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In the misty forest, a giant wild boar was running wildly when a golden aura shot straight out of the mist, instantly piercing the head of the nearly three-meter-tall wild boar.
The wild boar grunted twice before collapsing to the ground, trembling, its foul-smelling blood pooling on the ground.
Bai Cangshu approached with a frown. A flash of light in his hand revealed a clear kitchen knife. Judging by the blade pattern alone, this knife was more beautiful than many famous swords of swordsmen.
However, Bai Cangshu did not see the "Rui Feng Pattern" appear on the blade. In the setting of 'Chinese Master Chef', these legendary cooking utensils also have a similar concept to famous swords recognizing their masters. In the hands of the chosen successor, a special Rui Feng pattern would appear on the blade.
Tsk, in this space where strength is everything, such things are still preserved.
Pfft~
Bai Cangshu had neither culinary skills nor superb knife techniques.
But his cuts were equally swift and precise. After a flash of bright white light from the knife, one of the giant wild boar's hind legs was severed.
He didn't do any processing, he just used this special cooking utensil to cut a thin slice from the hind leg. Instantly, even without the Rui Feng Pattern appearing, the knife's ability still took effect.
The meat was instantly purified, as if it had been cleaned many times, and it was impossible for any bacteria to remain in the meat.
Bai Cangshu put the slice of meat into his mouth. The Fishy smell was not strong, and the bloody smell seemed to have greatly faded.
[You consumed uncooked beast meat. Ingredient Level: Low. Deliciousness Level: Extremely Low]
[Biological Enhancement · Gourmet Cell has not been improved]
[Milestone · gourmet has not received a buff]
Bai Cangshu unceremoniously spat out the wild boar meat from his mouth, looking expressionlessly at the clear cooking utensil in his hand.
This Gourmet Cell thing doesn't seem as simple as he thought; it's not the type where you get a buff from eating anything.
Moreover, his nearly zero cooking skills, even with this "legendary cooking utensil," produced "wild boar sashimi" that didn't even meet the requirements for "gourmet" in the gourmet milestone.
The milestone he specifically switched to also didn't receive any buff status.
Yes, Bai Cangshu believed that given the space's extremely distorted atmosphere, which craved power, the requirements for ingredient levels must be higher than for so-called cooking skills.
After all, the act of hunting powerful creatures better suited the space's demands for Reincarnators.
So, in his vision, he could, with a garuda knife, based on the theory that all things can be sashimi, eat his way through the world.
He didn't expect his first attempt at cooking to fail.
This caused Bai Cangshu to rarely show a gloomy expression. He effortlessly carried the enormous wild boar back to the campfire.
Catherine saw Tao Bai Bai's expression and thought he knew about her being hypnotized by Uchiha Shisui to reveal information. Her face instantly turned pale, her heart raced, and she didn't know whether to run away.
It was Pingzhong Hua, who understood nothing, who looked at the kitchen knife in Bai Cangshu's hand and the giant wild boar, and after a moment of thought, proactively spoke,
"Are you… going to cook this prey?"
Bai Cangshu was in a bad mood and didn't bother to respond. He was contemplating whether to eat the Tailed Beast Meat if Uchiha Shisui brought it back now.
If he couldn't enhance his Gourmet Cell, then eating some Tailed Beast Meat would be of no benefit to him. He didn't expect to gain Nine-Tails Chakra by eating the Nine-Tails' meat like Gold and Silver Brothers.
Pingzhong Hua and the others hadn't eaten well in a long time. The harsh environment of Rain Country and the towns almost completely destroyed by war meant few people gathered, and food was even scarcer.
She hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and took the knife from Bai Cangshu's hand.
"Let me do it, I can cook…"
Uchiha Itachi, whose bones were still completely shattered, lay on a stone. His meridians had also suffered extensive damage, preventing him from even refining Chakra or activating his Sharingan, yet his expression remained calm as he continuously pondered.
He could hear the conversation of the few people below. He was trying his best to gather information about Tao Bai Bai, wanting to judge how much of what this person had told him earlier was true and how much was false.
The Uchiha Clan, due to their overly intense emotions, often became extreme and irritable. That was both the source of their power and the root cause of the misfortunes they brought upon themselves.
The reason Uchiha Itachi was completely different from other clan members in Zhi Shui's eyes was that he constantly pondered, hiding most of his emotions within himself.
But Uchiha Itachi himself didn't realize that the reason he kept pondering Tao Bai Bai's words was because he, too, had been captivated by the content of Tao Bai Bai's speech.
In this world, if one only considers it from the perspective of ninjas, the so-called "peace" and "hatred" are insoluble issues. Wars will always break out, hatred accumulates over generations, and there is never an end.
Ninjas like Zhi Shui and Itachi, their thoughts always remained in idealistic expectations. Zhi Shui expected Itachi to change everything, entrusting his eyes to Itachi, but Itachi ultimately couldn't solve anything, choosing to stand completely with Konoha Village, slaughtering his kin to save his younger brother's life.
However, Tao Bai Bai's words gave Itachi another way of thinking: to think outside of Konoha Village, outside of the Land of Fire, and even outside of the ninja world.
If the wars in this world were all caused by interests, then whose interests were these interests…
Uchiha Itachi seemed to have found a breakthrough, a point where all past hatred could not be attributed, but now it seemed that everything could be attributed to the two words "interests." More directly, it could be attributed to the owners of those interests.
The feudal lords and nobles that ninjas obeyed, the rulers of those countries…
This was a terrifying thought, but it allowed Uchiha Itachi to see an unprecedented "capacity."
Pop!~
Grease dripped into the flames, crackling. A meaty aroma instantly wafted over. Despite having no seasoning, the wild boar meat, processed by the garuda knife, still emitted a rich, fatty scent over the fire.
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It made Uchiha Itachi break free from his thoughts, and his stomach began to rumble.
[You consumed a piece of carefully prepared roasted meat. Ingredient Level: Low. Deliciousness Level: Normal]
[Gourmet Cell has gained slight growth, currently: Lv0 (5/100)]
[Milestone · gourmet triggered, you gained temporary buff · Enhanced Hearing]
Bai Cangshu raised an eyebrow, and his cold expression dissipated. He scrutinized Pingzhong Hua.
"Indeed, no matter how weak a person is, they possess their own talents."
Catherine also discovered that this plot character's cooking skills were decent, but she didn't speak, only feeling that Tao Bai Bai was truly terrifying; just a hint of emotion from him would make her feel fear.
Staying near such a person was like being near a wild beast, with no sense of security. She completely abandoned any thoughts of seeking refuge with him.
As one of the most famous low-level Reincarnators in the space, Tao Bai Bai had many Reincarnators who wished to pledge allegiance or team up with him.
But Catherine now understood that such a person most likely wouldn't have a team. If he did, it would definitely be a very distorted team, completely dominated by him, where everyone else was merely a tool.
Bai Cangshu first meticulously questioned Pingzhong Hua about the key points of grilling, then had Catherine help Uchiha Itachi up and heal him.
Aside from not being skilled in cooking, he was actually very adept at understanding human hearts.
He deliberately left Uchiha Itachi aside, letting him ponder. When the body cannot move and only the brain can think, people become immersed in that mode of thinking, which others call getting stuck in a rut.
His theory was not perfect, but Bai Cangshu himself had no intention of changing this world. He was not a true Savior; he was merely inflicting more intense emotions.
Then, he would let those who were already tormented beyond endurance by this world join him in making this world… feel pain.
[Special Trial · perfect benevolence and supreme goodness, progress updated, currently: 4/7]
He saw the prompt refresh and knew that he would soon be able to get rid of this burden and stir up trouble. Oh, now he was no longer a complete burden; the other party at least possessed some cooking skills.
Bai Cangshu knew that the plot characters he was about to encounter were not as benevolent as Zhi Shui, so he had to wait until this mission was completed before steadily advancing.
Suddenly, Bai Cangshu's ears twitched. He looked into the far distance, where several figures in black cloaks appeared silently.