I'm a male god in Liyue

Master Mao suddenly realized: "So it's that young man who ate with Lao Liu, I remember him... Hey! Guoba, how come you ate all the food! I didn't even get a taste!"

Guoba raised its head, looking completely innocent.

Chapter Thirty: The Value of a Spice Master

After leaving Wanmintang, Xia Zhi took a walk alone on the street for a while.

A vendor on the roadside was hawking a snack: "Zhongyuan Mixed Salad, delicious and inexpensive."

This is a meatball made from animal offal, fish, and starch. After being carefully prepared and baked, it has no fishy smell at all.

Xia Zhi took a sniff of the rich aroma of meat wafting from the stall, and couldn't help but stop and buy a serving.

At only 10 Mora, it's really not expensive.

Perhaps because the main ingredient is animal offal, according to the owner, Su Erniang, many travelers from other places, apart from the locals of Liyue, find it hard to accept. However, some people have tried it once and fallen in love with it.

Xia Zhi smiled. He wasn't averse to animal offal. It turned out there were plenty of such dishes in the world, as long as they were clean and delicious.

After finishing a skewer of Central Plains offal, Xia Zhi stood by a local teahouse and listened to Tian Tiezui on stage tell a story about Lord Yan before starting to walk towards his shop.

Crossing the wooden bridge across the crevice between Chihu Rock and Feiyun Slope, Xia Zhi used his probe to take a look at the Hall of Rebirth.

Just as Yan Fei had said, a ferryman would stand at the entrance of the Hall of Rebirth at night.

Two white lanterns hung under the eaves, their soft light shining through the lantern walls, trying to illuminate the darkness in front of the Hall of Rebirth.

Candles and oil lamps are the common nighttime lighting methods in Liyue. It is said that Fontaine has developed a new lighting technology similar to electricity, but it seems to be immature and has not been promoted to other countries.

Xia Zhi withdrew his probe, not daring to pry into the situation at the Hall of Rebirth.

After all, a deity lives here, and it would be bad if we accidentally offended Him.

Xia Zhi returned to his shop. With the detectors on, he didn't need to turn on the lights because he was alone.

Upon arriving at the kitchen, he found that the water in the tank had already cooled down. He then set the water level in the tank according to the system's recommended settings.

Xia Zhi took out the Rainbow Fruit Pulp from his inventory, and a small glass bottle appeared in his hand.

Open the bottle and drop a small drop of the colorful liquid into the first water tank.

tick...

A ripple spread across the water's surface.

A moment later, the water in the entire tank turned into a rainbow of colors, as if it had been dyed with paint, and at the same time, it emitted a rich fragrance.

Xia Zhi took a careful sniff and was able to distinguish hundreds of different fruit flavors from the aroma.

It's truly amazing; no wonder it's a dream fruit of gold-level quality, and it even possesses the characteristic of [Concentration].

Xia Zhi took a small drop from the first water tank and dripped it into the second water tank.

The water in the second tank also turned into seven colors, and the fragrance it emitted became weaker.

Xia Zhi took a small drop from the second water tank and dripped it into the third water tank.

The water in the third tank had turned into seven colors, but the fragrance it emitted was fainter.

Xia Zhi sniffed it, and with the help of the spice master's abilities, she felt that the rainbow fruit pulp had almost turned into a usable puree.

Take another glass of water, add a drop of the liquid from water tank number three, and a glass of rainbow juice is ready.

Xia Zhi took a small sip, feeling as if her mouth was bombarded with countless fruit flavors in an instant.

Apples, bananas, lemons, sunset berries, raspberries, berries...

Over time, these flavors blended together and gradually produced seven dreamlike transformations, giving people an indescribable and wonderful experience.

Xia Zhi slowly came to her senses from her reverie, looked at the colorful juice in her hand, and felt that her shop's business was now secure.

Who knows, this shop might become a landmark of Liyue in the future, one of the must-visit spots when you come to Liyue...

Xia Zhi smiled to himself as he thought about it, put the three water tanks into his inventory, picked up his juice cup, went upstairs, and returned to his bedroom.

Next, it's time to test the true value of a spice master.

Xia Zhi took out the various spices and dried flower petals she had bought and arranged them neatly on the table.

The room was immediately filled with a complex fragrance.

Xia Zhi waved his hand again and took out the incense burner that had been idle for a long time from his inventory.

[Burning Incense Burner]

Quality: Gold.

Type: Alchemy tools.

Feature: Fusion.

Effects: When combined, the ingredients are made into incense, which can soothe the mind and communicate with spirits.

Hidden effect: Increases the probability of successfully producing incense by 50%, and increases the probability of perfectly producing incense by 20%.

This incense burner was obtained by Xia Zhi from the little mother crane, and it is now the second most valuable thing he owns.

Xia Zhi touched the cool stove body, reminiscing for a moment about the time he spent with the little crane, then opened the stove lid, selected several spices from the table, and put them into the stove in a special ratio.

Replace the oven lid and gently rotate it to align the special patterns.

The originally cold furnace body suddenly became scorching hot.

Xia Zhi looked at it and waited quietly.

A few minutes later, a faint fragrance wafted from the stove.

The incense is ready.

Xia Zhi lifted the stove lid, carefully poured out a small pile of powder, dipped a little with his fingertip, and sniffed it carefully.

Good quality.

Take a piece of red paper, place a bamboo skewer in the middle, fold the red paper into a thin strip, pour the powder into it, remove the bamboo skewer, fold the red paper again to seal it, carefully roll it to make it firm, and stick the bottom and top together.

Thus, a homemade incense stick was completed. Although its appearance was quite simple, it was actually better than the most expensive incense sold at Yiyan Palace.

Xia Zhi lit it and placed it on the table. Wisps of pleasant fragrance wafted into the room along with the burning smoke.

But the taste is still slightly pungent.

This is because the red paper used to wrap the incense is of poor quality, and it has a slight burnt smell when burned.

Ordinary people might not care about these details, but it's not something that someone who understands them would notice.

We need to find a way to eliminate this defect of red paper.

Xia Zhi took a sip of rainbow juice, pondered for a moment, and suddenly remembered that he had some slime in his inventory. He took out a portion and tried it with his fingers.

Colorless and odorless, with the right viscosity.

It should be usable as a material for making incense.

The first attempt involved placing slime and other spices into a [Blazing Incense Burner], which resulted in amber-like crystals that could burn and had a long-lasting fragrance.

The second attempt involved mixing slime with incense powder, shaping it into long strips, and letting it solidify to obtain thin incense sticks, thus solving the problem of the original earthy incense.

Xia Zhi was satisfied with the results of both attempts. Out of interest, he used the spices on the table to create many different kinds of incense. Several of these creations even triggered the hidden effect of the [Blazing Incense Burner], resulting in perfectly finished incense.

Compared to ordinary incense, perfectly formed incense crystals are more beautiful and emit a more harmonious fragrance when burned.

After trying out most of the common materials and gaining experience in incense making, Xia Zhi took out a small bottle from her inventory.

[An Shen Dan (安神丹)]

This was the first item Xia Zhi purchased from the [Shop].

Quality: Silver.

Effects: Calms the mind and soothes the nerves.

The description of the effects of this bottle of pills seems very simple, but in reality, they are extremely powerful. Xia Zhi only took one pill back then, which pulled his sanity back to normal from the brink of collapse.

It's no wonder it's a high-end product that sells for 50 points.

There were five calming pills in the bottle, and four are still left.

Xia Zhi took one out, cut off a small piece, and put it into the [Blazing Incense Burner] along with other calming spices and slime.

A few minutes later, Xia Zhi obtained a beautiful crystal.

At first glance, it is no different from the previous incense, but when Xia Zhi lit it, it emitted a faint and unique fragrance that had a calming effect on the mind.

Moreover, even Xia Zhi's sense of smell couldn't distinguish the specific ingredients of this fragrance. Even if he knew which spices were used, he couldn't find any trace of them in the fragrance.

Because of the addition of the [Soothing Pill], this incense seems to have become some kind of extraordinary item.

Xia Zhi pondered for a moment, then added the incense directly to his inventory.

Sure enough, an item description appeared on the system panel.

[Calming Incense]

Quality: Black Iron.

Type: Consumable.