Whose world-class drama are they criticizing?

Dragon's Breath Toast

The fire rock lizard is coated with grease and then roasted over dragon crystal embers, resulting in a crispy exterior and soft interior with a slightly burning sensation upon tasting.

Moonlight Cold Dew Soup

The dew of the Silver Moon Forest, adorned with shimmering berries, is refreshing and invigorating.

【Abyss Cuttlefish Crisps】

Rye seasoned with Beihai ink and fried, then served with ghost pepper and rock salt.

...

A series of recipes accompanied by exquisite hand-drawn illustrations, covering everything from appetizers to main courses, from drinks to desserts, with sweet, savory, and spicy flavors.

From ingredient selection to cooking requirements, this book, spanning over a hundred pages, covers the delicacies of Eden over the past century, from south to north.

Not only is the text description rich, but the pictures are also quite exquisite, appearing to be the work of a great painter.

Just looking at the pictures makes me smell the food, and my stomach starts growling with hunger.

No, you can actually smell it. The picture uses special magical characters to preserve the scent inside the book.

Ryan closed the book.

As the book's name suggests, one should absolutely not read this forbidden book at night, or there will be terrible consequences.

You'll be so hungry for it!

"Miss Jasmine, I'm getting a little hungry."

Ryan said earnestly.

"Me too."

After a long silence, Jasmine finally spoke quietly.

"So why would you lock the recipe inside...?"

Jasmine simply couldn't comprehend the master's extraordinary thought process.

With such wicked forbidden books out there, even that perverse "Mental Magic Codex" is more worthy of being locked away in a box than this cookbook.

All that puzzle-solving and level-based challenges, all for this lousy cookbook?

"I think I can guess... which master these banned books were written by."

Although none of the banned books were signed...

But Ryan, with his extraordinary intelligence, finally touched upon the truth.

He is knowledgeable, experienced, has a profound understanding of curses, and is also somewhat sexually repressed; he is an old man who has existed for a hundred years.

When these rare terms are combined, there aren't many truly exceptional individuals left.

Initially, Ryan guessed that it was written by a witch apostle or a great mage from the Straw family.

But now, with the sudden emergence of "The Forbidden Book of the Night," and the addition of the rare term "big appetite,"...

The answer is already obvious.

...

recent.

Ms. Melanie found the way Ryan was looking at her strange.

There was a newfound respect, a newfound mutual appreciation, and a strange, inexplicable pity. Sometimes, while watching, I would let out a barely perceptible sigh.

When speaking, she no longer uses the offensive term "Ms. Meimei," but instead addresses her as "Teacher Meimei."

It sounds weird, though.

“Ms. Mei Mei,” Ryan respectfully handed her a glass of wine, “when will you be making your comeback… I’m a huge fan of yours.”

Ryan loved watching Teacher Meimei's hypnosis series.

It's a pity that Miss Jasmine snatched it away.

Comeback?

These words surprised Melanie.

Could it be that this kid has realized his noble status as the heir to the [Hunger]?

Melanie stared warily at Ryan. What did the fans mean...?

As the heir to hunger, she can smell the 'scent' of emotions.

The fouler the smell, the more ill intent it indicates.

The reverse is also true.

Ryan smelled exactly the same as when I first met him—a slightly fragrant sea salt tart scent, which wasn't bad at all.

Her nose twitched, and she could tell that Ryan wasn't lying. It smelled of freshly baked, high-quality sea salt egg tarts, not pre-made salt egg tarts.

Melanie couldn't help but feel smug.

It seems this kid is truly a loyal fan of this witch.

Oh.

Ryan is wise enough to finally appreciate the greatness of this witch.

With this thought in mind, the great heir to hunger, Melanie, gulped down a glass of wine.

After spending the past two weeks together, although Ryan did have a lot of respect for her, unfortunately, she still wanted to take Ryan's life.

This is the witch.

That's always how they act.

Melanie kept Ryan alive only because she had a fun and beautiful pet. Now that she had used him enough, she just threw him away.

She didn't hate Ryan, but she had to kill him; it was something she had to do.

Besides the fact that Ryan liberated the grain-producing town, which would damage the authority of [Hunger], it was also because she wanted to kill everyone who tried to rebuild the City of Light.

The city of Chuguang had been abandoned by humans for over a hundred years. Therefore, Melanie had stayed there for a while, thinking that no one would dare to take over this unfinished building anymore.

But a hundred years later, the Lu family returned and took over.

That's just asking for trouble.

The Shadow Tower seals away knowledge that mortals cannot access...

That was a taboo that could never be exposed to the outside world.

If leaked, it will affect Melanie's bid for the throne.

So, Ryan won't live past today.

Melanie's eyes turned cold.

"This is my new recipe for 'Dragon's Breath Toast'."

Ryan brought over a plate of flaming bread, its aroma filling the air with the heat: "Try it."

"..."

Let's keep him for another day.

Teacher Meimei thought to herself.

Anyway, the Shadow Tower is full of traps she's set, guarded by a bunch of reliable Ash Death Mages, and you need to decipher the secret codes to find the key to unlock it...

It's an absolute trap.

A hundred years have passed, so what's a day or two more?

Chapter 141 The Founding of the Adventurers' Guild!

Ryan has recently become obsessed with cooking.

【Dragon-shaped Toasted Bread】

According to the Forbidden Book of the Night, bread should be coated with the grease of a fire rock lizard.

Since Ryan didn't have the oil from the Fire Rock Lizard, he used lard instead.

Next, roast it over the embers of the dragon crystal.

Since Ryan didn't have dragon crystals, he used an iron plate instead.

A delicious 'Dragon Extinguished Toast' is ready.

Finally, sprinkle with a suitable amount of sea salt to enhance the flavor.

Since Ryan didn't have sea salt, he used sea hyacinth instead.

"This is clearly a hot plate of lard bread." Jasmine rolled her eyes and waved her hands in protest. "And the last one doesn't look right!"

"Sea petals are clearly harder to get than sea salt!"

Still causing trouble in the kitchen.

After finishing the dish, he discovered that he had gained a career progress bar.

【The Deadly Chef (0.01)】

"Never mind that."

Ryan snorted, assuming Jasmine was ignorant, "Just look at how delicious it is!" As he said this, he brought out the food from the wacky kitchen.

Ryan presented the plate of carefully prepared dragon-shaped toast to Melanie.

Teacher Mei first glanced at Ryan with disdain, thinking to herself, "This knock-off stuff," then took a disdainful bite, then another disdainful bite, and yet another disdainful bite...

"?"

Melanie looked puzzled. How come this tastes even better than the real thing?

She could even see the golden light surrounding the dish—it turned out that Ryan had added some gold leaf for flavoring.

Melanie looked at Ryan with a slightly incredulous expression.

Could it be that this kid is actually an unparalleled master chef?

Can miracles be created with simple, unadorned materials?

Ryan's value to her had quietly risen another notch.

Ryan watched as Ms. Melanie wolfed down her food and thought to himself that the poor child hadn't eaten anything good in years; she had licked the lard clean.

He could roughly guess what had happened:

Chuguang City was originally an abandoned, unfinished building that had been abandoned for a hundred years. During this century, when no one was around, a homeless vagrant named Melanie took in living in the Shadow Tower. She lived there for who knows how many years, and incidentally wrote many extremely depressing books in the Shadow Tower.

Now the truth has finally come to light.

This was the first time Ryan had ever seen a witch who had almost been killed by the Lightless Territory's killing line. Lady May was truly the lowest-class curse he had ever seen.

Melanie, from now on you're the Mud Witch!

Nevertheless, her books are indeed quite useful. Putting aside her huge collection of extremely depressing erotic books, this treasured book, "The Forbidden Book of the Night," is a cookbook, but it's a really awesome one.

If you cook the food exactly according to the original steps and ingredients, the resulting food will not only satisfy your cravings but also permanently improve your health.

For example, "Dragon's Toast" can improve diners' fire resistance.

Ryan's immediate priority is to dispel the 'curse of muscle weakness', which requires all attributes to reach ten. He has already met the requirements for magic power and charm, and what he needs to improve next is stamina and strength.

Ryan flipped through the recipes and found a dish that was perfect for him.

Braised Bear Paw with Silver Rice

[Quality: Average]

[Ingredients: The forepaw of the Lightless Bear King, Azure Silver Spirit Rice, and Elf Spring Water]

[Bear paw processing]

Soak it for three days in a mixture of dwarf spirits and spring water to remove its fishy smell and preserve its wild flavor.

[Cooking rice]