face and neck. She said, "I thought practicing martial arts was tough enough, but I didn't expect selling steamed buns to be so hard."

"Diligence doesn't support laziness." Ling Chi washed the steamer with well water and laughed, "Besides, who in the world isn't working hard? Farmers cultivate the land, craftsmen do their jobs, scholars study the classics, and martial artists practice their skills. Everyone has their own difficulties."

"Brother Ling is absolutely right." Yue Lingshan's beautiful eyes lit up, and she said with a hint of admiration, "Even Father couldn't have put it that way."

"Not at all." Ling Chi waved his hand with a smile: "I'm just a cook, how could I dare to compare myself to Sect Leader Yue?"

……

After selling out of steamed buns at noon, my work with regular customers for the day is basically over. The rest of the time is spent washing and cleaning and preparing ingredients for the next day.

Also, prepare a new, high-class white dish for Linghu Chong.

To upgrade your cooking skills (to a minor level), you need to conquer diners of the same level 100 times (this can be repeated with the same person; a major level requires 300 times). If you conquer diners of a higher level, it only takes 10 times. If you conquer diners of a lower level (at most one level lower, two levels lower is invalid), it takes 10000 times.

However, winning over diners also has a cooldown period and a success rate.

Like the recipe, the cooldown time has a ten-day limit, but the success rate is slightly different.

When facing diners of the same level, using the same level of culinary skills, and with a recipe that is over 60% complete, the success rate is only 30%. The success rate for those of a higher level is an appalling 1%.

However, if the recipe is 100% complete, the success rate for diners of the same level can reach 50%, and the success rate for diners of a higher level will also increase to 2%.

However, "crossing levels" here refers to 'smaller levels', not the higher levels where white can conquer blue or blue can conquer purple.

Let alone the higher levels, there is no possibility of conquering even two lower levels.

Today, Ling Chi's cooking skills have just been upgraded from "White Ordinary" to "White Advanced," while Linghu Chong is already at "White Advanced." Previously, his 1% success rate meant he had never been conquered, but now he has a 30% chance.

Leaving such a powerful upgrade tool unused will surely bring divine retribution.

In addition, after leveling up, Yue Lingshan's conquest rate as an ordinary white-clad diner has increased from 30% to 99%.

As long as Ling Chi doesn't use a recipe lower than Yue Lingshan's, she'll almost certainly be won over. However, if Ling Chi's culinary skills are two minor levels higher than Yue Lingshan's, and she uses a recipe of the same level as Yue Lingshan, the success rate is absolutely 100%.

The so-called "conquest" means making diners' stomachs completely unable to resist Ling Chi's culinary skills. To eat Ling Chi's food, they are willing to do anything for Ling Chi, as long as it does not violate their principles and bottom line.

The most striking feature is that Yue Lingshan's current level of affection for Ling Chi is frighteningly high. Even if Ling Chi asked her to marry him, she wouldn't hesitate at all.

Of course, this applies to the opposite sex. Those same-sex diners who are conquered will trust Ling Chi completely deep down, and are very likely to confide in him even about private matters that they cannot tell others.

Conquest is that terrifying.

……

Lingchi has a high-class white recipe—Juntun Guokui (a type of flatbread).

Juntun Guokui: Advanced white recipe, Stamina +50, Energy +25, no cooldown.

This recipe was obtained three months ago when an old general, who was retiring and returning to his hometown, stopped here for a rest. After tasting a recipe with a 100% completion rate, he was lucky enough to trigger a 2% conquest rate and thus it was obtained.

Unfortunately, this recipe only restores stamina and energy, and cannot increase attributes. Fortunately, the values ​​are still quite good. For Ling Chi, who is at a high white level, eating two Juntun Guokui (a type of flatbread) is enough to restore all of her stamina and energy.

I've saved hundreds of these in the Chef God Space before the fight, are you scared yet?!

For the past three months, Ling Chi's cooking skill level had not reached the advanced white level, so he could not perfectly master this recipe, and his highest completion rate was only 45%. But now that his cooking skill level has improved, some of the essential aspects of this recipe that he could not understand before are constantly emerging in his mind, giving him enough confidence to make Juntun Guokui with a completion rate of over 60%.

The origin of Juntun Guokui has a long history.

Legend has it that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang ordered his general Jiang Wei to lead his troops to rest, cultivate land, graze horses, and train soldiers in what is now Junle Town, Pengzhou City, Sichuan Province. The name "Juntun" (military settlement) originated from this. The modern Guokui (a type of flatbread) gradually evolved from the dry rations served to the army in those days.

Lingchi's recipe for Juntun Guokui is generally similar to the modern Juntun Guokui, but the ingredients are quite different.

Details determine success or failure. Why do different people make the same dish taste different? It's because of the differences in details.

The subtle differences in the selection of ingredients, preparation, and even the control of heat in this recipe for Juntun Guokui determine its huge difference from ordinary Juntun Guokui.

First of all, a lot of thought needs to be put into making the oven.

Making the oven walls inside the oven is a technical job, because the final baking of Juntun Guokui is done from inside the oven walls.

To ensure that each flatbread is heated evenly, the size requirements are very strict.

Controlling the heat requires honed experience and exceptional talent. However, if the dimensions of the oven walls are perfectly crafted, it will reduce many unnecessary problems during the baking process.

The dropped recipe not only listed the necessary ingredients, but also detailed the type of kitchen utensils and techniques to be used. It also included a dynamic 3D holographic projection demonstration and step-by-step instructions. Ling Chi only needed to follow the instructions to create the most perfect dish in the shortest amount of time.

Each time a project is completed, the system will summarize the imperfections in the production process, helping him to continuously modify and improve it until it reaches 100% completion.

……

Two hours later, as Ling Chi placed the ten finished Juntun Guokui (a type of flatbread) on a tray, a notification sounded in his mind.

"Ding, Juntun Guokui, 61% completion, acceptable. Technical summary to begin..."

Chapter Four: The Chef's Space

"Technical Summary 1: The flame inside the oven is 3 mm off to the left, which causes a slight deviation in the evenness of the roasting. It is recommended to improve the control of the heat."

"Technical Summary 2: The kneading technique was correct, but the number of kneadings was 3 too many, resulting in an imperfect dough elasticity. It is recommended to improve the kneading technique."

"Technical Summary 3: The freshness of the minced meat is only 98%, which slightly affects the taste. It is recommended to slaughter and process the meat immediately."

"Technical Summary 4..."

Seeing the list of more than ten defects, Ling Chi sighed inwardly: We still have a long way to go!

In the real world, Ling Chi's culinary skills are comparable to those of top-level senior technicians, and both his hot and cold dishes are top-notch. However, the God of Cooking system is clearly not based on the real world, a fact proven from the moment the recipes began to have attributes.

Without a gas stove, an oven, or any modern kitchen appliances, yet requiring various technologies to meet or even exceed the conditions achieved by modern kitchen appliances, this is not just difficult, it is demanding.

But this is the only way to become a master chef; no matter the circumstances, you must create the most perfect dish.

Ling Chi never complained; on the contrary, she enjoyed it.

There was a reason why the God of Cookery system chose him as its host.

……

"Brother Linghu, Sister Lingshan, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Come and have a taste!" Ling Chi placed ten Juntun Guokui (a type of flatbread) on the table and called to Shuang'er, "Come and have some with us."

"Okay." Shuang'er smiled, stopped keeping accounts for the time being, washed her hands, and then sat down.

"It smells so good!" Yue Lingshan took a deep breath. The aroma alone made her stomach rumble, and an unprecedented sense of longing filled her heart: She wanted to eat it!

Yue Lingshan's hand, as if acting on its own, reached out towards the cauldron pot.

"I...I didn't want to..." She was clearly aware that this was very impolite, but she really couldn't control herself!

She grabbed a steaming hot Juntun Guokui (a type of flatbread) with both hands, her beautiful little mouth agape...

Awooo!

……

Yue Lingshan's flushed face left Linghu Chong dumbfounded.

Shuang'er blushed deeply and covered Ling Chi's eyes, saying, "Don't look!"

Ling Chi thought it was a pity, but her attention was drawn to the notification sound in her mind.

"Ding! You have conquered the stomach of Yue Lingshan, an ordinary white-clad diner. Yue Lingshan is in the conquest cooldown period and does not count towards the conquest count. Since she has already dropped the recipe, no recipe will drop this time."

Losing 0.01 conquest attempts is a little regrettable, but Yue Lingshan was never the focus from the beginning. The focus is...

"This...this..." Linghu Chong stared in disbelief at his junior sister.

Even if he is naturally generous and doesn't care about details, he can't help but feel frustrated.

Junior sister... is just an ordinary woman.

This thought lingered in Linghu Chong's mind.

I felt a little sad for a moment.

I'm reminded of that time I practiced swordsmanship with my junior sister under the setting sun at the Cliff of Contemplation; that was my lost youth...

……

"Brother Linghu, won't you try some?"

Seeing Ling Chi still trying to persuade him to eat even with her eyes covered, Linghu Chong chuckled: "Junior Sister's eating habits are unprecedented. I'd like to try this Juntun Guokui and see what's so special about it."

Ling Chi smiled slightly and raised his hand, saying, "Please."

Linghu Chong silently picked up a Juntun Guokui (a type of flatbread) and put it in his mouth.

With a crisp crack, an unprecedented delicious sensation exploded on the taste buds.

So crispy, so crunchy, so tender and smooth.

I've never tasted anything so delicious in my entire life!

"Truly extraordinary." Linghu Chong praised sincerely, and soon he had eaten three.

Patting his bulging belly, Linghu Chong sighed contentedly, "It's a pity I drank a little too much wine just now, otherwise I could have eaten two more."

"..."

Did we fail?

Moreover, this is the first time that such a situation has occurred, having failed three times in a row.

Ling Chi was somewhat disappointed, but there was nothing she could do.

A 30% success rate isn't high to begin with; even if you try three times, the success rate is only 90%. Today was just unlucky; I happened to be caught in the 10% failure rate.

"I'm glad Brother Linghu is satisfied."

There's plenty of time, no rush.