Chapter 504 Gods' Game: The Mischievous Restaurant 19
As she pondered how to rise again if she lost her divinely bestowed talents.
She took stock of her resources and recalled her strengths, and all she could think of were alchemy and cooking.
As one advantage after another was eliminated, and when all she had left were these two specialties, with no way out, she had no choice but to break down the high walls and find a new path for herself.
Why does she keep thinking that her cooking talent isn't outstanding enough?
Why couldn't her alchemy make up for this shortcoming?
If there are medicinal dishes served with wine, then why can't there be magical potion dishes?
Both of them grant buffs and special effects when consumed, so combining them into one makes perfect sense!
She didn't consider whether innovative alchemists like Hufflepuff or Lucia had ever tried this; everyone has their own path to follow.
Just like how Mistblade is also obsessed with alchemy and good at innovation, but she is good at making magic gems, while Hufflepuff focuses on potions.
She can also forge her own path.
Yu Xunge stayed in this space for three hundred days.
Yes, exactly three hundred days.
After the first three days ended, Yu Xunge requested an extension.
Knowing that the time ratio of the Octopus Boss's skill is 1 second outside and 1 day inside, Yu Xunge directly applied for 300 days.
Whether Yu Xunge regretted not forcibly taking back the potted plant after the octopus bucket incident was unknown, but she was quite happy in this space.
Every material she uses is promptly replaced with a new one, so she doesn't have to worry about food, drink, or sanitation. She can practice and experiment without any burden.
The only thing she was really expending her energy on was sleeping. Even though she was now a game character with decent stats, she still needed to rest occasionally.
With an abundance of materials and the time she desperately needed, there was no place more to her liking than this.
She also wanted to acquire a similar skill...
Stealing skills allow players to grow quickly, while time-based skills, similar to learning and training spaces, allow players to convert knowledge into strength at no cost.
In fact, Yu Xunge is not lacking in resources now; what she lacks most is time. If she had this skill, she could quickly digest resources and talents.
She asked B8017913 to check the market price for her; similar transactions in the past were also acceptable.
B8017913 has already helped Yu Xunge hide her skill panel information, so naturally they know her resources and which skills Yu Xunge is most likely to sell.
The final result is that Octopus Bucket's skill is as valuable as her "When you're out and about, your identity is self-given" + "Renovation" + "One-Person Party", plus five bonuses: the God of Cookery's skill and the Immortal's skill, which can be chosen five at a time.
This is almost all of Yu Xunge's wealth.
Moreover, it even emphasized that even at this price, it's not guaranteed that you can buy it.
Yu Xunge countered, "If I were to sell my 'I desperately want to improve' statement, what would I get in return?"
B8017913: "Can be exchanged for the Octopus Bucket time skill, and three SS-level bonus items of your choice."
Yu Xunge finally understood the value of his skill of gaining something for nothing.
During those 300 days, she not only finalized the menu of 18 dishes for Tingzhou Mirror Goose, but also practiced each dish until the score was consistently above 95 points.
Only after securing a basic level of achievement did she begin to try to integrate alchemy.
From initially being difficult to swallow, to later finding it difficult to achieve a balance between color, aroma, and taste, it became impossible to have everything.
Or perhaps it has perfect color, aroma, and taste, but lacks any beneficial buffs.
In the rating of dishes, not only color, aroma and taste are considered, but the eating effect is also an extremely important factor.
From using potion ingredients directly as food to turning potions into sauces, Yu Xunge tried countless times.
B8017913 had been by Yu Xunge's side the whole time. It had offered to help Yu Xunge record and analyze data, but the latter had refused each time.
While Yu Xunge closed his eyes to rest, B8017913 seized the opportunity to ask, "Is it because you don't trust me enough that you don't want to rely on me for everything and use my strength?"
Yu Xunge: "No, don't listen to Tu Lan's nonsense. At that time, I hadn't figured out many of my ideas yet... Anyway, I made a contract with you to use you, but alchemy won't work. I have to rely on myself."
After saying that, he continued to work on the experiment.
One of the main dishes' sauces took Yu Xunge nine days to perfect. The exact same steps, the exact same ingredients, the exact same cooking time—B8017913 recorded Yu Xunge's repeated attempts with such novelty.
And she resolutely refused to change it, even after failing thousands of times in nine days, she remained certain: "This is the step, this is the recipe, there can't be any mistake."
Stubborn and obstinate! Confident to the point of arrogance and conceit!
This is completely different from the humble, cautious, and never arrogant person Tu Lan described, the one who would drink and sing.
But on the 10th day, she succeeded.
Where did the problem lie?
Yu Xunge shook his head: "I can't explain it, I really can't explain it."
Just like Shen Yushi's cooking, she watched her cook many times during the few days she went to the courtyard to learn. She just sprinkled the seasonings on her hands. Does she guarantee the same amount every time?
Absolutely not, yet the dishes I make always get the same ratings and taste the same.
Fools will obsess over the slightest difference, but geniuses won't. Geniuses are all about intuition.
She poured the sauce over the main dish.
In an instant, the fiery red crispy fish roll burst into golden light.
The mechanical voice of B8017913 echoed in Yu Xunge's mind: "What! So you really are a top-tier chef!"
Yu Xunge: "..."
Too busy to retort, Yu Xunge's mind was entirely focused on the Crimson Flame Crispy Fish Roll.
The outside was wrapped with three kinds of potion ingredients: Devil Leaf, Flame Tail, and Autumn Flame Silk.
The fish meat is in the very center.
The sauce she just made was less of a sauce and more of a new magic potion she had developed for this dish.
This is to address the bitter and spicy taste of devil's leaf, the burning sensation of flame stamen, and the toughness of autumn flame silk.
The properties of these potion ingredients are neutralized, suppressed, or softened until the diner puts them in their mouths to taste, at which point they bloom with each chew.
【Crimson Flame Crispy Fish Roll】Rating (★): After consumption, Intelligence +888, all your fire-type skills damage doubled, every time you hit an opponent, your fighting spirit will transform into a fiery tornado fighting for you. Your Intelligence will determine its damage, your Agility will determine its attack speed, it will fight alongside you until you die, this effect lasts for 5 minutes.
The ratings are no longer numbers, but stars, just like those in the World Cemetery.
B8017913 proactively explained, "This is already a delicacy; a simple rating is insufficient to evaluate it."
Yu Xunge: "At most, a few stars."
B8017913: "Seven"
Yu Xunge slowly exhaled, suppressing the joy in her heart.
She started cooking again.
A dozen minutes later, another dish, the [Crimson Crispy Fish Roll], rated with one star, was placed in front of her.
Yu Xunge then smiled and said, "I really want to see Hedgehog and Fan Xiangxiang's expressions when they see this dish."
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