Maze Fan: I opened a buffet in the maze

After closing a big, lucrative business deal, Fan Wei sat at the front desk of the restaurant, looking at the falling snow outside the window and thinking about the new skills he had learned.

The new skill is called "Enlightenment"!

A very special ability that can give food a 'soul'!

Anyone who knows a little about the nature of the soul knows that the soul is the ultimate mystery of the world! It is easy for the soul to be born naturally, but it is extremely difficult to create a soul artificially!

So far, no race, no formal scholar or magician has claimed to have discovered the secret of the soul.

If there is, all the great magicians among the people will understand.

Although he had not learned any profound knowledge, Fan Wei could feel that what he created was indeed a soul! And this skill was closely related to his current state!

Fan Wei discovered this shortly after returning from Ghost Island.

Whenever he cooks, his soul becomes active, and a raging desire is satisfied! The soul participates in the cooking intensely and excitedly.

Until this time, the surging soul completely broke the boundary between reality and illusion.

Really got into the ingredients!

Yes, the soul endowed in the food ingredients essentially comes from Fan Wei, but this is not a kind of "cutting", but more like a kind of "differentiation".

With the help of the characteristics of the ingredients themselves, Fan Wei plants seeds and lets them grow souls!

Fan Wei couldn't give a more specific and scientific explanation, but he felt that dishes with souls could no longer just satisfy physiological needs.

They can also serve as food for the soul, replenishing it!

Judging from the performance of the three female diners, after eating the soul food, they felt extremely satisfied physically and mentally, and even their temperament and personality seemed to have changed slightly.

Become calmer and gentler, as if sublimated and perfected.

This is really great!

Fan Wei smiled with joy. Just like he said before, he had reached the limit in his cooking skills, and now it was time to get a glimpse of the road.

Perhaps soul food hides the ultimate secret of cooking!

After obtaining the magical skill, the first thing Fan Wei thought of was to find more uses for the skill, for example, using food to make up for the loss and trauma of people's hearts.

For example, feed Su Fuli a little more and see if you can save the Elf Queen from the AFK state.

The reason why Sister Su turned into a puppet-like state is that her desire, or an important part of her soul, was swallowed up by the evil magic book.

Fan Wei tried many methods but none of them worked, so he could only use the Shadow Crystal to forge a soul to help her recover her movements temporarily.

But now, there is soul food that can directly replenish the soul. If enough is fed, theoretically, Su Fuli should be able to be successfully rescued!

But whether it works or not, you won’t know until you try it.

Of course, there is no need to rush. He needs to master this skill more deeply. Fan Wei plans to practice in other areas first.

For example, resolving the conflict between Delain and Uncle Verocagins.

Because of the severe injury he suffered, Uncle Caggins' heart is filled with tremendous hatred for those who persecuted him. If we can help him resolve the hatred and heal his inner trauma.

Can this ease the conflict between the two?

When it comes to healing emotional trauma, Fan Wei immediately thinks of a common yet special food - wine.

The culture of drinking to relieve sorrow has existed since ancient times. Although it cannot actually solve the problem, alcohol can indeed help people regulate their spirits and give people brief relaxation under stress.

Just look at the extent of the Northern Empire’s dependence on alcohol. Without it, many people probably wouldn’t be able to survive.

When Fan Wei was using the space to cheat in the drinking contest just now, he heard A Ruoruo muttering that if the legendary 'Dream Wine' existed, he would surely be drunk with just one glass!

Putting aside the ladies' strange desire to win, this did serve as a reminder to Fan Wei.

If he could brew a more powerful liquor that could truly heal and resolve spiritual pain, would he be able to achieve the effect he wanted?

Regardless, it's worth a try!

A sign announcing the suspension of business was immediately hung in the restaurant on the third floor. Anyway, not many business cards had been given out and there were not many customers coming.

After Fan Wei went downstairs and said something to Kanisa and Yunxin, he went straight to the library.

The existence of all civilizations is inseparable from the transmission of knowledge and information. Even in an empire known for its advocacy of military force, there are libraries, and the threshold for entry is not low.

Only nobles, professional scholars, and professionals willing to pay are qualified to enter.

When Fan Wei saw the entry fee of one silver coin, the usually gentle chef couldn't help but swear.

It’s damn expensive!

It’s not that he was stingy with the money, but the knowledge in this world is difficult to master, and the high cost of learning completely crushes the path for the lower class to climb up.

Apart from mutation or buying their lives, people at the bottom of society really have no hope at all.

Just like the scenery at this moment, the imperial capital is covered in a thick, white and cold layer, a gray-black that is as heavy and solid as death.

With a sigh, Fan Wei entered the library. He searched for the records of "Dream Wine" among the rows of bookshelves in the mountain of books. Relying on the key words, he quickly found the target.

The Complete Collection of Wine Treasures, page 54, 'Dream Wine'.

The paper pages wrapped in calfskin clearly record the information about Dream Wine.

Legend has it that this is a kind of precious wine that can make people drunk and forget all their worries. It is the color of pearls and as sweet as honey. A sip of it is like a dream, as if you have entered a second life.

However, Dream Wine has been discontinued.

The scarce production seems to be a foreshadowing. It was completely discontinued five years ago. The specific reason is unknown. The production site of Dream Wine is in the Fenzhen District of the Imperial Capital, a private winery at 2 Huanshan.

Um, wanna go visit?

Although it is not impossible to brew it by yourself, learning from the experience of predecessors can obviously help achieve the goal faster and better.

After thinking for a while and closing the book, Fan Wei left the library, jumped up in the flying snow, and ran towards the 2-ring fan in the minute hand area through the cold wind.

The area between 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock in the imperial capital belongs to the prominent aristocratic area. Only those with aristocratic status can settle in these areas.

Walking on the snow in the vast white world, a trace of invisible true domineering fighting spirit shatters the snowflakes.

Fan Wei stopped at the 2nd ring fan, in the area called "Lingzhenhua", and saw a manor in the snow.

The manor is not large, leaning against a small hill with shadows of trees. On the central winding steps, there is a main house with multi-faceted sloping roofs.

On the lamppost at the entrance of the manor, there was a sign swaying in the wind.

"Green Field Winery".

Coming to the iron gate of the fence decorated with thorns, Fan Wei rang the iron bell hanging above the side door. The tinkling sound spread with the wind, calling the guards who were huddled in the hut to keep warm.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

The guard wrapped in a cotton robe trotted over and looked warily at the handsome and tall stranger in a black coat in the snow.

"I'm here to visit Mr. Karkamos."

Fan Wei handed over his business card and stated his purpose, "Please tell them that Misr Fan is here to visit you."

He handed the black business card with gold inlay to the guard along with a handful of copper coins.

The shiny copper coins finally played their due purchasing power here. The guard's expression relaxed a lot. He asked Fan Wei to wait at the door while he went to inform the Baron.

A few minutes later, the guard came back from the bush path in the snow with the invitation.

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"Hello, Mr. Misr, I have long heard of your name in the Golden Pointer magazine."

Baron Karkamos was a young man about the same age as Fan Wei, with blond hair and gray eyes. He was wearing an old but clean and tidy, expensively made shirt and jacket. He shook hands with Fan Wei.

The baron's wife, who was equally young, greeted the guests by the roaring fireplace.

"Hello, Mr. Baron, it is my honor to be received by you for your visit."

Invited to sit by the applewood fireplace, Fan Wei took a glass of hot wine handed to him by the hostess and felt aloof compared to the ordinary imperial nobles.

The Karkamoses are as enthusiastic as country lords.

"Our family's old winery doesn't usually have many visitors. Apart from business partners, we haven't seen a new guest for most of the past six months, let alone someone as famous as you, Mr. Misr."

Baron Karkamos asked with a smile, "May I ask why you are here?"

"About wine, the wine of dreams."

Fan Wei enjoyed this straightforward conversation. He took a sip of the hot wine in the wooden cup and tasted the sweetness of spices such as cinnamon, as well as the sour aroma of apple.

The brewing technology of Green Field Winery is indeed unique, even though it is just ordinary cider.

But the taste that Fan Wei tasted was that the balance between fruity aroma and sweetness, sourness and bitterness was very good. It was slightly sour at first, which brought out the fruity aroma very clearly.

Then a sweet taste emerges on the tongue, which is neither too strong nor too weak to dissolve the sourness.

The bitter taste that is released at the end has the refreshing feeling of plant buds.

"Dream wine."

Watching the guests tasting the wine quietly, Baron Karkamos looked nostalgic, "It's been several years. That was my masterpiece when I was young."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to surpass it in this lifetime. It's a pity that I can't brew it now."

"Why?" Fan Wei put down his wine glass and asked curiously, "A popular wine that is praised as a treasure among wines and recorded in books should not be discontinued due to sales and cost issues, right?"

“It’s certainly not because of sales issues.”

Karkamos crossed his hands, placed them on his knees, lowered his head and recalled.

"The raw materials are gone. Dream Wine has two crucial raw materials. Without them, the entire wine cannot be brewed. They are the 'Dream Flower' and the 'Fairy Nectar'."

"Mr. Misr, you may not know that Dream Wine is not actually wine in the strict sense."

"It's more like a magic potion. The Dream Flower in it is a plant monster in the maze. The Dream Wine made from it contains a strong poison."

"That's why you can only drink one glass of Dream Wine at a time."

"Fairy nectar is the key to dealing with the toxicity of the Dream Flower. As a flower that brings nightmares and hallucinations to people, if there is no magical auxiliary effect of fairy nectar."

"The Dream Wine will be so toxic that it cannot be drunk."

"Now there is no fairy nectar or dream flower. After losing important materials, there is no way to brew dream wine."

In a few words, Fan Wei figured out why dream wine could not be brewed. He understood the dream flower well, but it was the first time he heard of fairy nectar.

With a fairy lady around, his curiosity grew even more.

"Mr. Karkamos, if you don't mind, could you tell me about the fairy nectar?"

"Fairy nectar."

The Baron did not refuse, and the look of reminiscence in his eyes became more intense. "There is nothing I cannot tell you. There used to be a fairy living in this manor, and the nectar was given to me by her."

"That was when I was a kid. I was only 11 or 12 years old, and my father and grandfather were still alive."

"Before I took charge of winemaking, I spent most of my time in the woods of the manor, except for attending classes at the aristocratic school."

"It was an autumn day. I was wandering alone in my mind, looking at the shadows of leaves on the treetops, and then I saw her."

"Bellatrix."

"A goblin picking wild berries."

"A fairy living in the imperial capital?"

Fan Wei was a little surprised. In fact, there were not many fairies in the city. Compared to going to the south coast, one could see more elves, winged people and animal people.

There are very few in the Empire, but in places where the rules are a little more relaxed, there are quite a lot of Halflings.

There are also dwarves who love to live in groups.

The fairies are a very mysterious race. They are rarely seen traveling in groups. Most of them live alone in forests and wilderness around the world.

Uncle Caggins mentioned that because of this characteristic, goblins were considered a special kind of magical beast more than two hundred years ago.

Just like the dragon clan.

A little elf living alone in the capital of the empire is indeed special in some ways.

Irene is actually very special too, but considering that she is a hybrid of fairy and human, it is not so strange.

"That's right, fairies living in the human world!"

Karkamos' eyes lit up, as if he had returned to the moment in the past when that magical scene had happened.

"As a young child, I didn't think much of it. I quietly climbed down the tree and followed the little fairy until I saw her picking a bunch of wild berries but couldn't move them. I reached out to help."

"She got startled and immediately disappeared into the bushes."

"But I had already discovered her home, so I moved all the wild raspberries to her doorstep."

"Perhaps it is because of this unintentional act of kindness that Bellatilu has a good impression of me."

“When we met for the second time, we started a conversation and then became friends.”

By the campfire, the protagonist of the story, with a faint smile, told the guests his fairy-tale experience.

"Several years later, my father and grandfather died gloriously in the war, making great contributions to their careers. I inherited the winery."

"The manor was very quiet at that time. Only Bellatilu and I stayed together often."

"My dream is to brew a wine that surpasses my father and grandfather's. Bellatilu, who has become my friend, spares no effort to help me."

"One day, she brought me fairy nectar, and it was this magical honey that allowed me to finally brew the wine of dreams!"

"What happened next?" Fan Wei was also curious about the story.

"later..."

Baron Karkamos showed a puzzled and worried look on his face. "Then one day, I somehow made Bellatilu angry. She hid in the tree hole and refused to come out."

"Then she disappeared completely. I went to her home, but I never saw her come back."

"Maybe I accidentally did something that made Bellatilu very sad."

The Baron sighed heavily, and Mrs. Karkamos leaned over to hug and comfort her distraught husband. Fan Wei was somewhat envious of their love.

At the same time, I feel that not every story may have a happy ending.

Hmm? Suddenly, his mind was touched, and Fan Wei turned his head to look out the window. Except for the green bushes under the snow, there seemed to be nothing but white.

But he could feel the fluctuation of magical power.

What was going on? Fan Wei was curious and wanted to find out.