Fifth-Rank Lightness Skill, Immortal Steps

As Luo Qinzhu took out the cloth bag, Nan Xu's system notification sounded.

[Ding! The quest "A Culinary Battle with Little Chance of Victory" has been completed, and the quest reward has been issued!]

[Gains obtained: 75000 experience points, a large amount of favorability with Luo Qinzhu, and a random gift from Luo Qinzhu!]

"This is……?"

Nan Xu was stunned for a moment, then realized that this must be the "random gift from Luo Qinzhu" that the system mentioned.

In quests with strong connections to NPCs, this type of "random gift" reward is quite common. The value of such a reward can vary greatly depending on the difficulty of the quest and your relationship with the NPC.

"These are all the martial arts and culinary skills I possess that are of grade seven or higher. Apart from one unique culinary skill that my father forbids me from passing on, the rest are all here," Luo Qinzhu explained. "You can choose one to take with you as my way of thanking you... and repaying you."

Even with Nan Xu's experience, he couldn't help but tremble upon hearing these words.

Does this mean... he can choose any skill from Luo Qinzhu's skill set, except for the secret techniques that are not passed down to him?

As expected of a high-difficulty mission, the reward is truly generous.

Nan Xu's eyes lit up, and she quickly nodded, saying, "Thank you, Sister Qinzhu!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Qinzhu couldn't help but chuckle, "You..."

After carefully selecting for a while, Nanxu picked out a small booklet.

"Sister Qinzhu, I'll choose this one."

"Are you... sure?"

Luo Qinzhu was somewhat surprised after seeing Nan Xu's choice.

"Of course." Nan Xu nodded. "Don't worry, Sister Qinzhu, I have my own plans."

"Is that so... okay?"

Seeing that Nan Xu was so certain, Luo Qinzhu didn't say anything more. After chatting with Nan Xu for a few more minutes, she left with the rest of the manual.

Once he was alone in the room again, Nan Xu opened the manual and clicked to learn.

【Fairy Steps (LV1, 0%)】

[Type: Lightness Skill]

[Rank: Secret, Grade 5]

[Internal Force Attribute: Purple Cloud]

[Attribute Bonus: Agility +7 per level (decreases with the number of light footwork skills mastered)]

[Special Effects of the Technique:]

[Swift as the wind. Your movement speed is greatly increased, and the stamina cost of movement is greatly reduced. You can consume Qi to further increase your movement speed significantly.]

[Changes are frequent. Your reaction speed has increased significantly. You can consume Qi to greatly increase your jumping ability.]

[Your movements are unpredictable. You can consume Qi to greatly increase your evasion rate and make your actions more stealthy, leaving less trace.]

It's neither internal strength nor cooking skills, but a kind of lightness skill.

There are many reasons why you should choose it.

One reason is that it has a five-rank system, while the available cooking skills are almost all sixth-rank, and they are all active cooking skills with relatively average effects.

Choosing this light-body skill makes all the difference. Not only does it provide a significant agility boost, but its two special effects also passively increase movement speed and reaction time, making it practically a passive cooking skill.

Secondly, he really needs a high-level lightness skill.

After all, the higher his level of lightness skill, the more rare food resource points he can visit before the players arrive.

Near Shexian County lies Huangshan Mountain, known as "the most wondrous mountain under heaven," which is rich in natural resources and produces high-quality ingredients.

Previously, he didn't have the extra energy to rush to the mountains, but now that the crisis at Baiweilou has been resolved, it's time to properly enjoy the benefits of his rebirth.

Thinking of this, Nan Xu's lips unconsciously curled up into a smile.

……

A few days later, at Baiweilou Restaurant.

"Your white jade and jadeite neutralizing soup, be careful, it's hot!"

The waiter nimbly moved between tables, bringing the dishes ordered by the guests to the table.

"Is this the Zhonghe Soup that defeated Jiang's Ruyi Chicken?" a guest dressed in a long robe and scholarly attire exclaimed in amazement.

These past few days, the news has spread throughout the streets and alleys that a ninth-rank chef from Baiweilou Restaurant actually defeated a seventh-rank chef from the Jiang family with a dish called Zhonghe Soup.

Therefore, in recent days, there have been an unusually large number of visitors who have come to see the place.

Looking at the steaming tofu soup in front of him, the scholar couldn't help but feel his mouth water.

"This looks pretty good... Let me have a bite."

He swallowed hard, then scooped up a large spoonful of soup, along with the white tofu and Guanyin tofu, and eagerly put it into his mouth.

"Mmm...delicious! This is so delicious!"

The scholar's eyes lit up after taking just one bite.

Then, he suddenly increased the speed of his spoon movements, and in just a few minutes, the soup in the bowl was completely gone.

back kitchen.

[Ding! Experience points +1759!]

A pleasant system notification sound rang out, and Nan Xu's lips curled into a slight smile.

Since he took over as the stove master, his efficiency in earning experience points has increased many times over, and he receives a large amount of experience points every day.

In just a few days, he had already upgraded "Immortal Steps" from level 1 to level 4, and also upgraded "Heart and Mind Qi Hunyuan Gong" and "Long Eyes and Flying Ears Gong" by 1 level each.

This was even after he specifically set aside some experience points to learn all the low-level cooking skills that Baiweilou offered him. This shows just how terrifyingly fast he is gaining experience points now.

Meanwhile, his progress in proficiency is equally impressive. His knife skills, fire control, and seasoning attributes have all been raised to LV25 or higher, while his conception attribute is far ahead, reaching LV33.

With this in mind, Nan Xu became even more proactive.

You can gain experience and skill points, and you also get paid.

Cooking is such a wonderful thing!

Before we knew it, night had fallen.

"It's closing time, Ah Xu. It's time to go back and rest." Luo Qinzhu's gentle voice rang in his ear.

Nan Xu hesitated for a moment, then abandoned the idea of ​​continuing to grind for proficiency and nodded in agreement:

"Okay, Sister Qinzhu, I'll head back now."

Then he walked into his hut.

Even Luo Qinzhu was taken aback by Nan Xu's decisiveness.

"That's strange... Why is Ah-Xu being so obedient today? Usually, he won't go back to his room unless I urge him three or four times."

the other side.

Nan Xu closed the door and opened the system interface.

Click on [Player Forum] and select Login.

He came back to his room so early today, of course not to get some rest.

Rather, it's because, in his memory, today... is the day that the first trailer PV for "Chef Soul" was released.

That's right, although he is an NPC template, he uses the same system as the players.

In other words, he can log into the player forum in the China region normally, and view the players' posts and the official PVs... but because it's a guest account, he can't post anything.

Registering a new account requires binding a game pod, but Nanxu doesn't have one right now.

He also tried logging into his past life's account, "Nan Liujing," but was told that "this user does not exist." It seemed there was no trace of his existence on this Blue Star.

After scrolling through some meaningless posts, Nanxu clicked on the "Official Information" section.

There, a pinned post was displayed—

"The Soul of Chefs: Chefs of the New Era" PV