CHAPTER 384: CHAPTER 384: BEAST GOD FOREST (XUAN JIU) 7

Caicai was still holding his breath, pointing angrily at Xuan Jiu: "You’re done for, the Host will soon divorce you."

Xuan Jiu completely ignored Caicai’s words and continued talking to himself: "Little Caicai, do you want to play something fun with Fox Father?"

"Stay away, don’t try to get close to me." Caicai pouted: "My Fox Father died in my heart last night."

"So when does the feast start?" Xuan Jiu asked eagerly: "I’ve never tasted my own feast before."

"Are you sick?" Caicai was speechless.

Xuan Jiu ignored him again and added: "Why don’t you come work for me? I’ll make you an officer."

Originally, Caicai didn’t want to pay Xuan Jiu any attention, but upon hearing this offer, he was tempted.

Especially since Xuan Jiu is now the King of Reishi Royal City.

"Really become an officer?" Caicai asked excitedly, then immediately composed himself and said restrainedly: "You were the one begging me to become an officer."

"Yes, yes, I’m begging you." Xuan Jiu nodded repeatedly.

Xiao Jinsheng watched silently from the side.

After all, Xuan Jiu...

She guaranteed that the officer Xuan Jiu was talking about was completely different from what Caicai imagined.

So, there are reasons why some people can bond with the system.

Both the Host and the system were tricked by the same fox.

Caicai rolled his eyes, staring at the chef’s hat that Xuan Jiu had placed on his head.

"From now on, you are the captain of the second team in the Chef King Competition." Xuan Jiu patted Caicai’s arm for encouragement.

"Second team? Who’s in the first?" Caicai asked.

"The captain of the first team, well, of course, it’s me." Xuan Jiu replied confidently, raising his head.

"And me? The third team?" Xiao Jinsheng curiously joined in the fun.

"You are the chief captain of both teams." Xuan Jiu explained.

"I’m not particularly eager to be any chief captain, but since you want me to, I guess I’ll reluctantly take it." Xiao Jinsheng smiled, suppressing a laugh.

Nearby, Xuan Jiu’s head leaned over: "Chief Xiao."

"Chief Xiao, hahaha——" Caicai inexplicably burst into laughter.

Only Xuan Jiu was confused: "Caicai, what are you laughing at?"

"Before you, in the two worlds I’ve been to, in the Illusion Realm belonging to Mo Jiao, I needed to play a domineering CEO." Xiao Jinsheng explained.

"Domineering CEO, is it the kind of plot where you take by force?" Xuan Jiu’s eyes brightened up instantly.

He pulled Xiao Jinsheng’s hand to his neck: "Isn’t it choking the neck, red-eyed, and moody?"

"I think this world suits me." Xuan Jiu, thinking about the domineering CEO script, was full of regret: "You act as the bossy CEO, I can act as the pitiful flower that you strongly love."

"I thought you would prefer this world where you get to participate in the Chef King Competition." Xiao Jinsheng suppressed a laugh.

The world Mo Jiao was in, honestly, she initially suspected Xuan Jiu as well.

After all, his condition was like that.

Just like the Illusion System, quite severely ill.

"Don’t feel regretful, once we leave here, you can still act." Caicai chimed in: "The Illusion System came out with us too."

"Can I become the Kitchen God?" Xuan Jiu asked.

"If you can’t become the Kitchen God, you can still be a Divine Chef." Caicai tugged on the chef’s hat on his head, full of distress: "But Fox Father, I can’t cook."

"You don’t need to cook; you’re just helping me occupy a slot, so I can make one more dish." Xuan Jiu said.

It’s just the right fit for two teams.

Once he competed in the first team as the head chef.

He would run to the second team, ostensibly as an assistant, but actually still as the head chef, continuing to cook.

To prove to Xiao Jinsheng that his culinary skills had improved, Xuan Jiu pulled Xiao Jinsheng and Caicai straight to the kitchen.

"Just wait, I’ll make you something delicious today." As Jinsheng and Caicai waited in the dining room, Master Xuan was busy alone in the kitchen.

Xiao Jinsheng wanted to take a look, but was pushed out by Xuan Jiu.

Saying something about how seeing the cooking process would ruin the freshness and anticipation for the dish.

Jinsheng and Caicai, waiting outside, could only hear the constant clattering sounds.

Caicai was a bit worried: "Will the food Fox Father makes be edible? Even Ying doesn’t eat Fox Father’s food."

You know, Ying could swallow any food that can be eaten.

But eating too much of Xuan Jiu’s food made even Ying want to vomit.

"He said his cooking skills have improved." Jinsheng replied.

"Do you believe it?" Caicai questioned.

Jinsheng hesitated even more.

After all, when it comes to culinary skills, Xuan Jiu has the same problem as Su Ye.

Fondness for innovation.

Half an hour later.

Xuan Jiu mysteriously brought over two covered plates.

"Cuisine, please enjoy." He placed the plates down and pinched the lids to lift them.

As soon as the lid was moved, Jinsheng was almost blinded by the golden glow emanating from the dishes.

Upon closer inspection, Xuan Jiu had placed a circle of pea-sized glowing golden beads around the plates.

"What is this?" Jinsheng curiously pointed at the golden beads.

"These are glowing minerals, not edible." Xuan Jiu signaled for her to focus on the food surrounded in the center.

A perfectly square, white pastry that looked like a steamed bun, but surely wasn’t a steamed bun.

"Come, have a taste." Xuan Jiu gestured for Jinsheng to quickly take the chopsticks.

"Is it a dessert?" Jinsheng asked.

Yet she didn’t smell a hint of sweetness on this square pastry.

But she still picked it up and took a light bite.

The taste was a combination of minced meat aroma and the bitterness of ginseng.

Jinsheng immediately frowned: "Is this a meat-stuffed ginseng bun?"

"A bun with stuffing, do you respect the bun?"

"Didn’t I learn that you don’t like eating buns?" Xuan Jiu muttered expectantly, watching Jinsheng: "So, how is it? Isn’t it delicious? It’s very nutritious."

"If we can’t poison the judges, maybe we should think of another way to get information about the Beast God."

Saying this, Jinsheng stuffed the bun with only a bite taken out into Xuan Jiu’s mouth: "You eat it yourself, I’m not hungry."

"You eat the food inside the Realm." Xuan Jiu was deflated.

He knew in Jinsheng’s Realm, Huaiqing had already prepared food long in advance.

Reluctant to admit it.

Even though he self-proclaimed to be the Kitchen God.

But he also knew that to win first place in the Chef King Competition this time.

It would be easier for Huaiqing to participate.

"Actually, we shouldn’t judge based on my taste; what if the judges like eating something like this?" Seeing the fox was sad, even the nine tails were lifeless.

Jinsheng quickly stepped forward to comfort him.

She reached out, about to pat the fox’s head, when Xuan Jiu suddenly leapt up, almost bumping foreheads with Jinsheng.

"You make sense, I think I can do it again." Xuan Jiu instantly regained all his energy.

Just when Jinsheng was relieved, she heard Xuan Jiu mumble: "If it really doesn’t work, I’ll just poison the judges."

"Huh?" Jinsheng was stunned.

Xuan Jiu had already entered his spice room to look for poison.

He brought out several baskets of dried mushrooms.

Even dried, the mushrooms were still vibrant in color.

Some were blue, red, purple, green, and even rainbow-colored.

"These are my treasures." Xuan Jiu introduced the dried mushrooms to Jinsheng.

Jinsheng said nothing, only listening to the Star System Map’s reminders about the different toxins of each mushroom.