Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"Su Jie, what kind of delicacies are we going to make?"

Zhang Manman exhaled a breath of dense air that didn't disperse and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

For her, even though her vitality was at 4, slicing the ingredients in such a short time was a monumental task.

Although Jos and Chen Tian Yuzi were helping, their vitality wasn't as high as Zhang Manman's, so she ended up doing all the slicing.

Fortunately, they had completed their task!

"With so many ingredients, the only way to not waste them is to mix them all together," Su Jie thought quickly, already having an idea.

"You mean, make them into buns or shao mai?"

Zhang Manman immediately thought of buns and shao mai.

Buns can be categorized into meat or vegetable fillings, but there are also those with mixed meat and vegetable fillings, which are indeed the main fillings for most buns.

Shao mai is similar.

However, mixing so many ingredients is like a messy stew, and difficult to execute.

Also, given the remaining time, they could only stuff everything into one bun, and making multiple ones would be impossible.

But!

Reality is not "Chinese Little Chef."

If it were to be made into something resembling a universal giant shao mai... Zhang Manman did not doubt that Su Jie could steam the filling thoroughly, but honestly, that thin layer couldn't possibly be as firm as depicted in the films.

This wasn't a matter of technique.

It was because the adhesive quality of regular rice flour and wheat flour simply couldn't achieve that effect, resulting in a lumpy appearance which looked rather wrinkly and very unappetizing.

Unless made with flour ground from Taiji rice.

But there was no Taiji rice in this map.

"No, it's more like a pancake."

Su Jie took out a large bag of flour, rice flour, and rice, mixed them, kneaded them, and quickly finished integrating the dough.

Zhang Manman was dumbfounded. This chapter was made possible by the MV_LEMPYR community.

Chen Tian Yuzi and Jos's mouths hung open as well.

The corners of Cao Jingjing's eyes also twitched slightly.

After all, it was her first time seeing various flours mixed together and even adding raw rice... Was this operation not some sort of dark cuisine?

Under the stunned expressions of everyone, Su Jie also integrated the already chopped vegetables and meat into the large dough, even grinding bones into bone powder and adding them in, without wasting a bit.

Of course, some inedibles like internal organs were still discarded.

As Su Jie kneaded, the volume of the dough grew larger, forming a big sphere with a diameter of twenty meters.

At that moment, thirty-six sword pills hovered around the giant dough, spinning continuously, using the surrounding field to bake the dough.

Su Jie raised his hands and utilized the airflow to make the dough spin and lift off the ground, allowing it to be evenly baked, and even during the tossing up and down, the large dough started to become flatter.

During this process, Su Jie continuously added cooking oil, spreading it evenly on the surface.

In no time, the scent of cooking oil filled the entire kitchen.

And as time ticked away second by second, the large dough transformed into a gigantic pancake-like object, fifty meters in diameter and one meter thick.

Swish, swish!

Thirty-six sword pills instantly turned into flying swords, cutting it from the side into one hundred slices, then slicing it thousands of times from the top.

Slap, slap, slap~

One triangular meat pie after another fell onto the kitchen table, nearly piling up on every table inside the kitchen.

"Finished!"

"Pancake!"

Streams of steam emerged, resembling a mountain peak enshrouded in golden mist, tantalizing to behold.

"It's finished, Teacher Cao." Su Jie picked up a plate, grabbed a piece with chopsticks, and presented it to Cao Jingjing, "Please have a taste."

"It does look quite appetizing indeed."

The small piece of pancake in the plate emitted a tempting aroma; its crust was very crispy, about one centimeter thick, interspersed with grains of translucent rice.

Just by looking at its appearance, one could never tell it was dark cuisine.

Zhang Manman picked up the triangular pancake with chopsticks, slightly parted her lips, bit into the crust, and felt its crispiness dance on her tongue.

Fragrant, crispy.

Inside, however, was a mix of meat and vegetable fragrances, which balanced the crispiness of the crust, making it very palatable.

The grains of rice, soft yet slightly elastic, popped out of the pancake as she chewed, bouncing around the mouth and stimulating the sensitive taste buds.

It was truly a delight.

"The taste isn't bad." Having finished eating that piece of pancake, Zhang Manman put down the plate and chopsticks, took out a white box, and handed it to Su Jie.

Smiling, Su Jie took it, saying, "Thank you, Teacher Cao."

"No need to thank me; you earned it yourself," Cao Jingjing shook her head, "Being able to make food within the specified time according to my requirements, and with a decent taste, you have already passed my trial."

"The Way originates from life."

"You clearly have some understanding of your own, and that's why I'm willing to let you pass."

Su Jie opened the box, took out a greenish round metallic sphere, and asked, "Teacher, may I use this here?"

"Go outside, this is a kitchen," Cao Jingjing's face darkened, but she still reminded him, "But since you own a flying sword, then use it on the flying sword, and don't dissect your own heart."

Su Jie himself had thought so, but he didn't know how to merge the metal of life with the flying sword, so he had to ask.

"It's simple, fuse it with your heart," Cao Jingjing said bluntly, "As long as you communicate with your heart and bring the life metal close to the flying sword, focus on refining it, you can merge it into the flying sword. After all, the life metal is very peculiar, a unique metal formed by some kind of change in the energy core of living beings in reality, and it possesses energetic properties."

"Thank you, Teacher Cao." Su Jie thanked her again and bade farewell to Cao Jingjing, leaving the Ming Lun Martial Arts Hall, heading back to the refreshed game realm.

Ming Lun Martial Arts Hall was not within the realm.

Watching the departing figure of Su Jie and others, Cao Jingjing's gaze grew complex, "Apparently, Su Jie is the first to advance past the embryonic breath stage, besides our masters."

"This talent, might even be better than Wang Chao's."

Far away in the void of Taixu Illusory Realm, Wang Chao, hearing Cao Jingjing say this, was exasperated.

Chan Yinsha smirked, "Tsk tsk, Wang Chao, looks like my disciple looks down on you, and besides, Cao Jingjing and you are classmates, and since she is my disciple, shouldn't you also call me master?"

Wang Chao retorted unabashedly, "Sun and Cao Jingjing were also classmates, should he call you master too?"

Chan Yinsha scoffed, saying, "You can't compare yourself to Sun, back in high school, you were just a follower."

Wang Chao did not agree or disagree, simply stating, "Protector!"

Sun Shisheng paid no mind to their verbal sparring, instead asking Li Hansha, "What do you think about Su Jie's progress?"

Li Hansha, with downcast eyes, said softly, "Acceptable. If his current pace continues, within five years, he should be ranked alongside me and Wang Chao."