"Wake up, wake up, it's time to get up!" Ru Yi's voice rang in Qi Han's mind early the next morning.
Qi Han opened his eyes in confusion, sitting up on the bed and rubbing his cheeks. Still groggy from sleep, he asked, "Ru Yi, what's going on?"
"Host, you've completed Main Quest 6!"
Qi Han immediately became alert. "I've completed my main quest? I thought it would be finished this afternoon or evening."
"Well, you did take down a Titled Douluo last night," Ru Yi remarked, rolling her eyes.
Oh... right. Qi Han remembered.
He pondered for a moment.
A titled Douluo, after all, is one of the top powers in the Douluo Continent.
Being killed by Senior Tang in one strike would inevitably cause a huge sensation, boosting Small Shop's fame...
It makes sense.
But that's not important.
What's crucial is that Main Quest 6 is finally completed!
Pushing thoughts of the fallen Douluo aside, Qi Han eagerly looked at the Quest list.
[Main Quest 6: A New Beginning (Completed)]
[Quest Rewards: Random Recipe Drop x6 (Claimable), Random 3 Star Dish recipe x1 (Claimable), Spirit Power Level +3 (Claimable)]
[Note: Main Quest 7 cannot be triggered until Side Quest 3 is completed.]
Qi Han was taken aback.
This was the first time that the next main quest hadn't been triggered immediately after completing the previous one.
Incomplete side quests can affect main quests?
"This is an unexpected situation," Ru Yi explained, sounding a bit frustrated. "I expected your side quest to be completed faster, but unforeseen events kept happening, and Main Quest 6 ended up finishing first."
"So, I need to complete Side Quest 3 now?" Qi Han glanced at the Quest list, noticing the side quest he had mostly ignored.
[Side Quest 3: Teach Cooking
Please host, take on apprentices and teach cooking in the new shop in Star Luo City.
Ensure that the apprentices can independently support the management of the small shop in Star Luo City after the host leaves.
Quest Description: A teacher imparts knowledge and enlightens others!
Quest Rewards: Random 3 Star Dish Recipe x1, 3 Star Optional Recipe Fragments x2]
This Quest had barely progressed so far.
However, Qi Han already had someone in mind to teach: Qin Yao.
Compared to her sister Qin Yue, Qin Yao was more reserved and quiet.
But lately, she had become more outgoing while working as a server at Small Shop.
Qi Han had learned that Qin Yao's martial spirit was called the Star Spirit Tome, which enhanced her intelligence and significantly boosted her memory.
This was why Qin Yue worked as a server on the first floor while Qin Yao worked on the second floor.
Qin Yao's excellent memory allowed her to remember all orders from the second floor and report them accurately to Qi Han, without any mistakes.
If Qin Yue worked on the second floor, she would have to run up and down many times, making her job much harder.
Qin Yao's exceptional memory made her the ideal candidate for Qi Han to teach culinary skills.
Many dishes required extensive techniques that couldn't be mastered quickly.
But there was one exception: hotpot base.
Hotpot was a dish that could sustain an entire restaurant.
With Qin Yao's outstanding memory, mastering the recipes for eighteen types of hotpot base wouldn't be difficult.
The main challenge would be preparing the ingredients.
Some ingredients were tricky to prepare, like snowflake beef, which required at least a skilled level of knife work to slice the beef to the desired thinness.
This couldn't be achieved without extensive practice.
Of course, Qi Han needed to ask Qin Yao if she was willing to learn.
If she refused, he would have to find another candidate.
There was another issue to address. "Ru Yi, where will they get ingredients from after I leave?"
"This is a minor issue," Ru Yi replied confidently. "Once you leave Star Luo City, some of the time-accelerated high-tech kitchen appliances and the automatic supply cabinet will be accessible to your chosen apprentice. I'll also arrange for them to believe that someone is delivering supplies regularly."
That solved it. Qi Han nodded and then thought of another problem. "Can we convert the tables on the first floor into hotpot tables when I leave?"
If the restaurant specialized in hotpot after he left, the first floor would be underutilized. It would be odd to leave it empty while guests dined on the second floor.
Ru Yi sighed lightly, "Due to special circumstances, when you leave Star Luo City, you can remodel the first floor again. The renovation cost will be 1 Million Gold Coins."
"Deal!" Qi Han grinned.
With a rough plan to complete Side Quest 3, Qi Han was ready to enjoy his rewards.
He first claimed the Spirit Power Level +3 reward.
A surge of heat flowed through his meridians, making his spirit power more robust, but an invisible barrier blocked further enhancement.
"Your spirit power level increased by 1, reaching level 30. I'll save the remaining 2 levels for you," Ru Yi said. "And with that, a new Quest is triggered."
A new Quest appeared before Qi Han's eyes.
[Time-limited Quest: Ingredient Acquisition 3
Within five days, go to the Hellfire Corridor and independently kill a thousand-year spirit beast: the Hellfire Dragonfish.
Quest Description: Hundred-year spirit beasts no longer pose a challenge. It's time to up the difficulty!
Quest Rewards: System Spirit Ring x1, 3 Star Dish Recipe: Jade Dragon Tendon]
Qi Han examined the Quest and couldn't help but feel intrigued.
A 3 Star dish recipe as a reward?
This was unexpected.
Of course, the danger level matched the reward.
Killing a thousand-year spirit beast was significantly more challenging than a hundred-year one.
However, with his two spirit skills upgraded to the thousand-year level and the Tang Sect's hidden weapons, he had a fighting chance against a thousand-year spirit beast.
No rush. He had five days to complete it.
Qi Han turned his attention to the remaining rewards from Main Quest 6: Random Recipe Drop x6 and Random 3 Star Dish Recipe x1.
Time to claim the guaranteed one first!
Qi Han chose to claim the 3 Star random recipe and entered the system space.
In the system space, the purple roulette wheel spun rapidly.
Qi Han and Ru Yi watched with bated breath.
The wheel soon stopped, and the result appeared before them.
Qi Han's eyes widened as the image gradually enlarged.
Wensi Tofu
A dish known for its meticulous knife work.
Wow...
Qi Han couldn't help but gasp.
Ru Yi's eyes sparkled as she glanced at Qi Han, "Host, let me tell you a secret. Completing this dish will upgrade your knife skills to the perfect level."
Perfect-level knife skills... a ten-thousand-year spirit skill!
Qi Han's eyes lit up, gazing at the Wensi Tofu recipe with newfound enthusiasm.
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