In another world, Lu Mingfei is learning card making.

Chapter 163 In the New Generation, Pokémon are the Primary Productivity

【All-Powerful Maid: The maid is all-powerful, capable of almost anything, including farming, cooking, managing, breeding animals, fishing, and fighting. The range of this ability can be increased by providing her with other items.】

Lu Mingfei picked up the bread, took a bite, and began to savor it. Beneath the golden-brown crust lay an amazingly soft and chewy texture, along with a wonderful aroma of milk and wheat—

"This is excellent!" Professor Alton, whose culinary skills surpassed Lu Mingfei's, ate much faster, devouring the entire plate in just a few bites. "It's almost on par with the chefs here; it's at a level that could be served directly at the table—"

"So these are magical spirits? No wonder everyone says that spirits are the primary productive force in the new generation. How were they created?"

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"It's just a normal alchemy process."

Lu Mingfei blinked. He found it difficult to explain the underlying principles and differences between each transmutation process to someone unfamiliar with card making: "It's about using a transmutation array, putting in the materials, and then transmuting them."

Alton nodded, watching the busy maids. They worked together seamlessly, preparing dishes for Lu Mingfei according to banquet standards.

Snacks, cold dishes, appetizer soup, main course, side dish, main course, and dessert—six dishes arranged in plates and bowls were laid out on the table in order, almost overwhelming Lu Mingfei. Logically, two people shouldn't be able to finish all these dishes, but in reality, in normal aristocratic life, this would be the normal amount for an aristocratic dinner, even omitting the order of "fruit," "stir-fry," and "vegetarian dishes."

Lu Mingfei was also very curious about how the nobles could eat so much food—the answer was that they couldn't eat it all; it was all for the sake of appearances.

"And what's left over—actually, it won't go to waste; their servants can use the food." Alton shifted his body, finding a more comfortable position in his chair. "This also means that if you want to poison a nobleman—of course, I'm just saying bribing one cook isn't enough; you need to bribe all of his close servants."

"In the history of the nobility, there are very few cases of poisoning, so almost every case of poisoning is clearly recorded in history books."

Lu Mingfei nodded, satisfied with his curiosity, then another question popped into his head: "Will all the food we ate today go to waste? Can I pack it up and take it home?"

Alden didn't say yes or no, but after some thought, he asked another question: "Have you installed a low-temperature magic array in your dormitory?"

Lu Mingfei shook his head.

"No? Then don't take it back. Leaving it for a day and a night, whether it tastes good or not is another matter, but you might get an upset stomach."

Let's finish eating here.

Finished eating? We only thought of taking some home because the two of us couldn't finish it.

Lu Mingfei was about to ask another question when he saw Alton look up at his watch and mutter to himself, "That time is almost here—"

Ta-da! Ta-da!

A loud stomping sound came from the stairwell. Nayafili rushed downstairs and immediately spotted two people chatting at the dining table.

"What are you eating? Let me have a taste!"

"Lu Mingfei has created a magical card that can produce all kinds of delicious food." Alton gestured for Naya Phili to sit down and laid out a knife and fork for her as well. "You should try some too."

"Mmm, delicious!"

As Nayafili cut off a piece of cooked meat and put it in her mouth, a red light almost immediately shone in her eyes. "It tastes so good!"

"Eat more if it's delicious."

Alden wore a kind smile, while Lu Mingfei seemed distracted.

"I remember there are gourmet foods in the Magic Cards, right?" Lu Mingfei turned his gaze to Naya Phili. "Naya Phili, you're from the Fool's House, do you know anything about this?"

"That kind of thing falls under the category of 'item cards'," Naya Phili said, swallowing what was in her mouth before speaking. "After all, etymologically speaking, 'gourmet food' refers to delicious food, and food itself is something that can be eaten."

"From this perspective, weapons are actually items used for fighting, and if you can summon weapons, you can naturally summon food."

Lu Mingfei frowned; he couldn't accept it.

Weapons are for chopping; once they strike a person, their purpose is fulfilled. But food is different. It needs to be digested, absorbed, and transformed into energy and matter for the body.

In other words, one must maintain magical power to keep the food visible.

But that's impossible. Not to mention that the same card can only be summoned once at a time, it's unlikely that you can maintain mana indefinitely.

Lu Mingfei has a deck that allows land cards to continuously provide spell power, but others in this world can't do that—field cards like [City on the Mountain] are the mainstream.

How do they ensure that their food cards don't have any problems?

Lu Mingfei asked about this reasoning process, and Naya Phili couldn't accept it after hearing only half of it: "Wait, what does 'digestion' and 'absorption' mean? Eating food is just eating it, what else is there?"

She listened for a moment with a frown, then offered her advice: "Just think of it as magic power being converted into your energy and matter, don't worry about it so much."

They say they don't care—but can they really not care?

Lu Mingfei shook his head helplessly, stood up and took his leave. Five maids followed behind him and left as well.

Alton watched them leave the kitchen, then, after a moment's thought, asked, "Are these magic cards difficult to craft?"

"Hmm?" Naya Phili looked up involuntarily—why was she being asked such a question? Lu Mingfei was just here a moment ago.

After finishing her food in a few bites, Nayafili still gave her opinion: "I don't know."

"I don't know the magic array and materials used in Lu Ta's card refining process, nor do I know the steps he takes, so I can't tell you exactly how difficult it is."

"But even if it's simple, it's not really that simple. Although I've never actually cooked before, I've watched you cook, Uncle Alton. To cook well is actually not much different in difficulty from becoming a truly skilled warrior."

When the topic turned to her field of expertise, Naya Fili perked up. "But it's different from fighting. Even if magical elves aren't good at fighting, there's a summoner to give them commands, directing them to advance or retreat. That's completely impossible when it comes to cooking. You can't expect someone to watch you cook and give you commands like 'stir-fry' or 'sprinkle salt'—"

"From this perspective, those five maids must have used a very advanced transmutation technique to have such coordination."

Alton remained silent for a moment before asking, "Maintaining these magical spirits must be very expensive, right?"

"Yeah, it's huge—the seniors in our club have complained more than once about how expensive the leyline magic device is." Naya Phili blinked, finally realizing, "Uncle Alton, are you worried that the magical elves will take your place?"

"That's thinking too early. It will take at least several decades of development to achieve that."