You agreed to farm together, but you secretly went to guard the beast?

Chapter 556 Xu Jinghong's Awakened Skill

"No, no, no," Qian Qi quickly added. "Actually, I'm still a looks-obsessed person. As long as you have a good face, I'll still like you even if you're broke."

"Then will you like other rich and handsome guys?" The silver-haired youth's eyes reddened even more.

"Who's as handsome as you?" Qian Qi couldn't help but mutter. "Besides, I'm not really interested in dating. If it weren't for you..."

"Hmm?" Su Ang subtly curled his lips and moved closer to the girl. "Go on."

"..." I won't say.

Qian Qi swallowed the rest of his words, then glanced at Liang Yuting and Zhang Feng walking over, and immediately waved, "Hey~ come eat with us!"

Liang Yuting and Zhang Feng didn't stand on ceremony and sat down with the others to finish the extra stir-fried dishes. When they heard that Qian Qi and Su Ang had copied Xu Jinghong's cooking steps but the taste was still just average, they couldn't help but pick up their chopsticks and try some.

Liang Yuting carefully examined the dish. "The taste is indeed very ordinary, but it shouldn't be related to the cooking method. This dish is obviously bland because it has too little star anise, Sichuan peppercorns, sugar, and soy sauce. It only has a faint braised flavor. And this dish, it seems like it doesn't need Sichuan peppercorns, right? Strange, Xu's portion clearly didn't have any Sichuan peppercorn flavor."

Qian Qi was dumbfounded. "You can tell from that?"

"I have a sensitive sense of taste," Liang Yuting said, adjusting her glasses and giving a shy smile.

"That shouldn't be the case, I put Sichuan peppercorns in this seasoning." Xu Jinghong scratched his head, a little puzzled. "Are you sure you didn't taste anything wrong?"

“I’m sure I didn’t misjudge it; yours doesn’t taste like Sichuan peppercorns at all,” Liang Yuting affirmed.

Qian Qi rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

Xu Jinghong's monster meat dishes are not only rich in energy and loved by monsters, but also taste delicious. The same goes for his stir-fried monster vegetables; they may taste bitter and dry, but he manages to make them taste amazing.

Is it possible that the reason he can cook delicious meals is not because of his culinary skills, but because... he has awakened some kind of special ability?

With a slight glint in her eyes, Qian Qi immediately thought of a testing method. She said to Xu Jinghong, "Don't add any seasonings this time, just dry-fry it."

"What?" Xu Jinghong thought this was a bit far-fetched. "How could it possibly taste good!"

"Try it quickly." Qian Qi was a little impatient.

Seeing her in such a hurry, Xu Jinghong had no choice but to start flipping the wok again and sprinkle some greens into it.

Oh dear, this is all grain! How can we waste it like this?

The vegetables should be blanched first, then oil is added, and then... that's how you make delicious soy sauce vegetables... Hmm?

As Xu Jinghong muttered to himself, he was suddenly shocked to find that the vegetables he was supposed to stir-fry until they were dry had become incredibly moist, and the wok even emitted the aroma of soy sauce.

How is that possible?! He clearly didn't put any seasoning in!

"Just as I thought." Qian Qi nodded solemnly. "This is your awakened skill; you are a dual-element awakener."

Xu Jinghong looked down at her hands in surprise. "No wonder my cooking has been getting better and better lately. I thought it was because I was getting more skilled and my culinary skills had improved!"

"I can't believe there are such unique awakened skills in this world." Liang Yuting found it very strange. "Xu, you're really lucky!"

"Hehe." Xu Jinghong chuckled a few times. "Not bad, not bad." Although his parents died early and he had no relatives left, leaving behind a bunch of younger brothers and sisters who were crying for food, he was fortunate to have awakened his skills, met kind investors, and made so many good friends. He was quite lucky.

He looked down at his hands. His family had been so poor that he worried every day about how to feed his younger siblings. He even hoped that one day he would no longer have to worry about food and could cook delicious meals for his younger siblings every day.

Perhaps that's why he awakened this skill.

“You can make money with this skill in the future.” Qian Qi’s first thought was how to use this to make money. “Whether it’s made for beast tamers or contracted beasts, it will definitely be very popular.”

"Perfect timing! Let's take this opportunity to research some dishes featuring magical beasts and plants. They might just have some amazing effects!"

Qian Qi made the decision immediately.

The others nodded in agreement, "We'll help you with your advice!"

Without further ado, Liang Yuting and Zhang Feng were responsible for analyzing the edibility and usability of the magical plants, Su Ang was responsible for keeping watch and finding high-level magical beasts, and Qian Qi and Sheng Qing were responsible for coordinating the battle to kill the magical plants and magical beasts.

As for Xu Jinghong, he would stir-fry these magical plants and magical beasts together and feed them to the innocent beasts he caught at random.

After three days, the group actually managed to come up with two dishes.

"This technique can compress the fire element within the human body, absorb more fire element, and increase elemental capacity. Although the level is the same as that of other awakened individuals of the same level, there are clearly more skills that can be released." Xu Jinghong felt the changes within his body. "Currently, I haven't seen any signs of this compression ability disappearing; it seems to be a permanent effect."

Qian Qi nodded, "It's at least using the core of an A+ grade magical beast. If it's not a permanent effect, then this beast core is too useless."

"This can be considered a form of upgrade," Chen Feng thought. "As we all know, the level of an elemental awakener cannot be upgraded, so this dish is clearly a good way to make up for it."

Qian Qi agreed, "It will definitely fetch a good price."

Everyone looked at her with a mixture of helplessness and amusement.

“This dish will make the skin grow armor.” Xu Jinghong pointed to the low-level beasts being experimented on and continued, “Although this dish is high in energy, it will not cause the low-level magical beasts to explode and die. It will even make them grow A-level armor. However, the genes of magical beasts and humans are quite different, so I did not dare to eat it.”

"Let's rule this out immediately," Qian Qi shook his head. "We can sell it to beast tamers for their contracted beasts to eat."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Next, we'll continue researching cuisines based on other elements. Let Su Jiajun lead the students to kill all the ingredients for this fire dish, and first improve the strength of the students who have awakened their fire element."

Qian Qi gave instructions and arranged the plan for the next 15 days.

The students had no objections, and over the next few days, the plan proceeded smoothly. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed this rare experience, frantically gaining experience points in the exciting battles.

Having experienced combat veterans train them is like having a private coach – it's fantastic!

The students were immersed in their training, unaware that the outside world had undergone a complete transformation.

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"We regret to inform you that S-class and even super S-class monster attacks have occurred in the northern, western, eastern, and southern regions..."