Global Dungeon: I Can See the Status Bar

It seems that if I continue like this, I will soon be able to break through the realm where All Laws Connect to God, reaching a higher level.

What is true gastronomy?

Remaining unchanged?

Strict adherence to tradition?

Maintaining authenticity?

No, not at all.

Now Lu Wenwu is gradually coming to an understanding.

One must know how to adapt.

Innovate without being outdated, inherit without forgetting the roots.

Food has no fixed taste, what suits the palate is precious.

Even staple foods will vary in taste and ingredients due to regional differences, it’s impossible to please everyone.

Let alone various dishes with different cooking techniques and ingredients?

Using local ingredients to create dishes that suit local tastes, without completely straying from tradition, this is the significance of gastronomy’s existence.

Just like rice dumplings can have red bean and date filling, they can also have pork and salted egg yolk.

Mooncakes can be lotus seed double yolk, or they can be ham and fresh meat.

Tofu pudding can be salty and eaten as breakfast, or it can be sweet and served as dessert.

No need to argue over what is authentic, what’s heretical, it’s meaningless.

What people love and enjoy, that’s good, that’s gastronomy.

Lu Wenwu is now working in this direction.

It’s certainly good to use his favorite ingredients to make the egg pancake he likes.

But if he can make an egg pancake that even those who originally disliked it can enjoy, that’s even better.

”Another fulfilling day!”

Slouching on the sofa in the communal living room, Snow, while grooming his big tail, let out a happy howl.

”Just thinking that next week is the Divine Birthday Festival and we can have a few days off with all the study rooms and libraries forcibly closed makes me feel relaxed, even my tail fur feels smoother.”

”Indeed.”

Lu Wenwu, petting a dog while reading a book on the side, absentmindedly responded.

In another direction, the ”tall” Silver Skull, with a bunch of Fire Element on its head, clattered its jaw up and down to show recognition.

In its hand, it held its own Bone Staff, with the staff’s front end flickering with a constant stream of Magic Arc Light, clearly also someone who seizes every moment for training.

The Divine Birthday Festival, one of the most important festivals on the Gods Continent.

It is said to commemorate the birth of the first Divine Spirit—the Magic Goddess, symbolizing the transition from old to new and the start of a new year.

It’s somewhat like a combination of the New Year in the Divine Continent on Blue Star and Christmas in the West.

It’s so grand that even a diligent place like Magick Wizard Academy enforces a three-day holiday, not even self-study allowed.

There are no traces of the deities here, yet traces are everywhere.

Lu Wenwu thought that in a world with true Extraordinary Power, the deities should not be mere fabrications, at least the Divine Birthday Festival and Magic Goddess shouldn’t be unfounded.

But...if there’s no trace of the deities even in a top force like Magick Wizard Academy, where did they go?

Lu Wenwu has decided that if there are no substantial advancements by the end of this academic year, he would go back to Dragon Island with Isidro to inquire about the God of Giant Dragons.

”Ding dong...”

While everyone was busy with their own tasks, the doorbell of the communal living room suddenly rang.

Lu Wenwu raised his hand and snapped his fingers, the door opened on its own.

This trick clearly made the newly arrived guest envious, the words ”jealousy” flashing brightly in their eyes.

Half lying on the sofa, Snow twitched his nose, and his eyes showed a hint of surprise.

He propped himself up against the sofa back with his mouth, raising his neck to howl.

”Oh? Prince Bohemia, what a rare guest! You actually came to visit our place?”

Mende Bohemia, the Second Prince of the Zijing Empire, withdrew his envious gaze, awkwardly forced a laugh, and straightforwardly explained his reason for coming:

”Good evening, everyone, um... I... I have something I want to consult Brother Wu about.”

”Looking for me?”

Lu Wenwu sat up straight, puzzled, and scratched Mao Mao’s head.

He seemed to have no special connection with this person?

At most, they just exchanged greetings when passing by in class.

Actually, it wasn’t just him who was puzzled.

Even the Silver Skull looked up, the hollow eyes filled with the intensely flickering Soul Fire, showing its currently intense mental disturbance.

The Fire Element was the same, flashing blue and white like a neon light.

Perhaps only Lu Wenwu himself didn’t pay attention to class affairs.

Everyone else knew that Second Prince Zijing envied and was jealous of Lu Wenwu’s attention-getting actions in the academy.

Especially after Lu Wenwu and Isidro made their relationship public, Mende was often fuming impotently after class.

If this guy hadn’t been secretly jealous and never actively provoked or done anything underhanded, Snow would have surely told Lu Wenwu about it earlier.

Mende seemed to know his own nature and hurriedly said, ”I mean no harm! I come with sincerity! I genuinely have something to ask Brother Wu!”

”That’s not important.” Lu Wenwu gave him an inquisitive look, ”I remember you’re Mende Bohemia, the Second Prince of the Zijing Empire? What do you want from me?”

Others were even more curious.

This guy who was crazily jealous of Lu Wenwu, what could he want to consult?

Mende’s face turned white and red, like a dye workshop, his gaze shifting uneasily.

Finally, he took a deep breath, seemingly making a huge decision, suddenly bowing deeply and said loudly, ”Brother Wu! Please teach me how I can become someone noticed by everyone!”

”I’ve inquired, Brother Wu, you like to read all kinds of strange tales and ancient books about God. My Zijing Empire’s history is older and more profound than the Jade Empire, and the Royal Library holds books that aren’t even in the academy’s library!”

”If Brother Wu guides me, I can let Brother Wu freely borrow books from the Royal Library of the Zijing Empire!”

Lu Wenwu: ”???”

Huh?

What’s up with this?

Lu Wenwu looked at the sincerely faced Mende, bewildered, having no idea what he was talking about.

Still, unable to hold back, Snow, who had been laughing unrestrainedly, told him everything.

Only then did he learn that there was someone in the class who had been trying to attract everyone’s attention, but always faced defeat.

Just...

Like the teacher Wang Feng who never made it to the headlines.

Though a bit nonsensical, if there were books from the academy’s library as a reward... it might be worth a try.

”Uh... I say Prince Bohemia... ”

”Brother Wu, just call me Mende!”

”Okay, Mende, why do you feel I am someone who grabs everyone’s attention?”

Lu Wenwu was puzzled about this.

He felt he hadn’t done anything special, barely participating in group activities, how could he be in the spotlight?

Upon hearing this, Mende was immediately excited: ”If Brother Wu doesn’t count as being in the spotlight, who does? You’re the undisputed number one in the lower grades, every professor praises you, you’re the first freshman in academy history to solve the Nine-Ring Magic puzzle, and you’ve even improved dishes...”

He enumerated each item with pride.

Even Lu Wenwu himself was stunned.

Am I that famous?

The whole school knows about me?

Is this for real?

Thinking for a while, Lu Wenwu tentatively asked: ”So... you want to become as outstanding as me? To reach the same level across all subjects as me?”

”If my grades are like Brother Wu’s, would that cause a sensation in the academy? Would everyone notice me?” Mende immediately became enthusiastic.

”Unlikely.” Lu Wenwu decisively shook his head, ”So you’re not really concerned about grades, just want to be noticed and recognized by everyone?”

”Yes, yes, yes!” Mende nodded like a pecking chick.

That’s what he wanted, nothing else mattered!

This feeling was extremely addictive for him, providing an immense sense of achievement!

Lu Wenwu immediately said, ”Isn’t that simple? Go back now and kill your brother and your father, ascend as Emperor, marry all your father’s concubines, and then simultaneously declare war on some random small countries that can’t fight back, this way, I assure you the whole continent’s eyes will be on you.”

Mende: ”???”

No, brother.

Isn’t that a bit too extreme?