Inside the official trade hall of Xixiang Grand Market.

Wu Xiaopeng tremblingly handed over a bank card, then received a purple cookbook from the other party.

Both parties exchanged money for goods.

After getting the cookbook, Wu Xiaopeng let out a heavy sigh, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Just today, his son finally graduated from high school and successfully transferred professions.

But no one expected that his son's new profession would be a 'Chef,' a life profession.

For the Chef profession, having a cookbook and not having one is like night and day.

As the saying goes: only with a cookbook can one be called a Chef; without one, they can only be called a cook.

To prevent his son from losing at the starting line, and for his son's future, he spent the day scouring the entire Yongning City, finally finding a cookbook for "Spicy Rabbit Meat" here.

But... this item was simply too expensive.

A full 400,000 gold coins!

This was the most expensive item he had ever bought in his life, and also his boldest transaction.

This single cookbook exhausted all of their family's savings; the money planned for buying a house on the surface was also used up.

Originally, the child's uncle had promised to help the child buy a cookbook in the Shu Region, but the condition was that he had to study cooking with him for three years.

As soon as Wu Xiaopeng heard this condition, he felt it was unreliable.

Studying cooking with his uncle for three years, wouldn't that mean falling behind by three years for no reason?

One must know that it is now the era of universal profession transfer, and everyone is working desperately; if it weren't for official regulations that one must graduate from high school before transferring professions,

Many parents even wish their children would transfer professions as soon as they are born, go monster hunting and level up at one year old, and be able to solo a boss at two years old...

Who would want their own child to lose at the starting line?

If his son were to study cooking for three years, it would be equivalent to wasting three years of time for nothing, and by then, he would probably fall even further behind the times.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Wu Xiaopeng finally gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and chose to spend all his savings to buy this cookbook.

After putting the cookbook into his backpack, Wu Xiaopeng's mood immediately lightened considerably.

After walking out of the trade hall's door, he impatiently pulled out his phone and dialed that familiar number.

"Hello, son, come back quickly."

"What's up? Good news!"

"Are you with Changlin and Kai Ge? Then come back together."

"Mm-hm."

...

Time rewinds to ten minutes ago.

Outside the barbecue restaurant on Sleepless Street.

When Wei Kai took out the "Roasted Meat" cookbook, Wu Yi and Li Changlin were stunned.

"This thing... really dropped from a monster?"

"You, kid, your luck is too good, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's 400,000 gold coins a piece!"

"Holy crap, doesn't that mean you can buy a house on the surface?"

"You, on your very first day, already got such a good item, you didn't cheat, did you?"

The two of them sighed and envied him greatly.

"As if!" Wei Kai said with a laugh.

As life profession holders, Wu Yi and Li Changlin were destined to have no connection with combat, nor could they go monster hunting and level up in the wilderness, and they certainly had no chance of dropping such precious items.

To make money, they could only rely on their own hard work.

Seeing his old friend soar to success, it would be a lie to say they weren't envious.

"Here."

After the two of them finished speaking, Wei Kai gently handed the cookbook to Wu Yi.

So casually, as if handing over a skewer of Roasted Meat.

"Ah?"

Wu Yi was stunned again.

"You..."

He seemed to want to say something, but the words were on the tip of his tongue and he didn't know how to express them.

This cookbook in front of him was simply too valuable.

"Just take it."

Wei Kai directly placed the cookbook in his hand, confidently saying, "I'm only level four right now. Once I transfer professions, I'll be able to hunt monsters super fast, and I'll have as many cookbooks like this as I want... By then, I'm just afraid you won't be able to learn them all!"

"Exactly, just take it." Li Changlin also seized the opportunity to say, "Kai Ge said it himself, he dropped it. If he can drop one, he can drop a second one..."

"But... this is 400,000 gold coins!"

Wu Yi shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Just now, the three of them had witnessed a cookbook sell for the sky-high price of 400,000 gold coins.

"Even if I sold myself, I wouldn't sell for 400,000 gold coins."

"Nonsense, you and I are brothers, aren't you worth these 400,000?"

Wei Kai cursed good-naturedly, then resolutely said, "Learn it, and roast a piece of meat for me every day from now on. Also... don't disappoint your brother!"

"Phew... Alright!"

Wu Yi took a deep breath: "Kai Ge, from now on, my life is yours!"

Just then, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

He was about to answer the call, but Wei Kai grabbed his hand first: "Learn it first, then talk."

"Alright."

Wu Yi nodded with a bitter smile.

Learning skills is actually very simple; as long as you have enough skill points, just open the cookbook and you'll automatically learn it.

In just one second, Wu Yi learned the "Roasted Meat" cookbook.

Only then did he answer the phone.

"Dad, I'm out."

"What's up?"

"I'm with Kai Ge and Changlin. Later... Okay."

After hanging up the phone, Wu Yi looked at his two friends and sighed, "My dad told me to go back, and he wants you two to come along too..."

"Peng Shu wants us to come along?" Wei Kai was stunned for a moment, asking doubtfully, "Is something up?"

"My dad said it's good news," Wu Yi replied.

Li Changlin nodded: "I have no problem, what about you, Kai Ge?"

"I... still have something to do."

Wei Kai hesitated for a moment; his backpack still contained a large pile of materials he had dropped today that needed to be processed.

Especially the meat and a few valuable cookbooks.

Although the real world has become like an online game, some things haven't changed much, such as people getting sick and meat spoiling.

Even when stored in a backpack, it only slows down the rate of spoilage.

In just a day or two, the meat will no longer be fresh.

After five or six days, it will start to slowly rot, eventually becoming moldy, smelly, and infested with maggots.

He had dropped so much meat today; if he didn't deal with it quickly, it would become "stale meat" tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Wei Kai suddenly realized: "Oh, right, let me give you some more things."

Saying that, he directly took out a few pieces of pork from his backpack and handed them to Wu Yi.

"This is... pork you dropped?"

"No way? How can you, kid, drop everything?"

Li Changlin's face was full of envy, saying, "Battle Professionals are so good; if only I could also go out of the city to hunt monsters..."

"Aren't you an Alchemist?" Wei Kai smiled and said, "Make a few alchemy bombs, you can still hunt monsters, right?"

"It's not that easy..."

Li Changlin spread his hands, smiling bitterly, "No recipes, no materials, and certainly no laboratory... I have nothing, so I can only pick up some junk equipment to refine iron."

"Don't worry, everything will come!"

Wei Kai patted his shoulder, his gaze firm.