More than a million people smelled the fragrance of the chicken blood soup.
This number might sound exaggerated, but in Shen Cheng City, a metropolis with tens of millions of people, it wasn't impossible. Chicken blood soup was the most fragrant of all of Gu Zheng's signature delicacies. This was a delicacy that could trigger the transformation of its fragrance.
It didn't matter if more people smelled it or wanted to eat it. It was normal for 50,000 people to pray and want to find delicious food. But what did this have to do with the spirit? Why did it give him another test?
Did the spirit feel that the recent days were very easy, so it found something for him to do?
Last time, he had just finished the task of conquering the ten judges. This time, 50,000 people came directly, which was 5,000 times more than the previous ten judges. Now, he didn't even know who these 50,000 people were.
"Spirit, are you deliberately looking for trouble?"
The test had been issued. This test allowed rejection, but after rejection, Gokusen's chicken blood soup would be gone. The reason why Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup was so delicious was because it had Gokusen's cooking skills.
Gu Zheng didn't know how the spirit took away his cooking skills, but since it had a way to imprint them in his mind, it must have a way to take them away.
"No, it's because too many people's power of will are concentrated, which made me feel it. In fact, in the Untainted World, there are immortals who collect the power of will of mortals for cultivation. If you can collect these power of will, it will be of great help to you!"
The spirit answered Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng didn't know what the power of will was, and he didn't care about the benefits. He only knew that the spirit gave him an impossible task.
"Three months is only 90 days. You want me to make 50,000 servings of chicken blood soup in 90 days. Even if I cook 50 servings at a time, I have to cook 5,000 times. On average, I have to cook more than 50 times a day, and each time is half an hour. If I don't do anything for 24 hours a day, I can't finish it. You still say you are not looking for trouble?"
Gu Zheng shouted angrily. It was 50,000 servings, not 50 servings, but 100 servings. Just thinking of this number made Gu Zheng dizzy.
"The test this time is only to let these fifty thousand people eat the chicken blood soup you made. There are no restrictions on the ingredients. There is no restriction that it must be Gokusen's culinary skills. You have a hundred-year-old soup, so it will be the same if it is made with a hundred-year-old soup. It will be fine as long as it goes through your hands!"
Gu Zheng was stunned. How could he have forgotten about the 100-year-old soup?
The hundred-year-old soup could produce five thousand servings of chicken blood soup every day. Fifty thousand servings would only last for ten days. However, no one knew where these fifty thousand people were. It was impossible for them to eat it every time.
The test was still very difficult, but it gave Gu Zheng a glimmer of hope. After all, in three months and ninety days, Gu Zheng could theoretically produce 450,000 servings of chicken blood soup, which was equivalent to casting a large net. It was just a matter of whether or not he could fish out all 50,000 people.
"Even if there's a hundred-year-old soup, I don't have a place for it!"
"This is not within the scope of this Artifact Spirit's consideration. You can open your own Chicken Blood Soup shop, or just like last time, borrow a place to do it!"
The last time the Artifact Spirit was referring to was the fried eggs test. Gu Zheng had borrowed the fried eggs from Shu Yu's restaurant and finally completed the test.
"There are so many people. What if during the test, someone went out of the country and didn't come back? Or someone went out of the country and couldn't come back?"
Gu Zheng thought of another problem. Fifty thousand people, a total of fifty thousand people. If they stood together, how would they look like? It was not like these fifty thousand people had nothing to do every day. Some were on business trips, and some went out of the country. This was very normal. There might even be people who came here to play or visit their relatives. What if they went back and didn't come back?
"Don't worry. Those who are not here will not be counted. Those with stronger wishes will automatically be added. The total number will be maintained at fifty thousand!"
The Artifact Spirit had actually thought of this long ago and even gave him a solution.
All in all, the number of people in the test couldn't be less. Those who were not here would be automatically replaced with those who didn't have strong wishes before.
Gu Zheng was very suspicious. How did the Artifact Spirit know that these people's wishes were so strong? Could it be that it had a calculator?
Gu Zheng now felt that this Artifact Spirit was far from being as cute as the Primal Chaos Pagoda. The Primal Chaos Pagoda was so good. It could be activated by itself. Moreover, it didn't need him to do anything. It didn't have any requests. It could control the Primal Chaos Pagoda without complaint. This Artifact Spirit had always been testing him and giving him trouble.
But then again, Gu Zheng's current culinary skills and strength were all brought to him by the Artifact Spirit. There were good things and bad things.
"I got it. When will the test begin?" Gu Zheng asked again in his heart.
"The test officially begins now!"
Gu Zheng was stunned once again. He was cursing in his heart. He had just casually asked. He originally thought that the Artifact Spirit would give him time to prepare like the previous few times. He didn't expect that it would actually start now.
He only had three months for this test. He could only sell a total of four hundred and fifty thousand dishes. From now on, it would be equivalent to wasting today. Every day wasted would reduce the possibility of completing the test by a little.
"Changfeng, did you drive?"
Changfeng was looking at Gu Zheng in puzzlement. Gu Zheng's expression kept changing just now, making him feel baffled.
"It's open!"
"Come, let's go out!" Gu Zheng immediately grabbed his arm.
"You haven't tidied up yet?"
Changfeng, who was being dragged out by Gu Zheng, shouted. There were still bowls and chopsticks on the table that they had eaten.
"I'll tidy it up when I get back!"
Gu Zheng forcefully pulled Changfeng out of the door. This made Changfeng very puzzled. Was this Gu Zheng the real person today? Could it be that someone had disguised himself to replace him? Usually, Gu Zheng would clean up everything after eating. In his words, he had obsessive-compulsive disorder. But now, where did his obsessive-compulsive disorder go?
If it weren't for the fact that only Gu Zheng could make such a chicken blood soup and no one else could impersonate it, he really wanted to touch Gu Zheng's face to see if there was really a human skin mask.
Gu Zheng had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but it wasn't serious.
He had already accepted the test and didn't intend to refuse. The punishment for failing the test hadn't been mentioned by the weapon spirit, but based on the previous experiences, the punishment for failing the test was bound to be very serious.
"Changfeng, do you know where is a suitable place to open a restaurant? A big place like Bianjing's Sun Family's chicken blood soup?"
After getting in the car, Gu Zheng suddenly asked Changfeng. He pulled Changfeng out, but he didn't know where to go.
"What do you want to do in such a place? Could it be that you want to open a restaurant?" Changfeng asked doubtfully.
"Yes, I want to open a restaurant. The Sun Family's century-old soup is still with me. I can't let it go to waste like this. I plan to open a chicken blood soup shop and sell chicken blood soup!"
Gu Zheng nodded. The weapon spirit said that he could open his own restaurant or borrow a place. Borrowing a place was very unrealistic. He had to sell 5,000 servings of chicken blood soup every day, which was equivalent to 5,000 people coming to eat it. Who could lend him a restaurant that could accommodate so many people?
A big restaurant was possible, but a big restaurant had its own business. It was impossible for him to take over a magpie's nest. After thinking about it, he could only open his own restaurant this time.
There were restrictions on opening a restaurant, but fortunately, this test only lasted for three months. At most, he could sell the restaurant after three months, or simply find someone to partner to open a restaurant. He would provide the century-old soup and funds and let others manage it. Anyway, with the century-old soup, business was definitely not to worry. It would definitely be a profitable business.
But this partner wasn't easy to find. First, it needed management experience. Second, it needed to be very familiar. If the partnership business didn't do well, friends would become enemies. It was best if it was someone who didn't care about money like him.
Thinking of this, Gu Zheng suddenly turned his head and looked straight at Changfeng.
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