Chapter 577: First Day (1/2)

While Nina spent her time cultivating, Krune already started to receive orders. Sure enough, it was, as Oclo said. The moment the restaurant opened, there were already a few customers waiting. Most of them were at the Divine Path Realm or Divine View Realm, which are perfect for the two types of Spiritual Food that Krune can make. That made sense since Krune couldn't make Semi-Divinity Star Dishes yet.

”Two bowls of Golden Prawn Soup.”

”Three servicings of Grilled Ice Sea Eel.”

”Mist Mountain Fog Mushroom Salad, three portions.”

The orders came at a regular pace. That's because Krune's restaurant wasn't known yet, so the majority first came to check the quality. They had to find out whether Krune's dishes were really worth the money on the menu.

Krune did his best with every order, and he was genuinely enjoying the feeling of cooking as always. Soon, four hours went by, and Nina finally came down from the second floor. When she appeared in the kitchen, she was able to see Krune using his Godly Energy and Mind Splitting Technique to work with five dishes at the same time!

Although Krune's restaurant has only twenty tables, each table had six chairs. Not to mention that the groups that came in would make different orders. That being said, it was normal for Krune to receive several types of orders simultaneously.

Krune glanced at Nana for a second before saying.

”Good, seems like you used the time in the formation well. 3rd Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm is a good start. Of course, the further you go, the slower it will become. However, with your talent and experience from before, you should reach your brother's level much faster than him. Anyway, I won't help you for free, so be ready to work for the rest of the day.”

Nina's eyes were a little teary, but this time, not because she was afraid. She finally confirmed that Krune had no malicious intentions towards her. He only destroyed her Dantian so that she could rebuild it again. Still, she quickly wiped her eyes and stepped forward.

”Chef Krune, what do you need?”

”Good! You can't make Spiritual Food yet, but there is no problem with the side ingredients that aren't high level. Take that pan and fill it with Suran Earth Flowers. After that, add 3/4 of chilling pond water. I use them together because the cold attribute of the chilling pond water can prevent the flowers' properties from being lost. It will also help wit-”

Krune began to give a stream of orders, which Nina did her best to follow. He also explained in great detail why he did that. Still, he warned her that those were his ideas or the ideas of other chefs in the past. So if she thought she could add anything to it, she could tell him. Since she wants to become a Spiritual Chef, she will need to have her own ideas too.

Nina soon began to feel tired. There was no helping it. As ordinary as the ingredients she worked with could be, they still needed some Godly Energy to be used in the process. However, Krune was already expecting it. Or to be more specific, he wished for it to happen. The constant use of Godly Energy would help her to build a stronger foundation.

Cultivating with Godly Energy alone doesn't affect the Foundation. However, it doesn't make it stronger either. Nina will have to put a lot more effort into it is she wants to build a sturdy one. Every time she depleted the little Godly Energy she had, Krune ordered her to go to the side and recover. This process happened at least twenty more times during the rest of the day.

Suddenly, another wave of Spiritual Energy came out from Nina's body. Seeing that, Krune nodded in satisfaction. Nina had broken through into the 4th Stage of the Qi Condensation Realm. Sure enough, the constant depletion and recovery of Godly Energy helped her a lot. But above all, she already passed through these stages before, so the experience made up for most of the speed.

Finally, the restaurant closed for the day.

”Alright, help me clean everything. Remember, a Spiritual Chef's Kitchen is his/her heaven; it must always be immaculate.”

Nina didn't complain at all as she did her best to follow Krune's instructions. When they finally finished, only a few plates with dishes remained. Krune then went outside the kitchen with them.

”Bai, Lunika, Wanva, Ralor, come here. There are a few dishes for us to eat.”

Those are the names of all Krune's employees, three waiters, and one cashier. They were also finishing cleaning everything up when they heard Krune's voice. Their eyes immediately lit up as they prepared a table for the six of them.

When Nina sat there, she seemed quite embarrassed as she dropped her head. That's because the dishes Krune prepared were made with her mistakes. In the end, they couldn't be sent out for the customers since they weren't at the level they paid for. However, Krune wouldn't let the food go to waste, so he kept it for them to eat at the end of the day.

The others were expecting some rich energy food, but it turned out to be quite ordinary.

”I thought Spiritual Chef food to be different.”

”Wasn't it supposed to be full of energy?”

”It's free, isn't it? That's good enough.”

Nina dropped her head even more after hearing those comments. Krune, on the other hand, simply kept eating his meal as if he didn't hear anything. Finally, Nina gathered enough courage to open her mouth.

”It... It was me who made those ones. They weren't good enough to be sent to the customers, so Chef Krune asked me to keep them for us later.”