BXBX NOVEL Chapter 86 - 86: Tianxuan
For the four participants preparing for tomorrow’s competition and the countless residents of Dongxia City who are interested in the city-level cooking contest, this night is destined to be a sleepless one.
Whether it be the dishes they presented in today’s two matches, or the ranking battle they will be fighting tomorrow, they have all sparked a lot of discussion.
Among them, the championship fight between Qin Lang and Lei Ke has drawn the most attention.
One of them is a dark horse that emerged from Dongxia City, showing remarkable culinary skills at a young age. The storm he sparked with his “Wen Si Tofu” lingers on and continues to intensify.
The other hails from Danju City, a formidable Spirit Chef who once won the Danju City Cooking Contest. Since the start of the competition, he has maintained an unbeatable momentum, leaving all competitors in the dust.
With the odds of drawing the rare theme less than one in a thousand, everyone is eagerly anticipating what sparks will ignite between these two contestants.
Meanwhile, Qin Lang and Dan Bao, located right at the epicenter of the storm, are at this moment deeply immersed in another surprise.
“Is it really Thought Wave?!”
Qin Lang looked at Dan Bao with excitement, seeking confirmation again.
“Gudulu!”
Dan Bao happily nuzzled against Qin Lang’s cheek and then turned his gaze to the side of the road, his expression becoming slightly serious.
With the spiritual power in Qin Lang’s star vein being drawn out, halos of creamy-white light radiated rapidly in all directions from Dan Bao at the center.
The next moment, under Qin Lang’s gaze, the garbage scattered by the roadside began to slowly rise into the air and flew straight into a nearby trash can.
Combat Skill: Thought Wave.
Though it’s not been used in battle, its unique object manipulation ability is unmistakably authentic.
“That’s great!”
Qin Lang hugged Dan Bao, rubbing its big ears as encouragement, his eyes sparkling with light.
The types of combat skills varied widely.
The currently cataloged combat skills amount to nearly two thousand, and occasionally, new skills are discovered and cataloged.
The number of Combat Skills for three types are roughly equal, among them, there are 623 discovered Mind-type War Skills.
Dan Bao, who had received the Mind Stone, would certainly awaken a
Mind-type War Skill, but the probability of specifically awakening Thought Wave, the very skill he wanted the most, from these 623 Mind-type War Skills, was still very low.
That said, the odds of drawing a rare theme are even lower.
“Every bit of luck counts after all.” Qin Lang couldn’t help but reveal a look of expectation.
With Dan Bao having Thought Wave, it means that it can help him do more things in the future.
Like controlling a kitchen knife to cut vegetables, or helping him wash vegetables, or helping him prepare ingredients…
Is this really a combat skill? It’s definitely more like a Food Skill!
“Let’s go home.”
Qin Lang glanced at the Dongxia Arena nearby.
After leaving the arena, he couldn’t wait to go home and promptly delve into Dan Bao’s condition. Now that he roughly understood the situation, it was time to go home.
“Gududu?”
Can we activate the second star vein now?
Dan Bao asked in anticipation, remembering the words Qin Lang had said earlier.
“Exactly.” Qin Lang nodded, an expectant look on his face, “As soon as we get home, the first thing to do is to try activating the second star vein, Tianxuan.” “But before that, we need to go to the Food Material Market.”
“Gudu!”
Dan Bao nodded in understanding.
The final match for the championship is tomorrow, they certainly need to do some preparation indeed!
“Who said that preparation was for tomorrow’s match?” Qin Lang shook his head mysteriously, “It’s for our new companion.”
Tomorrow’s match is actually a last-minute re-draw, and with less than a day’s time, it’s impossible to make any thorough preparation.
Instead of doing so, why not take it easy and give birthing the second Food Spirit a try?
If a second Food Spirit is truly successfully birthed, wouldn’t an additional Food Skill help with tomorrow’s competition?
Dan Bao blinked, and then his eyes suddenly erupted with expectant light.
The second Food Spirit!
After opening the second star vein, Qin Lang became eligible to cultivate the second Food Spirit.
Dan Bao believed with Qin Lang’s culinary skills, he could certainly easily do it!
In this way, they were about to welcome a new partner!
Wondering what kind of food and combat skills this new partner would have.
Also unsure about the new partner’s personality, whether he would be easy to get along with.
When that time comes, he could invite it to eat his favorite egg fried rice!
But the Origin Cuisine of the new partner definitely wouldn’t be that, not even sure if it would love to eat…
Dan Bao began to look forward to it on his own, his yolky little face displaying a mix of worry and joy.
“Don’t think too much, let’s go shopping first!” Guessing Dan Bao’s thoughts, Qin Lang rubbed his big ears, his face couldn’t help but reveal a look of expectation, “Buy various ingredients, try out more dishes.”
The human and spirit set off in the direction of the Food Material Market.
Night time.
Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Qin Lang’s eyes were tightly closed.
A soft and bright light kept flickering on the Shen Ting Acupoint on his forehead, slowly spreading to Qin Lang’s face along an unseen trajectory.
Finally, the light settled on Qin Lang’s brow.
Accompanied by a hardly audible “crack” sound, Qin Lang felt some kind of blocked power in his brow being unlocked, followed by a slightly inflated feeling.
It was the second location within the Seven Star Vein – the Tianxuan Star Vein.
Soon, the Tianxuan Star Vein was opened to the same degree as the Tian Shu Star Vein.
And the two star veins seemed to resonate with each other, strengthening both simultaneously and allowing them to contain more spiritual power.
After opening the second star vein, spiritual power value increased from 100 to 125.
This not only meant that Dan Bao could use skills for longer, but also implied his combat power had been enhanced.
As Qin Lang opened his eyes, a figure emerged from the Tian Shu Star Vein location.
It was the very Dan Bao who had entered the star vein in the midst of breakthrough to provide Qin Lang strength.
Dan Bao could sense the vacant Tianxuan Star Vein right now.
However, it had no connection with that star vein and couldn’t enter it.
“Gululu?”
How to open the third star vein?
Thinking of there being seven star veins in total, it couldn’t help but curiously inquire.
“It’s too early for the third star vein.” Qin Lang rubbed Dan Bao’s head, “That requires both the first and second Food Sprites to reach three stars.”
The opening of the Star Vein has its unique rules.
To open a new star vein, all existing Food Spirits need to reach the corresponding star level.
Even if a Food Spirit reaches a star level higher than the required, the others don’t reach it, the Spirit Chef cannot breakthrough.
For example, the opening of the fourth Star Vein requires all three previous Food Spirits to reach four stars. Even if one Food Spirit reaches five stars or higher, but the other Food Spirits can’t reach four stars, it can’t be opened either.
For a Spirit Chef, opening the second Star Vein is easiest, requiring only one Food Spirit to reach two stars.
But the difficulty of opening subsequent Star Veins will become increasingly high.
“Gululu!”
Then quickly birth a new partner!
Dan Bao urged excitedly.
“Alright!”