[Dog Demon Meat Chunk: This is the meat of a dog demon that recently became a demon beast, containing special essence in its flesh and blood. When simmered with a herbal recipe, its essence can be extracted, which strengthens the body and provides great nourishment.]
The notes are the same as yesterday's broken leg of a dog demon.
There's still a 3-day countdown timer at the back.
If not processed within three days, the essence begins to dissipate.
Chen Han felt very good about finding a long-term source of dog demon meat. He immediately returned to the Chen Family, entered Little Uncle's kitchen, and planned to make today's herbal cuisine from dog demon meat first.
But calculating the time, it would probably be ready by afternoon.
However, when looking again at the remaining broken leg and meat chunk of the dog demon in the warehouse, he felt conflicted.
He is currently in a state where he cannot handle excessive boosts; just two bowls of herbal cuisine caused him to have a nosebleed, and he can't eat much.
The countdown for the broken leg of the dog demon is already down to two days, and after picking up the dog demon meat, its countdown started at three days. If not processed within those three days, the essence will dissipate and become useless.
If he can instigate fights among stray dogs every day to regularly collect dog demon meat, it would be too much to consume.
Thus, Little Uncle and Junior Sister will have the feast.
He could also offer one or two servings to tourists; after all, he told Little Uncle and the few others that the ingredients are worth more than a month's salary for an average person, which starts at 5000.
The price of a finished herbal cuisine should start at 10,000 at least, perhaps 20,000 would be more reasonable, right?
Probably not many tourists can afford it.
However, supplying them daily in limited quantities and at a high price, with strong effects, could indeed enhance the prestige. It might even attract some wealthy individuals.
Upgrading the Sect's Base requires not only reputation but also wealth.
Although it currently needs only 100,000, who knows how much it will require later, this aspect also needs consideration.
Chen Han thought about this and took out the broken leg of the dog demon again, grabbed a knife, and started processing it.
As always, it was difficult; every time he worked on it, he was panting heavily.
Because there is a time limit on the dog demon meat, he processed a bit more meat today, and after finishing, he was genuinely exhausted, sitting in the chair, unwilling to move for quite some time.
Fortunately, simmering it later doesn't require physical effort.
After resting for a bit, he put the dog demon meat into the pot for simmering and took out those herbs from Little Uncle's cabinet, putting them into the pot for simmering.
In no time, a strong aroma of herbs began to spread.
Pleasant to smell and mouth-watering.
While Chen Han was simmering, he also took out his phone to check the video footage of inciting two rounds of stray dog battles today.
The video exploring the purpose of dog demon gatherings previously increased his reputation by 50. Naturally, he wanted to use today's video of inciting internal conflicts among dog demons to further increase his reputation.
After a brief edit, he uploaded the video to his Tiao Yin account, the Chen Patriarch's account, and shortly, the view count began to rise, indicating that someone was watching the video.
Chu Hao, being a wealthy second-generation heir, despite having a shop, had people to handle the business. He mostly stayed idle. Suddenly, he received a Tiao Yin backend notification indicating that a blogger he followed had updated.
Looking at it, he felt like making a sarcastic comment; it was that Chen Patriarch.
He couldn't even remember why he followed this heavy cultivation fantasy enthusiast or why he had set up update notifications.
Since he was bored, he casually clicked to see what kind of bizarre antics the heavy cultivation fantasy enthusiast had come up with this time.
Upon opening the video, he saw scenes of a rural road, along with the Chen Patriarch's voice: "As the Patriarch, I deeply feel the threat dog demons pose to the family and today thought of a method to target them, which is to incite conflicts among the dog demons."
"???" Chu Hao felt that this Chen Patriarch was beyond saving, completely lost in the cultivation fantasy and unable to extricate himself; what shocked him were the subsequent actions.
The other party was using meat slices to lure stray dogs outside the village, guiding them to beat up a white stray dog within the village, ultimately triggering two rounds of fights among the stray dogs.
"Though the dog demon battles are intense, their power doesn't seem to diminish much. It seems further incitement is necessary."
Chu Hao felt that this Chen Patriarch was somewhat shameless.
Are they coming back?
He suddenly felt sympathy for those stray dogs, wondering how they ended up encountering such a shameless cultivation fantasy enthusiast.
He couldn't help but comment: "Shameless!"
Looking at it, the video had quite a few comments already, and seeing the content, he felt reassured:
"Fellow cultivator, your actions are somewhat shameless!"
"Stray Dog: What did we do to deserve encountering such a lunatic?"
"Fellow cultivator, I observe you have a disease entering your body, showing signs of deviation!"
"..."
No matter what, everyone clearly sees through the shamelessness of this Chen Patriarch.
Chu Hao directly skipped to the next video and suddenly paused:
"Can you tell how this Chen Patriarch conjured an apple out of nowhere?"
Could it be that he followed this Patriarch Chen and kept watching his videos, and Tiao Yin's preference system recommended another video of Patriarch Chen to him?
In the video, he saw a handsome young man squatting in front of two kids, reaching out his hand.
"Kids, let me show you a magic trick with an apple!"
With those words, he saw the handsome young man's palm flip and turn, and an apple appeared in his hand.
Chu Hao's eyes widened at that moment; he couldn't figure out how the apple appeared. He hurriedly slowed down the video but still couldn't tell, it seemed like the apple appeared out of nowhere.
This trick is awesome, isn't it?
Could it be that this Patriarch Chen is the hardcore cultivation fantasy enthusiast?
The voice sounds quite similar.
He quickly took a screenshot to check the previous video and wanted to comment and ask, but someone had already posted a screenshot of that video in the comments asking: "Fellow Daoist, could you confirm that this handsome guy isn't you, so my Dao Heart doesn't shatter?"
Maybe they, like him, were also recommended the video by Tiao Yin's preference system.
The key point was that the hardcore cultivation fantasy enthusiast, Patriarch Chen, actually replied: "Fellow Daoist, it is indeed me!"
"???" Chu Hao suddenly felt a bit overwhelmed, looking at the shameless antics in the video of the hardcore cultivation enthusiast and then at the charming young man delighting kids with his tricks.
"Is it fake?" Chu Hao felt like his Dao Heart was about to break.
Come on, buddy, looking like that, with such skills, why pretend to be a lunatic?
Forget about the Dog Demon, just fooling around with fools?
He angrily left another comment in the comment section: "Are you crazy?"
In the Chen Family, Chen Han also saw those comments calling him shameless, but the corners of his mouth were lifted so high that even an AK couldn't suppress them, because in a short time, he received 12 consecutive alerts in his mind about reputation increase.
Twelve people followed him.
Now his reputation is at 103.
This grew even faster than the last video, so having reputation is all that matters.
As time passed, two hours went by quickly, and Chen Han hurriedly heated the water, needing to add water to the stewing pot after such a long time.
At noon, Little Uncle came back for a bit, surrounded by the herbal aroma emanating from the stewing pot, and he stared at it for a while, nearly drooling. Yesterday, eating this dog meat herbal stew while drinking felt like being an immortal.
However, after lunch, he still said, "Xiaohan, our Chen Family is still in tough times, tourism hasn't picked up yet, and the herbal cuisine costs a lot of money. Even if it's delicious, you should be a little restrained."
Chen Han smiled, understanding Little Uncle's intention, but Little Uncle had no idea that the cost of this herbal cuisine was merely the herbs in the other's cabinet.
After Little Uncle left, he checked the soup in the big pot and added water again.
The Dog Demon Meat had been stewing long enough that the medicinal aroma, along with the savory meat, became even richer.
...
In the afternoon.
Xiaoyu, after having lunch and resting for a bit, led Lin Nan and his group into Chen's Residential Area.
They needed to go to the other side of Chen's Residential Area, where there was an empty vegetable plot.
Lin Nan's group wasn't in a hurry like Mr. Zhao's group because they arrived early. They had time to rest well and, after settling in and resting for a morning, planned to let the kids experience rural life firsthand, like planting vegetables or something.
So, while people from the countryside hope their kids won't end up farming, city folks want their kids to experience it, making the world somewhat unpredictable at times.
Considering the tourists' requests, Xiaoyu naturally aimed to satisfy them, because in tourism, tourists' satisfaction is most important.
Suddenly, a rich herbal aroma wafted through, which everyone noticed.
Upon smelling it, Xiaoyu knew for sure that her senior brother was making herbal cuisine again, causing her to lick her lips.
Her senior brother's herbal cuisine was truly delicious.
The key was the effects after eating it; she felt her whole state improved.
"Xiaoyu, what's being cooked here? It smells wonderful!" Lin Nan couldn't help but ask.
Everyone else also looked at her, filled with curiosity. The enticing aroma made them wonder what delicious treat might be cooking.
Xiaoyu honestly replied, "Mr. Lin, it should be my senior brother preparing our Chen Family's heritage herbal cuisine. The aroma of medicinal herbs you smell is from the stewing herbal meal."
"Heritage herbal cuisine?" Lin Nan was a bit surprised.
He had, of course, tried herbal cuisine before; there were many restaurants outside that operated under such claims, boasting all sorts of strengthening and rejuvenating effects.
Yet, each serving cost several hundred, and the taste seemed no different from regular stewed meat soup.
But the Chen Family's heritage herbal meal, just from the aroma alone, tempted one to drool. It seemed far superior to those restaurant offerings.
He felt an urge to taste it, the aroma was that enticing, and this was despite having just eaten lunch; it showed how attractive the herbal scent was.
Could it be that the aroma alone belies a lack of effect, similar to those outside herbal meals?