I Might Be A Fake Cultivator

Just as everyone was celebrating, the Heaven Defying Dog silently made its way over to Emperor Qing Hua.

“What do you want?” Emperor Qing Hua glared at the Heaven Defying Dog.

The Heaven Defying Dog recoiled its dog head a little under Emperor Qing Hua’s scrutiny, but it was soon looking at the platter with drool rolling down its chin. “Emperor, I feel like it’s best not to waste food! We need to think about the environment and clear our plates!”

Emperor Qing Hua looked at the two platters. How could he have not finished such delicious dishes?

He was perplexed. “What are you saying? I HAVE cleared my plate?”

The Heaven Defying Dog pointed at a platter. “There are still chicken bones left! Give them to me if you’re not going to eat them!”

More drool began to roll down its chin as it spoke.

Emperor Qing Hua: “… I refuse.”

“Why? You’re not going to eat them? Why waste food?” the Heaven Defying Dog roared with grief and indignation.

Emperor Qing Hua chuckled lightly. He then flicked a finger, and the bones on the platter were instantly reduced to dust.

The Heaven Defying Dog was dumbstruck. He would rather destroy the bones than let it eat them? Just how much bad blood was there between the two of them?!

That wasn’t actually the case. Emperor Qing Hua was just unsettled by the thought of this guy eating the bones he had just licked.

Thus, this make-or-break showdown had truly made An Lin famous.

He had dethroned the incumbent Chef God right before the very eyes of over a thousand immortals.

Countless immortals were still reminiscing the phenomena they had witnessed, as well as the impossibly alluring scent wafting from the two dishes. They were thinking to themselves what they would do for a chance to eat a meal like the one Emperor Qing Hua had just enjoyed!

At this moment, An Lin suddenly said with a faint smile, “My new dish, the Life of the Phoenix will be available for purchase at my restaurant starting from tomorrow. If anyone is interested, they can come to give it a try at my restaurant…”

Boom!

This sentence was a huge bomb that instantly aroused the desire of all the immortals present.

“Ahhh… An Lin is so thoughtful! I was just thinking about how I would love to eat this, to think I would have an opportunity to do so tomorrow…” Celestial Maiden Ying Cao’s expression was filled with desire.

“I have witnessed the new dish that was able to dethrone Chef God Hu Jiahao, but I have not had a good chance to study it in detail. It appears I will have to go to that restaurant for an opportunity to revisit the dish,” Heavenly Monarch Zeng Guang said with an indifferent voice.

“The Life of the Phoenix tomorrow belongs to us seven Celestial Maidens! We’ll offer the highest bid, no matter how high it’ll have to be!” the seven spendthrift human piggy banks yelled in unison.

“Don’t even think about taking this away from me! Or I’ll sever all your future relationships!” the Moon Elder roared.

What followed was a horrendous crime of an elderly man being abused by the masses…

A faint smile appeared on An Lin’s face at the sight of all the animated immortals.

Hu Jiahao came to a sudden realization upon seeing this. “So I ended up helping him after all… Not only did I become his stepping stone to the true Chef God status, but his popularity has also drastically increased from this. His price might even soar again after this…”

The Chef God’s heart was filled with mixed emotions. He was trying to beat down this up-and-coming challenger, so how did he end up furthering his budding career instead?

An Lin made sure to go around and greet as many immortals as he could.

These were all walking wallets! There were so many prospective customers that he would have to be an idiot to not take this opportunity to familiarize himself with as many of them as possible.

After chatting with all the immortals for a white, An Lin returned to his dorm room to continue brainstorming new dishes.

Even though he had already achieved great things, he couldn’t afford to get complacent. Only constant improvement and innovation would continue to push him to the top.

An Lin relayed the news of his victory to Da Bai and Xu Xiaolan, and both of them were well and truly stunned upon hearing this.

“Big Brother An, is the frying pan that scary already? It can even beat the Chef God now, woof!” Da Bai exclaimed in shock.

“It’s me! I’m the scary one that beat the Chef God, understand?!” An Lin retorted with a serious expression.

What followed next was a string of horrendous lies.

Of course of course of course, Big Brother An is the best, Master’s cooking is the best in the world, his dishes can only belong up in the heavens, yadda yadda yadda.

An Lin was a little bored of hearing their unconvincing, repetitive lies and could only retire to the kitchen where he continued to hone his cooking skills.

The next day, which was the tenth day An Lin’s restaurant had been in operation.

His restaurant was filled to the brim due to all the immortals that had gathered around, and the auction was off to an extremely lively start.

The seven Celestial Maidens had been absolutely determined to secure An Lin’s new dish, but the Celestial Thearch somehow got wind of this and forced them to stay home. He simply couldn’t bear the indignation of having all seven of his daughters frantically showering money on another man!

This didn’t really matter to An Lin in the end.

His new dish, the Life of the Phoenix, was sold to the five burly Star Monarchs of the Five Star Constellation for five hundred thousand spirit stones!

The nth stir erupted throughout the Heavenly Court as news of this erupted.

An Lin was like a celebrity who had become the hottest topic of conversation.

Five hundred thousand spirit stones…

One would think that An Lin would at least use some high-quality ingredients to cook his other dishes… but, no! This was just a dish made from cabbage, eggs, and free-range chicken, so there was almost no cost involved and essentially pure profit!

Everyone was extremely envious of his meteoric rise, but they couldn’t do anything about it.

After setting this record, An Lin broke it again in two days.

All those immortals who were urging the consumers to calm down didn’t even know what to say anymore. They had all gone f*cking insane! What was the point of telling them to calm down?

Some immortals even made trips to An Lin’s restaurant with pleading expressions. “Chef God An Lin, are you still taking in any disciples? Please teach me how to cook!”

An Lin’s response was identical every time—”My cooking skills are a family secret that I cannot pass on!”

Another day passed, and his new wave of popularity declined slightly, resulting in a final bid of only four hundred and twenty thousand spirit stones.

The Celestial Thearch finally heaved a sigh of relief and allowed his seven daughters to go out again.

The next day, An Lin auctioned off a Life of the Phoenix for the price of four hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones! That’s right! The seven Celestial Maidens had placed the final bid!

The Celestial Thearch: “???”

His daughters were so adorable, he simply couldn’t bear to hit them. What could he do?

How about just killing An Lin instead?

Regardless of what was happening around him, An Lin was completely absorbed in his cooking, and his restaurant slowly gained even more traction over time.

However, the rise of something new would always evoke fleeting curiosity among the masses.

An Lin had defeated Hu Jiahao during the showdown of Chef Gods and reached the pinnacle of the culinary world as well as the peak of his popularity.

The only way from there was inevitably down, and sure enough, his popularity slowly began to decline, simply because he wasn’t all that new and exciting anymore. During the next ten days, the auction price of his Life of the Phoenix gradually fell before stabilizing at about three hundred thousand spirit stones.

Some immortals gradually grew bored with the Life of the Phoenix trend and set their sights on other dishes. This didn’t really matter all that much to An Lin; it was just going to mean slightly higher costs.

Occasionally, there would be days on which no tycoons showed up and the final auction price would settle at just over a hundred thousand or two hundred thousand spirit stones.

Even so, it was still better than selling stuffed buns.

All students of The United University of Cultivation missed An Lin’s stuffed buns ignored by Da Bai so much that they all signed a petition for An Lin to come back and sell stuffed buns.

Sometimes, when An Lin was in a good mood, he would go back to school and sell some stuffed buns, all of which were basically instantly swept away by buyers in the blink of an eye.

Before he knew it, a month had passed.

It had been a month since he commissioned Chang’e to refine the divine pills for him.

An Lin tallied up the money he had earned through cooking. Hmm, it wasn’t a lot. Only six million!

It was a pitiful amount!!!