Food: I found Eri Nakiri in the world of Food Prisoners

Xu Yong and Tie Ping also had their own, but Xu Yong's warehouse was now completely empty, as he had transferred everything to his own system space.

Upon arriving at Yuzuo's warehouse, having already obtained access, the door opened directly after a scan.

"So many things, and the atmosphere here is terrifying!"

Mirajane couldn't help but speak up. The moment the door opened, she felt the oppressive aura emanating from inside, which made her very uncomfortable.

"This place contains many things that only the culinary world has, including the bones of some ferocious beasts. Even after they die, some of their aura remains."

Xu Yong spoke up, saying that fortunately, these auras could not harm the two of them, and would not even have a significant impact on Xu Yong. However, Miran's strength was still relatively weak, so she would be affected by this pressure.

However, Mirajane had always been a powerful mage, so she was very adaptable and quickly adapted to the influence.

"Found it, this is it, the resurrection material. In addition to this, add some metals from powerful creatures, and that will be enough to forge a top-grade Melk cleaver."

Xu Yong browsed through the warehouse and quickly found what he needed.

The kitchen knives she planned to make for the two of them would not only be sharp, but also have a healing effect, since the healing ability of healing kitchen knives is one of the mainstream in the culinary world.

"What are the regeneration materials?"

Mirajane asked a question out of curiosity.

"It's a special material that can basically only be found in the culinary world. Knives made from this material have a resurrection effect, or to put it simply, a healing effect, and a very special one at that..."

Xu Yong gave a brief explanation of the role of the revitalizing materials.

Chapter 58 The Second Generation Melk, The Knot Untied

"This is truly amazing! This is more than just a simple treatment!"

After listening to Xu Yong's description, Miran said with some amazement that by using the Resurrection Knife in conjunction with the Resurrection Technique, a half-eaten apple could be continuously regenerated.

As long as there are enough recycled materials, in a sense, this apple will never be finished.

Of course, that's the truth, but generally no one would do that, since the ingredients for reviving the dead are basically only available in the culinary world, and are extremely precious to the human world.

The resurrection substance in the resurrection material is also limited and needs to be replenished after it is used up. Therefore, the resurrection knife is mostly used to treat strong people.

After all, the more powerful the regenerated ingredients are, the more revitalizing substances are needed. Ingredients regenerated in this way are often of a lower grade, and the consumption and harvest are completely disproportionate. Therefore, almost no one would use a revitalizing knife to regenerate ingredients.

Having collected the materials, Xu Yong naturally left. In fact, there were still many useful materials in the warehouse. If he took all of them, Xu Yong estimated that he could forge a kitchen knife similar to a multi-purpose medicine knife.

However, these materials are always for making, so he naturally couldn't take too many with him at once. Besides, at this stage, Hisako Shinto couldn't use them to create a kitchen knife like the All-Purpose Medicine Knife.

Her culinary skills were far inferior to those of Yoda, the King of Cookery. Although she was skilled in medicinal cuisine, her cooking skills were not up to par and she could not handle a kitchen knife like the All-Purpose Medicinal Knife.

When they grow up to the point where they need this kind of kitchen knife, Xu Yong's strength will also improve to the point where he can easily collect these materials. So at that time, he will collect the materials himself.

"By the way, you've already acquired the Gourmet Cell and have a certain foundation, so I'll teach you the first technique now. This technique can effectively conceal your aura and is called Life-Dispelling."

On the way to Melk Mountain, Xu Yong also began to teach Mirajane some skills. After all, if he wanted to get a reward from Mirajane, he needed Mirajane to improve her control over her power to a certain extent.

The prerequisite for the technique of "eliminating life" is perfect control over one's own power, which allows one to easily and perfectly conceal all one's aura.

"To end one's life?"

Mirajane was taken aback when she heard the strange name.

"That's right, Life Elimination. This technique can eliminate one's presence and all one's aura. Unless one is deliberately paying attention, even if one sees it with their own eyes, they may be able to ignore it. I will demonstrate it for you now. Watch carefully."

As he spoke, Xu Yong used the Life-Dispelling Technique. After mastering the Food Ethics, he no longer used the Life-Dispelling Technique, but instead used the Food Ethics to conceal his aura.

Although the Disappearing Life is said to be able to perfectly hide itself, this is only true if it is not facing some creatures with particularly sensitive senses.

In nature, many creatures have their own unique detection skills. The most typical example is the wolf clan, whose super-strong sense of smell, comparable to that of a demon king, can easily detect people who have used life-threatening methods.

Therefore, the technique of "destroying life" can only be used in the human realm. Even in the human realm, it can only be used up to level 50 or 60. Beyond that level, it will be easily detected.

By concealing his aura through food, Xu Yong could enter a state of concealment even stronger than that of life-extinguishing whenever he wished, but he would not use it unless necessary.

Mirajane and the others had never seen him use such a technique, since the places they went to were very safe for Xu Yong, and there was no need to enter that kind of hidden state.

"Is this what they call 'life-dispelling'? Not only does it perfectly conceal its aura, but it's also easy to miss if you don't keep a close eye on it."

Mirajane also witnessed the effect of the life-extinguishing technique; such a powerful method of concealing one's aura is not common in their world.

In their world, mages at most suppress the magic power within their bodies, making them appear quite ordinary.

"This is the technique of eliminating life, one of the moves you will need to master next. With your current foundation, it won't be too difficult for you to learn this skill."

Xu Yong said that although Mirajane wouldn't learn it instantly like Toriko, it shouldn't take long, since Mirajane was an S-class mage before.

If Mirajane hadn't sealed her magic, she could have mastered it even faster. However, the time she spent sealing her magic caused her control over her power to regress somewhat.

For this trip to Melk Mountain, Xu Yong chartered a private jet, and a large one at that, otherwise there simply wouldn't have been enough room for Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo is getting bigger and bigger, and it's estimated that soon he won't be able to use these means of transportation to travel.

Since they chartered a private plane to go directly there, it didn't take too long this time. However, the plane didn't dare to fly directly to Melk Mountain because it was too dangerous there, so they had to walk there themselves.

"What a huge staircase! It must be about 1.5 meters high. Why did they make such a big staircase?"

Looking at the seemingly endless steps leading to the mountaintop, Mirajane asked with some confusion.

"Because the grinder Melk himself was very tall, about three meters, the steps he made were very large."

Xu Yong said with a smile that anyone who sees these steps for the first time and doesn't know why would be very shocked.

"Three meters? Is this really a normal human being?!"

Mirajane couldn't help but gasp in surprise, since in the Fairy Tail world, unless special magic is used, body size is quite normal.

"Perhaps it's because of my culinary talent or my personal innate ability, but none of that matters. Xiao Mo, let's head straight to the top of the mountain."

Xu Yong spoke up, and upon hearing his words, Xiao Mo immediately darted towards the spot.

Furthermore, Xiao Mo doesn't need to walk up the steps at all. Because of the mountain's structure, the steps were built with some curves and detours.

This is why there are more than 20,000 steps at an altitude of 4,000 meters, but such terrain is not a concern for Xiao Mo at all.

Xiao Mo quickly climbed up the mountain. Even the 90-degree cliffs of the Ligalu Plateau were no challenge for Xiao Mo, let alone the Melk Mountain.

As for the ferocious beasts encountered along the way, Xiao Mo simply ignored them. He didn't need to lift a finger; just a slight aura was enough to keep these creatures at bay.

Soon, the two people and the snake arrived at the top of Melk Mountain without any problems.

Because of Xiao Mo's enormous size, the commotion it made upon reaching the mountaintop was already noticed by the people inside.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Startled, the second-generation Melk looked at the two people and the snake with some vigilance. If it were just two people here, she wouldn't be too wary, but Xiao Mo's huge size and the aura it emitted were very dangerous, so she had to be on guard.

"We're here to issue a commission, Xiao Mo, please withdraw your presence!"

After Xu Yong spoke, the powerful aura emanating from Xiao Mo quickly disappeared.

"Is this the one that issues the commission? Then you should follow the normal procedures and wait in line."

Seeing that Xiao Mo had concealed her aura, the second-generation Melk relaxed her guard, but after learning Xu Yong's purpose, she couldn't help but frown.

Every commissioned service requires following the proper procedures and waiting in line; this was the first time she had ever seen someone like Xu Yong come directly to her.

"I can't wait that long. I have news about the original Melk. I wonder if I can jump the queue with this information?"

Xu Yong said with a smile that the information he had was enough to easily control the second-generation Melk. In addition, he had other bargaining chips and was not afraid that the second-generation Melk would not give in.

"What?! You know about Master's whereabouts?!"

Upon hearing this, the second-generation Melk was no longer calm. Similarly, after hearing Xu Yong's words, Mirajane also realized that this was not Melk himself, but rather his descendant.

After all, Xu Yong had previously told her that Melk was a small giant who was almost three meters tall, but the person in front of her clearly did not meet that standard.

“My master is the Regenerator Yu Zuo. You should have heard of this name. They are both members of the Zero Ecological Zone, so they naturally know about the original Melk.”

Xu Yong readily brought up Yu Zuo. Although he had a certain reputation in the human world, the second-generation Melk was a homebody and the probability of her knowing his identity was extremely small. However, the other party must have heard of the name Yu Zuo.

"The Regenerator? That Regenerator who's on par with Mo Yang, one of the national treasures of gourmet food?!"

"But what do you mean by saying they are all members of the Zero Ecosystem? What is the Zero Ecosystem?"

Melk was completely bewildered, as was Mirajane beside her. However, she guessed that it must be related to IGO, since the place she had traveled through before was the first ecozone.

"This isn't the place to talk. How about we go inside?"

Xu Yong did not directly answer Melk's question.

"I apologize, I was a bit too hasty. Please come in, both of you. As for this gentleman, he will have to wait outside."

After hearing Xu Yong's words, the second-generation Melk realized that it was indeed impolite to let people talk outside. She invited the two of them inside. As for Xiao Mo, sorry, he was too big and could only wait outside.

Xiao Mo said she's gotten used to it, since most human buildings simply can't accommodate such a behemoth.

After leading the two to the living room, Melk the Second poured them tea, and they introduced themselves. However, Melk the Second couldn't say his own name when he introduced himself.

"I'm sorry, because my master never gave me a name, so..."

The second-generation Melk was also quite helpless. She was raised by the first-generation Melk, but she didn't have her own name. In Xu Yong's opinion, she should have her own name, but the first-generation Melk's voice was too soft, so she thought she didn't have a name.

“Then we’ll call you the Second Generation Melk. I’ve heard from my master that the First Generation Melk completely handed over his work to you, so calling you the Second Generation Melk is perfectly fine.”

Xu Yong didn't care what the other person's real name was and directly called him the second-generation Melk.

"Wait... wait, Mr. Xu Yong, what you just said..."

The second-generation Melk was stunned when she heard this. After all, she had always believed that she was impersonating the first Melk and that she had not received her master's approval. However, what Xu Yong said was completely different.

"You didn't know? That shouldn't be the case. My master told me this. They are all members of the Zero Ecological Zone. However, the first Melk received a commission from the IGO president, so he couldn't take care of any other work and had to entrust the task to you. Didn't the first Melk tell you?"

Xu Yong also pretended to be a little confused and asked.

"No, Master has never said anything like that to me. In fact, Master has never spoken since I can remember. I thought Master couldn't talk!"

Melk the Second was also somewhat bewildered, after all, she had already regarded her master as a mute.

“I see. I know what happened. My master did tell me that the first Melk’s voice became very soft because he didn’t communicate with people for a long time.”

"Even among his fellow members of the Zero Ecosystem, very few could understand him clearly; they had to rely on others to translate for them."

"When the original Melk left, he must have said these things to you, but he said them so softly that you thought he didn't."

Xu Yong told the second-generation Melk the truth.

"How...how could this happen!"

At this moment, the second-generation Melk was completely petrified. No wonder she always felt that the first-generation Melk was muttering something, but she could never hear it clearly. It turned out that the voice was too soft.

"Just how quiet must the sound be for this to happen?!"

Mirajane was speechless after hearing Xu Yong's words. She couldn't imagine how quiet a person's voice could be for a group of people whose five senses had been enhanced by food cells to not be able to hear it. It was simply outrageous.

"By the way, the original Melk is currently located at the bottom of the Serpent's Lair, because Melk's Stars can be mined from there at any time, so he has always stayed there."

Xu Yong told the second-generation Melk the location of the original Melk.

"It's so close, but I can't get there from inside the snake's den. I'm too weak."

Melk the Second was even more surprised when she heard the location, but she couldn't go there. After all, there were ferocious beasts with high capture levels in the snake pit, and secondly, she couldn't withstand the gravity there.

In that environment, first-timers would be greatly weakened by the gravity. Even if their level was higher than the beasts inside, it would be very difficult to win, and they might even lose their lives if they were not careful.

"Next, we'll be heading to the Snake's Den. If all goes well, we should be able to meet the first Melk. Is there anything you'd like me to tell you?"

Xu Yong asked.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: Intercepting the Dragon King's Tooth Fossil, the Super Gravity of the Snake's Lair

"You're going to the snake's lair? Do you know how dangerous that place is?"

Upon hearing that Xu Yong and his group were going to the snake's den, the second-generation Melk's eyes widened in surprise.

"Since we're going there, we know how dangerous it is and we can handle the dangers inside."

Xu Yong nodded, indicating that he was well aware of the danger level of the snake den.

"I see. In that case, I'll write a letter later and ask you to take it to me."

Melk the Second spoke up, saying she had so much to say that she might as well write it down in a letter.

"No problem. Now let's discuss the commission. I need two Surgical Kitchen Knives to be made."

Xu Yong stated his requirements.

"A revival knife? I can forge one, but it requires revival materials, and right now I have..."