Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 148: New Ingredient Unlocked

Chapter 148: Chapter 148: New Ingredient Unlocked

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New ingredients unlocked?

Xia Yu was momentarily stunned, and his heart immediately warmed up.

These days, he had been interested in the ingredients at the Chef God Store. However, there were no ordinary ingredients available, and the icons for the locked fantasy ingredients were in gray, with no information accessible.

Summoning the store panel, indeed, Xia Yu’s eyes showed a hint of joy. He discovered new ingredients in the top slots of the ingredients column.

The first ingredient was "White-haired Cinderella Beef"!

The price was 100 fame points per pound (500 grams)!

The second item was plant seeds, not an ingredient.

"[Bacon Leaves] (Plant): A yellow-green fantasy vegetable, containing high fat comparable to beef, with high salt content. Although delicious to taste directly, the system suggests combining it with other ingredients to prepare a dish."

"Price: 100 seeds/100 fame points."

Damn, everything required fame points for exchange!

After taking a quick glance, it was like a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, extinguishing the fire in Xia Yu’s heart.

Expensive!

Too expensive!

Just the beef alone cost 100 fame points per pound. He couldn’t afford it, let alone eat it. Buying 5 pounds of beef was equivalent to a blue glowing recipe. After thinking it over, Xia Yu felt these system ingredients were very unreliable!

He turned to tally up his task rewards.

After showcasing his culinary skills on the Far Moon Stage, it was unsurprising that the task "Far Moon’s Grand Stage" was completed, earning him 2000 fame points and a purple recipe, "Heavenly Hero Grilled Bluefish."

Furthermore, the earlier task "Peach and Plum Fill the World" (Part 1) was also completed, earning him 3 talent points and unlocking the second series task:

"[Peach and Plum Fill the World] (Part 2): The second step in conquering Far Moon is to guide a Far Moon student in developing a rudimentary ’Heart of Cooking.’"

"Reward: 6 free talent points."

Xia Yu temporarily put aside the newly unlocked fantasy ingredients and was excited to distribute the 3 recently obtained talent points. He allocated 2 of them to the "Heart of Cooking."

Ding.

With a pleasant sound, the beginner’s "Heart of Cooking" reached 10 talent point level, officially advancing to an intermediate "Heart of Cooking"!

"The seasoning is stronger now!" Xia Yu glanced at Tiqie Eriina, who was enjoying the food not far away, a hint of wickedness in his smile.

The last talent point was given to "Bursting Flame." Xia Yu was determined to master this culinary skill.

There were too many glowing recipes now requiring the "Bursting Flame" culinary skill. The two new purple recipes, "Nine Feathered Phoenix" and "Heavenly Hero Grilled Bluefish," both required it, emphasizing its significance.

As for fame points, he decided to save them for emergencies.

...

Coming out from the backstage rest area, Xia Yu found quite a few people were waiting for him.

"Yo——"

He waved to Dojima Yin and Aoki Motota in greeting.

"Where are Minister Shinohara and Main General Liangzi?" he asked as he walked over.

"They had matters to attend to and left first." Aoki Motota patted his shoulder, "I’m leaving too, do you want a ride?"

"I still want to look around Far Moon..."

"Alright, then. I have work to do at midnight tonight, so I’ll trouble you to host then." Aoki Motota strode away.

Watching the "Ghost-faced Monk" leave, Xia Yu turned his gaze back and saw Dojima Yin, chin resting on his hand, examining him.

"You stole my recipe and learned it. What do you have to say about that?" Dojima Yin fixed his gaze on him.

Xia Yu noticed under Dojima Yin’s seemingly serious exterior, there was a hint of amusement in his eyes. His heart, which was hanging, immediately settled.

With a straightforward shrug, Xia Yu said, "I’ve learned it already. How about I treat you to another specialty dish next time, one that rivals today’s ’Nine Feathered Phoenix.’ It might even be true Special Grade Cuisine..."

"Let’s agree on that then!"

Before he finished speaking, Dojima Yin showed a fox-like smile, clearly satisfied that he had uncovered Xia Yu’s second card.

With that, Dojima Yin also left.

The auditorium was empty, and Xia Yu walked out, standing at the door looking around, about to call Morioka Makoto when a deliberately soft female voice came from behind:

"Instructor Xia, were you looking for me?"

It was not Morioka Makoto’s voice.

Hmm?!

Xia Yu turned around, raising his eyebrows with a look of interest.

In front of him stood a girl in a Far Moon uniform. She had long silver hair, fair skin, and a face as exquisite as a porcelain doll. She was very cute.

At the same time, Xia Yu couldn’t help but glance over at her ample bosom, seemingly not inferior to her cousin’s.

Notably, behind the girl stood a well-built boy, but he seemed sluggish, with dark circles under his eyes.

This pair was undoubtedly Tiqie Ailisha and Hei Muzhang Liang.

"Is that the tone you use to greet an instructor, young lady?" Xia Yu said with a smile.

Tiqie Ailisha was momentarily stunned, curiosity thick in her eyes. "I just wanted to get a closer look at Instructor Xia. It was too chaotic on stage earlier."

She crossed her fair hands behind her, leaned forward slightly, and tilted her head a bit.

"Did you get a good look now?"

Xia Yu said this as he deliberately stepped forward.

The girl did not shy away, continuing to gaze at him with curious eyes.

"By the way, I just saw my adorable cousin go to the backstage lounge. The room number was 102... I remember that’s your lounge, isn’t it?"

The silver-haired girl suddenly laughed playfully.

"So, where’s my cousin Eriina? Didn’t she come out with you?"

In some ways, Tiqie Ailisha was harder to deal with than Eriina.

She was a straightforward girl who said whatever came to mind, emotionally expressive. But with her straightforwardness, her words gave Xia Yu a headache. Responding directly would imply he and Eriina were involved.

In reality, he and that proud Divine Tongue had a very pure, revolutionary friendship.

So he simply took on his teaching persona and said seriously, "Tiqie Eriina, this student has severe psychological problems and needs to come to my room for further guidance!"

Unexpectedly, Xia Yu’s reply left Tiqie Ailisha doubling over with laughter after he had already sprinted away. Tears glistened in her eyes, laughing so hard they flowed.

"Hey, did you hear that? He said Eriina has psychological problems! He’s right!"

Behind her, Hei Muzhang Liang, still looked half-asleep.

After a while, Tiqie Ailisha stopped laughing and said softly, "He’s quite something! It’s hard to imagine he’s the same age as us!"

"I didn’t expect the Ten Masters of Far Moon’s Chief would easily be defeated in his hands..." half-asleep Hei Muzhang Liang finally spoke.

"Yes, Liang, join me next week for the class test, we must pass!"

...

Accidentally encountering the second lady of the Tiqie family, Eriina’s cousin, made Xia Yu look forward to today’s Far Moon outing even more.

He contacted Morioka Makoto by phone and met her at the campus bus stop.

Then, for the first time in reality, he shook hands with Ichise Hui.

"Yu, wait for me!"

As the three of them boarded, a tall, purple-haired girl caught up. It was none other than the long-separated Hozoi Midori.

"Let’s visit the Polar Star Dormitory together——"

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