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Chapter 62: Ten Thousand Times of Mistakes

The system had said a lot, yet it felt like it hadn't said anything at all.

At least, Qi Han felt like the system had just painted a big pie for him – a delicious and enticing pie, but one that he couldn't taste in the near future.

"System, why did you go through the trouble of painting a cookie for me?"

Qi Han felt it was necessary to reprimand the system for such misleading behavior, which was just as despicable as a certain mobile game.

【This system follows the rule of answering whatever the host asks, and it won't actively reveal these things to the host. Please recall where our conversation began.】

Where it began. Oh, right, it was because he had asked if there was a way to lift the restriction on receiving recipes before completing Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb. That led to the subsequent conversation.

(So… I gave myself a big pie?)

【Yes.】

"System, couldn't you answer a bit more subtly? Maybe hide some of the truth from me?"

Qi Han was a bit frustrated, even becoming a bit unreasonable.

【Does the host want this system to conceal part of the truth?】

"Never mind," Qi Han thought about the potential consequences of hiding the truth and backed down promptly.

Well... upon careful consideration, having a pie isn't that bad. It's actually motivating me.

Yeah! That's right!

See, I'm so motivated now!

"System, I'm going to grind Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb all night tonight!"

【The host's enthusiasm is commendable, but this system believes that maintaining good rest and mental state is more suitable for welcoming tomorrow's customers.】

Motivation -10086.

"Alright, goodnight then," Qi Han went along with it.

【.Goodnight, host.】 The system took a while to react.

So... this guy didn't actually plan to grind, did he?

Three days passed quickly, yet also quite slowly.

For Qi Han in the training space, it was a full six months of time, while for a certain pair of master and disciple in the Star Dou Forest, it seemed to pass in the blink of an eye.

"Swish!"

The moon transformed into a slender beam, and with a sharp sound of wind breaking, it cleaved the enormous beast in front of them in half.

As the beast crashed to the ground, the moon returned to its owner's hand.

It was a pair of hands so perfect, they were as delicate as mutton-fat jade. Each finger was as slender as a sharpened green onion, with a faint luster.

Looking at the black light emerging on the surface of the beast's corpse, gradually condensing into a deep and ink-black Spirit ring, a smile couldn't help but creep onto the face of the woman in light blue armor.

A slightly hunched old woman looked contentedly at the body on the ground. "A 50 thousand year old Earthking, well done. Its innate Spirit skills are quite compatible with your Moon Wheel."

"Master, can I absorb it?" Yue Lengxin smiled slightly, clearly satisfied with her own choice.

"I will protect you here. After you finish absorbing it, we'll return together."

"Okay!" With her master by her side, Yue Lengxin felt reassured. She sat cross-legged, mobilizing her own martial Spirit, continuously drawing the ten-thousand-year Spirit ring hovering in the air towards herself. Then, she began meditating to absorb it.

The old woman glanced at her disciple, who was seated in meditation, and remained vigilant, surveying the surroundings.

They were now in a location near the core area of the Star Dou Forest. Even with the old woman's formidable cultivation at the 97th rank, she couldn't afford to be careless.

With the millennia-long heritage of Shrek Academy, they knew far too much about the secrets of this place.

Five thousand years ago, among the first generation of Shrek's Seven Monsters, Soft Bone Charm Rabbit Xiao Wu had transformed from the hundred-thousand-year Spirit beast Soft Bone Rabbit. Besides the Soft Bone Rabbit, there were two other hundred-thousand-year-level kings in the Star Dou Forest: Sky Blue Bull Python Da Ming and Titan Giant Ape Er Ming.

It was said that both of them were sacrificed for Tang San and became Tang San's Spirit rings, entering the divine realm and being resurrected by Tang San.

However, could there be only these three hundred-thousand-year Spirit beasts in the Star Dou Forest? Of course not.

The area where the three original hundred-thousand-year Spirit beasts were located could only be considered part of the peripheral core region, and not even the true core.

The true core of the Star Dou Forest held dangers and perils that Shrek Academy's predecessors had discovered with their own lives.

Reaching a hundred-thousand-year cultivation wasn't the limit for Spirit beasts. If they could withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, they could regain another hundred-thousand-year lifespan. Thereafter, they would face a Heavenly Tribulation every a hundred thousand years.

Survive and live on, or fail and perish along with their Spirit.

Spirit beasts that surpassed two hundred thousand years were referred to as "Fierce Beasts" by the experts of Shrek Academy, comparable to humans of rank 95 and above.

And within the depths of the Star Dou Forest, there were a total of seven such Fierce Beasts!

Among them, the strongest was even more formidable than a Title Douluo of rank 99! Currently, they were just a step away from the core area. The old woman couldn't afford to be the least bit careless.

The time required for absorbing a Spirit ring varied, depending on the difficulty of the absorption. Sometimes, absorption might even fail.

But for the Spirit beast that Yue Lengxin had personally slain, her palm didn't flip over, and soon, she had completed the absorption of her Spirit ring.

This let the tense old woman breathe a sigh of relief.

Within these three days, Yue Lengxin had already absorbed her second Spirit ring.

After all, she possessed a twin martial Spirit, so naturally, she needed to absorb twice as many Spirit rings as others.

And now that she had absorbed the Spirit ring, it was time to leave.

Also, three days later in the morning, Qi Han emerged from the system space with a smile on his face.

"System, calculate how long it took me to train Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb."

【Congratulations to the host for mastering Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb. Total time spent on training Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb: 243 days, number of mistakes: 103,278 times.】

One hundred thousand mistakes.

Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb, it was truly terrifying.

Fortunately, he had finally completed the cooking of this dish.

Walking down the stairs quickly, Qi Han was already getting impatient.

As he reached the lower floor, Qi Han's gaze immediately went to the menu on the wall.

The left half of the wall was already filled with previous menus. At the upper right corner of the right half of the wall, there was a row of characters written in silver and iron ink.

Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb — 1000 Gold Coin per serving.

Unlike other recipes, the price tag for this dish wasn't engraved on the same kind of wooden plaque, but rather on a deep purple one. The touch of purple was noble and deep, exuding a sense of solemnity.

"System, are the price tags for three-star recipes always more special?"

【Yes, the price tags for three-star recipes are purple, four-star recipes are black, and five-star recipes are red.】

Well, did it have to start being different right from the price tags? Indeed, it was showing off its luxury.

Oh, right, why was he in such a hurry just now?

He remembered now.

Qi Han entered the kitchen in a hurry.

He wanted to personally cook Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb, taste the most delicious flavor in the world, and see for himself what kind of phenomenon would occur, supposedly unique to three-star recipes.