Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

Ling Chi shrugged: "Your Majesty, try the fruit stuffing. It'll be even more delicious with the meat pie."

"Ah."

When the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden tasted the Hundred Fruit Wine, her taste buds were immediately filled with the sweet and sour flavors of hundreds of fresh fruits, making her feel as if she had fallen into a vast orchard and was immersed in an incredibly rich fruity aroma.

"What a wonderful Hundred Fruit Wine! It is indeed fragrant, sweet, and mellow. Even the God Realm has no wine of such quality," praised the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden.

"Your Majesty flatters me." Ling Chi smiled, revealing her teeth. "Since Your Majesty likes it, I will give you the recipe for Hundred Fruit Wine, so that Your Majesty can enjoy it continuously from now on."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden looked at him and nodded: "You've put your heart into this."

"I'm glad Your Majesty is pleased." Ling Chi chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, please drink slowly. Now, can you tell me those little secrets? I'm actually quite curious. With Your Majesty's high status, who in the Six Realms could win Your Majesty's favor?"

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden remained silent for a moment, then gently bit her lip and said, "I once loved the Yellow Emperor, but he was too fickle, and it all ended without a trace."

"The Yellow Emperor?" Ling Chi suddenly realized.

The Xuanpu School, one of the eight schools of Kunlun, worships the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. When the Yellow Emperor fought against Chiyou, it was the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady who helped him. This shows that the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady and the Yellow Emperor did have a relationship, which is not just a rumor.

"I see." Ling Chi asked, "Is Your Highness still unable to let go?"

“I have already let it go,” said the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden. “I am the daughter of the Heavenly Emperor, while the Yellow Emperor was merely a human who became a god. What is there for me to be unable to let go of?”

"Your Majesty truly lives up to her reputation as the deity worshipped by our Qionghua Sect. Her majestic and domineering presence surpasses that of any man." Ling Chi showered her with flattery.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden rolled her eyes: "Don't talk nonsense."

"hey-hey……"

For about half an hour, under Ling Chi's skillful guidance, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden told him a lot of little secrets, allowing him to learn about the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and some gossip and secrets about the divine realm.

You won't believe it until you hear it, and once you do, you'll be shocked.

To avoid startling the readers, I won't say it here.

……

"Alright." The meat pie was finished, and the fruit wine was drunk. The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden took the fruit wine recipe handed to her by Ling Chi and said, "I still have to go to court. When are you leaving?"

"This junior would like to visit the divine tree in the realm of gods, and then I will leave," Ling Chi said.

"The Divine Tree?" The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden nodded and pointed in a direction: "That's where the Divine Tree is. Go now! I won't say goodbye to you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Please take care." Ling Chi clasped his hands in a respectful gesture.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden nodded, transformed into a stream of light, and returned to the Divine Realm.

……

Not long after, Ling Chi saw the divine tree in the realm of gods and was awestruck by its magnificence.

What a big tree.

They stealthily approached the sacred tree, circled it several times, and finally selected the tenderest branch, along with an unripe sacred tree fruit, and transplanted it into the farm.

After the branches of the divine tree and the unripe fruits of the divine tree were planted on the farm, the spiritual energy of the entire farm gradually increased, which made Ling Chi overjoyed. He hadn't expected such an unexpected surprise.

As fellow tree spirits, Chu Bihen and Chu Hanjing were the first to sense the presence of the divine tree and the changes it brought to the farm. The two rushed over immediately and, seeing the branches planted by Ling Chi and the unripe fruit, felt the immense spiritual energy contained within them. The two sisters were astonished: "Brother Ling, what is this?"

“These are branches and fruits from the Celestial Tree,” Ling Chi said with a smile. “If you’re interested, I’ll leave them to you to take care of in the future.”

"Great! Great!" Chu Bihen nodded excitedly. She could feel the benefits the divine tree brought her, as if her demigod body was accelerating its evolution into a divine body.

"Then I'll leave it to you," Ling Chi said.

"Yes, yes, Brother Ling, don't worry, my sister and I will take care of it." Chu Bihen nodded excitedly and began to discuss with Chu Hanjing how to take care of the divine tree in the future and get some benefits along the way.

"What is this?" Yilin stood high in the sky, stepping on a lotus flower as she arrived.

Seeing the planted branches and fruits, Yilin felt the surge of Buddhist power within her, as if these branches and fruits were very beneficial to her cultivation.

“These are branches and fruits picked from the divine tree in the realm of gods,” Ling Chi said. “Junior Sister Yilin seems quite interested?”

Yilin leaned closer to sense the aura of the divine tree's branches and fruits, feeling the Buddhist power within her becoming increasingly active. She nodded, "It seems to have made my Buddhist power even purer."

"I see." Ling Chi nodded. After all, it was a divine tree from the God Realm. Although it was just branches and unripe fruit, it was still much more advanced than the Solomon tree and Solomon fruit of Chu Bihen and Chu Hanjing.

"Brother Ling, you said you would entrust us with your care," Chu Bihen said nervously.

"..."

Yilin smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't fight you for it. I just want to recite Buddhist scriptures under the tree when the branches grow bigger."

Chu Bihen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "No problem."

Ling Chi smiled, greeted the three women, and then left the farm, entering the Chef God Space.

Taking a deep breath, Ling Chi called out, "Recruit the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden!"

……

(The Legend of Sword and Fairy arc, now complete)

The Eighth Legend of the White Snake

Chapter One: Little White

Two hundred years have passed since the Battle of Muye, when the Western Zhou replaced the Shang Dynasty, until the Western Zhou was destroyed by the beacon fire that summoned the feudal lords, and the Eastern Zhou emerged.

This year was the second year of King Ling of Zhou.

One autumn day, Lingchi landed in a forest in Qingcheng Mountain.

Mount Qingcheng is divided into the front mountain and the back mountain. Surrounded by undulating peaks and lush, verdant forests, it enjoys the reputation of "Qingcheng, the most secluded place under heaven." The entire mountain is covered in verdant trees that remain evergreen all year round. The surrounding peaks resemble a city wall, hence the name Mount Qingcheng.

However, during this period, Qingcheng Mountain did not yet have this name, as it was far from the Central Plains and was a sparsely populated, undeveloped area. Because of its sparse population and dense forests, it possessed the prerequisite for biodiversity.

"The spiritual energy here is so rich." Liu Mengli took a deep breath and smiled. "It's a great place for cultivation."

“Cultivation is meaningless to us,” Ling Chi said. “The important thing is to find more high-quality ingredients and make high-quality dishes.”

Liu Mengli smiled and said, "It is precisely because of the rich spiritual energy here that high-grade ingredients are more likely to appear."

“That makes sense.” Liu An stroked his mustache and said, “This place must also have plenty of high-grade medicinal herbs. I cannot miss it.”

"But the probability of encountering demons and monsters is higher, right?" Shang Xiuxun said. "What if you accidentally get eaten by a monster?"

"Haha, ordinary monsters can't eat us," Ling Chi laughed. "Unless they are powerful monsters over a thousand years old, they are basically no threat."

"It's better to be careful," Zhao Ling'er said. "Carelessness can lead to irreversible consequences."

"Sister Ling'er has been an official for too long and has become accustomed to acting cautiously." Huang Rong chuckled and said, "But what Sister Ling'er said makes sense. The most important task now is to investigate the surrounding situation and minimize the danger."

“Rong’er is right.” Ling Chi nodded and said, “Everyone, split up and explore the nearby mountains. If you encounter any powerful monsters, return to the Chef God Space immediately. If you encounter any minor monsters, mark their locations first and deal with them later.”

Everyone nodded, agreed on the area and route to be explored, and then set off on their own.

Because Caiyi was too kind-hearted, Lingchi had Su Mei stay by her side to prevent her from suffering any losses.

The group spent the entire day exploring and gathered at the Chef God's Space at night to report on their findings.

“There are no powerful demons in the northeast, but there are two mid-level demons with several hundred years of cultivation, and several hundred small demons who have just become spirits,” Shuang’er said.

Ling Chi nodded.

“There aren’t any powerful monsters in the east, and there aren’t many newly formed monsters either, only a few dozen. But I found a particularly lush tea tree. Although it hasn’t become a spirit yet, it looks like it’s not far from it. I’ve already transplanted it into the farm,” Huang Rong said.

Ling Chi smiled and said, "Very good."

"There were some water monsters in the river to the southeast. These monsters must have been cultivating for hundreds of years. I have killed them all." Shang Xiuxun pointed to a direction in the Chef God Space and said, "They're all cleaned up."

Everyone nodded in approval upon seeing the large fish that had already been scaled and gutted, as well as the cleaned crabs, shrimps, clams, and other seafood. These ingredients, all shimmering with a red glow, numbered forty or fifty in total—enough to make thousands of red-themed dishes.

Ling Chi smiled slightly: "Well done."

“There aren’t any very strong monsters in the south,” Liu Mengli said. “But there are people living at the foot of the mountain, with several dozen families residing there.”

"Only a few dozen households?" Ling Chi pondered. "No wonder there are so many strange creatures here."

“There are also people in the southwest, but most of them are hunters,” Liu An said. “These hunters are quite skilled. They can hunt wild beasts that are less than a hundred years old, and even demons that are over a hundred years old can fall into their traps and be eaten if they are not careful.”

Ling Chi laughed and said, "It seems that the human race in this world is not weak."

“Indeed, they are not weak,” Liu An said. “Moreover, they are tall and robust, each one comparable to Xiang Yu, the Hegemon of Western Chu.”

“That’s really impressive.” Ling Chi nodded and turned to look at Zhao Ling’er.

Zhao Ling'er said, "There is a demon cave in the west, where a thousand-year-old panda spirit lives. Its aura is righteous and peaceful, so it shouldn't be a bad demon."

"Oh?" Ling Chi became interested: "A thousand-year-old panda spirit? Interesting, I'll go take a look later."

“We didn’t find many spirits in the northwest, but there are many caves inhabited by many little demons,” Su Mei said. “These little demons don’t seem to have any malevolent energy. If they were to unite, they could be a considerable asset.”

"What?" Ling Chi asked, "You want to be the Demon King?"

"Why not?" Su Mei smiled charmingly. "I won't let them do bad things. On the contrary, I can guide them to do good. It's a win-win situation, so why not?"

"We'll talk about that later." Ling Chi nodded and said, "I didn't find anything significant in the north either. It was just some mountain spirits and monsters. I killed the ones with the strongest malevolent aura." Ling Chi pointed in a direction, and everyone saw some huge, glowing red beast carcasses. They could all feel a strong malevolent aura emanating from these beasts.

Such ingredients are the top choice for making 'dark recipes'.

The reconnaissance was complete, and Ling Chi asked a question: "Are we going to use this place as a base, living off the land, or are we going to loot it and leave?"

After some discussion, everyone agreed to make this place their base, except for Shuang'er and Caiyi who said "anything is fine." Putting everything else aside, the abundant spiritual energy here alone is enough to make it a blessed land. Moreover, this world seems vast, with too many unknown dangers; before securing their strength, it's best to "develop cautiously and avoid recklessness."

“Then let’s do it this way!” Ling Chi said. “In the next few days, we will gather all the monsters in the surrounding area together and have them patrol the mountains, collect herbs, and gather all kinds of rare and precious materials and intelligence on a regular basis every day.”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

……

A few days later, all the mountain spirits and monsters of Qingcheng Mountain were forcibly subdued by Ling Chi and his gang of 'bullies'. The little demon kings who had been living very comfortably were all turned into servants and maids to be ordered around.

It would be a lie to say they weren't resentful, but after Ling Chi forcefully fed them a bunch of delicious food, all their resentment disappeared.

"The king summoned me to patrol the mountains, so I wandered the world, beating my drum and striking my gong, bringing rhythm to life..."

After finishing their daily patrols and gathering rare and precious materials, these monsters could enjoy delicious food. Over time, they got used to this kind of life and found it much more comfortable than before.

Although they were free before, they were also in great danger. But now their king has dealt with all the evil monsters around them and united them all, directly eliminating the dangers in the vicinity and ensuring their safety.

It's said that it's better to be a dog in times of peace than a human in times of chaos. These monsters truly understood the importance of safety; although they had to work eight hours a day, it was still better than losing their lives by accident.

In particular, when a powerful demon came from outside and tried to devour them, the lesser demons, the king killed it with a single sword stroke. From then on, all the demons resolutely supported the king's rule and did not allow anyone to slander the king's wisdom and might.