In the past year, the Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle basically didn't eat in the cafeteria. She wandered around the snack street around the academy and ate all kinds of snacks.
However, all of this changed after she went to the Regal Restaurant.
After eating the Imperial Restaurant's Golden Phoenix Full Banquet, eating other food was tasteless.
After persisting for three days, the Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle couldn't hold on any longer. She rushed all the way to the Golden Phoenix Restaurant and had another hearty meal in the Regal Restaurant.
But this time, she wasn't so extravagant. She only ate 36 dishes of Golden Phoenix Heavenly Feast and left with satisfaction.
Then, the Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle endured for another three days and rushed to the Regal Restaurant again to eat 76 dishes of Golden Phoenix Heavenly Feast.
The day before Chu Xingyun finished his Hundred-day Foundation Establishment, the Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle couldn't hold back anymore. She went to eat a big meal again and then her purse was completely empty.
Since Di Tianyi entered the ancient path of stars, as his eldest disciple, the entire Nanming Academy was completely under the control of the Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle. Therefore, she didn't have much savings over the years.
Although the Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle had a high salary … her cultivation cost was also very high.
Moreover, because she was in charge of the academy all year round, she had no other source of income other than her salary. Therefore, even though 10,000 years had passed, she was still very poor.
Of course, if the Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle was willing to accept bribes and bend the law, money wouldn't be a problem at all. But the problem was, how could she do that?
But now, Bai Bing could help manage the academy. The Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle could spare a lot of time to think of some ways to earn some extra money. Otherwise … she couldn't eat such delicious food.
The Martial Emperor of Crape Myrtle owned one of the ten main fires in the world, the Crape Myrtle Heavenly Fire. Moreover, for the past 10,000 years, she mainly focused on refining weapons.
In order to make some money to buy delicious food, the Martial Emperor of Ziwei temporarily entrusted everything in the academy to Bai Bing. As for herself, she planned to officially start refining a set of royal weapons and sell them at the Gold Phoenix Auction House.
The reason why the Crape Myrtle Martial Emperor could think of this was also related to You Zai.
You Zai liked his most loyal fan very much. Therefore, when Mo Li went to eat at Emperor Restaurant for the second time, You Zai specially ran over and talked to Mo Li.
After all, apart from Chu Xingyun, only Mo Li had eaten at the Golden Phoenix Banquet. As for Chu Xingyun himself, he didn't have much interest in delicacies, so he couldn't ask anything.
But Mo Li was different. She was simply a little foodie. In order to eat, she wouldn't hesitate to go bankrupt!
Between the same kind, there were always more topics to talk about. You Zai, who was also a foodie, originally just wanted to ask for his opinion, but he didn't expect that the two of them would talk for the entire night.
When Mo Li went to the Monarch Dining Hall for the third time, You Zai directly brought Mo Li to the kitchen. He cooked there while Mo Li watched from the side. Every time a dish was cooked, Mo Li would taste it and then give a fair evaluation as well as suggestions for improvement.
On the fourth time, which was the day before Chu Xingyun completed the Hundred-day Foundation Establishment, Mo Li stayed at You Zai's place for the whole day.
For the whole day, he didn't cook any of the 108 dishes. Of course, Mo Li didn't eat any of them.
However, Mo Li's mouth wasn't idle. She kept coming up with all sorts of wonderful ideas, which You Zai would personally realize. In the whole day, he actually created three classic dishes.
Although Mo Li only ate three dishes the whole day, the satisfaction in her heart made her feel that her life wasn't in vain.
In the span of one day, You Zai and Mo Li went from two foodies to two gourmets.
Foodies and gourmets sounded like the same thing at first, but in reality, they were two completely different realms.
Foodies only cared about eating. As long as the food was delicious, they didn't care about anything else.
Gourmets, on the other hand, were different. They had to make do with not getting tired of eating good food and not getting tired of eating small things …
Not only did the food have to be delicious, but the choice of ingredients and cooking techniques also had to be considered from many aspects and angles to fully explore the true essence of food.
The best ingredients, the best cooking techniques, the best regulations, the best utensils …
When all of these were put together, it wasn't just a dish anymore. It was a work of art that was full of art. It could be said that it had both form and spirit, color, smell, and taste!
Although there were only three dishes, the effort, energy, manpower, material, and financial resources used to make them were simply unimaginable.
Originally, You Zai insisted on not accepting money no matter what, but … Mo Li wasn't the kind of person who liked to take advantage of small things.
If she didn't know the price of these dishes when she was eating with Chu Xingyun, how could she not know when she really entered the kitchen and saw You Zai's cooking with her own eyes?
Not to mention the price, in fact … the cost of these dishes was more than three million yuan.
Not to mention other things, just take the paws of the Martial Emperor level Earth Demon Bear as an example.
Although the Earth Demon Bear had four paws, the left front paw was the most expensive.
Every time the Earth Demon Bear entered winter or after heavy snow sealed the mountains, it had the habit of hibernating. During hibernation, it would often lick its front paw with its tongue, thinning the calluses on its front paw to the point that its palms would turn dark red and bleed. Its saliva and colloid would seep into the palms, making them tender and nutritious.
Among the front paws, the left front paw was the most expensive and nutritious.
This was because the bear used its front paw to eat and was used to eating with its left front paw. It was a "left-handed" animal.
The right front paw was only used for scratching, climbing trees, and catching prey, so its left front paw was covered with wild fruit juice, ant eggs, and the blood of rare birds and fat beasts.
To satisfy its cravings, the bear would often eat bees, so its left front paw was often soaked in royal jelly and honey.
After a long time, the bear's left front paw was soaked in blood, honey, fruit juice, and its own saliva.
Therefore, the left front paw was of better quality, while the other three paws were of equal quality.
In addition, the front paw was small, the structure was even and dense, and the palm flowers were obviously beautiful. The bear's back paw was used for walking and standing. Its paw was long and big, and the palm flowers were not obvious. Therefore, the bear's front paw was of better quality than its back paw.
Although the Earth Demon Bear's body was full of treasures, as an ingredient, the most precious part was its left front paw. Just this paw alone was worth more than ten million spirit stones.
Thinking back to the last few times she ate at the Monarch Restaurant and only paid three million spirit stones for the meal, Mo Li couldn't help but feel extremely embarrassed.
As a ten-thousand-year-old demon, it was fine if she didn't have any knowledge, but it was really unbelievable that she didn't even have the most basic common sense.
But in fact, although Mo Li had lived for more than ten thousand years, she had basically never stepped out of Nanming Academy in the past ten thousand years. She really wasn't clear about the common sense and common knowledge of the world.
But the Earth Demon Bear was a super ferocious beast, and its body was full of treasures. Mo Li still knew this knowledge.
It was just that … when she ate it last time, she really didn't know that the two small bites of fat, soft, and fragrant meat were actually the two pieces of the Earth Demon Bear's paw that had the best texture and taste.
The Earth Demon Bear, which was three to four meters tall, only took one paw.
Only the fattest and softest piece of the washbasin-sized bear paw was taken.
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