Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1822 It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice
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Oscar's performance in later generations will naturally not be ignored by him. Although he does not aspire to reach the same level as him, given the explosive development of the Chen family's military power, it is enough to do a good job and occasionally stand out.

Someone like Chef Kong from the Ji family back then would be good; there aren't many of his caliber in the Chen family.

At the very least, we cannot allow the chef's soul mastery to become a weakness.

Chen Xiaojun's words plunged the scene into a subtly awkward situation once again.

Xin Shouyi and Mai Zheling, two experienced veteran chefs and soul masters, exchanged glances and looked at each other in bewilderment.

This requirement is too much of a shock to their existing knowledge and ability system; it's almost like a pipe dream, and it's a bit too much for them.

After all, while various forces and armies occasionally have top-tier kitchen soul masters, those who have mastered all aspects, like the Gourmet Hall, possess powerful combat and support capabilities. However, the ambition of the Chen family to systematically cultivate a dedicated team focused on battlefield support and possessing combat potential is still awe-inspiring to them.

After a long pause, Xin Shouyi finally managed to utter, "So... no wonder the young master values ​​Ruoxi just as much as we do."

He realized that this showed how much the young master valued them, or rather, that the Chen family rarely had a leader who valued chefs.

But a kitchen-themed martial spirit... how should I put it?

Xin Shouyi couldn't help but recall the martial spirits of the children he had just checked on: an iron spoon, a rolling pin, salt grains, garlic cloves, a fire poker, a fermentation cloth...

He sighed to himself.

They were all ordinary, low-level martial souls, lacking even decent attributes, with only a few negligible, barely noticeable traits... truly pitifully barren.

The only two that were somewhat passable were the Pancake and the Filter.

The Pancake Martial Soul carries a slight sense of "heat" and "fullness," while the Filter Martial Soul carries connotations of "separation" and "purification."

The problem is—innate soul power! This is the biggest weakness! Among these children, the highest soul power is only at the second level of innate soul power, and they have difficulty even guiding their martial soul with a rudimentary approach.

Xin Shouyi summarized the common characteristics of this type of martial spirit ability:
Its abilities are so basic they're almost rudimentary: at most it can generate a little bit of weak physical attack/defense, weak stamina/health recovery, small-scale environmental interference (slippery ground, smell, dust), weak sensory effects (stinging, eye irritation), and basic life skills (starting a fire, moisturizing, filtering).

The basic attributes are excessive: even if attributes occasionally appear, they are nothing more than the most basic metal (solid), wood (flexible/life), water (liquid mixture), fire (weak heat), earth (basic load-bearing/mineral), wind (weak airflow), oil (lubrication), poison (weak stimulation), and spirit (weak interference).

The vast majority of martial souls have vague attributes, relying entirely on their unique characteristics. In real soul master battles, these abilities are best left unmentioned.

Limited potential visible to the naked eye: Even if a Soul Master of this type of Martial Soul cultivates to a higher level (Soul Master, Soul King), the improvement of their abilities is mainly reflected in a limited amplification of strength (such as a harder iron spoon, a slightly greater recovery amount of sesame seed cake, and a slightly larger range of garlic breath). It is almost impossible for them to obtain any revolutionary new abilities that are enough to change the course of the battle.

They could become decent support staff, low-level mercenaries, or miscellaneous and minor support roles in adventure teams.

Their fighting capacity is almost hopeless.

Make bricks without straw!

Xin Shouyi felt a deep sense of bitterness and powerlessness.

In short, these low-level martial spirits related to the kitchen have a very low starting point and very limited prospects in the Douluo Continent's soul master system!
These are the most common and inconspicuous things in the kitchen, and their soul skills are only a slight extension of their daily uses, weak and heavily limited. Therefore, the reality of chef-type martial souls is that: the number is not small, but the vast majority are low-level martial soul types with low innate soul power, weak functional abilities, and limited potential.

The various powers define them in a way that is both important and unimportant.

They prioritize support capabilities but neglect combat support capabilities.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Gourmet Palace is hailed as one of the top ten neutral organizations on the continent and enjoys immense prestige. That status was built up by gathering the most elite group of chef-type martial souls across the entire continent (such as top-tier food-type, top-tier kitchen utensil-type, or even top-tier fire-type and top-tier ingredient-type martial souls) and sparing no effort to achieve it.

It is the dazzling jewel at the top of the pyramid that obscures the massive, gravel-like foundation beneath.

A Soul Master with the martial soul of an ordinary chef is destined for a life of hardship and toil at the bottom of the Soul Master world.

In comparison, the five chefs/kitchen martial spirits that the Chen family currently possesses are indeed quite good.

They have all reached a certain grade and possess clear combat or support abilities.

More importantly, these families have relatively good innate soul power among chef-type soul masters!

Xin Shouyi is at the fifth level of the Innate Realm, and Mai Zheling is at the fourth level of the Innate Realm. These are already outstanding among ordinary chefs' martial souls.

As for combat strength... Xin Shouyi smiled wryly. There was indeed a tiny bit, but only a little bit.

Because of the open inheritance of soul skills, they are much stronger than those outside. If they were placed among the monsters of the "Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends" of the Chen family, their combat support ability would be insufficient.

Take this attack on the Duke's mansion as an example. He went up there, along with Old Mai and Old Ma (the Soul King, now in the Duke's mansion), and Ru Yin and a few others, and they were somewhat useful.

The other twenty or thirty people were basically all shouting "Wow!"

It's Old Mai, he has five soul skills, two and a half of which are usable, and the other two soul skills... are more suited for making pastries.

The Chen family has 108 core elites (not yet full) of the "Heavenly Fiends and Earthly Fiends". Among the five families of chefs, only the Xin family has produced an Earthly Fiend.

It's not innate level seven, but innate level six.

Considering the special value of the chef's martial spirit, it's understandable that he received the evaluation of a seventh-level innate talent, and no one dared to gossip about it.

Of course, he later obtained a ninth-grade precious medicine and advanced to the seventh level.

The thought of being "held in a higher regard" warmed Xin Shouyi's heart.

He and Magellan and others have truly felt the importance that the main family has placed on them in recent years.

Needless to say, they have increased resources, but more importantly, they have lowered the points threshold for exchanging inherited skills and increased the standard points they can earn through their contributions.

It was this tangible support that enabled veteran Soul Masters like Magellan, whose potential had almost been exhausted, to break through their bottlenecks and advance to the Soul King level!

Now it seems that a large part of this is probably the work of the young master in front of us, who is young but far-sighted!
He strongly advocated for allocating family resources towards logistics and daily life.

(End of this chapter)