Chapter 484: How About Trying the Next Dish?
After Qi Han placed the dish down and left, Ye Changhong's gaze finally fell upon the Ginkgo Biloba Dish in front of him.
He hadn't forgotten that the purpose of coming here was to probe the true background of Han Shi.
Just one use of his spiritual power detection had already revealed a huge problem. Continuing to investigate might be dangerous, but if he managed to uncover anything substantial, it would surely count as a great achievement.
Thinking of this, Ye Changhong took a deep breath and began looking for faults in the dish before him.
But…
After only a couple of glances, he found it impossible to summon the will to criticize it.
Beneath the sugar-crystal pine tree that looked almost alive, nine children were vividly depicted playing together. They looked so lifelike that Ye Changhong almost felt as if they were truly alive.
He could even faintly imagine hearing their laughter.
After the carving technique had reached the Perfect Level, the nine children in the Ginkgo Biloba Dish had become even more lifelike than before—truly achieving the state where the carving seemed to possess a soul.
Ye Changhong had never seen such craftsmanship before.
In fact, he had never even heard of anything like it.
Just for this unprecedented and miraculous carving technique alone, he would be willing to pay one hundred gold coins!
But soon Ye Changhong suddenly shook his head, forcing himself to calm down.
He hadn't forgotten his purpose.
So what if the carving is good? The most important thing about a dish is its taste!
He began shamelessly hypnotizing himself.
Then he picked up his chopsticks somewhat awkwardly, lifted one of the carved child-shaped pieces, and brought it closer to his nose.
Looking at the lifelike figure of the child, Ye Changhong even had the strange feeling that the child was crying.
His heart trembled.
Then he hardened his resolve and placed the ginkgo nut shaped like a child into his mouth.
The ginkgo nut was coated in rich pork fat and boiled syrup. The sweet but not cloying, mellow flavor burst through his mouth almost instantly.
The wonderful taste filled his senses.
Despite usually disliking sweet foods, Ye Changhong felt no greasiness at all, on the contrary, the more he ate, the more addictive it became.
As he chewed, the ginkgo nut gradually broke apart. Blending with the soft texture was the ginkgo's unique inner flavor. After undergoing complicated preparation steps, the ginkgo had completely lost its raw bitterness.
What remained was its distinctive taste merging perfectly with the rich sweetness, like the finishing touch that brings a dragon painting to life.
What a marvelous flavor.
As a legion commander, Ye Changhong preferred the feeling of eating large chunks of meat. Sweet dishes like this shouldn't have appealed to him so much.
Yet the Ginkgo Biloba Dish seemed to possess a strange magic.
Even he couldn't resist its allure.
Is this dish really worth one hundred gold coins?
Ye Changhong, who should have immediately rejected the idea, now found himself hesitating.
Just for the sake of that miraculous carving technique alone, he would already be willing to pay one hundred gold coins for this dish. Even if the carving were ignored and only the taste of the Ginkgo Biloba Dish were considered, he would still gladly spend a hundred gold coins to try it.
But while he was still hesitating, the Ginkgo Biloba Dish he had already swallowed began to release a cool and peculiar energy. The moment this energy appeared, it rushed straight toward Ye Changhong's head.
"Hmm?"
Ye Changhong's expression changed instantly.
He was in a restaurant opened by the enemy, eating food cooked by the enemy. Such a strange energy—could it be some kind of poison?
Had his earlier probing already been discovered, and now the other party intended to eliminate him?
Ye Changhong's expression grew even more solemn. Just as he was about to shout out in alarm, the cool energy had already flowed into his spiritual sea.
Feeling the changes occurring in his spiritual sea, Ye Changhong opened his mouth slightly… then slowly closed it again.
This was…
As someone who possessed a spiritual-type martial spirit, he was extremely familiar with his own spiritual sea.
After that energy flowed into it, not only did he feel no discomfort, his total spiritual power actually increased slightly.
For a nine-ring spiritual powerhouse like him, whose spiritual power was vast, such a small increase was nothing significant. But it clearly told Ye Changhong that this dish was far from ordinary.
It was only a dish, yet it actually had the special effect of enhancing spiritual power?
One must know that increasing spiritual power was extremely difficult. The heaven-and-earth treasures and medicines currently available on the Sun Moon Continent simply could not achieve such an effect.
Yet this dish could do it?
The increase was roughly equivalent to one or two hours of his own cultivation—and he had only eaten one ginkgo nut.
This plate of Ginkgo Biloba Dish contained nine pieces. If he ate them all, it would easily equal half a day of cultivation.
And this was half a day of cultivation for a nine-ring expert, something completely incomparable to the effort of low-level spirit masters.
If he could eat one or two servings every day…
Ye Changhong's heart began to beat uncontrollably.
Now if someone asked him to criticize this dish?
There was no way he could say a single bad word about it.
One hundred gold coins per serving?
Even if the price were doubled, he would still buy it!
Smacking his lips lightly, Ye Changhong picked up another ginkgo nut carved into a child and placed it into his mouth, slowly savoring it.
There was no way to find fault with this dish anymore, he was even hoping he could eat one every day in the future.
How about… checking the next dish instead?
After all, he had ordered three dishes. It was impossible that all three could be this miraculous, right?
This Ginkgo Biloba Dish must just be a special case.
The next dish—he would definitely succeed in finding faults with it!
After happily finishing the Ginkgo Biloba Dish in front of him and feeling the increase in his spiritual power, Ye Changhong couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face.
Sure enough, it was almost exactly as he had expected—one serving of the Ginkgo Biloba Dish improved his spiritual power by roughly the same amount as half a day of hard cultivation.
If he could eat one serving every meal… wouldn't the growth speed of his spiritual power double or even triple?
Thinking of this, Ye Changhong became even more excited.
"Dongpo Pork Knuckle, please enjoy."
As soon as Ye Changhong finished the Ginkgo Biloba Dish, Qi Han brought out the second dish.
Ye Changhong instantly perked up.
He couldn't find any fault with the Ginkgo Biloba Dish earlier, but this Dongpo Pork Knuckle must have something wrong with it!
With that thought, he began carefully examining the pork knuckle in front of him, which emitted a rich aroma of meat.
Unlike the Ginkgo Biloba Dish, the Dongpo Pork Knuckle didn't have a flashy appearance. In comparison, it looked much more simple and rustic.
Hmm… a dish that costs one hundred gold coins, how could it look so ordinary?
Ye Changhong muttered to himself inwardly, completely forgetting that just moments ago he had believed that the taste of a dish was the most important thing.
Now he had transformed into a nitpicker, determined to find some flaw in this Dongpo Pork Knuckle. Suppressing the temptation brought on by the rich meaty aroma, he carefully observed the dish.
Soon, he discovered that although the Dongpo Pork Knuckle looked simple, it was actually nothing like ordinary.
The attractive glaze on its surface was simply too tempting. While it lacked the lifelike carved appearance of the Ginkgo Biloba Dish, it offered a different kind of visual enjoyment.
Trying to find fault with its appearance… seemed a bit forced.
Ye Changhong sighed softly, then picked up a piece with his chopsticks and placed it into his mouth without hesitation.
Mm!
His eyes widened suddenly.
The pure, intense flavor of the meat gave him a sense of satisfaction so powerful that it was something he had never experienced before while eating meat.
Such incredible deliciousness… it seemed impossible to find fault with it.
However, this Dongpo Pork Knuckle didn't seem to have any special effect that enhanced cultivation… maybe he could make an issue out of that?
But just as the thought crossed his mind, he suddenly felt the spirit power within his body surge like a flash flood, rapidly coursing through his meridians and drawing the surrounding heaven-and-earth energy into his body.
Ye Changhong: "…"
Maybe… he should just look at the next dish instead.
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