Chapter 40: Customized Recipes

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

[Sensing the host’s wishes, do you want to use the “Universal Recipe (youth level) Exchange Voucher”?

“Confirm use!”

[Two transcendent creatures are detected in the host’s vicinity, may I ask which is the target?]

“…Demon Ape!”

Bai Wushang almost forgot about the Red Horse, but fortunately, the altar of the Gourmand was smart and gave him a choice.

[Transcendental recipe customization in progress… customization complete!]

[Referring to the current state of the target Demon Ape, the altar can provide seven effects of custom recipes. Please choose…]

[Recipe 1: Dragon bone and blood ginseng tea.]

[Effect Description: A perfect healing type recipe. The main ingredient contains drake skull seed, 100 years old blood ginseng, and so on. Once taken, it can completely repair all the injuries of the target Demon Ape without leaving any hidden problems.]

[Recipe 2: Thick Herb Soup]

[Effect Description: A general healing recipe. The main ingredients consist of golden bananas and 24 types of herbs, which can restore one heart of the target Demon Ape when taken.]

[Recipe 3: Duck in secret white bone sauce.]

[Effect Description: A mutation and transformation type recipe with 50-70% chance of mutating the target Demon Ape into skeletal undead creature Bone Ape, 1-3% chance of sudden death after consumption…]

[Recipe 4: Imp Rice Balls]

[Effect Description: A recipe for mutation, with a 40-80% chance of mutating the target Demon Ape into a ghost-type undead creature called a Spiteful Demon, with a 5-10% chance of IQ drop…]

[Recipe 5…]

[…]

Countless rows of small letters floated in his eyes, making him a little dizzy at first glance.

Quickly browsing with the help of his soul power, Bai Wushang had an odd expression.

Either healing or mutation, it does quite fit the altar’s earlier tailor-made statement… It’s also true that the Demon Ape is on the verge of death, and life sustenance must be prioritized; recipes with other effects make no sense.

But what kind of recipes are those last five? It’s not like the Demon Ape’s racial type is weak. It’s the standard muscular warrior with high burst damage. I wouldn’t consider mutating unless it came to a point where it had no choice between life and death or was stuck in an evolutionary barrier period.

…I can’t choose the first recipe, either. The drake skull seed and 100-year-old blood ginseng are both extremely expensive ingredients. Not to mention whether or not I can obtain them, it’s still a question whether they exist on the trial grounds… I can only choose the second recipe.

[Recipe 2, redemption successful!]

For a moment, his brain tingled slightly as a message came flooding in.

[Recipe]: Thick Herb Soup

[Materials]: 1 Golden Banana + 10g of Witherwort + 10g of Golden Silver Grass + 10g of Sword Grass…+ Peak of Spiritualist level and above soul power.

[Process]: Mash the banana with the peel on, and put…

[Description]: To heal a depleted heart, a custom recipe, valid only for Demon Ape (Contractor – Bai Wushang) in its current state.

Much more trouble than that recipe for the Mouse of Temptation. Well… there are 25 main ingredients. I have 11 now. The remaining 14 are not that rare. If I look carefully, I should be able to find them all…

Bai Wushang’s worries eased.

If scarce and special materials were needed, then he’d be on the brink of tears.

After confirming that the Universal Recipe Exchange Voucher method was feasible, Bai Wushang immediately took the Demon Ape leader back to the Book of Oaths.

It is now the fourth night. Tomorrow is the last safe day. Starting the day after tomorrow, the incense bag expires, and hunting is allowed between students… Bai Wushang contemplated. Time is too tight for me. Let’s start working overnight and try to find all the missing materials in less than 24 hours!

Bai Wushang pulled up the Red Horse lying down but not sleeping, and the latter obediently followed him out of the waterfall cave.

Again, a full moon hung in the sky as a silhouette, far dimmer than the normal moon.

Riding on his Red Horse, Bai Wushang rushed through the night, sometimes turning over boulders and sometimes climbing up ancient trees while looking for the plants he needed.

***

On the afternoon of the fifth day, Bai Wushang found all the ingredients.

He rushed back to the waterfall cave without stopping.

However, instead of cooking the recipe first, he sat down cross-legged and began to meditate.

Yesterday’s contract with the Demon Ape leader had consumed a large amount of soul power, and he hadn’t recovered from it.

This recipe was marked as requiring the peak soul power of a Spiritualist, and Bai Wushang did not want to ruin the entire pot of ingredients he had worked so hard to collect in the process of cooking due to a lack of soul power.

After about four or five hours, he exhaled a muddy breath and rose to his feet refreshed.

Pounding the herbs, starting the fire, setting up the pot, adding water, and finally injecting soul power, Bai Wushang followed the recipe’s procedure strictly and navigated his way through it with ease, quickly obtaining the final product.

What was presented was a sticky dark green soup that didn’t look too special other than being steaming hot.

In fact, from the scent wafting off, Bai Wushang smelled a delightful and refreshing aroma, and he inexplicably wanted to give it a taste.

[Transcendental delicacy Thick Herb Soup has been made, recipe completion 63%, no special effects triggered.]

Only 63%? Does that mean I came close to failing?

Bai Wushang’s attention quickly shifted as he analyzed the results.

Could it be that the increase in ingredients has caused me to lack a more refined control of the actual portions and the cooking time? Hmm… when I get back to the academy, I’m going to start preparing scales, pots, measures, timers, and other such aids. I can’t be held back by these things…

But then I’m getting further and further down the culinary road. As a master… it’s quite interesting too.

Shaking his head despite himself, Bai Wushang summoned the Book of Oaths.

“The first oath, open!”

As the pages of the book flipped, an illusory light gate emerged, and the body of the Demon Ape leader flew out in a prone position.

“Ape boss, wake up! Take your medicine!”

The Demon Ape leader slept very soundly, probably because it was so terribly injured. Bai Wushang shouted for a while before it woke up.

Seeing the bloodied and weak appearance of the Demon Ape leader, Bai Wushang hadn’t felt anything earlier, but now he was a bit distressed. He hurriedly ran to its side, helping it get up slowly and helping it lay its back against the stone wall.

“Here, drink this. It will do wonders for your injuries.”

Bai Wushang carefully held the pot and brought it to the Demon Ape leader’s mouth.

The Demon Ape leader sniffed it with its nose and didn’t hesitate to gulp it down.

Most of its bodily functions were in an extremely critical state, and even the muscles involved in drinking the soup would be quite painful.

“It’s okay. Drink slowly, drink slowly.” Bai Wuxiang’s gaze was soft, and his heart was warm.

Some pets, even when they entered into a contract, especially in the period when the contract had just been established, were skeptical of the master and wouldn’t easily believe what they said.

But the Demon Ape leader was different. Bai Wushang could feel that it had a certain amount of trust in him, and that feeling was quite reassuring.

Don’t worry, I’ll do everything I promised you.

Although your people are gone, that’s okay. It’ll be me, Milky Way, and many, many more future companions will be accompanying you from now on!

Silently repeating this oath in his heart, Bai Wushang began to observe the changes in the Demon Ape leader after it drank the thick herb soup.