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 Chapter 12 - Spirit Chef
 "Oh, that's Qiao Nan, and that's Pei Pei."
 Bai Wanqing extended her hand to point at the man and woman, then turned to face the skinny old man, and introduced to Chen Xi in a low voice, "This is old man Ma, the senior brother of Qiao Nan and Pei Pei. The three of them are all 3 leaf spirit chefs."
 Chen Xi nodded and bowed. "It's a pleasure to meet you, seniors."
 Slosh! Slosh!
 No one paid any attention to Chen Xi, and only the sound of cooking delicacies within the woks echoed out continuously.
 Since he was born, Chen Xi had experienced countless occasions similar to this, and he'd long since tempered his disposition to be exceedingly tenacious. Thus he didn't feel embarrassed.
 Bai Wanqing, however, couldn't take it. She directly walked over to old man Ma and suddenly snatched away the iron ladle in his hand as she said fiercely, "Old man Ma, can't you see I've come to recommend a disciple to you?"
 Old man Ma fiercely glared and was about to flare up when he noticed Bai Wanqing glaring back at him without letting up in the slightest. He knew he couldn't do anything against this girl and could only say in grief, "Little Bai, stop causing trouble. This is a plate of high-quality sliced chili spirit roe-deer meat!"
 As he spoke, his palms that were skinny like bamboo held up the iron wok, then tilted the wok to pour the entire dish that revealed a bright lustre of fresh chili onto the plate. The broth was oil-red with meat cubes matched with seasoning of various colors that were delicate like silk. An exquisite fragrance suffused the air from this dish that was both pleasant to the eye and smelt good.
 "Old man Ma, open your eyes wide and look! Chen Xi's skilled in crafting talismans, and possesses both nimble control of his wrist strength and acute perception. He's at the Congenital Realm as well. Could it be that even such natural talent isn't worthy of being your disciple?"
 Bai Wanqing had long since lost her modest and calm demeanour, she pursed her cherry lips as she said savage and unreasonably, "I don't care, you must accept Chen Xi today!"
 Old man Ma was startled and seemed to have recalled something as he let out a peculiar laugh. "Chen Xi? It couldn't be that jinx right?"
 Qiao Nan and Pe Pei who were busy before the stoves stopped all their movements upon hearing this and gazed at Chen Xi with strange expressions.
 Bai Wanqing's body trembled, as she was extremely furious. She truly wished for nothing more than to strangle this damned old man to death for touching such a tender spot. "How can you speak like that?"
 Her heart was extremely perturbed as she looked over at Chen Xi. But what she noticed was Chen Xi lightly pucker his lips and said calmly, "It isn't important whether I'm a jinx or not; what's important is I never expected that Senior Ma turned out to be so conventional. Aunt Bai, let's go."
 "Oh." Bai Wanqing said, feeling slightly ashamed for bringing Chen Xi here.
 "Wait." The two of them were just planning to leave when old man Ma yelled in rage. "Who the fuck is conventional? Who cares if he's villainous without any redeeming features, or greatly merciful and compassionate? As far as I'm concerned, it's all fucking rubbish!"
 The more he spoke, the louder his voice became until he was practically roaring. "What I'm accepting is a disciple, so long as he can inherit all my culinary arts, who's so free to care about all that?"
 Bai Wanqing said in pleasant surprise, "Then you plan to accept Chen Xi as your disciple?"
 Old man Ma's face froze, hesitant and indeterminate.
 Qiao Nan secretly winked at Bai Wanqing and spoke with a serious expression. "Senior brother, accept him. I believe in a person that pretty Lady Bai looks favourably upon!"
 Pei Pei's gaze lingered on Chen Xi for a moment as she covertly shot Chen Xi a seductive glance. Only then did she plead to old man Ma with a pitiable expression. "Yeah, senior brother. Chen Xi looks young and steady, and he's skilled in crafting talismans. Accept him."
 Chen Xi was startled and kept his silence, but a trace of hope arose within his heart.
 He'd refused earlier because old man Ma mocked him to his face. If he were to humble himself and plead the old man, then even if he'd successfully taken old man Ma as his master; if he still had to constantly suffer old man Ma's mocking, then he would rather not have this opportunity.
 Moreover, after hearing old man Ma's roars, he'd understood that old man Ma wasn't as terrible as he'd thought, and that little bit of anger in his heart vanished without a trace.
 It wasn't terrifying when one was cast aside, mocked, or held in contempt. What was terrifying was when one didn't have self-esteem, dignity, and lacked persistence! What was terrifying was when one was indiscriminate between good and evil, black and white, and unable to discern between true and false!
 This was something his grandfather said, and Chen Xi adhered to it firmly since he was young until it was branded into his marrow.
 Old man ma snorted coldly, then gazed at Chen Xi and said, "This being the case, I'll give you a chance. There's an azure tassel bamboo shoot, cut it into slices."
 The entire azure tassel bamboo shoot was a verdant green like jade and contained within it was strands of spirit energy, yet it was one of the ordinary fruits and vegetables.
 Chen Xi moved to the stove. Placed before him was a shiny kitchen knife and a nearly 2/3m long azure tassel bamboo shoot.
 "Knife skill is one of the important methods to judge and evaluate the standard of a spirit chef. 30% stove, 70% chopping board; a dish can't be made without a knife. Old man Ma want's to test your knife skill, do your best." Bai Wanqing explained in a low voice, her clear eyes filled with an encouraging expression.
 Chen Xi nodded. He picked up the azure tassel bamboo shoot and looked at it for a moment before swiftly swinging his knife!
 Chop! Chop! Chop!
 Dense and closely woven sounds of the knife slicing on the chopping board echoed out like a rhythmic drum. Chen Xi's wrist was steady like a coiled pine tree, and the shiny and sharp kitchen knife was precisely controlled by him to slice out snow white bamboo shoot slices that were as thin as a cicada's wing.
 Five years ago, Chen Xi had replaced his grandfather to frequently cook at home, thus he was naturally extremely familiar with using a kitchen knife. Couple that with crafting talismans throughout the year, the strength of his wrist and his precision were both outstanding. At this moment, when he put his heart and soul into it, not only were his movements smooth and precise, even his speed was extremely fast.
 In next to no time, an azure tassel bamboo shoot transformed into a row of neatly arranged snow white bamboo shoot slices.
 In the distance, old man Ma didn't even spare a glance as he said indifferently, "Steady wrist strength and precise knife skill, but unfortunately the thickness differs. Only half achieved the state of being as thin as a cicada's wing, barely slightly better than an average person."
 "The slicing of ingredients stresses upon uniform thickness, to be as thin as a cicada's wing. Only in such a way would it allow the infusion of taste within the dish to be balanced, the cooking time to be the same, and its shape to be pleasing to the eye. If the size, thickness, and length weren't equal, it would cause the same dish to have defects such as varying taste, varying degrees of doneness and texture, and being unpleasant to the eye."
 Pei Pei's beautiful eyes rippled with extraordinary splendour as she praised while smiling happily, "Little brother Chen Xi, your knife skill isn't bad."
 Old man Ma glared at Pei Pei, then raised a request with a stiff tone. "Slice it into threads!"
 Chen Xi took a deep breath, then once again concentrated on the chopping board as he sliced it into threads. Obviously, the demand towards the degree of precision was even higher, thus he didn't care be careless.
 Chop, chop, chop…
 The kitchen knife was like mercury spilling on the ground, as it descended down at a higher frequency that was finer and closely woven, and bamboo shoot threads that were extremely thin like hair flew out.
 Chen Xi felt as if he was crafting a talisman. The kitchen knife had become the talisman brush, the bamboo shoot slices had transformed into the talisman paper, and every bamboo shoot thread had become a talisman marking that was perfectly straight like a sharp sword.
 The drawing of talisman markings strives for the evenness of the ink marks, and every single detail had to be accurate and detailed, as it represented the entire talisman as a whole.
 Slicing the bamboo shoot slices into thread was similar as well, as it strived for similar length and thicknesses, and the skill of one was obviously shown between the swift movements of the knife.
 Strictly speaking, the difficulty of slicing the pieces into threads was far lower than drawing talisman markings, as the talisman markings drawings varied beyond a straight line and had different levels of strength applied to each marking. The drawing of talisman markings fully utilized the Dao of variation and shifting, and was far from being so singular like the movement of slicing slices into threads.
 Thus, after he'd completely grasped the degree of strength and precision, the speed Chen Xi chopped abruptly increased, and the kitchen knife seemed as if it'd come alive, dancing a joyous rhythm as it swiftly moved forward.
 "His movements weren't fluid in the beginning, but halfway through he completely grasped the essence of it. Could this kid be the same as me, a genius in the culinary Dao?" Qiao Nan held his chin and pretended to be pondering.
 "Fuck off! You shameless fellow!" The nearby Pei Pei rolled her eyes, then gazed at Chen Xi with an infatuated gaze and muttered. "An earnest man is the most handsome. Little brother Chen Xi, big sister is waiting for you to come love me, I'll love you more dearly than little sister Wanqing…"
 This time even Bai Wanqing couldn't take it any longer, two rosy clouds appeared on her refined and fair face as she got angry from embarrassment. "Pei! Delusional!"
 Nevertheless, she was extremely happy in her heart, as Chen Xi being able to receive the praise of both Qiao Nan and Pei Pei was already far beyond her imagination.
 Old man Ma's eyes flashed brightly, but his expression remained indifferent.
 In Pine Mist City, so long as your living conditions weren't bad, practically no one's child would cook in the kitchen, as cooking was considered to be engaging in irrelevant work and wasting time that would be better used for cultivating. In truth it was exactly like that, unless one attained the level of skill to be a spirit chef. Ordinary people who worked as chefs were all servants, and as their master, one only needed to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
 Thus, after seeing Chen Xi's skill in handling the knife, old man Ma's heart was indeed moved slightly.
 But this was far from enough, as his culinary arts towered above all in the entire Pine Mist City, and he himself was a 3 leaf spirit chef. Thus he would absolutely not be hasty when deciding on the person to be his disciple.
 Chen Xi put down the kitchen knife. On the chopping board was a pile of delicate azure tassel bamboo shoot threads that were bright as snow. Each thread was fine like a cotton fibre and crystal clear, and were extremely attractive.
 "Chen Xi, well done!" Bai Wanqing took the lead in giving praising him.
 "Not bad. You have half my ability from all those years ago, but you can already be considered as extraordinarily skilled." Qiao Nan said in all seriousness.
 Pei Pei first rolled her eyes at the shamelessly boasting Qiao Nan, then used her fair and slender arms to hold onto her delicate and beautiful face as she muttered infatuatedly, "Little brother Chen Xi, I've already deeply fallen in love with your earnest appearance. Oh, could this be a feeling I'm unable to free myself of?"
 Although he felt slightly awkward when he heard the praises of the three, but Chen Xi still felt much more at ease as he raised his head to gaze at old man Ma.
 "Humph! Your knife skill still has a long way to go." Old man Ma's face tightened as he walked forward. His left hand picked up an azure tassel bamboo shoot thread and his right hand picked up the kitchen knife, then his wrist vibrated and a shocking scene appeared.
 With the bamboo shoot thread in his left hand as the target, the nearly 30cm long kitchen knife danced swiftly within his hand, as it dispersed out masses of knife afterimages that seemed like snowflakes, his skilful movements both natural and smooth.
 Chen Xi's eyes sprang wide open, but was completely bewildered by what he saw.
 "He's carving a flower!" Bai Wanqing explained in a low voice. "Carving patterns onto ingredients it not only pleasing to the eye, but also allows the taste to more easily enter the dish during cooking. Especially some types of meat that are full of spirit energy, the carving of patterns on its surface allows spirit energy to be more easily absorbed."
 Chen Xi came to a sudden understand, and secretly said to himself, "This old man Ma wouldn't ask me to do this next right?"
 He felt slightly vexed, as the kitchen knife seemed so enormous compared to a bamboo shoot thread that was fine like a cotton fibre, and not to mention carving a flower atop it, he would probably severe it the moment it came into contact with his knife.
 Bai Wanqing grunted coldly. "Humph! It's just a lousy bamboo shoot thread, what's the point of carving on it? Don't worry, if old man Ma really asks you to carve a flower on the bamboo shoot thread, then he's intentionally making it difficult on you. I'll absolutely not approve of it!"
 "I don't approve as well." Pei Pei interjected, and she intentionally shot a glance at Chen Xi as she spoke, with an appearance that said 'Big sister will stand up for you.'
 Qiao Nan held his head high, and said solemnly, "Since pretty lady Bai doesn't approve, then as a gentleman, I express my disapproval as well."
 Old man Ma's figure that was whirling the knife froze, then he swung his hand to fiercely throw the kitchen knife away, and stomped his foot in rage as he howled. "Is it not enough that I accept this disciple? All I did was call him a name and all of you gang up on me?"
 "You said it yourself!" Bai Wanqing, Qiao Nan, and Pei Pei spoke in unison.
 Chen Xi took all this to heart, and a warmth that he'd never felt in a long time flowed within his heart. He knew that with just his level of knife skill, if it wasn't out of consideration for Aunt Bai, these fellows wouldn't even bother to spare him a glance.
 He couldn't help but feel a burst of curiosity. Who exactly is Aunt Bai? Not only is she acquainted with Instructor Meng Kong of Pine Mist Institution, but she's also able to get along with three spirit chefs. She's entirely not like an ordinary kitchen assistant.
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 Chen Xi was a jinx who radiated misfortune the way a torch radiated light, and everyone around him knew it. His entire clan was annihilated when he was young, and not too long after that his parents disappeared. His marriage contract? Poof. Torn to shreds and gone up in smoke before the eyes of everyone in the city, almost humiliating his grandfather to the point of suicide! Cultivation? No time for that, he had a family to take care of!
 This is the story of Chen Xi, a youth forced to stop cultivating and instead craft talismans to pay for his younger brother’s tuition… and who, in the process, would rise to become known by all as the Talisman Emperor!
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 [System + Sign-in + Gou + Pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger + Upgrade and develop]
 The protagonist, Xiao Fan, is a newly graduated Chinese college student whose soul travels into the body of a newly deceased baby in another world.
 He became a scholar at the age of thirteen, passed the examination at the age of sixteen, and became a tribute scholar at the age of seventeen. Then he was selected by the prince and became the prince's attendant.
 Prince Qin Xuan has a marriage contract with Jiang Yuli, the granddaughter of the general who owns the country. When the wedding is about to take place, Prince Qin Xuan finds Xiao Fan and asks Xiao Fan to take his place in the bridal chamber.
 Xiao Fan was shocked, Green Prince, do you want to die?
 The prince had no choice but to tell him that he was a woman. Her real name was Qin Xuan, and she was extremely beautiful.
 Knowing the secret, he would die if he didn't agree, so Xiao Fan had no choice but to agree.
 At the critical moment, the system finally awakened. What he had was the supreme sign-in system, which claimed that there was nothing that could not be obtained by signing in.
 "System, can I sign in and get another system?"
 "System, can I get a universe by signing in?"
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 [Introduction to Kushou] [Hot-blooded fantasy + horizontally trained macho man + steady development + relaxed writing + non-harem + sword repair]
 Qiu Wuji traveled to the Xuantian Dao Sect and became a physical disciple. However, he was slandered by the saint and deprived of his position as a direct disciple. He was sent to a forbidden area to guard the tomb.
 This life that can be seen to the end is boring. Fortunately, he has obtained a fishing system, and he can get generous rewards for completing daily fishing tasks.
 [Complete today’s fishing mission and receive a mysterious reward: Tianpin elixir, green jade liquid elixir]
 [Complete today's fishing mission and receive rewards: top-quality spiritual weapons, cutting sword and black abyss]
 [Complete today’s fishing mission and receive a magical reward: Divine Flame Body Forging Art]
 [Complete today's fishing mission, get lucky, and get the reward: artifact, Chaos Clock]
 …
 After decades of cultivation, Qiu Wuji and his sword merged into one, gaining enough strength. He chose to leave the Xuantian Dao Sect, seek the path and reach the pinnacle of martial arts.
 However, Daozong encountered a great disaster, and the saint searched for Qiu Wuji, crying and begging: "I am the saint of Daozong, Han Yuerou, please return to the sect!"
 Qiu Wuji: "You don't even kneel down when asking for help?"
 Ps: The introduction is weak, please move to the main text.
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 When he woke up, Ye Xi transmigrated to the extremely dangerous Rune Continent and became an ordinary person.
 Fortunately, the Awakening Foundation popularization system allows you to summon contained objects in Runeterra as long as the popularity is wide enough, and obtain all the characteristics of the contained objects, as well as countless rewards!
 As a result, the entire Rune Continent was completely blown away.
 That sculpture that will break all living things if it is out of sight?
 That anomalous contained object with a body length of 900 kilometers and making people delirious as long as it is close to it - 3000?
 LeBlanc: "Compared to this thing, Mordekaiser doesn't seem that powerful!"
 Void Predator: "What the hell is this immortal evil lizard? Can it evolve better than me?"
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 Do you know how long will you live?
 Are you sure when you wake up the next morning, you will continue your life just like any other day?
 What if the world wanted to flip your life upside down?
 What will you do? What can you do?
 This is what happened to Shin. who took his life for granted and was taught a lesson when the world flipped upside down.
 Many strange phenomena were occurring. People started gaining abilities and evolving. Many different threats to humanity started appearing. The world was changing. So many myths and things became real which was supposed to be fiction.
 Shin also had to adapt to this new world. Shin struggled. to survive, to live another day, to have his daily peaceful life back.
 Amidst this Apocalypse, Shin Awakened his ability.
 [Plunder]
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 He was reborn and returned to his senior year of high school at the age of 18. After a little exploration, he discovered the existence of his own attribute panel.
 Skills can be upgraded by brushing proficiency, and after reaching the perfect level, skills can also be fused, transformed, and sublimated.
 After trying the effect of the golden finger, before Lu Wen was happy with the simple life of being reborn and cheating, the world consciousness awakened.
 Under the gift of world consciousness, Lu Wen awakened the talent of unlimited firepower, which allows him to have unlimited energy, use items without consumption, and greatly slow down various debuff effects.
 Blue Star has entered the era of universal time travel, and everyone over the age of 18 can communicate with the world consciousness and go on adventures in other worlds.
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 Lin An's life changed dramatically. 
 The basketball under the bed turned into a bleeding head, and he jumped to the pillow in the middle of the night and hummed softly in his ears. The subway that was speeding into the station turned into a giant lizard, with its bloody mouth open, waiting for him to line up for food. 
 This world is not as simple as imagined. Behind the bustling city, the Witch Hunting Knights are traveling around hunting evil wizards. 
 Lin An, a migrant worker, inexplicably became a member of the "Knights of the Antler Witch Hunters" and shouldered the glorious mission of guarding mankind. 
 He had to be careful, careful, and careful again. 
 Be careful not to reveal that you are actually a wizard. 
 … 
 The original title of the book was: "Why I Hunted a Cowardly Innocent Wizard". The title was changed in November.
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 The tens of thousands of universes have merged. The disintegration of spiritual force led to the momentous collapse of the great Cultivation World, a mighty era that had endured through millions of years of history. In the wake of the large-scale invasion of the Wilderness, the Avalon of Five Elements has become the practitioners’ last stand.
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 The ghost energy revived, and the ghost editor was obtained by accident, starting with a hundred ghosts.
 [Black shroud] + [blood-sucking rusty iron needle] + [coffin in the dry well] + [a wild ghost] = blood-sucking ghost!
 [Hundred Years of Yin Huo] + [Green Stiff Teeth] + [Ghost] = Poison Fire Ghost King!
 Gluttonous Titan Ghost King, Bloody Slaughter Queen, Umbrella Ghost Lolita...!
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 It's okay... first let Su Yang bring his fierce ghost to crush the wave, then let Su Yang face the wave, and finally let Su Yang clear the field, and it's solved...! "
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 Martial Cultivator Yu Jie: "I don't think... I am not worthy to be his wife... Otherwise, I should be a servant girl!"
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 Everyone,”…”
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 Tens of thousands of races are invading, and human beings are at stake.
 The way of heaven manifests, so that all human beings can get a chance to awaken and change jobs to resist the invasion at the age of eighteen!
 Su Ming came across.
 Unfortunately, he changed his job and became a giant beast master that even the local tyrants couldn't afford, and he was so poor that he had no choice but to be an ordinary person!
 But there is no way out!
 When Su Ming is desperate, the monster fighting system is bound!
 then.
 His style of painting started to become weird!
 【let's go! An ancient monster 120 million years ago - Gomora! 】
 【let's go! Cosmic Dinosaur - Jayton! 】
 【let's go! Dark Ropes—Siro! 】
 ...
 A group of professionals who were still casting magic and swinging big swords looked at these terrifying monsters with a height of tens of meters and abnormal abilities that appeared behind Su Ming.
 Everyone is dumbfounded!
 **? ! Hang up? !
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 But that was until he met the 'Happiness god' who granted him the chance to be reborn in the 'World of Tharcania'. A world filled with wonders and mysteries as 'a pirate; -'a prince exiled by his empire and thrown into the sea.
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 Chen Tiansheng traveled to a strange world of immortality, and was born with the protagonist's face.
 The whole world knew I was the protagonist, so—
 Wherever they go, everyone is Dihua (bring their own brain supplements);
 At the beginning of the game, there is a big boss who wants to make him the young headmaster of the oldest immortal sect;
 The most knowledgeable sect elder became his ultimate narrator;
 The most old-fashioned elders of punishment became his staunch supporters;
 The meanest Treasure Pavilion elder will vacate the entire Treasure Pavilion to him;
 The most powerful alchemy elders should learn alchemy from him;
 Reaching out a finger, accidentally punctured the oldest guardian formation;
 I drew a talisman, just like a nuclear bomb exploded;
 As soon as you start practicing Qi, the world is shaken;
 Even the Dao of Heaven came to please me, saying a famous sentence casually, and there will be praise from heaven and earth.
 Chen Tiansheng said: I mistakenly thought that I had entered Kua Kua**, and everyone here listens well!
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