A Bite of Douluo Continent

Without hesitation, Qi Han accepted the gift and instantly disappeared from the spot, entering the system space.

Gu Liao's pure black roulette wheel spun rapidly. Under the excited gazes of Qi Han and Ru Yi, the pointer finally stopped on a color block. The color block magnified, revealing the result of this random recipe.

Four-star recipe: Rich Chicken.

Qi Han's expression suddenly turned strange.

The name "Fortune Chicken" may be unfamiliar, but this dish is known to everyone by another name.

Beggar's Chicken.

Thinking of a legend about the origin of this dish, Qi Han's expression became even stranger.

Could it be... that this food realm requires starting as a beggar?

Good fellow, I'll call you good fellow.

Could we have a less terrible four-star dining experience next time?

Thinking of the hardships he had endured during Zilong's disarming and eating period, Qi Han felt a pang of sympathy.

Forget it, I'll stop thinking about it. There's always a way out.

Shaking his head, Qi Han casually accepted two three-star random recipes.

Samsung recipe: Crab Roe Lion's Head Meatballs.

Samsung recipe: Phoenix skin.

As the number of three-star recipes increased, Qi Han was no longer as excited about drawing three-star recipes.

With his current basic skills, learning a three-star recipe would only take him two or three days, almost the same as his previous two-star recipes.

Even so, the appearance of these two dishes still surprised Qi Han slightly.

Because these two dishes are somewhat special.

Crab meat lion's head meatballs need no introduction. This Huaiyang dish is extremely famous in the Yangzhou area. As one of the dishes in the "Three Heads Feast", it has a soft and tender texture and is rich but not greasy, making it exceptionally delicious.

There has never been a meatball dish like this before during the Cold Food Festival. The appearance of this dish fills a gap in the Cold Food Festival.

And another dish is Phoenix Robe...

Qi Han had only heard of it once and had never seen it before.

This dish involves wrapping chicken in bamboo paper, deep-frying it, and then letting the paper absorb all the essence from the chicken. Finally…

Throw away the chicken, eat that piece of paper.

Hearing that this was the case, Qi Han actually had no idea how it was cooked or how it tasted.

In short, Qi Han was very satisfied with both of the three-star recipes.

Then, he slowly turned his gaze to the last of the mission rewards: the Soul Power Level reward.

At this moment, Qi Han already has level 59 soul power. Once he accepts the reward for this mission, his soul power level will reach level 60, thus triggering the ingredient acquisition mission.

He suddenly realized a crucial question and turned to look at Ruyi, "If I trigger an ingredient acquisition quest on the Sun and Moon Continent, will my quest location be on the Douluo Continent or the Sun and Moon Continent?"

“Of course it’s on the Sun and Moon Continent.” Ruyi looked at Qi Han’s suddenly strange expression and said with a smile, “Don’t even think about it, you can’t escape. No matter where you trigger the ingredient acquisition mission, your sixth ingredient acquisition mission will be on the Sun and Moon Continent.”

"Even if I return to Douluo Continent, will the food acquisition quest still be triggered in the Sun Moon Continent?" Qi Han asked again to confirm.

"Correct."

"That's fine."

Qi Han sighed softly and accepted the mission reward.

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Chapter 530 Another Wave of New Missions

As Qi Han received the final Soul Power level reward for the ninth main quest, streams of warmth flowed into his meridians, raising his cultivation level to level sixty. The remaining level reward would be delayed until after he obtained his sixth Soul Ring.

At the same time, main quest nine disappeared from the quest panel, and a brand new quest popped up.

Main Quest 10: The Emergence of a Side Hustle

Please develop a side business in Shrek City's Cold Food Festival that does not conflict with the current Cold Food Festival business and is related to food, and maintain it for one month.

Mission Introduction: Given that Han Shi's reputation in Shrek City has reached its peak, this system will increase the difficulty for the host!

Quest Rewards: Soul Power Level +2, 2 three-star random recipes, 2 random drop recipes.

Side Quest Thirteen: The Steps of Conquest II

Please select three one-star recipes (excluding original recipes) and teach them to one thousand people, ensuring that they cook excellent dishes.

Mission Description: Congratulations, host! The number of natives in Douluo Continent who have mastered the cooking of superior-grade fried rice has now reached 10,000. Please continue your efforts and conquer Douluo Continent with even more delicious dishes!

Quest Rewards: Soul Power Level +2, 1 random recipe drop.

Limited-time task: Obtaining ingredients

Please travel to the Demon Forest, a gathering area for soul beasts within the Sun Moon Empire, within ten days and independently kill the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, the Three-Eyed War Bear (pronounced like "skin" in Chinese).

Task Description: It's time to obtain ingredients again, which only happens once a month at level 10. I imagine you're already eager to get started.

Mission Rewards: System Soul Ring x1, Four-Star Recipe: Precious Pearl.

A bunch of question marks popped up on Qi Han's forehead.

"Ruyi..." He silently turned to look at the little girl beside him who was about to slip away, "Are you up to something?"

"Hahaha, I don't know what you're talking about." Ruyi chuckled awkwardly. "How could that be?"

"Give me a break!" Qi Han rolled his eyes, grabbed Ruyi, and roughly rubbed her chubby cheeks. "I've been working eight hours a day at Shrek City, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night snacks, and you're still planning to make me do a side job?!"

"How dare you say that!" Ruyi rubbed her cheeks. "You've already handed over all the breakfast duties to your apprentice! Of course I have to find you something else to do! Stop thinking about slacking off, get back to work!"

Qi Han said with a pained expression, "I'll come up with a side job that doesn't require me to work, so don't even think about making me work overtime!"

"Well..." Ruyi shrugged, "then let the show begin!"

"You just wait," Qi Han muttered angrily, then began to think.

The tenth main quest is one of the prerequisites for becoming a senior chef, so Qi Han had high expectations for it.

Although the content of this task was completely different from what I had expected, after careful analysis, it didn't seem too difficult.

It requires developing a food-related side business and operating it for a month, while ensuring it doesn't conflict with other existing businesses.

Are there any side hustles like this?

Actually, there are some, and quite a few at that.

For example, selling various street food can be considered a side job, since snacks and regular meals are different.

The problem is that such a side business requires personal involvement. It already requires running two meals and a late-night snack business, and adding a food stall would make the burden very heavy, and there would be no time to study in the training space.

Therefore, side hustles that require you to do them yourself are not suitable.

So what side hustles are related to food that you don't have to run yourself?

Qi Han thought about it carefully and found that there were quite a few.

For example, a pastry shop that sells all kinds of cakes and pastries.

The pastries in this kind of pastry shop don't need to be made to order. They can be made in advance for the day and then sold in limited quantities. Therefore, Qi Han doesn't need to run the business himself. He only needs to bake various cakes and pastries in advance and then hire an employee to be in charge of selling them.

The only problem is that Qi Han doesn't know how to make any of these pastries. Although most of them are in the one-star recipe book and Qi Han has the right to buy them directly, they are all quite expensive...

Gu Xiao wants to buy enough desserts to run a pastry shop, and the recipes alone would cost around a million gold coins.

Moreover, making Western-style pastries is not easy, even with advanced technology to speed up the baking process.

As for Western-style baking, he still has to do it himself.

Of course, Qi Han had other options.

For example, you could open a milk tea shop or an ice cream shop.

Compared to pastry shops, milk tea shops and ice cream shops are naturally more convenient for Qi Han.

He only needs to prepare all the ingredients in advance and hand them over to the specially trained staff, and he can then quietly slip away without making a name for himself.

Milk tea powder, pearls, taro paste, and other toppings are needed for milk tea; fresh fruit and tea bags are needed for various fruit teas; and various raw materials are needed to make ice cream. All of these can be quickly produced with cutting-edge technology, and a new batch of raw materials can be provided every few days. Trained staff can easily make qualified milk tea or ice cream.

However, such a side business requires a certain level of ability from the shop assistants. At least they need to be at the level of Qin Yue and Qin Yao to be competent. After all, the products produced by the system are always of the highest quality. Even milk tea and ice cream cannot be made carelessly or half-heartedly.

Besides these options, Qi Han actually had many other choices. After all, he had seen far too many food-related industries in his previous life. Even if he simply copied them, completing the main quest ten would be a piece of cake.

There's no rush. Because of the ingredient acquisition mission, Qi Han can't return to Douluo Continent for the time being, so we can take our time to consider it.

The side quest thirteen, which follows the main quest ten, is not difficult for him either.

Prior to this, Qi Han had already completed a teaching mission. In that mission, he taught the cooking techniques of fried rice with eggs, and the mission was completed after a thousand people successfully mastered the excellent-grade fried rice.

The requirements for this side quest thirteen remain unchanged; you still need to get a thousand people to master the excellent level to complete the quest. The only difference is that this time you need to teach three one-star recipes.

For Qi Han, it wasn't a big problem.

However, one thing mentioned in the mission description piqued his interest.

There are already 10,000 indigenous people who have mastered the art of making excellent fried rice?

It's worth noting that when the course was first offered publicly, there were actually fewer than 10,000 participants.

Obviously, there's only one way to have 10,000 indigenous people who can master making excellent fried rice.

That is, those who had mastered the art of making excellent fried rice passed it on to others, and this is how this result came about over time.

Qi Han was pleased and delighted with this outcome.

What's with this inexplicable sense of accomplishment?

Next, Qi Han looked at the rewards for the main quest and the side quests.

He saw a familiar reward that hadn't appeared in a long time.