The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 78 The Fifth Painting
"Legendary scholar?"

Qin Lang looked at Zuo Ge curiously, "What is that?"

"Well..." Zuo Ge looked thoughtful, then smiled after a moment. "It can be simply understood as a scholar who travels around the world, trying to find and restore the truth hidden in legends."

"That sounds amazing," Cao Dongdong couldn't help but exclaim. "I've also heard the legend of the Silver Deer when I traveled to Bailu Mountain City before, but it was much simpler and less complete than the version I heard today."

"Thank you for the compliment." Zuoge smiled and shook his head. "But in fact, this is not entirely the legend of the Silver Deer."

"I combined it with the legend of the original Soul Eater, which is the ultimate goal of research for me and almost all legend scholars."

"The first food spirit?" Zhao Qian's eyes flickered. "I heard something similar when I was a child. Legend has it that long ago, food spirits didn't exist in this world. The power of food spirits only emerged after the birth of the first food spirit."

"That food spirit is also called the original food spirit. It doesn't have a spirit chef and it appeared completely out of thin air." Zhao Qian shrugged.

"It's too absurd that a food spirit would appear out of thin air."

"So I always felt that this legend was false."

Qin Lang didn't say anything, seeming to be lost in thought.

He had never heard of the legends of this world before, but Zhao Qian's description of the original spirit-eating creature sounded like the question of "which came first, the chicken or the egg", with an inexplicable contradiction.

Did the original Food Spirit give humans the power of Food Spirit?

So where did the Spirit Eater come from in the first place?
Zuo Ge listened attentively and was not dissatisfied with Zhao Qian's doubts about the authenticity of the legend. He still had a smile on his face.

"There's really no direct evidence of the existence of the original Food Spirit," Zuo Ge said softly. "According to legend, it has fallen into a deep sleep and has not revived to this day. No one has ever found it."

"But..." Zuo Ge smiled, "Precisely because of this, the truth behind the legend needs to be studied by legend scholars, right?"

"Indeed." Qin Lang looked at the other person with a bit of respect. "People who can constantly travel around to study legends are worthy of admiration."

Upon hearing this, Zuo Ge's face showed joy of being recognized.

"Thank you for your affirmation, I..."

Before he could finish his words, he suddenly fell to the side without any warning.

"Eh eh eh?!"
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"Wow...this smells so good!"

“This one is really delicious too!”

In the hotel room, Zuo Ge quickly shoveled various dishes into his mouth, without any scholarly demeanor at all.

Only after he had eaten until his belly was full did he lean back in his chair and smile.

"Thank you for your hospitality."

"You're welcome." Qin Lang looked at him with amusement. "You're a legendary scholar after all. Isn't it a bit exaggerated to say that you're so hungry that you have low blood sugar?"

"Yeah." Zhao Qian nodded fearfully, "I thought something bad had happened to you and almost called an ambulance."

"Sorry, sorry." Zuoge scratched his head sheepishly. "When I'm studying legends, I tend to neglect other things. Forgetting to eat doesn't happen often."

"The dishes I just had were truly rare delicacies." Zuo Ge licked his lips, unable to resist savoring the taste. "How much?"

"No need, just consider it as your reward for telling us the legend." Qin Lang shook his head slightly, "It's just a few home-cooked dishes, nothing special."

"Yes, yes." Cao Dongdong nodded. "Mr. Zuo Ge, what other legends do you know? Can you tell us?"

"That's fine!" Zhao Qian's eyes lit up and she nodded quickly.

Seeing this, Zuo Ge smiled slightly, "That's certainly no problem." After a moment's hesitation, he slowly spoke, "Let me tell you a legend about the Cangyu Eagle."

"It was also one of the creatures that followed the original Soul Eater..."

Zuo Ge told his story slowly. Qin Lang simply tidied up the kitchen and listened to his story. He felt something in his heart and entered a state of inner vision.

The Traveler's Book is now flashing in the Tianshu Star Vein.

As Qin Lang turned over the fourth painting that had been sealed before, the reward on the back of the fourth painting appeared before his eyes.

In the center of the pitch-black pages, a crimson gem was branded with the symbol of fire on its front, with blazing flames surging around it.

This is…

Fire gem?
Qin Lang's eyes couldn't help but widen a little.

Compared with the fire-attribute gem that Zhou Tianhao had shown him before, the fire-attribute gem in front of him was much more complete. It could be said that the two were not even on the same level.

After Zhou Tianhao introduced it to Qin Lang, he also learned about the situation of fire-attribute gems. Even the most expensive and highest-quality fire-attribute gems were much worse in quality than the one in front of him.

It can be imagined that if the egg baby carries such a fire attribute gem with him, it can not only subtly improve the egg baby's talent, but also directly increase its strength, making it stronger!
Restraining his excitement, Qin Lang couldn't help but look at the fifth landscape painting that was unlocked.

It was a towering ginkgo tree, its trunk so thick that it took several people to hug it, and it was hung with wooden plaques tied with red knots, just like a blessing tree.

Are there such big ginkgo trees in Bailushan City?

Qin Lang felt a little curious.

He noted down the details in the painting, then exited his inner vision and gave the fire gem that was a reward for the fourth painting to Danbao.

"Gulu?!"

Danbao's eyes lit up, and he quickly absorbed the fire gem into his body. A flame symbol appeared on his forehead, representing the item he was carrying.

It was visible to the naked eye that after absorbing the fire gem, the temperature around the egg baby became significantly higher.

Seeing this, Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction.

It is more comfortable to hold it when sleeping at night.

While Qin Lang was looking inward to check the reward, Zuo Ge had already finished telling the legend of the Blue Feathered Eagle.

Qin Lang walked over to sit next to Cao Dongdong and casually asked, "Guide Cao, do you know where there are big ginkgo trees in Bailu Mountain City?"

"A huge ginkgo tree?" Cao Dongdong looked confused. "Where are the ginkgo trees in Bailushan City?"

Qin Lang shook his head slightly.

Sure enough, he shouldn't have expected anything from Cao Dongdong.

Just when Qin Lang was planning to draw a picture by hand and post it on the forum to ask about it, Zuo Ge beside him suddenly spoke.

"Is it a big ginkgo tree with lots of wishing signs hanging on it?"

Qin Lang turned his head suddenly, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "You know that tree?!"

"Of course I know." Zuo Ge nodded slightly. "In fact, the last stop on my journey was right there—Luxingyuan in Bailushan City."

Qin Lang glanced at Cao Dongdong speechlessly.

There are no ginkgo trees in Bailushan City?
I almost believed your lies!
(End of this chapter)