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She discovered that whenever she made 'Lotus Seed and Poultry Egg Custard' according to the recipe and her 'ability' took effect, the fire element under the stove seemed to undergo a rather strange change.

It's like it has come to life and has become exceptionally active.

When she discovered this, Xiangling was shocked and overjoyed, thinking that she had discovered the true nature of the 'recipe ability'.

Surprised, he quickly began to experiment, trying to find out the details of this change and then simulate it with the power of fire element.

In this way, maybe I will be able to make other dishes that have the ability to restore physical strength, and then I can repay Yu Qi for giving me the "recipe ability".

However, after several attempts, Xiangling helplessly discovered that this change was too secretive, too rapid, and the process was extremely complicated.

With her ability, it is impossible to capture the entire process of change clearly and completely.

Just when she was thinking about whether she should invite the master chef, Grandma Ping, to help her sense this change, Guoba gave Xiangling an unexpected surprise.

Once, when she was cooking "lotus seed and poultry egg custard" again, the rice crust that was burning in front of the stove suddenly fell into the fire, and the flames instantly ignited its fur.

Xiangling was naturally startled, and quickly reached out to rescue the rice crust from the fire. However, just as her fingers touched the rice crust, it moved on its own.

He slowly crawled out of the stove, and Guoba just shook his belly, and the flames on his body were completely extinguished. There was no sign of being burned on his body, only the flame patterns on his back were slightly brighter.

Then, before Xiangling, who was relieved, could reprimand it for its actions, Guoba gave Xiangling a big surprise - the flame it spit out turned out to be extremely similar to the feeling when Xiangling activated her 'recipe ability'.

"After that, I asked Guoba to use that flame to make fire, tried to cook some dishes, and discovered some of the effects of that flame."

She tapped the tabletop with her fingertips. Even though she had seen this many times before, there was still a hint of amazement in Xiangling's tone.

"When cooking with this kind of flame, any dish will be cooked very quickly, and the flavors of the ingredients and the aromas of the spices will be released to the greatest extent."

“And this release is not randomly stacked together. All kinds of flavors will naturally become particularly harmonious. Well... to put it simply, it becomes more delicious.”

At this point, Xiangling's expression was particularly strange, as if she was helpless, dazed, and a little sad.

These emotions only flashed through her mind for a moment, and the girl quickly regained her spirits and continued, "Of course, the effect of this flame will be different depending on the type of dish."

"Dishes cooked by steaming are the best, while dishes cooked by stewing or boiling are less effective."

"The worst results are for dishes that are fried, stir-fried, baked, or deep-fried, but they are still very effective."

"Just like the sauce pancake I made for you, Brother Yu, the effect of the flame is very poor, but the improvement in taste is still very obvious. You should be able to taste it."

Listening to Xiangling's story, Yu Qi nodded and lowered his eyes to think.

Honestly speaking, if Xiangling hadn't said that, he wouldn't have thought that the effect of the recipe would be related to "fire", or at least have a certain relationship with it.

When he was refining the blood-recovering pill before, he didn't notice this at all. This was certainly related to the fact that he did not master the fire elemental power, but it also showed that Xiang Ling's talent in this "recipe ability" was far superior to Yu Qi.

If things continue to develop in this way, she may even be able to create various dishes with special powers on her own in the future without relying on recipes.

"In that case..." A thought came to his mind, and Yu Qi looked up at Xiang Ling: "Xiang Ling, lend me the stove for a while, and watch over the rice crust and light it."

After getting consent, Yu Qi stood up and walked to the stove, quickly prepared various ingredients, and then started "cooking".

The dish he chose was not the one that could restore health, but the one that could cure all the diseases. As the fire burst out again, Guoba, who was lying in front of the stove, suddenly brightened up his eyes.

Before Xiangling and Yu Qi could react, it suddenly leaped up and rushed into the stove fire again.

The fire was blazing, and Yu Qi gently served out the prepared Yunzhayu without paying attention to the behavior of the rice crust. Instead, Xiangling looked at the little panda burning in the fire with some nervousness.

After a while, Guoba crawled out of the flames somewhat slowly, yelled twice, and his body seemed to have grown a lot bigger, and the flame patterns on his back became more and more dazzling.

"How is it? Did you get anything?" Looking down at the rice crust, Yu Qi asked softly.

Faced with this question, Guoba raised his round paws and scratched his head. Then a gleam of light suddenly flashed in Doudou's eyes. He opened his mouth and a flame instantly spit into the stove.

A familiar feeling came from the flame, much clearer than before. Obviously after swallowing the flame that Yu Qi cooked himself, its grasp of that change had deepened a lot.

"Wait, this is~" At this moment, Lei Dianzhen's somewhat surprised voice slowly sounded in Yu Qi's ears: "The power of authority?"

"Power?" Yu Qi raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiang Ling who was excitedly preparing to experiment with Guoba on the power of the new flame. He asked in his heart: "Zhen, do you know what's going on?!"

"Yes." Taking a deep breath, Raiden suppressed his surprise and said slowly...

Chapter 113: Xiangling...is becoming a demon!

"You should know the biggest difference between demon gods and ordinary humans and even various non-humans."

"Different? Do you mean, race? Or strength?" Yu Qi frowned and asked softly, but he didn't think this answer was correct.

"You can say that, but there are also weak demons that can be killed by humans, and there are also cases where the followers are strong enough to fight against demons. Even so, there is still a very strict difference in the life levels between them."

'And all of this stems from the existence of 'power'! Only those who master power can grow into demon gods, and demon gods will inevitably master the power of power! '

'Power...' When Yu Qi heard Lei Dianzhen mention this name, his thoughts surged in his heart, and his mind inadvertently recalled what the Great Compassion Tree King said last night when he was in the World Tree.

'Is power related to authority?'

"Authority? It's been a long time since anyone mentioned this term." With a hint of surprise in his voice, Lei Dianzhen thought about it and explained, "To be precise, there is not much difference between power and authority."

'They are all beings at the same level of life as gods or demons, and they must have mastered something, and the power they display is no different.'

'The only difference is that the power is the power of the demon god, which comes from the fragments left by the original creator. It is condensed with the light world force as the core, and has the authority over the light world force or elemental force.'

"I, Shadow's Thunder, Morax's Rock, and Barbatos's Thousand Winds, all of the Seven Gods possess similar elemental powers."

"And authority..." The voice was vaguely complicated. Lei Dianzhen paused and continued: "Authority is the authority condensed from the world itself."

"My moment and eternity, and the world tree of the Great Compassionate Tree King... and many others."

Shaking his head, he had no intention of going deeper into this aspect. Lei Dianzhen changed the subject and returned to what he had said at the beginning: "And what you, or Ma, Guoba, are showing now is another way of using the power of fire elemental force... or flame."

'This power is a bit strange. It is not a combat power. It is more like a power condensed from the ability of 'cooking with fire'.'

At the end, Lei Dian's tone really sounded a little strange. After all, this kind of power was a little too... fragmented for the Demon God, and a little too "unprofessional".

The authority of various demons, even the weakest demon, such as the demon of 'Salt' who was killed by his own believers, also possessed the complete power of 'Salt'.

The power of "cooking with fire" is more like a fragment of the power of "cooking".

But who can divide a power? The devil? The four great rulers? Or... the law of nature?

All kinds of suspicions kept emerging in her mind, but were suppressed one by one by Lei Dianzhen. She shook her head secretly and said nothing.

Yu Qi, naturally, did not have the ability to read Lei Dianzhen's thoughts. As he pondered over what Lei Dianzhen had said, he scratched his head and had some vague guesses.

At this moment, Xiangling suddenly came over with a basket of freshly baked buns in her hand and handed it to Yu Qi with a slightly strange look on her face.

"Brother Yu, come and try my new dish. It seems the flames of the rice crust have new powers!"

"Hmm?" After a pause, Yu Qi nodded, picked up a bun and took a bite: "Then I have to taste it carefully... Hmm?!"

With a frown on his face, Yu Qi chewed the bun in silence, his expression gradually becoming as weird as Xiang Ling's.

"Is this a meat bun?" Looking down at the bite hole in the bun, Yu Qi could clearly see the full meat filling inside.

The steam is rising, exuding a mouth-watering aroma.

In fact, the taste of this bun is really amazing, it can be called perfect... except that it tastes like apple!

"This ability?!" Looking at Guoba who was stuffing buns into his mouth one by one in front of the stove, Yu Qi's mouth twitched: "Guoba, while you were making the fire, you were greedy and wanted to eat an apple, right?"

Facing Yu Qi's question, Guoba tilted his head, still chewing the bun in his mouth, but his little eyes were full of confusion.

After a moment, as if it remembered something, it nodded vigorously, acknowledging Yu Qi's question.

"This is really... not a useless skill." Yu Qi stuffed the remaining half of the bun into his mouth, a thoughtful look on his face.

Although this ability sounds funny, it is extremely useful for people who actually cook.

After all, with this ability, you can always taste the flavor you want even if you just cook a pot of rice.

or……

Standing up, Yu Qi walked to the stove, looked at the flaming Guoba, thought for a moment and said, "Guoba, help me light the fire. Remember not to think about any food this time."

"Hmm~" Looking at Guoba who nodded in agreement, Yu Qi took a deep breath and picked up the materials again to refine 'Yunzhayu'.

The flames rose, and after a while, a plate of colorful meatballs came out of the pot. Yu Qi picked up one and put it in his mouth, and then...

"Hmm~ Can you really do this?!" He looked a little dazed, pursed his lips, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.

Seeing this, Xiangling also came over curiously, picked up a cloud-covering jade and put it in her mouth, and then...

"Hmm?! How could this taste be?!" A confused look instantly appeared on her face, but there was deep satisfaction in her eyes. Two extremely contradictory expressions appeared at the same time, making Xiangling's face look a little funny.

Chewing the "meatball" in her mouth frantically, the daze on Xiangling's face became more and more intense. Until she finally swallowed the food, she didn't really taste even a little bit of the flavor she wanted to find.

“It has no taste at all, but when you taste it, it makes you feel satisfied... It’s really possible to do this.”

Looking down at the plate in his hand, Yu Qi couldn't help but feel a little strange: "Idealism? No, it's not. To be able to do this, it should be more related to the 'spiritual' aspect."

"Even the other flavors should be just a false taste imitated by the 'spirit'."

"This kind of power doesn't seem to be useless!"

After all, Guoba is just a simulation now, and it can do things like "imitating the taste of food".

If one truly mastered this power, would one be able to imitate the taste, appearance, effect, and even essence of the food? !

By then, maybe Yu Qi could even boil a pot of water and make a portion of 'Zhuo Yin Spring Water' that could be effective against the devil!

It was like he could use ordinary pork to create a 'blood-recovering pill' with extremely powerful healing effects!

Sensing Yu Qi's thoughts, Lei Dian was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help muttering: "It seems, it's not impossible, but this shouldn't be..."

Isn't this completely inconsistent with the laws of elemental power? How can a mere power based on the element of fire have such a terrifying ability?

When did such unreasonable power appear on the continent of Teyvat?

Or... is this a fragment of authority? !

His heart was slightly shaken, and Lei Dianzhen couldn't help but look at Yu Qi, and some guesses emerged in his mind.

"Who knows? Once I really master the power of fire, I will study it again. Once I successfully master this power, everything will become clear."

Hearing Yu Qi's confident words, Lei Dian was speechless and didn't know what to say for a moment. After looking at him silently, he turned the topic to Xiang Ling who was beside Yu Qi.

"By the way, there is something I didn't realize before, but I have to tell you now."

"Hmm? What's up?"

'This girl... you'd better master that power as soon as possible, and then take out the power you gave her, or give her more power! '

"what?"

"What's wrong, Brother Yu?"

Hearing this, Yu Qi couldn't help but shout out, causing Xiang Ling to come over instantly. She asked with some confusion and concern.

In response, he just shook his head slightly and didn't say much.

"Why? Is there something wrong with Xiangling?"

"You don't know? That's true. After all, it's hard for anyone other than a demon to know this kind of thing." Raiden quickly explained after muttering to himself.

'The ability you gave her before was actually an extension of the power of authority. After gaining the power of authority, her essence has now begun to evolve from a human to a demon god's follower.'

"Demon God's followers?!" Yu Qi was stunned for a moment. He had never expected such a thing to happen. He frowned, but still couldn't help asking: "This should be considered a good thing, right? After all, the demon god's followers are stronger than humans in terms of life form and strength."

'Of course, but the prerequisite is that she can control that power and not lose her will.'

He exhaled lightly. Lei Dianzhen's voice was very calm, but it sounded like thunder in Yu Qi's ears: "Compared to humans, the power of authority is so terrifying. To carry the power of authority in a human body and become a follower of the demon god..."

'This path has happened before during the Demon God War, but without exception, all those who tried it had their self-awareness crushed by the power and essence of the Demon God the moment they became followers.'

"It has become a 'monster' that has only instincts and is infected by the power of the devil!"

'This is also the reason why the current rulers of the seven nations did not choose to use their own power to create followers at will, but instead created various methods of cultivation.'

"We all hope that someone can use his or her own strength to break through the thick barrier between mortals and the demons' followers."

"What?! How could this happen?!" Yu Qi couldn't help shrinking his pupils, and he was shocked. He never expected that his good intentions would lead to such a bad result!

"No, is there an exception?!" Yu Qi asked with a hint of hope, and his breathing became unnaturally heavy, causing Xiang Ling to cast a worried look at him.

"... As far as I know, no!"

"..."

Biting her lips lightly, Yu Qi's eyes trembled violently. She sat there in silence, her heart in a mess.

It was not until a long time later that he tried hard to suppress the regret in his heart, cast an apologetic look at Xiangling who was standing beside him with a worried expression, and then asked again in his heart.