174: Skyrocketing Fame Points

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Midnight.

After sending off the slightly tipsy television host Chiyoda Aichi into a taxi, Xia Yu walked home under the streetlights. He glanced at a lady's business card in his hand in the light before casually slipping it into his pocket.

Social niceties were set aside for the moment. Xia Yu's main concern, of course, was still the gains from the Food Duel.

He checked the system logs.

"System: You defeated the Five-Star Chef Lancelot."

"System: The Seven-star Saber·Breaking Army has been added to your inventory as a reward for completing the Food Duel task."

"System: Cooking level lv20→lv24."

Besides the known kitchen knife, the four-level leap in cooking skills secretly surprised Xia Yu.

When he defeated Si Yingshi last time, he did not gain any cooking experience because the system had not specified a clear objective; he was only asked to present himself before the faculty and students at Far Moon, and Xia Yu chose the simplest and most direct approach.