Primordial Draconic Incubus With A Gourmet Chef System

Following what the System said, Lucian thought about the word, 'Status.' Immediately after, shimmering Runic Symbols materialized and weaved into the familiar Status Screen.

Navigating to the new Trials Feature, Lucian mentally clicked on it.

<{First Trial: Apprenticeship}>

<{Objective: Do whatever it takes to become Feng Yu Guan's disciple and obtain his secret recipe: Blood Tempering Soup.

Penalty: Trial failure will result in the Host's attempt to break through the the Blood Tempering Realm to fail and the Primordial Draconic Incubus Bloodline purity to decrease by 5%.}>

'So the old man's name is Feng Yu Guan.' Lucian had followed the mysterious chef around Illusory Butterfly City for slightly over a week without ever discovering his name.

The biggest surprise, however, was the Blood Tempering Soup. Just from its name alone, Lucian understood its significance.

For a Mana Condensation Realm Mage, the Blood Tempering Soup held no value, but the same could not be said about someone who had reached the second Mage Rank — Blood Tempering Realm. In this realm, Mages consumed Blood Tempering Potions and absorbed Mana to temper their Blood.

However, potions and Mana held a considerable amount of impurities, which would decrease a Mage's potential.

Yet, that same issue would not be present in the Blood Tempering Soup. What Alchemists failed to achieve, Alchemist Chefs could easily accomplish — the complete removal of impurities within ingredients. This made the soup far superior to potions and Mana.

'Feng Yu Guan…' Lucian muttered the old man's name. 'To finish the Trial, I'll definitely become your disciple.'

However, Lucian was in no hurry. He had plenty of time to accomplish the Trial. At the moment, something else took precedence.

His sealed Mage Rank.

The old man had sealed his Mage Rank and gave him the task of collecting Phosphorus Glow Berries from Tianshan Mountain. Read latest chapters at My Virtual Library Empire

But without his Mage Rank, how was he supposed to do that?

Tianshan Mountain was synonymous with death for any Mage below Mana Vein Tempering Realm. Fierce Magical Beasts roamed the mountain with plenty of hidden dangers scattered throughout. Even seasoned Mages who had traversed the mountain approached it with caution.

Even worse, the Phosphorus Glow Berries were known to only grow deep within caves.

The Lucian of this world would have followed every single instruction the old man gave to the letter, but he was a different Lucian. To him, the process did not matter as long as he achieved the result.

With that in mind, Lucian had two options.

The first option was to threaten the old man with Osiris to take him in as a disciple and give him the Blood Tempering Soup recipe. That, however, would provoke the World Spirit's wrath, possibly leading to his death.

The second option was much safer, but he required assistance.

'Unfortunately, the Elders won't help me. They would rather see me fail, so I would come crawling back.' Lucian could not blame them. He understood what they were going through. If anyone were to be blamed, it was Feng Yu Guan, that old man was extremely sneaky. He only used his skills as an Alchemy Chef for this world's, Lucian's food.

That was why when the Elders came to question the old man, they could not understand why Lucian became so entranced by mere food. Initially, they had even checked Lucian to see if he had been hypnotized, but quickly discovered he was not.

'What a sneaky and conniving old fart. No wonder his stall barely gets customers. If word got out that his food increased Mana, he would have received hundreds, if not more customers.'

Lucian then frowned.

'But that makes me question the old man's objective. Why did he reveal his ability to me? Is it because I'm the future successor of the Illusory Butterfly Sect? Does he want to make me a puppet Sect Master and control the Sect from the shadows? Or is he after revenge? Does he have ill will towards the Sect?'

Lucian sighed and massaged his forehead. The memories given to him by the System felt so real… so vivid, as if he had experienced them himself.

Memories transferred directly into a person's Soul would become that person's property. It was not just information being relayed, it was lived moments, experiences, and emotions that are now Lucian's.

That was why Lucian cared about the Illusory Butterfly Sect and why he felt hatred toward the Wang Family for being the cause of Wang Chen's death.

It was getting late. The sun had already begun its descent, so Lucian wisely chose to embark on his journey to Tianshan Mountain tomorrow.

For the first time since Lucian's arrival in this world, he stood up and stretched his body. Then he proceeded into his house.

Every Disciple had a house. Many Disciples had to share their living quarters with other Disciples. But Lucian was a special existence within the Sect.

After taking a shower, Lucian put on a new set of white robes with the logo of an Illusory Butterfly sown on the left side of his chest.

Droplets of water clung to his black hair. With each step, the droplets slowly fell to the floor as he went to the kitchen.

Without the assistance of Mana, Lucian was starving. Luckily for him, the chef that had been recently assigned to him by the Elders to show him that chefs were merely employees for influential people, had anticipated his hunger.

Piping hot bowls and plates of food were on the circular dining table.

"Thank you, Grandma Jun for the food," Lucian said to the kind old woman in the kitchen before he began gobbling down the food.

Grandma Jun looked at him in amazement before she kindly reminded him. "Eat slowly, Young Master. The food won't run away."

"That might be true… but-" Lucian said, in between chewing. "I'm starving."

The food was not up to his standards, but at this moment in time, he could not be picky. It was just like he said, he was starving.