Gourmet of Another World

The void was silent. The only sound was the burning of the blood-red fire.

”So we just let them go?” said a Judge as he looked at the other Judge wreathed in blood-red fire. He didn’t want to let them go, but a shiver went through him whenever he thought of the woman’s dreadful curse.

”If she really is a Cursed Goddess, letting her escape and allowing her to grow up will be a disaster...”

”It’s none of our business. Besides, my palm strike should have killed them if not for that young man. There’s something strange about him as well... It’s hard to believe that he is unhurt by my attack and even borrowed by my force to flee...” the Judge wreathed in flames said sulkily.

”That’s enough. They had fallen into the turbulence, and no one knew where they would be carried to. If it is the starry sky... With their strength, they will soon die there, unless a Great Saint is willing to save them,” said the last Judge.

”We will tell the Great Judge about the Cursed Goddess later and let him decide what to do. We’ll get ourselves killed if we force her curse to erupt completely.”

In the distant void, a ship could be seen floating. It was Nethery’s Netherworld Ship. Since Bu Fang and Nethery had left in a rush, they didn’t have time to take it with them.

A Judge shook his hand. A blood-colored chain slithered across the void and snaked around the ship, then he put it away. When he was done, he gave the turbulence, which had swallowed Bu Fang and Nethery, a deep look.

”The look in that boy’s eyes is really scary. If possible, I’ll kill him with a slap...” said a Judge. He shivered at the thought of Bu Fang’s eyes before they were devoured by the turbulence.

The others nodded as well.

For a moment, the void fell silent again.

Soon, the four of them collected themselves and sped away toward the floating island in the distance, where the Abyss was located.

The Qilin Chef Feast was about to start. They had to hurry. They couldn’t afford to cause any delay in the Great Judge and the City Lord’s plan.

...

He was surrounded by darkness. The only sound was the beating of his heart and the serious voice of the system that echoed in his mind.

Bu Fang was curious. He found that the system’s voice was slightly different from usual.

It was cold and filled with violence, with a hint of merciless killing intent.

”Attention, host, you have a killing task.”

The beating sound of his heart stopped as Bu Fang held his breath.

”Killing task: Slay the four Judges of Abyss City. Reward: A fragment of the God of Cooking Set, the recipe of Sword Pots, the qualification of Spirit Possession.”

The system’s voice was filled with violence, which surprised Bu Fang.

He opened his eyes and found that he was lying in a dark and cold cave. The air was heavy with a strong fragrance, coming from the dish he had cooked to suppress Nethery’s curse. The dish was intact, waiting quietly beside him.

Nethery was not far away from him, lying face down on the ground. Her turquoise hair had covered her face, but through the gaps between them, he could see her pale, bloodless face.

Bu Fang rubbed his temple with a thumb.

They were lucky that the Vermillion Chef Robe had stopped the turbulence from ripping them apart. However, it seemed that they had been transported to somewhere else.

It was not the time to figure out where they were now, though.

Bu Fang got up from the ground, grabbed the dish, and walked beside Nethery.

’She’s a real pain in the neck... I can’t believe that she actually made the curse erupt. Now all the previous efforts had gone to waste.’

He reached out a hand and pushed a lock of her turquoise hair aside. When he saw her face, Bu Fang couldn’t help but sigh softly.

’The four Judges of Abyss City...’

Bu Fang was a man of good temper, but he was very angry this time, and the consequences when he got angry would be very serious.

He had decided to kill the four Judges even if the system didn’t give him the task.

Nethery’s eyebrows were still tightly furrowed.

Bu Fang sighed. He scooped her up with one hand and went into the Heaven and Earth Farmland with a thought.

He was greeted by a comfortable breeze.

Actually, Bu Fang had a way to escape the four Judges’ deadly assault—he could bring his companions into the farmland. Of course, if he did that, they might pick up the farmland’s energy fluctuation, but they were not strong enough to destroy it.

He could stay in the farmland to recover his mental force, then go out and serve the Judges a Perishing Pot. Even if he couldn’t kill them with it, he could still make them suffer.

A pity that Nethery had ruined his plan. Bu Fang understood that she was just trying to protect them as the situation had been hopeless. Otherwise, this cold and proud girl would not have erupted her curse.

’She’s too reckless...’

Bu Fang felt a little headache. As he sensed the power of the curse in her growing stronger and stronger, he furrowed his eyebrows.

The wind in the farmland was refreshing.

Bu Fang carried Nethery to the wooden hut. His arrival took Niu Hansan, who was sleeping soundly, aback.

”What happened, Owner Bu?” he looked confused.

”Nothing...” Bu Fang replied with a cold face. He placed Nethery on a deck chair, produced a porcelain spoon, and scooped up a spoonful of the steaming dish. Cooked with a crystal fruit of life and Crystal Source Purple Essence, the dish contained rich life energy.

He carefully fed it into Nethery’s mouth, and she instinctively swallowed it. Nourished by the rich life energy, her facial complexion looked better, but her hair remained turquoise.

Bu Fang didn’t say anything. He continued to feed her. When she finished the whole bowl, he put her back down.

Her furrowed brows had relaxed. Clearly, she felt much comfortable after eating the dish.

”What happened, Owner Bu? Are we still going to study new Death Food Tools today?” Niu Hansan asked carefully.

Bu Fang rose to his feet and sighed. He gave Niu Hansan a sideways glance and asked, ”Do you know a way to increase the enhanced Perishing Pot’s power?”

The question took Niu Hansan aback.

’Isn’t the Perishing Pot already very powerful? What is Owner Bu trying to do? Is he going to destroy the world?’

Niu Hansan knew the answer to the question, but he hesitated. He didn’t know if he should tell Bu Fang about it... He feared that Bu Fang would really destroy the world with the Perishing Pot.

”En?” When Bu Fang saw the look on Niu Hansan’s face, he knew this old bull had the answer. He frowned, and a pressure exuded out of him.

In fact, Bu Fang had a way to increase the enhanced Perishing Pot’s power. He could fill the pot with a dozen Explosive Meatballs. In that way, the Perishing Pot would surely explode with an even more terrible force. However, there was a flaw. It would not be easy to control. Besides, there would be a great loss of power. Although the explosion would be stronger, it would not be so much stronger than a full-power Perishing Pot.

”It is not impossible to increase the power of Perishing Pots. It mainly depends on the Will of the Great Path. We can only use Explode Gourmet Array, but we can use a different Will of the Great Path. Or, if Owner Bu can find some more advanced and violent energies, Perishing Pots cooked with those will have their power significantly increased,” said Niu Hansan.

Bu Fang was lost in thought, then he nodded. He understood what Niu Hansan said, but he also knew very well how difficult it was to fuse with other Wills of the Great Path.

After mulling it over, he didn’t say anything else and just asked Niu Hansan to take good care of Nethery. She needed rest now. After that, he sat cross-legged down to recover his mental force.

In the Heaven and Earth Farmland, Bu Fang’s mental force recovery was much faster, and together with the Nine Revolution Great Path Tea, it took him almost no time at all to return to his peak form. Later, he left the farmland.

Nethery’s ship had obviously fallen into those Judges’ hands. He had to take it back. It was her anchor and spiritual sustenance, and they could not be separated. Therefore, he had to take it back before she woke up. Of course, he knew it would be difficult.

After leaving the farmland, he came back to the cold, damp cave.

”System, where is this place?” Bu Fang asked in his mind.

”The host is now in a cave several thousand miles from the Abyss of the floating island,” the system answered.

”Oh?”

Bu Fang arched his eyebrow. He didn’t expect that the turbulence would bring them so close to the Abyss. It was the first good news he had heard after a long while.

Shrimpy and Foxy lay quietly on his shoulders. He rubbed the little fox’s head, then walked toward the cave’s exit.

The four Judges were undoubtedly very strong. Even Nethery, who had erupted her curse, was no match for them, not to mention Bu Fang. He couldn’t fight them at all without his Perishing Pots.

It was the first time the system gave him a killing task, and the targets were terribly formidable. However, Bu Fang was not afraid.

Of the four Judges, two were Two-revolution Little Saints, one was a Three-revolution Little Saint, and the last one was a Four-revolution Little Saint. They were all extremely strong.

If Bu Fang used the Perishing Pot properly, he could kill both Two-revolution Little Saints. However, the pots were not powerful enough to kill the Three-revolution Little Saint, let alone the Four-revolution one. He could not accomplish the task unless he increased the Perishing Pot’s power with the method mentioned by Niu Hansan.

Suddenly, Bu Fang thought of the reward he would get after completing the task, the Spirit Possession. He was very curious about this reward.

”System, what is Spirit Possession?”

”As the man who wants to become the God of Cooking and tops the fantasy world’s food chain, the host will have the qualification to borrow the God of Cooking Set Spirits’ Divine Beast Essence, which will give the host powerful fighting strength and means. Each Spirit can be borrowed once,” the system provided the information Bu Fang needed in a serious voice.

”After being possessed by the Spirit, the host’s control of the God of Cooking Set will increase, and the connection with the Spirit will increase as well,” the system added.

It sounded very powerful.

Bu Fang didn’t ask further. He had learned what he should know. Although Spirit Possession was strong, he would only get it after completing the killing task. So he didn’t pay too much attention to it now.

This cave was near the Abyss, and it meant that the Qilin Chef Feast was not far away. He could go there and have a look.

Bu Fang needed to improve his cultivation base now. If he could complete the temporary task first, his true energy cultivation would increase by twenty percent, then he would be able to take the system’s half-step Saint assessment and become a half-step Saint. After that, he would have greater confidence in completing the killing task.

He exhaled softly, sent out his divine perception, and slowly walked toward the cave’s exit.

Suddenly, Bu Fang furrowed his eyebrows. Through his divine perception, he sensed many powerful auras hiding outside the cave.

’What’s going on?!’

His eyes narrowed. He sensed that these auras were somewhat similar to that of the Judges. He reckoned that they were the law enforcers from Abyss City.

The group consisted of three half-step Saints, dozens of Nine-star True Immortals, and a One-revolution Little Saint.

He suddenly thought of what those Judges said, that they seemed to have prepared a plan in the Abyss for the people of the Nether Prison...

Could this place be one of the traps in their plan?

At the thought of that, Bu Fang twitched the corner of his mouth.

Sometimes, it felt really great to be the mouse dropping that spoiled the whole pot of porridge.