Lu Nanzhe carefully examined Lu Zhong's appearance, touching and pinching it all over its body as he looked at it, his smile becoming increasingly grotesque.

Just as Lin Qianqian thought he had some kind of peculiar fetish, he pulled out a sachet hanging around his neck from under his collar and took out an empty bead from it.

The empty bead is about the size of a baby's fist. Doesn't it feel uncomfortable to put it in a sachet and hang it around his neck?

Lu Nanzhe took out two items from the empty bead, items that were both familiar and unfamiliar to Lin Qianqian.

"Sister, what's this...?"

"I told you to call me Boss Lin."

"Okay, sis! Let me introduce you to these two premium Qionglin delicacies."

Lu Nanzhe continued to do as he pleased, letting you say your thing and him call his name as he pleased.

Lin Qianqian gave up. Let him call her whatever he wants; it won't hurt her anyway.

"Here are an 86-level Ice Jade Cabbage and a 95-level Golden Apple. I'll exchange them for puppets with you. How about it? Do they match my Lu Zhong's status?"

Lu Nanzhe was very pleased; his Lu Zhong was worth exchanging treasures for.

He first put one of the items on the ground and then handed the other to Lin Qianqian.

Lin Qianqian carefully examined the things in Lu Nanzhe's hands. The first thing she noticed was the edible cabbage.

At first glance, the material seems wrong; it looks like a jade ornament.

Upon closer inspection, I realized that this was Qionglin Food World, a treasure that could be both delicious and visually appealing.

But the design reminded her of a very famous jade artifact from the Yan Kingdom.

The icy green cabbage in front of me is planted upright in a pot of the same material.

"This is an 86th-level Ice Jade Cabbage. It's cool and refreshing, and eating just one leaf can keep you cool and comfortable in the summer. It's a rare and wonderful summer treat. Most importantly, this thing doesn't require any cultivation level from the person who eats it."

"Can eating a single leaf of cabbage keep you cool and refreshed in the summer? What if you ate the whole ice-green cabbage?"

Lin Qianqian asks questions whenever she thinks of them, never neglecting her curiosity.

"It is generally not recommended to do this. Although the Ice Jade Cabbage is a high-end delicacy that a few people with low-level cultivation can eat, it cannot be consumed in excess. If you eat a whole cabbage, it will make your whole body cold and weak, with extremely poor cold resistance. You will be unable to live in cold places, and in severe cases, you will slowly turn into an ice sculpture from the inside out."

Lu Nanzhe hurriedly answered Lin Qianqian's question.

So that's how it is. For people suffering from summer heat, eating one of these can cool them down and make the summer more comfortable. It's truly a treasure.

Lin Qianqian reached out and tore off a piece, held it to her nose and smelled it. Wisps of spiritual energy, carrying a slight coolness, rushed into her nasal cavity, smelling extremely comfortable.

I took a small bite, and it felt like eating ice cream, but with a creamy flavor. It was sweet, smooth, and melted in my mouth. Once inside, it immediately transformed into a cool, icy energy that seeped into my body.

After she finished eating the cabbage leaf, she felt cool and comfortable all over, and the humid and sticky feeling brought by the sea breeze was washed away.

In fact, Lin Qianqian had already achieved a certain level of cultivation, and her body was warm in winter and cool in summer, so she didn't feel it very obviously yet.

If an ordinary person were to eat this, it would be an experience that is refreshingly cool from the inside out, and exhilarating.

"Also, this ice-green cabbage, as long as it is kept in the same pot as the original plant and its roots and stems are not cut off, can grow back even if its leaves are torn."

Lin Qianqian understood; it meant it wasn't a one-time thing, but could be harvested like chives, crop after crop.

She was very satisfied with the icy green cabbage, put it into her space, and then looked at another Qionglin gourmet creature.

A plant grown in an extra-large pot, covered with a barrier.

Qionglin Cuisine: Golden Apple Tree, Level 95, is the highest-level Qionglin Cuisine she has ever seen.

Looking at this tree, which is over three meters tall, with its golden apples hanging from it.

Lin Qianqian then recalled a legend about golden apples in a myth on Earth.

The golden apple in the myth has multiple symbolic meanings and uses; I wonder what special function this level 95 golden apple has.

So they asked Lu Nanzhe, but Lu Nanzhe scratched his head, looking somewhat uncertain.

“These two items are what I found in the Lu family’s treasure vault. The Lu family’s treasure vault is protected by a preservation barrier, and the locks are specially made and can only be opened by special methods, so they haven’t fallen into Si Yunian’s hands yet.”

"A preservation barrier? Is it used to preserve food?" Lin Qianqian asked curiously.

"Yes, it's a barrier used to preserve food and maintain plant activity. Unlike the barrier that protects Gourmet Island, this is a small barrier that the Alliance makes public and allows people to use it for free."

"I see!"

Lin Qianqian thought to herself: It seems that besides delicious food, there are other interesting things in this world.

"Go on."

“Okay. I saw them when my grandfather took me into the treasure vault when I was a child. They were kept in a preservation barrier. As for the golden apples... they seem to be able to increase lifespan or something, but there are many restrictions. No one in our Lu family can eat them, so they have been kept there.”

The memory is from a long time ago, and he really can't remember it very clearly.

Lin Qianqian rolled her eyes, took out the Qionglin Treasure Book, and scanned it at the golden apple tree.

"Beep, Qionglin delicacy discovered: Golden Apple, level 95. Its outer shell is as golden as gold, and its inner liquid is like liquid gold. It must be picked with silver utensils. The fruit weighs three bushels after being removed from the tree. Eating it will prevent the body from exploding and prolong life."

It really can prolong life, but it can also easily lead to sudden death.

Lin Qianqian looked at the page again carefully. There were a few lines of small print that hadn't been broadcast: "It thrives in warm climates, grows on gold mines, and requires frequent showers of psionic rain to bear fruit."

At this moment, Yunze, who had been silent on the side, also came over and saw the small print on the book. He thought to himself: This golden apple has similar effects to the longevity flower in the Immortal Abyss Realm, but it can be eaten without refining, which is quite convenient.

Lin Qianqian hesitated for a moment before reaching out to pick one, but Yunze stopped her.

"I'll handle it; you might not be able to handle level 95."

Lin Qianqian withdrew her hand. Since Yunze had spoken, she would let him do it.

Yunze reached out and grasped one of the golden apples. It was about the same size as a regular apple, and its texture was smooth and hard, like gold.

I couldn't twist it off, and I couldn't get it off, so I wanted to try harder.

Only then did he remember that the manual had said that silver tools were needed for harvesting.

He pulled out a pair of silver scissors from his spatial storage and snipped at a golden apple.

As the fruit fell, Yunze weighed it in his hand and said, "It's quite heavy, about three pecks."

Lin Qianqian curiously took it; it did indeed weigh about thirty or forty pounds.

She said to Yunze with some concern, "The manual says that eating it can cause the body to explode, so let's not eat it for now and take it back to Chuzhou for research."

"Can you guarantee he won't risk his life by personally tasting it?"

She couldn't answer Yunze's question, but considering Chuzhou's personality, it was indeed possible.

"I'll try it myself. The idea that eating it will cause an explosion of energy is probably referring to ordinary people. They don't have strong physiques, so it's normal that they can't withstand level 95 food. But for me, it's nothing."

He took the golden apple and took a bite, but couldn't bite it.

Yunze was stunned for two seconds, his eyes widening slightly in disbelief. How could a demigod beast's teeth not be able to bite through it?