A Bite of Douluo Continent

Returning to the Lake of Life within the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian's face was filled with resentment.

“Another inheritor of the gods… Why is the divine realm so unfair!” he muttered to himself, his eyes filled with resentment. “Why can’t soul beasts become gods, while insignificant humans are repeatedly favored by the gods?”

"That fluctuation is related to the inheritor of the divine power?"

A silver light quietly spread across the lake's surface. Di Tian was startled and quickly composed himself, bowing his head slightly. "My lord!"

"Tell me, what exactly happened?"

"Yes!" Di Tian replied, and then respectfully recounted everything he had seen.

"The Divine Successor...the Restaurant?" the voice murmured softly. "Could it be the God of Food?"

"No, that can't be right. Among those people more than five thousand years ago, there was a successor of the God of Food."

"Which other deity is associated with food? Strange..."

"Never mind."

After muttering to itself for a while, the voice spoke again, "Are you sure one of the dishes will be helpful to me?"

“That dish can cure my chronic illness, and it should be helpful to you, my lord,” Di Tian explained.

“There’s no need to test anything further.” The voice was somewhat deep. “You’ve already triggered the mark left by the deity behind the other party, so the deity must have noticed it. In addition, the other party has a backup plan left by the deity. If you’re not careful, you could cause trouble.”

"My injuries are not severe enough to protect you, and I must try my best to keep my presence a secret from the divine realm. So all you need to do is find a way to get me a serving of that dish to try; there's no need to capture anyone."

"Understood, Your subordinate." Di Tian nodded, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

Although he was frightened away by the magical artifact in the hands of the Cold Food Shop owner, he did not show his face throughout the entire process.

The human guessed his identity, but he clearly couldn't see his human form, otherwise he would have been exposed while dining in the restaurant.

Therefore, as long as you pretend nothing happened and go to eat at Hanshi Festival, the other party should not know.

As for how to get some food to take out…

Although I didn't pay much attention to other things while I was eating, I did notice that Hansik (cold food) offers a service where you can take your food to go.

So this is not difficult.

When the Cold Food Festival opens this afternoon, go and bring a portion for the Lord.

However, on the other hand, using spatial power to take money from humans' pockets remotely every time would easily arouse suspicion. Since I might have to go to the human world frequently in the future, I should prepare some human money.

Just kill any wealthy human merchant in a nearby town. After all, these humans have plenty of soul beast blood on their hands, so they deserve to die.

...

After sitting against the wall for a while, Qi Han slowly recovered from the shock of being suddenly attacked by Di Tian.

Even so, he still couldn't understand why Di Tian had come to cause him trouble out of the blue.

I should have let him finish speaking before I made my move.

Since it wasn't because he used soul beasts to cook, then logically he and Di Tian shouldn't have any other conflicts.

Or perhaps the other party discovered his identity as the inheritor of the divine power, and therefore decided to attack him?

Surely not?

After thinking for a long time without figuring it out, Qi Han could only shake his head and stand up from the wall.

Regardless, I need to talk to Senior Qi about this tonight.

He's the master of the Sea God Pavilion. Di Tian has already run to Shrek City and he still doesn't know? Is that reasonable?

Despite the attack and some minor setbacks, the plan still had to be completed.

Qi Han wouldn't be so afraid to stay inside the shop and not dare to go out at all just because of Di Tian's attack.

After all, Di Tian had already been scared away.

So after standing up, he quickly headed towards the Food Association.

Qi Han was lucky; today, the Food Association's vice president, Zhang Heng, was the same one he had dealt with last time.

The same person was in charge of organizing the last open teaching session, and it's the same person again this time, so Qi Han will definitely feel more at ease.

Upon learning Qi Han's purpose for coming, Zhang Heng immediately stood up excitedly, "Boss Qi, are you going to give a public demonstration of a new dish again? Which one is it this time?"

"Hmm..." After a moment's thought, Qi Han shook his head. "There should be more than one?"

Ah this...

Zhang Heng was taken aback at first, then overjoyed, "There are several?"

"Yes, we plan to teach three dishes." Qi Han nodded.

"So which three dishes are they?" Zhang Heng took out a pen and paper. "I'll write them down in advance so it'll be easier to promote them later."

"Uh... I haven't actually decided yet." Seeing Zhang Heng's quick action, Qi Han looked a little embarrassed. "I have another idea, and I'd like to discuss it with you."

"Then, Mr. Qi, what do you say?" Sensing that Qi Han might have other plans this time, Zhang Heng's expression became more serious.

"Here's the thing," Qi Han explained, "this time I plan to provide several dishes and let the cooking enthusiasts who have signed up for the course vote on them. The three dishes with the most votes will be the ones I teach in public."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Heng was utterly astonished.

Teaching how to cook is not the same as cooking. If you want others to understand your teaching, you must do a lot of preparation in advance.

For example, Zhang Heng also attended Qi Han's public teaching session on fried rice last time. Although he didn't quite grasp the essence of the dish, he could tell that Qi Han had made extensive preparations, explaining in detail and getting straight to the point.

Now, Qi Han wants the culinary enthusiasts participating in the training to choose the dishes they want to learn. Can Qi Han easily teach every dish?

If Qi Han knew Zhang Heng's thoughts, he could only say that Zhang Heng overestimated himself.

When Qi Han was teaching how to make fried rice, he really thought a lot about it and prepared a lot of things in advance. After all, it is quite difficult for others to understand this completely new cooking method.

This time it was much easier because, on the one hand, Qi Han's cooking skills had indeed improved again through continuous practice of four-star recipes, and his understanding of dishes had reached a new level; on the other hand, this time Qi Han prepared dishes for breakfast.

He had given Ye Lingqing detailed instructions on each of these dishes, so there was no need to prepare anything extra.

After a long pause, Zhang Heng finally couldn't help but ask, "Boss Qi, how many dishes are you planning to provide for the vote this time?"

"Twenty-four dishes." Qi Han smiled. "All twenty-five dishes for breakfast, except for the steamed dragon dumplings, will be entered into the vote."

what?

Twenty-four questions?

And this time they're going to be offering breakfast food?

It's worth noting that the breakfast during the Cold Food Festival is no less prestigious than lunch or dinner, featuring a variety of noodle-based dishes with distinct styles and characteristics, each loved by a large number of diners.

The tofu pudding dish even sparked a seven-on-seven battle of wits due to the debate over whether it was sweet or savory.

And now, the food that Boss Qi is going to teach us is actually these?

Zhang Heng could already imagine how happy those cooking enthusiasts would be when they heard the news.

“Okay, I understand.” Zhang Heng pondered for a moment and then slowly said, “This time, because we need to choose three dishes from twenty-four, the registration and voting will take a lot of time, so it may not start as quickly as last time.”

Gu Meng glanced at Qi Han, and Zhang Heng explained with a smile, "Boss Qi may not know, but the last public demonstration of fried rice had a huge impact. Not to mention Shrek City, many cooking enthusiasts from other places also learned how to make fried rice. After these people went back, fried rice became popular in many places."

Qi Han nodded; he vaguely remembered this matter.

When he obtained his fifth spirit ring and went to a coastal city, he was surprised to find that the fried rice he had taught him to make was also there.

This clearly demonstrates the significant impact of that public teaching session.

"That's also why," Zhang Heng glanced at Qi Han and then explained, "If Boss Qi were to teach fried rice again, many cooking enthusiasts who missed it last time would come to try it. This time, the scale might be even larger, and the preparation time would also increase accordingly."

Qi Han nodded, showing an understanding expression.

Unlike last time, he wasn't in a particular hurry to complete this teaching task.

So he can accept a longer preparation time.

"President Zhang, how long do you estimate it will take to get started?"

"It might take about two weeks to prepare," Zhang Heng said after a moment's thought. "I wonder if Boss Qi is in a hurry this time?"

"Half a month is no problem." Qi Han nodded, then looked at Zhang Heng gratefully, "Thank you all from the Food Association."

"Mr. Qi, you're too kind." Zhang Heng waved his hand. "Our Food Association will naturally help with Mr. Qi's matter. Moreover, public teaching will greatly help enhance the influence of our Shrek City Food Association. This matter is mutually beneficial and not troublesome at all."

"Then it's settled."

...

After discussing some details, Qi Han leisurely left the Food Association.

Having achieved one of my goals for going out, the next step is to find a job where I can start a side hustle.

After a moment's thought, Qi Han turned and headed toward the Pan Family Merchant Guild not far away.

He wasn't very familiar with other places, but he did remember Pan's Trading Company, which was run by one of his customers.

According to his understanding, such trading companies also engage in intermediary businesses.

Entering the luxuriously decorated lobby of the Pan's Trading Company, Qi Han explained his purpose to the receptionist, and soon a somewhat short and stout figure hurried over.

It was Pan Kong himself.

Qi Han and Pan Kong were acquaintances, so when Qi Han saw that the visitor was Pan Kong, a smile appeared on his face.

However, he soon noticed that Pan Kong's expression was a little off.

His face was as black as if someone had stolen two thousand gold soul coins.

"Mr. Pan, are you alright?" Qi Han couldn't help but ask.

"No, it's just that some damned thief stole two thousand gold soul coins from me." Pan Kong was furious when he talked about it, but he quickly smiled. "Boss Qi actually came to Pan's Trading Company. Is he planning to cooperate with Pan's Trading Company to open a branch?"

"Cough cough." Qi Han coughed twice suddenly, not expecting that Pan Kong still remembered this matter.

However, side businesses and branch stores do have some similarities...

Of course, he couldn't cooperate with Pan's Trading Company; he had to handle it himself.

"No, I just want to buy a shop. Do you have any suitable ones here?" Qi Han asked, then added, "Preferably in a food street or something."

Food street... shops...

Element detection!

Pan Kong's eyes instantly transformed into the shape of gold soul coins. "Boss Qi, are you really going to open a branch?"