Chapter 196 Cat Island Festival! (6K)

The night passed.

“It’s already 9 o’clock in the morning?”

Back in the hotel room, Xia An looked at the time and was surprised that he had been hunting in the food world for so long.

“Before, even with my martial arts master’s spirit, I would feel tired after such a high-intensity hunt.”

“But after Sequence 4, there is no more fatigue at all!”

Xia An even felt refreshed.

Tsk, it’s as if it has evolved into a holy body that works 24 hours a day.

beep…

beep…

The old cell phone on the bedside table kept vibrating.

Missed calls and unread messages filled the notification bar.

“Hello.” He glanced at the caller ID and saw it was the female chef Meng Yulu.

Meng Yulu: “I called you very hard yesterday afternoon, why are you just answering the phone now?”

Xia An: “I am in seclusion researching the festival recipes.”

Meng Yulu: “Then quickly write a list of ingredients. The approval from the association’s headquarters will come soon, and the special plane will be able to transport the ingredients to Sapporo Airport in Hokkaido around noon.”

Xia An: “The support is so strong? Whatever ingredients I write, they will approve it?”

Meng Yulu: “You are one of the three main members of the Shenzhou Association participating in the ‘Cat Island Festival’. The other two are also Pseudo-Lin, led by Mr. Lu himself. They should be here soon.”

“In addition, not all levels of ingredients can be approved. For example, diamond-grade ingredients from level 40 to 50 will be subject to quotas and strict inspections.”

Xia An: “Then there is no way to apply for master-level ingredients of level 50 to 60?”

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while.

Meng Yulu was somewhat speechless and said, “Even if the association headquarters approves you, can you control and cook it? Master-level ingredients are already the domain of Zhenlin!”

hang up the phone.

Xia An has already come up with three cat meal recipes based on the ingredients he hunted last night.

Civilian version: squid meat (level 39 flying squid) + carrot + steamed rice
Deluxe version: squid meat (level 39 flying squid) + shrimp meat (level 22 flying shrimp) + beef (level 35 cow, pig and bird) + carrot + steamed rice
Palace version: squid meat (level 39 flying squid) + dragon meat (about level 55 mutant angry dragon) + dragon liver + dragon heart + steamed rice
“I don’t seem to need food support?”

Xia An rubbed his brow helplessly, “Carrots, change to ‘golden carrots’? Rice, also change to fantasy rice?”

He searches the igo atlas library.

Fantasy rice ingredients include [Harvest Rice] below level 1, [Strawberry Rice] below level 1, [Gem Rice] at level 25, [Black Rice] at level 30, [Bliss Rice] at level 50…

Among them, [Ji Le Rice] is shown as out of stock in the igo food mall.

“Should we take this opportunity to ask the authorities for some ‘Bliss Rice’ support?”

Xia An thought for a moment, then shook his head: “Compared to food support, I want the replica of the [Gan Lang Pot] more.”

Compared to the one in his hand, the replica of the [Ganlang Pot] that Lao Chi and Meng Yulu brought back to the Shenzhou headquarters was recast using the fragments of the base. It is more powerful and has a higher success rate in processing food ingredients.

“Maybe you could try asking?”

Xia An sent a message to Meng Yulu.

……

The imperial capital, the headquarters of the Shenzhou Gourmet Association.

Only Meng Yulu and an elegant white-haired old man were sitting in the conference room.

On the big screen, there were the bigwigs who were unable to make it back to attend the meeting and could only connect via remote video.

The congressmen in the video are in different backgrounds. Some are in bustling exotic streets, while others are camping in the wilderness, looking like tired travelers.

There were also people slaughtering large, live beasts in closed rooms, with blood flowing to their feet like springs.

The elegant white-haired old man coughed and said:
“Mr. Lu led the team to Neon, so his vote doesn’t count.”

“Now, please vote on Chef Meng’s proposal.”

“Do you agree to hand over the use rights of the replica [Ganlang Pot] to Chef Xia Anxia?”

After two or three seconds of silence.

A voice came from the video of the slaughter of large beasts: “I agree.”

“I agree.”

The camper sat in front of the campfire: “It’s just a replica. When I won this [Ganlang Pot], I should have given it to Chef Xia right away. After all, wasn’t it because of him that we won the competition among nations?”

“That’s right. Even if it’s a complete and authentic product, I think there’s nothing wrong with giving it to Chef Xia to use.”

“Hahaha, the complete and authentic legendary kitchenware is very picky. Without the ‘Ba Long Pattern’ or ‘Auspicious Phoenix Pattern’, the magic cannot be activated.”

“So how did the Phoenix Eight Immortals use the legendary kitchen utensils?”

“You should ask the original Phoenix Eight Immortals. Now, their descendants probably can’t get the recognition of legendary kitchen utensils.”

The topic of the video conference gradually veered off track, and there was a relaxed atmosphere of old friends chatting online who hadn’t seen each other for a while.

Di-

After a moment, the video conference ended.

The elegant white-haired old man said, “Master Meng, you can go to the treasury to get the replica of the [Gan Lang Pot], and then go to Neon in person.”

“correct.”

The old man who was obviously in charge of the headquarters association affairs suddenly raised his head again:
“Chef Xia also asked about the support for rice or rice-based fantasy ingredients, right?”

“这样，50级的【极乐米】先批5斤，30级的【漆黑米】批10斤，25级的【宝石米】批20斤。”

“For the rest of the rice and paddy rice at or below level 10, no matter how much he wants, we will give him as much as he wants.”

Meng Yulu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, “Then I’ll go to Neon again.”

……

After Xia An washed up and took the elevator to the hotel lobby to eat, he received Meng Yulu’s reply.

So smooth?

Seeing the information that Meng Yulu was preparing to fly directly on a special plane with a replica of the [Ganlang Pot] and a batch of ingredients, Xia An estimated his own value as the “glowing reproducer of the present time” and was unanimously recognized by the top leaders of the Shenzhou Gourmet Association.

Also…

Before the special grade, luminescence is invincible.

After reaching the special grade, the glow is still invincible.

Until now, it has officially entered the realm of pseudo-Lin cooking, and it seems that it can still kill people indiscriminately?

Well, there are even many “magical” things about luminescence that Xia An has not yet figured out. For example, it is comparable to a “divine ingredient” and can actually gradually dissolve the unpalatable curse.

It can also easily suppress the backlash of the gourmet devil…

“Perhaps in the eyes of these big guys, the value and significance of ‘Glow’ is extremely important, and there are too many uses that I have not yet developed?”

With this doubt, Xia An came to the lobby.

As soon as he appeared.

Almost all the guests having breakfast in the lobby cast their eyes in unison.

Curious, indifferent, hostile, friendly…

Xia An looked calm as he glanced around the lobby and found many familiar faces.

Some of them had been seen in Higashino Tsuyoshi’s mansion, and they were obviously top chefs from various countries.

This time, the [Cat Island Festival] is on a larger scale, involving competition for places at the teleportation point, and the celebrity chefs attracted are more than just top-notch ones.

Find the table where Higashino Tsuyoshi and Kobayashi Ryodan are sitting and sit down.

The maid Kumiko asked Xia An what he wanted to eat and went to pack the food.

Xia An looked at Dong Yegang:
“Fake Lin, real Lin.”

“How many people came?”

Dong Ye Gang shook his head slightly: “It is impossible to calculate specifically. In addition to the official associations of various countries, there are Lin-level organizations and forces, and there are some individual pseudo-Lin or real Lin, such as me…”

Xia An sighed and said, “Secret organizations like the ‘Gourmet Club’ and ‘Neo Food Utopia’ will not miss this opportunity, right?”

Dong Ye Gang said in a deep voice:

“Of course. Once the ‘coordinates’ fall into the hands of these secret organizations, their people will use them to travel to the food industry. Their methods of development will be very brutal and reckless.”

Xia An said casually:
“Mr. Dongye, you spread the news of the ‘Coordinate Point’ so openly. It seems that you are not worried at all that the quota of the ‘Coordinate Point’ will be taken away by the real or fake Lin of these secret organizations?”

Dong Ye Gang smiled: “I said, you have mastered the true meaning of ‘glow’, and you have also comprehended a kind of food meaning, which can be regarded as a pseudo-Lin of the traditional food meaning route.”

“False Lin Food Righteousness + Luminous Truth.”

“Also, if you have logistical support and the ingredients are not inferior, I can’t imagine the possibility of you losing in the competition for the quota.”

Xia An said: “You even calculated the food logistics support? What if I don’t have any support behind me?”

Higashino Tsuyoshi: “Then there’s me!”

“You can make a list, and you can take whatever ingredients are level 50 Diamond or below!”

“requirement is?”

“Help me complete a task.”

“That’s it? What kind of mission is so valuable?”

“It’s related to the [Demon Country] realm across from the ‘teleportation point’.”

It turns out that the food world that the Cat Island coordinates connect to is called [Demon’s Hometown]?
When Xia An saw Dong Ye Gang’s mysterious smile, he knew that this was the best information he could get, and Dong Ye Gang would not reveal more if he asked further.

“Sorry, I don’t need your food support.” he said.

“That’s what I expected.”

Dongye Gang just smiled, showing no regrets: “If the Shenzhou Association doesn’t know how to appease you, the ‘Reappearance of the Shining One in the Current Era’, then I will feel that the ancient heritage is nothing more than this, and the family assets have been almost eaten away by termites.”

“But… the reality is that even though the 10-member group was wiped out that year, the number and quality of Shenzhou dragon chefs are still the best in the Blue Star food industry.”

Enjoyed breakfast.

At this time.

A handsome man with blond hair and blue eyes came over and said, “Boss Xia, Executive Officer Nakiri wants you to come over for a chat.”

“Charme?”

This person is none other than the top nine-star chef from the Europa International Gourmet Association who went to compete in the Juxialou Competition. He may have already entered the first level of special grade.

Say goodbye to Tsuyoshi Higashino.

Chalmers led Xia An, under many eyes, through the lobby and took the elevator upstairs.

In a luxurious suite.

Nakiri Managi, who hadn’t been seen for a long time, smiled at Xia An who came in:

“I have a list of ingredients here. Anything on the list can be used at this ‘Cat Island Festival’.”

Erina’s mother looked much healthier than when they first met. Her cheeks were gradually becoming fuller, and her body, which had been thin due to anorexia, had regained its plump curves.

Moreover, she did not wear the traditional Japanese kimono, but a suit dress like a female president, which further highlighted her noble temperament.

Xia An glanced at the form casually.

Huh?
He was slightly surprised.

Whether it is the Shenzhou Association or Higashino Tsuyoshi, the upper limit of the food support is diamond level 40 to 50.

However, according to the table of the European International Gourmet Association, the top-level ingredients are actually at the master level of 50 to 60.

Observing Xia An’s reaction, Nakiri Managi, the mother and wife, couldn’t help but curl up her red lips with light lipstick on them, and her eyes revealed a certain expectation.

Looking closely at Xia An:

“You see my sincerity, right? If other organizations or forces, including the Shenzhou Association behind you, cannot provide the master-level ingredients, the Europa International Gourmet Association under my jurisdiction can still open the warehouse door and let you use them!”

As she spoke, a hint of fiery flames flashed in Nakiri Masaki’s eyes, full of aggression.

Xia An’s mouth twitched slightly: “???”

Can’t stand it.

A mature wife is passionate and as fierce as a wolf or a tiger.

Is this a test for veteran cadres?

But he is already Erina’s master, so if he goes one step further, wouldn’t he become her stepfather?
No way, no way!

“Well, Ms. Nakiri, actually, the master-level ingredients of level 50 to 60 are not very helpful to me.” Xia An said seriously, “The competition for the ‘Cat Rice’ at the Cat Island Festival is obviously about who can make a 100% perfect dish.”

“Therefore, only 100% perfect ‘cat fans’ can truly participate in the arena.”

“Cat rice cooked below 100% can only be considered as a peripheral low-level competition.” Obviously, except for Zhenlin, chefs of other culinary levels cannot cook master-level ingredients of level 50 to 60 with 100% perfection.

of course.

Xia An himself is an exception.

The [Mutated Angry Dragon] was originally a capture level of 50+, and the dragon meat, dragon liver, dragon heart and other ingredients it produced were already firmly at the master level.

Why did Xia An insist on including the above three ingredients in the palace version of the cat meal recipe?
Because this is the ultimate trump card recipe.

To quickly make 100% processed dragon meat, dragon liver and dragon heart by imitating the [Tanlang Pot], it is inevitable to invest a lot of ingredients and rely on luck and probability to get perfect products.

“You really don’t want my support? My conditions are very simple. I just hope you can treat me to more private delicacies.”

Nakiri Masaki still didn’t give up, her beautiful eyes were filled with water as she stared at Xia An.

Xia An’s eyelids twitched: “Really not.”

“Hey.”

Nakiri Managi’s chest rose and fell noticeably, and then he sighed deeply: “Then I’ll give you some information.”

“This Cat Island Festival attracted many large and small gourmet organizations and forces.”

“The number of fake and real unicorns competing for the quota will not be less than ten.”

……

A moment later, they came out from an entire floor reserved by the Europa International Gourmet Association.

Just about to press the elevator button.

Ding–

The elevator door stopped and opened at this floor.

Nakiri Senzaemon led the Totsuki group and met Xia An who was waiting for the elevator.

“hello.”

Xia An waved.

Almost all members of the Yuanyue team are old acquaintances.

“Hey, Boss Xia.” Only a beautiful lady greeted him with surprise and joy, “Nice to meet you, my name is Riko Ebisawa.”

Xia An immediately remembered, “Ebisawa Riko? You are one of the members of the golden generation of Polaris Dormitory? The fourth seat in the same class as Dojima-san and Saiba-san?”

Hearing this, the tall and beautiful sister was even happier:

“it is me!”

“Gin, Joichiro, Nakamura Ji, and next is me, the fourth seat!”

There are no mediocre people among the golden generation graduates.

Among the first three, two have become legends in the eyes of later generations.

Nakamura Tsuki is Nakiri Tsuki, who married into the Nakiri family and changed her surname. Later, after her marriage broke down, she left Japan and went to North America.

Xia An couldn’t resist the enthusiasm of the royal sister graduate, so he added her as a friend on her social circle, and even forced a smile to pose for several photos.

Before leaving.

Nakiri Senzaemon suddenly said:
“Boss Xia, do you need food support?”

The elevator door slowly closed.

Xia An’s helpless and funny voice came out:

“Thank you, Commander. I already have food support.”

Ding–

The elevator goes upstairs.

Dojima Gin: “Let me tell you, unless the Shenzhou Association is blind, there is no way they would release this treasure.”

Saiba Chengyilang said seriously: “Don’t underestimate the Shenzhou Association. Only their top leaders know that there are still surviving Shenzhou Dragon Chefs… That’s a terrifying number!”

……

It’s half past 12 noon.

When Xia An returned to his room from the food world, he heard the continuous ringing of his old cell phone.

After answering the phone, Xia An took the elevator to the 11th floor of the hotel.

Meng Yulu, who had already arrived in Otaru City, Hokkaido, by a special plane and car, was waiting for him at the elevator door.

She pointed to the large metal box at her feet, “Inside this box is another replica of the [Gan Lang Pot].”

Xia An nodded with satisfaction: “How long can I hold it?”

Meng Yulu smiled playfully and said:

“Hold on until you get tired of it, or until you die.”

Xia An: “It’s not appropriate to say that you’re falling.”

Meng Yulu: “Anyway, since the higher-ups have voted unanimously to give it to you to use, from now on you will be the owner of this replica of the [Gan Lang Pot].”

“Even if the association collects other imitations or fragments in the future, you can apply and they will probably be delivered to you immediately.”

Xia An was surprised and asked, “Can it be so smooth?”

Meng Yulu: “Even if it is a complete legendary kitchen utensil, it can only work as it should in the hands of a chef who recognizes it. Therefore, the association is happy to see you holding the Tanlang Pot.”

Then she handed over a list of ingredients:
“In addition to the rice or paddy you specifically requested, I also brought the ingredients needed by the other two pseudo-Lins who are competing for this spot.”

“See if there’s anything you want. I can give you some of it.”

Xia An shook his head: “My recipe is already determined.”

“Well, I wish you success in getting the spot.”

Meng Yulu watched quietly as Xia An picked up the metal box and returned to the elevator.

Ding…

The moment the elevator door closed.

Xia An suddenly heard a panel sound that was different from the elevator bell.

“A new target?” He pulled the panel with renewed vigor.

……

[The new business goal of the “Loss-Making Kitchen God” mode has been triggered. 】

[Goal ①: Sell more than 100 servings of “Perfect Palace Cat Rice” at the daily festival (double the ingredients returned)]

[Goal ②: Sell more than 10 servings of “Perfect Palace Cat Rice” at the daily festival ( times the ingredients returned)]

[Goal ③: Become the most handsome guy in this year’s Cat God Festival, obtain the most Cat God coins, and win a place (reward list…)]

……

Holding grass?

It’s been a long time since I last saw the chef god mode!

“Moreover, the compensation for operating at a loss has also changed? It’s no longer a compensation of 10 or 100 times the cooking experience?”

Xia An was secretly surprised.

“Maybe it’s because I’m already at the end of the Special Rank, and recently became Sequence 4. I’ve achieved Pseudo-Lin on both the Food and Justice and Food and Hegemony routes, so the returns and rewards… have been upgraded?”

But if the return of experience is changed to the return of food ingredients, it is far from the original plan.

Double or ten times the return?
Hiss, Xia An weighed the situation and thought: “Then should we still worry about using the [Gan Lang Pot] to quickly process dragon meat, dragon liver, and dragon heart, and wasting food materials?”

What’s more –

Xia An looked at the metal box in his hand.

This imitation kitchen utensil, which was recast from the original base, is of purple quality and has the magical power of [Weak] effect.

Then, by adding the replica he already had in his hand, disassembling the fragments of the real thing and embedding them into this one, the quality and magic of the kitchen utensils would definitely be improved.

This way.

The success rate of quickly processing level 50+ dragon meat, dragon liver, and dragon heart will not be too low!

“The Cat Island Festival lasts for three days, and during the three days of setting up the stall, I triggered a tenfold return every day, and I even made a lot of money.”

Xia An had an even more outrageous idea in his mind.

Are the returned ingredients perfect?

After a while, the pounding heartbeat finally calmed down, but when Xia An glanced at the reward list of target ③, his pupils suddenly contracted.

……

5 o’clock in the afternoon.

Xia An took Kobayashi Ryodan, and met up with Tono Tsuyoshi and the maid Kumiko to the pier to take the ferry.

This medium-sized ferry was full of passengers going to the island, about three or four hundred people.

And in the rear, there are constantly fully loaded ferries going out to sea.

“This Cat Island Festival may attract more than ten thousand people from the food industry.” Higashino Tsuyoshi said with emotion while holding the railing on the side of the ship.

Xia An took a deep breath and said, “Not only people in the industry, but also many celebrities and the public will come here after hearing the news.”

Xiaolin Longdan asked curiously, “To entertain cat customers, we need to accept their ‘Cat God Coins’.”

“Then how should cat food be priced for normal human customers?”

Xia An groaned, this was considered a question to him.

At this time-

A voice said: “The Cat God Shrine has issued an announcement that tourists who come to the island can pay a tribute of 1 yen to the shrine and receive a ‘Cat God Coin’.”

“But each person can only receive one per day.”

Granny Sun appeared with the Sun family disciples.

In addition to the eldest sister Sun Yun, Sun Zheng, Sun Xiang, Sun Kang and Sun Ying were all there.

“Boss Xia, do you need someone to do odd jobs?” Sun Ying changed into a cosplay costume of a fox palace official again today, and raised her hand excitedly to recommend herself, “I can do the cashiering, serving and distributing dishes…”

Xiao Lin Long Dan put his hands on his hips, wrinkled his nose and exhaled: “Hey, stranger, don’t take my mission away!”

Half an hour later.

A group of people landed on the island.

I registered the stall owner’s information with the shrine maiden of Cat God Taisha Shrine and successfully received my ID card.

Xia An found his stall according to the ID number.

There is only one cross street on the island, with food stalls set up at all locations, and a simple kitchen in the tent house at the back.

Higashino Tsuyoshi smiled and sat on a park bench further back with his maid Kumiko, intending to watch the festival like a tourist.

Sun Zheng supported Grandma Sun and found a cat cafe near Xia An’s stall and sat on the open-air seats outside the door.

soon.

Six o’clock in the evening.

This is the start time of the food festival on the first day of the Cat Island Festival.

clang–

As the bells of the Cat God Shrine rang throughout the island, enticing aromas wafted from every stall and every tent kitchen.

Gradually, people crowded into the Food Festival Crossroads and began to follow the smells and visit the stalls that attracted them the most.

“Boss Xia, the ingredients have been delivered!”

The two sisters, Sun Ying and Sun Xiang, were out of breath as they used a small cart to transport the semi-finished ingredients that Xia An had spent an entire afternoon processing from the ferry at the pier.

Xiao Lin Long Dan also reported: “Master, the fuel and stove have been adjusted, no problem!”

“Where’s the steamer?”

“Clean it up.”

“Then start steaming—”

Portion ingredients, according to the quantitative cat food recipe, are put into small steaming bowls.

It didn’t take a moment.

As steam rises, lift the lid.

Wisps of fragrance wafted out in the hot mist.

The sisters Xiaolin Longdan, Sun Xiang and Sun Ying who were standing nearby had no time to resist and were caught up in the intoxicating atmosphere.

(End of this chapter)