The wildly popular barbecue stall

"Many thanks to Master Nanxu for passing on his skills!" The head of Tianfu restrained his excitement and solemnly bowed to Nanxu.

Although it's just a basic knife skills tutorial and requires a lot of experience, it's a good start!

Moreover, the more experience points it requires, the higher its value!

The head chef of Tianfu seemed to already envision a bright future where he would become Nanxu's apprentice and learn all sorts of powerful culinary skills...

However, the price is indeed very high; 1500 experience points is a number that is currently out of reach for him.

Thinking of this, the head of Tianfu apologized, "I'm sorry, Master Nanxu. I lack experience right now, and I'm afraid my learning won't be effective. Please wait for me to gain some experience before I come back here to learn your knife skills."

Nan Xu smiled and said, "It's alright, go ahead. I'll be here all day."

He knew, of course, that the leader of Tianfu lacked experience.

In fact, what he took out was just some knife skills notes he had jotted down. The experience points required to learn it were not much, only 500 points.

However, he proactively set the learning requirement to 1500 points, and the extra 1000 points would become his experience points inventory.

This is indeed a bit of a rip-off, but it's not a bad deal for players, because his knife skills are unique and unparalleled, making it completely worth the price.

Watching the departing figure of the leader of Tianfu, Nan Xu couldn't help but smile.

Today's first encounter with the players perfectly validated his conjecture.

Sure enough, not only could he harvest a lot of experience points from players, but he could also use quests and shops to motivate them to collect rare ingredients for him, and even do other things.

While the players are still weak, they grow very quickly, and dying in a conventional way only makes them a little weaker.

Before long, they will become his good helpers, continuously supplying him with experience points and rare ingredients...

All he gave up was his skills, a vague sense of goodwill, and some knowledge—practically negligible cost.

Nan Xu slowly packed up the kitchen utensils and walked towards the village.

Perfect timing! While the players are still fighting monsters, leveling up, and searching for ingredients, he can look around the village for hidden quests that can be triggered.

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It was evening.

After finishing his conversation with the village chief, Nan Xu sighed.

It now seems that there are no hidden quests in this beginner village that are worth his effort.

"Chef Soul" is, after all, a real world, and even among players, it has always been touted as a comprehensive simulation of the real world, so naturally it doesn't have the same hidden quests that are common to all newbie villages.

The hidden quests he remembered could only be triggered in a few specific starting villages, and the "Miaoshan Village" in front of him was clearly not one of them.

"Young man, is there anything else?" the village chief asked cautiously. Although this person did not seem to be a taste seeker, his clothes and appearance clearly indicated that he was not an ordinary person.

"It's alright, thank you," Nan Xu said politely. "I'll be setting up a stall in the village selling snacks later. If you'd like some, I'll give you a free skewer."

"This, this is too much trouble..." The village chief waved his hands repeatedly.

He could tell that the person in front of him was most likely a chef who had reached a certain level of skill, and that a single dish from him could cost a lot of money.

"It's alright. If you really feel bad about it, just give me some advice."

As he spoke, Nan Xu had already set up a small stall in the square.

As he set up the grill and lit the charcoal fire, he carefully considered the proportions of the seasonings.

"For today... let's use this kind, this kind, and this kind."

After a simple preparation, three different seasonings appeared on the simple table in front of Nanxu.

One type is a black, savory sauce; another is a spicy barbecue sauce; and the third is a sweet and sour, appetizing orange-yellow sauce.

These three seasonings were all blended by him using the "Hundred Rivers Return to the Sea" technique, which had been upgraded to LV4. The secrets they contained were far more complex than they appeared on the surface.

"This smells...so good!"

Just smelling the aroma made the village chief feel his mouth water.

"No wonder those chefs in the city who have reached the highest rank charge such high prices for their dishes..." he thought to himself.

Nan Xu took out some ingredients from the food bag, washed and cut them into pieces, and skewered them into small skewers.

In addition to meat, this time there are also some vegetables, mushrooms and soy products, which further reduces costs.

Amidst the crackling of the charcoal fire, the pure aroma of the high-quality meat gradually rises.

From one of the houses, a villager peeked out: "What smells so good... Hey, isn't that the kid who was asking us all sorts of questions this afternoon?"

"Are you... setting up a stall?"

Nan Xu smiled and said, "It's seven copper coins a skewer. If you provide feedback, you can try one skewer of each of the three flavors for free."

"Only seven coins for meat? And you can even sample it?"

Upon hearing the price, the villagers could no longer resist and lined up to come to Nanxu's stall.

Even the village chief, after trying the skewer, still wanted more and joined the end of the line to have another one.

When the players returned from the wilderness, Nanxu's stall was already crowded with villagers scrambling to buy kebabs.

"This black sauce is delicious! I've never tasted anything so rich and flavorful before, I'll have another skewer!" said a pig farmer in the village.

"No, no, no, this spicy one is the real deal! It's so flavorful, I feel like I have endless energy after eating it!" said the blacksmith, who was sweating profusely from eating.

"What do you know? This yellow sauce is the best! It perfectly brings out the flavor of the meat itself, and the slight fruit acidity just right relieves the greasiness!" the schoolteacher said, puffing out his beard and glaring.

Nan Xu meticulously recorded each piece of feedback, her movements methodical and orderly.

"Currently, it seems that the largest number of people prefer black sauce... but the sample size is too small, and we need to collect more opinions."

He looked up and saw the returning players, so he stopped recording and smiled slightly at them.

"Wow, look! Nanxu smiled at us!"

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and line up! These villagers are grabbing so much food, there won't be any left!"

The players rushed towards Nanxu's stall, with Xiaoyao Suifeng leading the way.

After queuing for a few minutes, he finally got to stand in front of Nan Xu.

"A skewer of pork tenderloin, a skewer of lamb, a skewer of chicken breast, a skewer of shiitake mushrooms, a skewer of tofu skin..."

Xiaoyao Suifeng took out all the copper coins he had, but still felt it wasn't enough, and smacked his lips with a lingering sense of satisfaction.

"No problem, what flavor of seasoning do you want?" Nanxu pointed to the three seasonings on the side.

"Hmm... Could you give me one of each of the three meat skewers first?" Xiaoyao Suifeng asked cautiously, afraid that Nanxu would be offended.

Fortunately, Nan Xu was very easy to talk to: "Okay."

Soon, three skewers of freshly grilled, fragrant meat were in Xiaoyao Suifeng's hands.

He took a bite, and his eyes instantly sparkled.

"This is delicious! This is delicious too!"

"My goodness, how can these grilled skewers be so delicious!"