I've been possessed by a culinary genius, and I've turned Shaxian snacks into a rip-off!

Mu Cixuan's reminder was like a bucket of cold water poured over everyone's heads.

The smiles on Yu Shen and the others' faces froze.

"Wait! Wait!"

"Mumu, what did he draw just now? The Easy Challenge?"

Mu Cixuan nodded and said seriously, "Yes, you guys were just laughing. I did hear that it was an easy challenge."

"Is the easy challenge to memorize 'Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River' in two minutes?"

"Yes."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Immediately afterwards, everyone turned to look at Li Zhibai, as if they were looking at a beast that had come to life.

Password! No wonder he's called Li Heizi! He has absolutely no bottom line!

Reciting "Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River" is considered a simple challenge; someone born this way is already too old to sit at the same table with others.

"Boss, aren't you bullying us? 'Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River' has over nine hundred characters; you can memorize it in two minutes, and you call that easy?"

Li Zhibai, without batting an eye, said, "Easy challenge refers to the level of difficulty, not that it's actually easy."

"What are the difficulties and challenges?" Yu Shen asked.

"A tough challenge... you'll find out when you draw it." Li Zhibai kept them in suspense, mainly because he was afraid they would try to kill him if they found out what the challenge was.

Undeterred, Yu Shen asked again, "Boss, this free-of-charge promotion isn't just a ploy to mess with us, is it? Tell me the truth, has anyone actually succeeded in completing it?"

"The event has just begun, and you are the first challengers."

"In other words, since the campaign launched, not a single one has been successful."

"Because no one has tried it yet."

"Then tell me, is it really possible for us to succeed in this challenge?"

"...There should be some."

"Judging from your tone, it's obviously not true! So this 'free order challenge' is just fraud, isn't it? That's shameless!"

Li Zhibai: "Gentlemen, you don't understand. The significance of the free meal challenge has never been about guaranteeing success; it's about giving consumers hope. With hope, don't you enjoy your food even more?"

Everyone: "..."

"Smells good, my foot!"

"Hopefully, the password is despair!"

"Li Heizi, I suggest you publish a book called 'On How to Run a Black Shop with a Righteous Spirit,' with a subtitle like 'Consumers Applaud Me with Tears in Their Eyes.'"

"......."

Li Zhibai hadn't developed a thick skin overnight, and he didn't take their complaints to heart at all.

He asked again, "Any of you bosses want to participate in the raffle? If not, this order will be settled at the original price."

This statement is still quite effective.

They hesitated for only a second before walking over in unison.

smoke!

You absolutely have to try!

What if?

What if I actually draw a challenge that I can complete?

Besides, it would be a loss not to try it, so let's take a gamble!

"I'll go first!"

Yu Shen was the first to walk to the lottery box. He first closed his eyes and silently recited "Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, Li Heizi is not human" three times in his heart before reaching into the box, stirring it for a long time, and finally pulling out a crumpled piece of paper.

Everyone gathered around, and saw four words written on the note: "[Difficult Challenge]".

Yu Shen's heart skipped a beat, and he had a strong sense of foreboding.

He opened it with his hand, and after seeing the challenge inside, everything went black.

Please memorize the entire Xinhua Dictionary within one hour, without pausing or making mistakes.

Yu Shen: "..."

"Li Zhibai!!! Password, are you even human?!"

Although everyone was mentally prepared, they still couldn't help but burst into laughter when they saw Yu Shen pull out such an outrageous challenge.

"Hahahaha... Old Yu, are you getting goosebumps from reciting the Xinhua Dictionary?!"

"This is ten times worse than that guy's 'Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River'!"

"This is only about nine hundred characters longer than that guy's 'Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River,' while the Xinhua Dictionary has tens of thousands of entries starting with the letter A, right?"

Li Zhibai calmly replied, "It's not that exaggerated. There are only a few thousand entries starting with A."

Yu Shen: "What do you mean by 'only a few thousand'? You have the nerve to say that."

Li Zhibai: "That's why I said this is a challenging task, and challenging tasks are even harder, right?"

"Reasonable my ass!"

Yu Shen crumpled the paper into a ball, threw it into the trash can, and turned to leave.

"I'm done playing! I'm leaving!"

"Memorizing the Xinhua Dictionary? I'll just have to memorize it by heart!"

Pang Yi quickly grabbed him: "Old Yu, don't be angry. Come on, brother, let me draw one for you and see if you can draw an easy one."

Then he reached into the box and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper.

Upon opening it, I saw—[Normal Challenge].

"Hey, a normal challenge!" Pang Yi perked up and quickly opened the small note.

[Easy Challenge: Eat a serving of fried rice with egg within 2 minutes and accurately name all the ingredients and their specific origins (down to the village level).]

Pang Yi: "..."

For him, finishing a plate of fried rice in two minutes is very easy.

But what the heck is that next one?

He's not a cook!

"Boss, are you kidding me? How would I know which village's chickens laid the eggs in this fried rice?"

That's why it's called a challenge.

"Damn it! I abstain!"

Pang Yi indignantly chose to abstain.

"Next."

Wang Yun stepped forward, and even turned back to give Yao Qianqian a slight smile, revealing what he thought was a very handsome expression: "Qianqian, look at my performance."

"Keep it up, darling!" Yao Qianqian encouraged him.

Wang Yun reached out, grabbed it, and took a look.

[Simple Challenge: Recite the first 500 characters of "Li Sao" in one minute; one mistake results in failure.]

Wang Yun: "..."

"Boss Li, is your version of 'Li Sao' called 'Simple'?"

Li Zhibai: "Isn't that simple? The first five hundred words of 'Li Sao' are only at the level of a first-grade elementary school student."

"You're talking nonsense! 'I am a descendant of Emperor Gaoyang, my royal father was Boyong'—is that something a first-grader memorized? I was still memorizing 'Goose, goose, goose, with its neck bent towards the sky' in first grade!"

So you're going to abstain?

Wang Yun really wanted to curse, but in the end he chose to abstain. Although he remembered some of it, he really couldn't recite it.

Next, the remaining people went up one by one to draw, and the challenges they drew were all outrageous.

For example, you have to finish a basket of steamed dumplings in three minutes, and then sing the song "Tante" in its entirety within the remaining time.

For example, finishing a bowl of braised pork within five minutes.

For example, drinking a bucket of tap water in 80 seconds.

Ten minutes later, almost everyone present was wiped out.

"It's a password, and all of us haven't even completed a single challenge."

"This event is a complete scam! A total scam!"

"I told you long ago, Li Heizi's conscience is blacker than his black gold egg."

"From a probabilistic point of view, the completion rate of these challenges is infinitely close to zero."

"So, we've been fleeced by Li Heizi again, like leeks being harvested?"

"......"

Just as everyone was cursing and complaining about how difficult the challenge was, Huo Junmin, the lawyer who had been sitting quietly watching them without saying a word, stood up.

And she looked at Li Zhibai, whose shoulders were trembling, with a sharp gaze.

As Li Zhibai was happily watching everyone being tormented by the challenges, he suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but shiver.

It was as if something terrifying had been watching him.

"The system."

【exist. 】

Why do I feel a bit cold on my back?

It might be because someone is watching you.

"Who?"

[A lawyer, and a top lawyer at that.]

Li Zhibai: "..."

He slowly turned his head and met Huo Junmin's calm yet sharp eyes.

Buhou!

The top lawyer is trying to cause trouble!