Erina Nakiri couldn't help but ask.

"The matter of partners? Why should I care? Mr. Xu Yong is already willing to help me, and there's no explicit rule that partners mean husband and wife."

Rukia Kuchiki shook her head. It was just a title, nothing special. Xu Yong was already willing to help, so she would have to be crazy to refuse.

After listening to Rukia Kuchiki's words, everyone felt that she made sense. Compared to surviving in this world and finding a way home, the concept of a partner was not important at all.

And to be honest, they now feel that being partners doesn't seem so bad.

And so, Rukia Kuchiki became Xu Yong's new partner, and Xu Yong also received a reward from the system.

"The Cell Unification Method actually rewards this thing!"

The system reward this time is called the Cell Unification Method. Xu Yong is naturally familiar with this, because the effect of Ape Martial Arts is to completely unify the cells in the body, thereby unleashing even more powerful strength.

If the concept of food is about adapting to gravity and thus becoming unaffected by it, then the techniques of Sarutobi can directly eliminate gravity. That's right, Sarutobi, at a certain level, can eliminate gravity, which is equivalent to gravity not existing.

In terms of power control, Sarutobi surpasses Shiki, and Toriko and the others began learning Sarutobi after entering the Seventh Continent.

However, even the highest level of ape martial arts has its limits. Even the top master level of ape martial arts, which is like a pyramid, cannot compare to the Ape King.

Because the dance was originally created by the Monkey King to dance with his wife, but he incorporated all his understanding of power into it, thus giving birth to the Monkey Dance.

The Ape King's control over power is constantly improving, while the Ape Warrior was created long ago.

Therefore, even if someone who cultivates Ape Martial Arts reaches the pinnacle of Ape Martial Arts, they can never compare to the Ape King; they will always be one level behind.

The cell unification method provided by the system is not Ape Warrior, but a technique similar to Ape Warrior. Moreover, this technique can achieve the same effect as Ape Warrior, or even surpass it.

Having mastered the basics provided by the system, Xu Yong needed to integrate them into his own techniques, which was completely different from the already established Ape Martial Arts.

To give an analogy, the Ape Weapon is like a divine weapon that has already been forged, while the Cellular Unification Law is the prototype of the weapon, with infinite possibilities. How to forge this weapon depends on the person who obtains it.

Most importantly, the Cell Unification Method doesn't require performing those bizarre movements like those of Sarutobi. To be honest, if Sarutobi were to perform all those bizarre movements, the level of social embarrassment would be far greater than the lewd face of someone drinking the soup of the century.

This reward is very useful to Xu Yong. After his cell level reaches 100, although the Food Righteousness will still be useful, the Cell Unification Method is undoubtedly a technique that can unleash even greater combat power.

However, learning this skill requires a certain foundation. Just like with the art of food, to learn the art of food, one must first learn to master one's own power, at least to the point where one can use the skill of life-destroying.

In addition to requirements for power control, the cellular unification method also requires a certain level of cellular strength.

After receiving the reward, Xu Yong didn't rush to study it. His cell level was still too low, so the most important thing now was to capture various ingredients to raise his cell level to over 100.

Xu Yong's first target was BB corn, which is a food ingredient that requires an astonishing amount of nutrients.

The Forest of Wu is the best example; BB Corn draws nutrients from the entire Forest of Wu to grow.

However, the soil nutrients here are far superior to those of the Wu Forest. The soil nutrients here are incredibly high, which is why the fruit trees could continuously bear fruit in a cycle.

Besides the inherent characteristics of the fruit trees themselves, the soil here is also rich in nutrients.

"What a huge corn cob! It must be at least a hundred meters tall!"

When everyone arrived at the place where BB corn grew, they saw this enormous BB corn.

The BB corn here is much larger than that in the Forest of Wu because of its abundant nutrients. The largest BB corn in the Forest of Wu is only a few tens of meters tall, but the ones here can grow to over a hundred meters.

"BB corn, originally a food ingredient, is the best material for making popcorn."

“Normally, one kernel of corn can pop enough popcorn for hundreds of people, but that’s the standard for BB corn in the Forest of Wu. The BB corn here is much larger than that in the Forest of Wu, so the quantity is probably even more exaggerated.”

Xu Yong gave a brief introduction to the characteristics of BB corn.

"One kernel of corn can make enough popcorn for hundreds of people?!"

Upon hearing this, Rukia Kuchiki couldn't help but widen her eyes. She had only just arrived in this world and didn't know much about its ingredients.

In comparison, while Erina Nakiri and the others were also somewhat surprised, they were basically used to the ingredients in this world, so they wouldn't be as big as Rukia Kuchiki.

"That's right, but catching this kind of BB corn isn't so easy. You can give it a try."

After Xu Yong finished speaking, everyone was very curious and stepped forward to try it out.

"It's so hard! My fist hit it and it didn't react at all!"

Mirajane was quite surprised to see that BB Corn didn't react at all after she punched it, as her cell level was quite high.

In fact, if her fist had hit the BB corn in the Forest of Wu, it could have broken the root of the BB corn directly.

The problem is that the baby corn here grows better, so when she punched it, there was no reaction at all.

Seeing that her attack had no effect, Mirajane simply accepted the demonic power and swiped again with her claw. This time, the claw tore the BB corn's stem apart.

As for Erina Nakiri and the other two, dealing with them was much simpler, since they already had Melk's kitchen knife.

The kitchen knife, forged from the fossilized tooth of the Dragon King, combined with their power, is still quite formidable in the human realm.

"Not only the rootstock, but also the outer skin and the corn silk inside are ridiculously hard."

After a while, everyone worked hard to peel off the layers of defense and finally saw the corn kernels inside.

This corn kernel is also much larger than the one in the Forest of Wu, almost as big as a person.

"This is outrageous! Even if my spiritual pressure were fully restored, I still couldn't cut through such a defense!"

Rukia Kuchiki felt that she was too weak. Even if her spiritual pressure was restored, she would not be able to cut through something so hard, whether using Kido or Zanpakuto.

However, neither Mirajane's absorption of demonic power nor the sharp kitchen knives in the hands of Erina Nakiri and Hisako Shinoto could compare to her.

"If you can fuse with the food cells, then you will also become stronger quickly, just like them."

Xu Yong spoke up, and upon hearing this, Rukia Kuchiki became even more eager.

As they were talking, the group had already removed the kernels from the BB corn, only to discover that there was actually more than one layer inside the corn.

BB corn looks very big, but the corn cobs inside are very small. There are three layers of corn kernels inside and out, which is a growth pattern that surprises everyone.

"I've got the corn kernels, so what's next? How do I cook them?"

Mirajane asked, "We've caught the ingredients, but they're too tough to bite, so they have to cook them before we can eat them."

"BB corn needs to be heated gradually, Erina, Hisako, it's up to you now!"

As Xu Yong spoke, he took out the cooking equipment.

"Huh? Where did these things come from?"

Rukia Kuchiki was stunned again as Xu Yong pulled out a huge pile of things out of thin air.

"My Gourmet Demon has a built-in ability: I have a space that I can use. I usually store the ingredients I capture and various other things in that space."

As he spoke, Xu Yong put the captured BB corn into his spatial storage right in front of Kuchiki Rukia.

This time, Xu Yong didn't bring out his house. His house had already been renovated and was now even more luxurious than the gourmet castle in Toriko's original work.

However, BB popcorn is made in such large quantities that it is not suitable for indoor cooking, so Xu Yong did not bring out his house this time.

"Leave it to us!"

Erina Nakiri and Hisako Shinoto were also in high spirits. This was their area of ​​expertise, and they hadn't been learning from Granny Setsuno for nothing. Cooking baby corn was no big problem for them.

As they spoke, the two began cooking. Under their precise control, the BB corn was continuously heated, and the speed at which the temperature rose caused waves of heat to surge around it.

Fortunately, the things Xu Yong prepared were all developed by IGO, so they had enough heat; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been able to do anything with these BB corns.

As the temperature continued to rise, the baby corn in their hands gradually began to react, bouncing as if dancing.

It has to be said that it is quite strange for a corn kernel, almost the size of a person, to be constantly jumping around.

"Boom!"

The next second, two huge corn kernels were launched into the air, hundreds of meters high. Then, with two loud bangs, countless golden popcorn kernels the size of people fell from the sky.

"As expected of nutrient-rich baby corn, even the popcorn is bigger."

As he spoke, Xu Yong used a spoon, and with a swift motion, all the popcorn fell into it.

After all, this is food, and Xu Yong didn't want the popcorn to fall directly to the ground.

After taking all the popcorn, Xu Yong removed the spoon and then took out a piece of popcorn from his spatial storage. The golden popcorn, bigger than a person, looked like a ball of cotton candy.

"It's too big, I'll cut the popcorn into smaller pieces!"

As she spoke, Erina Nakiri's hand holding the cleaver trembled, and immediately, numerous cut marks appeared on the popcorn in front of her, scattering it everywhere. Each piece was roughly the size of a normal person's palm.

Chapter 75 Soul Fusion with Gourmet Cells, Corona Sunflower

"That makes things much easier. Everyone, just eat. Miss Kuchiki, you should take off this thing called 'Gikai' (artificial body). After all, it can't fuse with gourmet cells. Try using your soul body instead."

Xu Yong looked at Kuchiki Rukia and said, "The artificial body is just a tool after all. However, Kuchiki Rukia cannot simply discard this tool, since this artificial body can indeed accelerate her spiritual pressure recovery."

Upon hearing Xu Yong's words, Rukia Kuchiki immediately extracted her soul from her artificial body without saying a word.

Souls can indeed eat, but in the past they ate food from the Soul Society. Everything in the Soul Society is made of spirit particles, so the food they ate was naturally also spirit particles.

“We also have Melk’s Stars here, we can add some of that.”

Xu Yong also brought out some Melk Stars, since Melk Stars is a versatile seasoning, so it should enhance the flavor of BB popcorn.

After Melk's Stars were added, BB Popcorn looked like it was glowing.

"The texture is indeed very similar to mashed potatoes."

BB popcorn has a great texture and taste, which explains why Terry was able to eat it, considering he's quite a picky eater.

As BB popcorn was consumed, this ingredient from the culinary world successfully activated Xu Yong's "food cells."

Not only him, but the other three girls were the same. As for Rukia Kuchiki, she didn't change at all, meaning she didn't gain any gourmet cells.

"Failed?"

Although the food was delicious, Rukia Kuchiki found that she didn't experience the same surge in strength as the others, so she was somewhat disappointed.

After witnessing the power of gourmet cells, it would be a lie to say I don't want it.

"No, it's not entirely certain yet. Mirajane did indeed acquire Gourmet Cells on her first try, but Erina and Hisako did not acquire them on their first try."

"Food luck can only increase your probability of obtaining food cells, but it cannot directly give you food cells."

Xu Yong shook his head. He didn't know what was going on with Kuchiki Rukia either, but not getting anything the first time he ate her didn't mean anything.

"That means I still have a chance!"

Hearing this, Rukia Kuchiki, who had been disappointed, perked up again.

“There is indeed still a chance. I happen to have some other ingredients here, why don’t you give it a try?”

As Xu Yong spoke, he took out some ingredients that he had previously captured and grown in his own planting space.

The rarer and higher-grade the ingredient, the greater the probability of obtaining Gourmet Cells the first time you eat it.

So let's try a few different ingredients and see. Surely Rukia Kuchiki's luck isn't so bad that she can't get her Gourmet Cells even with so many ingredients.

After these ingredients were brought out, everyone ate some. Although eating these ingredients wouldn't do much good for their level improvement, the food was indeed very delicious.

When they ate the third type of food, Xu Yong noticed that Rukia Kuchiki's aura had changed, and not only him, but everyone else did as well.

"It actually worked!"

Everyone was somewhat surprised to see the powerful aura unleashed by Rukia Kuchiki and the demonic phantom in mid-air.

They didn't have high hopes, after all, the other person's body was too special. It was a soul body, although it was a soul body with flesh and blood, it was still different from ordinary people.

"It should have been successful, but judging from the looks of it, it's probably still in the consciousness space!"

Xu Yong looked at Rukia Kuchiki's blank expression and said.

Unlike others, Rukia Kuchiki has a Shirayuki in her consciousness space. Since she has fused with the Gourmet Cell, it means that her consciousness space now has a new member.

Even if this new member has no self-awareness, Sode no Shirayuki will definitely pull Kuchiki Rukia in for a chat.

Just as Xu Yong had thought, at this moment, Rukia Kuchiki's consciousness space had undergone earth-shattering changes.

Why did you drag me into this again?

Returning to the consciousness space once again, Rukia Kuchiki asked with some confusion.

"You have the nerve to ask me? Look at this guy for yourself."

Sode Shirayuki pointed to a hideous demon in front of her and said.

"Is this the Gourmet Demon? Just as Mr. Xu Yong said, it has no self-awareness and is completely under my control!"

Rukia Kuchiki naturally knew what this was, since Xu Yong had explained the details to her before fusing with the Gourmet Cells.

"Completely under your control? Do you know how powerful this guy is? The moment he entered, this space changed, and your spiritual pressure returned, even increasing significantly."

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