The improvement in spirit power greatly enhances Qi Han's abilities in various aspects.
For spirit masters, level thirty is a significant threshold.
After reaching level thirty, the increase in spirit power diminishes significantly, and the total amount required to level up also increases, thereby widening the gap between levels.
This is why, after Qi Han reached level thirty, the spirit power rewards from Quests decreased from five levels to two levels.
With the addition of three levels of spirit power, Qi Han's total spirit power increased by nearly thirty percent, and his strength and perception also improved correspondingly.
After completing the Time-limited Quest, Qi Han did not immediately leave the desolate surroundings.
The escort team didn't return today, and the next escort team from the Feng Clan Convoy to Star Luo City departs tomorrow morning.
Qi Han specifically asked about this when he parted ways with the escort team.
This means he needs to stay here for a day and return to Star Luo City tomorrow morning.
For other spirit masters, spending the night in a spirit beast gathering area is extremely dangerous, especially in the extremely harsh environment of the Hellfire Corridor.
However, Qi Han doesn't need to worry about this.
When night falls, he can directly enter the training space, ensuring safety and allowing him to continue practicing the Qing Dynasty Blessed Pork Meat, killing two birds with one stone.
Since it is still afternoon and there is some time before nightfall, he doesn't need to rush to leave.
The battle against the Hellfire Dragonfish went smoothly but also exposed a significant issue for Qi Han at this stage.
Due to his lack of combat experience, Qi Han is quite unfamiliar with his own spirit skills.
After multiple advancements, from ten-year spirit rings to the current thousand-year spirit rings, the power and effects of his spirit skills have changed significantly.
Having had no time to practice, Qi Han muddled through today's battle with the Hellfire Dragonfish, feeling like a blind cat catching a dead mouse.
Although he prides himself on being just a chef, it's quite absurd that he can't proficiently master his own spirit skills.
Therefore, he plans to practice his spirit skills in this spirit beast gathering area.
If he can find another thousand-year spirit beast to practice on, that would be ideal.
As for the danger, with the system space, Qi Han's risk is significantly reduced.
...
"Director Liu, take care."
Zhao Fenglai nodded and bowed as he saw off the official in front of him.
When he returned to Fenglai Pavilion, his face was beaming with joy.
What a pleasant surprise.
Just this afternoon, when Fenglai Pavilion launched a new dish that the chefs had been researching for a long time, dozens of diners opted to try it.
That's thousands of Gold Coins!
If it weren't for the many customers in the store, he could have done a somersault right there.
With Small Shop temporarily closed, Fenglai Pavilion became the only option for many diners, resulting in an unusually large number of guests today.
Thinking about Small Shop's closure benefiting him felt like sweet revenge for Zhao Fenglai.
All his pent-up frustration dissipated completely.
But his joy was short-lived as a servant came running, tugging at Zhao Fenglai's sleeve and whispering, "Boss, the guests in Room 23 are causing a scene! They are demanding a refund!"
What?
Zhao Fenglai was taken aback.
Before he could respond, another servant came running from the other side, saying almost the same thing, "Boss, the guests in Room 42 are demanding a refund and have started cursing."
This...
Zhao Fenglai stood there in a daze as yet another servant approached and asked, "What about Room 31? Are they also asking for a refund?"
"Uh..." The newly arrived servant seemed confused, "No."
Before Zhao Fenglai could breathe a sigh of relief, the next words made his heart sink.
"Deputy Director Li of the Law Enforcement Department was very angry after tasting our new dish and specifically asked for you."
Zhao Fenglai felt a chill in his heart, sensing that something was wrong.
"Then, I'll check Room 31 first. You all calm down the guests in the other rooms."
What is going on?
Doubts filled Zhao Fenglai's mind.
...
The diners from Small Shop were used to dishes costing over a hundred Gold Coins.
Seeing Fenglai Pavilion's new dish priced at a hundred Gold Coins, they were intrigued and ordered it without much thought, expecting it to be as delicious as Small Shop's dishes.
In their minds, a dish that sells for a hundred Gold Coins must be as delicious as Small Shop's, right?
If true, it would alleviate their disappointment of not being able to enjoy Small Shop's exquisite cuisine.
When the dish was served, the diners were initially impressed.
Wow, it really looks impressive.
To highlight its high-end feel, this dish was even more aesthetically pleasing than Clear Moon over the Jade Pool, with rich garnishes making it look mouth-watering and aromatic.
Before tasting it, everyone thought it wouldn't be inferior to Small Shop's dishes.
However, when they took a bite, their expressions turned strange.
The dish... was indeed delicious.
But it seemed quite different from what they had imagined, right?
What is Small Shop's hundred Gold Coins dish?
Dongpo Pork Knuckle, Ginkgo Biloba Dish.
Appearance-wise, Dongpo Pork Knuckle is not particularly fancy, but its natural, enticing sheen is enough to make one's mouth water at just a glance.
The flavor is something meat lovers dream of.
In food reviews, Dongpo Pork Knuckle is even described as a "treasure-level delicacy for meat lovers."
More importantly, Dongpo Pork Knuckle can temporarily boost the speed of spirit power cultivation, making it highly favored by spirit masters.
Ginkgo Biloba Dish, on the other hand, visually surpasses Fenglai Pavilion's new dish.
After all, it's the result of master-level carving skills.
The stunning appearance of Ginkgo Biloba Dish is matched by its equally remarkable taste. The sweetness of the nine seeds and the subtly sweet taste of the pine sculpted from sugar crystal have won countless praises.
Moreover, it can enhance the spiritual power of spirit masters, which is extremely rare.
In contrast, Fenglai Pavilion's new dish.
Its appearance barely justifies the price of a hundred Gold Coins, and the ingredients are clearly better than those used before, making it somewhat tastier than Clear Moon over the Jade Pool.
But even so, it is still worlds apart from the two dishes at Small Shop.
This?
For a hundred Gold Coins?
Without comparison, people might just find it a bit expensive.
But with this comparison, isn't Fenglai Pavilion just cheating people out of their money?
Even a dish worth a hundred Gold Coins from Small Shop, like Honey-Glazed Grilled Ribs or Dragon Whisker Noodles, both costing ten Gold Coins, would make this new dish at Fenglai Pavilion seem unworthy.
You want to sell me this for a hundred Gold Coins?
In an instant, the diners who had tasted Small Shop's delicacies felt a surge of anger.
First, they restrained themselves and asked the servants to call the boss to demand a refund, but the servants returned with all sorts of evasions, causing their anger to flare up.
First, a more hot-tempered diner pushed aside a servant, walked out of the private room, and loudly demanded a refund.
Zhao Fenglai hurried over, trying to mitigate the impact, and reluctantly refunded the money after much persuasion.
However, other diners in the private rooms heard the commotion, opened their doors, and saw what was happening.
My goodness! The diner demanded a refund, and the boss immediately came to refund him.
But despite complaining in the private room for a long time, no one responded?
Why not give it a try too?
The actions of the hot-tempered diner served as the best example for other dissatisfied diners.
One by one, the angry diners rushed out of their private rooms and found Zhao Fenglai.
Surrounded by the diners, Zhao Fenglai's face was filled with despair.
He had just come out of Deputy Director Li's private room with a forced smile, feeling already bad enough.
Deputy Director Li, someone Zhao Fenglai had painstakingly tried to please, was furious because the new dish in the store was not delicious enough.
Although Deputy Director Li didn't need to pay, Zhao Fenglai, trying to please him, covered the cost himself.
But serving such a dish to his friends and family made him feel humiliated!
So he scolded Zhao Fenglai harshly, his face growing colder.
It can be imagined that Zhao Fenglai would have to visit him later with gifts to apologize for this matter.
Before he could recover his mood, he encountered this situation.
No matter how much patience he had, it was exhausted.
Zhao Fenglai roared, "Don't even think about getting a refund. You ordered the dish yourselves."
After saying this, Zhao Fenglai immediately realized his mistake, his face showing an awkward expression, "Honored guests, what I meant was..."
However, it was too late for explanations.
Zhao Fenglai's words had ignited the suppressed anger of the diners.
"Smash the place!"
An angry voice shouted from the crowd, and everyone seemed to wake up from a dream, turning to start smashing the luxurious decor of the store.
"No, don't..." Zhao Fenglai's face turned pale, watching helplessly as the diners vandalized the place, his heart bleeding.
But he dared not step forward.
Zhao Fenglai had no spirit power and was just an ordinary person.
Many of the diners smashing the place were spirit masters, and he would be beaten to death if he went up.
Someone viciously kicked him, and Zhao Fenglai seemed to feel nothing, lying on the ground for a long time without getting up.
His expression changed from initial heartbreak to numbness.
Many diners who hadn't ordered the dish didn't participate in the smashing, but in such chaos, they couldn't enjoy their food peacefully and quickly left the store.
Unsatisfied after the smashing, some diners grew bolder and started looting the gold tickets from Zhao Fenglai's money counter.
During the Advanced Spirit Master Academy Tournament, many people from all over Douluo Continent had come to Star Luo City, making the crowd extremely diverse.
Only a few Spirit masters were actually good people.
At Small Shop, Tang Qianqiu's powerful presence kept most of the dining Spirit Master in check, but at Fenglai Pavilion, in such chaos, their inner evil was unleashed.
Seeing the chaos escalate, law enforcement officers finally arrived and began to intervene.
The diners who had been smashing the place fled like birds, leaving behind a scene of destruction and a lonely Zhao Fenglai lying on the ground with a numb expression.
A law enforcement officer, feeling sympathetic, helped Zhao Fenglai up.
Zhao Fenglai woodenly surveyed his store.
The store he had been proud of, spending a fortune on decorations, was now in ruins, a scene of utter devastation.
How did it come to this? I... just sold a high-priced dish like Small Shop.
Really, that's all.
How did it turn out this way?
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