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

This promotion of food culture has also helped Xu Yong find a new direction.

The path of "food not" was explored by predecessors and is now being followed by everyone. Xu Yong also found out how to take the other path with the help of the system.

Boosting energy intake involves identifying obstacles and then using calories to overcome those obstacles within the cells; this is how we utilize our body and energy.

To make food permanent, one must elevate one's soul.

Food can enhance the strength of the soul, so even after entering the world of souls, Xiaosong can quickly find himself and stay there for several years without losing his way.

Froze spent 600,000 years in the Soul World without getting lost, but the souls of normal humans are very weak in the Soul World.

These souls are unable to even maintain their original form in life, but instead appear as soul flames. This is the case with Chiyo's son, whose soul has become so weak that it could be extinguished at any moment.

These souls will eventually disappear into the world of souls over time.

Food can enhance one's control over the body and energy, and it can also strengthen one's soul.

In fact, the path has always been right in front of everyone, but no one has noticed it. After all, even if you do nothing, your soul will be strengthened as your spiritual energy increases.

Humans rarely have the opportunity to directly utilize their soul power, and chefs can enter the Soul World to cook ingredients like Another.

However, Gourmet Hunters basically never need to use their soul power throughout their lives.

Therefore, no one paid attention to this path that was presented to everyone from the beginning. It was only because of the enhancement brought by the system that Xu Yong noticed this path.

"If this news gets out, it will probably cause a major earthquake in the entire human realm and even the entire food world!"

Xu Yong was well aware of what this entirely new path he had discovered meant, so he didn't intend to announce the news directly. He still needed to think about it carefully.

Mirajane has mastered the basics of food etiquette, and Xu Yong plans to take her to the lower level to get used to the gravity there before leaving.

After all, he had already been here for two months. Next, he needed to find ingredients to improve his cell level and learn acupressure techniques from Master Jiro.

As for Mirajane, her culinary skills are unlikely to improve anytime soon, and he can't possibly leave her here alone.

Although Mirajane's Food Sense enhancement can also enhance his Food Sense, he cannot completely ignore his own cell level.

Mirajane's culinary skills can improve even if she leaves this place, but the speed will not be as fast as it is here.

So he plans to leave once Mirajane has fully adapted to the hundredfold gravity at the bottom. As for Food, he'll improve it slowly; there's no need to keep struggling here.

"Even with the mastery of food, a hundred times the gravity is still really unbearable!"

Once she reached the bottom, Mirajane felt extremely uncomfortable due to the intense gravity around her.

"After all, food theory is only the entry level. It can only reduce the effects of gravity. Ultimately, it depends on your food cells. You need to make your food cells adapt to this kind of gravity."

Xu Yong spoke up, and Miran nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Xu Yong led her to the place where Xiao Mo was fighting with the Scorpion Demon Bulls.

Xiao Mo's size has been constantly increasing, and now even the Scorpion Demon Bull is just a tiny creature in front of it.

To be honest, Xu Yong is quite helpless about Xiao Mo's ever-growing size. Now, Xiao Mo's size is no longer suitable for entering human cities.

After a month of combat training, Xiao Mo's combat power has been continuously increasing, and his progress is ridiculously fast.

At this moment, it's less like Xiao Mo is fighting the Scorpion Demon Bull and more like he's playing around. That's right, even if all the Scorpion Demon Bulls came out in full force, they would be completely useless against Xiao Mo. Xiao Mo wasn't seriously fighting them; he was just playing around.

A few days later, Mirajane's gourmet cells finally adapted to the gravity here. Unlike Toriko, who was a monster, the gourmet demons inside him were all top-tier, so his ability to adapt to various environments was unmatched by anyone else.

In terms of adapting to the environment, only Xu Yong can do it faster than Aro; as for the others, they are incomparable.

"After two and a half months, you're finally back!"

Upon returning to Melk Mountain, the second-generation Melk was somewhat astonished to see everyone again. After all, she knew the dangers of the snake pit all too well, and being able to stay in such a place for two and a half months was certainly quite remarkable.

Chapter Sixty-Three: The Two's Own Kitchen Knife, Granny Setsuna's Dining Hall

"Two and a half months is not a long time; it's shorter than I expected."

Xu Yong said with a smile that the improvement brought by his three partners not only allowed him to reach the mastery level of food culinary skills ahead of schedule, but also opened up a completely new path.

After hearing Xu Yong's words, the second-generation Melk had nothing to say, and instead took out two boxes directly from the workshop.

"Is this Erina and the others' personal kitchen knife?"

Seeing the box that the second-generation Melk took out, Mirajane also curiously went over and opened the box, and two kitchen knives appeared in front of the two of them.

"These are the two knives. Their sharpness surpasses any kitchen knife I've ever made before. You should have seen the marks on the outside when you came back. These are the results of my tests after I finished making the first kitchen knife."

Melk the Second spoke up, just like when she crafted Komatsu's kitchen knife in the original story. After completing the first kitchen knife, Melk the Second tested it, which was her usual practice.

That's why there are knife marks all over the house; these are from testing the knife regularly.

The house where the second-generation Melk lived was not made of ordinary rock. This stone was extremely hard, and the first-generation Melk had taken into account that he would test his knife at any time when building it, so this material was used.

However, the Dragon King's Fang fossil is too sharp, making it another masterpiece of the second generation Melk.

So much so that with a single stroke, a crack appeared in the house, and the entire Melk Mountain was split open.

"I just swung it around like I would when testing the knife, and I didn't even feel like I used much force, but the result was that the entire Melk Mountain was split in two!"

"So you have to be careful when using these two kitchen knives. These two boxes are also specially made by me. Putting the knives in them can fix the position of the handles."

"In addition, the materials used are very hard, so there is no need to worry about the kitchen knife hurting people when it is in the box."

The second-generation Melk explained that he had dismantled the box that previously contained the Dragon King's Fang fossil and remade it, as other materials simply could not perfectly store these two kitchen knives.

"Those marks were just made by swinging the weapon?!"

Mirajane's mouth dropped open when she heard this. You have to understand, Mount Melk is a full four thousand meters high. How could such a mountain be cut in half with just a swing of a cleaver? Just how sharp is that cleaver?

"This is a top-of-the-line Melk knife. If it were wielded by a strong person, it would cut through more than just a mountain."

Xu Yong stated that top-tier Melker knives are indeed terrifying, and he has many more such knives in his system space; these are all failed creations of the original Melker.

Holding these cleavers, he could easily slice through a large city like the food court with a single stroke.

Of course, Melk's Knife is only useful in the early to mid-game. In the late game, the enemies become increasingly terrifying, and at that point, Melk's Knife becomes useless.

"This is outrageous! But can Erina and Hisako really use such a kitchen knife?"

Having learned just how outrageous the cleaver was, Mirajane began to worry about Erina Nakiri and Hisako Shinoto.

"These two kitchen knives aren't for them to use now. They'll be given to them only after they've perfectly mastered their powers!"

Xu Yong said with a smile that he was just passing by and had the two kitchen knives made first, not for the two of them to use right now.

If you gave the two of them these kinds of kitchen knives, they could probably tear down the entire Zhongmei Culinary Academy in the time it takes to eat a meal.

Not only will the academy be gone, but the students and teachers inside will also be in mortal danger.

With that, Xu Yong closed the box and put both boxes into his system space.

"Oh, and before I leave, I'll give Miss Melk one more gift."

As Xu Yong spoke, he took out a rainbow fruit. With the addition of a planting space, he had a continuous supply of ingredients like rainbow fruits, so it was perfect to give as a gift.

As soon as the Rainbow Fruit was taken out, its scent quickly spread, attracting the attention of the vampire King Kong outside, as well as the ferocious beasts living on Mount Melk.

However, the next second, an aura emanated from Xu Yong, which intimidated all the beasts of Melk Mountain. They fled Melk Mountain at lightning speed, and it is estimated that these guys will not dare to come back for the next month.

"This... this could be the Rainbow Fruit? I've heard that the Rainbow Fruit is an extremely rare ingredient."

Melk the Second looked at the Rainbow Fruit in front of him with some surprise.

"That's right, it's the Rainbow Fruit. The gift has been delivered, so we'll be leaving now!"

After saying that, Xu Yong jumped onto Xiao Mo's body with Mirajane. Then Xiao Mo left without giving the second-generation Melk a chance to refuse.

"They actually left just like that, leaving behind such a precious ingredient!"

The second-generation Melk couldn't help but smile as he watched Xu Yong and the others leave. He then placed the Rainbow Fruit in the warehouse, which effectively isolated the aura, including the scent of the Rainbow Fruit.

This Rainbow Fruit is so big, it'll be enough for the second-generation Melk to eat for a long time.

After leaving, Xu Yong and Miran rode Xiao Mo directly to Zhongmei Culinary Academy. At this time, Xiao Mo could no longer use any means of transportation in the human world, so he had to travel on his own.

Fortunately, Xiao Mo's current travel speed is terrifying, and those means of transportation are nothing compared to it.

As for Xiao Mo, it doesn't really like those modes of transportation either. After all, when it rides a vehicle, it can only cower inside and dare not make any noise. Otherwise, those modes of transportation are like paper to Xiao Mo, and they would be destroyed if it moved even slightly.

Because Xiao Mo was extremely fast, Xu Yong arrived at Zhongmei Culinary Academy in no time and met Nakiri Erina and Shinto Hisako.

The two are almost four-star chefs now, which is undoubtedly good news. Once they reach four stars, Xu Yong's culinary skills will improve further.

"Is this our special kitchen knife?"

The two women also saw the custom-made kitchen knives that Xu Yong had made for them. After all, Xu Yong had told them where he was going, so they knew about the kitchen knives he was making for them.

"That's right, these are the two kitchen knives, but you can't use them yet."

Xu Yong shook his head as he spoke.

"Huh? Why?!"

Upon hearing this, the two were also filled with questions.

"Because you can't handle these two cleavers yet. These two cleavers are more terrifying than many of the top Melk cleavers I've ever seen."

Chef Jin was also amazed when she saw the two kitchen knives. Without a doubt, these two kitchen knives were much better than her own.

“That’s right. I originally got some revival materials from my master to make kitchen knives for you, but this time I unexpectedly obtained better materials and finally made these two kitchen knives. It can be said that they completely exceeded my expectations.”

"These two kitchen knives can only be given to you after you two have learned the skill of 'eliminating life'. Otherwise, you could tear down the entire Zhongmei Culinary Academy in no time."

After Xu Yong finished speaking, he put away the two kitchen knives.

"To be killed? I understand!"

After exchanging a glance, the two saw the determination in each other's eyes. In fact, mastering the art of eliminating life was not difficult for them. The reason they hadn't mastered it yet was the same as before: they were still learning the basics.

Mirajane is completely different from them in this respect. Mirajane has been fighting non-stop for the past two and a half months. Coupled with the special environment of the snake den, she was able to master the basics of the Food Principle.

The two are not in the same field, so there is naturally no basis for comparison.

Afterwards, Xu Yong took out the replanted rainbow fruits, as well as a lot of ingredients such as gem crabs.

"Gem crab? That's excellent ingredient. By the way, since you went to Melk Mountain, you must have also obtained some of Melk's Stars, right? Could you sell me some?"

Chef Jin asked, "Melker's Stars are known as an all-purpose seasoning, so they are naturally very precious to chefs."

In an environment like the Snake Cave, only a very few strong individuals can reach the bottom and capture Melk's Stars. Although Chef Violet is also quite strong, she doesn't dare to go to such a place.

"Of course, we reaped quite a lot this time, so there's no need to buy anything. After all, Erina and the others are all thanks to Chef Sumire's care."

Xu Yong took out a portion of the ground Melk Stars and a portion of Melk Stars crystals and handed them to Chef Jin.

Xu Yong also has a lot of the ground Melk stars here. These ground Melk stars were obtained from the original Melk.

They spent six years at the bottom of the snake's lair, during which time they consumed countless stars of Melk.

Although the original Melk would use some as a condiment when eating, there was still a lot left over.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Yong has acquired a large number of Melk's already ground stars.

He had eaten this before, but unfortunately, this ingredient couldn't directly activate his food cells. After all, it was just a seasoning, and its main function was to enhance the flavor of the dish.

After spending a few days at Zhongmei Culinary Academy, Xu Yong brought not only Mirajane, but also Erina Nakiri and Hisako Shinto.

Because the place he was going to next was Setsunori's Dining Hall. Although he didn't expect Setsunori to teach the two of them, he could at least broaden their horizons.

Although he hadn't made an appointment, Xu Yong wasn't worried about being turned away because of Master Jiro's promise.

"This is Granny Setsuna's dining hall? This is too..."

The three of them stared wide-eyed at the Setsuno Diner in front of them, because it was completely different from what they had imagined.

All three of them knew very well what kind of person Granny Setsuno was. She was one of the national treasures of the Gourmet World, a representative figure of chefs in the human world.

Although Grandma Setsuna isn't currently ranked number one on the chef rankings, those rankings are actually quite unreliable.

Moreover, the rankings are mainly based on the food festival rankings, and Granny Setsuna hasn't participated in the food festival for a while, so she dropped to second place.

"Although it looks a bit shabby, that's what Granny Setsuna did on purpose, to preserve the feel of the past. After all, she's over five hundred years old!"

Xu Yong said with a smile.

"Five...five hundred years old?! *3"

Upon hearing this, all three exclaimed in surprise. Although Food Wars is a food-themed anime with superpowers, it doesn't have any life-extending abilities, so living to a hundred years old is already considered extremely old.

In the Fairy Tail world, although there are people who have lived for hundreds of years, Mirajane at this stage cannot come into contact with such beings.

So Granny Setsuna's age naturally startled them.