NOVEL NEXT Chapter 33: Promotion Quest
4 days passed quickly.
Fu Ya had gradually adapted to the atmosphere of the Small Shop and became more proficient in her work. The customers of the Small Shop had also become familiar with this beautiful girl.
With the help of this diligent young lady, the Small Shop’s business became more orderly. The initial estimation of completing Main Quest 4 in 4 days now seemed like it could be accomplished even faster.
【Ding!】
【Detected that the host has completed a Quest.】
【Main Quest 4: A Small Goal (Completed)
Accumulate a total income of 100,000 Gold Coins for the shop
Quest Description: Even as a Food God, making money is equally important. Come and achieve a small goal of your own!
Quest Reward: Random 3 Star Recipe x 1 (Claimable), 1x 2 Star Optional Recipe Fragment x1 (Claimable), Spirit Power level +5 (Claimable)】
【Ding!】
【Quest triggered!】
【Main Quest 5: Spread Your Fame
Make 95% of the original residents in Shrek City aware of the existence of your restaurant.
Quest Description: It’s time to use your superb culinary skills to conquer a city!
Quest Reward: Random Recipe Drop x 3, Random 3 Dish Recipe x 1, Spirit Power level +5
Quest Progress: 8/95】
【Ding!】
【According to the system’s assessment, the host is now eligible for promotion to a junior chef. The promotion Quest is now issued.】
Here it is!
Qi Han’s hand, in the midst of chopping vegetables, suddenly paused.
【Promotion Quest: Light of Innovation
As a qualified chef, merely mastering existing recipes is far from enough. The source of culinary improvement lies in innovation. Please go to the Spirit Beast Gathering Area: Forest of Kalei to freely search for ingredients and create entirely new recipes. The recipe will be assessed by the system with one star, signifying Quest completion.
Hint: There is no time limit for this promotion Quest. The host’s original recipe will be evaluated by the system. The host has the right to set the price. The promotion Quest has no fixed rewards; the Quest rewards will vary based on the evaluation results of the host’s original recipe.】
Qi Han didn’t carefully read the Quest details. At this moment, the Small Shop had not yet closed, so despite his excitement, he collected himself and continued cooking.
It wasn’t until the lunchtime closing that Qi Han eagerly closed the door of the Small Shop and carefully examined the Quest.
Shrek City, as the number one city on the continent, had an extremely large population base.
It was said that a century ago, Shrek Academy conducted a census, which concluded that the fixed population of Shrek City was 6 million.
Considering the floating population, Shrek City currently had approximately eight million people.
According to the requirements of Main Quest 5, Qi Han needed to make at least 7.6 million people in Shrek City aware of the existence of the Small Shop to complete this Quest.
However, Qi Han did not pay much attention to this point. His gaze was fixed on the Quest progress displayed at the end, and he fell into contemplation.
8/95.
This meant that currently, the Small Shop was known by 8% of the original residents of Shrek City, which was approximately over six hundred thousand people.
Is his Small Shop really that famous?
In the past few days, the number of customers coming to the shop has indeed increased, and Fu Ya often complains that many customers can’t even get a seat due to the long queues. According to Qi Han’s rough estimate, whether it’s during lunchtime or in the evening, there are more than a thousand customers coming in.
But compared to 600.000, a thousand is still a small number.
Qi Han didn’t know that there were multiple reasons why his shop had become so famous.
The residents of the Douluo Continent didn’t have as many entertainment activities as those on the Earth, so they were particularly enthusiastic about gossip. Qi Han’s Small Shop was shrouded in mystery, which piqued their curiosity and became a topic of discussion for many people during their leisure time.
In reality, the Small Shop initially gained attention because its prices were unreasonably high, which intrigued a few curious customers. However, it couldn’t be considered famous.
What truly made Qi Han’s Small Shop renowned was when the 4 Hall Masters of the Tang Sect Shrek City Branch visited the shop at the same time.
For the 4 Hall Masters, it was simply a casual attempt out of curiosity after hearing that their disciples had made breakthroughs in their cultivation after eating food from the shop.
But it wasn’t the same for others.
Whether it was for ordinary people or Spirit Masters, existences at the level of Titled Douluo were revered. The legends of numerous former Titled Douluo spread far and wide after their passing, not to mention the fact that these 4 Titled Douluo were still alive.
Moreover, these 4 were the Hall Masters of the number one sect in the world, the Tang Sect.
Every move they made attracted the attention of countless onlookers. As they appeared multiple times in Qi Han’s Small Shop, the center of discussion naturally shifted from the 4 Titled Douluo to the shop itself.
The spread of fame is exponential. Although the number of customers who have visited his Small Shop so far is still not many, totaling just over ten thousand, most of them are not regulars.
But his Small Shop has indeed become known to many people, and many have made up their minds to give it a try if they get the chance.
Without dwelling on the issue of the shop’s fame, Qi Han quickly shifted his excited gaze to the promotion Quest.
The system’s description was very detailed, but the only thing that surprised Qi Han was the variable Quest rewards.
Does it mean that if the recipe I create is rated higher, the rewards will be higher?
“What if I directly create a 2 Star recipe?”
Qi Han understood that creating a higher-rated recipe would be beyond his current abilities, but maybe he could try a 2 Star recipe?
【If the host directly creates a 2 Star recipe, you will be directly promoted to an intermediate chef. However, considering the host’s current level, the system does not believe that you have such ability.】
He got looked down upon, huh?
Qi Han expressed some dissatisfaction and said, “I’ve been practicing 2 Star recipes in the training space, and the number of mistakes has already dropped to less than ten thousand. Why is it impossible to create a 2 Star Dish?”
【Creating and learning are two completely different difficulties. Even learning someone else’s recipe requires thousands of mistakes. So what qualifications do you have to create your own 2 Star Dish?】
It seems… There is some truth to that.
“Then can I only create a 1 Star recipe? What difference does it make in the assessment results?”
【Even recipes of the same star rating can have a huge difference in the assessment results. Please refer to “Braised Pork Stomach with Chicken” and “Dongpo Pork Knuckle.”】
The system’s explanation was straightforward, and Qi Han quickly understood its meaning.
This Quest only required him to create a recipe that the system would assess as 1 Star, and that would be considered as completing the Quest and promoting him to a junior chef. However, the specific Quest rewards would be different.
If he was unsatisfied with the assessment results, he could continue creating new recipes as the basis for obtaining Quest rewards.
Of course, he couldn’t drag the Quest on indefinitely because if he didn’t submit a recipe to the system, the promotion to novice chef wouldn’t be considered complete, and it would affect all subsequent Quests.
After the Quest was completed, all the recipes created by Qi Han himself could be placed on the menu for sale, and Qi Han had the authority to set the prices for his original recipes.
Considering that Main Quest 5 had a reward of 3 Random Recipe Drops, it was obvious that maximizing benefits through the promotion Quest before completing Main Quest 5 would be the best approach.