The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 46 Money Power, No Need to Say More
"You mean... you went and smashed up Pang Long's place?"

"Yes."

"And you told him that the dim sum I taught you helped you pass the Food Recommender test?"

"Yes."

"And then... all the students in the cooking training class came to you to inquire about me?"

"That's right." Cao Dongdong's voice on the other end of the phone was filled with pride. "So, I did a good job, didn't I?"

Qin Lang rubbed his brow helplessly, "But I don't plan to open a cooking training class?"

If it weren't for the Traveler's Book, he might actually consider it.

But with the Traveler's Book, he is destined to find the scenery on every page of the book. The current scenery is still in Dongxia City, but what about the future?

He opened a cooking training class, and by that time, a landscape painting outside the city would appear. Was he going to leave a mess behind and run away?
"I'm not asking you to open a cooking training class." Cao Dongdong chuckled, "I'm asking you to teach them a few tricks privately, just like you taught me."

"That's not quite right." Qin Lang frowned slightly. "Different people have different culinary talents and are good at different things."

"Besides, teaching one or two dishes is just a trick after all."

"You have a point." Cao Dongdong was silent for a moment, then sighed regretfully, "It's really not good to teach such tricks."

"Even though they offer one million each, I'll still refuse."

"Wait a minute!!!" Qin Lang's mouth twitched fiercely, "You just said... one million per person?"

"Yes, I told them that I paid you one million to teach me." Cao Dongdong chuckled, "That way they wouldn't feel comfortable not paying."

Qin Lang was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "But then again, cooking skills can be improved slowly, but activating the star veins should be done as early as possible."

"How about this, you help me select some suitable ones." Qin Lang paused slightly, "I'll take some time to give you some advice during this period."

"Okay!" Cao Dongdong's laughter could be faintly heard on the other end of the phone. "By the way, how about we go to the Flower Expo together tomorrow?"

"It's rare that Ms. Song Hui gave us admission tickets."

"Tomorrow?" Qin Lang thought about it and agreed.

After the call was hung up, Qin Lang took a deep breath, then picked up Danbao and spun around twice.

"Danbao, we are going to have so much money!"

"Gulu?"

"From now on, we can buy whatever ingredients we want!"

"Guru!!"
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"Qin Lang, Zhao Qian, this way!"

Outside the Daisy Garden, Cao Dongdong, who had arrived earlier, waved to Qin Lang and Zhao Qian. When they approached, a smile appeared on his face. "Why are you two here together?"

"I happened to run into Zhao Qian on my way out." Qin Lang smiled and glanced at the girl beside him. "The three of us got tickets, so I asked her. She happened to have time too, so we came along."

"Even if you didn't tell me, I was planning to come and see it these two days." Zhao Qian looked at the bustling scene around her and laughed, "It seems there are even more people today than yesterday. It's really lively."

"Yeah." Qin Lang looked at the long queue outside the Daisy Garden, nodded with emotion, and then his eyes fell on Cao Dongdong.

A food spirit that had never been seen before was looking around timidly.

With just one look, Qin Lang knew that this must be Cao Dongdong's food spirit.

Because it looks so much like egg yolk pastry.

"This is my food spirit, Tuantuan." Cao Dongdong chuckled, "It's a little timid."

"La…La Fei!"

Tuan Tuan greeted him quietly. Dan Bao and Bu Bu looked at each other and couldn't help but come closer and talk to Tuan Tuan quietly.

Qin Lang and Zhao Qian took out their cell phones almost at the same time.

"drop--"

[Type: Spirit Eater] [Level: Lv1]

【Taste attribute: sweet】

[Elemental attribute: Earth]

【Food Skill: Steady Blade】

[Combat Skills (excluding self-taught skills): (Earth) Scaled Stone Shield]

[Experience Value: 1/100]

After looking at the scan results, Qin Lang's face showed surprise.

Tuan Tuan’s origin delicacy is egg yolk pastry. Its sweet attribute was as he expected, but its elemental attribute was earth, which was a bit surprising to him.

"The first combat skill is the defensive Scaled Stone Shield?" Zhao Qian couldn't help but ask, "If you don't learn combat skills on your own, your Food Spirit will probably have little combat power before it reaches one star."

"It's just a small problem." Cao Dongdong said nonchalantly, "My dad has already prepared combat training props for Tuantuan."

Qin Lang and the others then noticed that there was a scroll mark on Tuan Tuan's forehead, indicating that he was still learning combat skills.

"This is the second optional combat skill [Earth Rock Rush]. Before this, Tuantuan has already learned [Flying Sand and Rocks]." Cao Dongdong introduced.

Hearing this, Qin Lang and Zhao Qian looked at each other in silence.

[Scaled Stone Shield] is an earth-based defensive skill, and [Flying Sand and Rocks] is an auxiliary skill that temporarily makes the opponent lose their target while strengthening the earth-based skill.

[Earth Rock Rush] Bubu has used it before, it is an attack-type combat skill.

The Level 1 Food Spirit is almost able to learn two self-taught combat skills and possess a complete set of systematic offensive methods.

There is no need to say much about the ability to pay.

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Seeing the two friends' depression, Cao Dongdong quickly changed the subject and took out two lunch boxes from the handbag he was carrying.

"This is what I prepared for you, want to try it?"

"This is..." Qin Lang casually took it and opened it. After seeing what was inside, he showed a look of surprise. "Lotus Pastry?"

He suddenly raised his head and looked at Cao Dongdong with a questioning look in his eyes.

"Didn't I try the lotus pastry you made the day before yesterday?" Cao Dongdong scratched his head. "You explained to me the difference between the opening of lotus pastry and egg yolk pastry."

"So yesterday at home, I tried it myself."

"This is the best version I've made so far." He looked at Qin Lang expectantly, "Any advice?"

Qin Lang couldn't help but give Cao Dongdong a thumbs up.

This guy is really a genius in criminal cases who almost went astray.

After tasting it once and listening to a few suggestions, you can figure out how to make lotus pastries that look 90% similar.

"Click——"

After taking a bite and savoring the rich crispy aroma and sweet red bean filling, Qin Lang couldn't help but nod his head. "Although there are some differences in the cooking method, it's already about 60% to 70% of the standard."

"You should have made it in the oven like the egg yolk pastry."

"But the best way to make lotus pastry is to fry it in shortening..." Qin Lang did not hide anything and described every detail, such as pouring oil on the knife edge.

Cao Dongdong felt enlightened after hearing this and clapped his hands suddenly, "I said that the method seemed to be wrong. It doesn't have the same feeling as you made it."

"Fried? I'll try it next time!"

After saying that, he smiled and put away the notebook.

"Let's go, we should line up to enter the park."

(End of this chapter)