Chef God of the Wuxia and Fantasy World

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As evening approached, Linghu Chong led the reluctant Yue Lingshan back to the mountain. Ling Chi and Shuang'er tidied up and closed the shop.

"Shuang'er".

As soon as the gate closed, Ling Chi reached out his hand to Shuang'er.

Shuang'er smiled and took his hand.

The next moment, the two figures appeared in an incredibly vast space.

Blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and clear waters, blooming wildflowers, babbling brooks, and lots of kitchen tools.

A world as beautiful as a fairyland, this is Chef God Space.

Upon entering this space, Shuang'er seemed to have shed all her shackles, her body floating lightly. The next moment, she was giggling and flying around in this vast space.

Free as a bird.

Ling Chi looked at Shuang'er flying in the air, smiled slightly, and with a wave of his hand, flour, sourdough starter, basin, board, and water appeared out of thin air on the table.

The main purpose of entering the Chef's Space this time is to improve the completion of Juntun Guokui.

For 120 hours, a full five days, the completion rate of Juntun Guokui kept being updated.

65%, 68%, 71%, 73%, 74%...

Before leaving the Chef's Space, the highest completion rate had reached 79%.

It may not seem like much, but starting from a 60% pass rate, each percentage point increase in completion rate is no less difficult than an ordinary person climbing 100 meters of Mount Everest.

The percentage increased from 61% to 79%, meaning that Lingchi's five days there were equivalent to climbing Mount Everest at 1800 meters.

Those who have never climbed Mount Everest will never know what it's like.

After her initial indulgence, Shuang'er, as a kitchen helper, diligently assisted Ling Chi. Having followed Ling Chi for six months, her own culinary skills improved; while she couldn't compare to Ling Chi, she was at least a high-level chef in reality.

It's a luxury for a top chef to work as a kitchen helper.

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When they left the Chef God's Space, it was already the morning of the next day.

As dawn broke, Shuang'er sat on a wheelbarrow, with Ling Chi pushing it, heading straight for the town market.

The town market is a daily market, similar to a modern small market, supplying the daily necessities of the town and surrounding rural residents. It is also the main source of ingredients for Lingchi's Hero's Inn.

The market was a good ten miles away from Hero's Inn. In ancient times, when travel was inconvenient, ordinary people could only walk, which would take about half an hour. But Ling Chi pushed his wheelbarrow very fast, covering the ten miles in just ten minutes and arriving at the market.

The market was now bustling with activity, filled with the sounds of vendors calling out their wares and haggling.

"Vegetables for sale! Fresh leafy greens, come and buy!"

"Draw sugar figurines, draw whatever you get!"

"A lively, energetic rooster is the best when stewed!"

"Mushrooms, freshly picked mushrooms."

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Chapter Five: An Unexpected Joy

You can buy vegetables, fish, meat, and seasonings—the selection is very complete.

The historical background of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer is set in the mid-Ming Dynasty, while the food culture had already reached a considerable peak in the Tang Dynasty, described as "steamed vegetarian dishes with a unique flavor, and exquisite food like the Wangchuan painting".

Many people may not understand the meaning, so let's break it down: "素蒸声音部" (Su Zheng Sheng Yin Bu) emphasizes "sound," also known as "音声" (Yin Sheng Ren). In the Tang Dynasty, there were ten musical ensembles, and the people who sang and accompanied the musicians were called "音声人" (Yin Sheng Ren). This phrase describes a type of "ornamental dish" at a banquet, primarily for visual enjoyment. It consisted of about 70 pieces made of vegetarian dishes and steamed noodles, depicting a group of fairy-like singing and dancing girls. One can imagine how magnificent and spectacular this dish would be at a banquet!

The key to the "Wangchuan Painting Sketch" is "Wangchuan," also known as "Wangchuan Villa," which refers to the Wangchuan Villa of Wang Wei, a landscape poet of the Tang Dynasty. According to Song Dynasty notes, a chef prepared twenty cold dishes, each resembling a different scene. When these dishes were put together, they formed a sketch of the "Wangchuan Painting." The Wangchuan Villa was the residence of the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei in his later years. Therefore, when ancient people saw this large "landscape platter," they "love to admire it but cannot bear to eat it," demonstrating its exquisite detail.

This demonstrates the profound depth and breadth of Chinese culture, which is also evident in its incredibly impressive culinary traditions.

Because such a great culinary culture was nurtured so early, the food in the Ming Dynasty was quite sophisticated. The variety of seasonings used to make the food was not much less than in modern society. The biggest difference was perhaps only in terms of refinement and hygiene.

While modern times present many food safety issues, they are still far better than in ancient times. The seasonings Lingchi purchased will require further processing upon returning home.

"It's a pity there are no potatoes, corn, or sweet potatoes."

This is Lingchi's biggest regret in coming to this world. Those high-yield crops were only introduced to China from the Americas at the end of the Ming Dynasty, while Xiao Ao was in the mid-Ming Dynasty. To see crops like potatoes, he would probably have to wait another hundred years.

"It would have been better if we had prepared some seeds beforehand."

Ling Chi felt a pang of regret when she realized that she had only focused on improving her cooking skills in the Deer and Cauldron world and hadn't stored up high-yield crop seeds.

The Chef God Space can be used as a storage space, and the stored items can be perfectly preserved in their original state before entering. If some seeds were stored in the Deer and Cauldron world, they could be planted in other worlds.

Having learned from her mistakes, Ling Chi has stored a large number of crop seeds, as well as ready-made ingredients, seasonings, and so on in the Chef God Space over the past six months.

But every time Ling Chi saw those seasonings, she felt depressed.

No chili peppers.

No chili peppers.

No chili peppers.

Without chili peppers, there's no stir-fried pork with green peppers, shredded pork with garlic sauce, shredded pork with garlic shoots, shredded pork with pickled chili peppers, shredded beef, shredded beef with pickled chili peppers, twice-cooked pork with garlic sprouts, twice-cooked pork with cabbage, twice-cooked pork with fried noodles, Mapo tofu, chicken and tofu pudding, braised beef, spicy blood curd, skewers, hot pot, cold skewers, pot-boiled chicken, poached chicken, saliva chicken, spicy chicken, cold chicken salad, braised tofu, dry-fried crucian carp, boiled fish, boiled sliced ​​meat, cold pot fish, cold crucian carp salad, dry pot chicken, live rabbit, fresh chili rabbit, cold rabbit, cold beef, salt-fried meat...

Heart hurts.

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After purchasing the ingredients and buying a sugar figurine for Shuang'er, Ling Chi pushed the cart back to Hero's Inn.

No Huashan disciples came to the tavern for dinner today. In the afternoon, we only served two low-level martial arts outlaws. Unfortunately, they tried to eat for free but were beaten to a pulp by Ling Chi and had no choice but to pay up. In the process, they also dropped two ordinary white recipes, which both increased stamina and were not very useful.

Days passed by like this, autumn turned to winter, winter to spring, and before we knew it, half a year had gone by.

In the past six months, Ling Chi has made great progress. Since successfully upgrading to the advanced white level, he has successfully won over Linghu Chong's stomach with his 100% perfected Juntun Guokui, and obtained a wine from him that can increase agility by 0.5...

As expected of Linghu Chong, Ling Chi should have known that what would burst out of him was definitely wine.

Besides Linghu Chong, Lao Denuo was also unsurprisingly won over, revealing a rather peculiar recipe—stir-fried bitter melon with pork.

Not only was the recipe peculiar, but its attributes were also terrible, only increasing constitution by 0.2. This was the worst-attributed dish among the high-level white recipes that Ling Chi had ever seen.

But it's better than a plain white recipe book; something is better than nothing.

Linghu Chong and Lao Denuo were expected, but two people were a pleasant surprise.

"Ding! You have conquered the stomach of Ning Zhongze, a high-class white-level diner. Conquest count +1. High-class white-level recipe dropped - Ginseng Dumplings."

"Ginseng Dumplings: Advanced White Recipe, True Qi +0.5, Cooldown Time 10 Days."

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"Ding! You have conquered the stomach of the high-class white-level diner Yue Buqun. Conquest count +1. High-class white-level recipe dropped - Stuffed Meat in White Jade".

"White Jade Stuffed Meat: Advanced White Recipe, Strength +0.2, Constitution +0.3, Cooldown Time 10 Days".

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Ning Zhongze and Yue Buqun were also high-level white figures, which surprised Ling Chi. He thought that someone like Yue Buqun, who was a sect leader, would at least be a top-level white figure.

From Linghu Chong and Lao Denuo in the early days to the leaders of the Five Mountains Alliance, the range of high-ranking white-collar figures is quite large.

That's good, at least it gives Ling Chi more confidence in the system. If a high-level white-rank character is at the level of the Five Mountains Alliance leaders, then what level are the other several high-ranking characters? They must be celestial beings!

As expected of the [God of Cooking System], its future achievement is indeed to become a god and an ancestor.

Thanks to these four recipes, his personal attributes have improved significantly over the past six months.

Host: Ling Chi

Physical strength: (100/100)

Energy: (50/50)

Power: 7.1

Agility: 9.2

Physical condition: 8.2

True Qi: 10.4 (years)

Lifespan: 79.5 years

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Culinary Skills: White (Advanced) (48.7/100)

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Secondary Profession: Warrior

Internal strength:

Huashan Inner Power Technique (Level 10): Active skill, enhances base status by 100%.

Move:

Free Fighting (Level 4): Active skill, enhances unarmed combat ability by 40%.

Dismemberment (Level 5): Active skill, increases the ability to dismember with a knife by 50%.

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Compared to six months ago, Ling Chi's basic attributes have increased by one to two times, and each of her moves has increased by two levels. Her Huashan Inner Strength Technique has even soared from level 2 to level 10. However, the Huashan Inner Strength Technique seems to be linked to her True Qi. Since her True Qi reached level 10, her Huashan Inner Strength Technique has not increased at all, seemingly reaching a bottleneck.

"Brother needs a higher level of internal energy cultivation technique."

Shuang'er said so, and Ling Chi thought so too.

The Huashan Heart Sutra is just the most basic internal energy cultivation method. Being able to control true qi for ten years is the limit. If you want to continue to improve, you can only switch to a higher-level cultivation method.

But it's not necessary in the short term.

Half a month ago, he fought Yue Buqun to a standstill using only 80% of his strength. Although it was unarmed combat, which Yue Buqun was not very good at, it was enough to prove that his current strength was no weaker than that of the Five Mountains Alliance leaders, and he could now protect himself in the martial arts world.

Anyway, with the recipes available, his attributes can be continuously improved. It doesn't matter if his internal energy cultivation method is a little weak; he can cultivate a more powerful technique later.

Yue Buqun and Ning Zhongze, on the other hand, valued him more and more, and seemed to have plans to recruit him into the Huashan sect. In the past two or three months, they had been constantly testing him, and the number of times they came to eat at his place had also increased.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Yue Buqun and his family of three visited Hero's Inn once again.