Great Voyage: My Summoned Creatures Can Level Up While Idle

"But I've heard of you, Flame Witch Aria. Your mixed-flavor grilled fish is quite unique; if it didn't require extraordinary flames to cook, it would surely be a secret recipe."

The boss with the mustache said seriously.

Hearing that her cooking skills had been recognized, Aria blushed, her heart filled with excitement and joy: "Thank you, boss."

"Yes, you should know the rules on the island. The recipes are not allowed to be shared outside, and you are strictly prohibited from profiting on the food island," the boss reminded him in a deep voice.

"I understand." Arya nodded quickly to indicate that she understood.

"Ten gold coins."

Roya and Sophia were taken aback. Ten gold coins for a recipe? That was far too expensive!

But Aria paid without hesitation and took the handwritten notes to carefully read through them.

"Aria, isn't this recipe too expensive?" Sophia walked up to her and asked in a low voice.

"This is a secret recipe, equivalent to a superhuman's secret technique in the culinary world. Ten gold coins is already a great deal," the mustachioed shopkeeper explained immediately upon hearing Sophia's question.

Arya nodded quickly and whispered to Roya and the other person that she knew some chefs who had also bought the secret recipes and were opening shops outside, and were quickly earning back the gold coins they had spent.

Sophia gave an apologetic smile, but the mustachioed boss didn't seem to mind.

Seeing that the shipwright, old Jack, wouldn't wake up anytime soon, Roya decided to accompany Sophia to the bookstore in the south of town.

The two whispered their agreement to return to the Waves Tavern at noon and order the spicy stir-fried squid roll, a signature dish of the owner with the mustache.

After confirming that there were no problems with the secret recipe, Aria put away her notes and excitedly set off to find the next winner of the culinary competition to buy the recipe.

Roya and Sophia arrived at the bookstore on the south side of town. The store was small and filled with all kinds of books. In the corner, there were also many newspapers issued by the kingdom.

The bookstore owner was a thin, middle-aged man wearing round-framed glasses. When the two people came in, he seemed indifferent and continued reading.

Sophia flipped through the books on the bookshelf one by one, while Roya casually looked around and suddenly noticed a bamboo basket in the corner.

The basket was filled with tattered books, including fragments of breathing techniques and meditation methods, as well as incomplete combat skills, secret techniques, basic swordsmanship, and basic fighting techniques.

Luo Ya squatted down in front of the basket and carefully examined it, but unfortunately the panel did not provide any prompts, which greatly disappointed him who was hoping to find a bargain.

"Roya, what are you looking at in the corner?" Sophia picked out three books and came over. Seeing Roya squatting by the basket, she couldn't help but ask curiously.

"It's nothing, just killing time when I'm bored." Of course, Luo Ya wouldn't admit that he wanted to try his luck and find a bargain, lest he be ridiculed by the girl all day.

"Huh?" Sophia seemed to have discovered something, and squatted down to pick up a tattered animal skin scroll and examined it carefully.

"This is the potion recipe for the Black Iron Witch Doctor in the Physician Rank, but unfortunately, several of the core ingredients in the recipe have become extinct."

Even though the recipe was no longer valid, she still bought the animal hide.

The bookstore owner said indifferently, "Welcome to come again next time," and then went back to reading.

After leaving the bookstore, the two headed back to Wave Bar.

I bought a few street snacks along the way and ate them as I walked, eventually reaching the central square of the food street with the bustling crowd.

A wooden arena was erected in the center of the square, serving as both the core venue for the food carnival and the venue for the food competition.

Winning the competition will not only reward you with rare ingredients, precious spices, and gold coins, but also increase the market value of your signature dishes by several percent.

The referees for the competition are usually rotated among the mayor of Sugar Town, the mayor's secretary, naval officers, or heads of major chambers of commerce.

At that moment, two chefs dressed in chef's uniforms were dueling on the stage.

On the left is a middle-aged man with brown eyes, who is the head chef of Meiweizhai.

Standing on the right is a man who is only about one meter tall. He has to stand on a wooden stool to reach the stove when cooking. He is the owner and head chef of Bigfoot Restaurant, and he is a halfling.

The theme for this lottery competition is large yellow croaker.

The chef at Meiweizhai makes a dish called "Hundred Flowers Stuffed Yellow Croaker," which is made with exquisite techniques: the fish belly is cut open, bones are removed, shrimp and minced meat are stuffed in, and then it is steamed in a pot over water.

The half-human chef prepared Yellow Croaker Eight Treasure Soup, using deboned yellow croaker meat cut into cubes, and simmered with eight kinds of seafood to make the soup base. The stewed soup is golden in color and its fresh aroma can be smelled from a distance.

From time to time, the sound of swallowing saliva could be heard from the crowd.

At that moment, Roya spotted Arya in the crowd.

She gazed silently at the ring, her eyes filled with longing.

"Aria." Roya and Sophia pushed through the crowd and walked to the girl's side.

"You're back. Did you finish your business?" Aria asked immediately when she saw Roya and the other person.

"It's all taken care of. Since you want to participate, just register. You can register under Mrs. Mars's Azure Coast Inn. If you win, you can even give Mrs. Mars a free pass." Roya suggested.

"No, there's a strict rule in the food competition: those with superhuman abilities are prohibited from participating." Aria shook her head gently.

"Why?" Roya asked, puzzled.

Suddenly, a slightly familiar, flippant voice came from the side, answering Roya's question:

"Of course, it's to guard against superhumans secretly poisoning and manipulating dishes. More than ten years ago, a superhuman chef mixed his mental imprint into the dishes. The judges were high-ranking officials on the island, and they were unknowingly manipulated by the other party, resulting in the leakage of a large amount of intelligence and benefits."

"Later, another superhuman with malicious intentions used the exact same control methods to control the judges. The two superhuman forces collided, breaking the mind control imposed by the first superhuman. Since then, Gourmet Island has set a rule that superhumans are not allowed to participate in culinary competitions."

The person who spoke was wearing a cloak and had a rapier slung across his waist; he was the bounty hunter Kino.

Roya and Sophia greeted Kino.

Aria raised an eyebrow, her expression completely unfriendly towards Kino: "Kino, what are you doing here?"

Upon seeing that Roya and Kino knew him, Aria quickly leaned close to their ears and whispered, "How do you know him? Never mind, just stay away from him. He's not a good person."

Kino looked helpless, but he couldn't do anything about Aria.

Both are Iron-level superhumans, but his abilities are naturally countered by Aria.

"I didn't come here to see you."

Ignoring the flustered Aria, Kino looked at Roya and said seriously, "I have been entrusted by a naval admiral to come and recruit you into the navy."

"Join the Navy? Forget it, I prefer a free and independent life." Roya decisively refused.

He knew his own nature very well. The navy was very disciplined and restrictive, and he knew he would definitely not be able to stand it for more than three days and would defect.

"I knew you would refuse." Kino wasn't surprised.