Originally, a large Chinese cabbage was about one meter tall.

But after the beam of light dissipated, the one-meter-tall cabbage had shrunk by more than half.

Looking at the tiny seed on the ground, no one knew whether it meant success or another one had been lost.

Liu Yun looked at the shrunken cabbage with a mix of amusement and exasperation and asked Ye Feng, "Junior Uncle, is this... is this a success?"

I had to put aside my pride and use all my skills to finally get it done; it would have been such a waste if it hadn't succeeded.

Ye Feng looked closely, and the system notification confirmed that the cabbage was indeed a success.

[Timid Cabbage - Rating 3 stars. The essence is in the details; its crisp and refreshing taste is amplified to the extreme. So timid it doesn't even have the courage to transform into a spirit, please enjoy!]

So he said directly to Liuyun, "It's done. Just cut it off along the root of the cabbage and leave the root in the soil. New ones will grow later."

Liu Yun was overjoyed and hurriedly did as instructed.

After carefully picking the bok choy and handing it to Ye Feng, she ran to another bok choy and did the same thing.

Ye Feng didn't linger after getting the cabbage; he went straight back to the small canteen.

He knew the principle that you have to feed a horse if you want it to run.

No matter how much you talk, nothing beats showing your disciples a simple dish of boiled cabbage in clear broth. That's much more direct and effective.

The dish "Boiled Cabbage in Clear Broth" is said to have been created by Chef Huang, a royal chef in the late Qing Dynasty, and its background is quite interesting.

As the saying goes, rivals are enemies. At the time, many people said that Sichuan cuisine was "only spicy and numbing, and vulgar and unsophisticated."

Master Huang was naturally furious.

In order to refute the rumors and establish evidence, he racked his brains for a long time and tried many times.

Finally, they pioneered the creation of the dish "boiled cabbage in clear broth".

This dish may seem to consist of only one main course and one soup, but it is actually a masterpiece that brings together extreme complexity and simplicity to a state of perfection.

This dish also helped to clear away the grievances that Sichuan cuisine had suffered for a century.

Carving a cabbage into the shape of a lotus flower is not difficult.

Any chef who has diligently studied carving techniques can make it.

The real challenge lies in making the broth.

A bowl of seemingly ordinary, clear boiled water is actually a rich broth made by simmering various ingredients over low heat for four hours.

Ye Feng took out the ingredients he had prepared one by one.

[A free-range hen that's 250 years old, hopping around eating insects and drinking dew]

[A healthy old female duck, 250 years old, swimming and eating fish with graceful posture and a contented expression]

[Bright color, top-quality aroma, taste, and appearance – robust and flavorful two-end black pig ham]

...

Take out a small knife and gently cut open the skin, meat, and skeleton of the old hen.

Gently massage each area to squeeze out the blood.

After rinsing it repeatedly in clean water, Ye Feng nodded in satisfaction.

He thought to himself with a touch of smugness, "Although I don't know what a massage is like, I guess it's nothing special."

My skill in killing chickens has never been inferior to anyone else's!

The same method was used to send the old duck into the pot, allowing them to reunite and become closely united in another place.

After putting all the other ingredients into the pot, start blanching them.

After blanching, rinse with warm water.

[System notification: Washing blanched meat with cold water will make it tough. Please be aware.]

Pour in fresh water, and once it boils, reduce the heat to low and simmer.

The next step is to prepare the cabbage.

Gently place the Chinese cabbage on the cutting board.

Gently stroking the white body of the cabbage, Ye Feng's eyes were filled with tenderness.

Then, "duang!"

With a swift stroke, he chopped the unambitious cabbage in half.

I'll keep the lower half for boiled cabbage in clear broth, and stir-fry the upper half with vinegar-braised cabbage. Let's get started.

Blanch half a head of cabbage in boiling water. These three types of cabbage do not need sugar added like regular cabbage.

Once it enters the water, a delicate fragrance wafts out.

Ten minutes later, the cabbage was cooked. I took it out and put it in the ice water that had been prepared.

Since the soup wasn't ready yet, Ye Feng didn't proceed to the next step.

Instead, I first washed the top half of the cabbage and stir-fried it with vinegar.

This dish is very simple, but it's definitely a great accompaniment to rice when you have no appetite and can't think of what to eat.

Of course, when ordering takeout, it all depends on the chef's skills.

This dish doesn't require much effort and can be cooked in no time.

My lunch, come and have some with me.

[Perfect-Grade Stir-Fried Cabbage with Vinegar - Rating: 4 stars. Rich in calcium, iron, minerals, and vitamin C. The protein in this cabbage perfectly matches human needs, and it contains no fat, making it an ideal dish for weight loss.]

[Effect: After consumption, it can increase the spiritual energy conversion speed by 50% within 1 day]

[Side effects: Excessive consumption may cause timidity and cowardice due to the influence of "Timid Cabbage," lasting up to 30 minutes.]

[First completion of a Grade 4 Perfect-level Stir-fried Cabbage with Vinegar: 100 freely allocable attribute points and 100 cultivation points]

Huh? You probably copied these words from my head?

Ye Feng asked curiously about the various modern terms that appeared in the system prompts.

[No, a host who transmigrated to your world awakened a "Death-Seeking System," but ended up doing too much harm and dying. After that system returned, we updated the knowledge base.]

Well, you guys have quite a broad range of knowledge.

Stopping his casual conversation with the system, Ye Feng prepared to give Liu Yun some perks first.

After all, they worked so hard, so they deserve a reward.

The broth needed to simmer for a while longer, so Ye Feng packed up the stir-fried cabbage with vinegar and left the small canteen.

Now that he has this pile of high-end ingredients, he's lost interest in ordinary dishes.

So the cafeteria service was suspended.

All the disciples knew that the upgraded dishes would be vastly different from before, so they took the task assigned by their junior uncle very seriously.

However, everyone is indeed very curious about just how good the food made from these new vegetables will be.

...

Two disciples who usually prefer strong flavors and enjoy eating spicy food are busy working in the chili field.

The conditions for chili peppers to ascend to spiritual power are also quite peculiar: they must be made to become angry.

The harsher the insults, the angrier it gets, and the angrier it gets, the faster its spiritual energy grows.

Wu Qiuyu was originally very interested in this, but gave up after hearing the conditions for spiritual advancement.

How could a fairy like you use such foul language?

Wu Jun and Liu Feng did not have this concern.

The two men, who came from humble backgrounds, had an extensive knowledge of swear words.

Wu Jun sneered at the chili pepper and cursed, "You... beep beep... I... beep beep beep... you beep beep beep beep beep..."

The chili peppers he criticized were different from ordinary chili peppers.

Typically, a single seedling will have many small chili peppers hanging on it.

But there was only one chili pepper on this chili seedling.

A giant chili pepper, taller than a person.

Moreover, the entire chili seedling only has two leaves.

The leaves are narrow in the middle and wide on both sides, and the front of the leaves looks like two fists.

At this point, the lower half of the chili pepper had turned completely red, while the upper half remained green.

As Wu Jun's insults became increasingly offensive, the green color visibly turned red.

With a look of joy at the prospect of victory, Wu Jun's insults became increasingly vulgar.

"Beep beep beep... be ...

Finally, the last bit of green on the chili peppers turned completely red.

Wu Jun immediately shouted excitedly.

"Hahaha, I did it! I finally did it... Aww..."

Just as he was jumping and dancing with excitement, what happened next left Liu Feng dumbfounded.