A Bite of Douluo Continent

In addition to the upcoming hibiscus chicken slices from the ingredient acquisition quest and the obviously generous rewards from the intermediate promotion quest, Qi Han will be getting plenty of new recipes for the foreseeable future.

The main quest seven was completed, and all the rewards had been claimed. However, the next main quest eight had not yet appeared. But this was not the first time this had happened. After thinking for a moment, Qi Han took the initiative to speak, "Ruyi, is it that the main quest eight will only appear after the intermediate advancement is completed?"

"Yes."

Sure enough.

Qi Han understood, and then turned his gaze to the two new tasks on the task panel.

He had only glanced at it briefly before, but now he began to carefully examine the contents. As he read on, a look of surprise gradually appeared on Qi Han's face.

The far northern snowfield?

A thousand-year-old snowfield ice pheasant?

When Qi Han went to the Fiery Hell Corridor for the last ingredient-gathering mission, he wondered if there would be a mission to the Far North Snowfield in the future.

After all, the far northern snowfield and the fiery corridor are both special areas where soul beasts gather. One is hot and the other is extremely cold, so it's hard not to associate them.

Gu never expected that this time it would actually be in the far north snowfield.

Moreover, the target of the mission is a powerful soul beast like the Snowfield Ice Pheasant.

Although the Arctic Snowfield is similar to the Infernal Corridor, the two cannot be compared, because the soul beasts in the Arctic Snowfield are much stronger than those in the Infernal Corridor.

Legend has it that the far northern snowfield region is home to the terrifying Three Heavenly Kings, each with a cultivation level of over 200,000 years. In addition, there are also many 100,000-year-old soul beasts living there.

Because of this, the soul beasts in the far northern snowfields are also divided into tiers and echelons.

The first tier naturally consists of the races to which the Three Heavenly Kings of the Far North belong. The second tier consists of races led by 100,000-year-old soul beasts. The third tier consists of races that once had 100,000-year-old soul beasts but no longer do. As for the fourth and fifth tiers, 10,000 years is the limit.

The Snowfield Ice Pheasant belongs to the third tier. It has existed for 100,000 years, which is enough to show that the racial potential and upper limit of this kind of soul beast are not low.

Although there are no Snowfield Ice Pheasants of the 100,000-year level at present, there are quite a few 10,000-year-old soul beasts in the Snowfield Ice Pheasant clan.

Fortunately, this race does not live in groups and divides their territories so that they do not invade each other's territory; otherwise, Qi Han would have had almost no chance of completing the mission.

While both are ingredient acquisition tasks, this one is more difficult than the previous Earthfire Dragon Sturgeon task.

Because of the Snowfield Ice Pheasant's inherent strength, killing it is not an easy task.

Pheasants generally refer to wild chickens, but the Snowfield Ice Pheasant, despite having "pheasant" in its name, has hunting habits more like an eagle.

These spirit beasts can fly freely at altitudes of thousands of meters, using their terrifying eyesight to detect any movement on the snowfield, and then swoop down from the sky to instantly kill their prey with their terrifying claws.

Although it cannot match the flight altitude of eagle-type spirit beasts, the extreme northern snowfield is covered with snow all year round, and the spirit beasts that live there have almost all turned white over the long period of evolution.

Under such conditions, the snowfield pheasant can detect the movement of any prey within its field of vision, requiring even higher visual acuity.

It seems we need to make a lot of preparations in advance this time.

Qi Han silently calculated in his mind, his gaze fixed on the intermediate-level promotion mission.

Somewhat unexpectedly, this intermediate promotion mission was actually placed in the Star Dou Great Forest.

There is absolutely no comparison between this place and the Kalai Forest, where the last promotion mission took place.

We don't know what criteria were used to select the location for the mission.

However, staying in the Star Dou Great Forest for an extended period, searching for ingredients and practicing cooking, even though Qi Han has a training space and doesn't need to camp inside the forest at night, still poses a considerable risk.

Of course, completing the advancement mission in the Star Dou Great Forest has both disadvantages and advantages.

This is the largest gathering area for spirit beasts on the entire continent. Except for some spirit beasts with special environmental requirements, almost all other land spirit beasts can be found here. Nearly 40% of the ingredients in Qi Han's Douluo Continent Ingredient Encyclopedia can be found here.

You ask why only 40%?

Of course, it's because there are more types of sea spirit beasts.

In addition, the Star Dou Great Forest has another advantage: it is home to the largest number of dragon-type soul beasts on the entire continent.

Perhaps because the Beast God Di Tian was originally a dragon, or perhaps because the Silver Dragon King slumbered here, the aura he exuded subtly attracted dragon creatures. The proportion of dragon-type soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest is very high, especially various sub-dragon races.

Having just received the intermediate promotion mission, Qi Han had absolutely no idea what kind of dish he should create. After all, two-star recipes are much more difficult than one-star ones, and creating something as simple as before would probably not be enough to pass the test.

However, when it comes to what ingredients to use to complete this task, Qi Han already has an idea.

I had been looking into information about dragon-based ingredients recently, and now there are many dragon races in the Star Dou Great Forest.

For a two-star dish, let's use dragon as the ingredient!

Chapter 329 The Old Pigeon Spirit Belongs to...

After reviewing both tasks, Qi Han finally emerged from the training space.

The most urgent task now is to acquire ingredients.

The food acquisition missions have time limits, but the promotion missions do not. Moreover, if you want to survive in the Star Dou Great Forest, the higher your strength is, the better.

From any perspective, completing the task of obtaining ingredients first is an option that doesn't require much deliberation.

"Ruyi, is there any advanced technology to cope with the extremely low temperatures in the far north snowfields?"

The Snowfield Ice Pheasant inhabits the middle layer of the far northern snowfield. Although it does not have the terrifying temperature of minus 100 degrees Celsius all year round in the core area, minus 30 or 40 degrees Celsius is commonplace. Such a temperature environment is quite dangerous for ice-type soul masters, not to mention that it has absolutely no connection with ice-type soul masters.

Remember when Huo Yuhao first went to the far north snowfield, he had to be secretly protected by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm. When the protection was broken, it almost froze him half to death. Qi Han would not dare to try it lightly.

"System Black Technology Windproof and Cold-proof Suit, priced at 10,000 Gold Soul Coins." Ruyi very considerately provided a solution and suit, and a light screen instantly appeared in front of Qi Han's eyes.

The windproof and cold-weather suit is similar to a windproof jacket, warm but not bulky or oversized. It fits snugly without restricting movement. In addition, it includes cold-weather gloves, high-soled and non-slip snow boots, and a windproof mask and hat.

Next to the image of the outfit, there is a line of small text explaining that once the entire outfit is worn, it can activate a special high-tech force field, keeping the internal environment of the outfit at a comfortable human temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, and even regulating humidity.

After reading the annotations, Qi Han felt that he would dare to take a stroll into even the most core area of ​​the far northern snowfield, let alone the middle layer of it.

Well... the premise is that I won't be killed by Hyotei or Yukiteru.

Faced with this cutting-edge technology that once again made readers envious to tears, Qi Han generously pulled out a gold note containing 10,000 gold soul coins.

Buy it!

With this set of equipment, Qi Han no longer needs to worry about environmental issues; he only needs to consider how to confront the Snowfield Ice Pheasant.

The lunch break had just ended, and Qi Han didn't plan to set off directly in the afternoon.

We have to make sure we finish our afternoon business, and we should also give the staff and customers a heads-up.

This time, I'll probably be away for quite a while.

The far northern snowfield is quite far, and we still need to go to the Star Dou Great Forest afterward. The round trip alone might take about a week, not to mention the time we'll have to spend killing the Snowfield Ice Pheasant. Once we get to the Star Dou Great Forest, we'll need to research which type of dragon-type soul beast to choose as our target ingredient for advancement, and then continuously improve and innovate.

So, taking 20 days off isn't unreasonable, is it?

Qi Han felt a little guilty, after all, he had only been back for a month, but he was going to have to stand up his customers for twenty days.

However, Qi Han's reasons for requesting leave this time were quite valid.

First, complete the intermediate promotion task, and you can promote and sell the dishes you have researched as new dishes.

So here's the reason for taking leave, isn't it?

Develop new dishes!

In addition, once the intermediate promotion task is completed, one will have the right to expand and renovate the store.

what does this mean?

This means that not only can the dining area of ​​the store be made larger, but the original dining tables can also be replaced with hot pot tables, so that hot pot can also be found in the Shrek City store.

So now I have a reason for taking leave again?

Renovating the shop!

See, the store is under renovation and can't operate, so taking 20 days off for renovation is reasonable, right?

After all, no one knows that Ruyi's renovation and expansion only takes 24 hours.

Does a normal person need at least 20 days to renovate their home?

Moreover, during the renovation, I, Qi Han, also worked hard to research new dishes to bring surprises to diners.

Thinking about it this way, isn't it touching?

If any diners still have objections, Qi Han can introduce the concept of hot pot in advance to keep them looking forward to it.

What is this called?

That's called launching a satellite!

The old pigeon is quite clever.

What is there to say?

You get the hang of it after a while.

If only Ye Lingqing had mastered the craft by now, even if she only knew one or two dishes, she could at least keep the shop afloat and satisfy the cravings of her customers.

Of course, Qi Han was just thinking about it. Ye Lingqing had only been with him for half a month, and he didn't have the time or space to accelerate his training. How could he learn so quickly?

Ye Lingqing is still practicing kneading dough, and she is not far from meeting the requirements of achieving the "three perfections" (smoothness, brightness, and luster).

Next time, I hope that when I take leave next time, Xiao Lingqing can stand on her own and help out a little.

Hmm... a certain unscrupulous chef is already planning when to take his next day off.

If you make a mistake this time, you'll do it again next time.

Filled with excitement, Qi Han had no interest in practicing Dinghu vegetarian cuisine in the afternoon. He took out his complete ingredient guide, went downstairs, and sat in the kitchen, supervising and instructing Ye Lingqing on her practice while continuing to study dragon-related ingredients.

Now that I've decided to choose dragons as ingredients for my self-created two-star recipe, I naturally need to do more research.

Furthermore, you can also explore other ingredients abundant in the Starry Sky Forest.

What is this called?

This is called being prepared for any eventuality.

...

"Hey, boss, you're taking another twenty days off?"

The afternoon business hours arrived quickly, and after the four employees arrived, they heard Qi Han mention that he had asked for leave.

Ping Xinyan was alright. She had only been there for a month and hadn't experienced Qi Han taking leave yet, so she didn't have much of an emotional reaction.