Gummy Bears: Loyalty! Honesty!

"Is there really such a good thing?"

Upon hearing this, the gummy bear's eyes widened.

So, she excitedly selected, "I want this one, this one, and this one..."

As the "ding-ding-ding" sound continued, Nanxu's experience points invested in the gummy bears were quickly recovered.

She even made a small profit, since she had accumulated some experience points herself.

The fact that the gummy bears were so open about learning made other players extremely envious.

"High favorability has this kind of benefit? That's way too much..."

"Nan Xu is really generous; he truly gives out any benefits he can!"

"Damn it, why wasn't I the one who found the third-grade ingredients?"

After selecting the culinary skills, Little Gummy Bear, adhering to the principle of going all in, handed over all the remaining ingredients she had to Nanxu.

Nan Xu accepted all the offers without hesitation. After all, fifth and sixth grade ingredients weren't actually that precious, so there was little need to worry about owing favors. He could simply let the other party try the dishes for free more often in the future.

Afterwards, Nanxu set up his barbecue stall again.

Naturally, they got to eat the gummy bears for free.

This preferential treatment caused the other players to groan in despair—they only had enough money to taste it, and after they finished their meager meal, they could only watch as the gummy bears ate their fill, while they silently drooled and gnawed on their own sticks.

Most importantly, the way the gummy bears eat is incredibly delicious, with their mouths oozing oil, which is the ultimate torture for other players who haven't filled their stomachs yet!

That being said, the players didn't find this differential treatment strange at all.

After all, they genuinely gave away a third-grade ingredient, so it's perfectly normal for it to boost the NPC's favorability. It's just that the recipient has a particularly high status among players.

Therefore, the players secretly made up their minds:

"When I get my hands on high-grade ingredients in the future, I'll bring them to Nanxu!"

Some of the more resourceful individuals have even started posting on forums, offering high prices to buy ingredients.

On the other side, Nan Xu looked at the gummy bears with a smile, as if he were looking at a plump, green leek.

Eat up, eat more, you'll have the energy to work when you're full.

For him, the gummy bear is a useful treasure-hunting mouse. As long as he feeds it more, there is a chance that it will randomly drop various high-quality ingredients.

"How does it taste? Is it to your liking?" Nan Xu asked kindly. "If you want something else, I can make it for you. Consider it practice."

"It's so delicious! Waaaaah, how can this skewer be so good! Nanxu-ge, you're my god!" The gummy bear instantly transformed into Nanxu-quan's affirmation bot, saying with teary eyes.

Although he already knew that the players hadn't eaten anything good before and would definitely be amazed by his kebabs, Nanxu was still very pleased to be praised like this by a cute little girl.

With that in mind, Nan Xu decided to show her his skills.

"If time and cost weren't a factor, I could make it even tastier," Nan Xu smiled slightly. "Would you like to try some?"

Well, this was also to win over this hard-won treasure-hunting mouse, definitely not because she made me happy with her praise.

The gummy bear's eyes lit up at the mention of this, and it nodded frantically, "Yes, yes, yes! I want to! I really want to!"

The skewers I just ate were already delicious enough. Nanxu said he could make even more delicious ones. Just how delicious would they be?!

"Please wait a moment while I get ready."

Nan Xu opened the food bag, took out a small jar containing fragrant snow salt, and his eyes revealed a serious look.

Since we've decided to go all out, we should do our best within the limits of what's possible.

Moreover, he was still somewhat resentful about the "failed" Xiangxue salt grilled skewers he made a few days ago.

Although it is almost impossible to perfectly balance the flavors of low-grade and high-grade ingredients when there are not enough available ingredients, that does not mean he will give up trying.

This time, he came up with another potentially feasible seasoning recipe and prepared to give it a try.

Nanxu cut off a few pieces of tender lamb, but instead of putting them on the grill, he put them into a marinade with fragrant snow salt and started marinating them.

"This flavor... should bring out the freshness of the meat just right, and also relieve the greasiness."

"Then blend these two flavors together and place them at the bottom, so that the floral scent of the fragrant snow salt won't be too overpowering..."

After a while, he took out the marinated mutton, sniffed it closely, and showed a satisfied expression.

Next, he replaced the oven with high-quality fruitwood, and with a flick of his wrist, flames instantly ignited.

Soon, an aroma several times stronger than before wafted up.

"It smells so good..."

The players stared longingly at the sizzling, oily roasted meat on the rack, their mouths watering.

"Hey bro, how much is this? Can you sell me a string of these?" one player asked, still unwilling to give up.

"This isn't for sale." Nan Xu shook his head.

Immediately, the players looked at the gummy bears with even more resentment.

Finally, after carefully grilling for a while, Nanxu picked up a skewer of meat and handed it to the gummy bear: "It's done."

The smoky aroma of charcoal, mingled with the scents of meat and spices, had already captivated Little Gummy Bear. Upon hearing this, she eagerly grabbed a skewer and popped it into her mouth.

With one bite, the tender fat melts in your mouth, and the meat juices seep out from the fibers, bringing a wonderfully salty, savory, and slightly sweet flavor that permeates your entire mouth along with the aroma of flowers and fruitwood!

While eating the gummy bears, tears started falling from my eyes.

This is so delicious!

Although the skewers Nanxu made before were also delicious, this one was simply on a different level from ordinary food!

To put it more elegantly, this is a string of beads that should only exist in heaven, rarely heard of in the human world!

While the little gummy bear was crying and eating, suddenly a system notification sounded.

[Ding! You have consumed "Nanxu's Special Meat Skewers". Your "Stamina" and "Agility" have been permanently increased by 1!]

Little Gummy Bear opened the system notification page, looked at the line of text, and rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

These meat skewers can actually add attributes, and two points at a time?

She was so excited she couldn't speak, and she secretly made up her mind.

She's made up her mind. From now on, she will be loyal to Nanxu to the death and give him all the rare ingredients she finds!

loyalty!

the other side.

Nan Xu also picked up a skewer of grilled meat and began to savor it carefully.

After chewing for a while, his brows furrowed slightly.

To be fair, this batch of kebabs is quite good. Unlike last time when they barely managed to reach the sixth rank by relying on the ingredients, this batch has firmly reached the mid-range of the sixth rank.

Moreover, the flavor of the meat skewers themselves is quite prominent, no longer completely dominated by the sweet and sour salt.

But... the most prominent flavor in this skewer is still the fragrant salt, which should have been a supporting ingredient.

After a long while, he put down the bamboo skewer and sighed.

It seems he still has a long way to go before he can fully master this exceptionally high-grade seasoning.