The Soldier King Becomes a Useless Little Girl-Chapter 388 - 385: Spiritual Cuisine Master

The moon rises above the willow tips, casting slanting shadows of light.

When night falls, the liveliest spot in all of Purple Cloud City is none other than Taoyao Pavilion.

The reason Taoyao Pavilion stands strong amid the bustling activity of Purple Cloud City, aside from its beautiful girls, lies in another secret lure.

As long as you are willing to pay the price, you can savor the exquisite Spiritual Food.

Here, the Spiritual Cuisine Master, Master Ji, is a Three-star Spirit Cuisine Master.

A Three-star Spirit Cuisine Master able to whip up Three to Four Stars dishes, those tasty meals, paired with appealing company, have been discovered to reinvigorate patrons. They spend night after night indulging only to wake in the embrace of Taoyao Pavilion, not spent but rather invigorated, without a hint of adverse effects to speak of.

The secret behind this, it’s presumed, is related to Master Ji.

Consequently, the customers are generous with their money, and Taoyao Pavilion’s business flourishes more and more each day. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

However, these past few days have seen the madam of Taoyao Pavilion troubled by a bothersome issue. Thanks to the boon of the Zixiao Palace Exam, the foot traffic in Purple Cloud City has massively increased, and with it, those flocking to Taoyao Pavilion for both tender companionship and delightful tastes are never-ending.

Yet it’s precisely now that problems have cropped up in the kitchen.

In a huff, Master Ji dismissed three or four general workers, blaming their sticky fingers and lazy habits.

The owner had no choice but to recruit new general workers.

But the newly hired workers often couldn’t last five days before getting kicked to the curb.

Master Ji’s requirements for hiring general workers were particularly high, almost on par with those at De Yue Building. Ordinary Martial Artists who could meet these standards had either gone off to serve as Protectors in affluent households or ended up at De Yue Building; who would come to a brothel like Taoyao Pavilion?

Given Taoyao Pavilion’s dubious reputation, and Master Ji’s infamy in the entire Purple Cloud Spiritual Food Realm for his bad temper, it’s no surprise that not a single general worker came seeking employment for two consecutive days.

Without general workers, Taoyao Pavilion’s kitchen was short-staffed; piles of unwashed bowls and chopsticks mounted, complaints abounded.

Master Ji even issued an ultimatum, declaring that if a new general worker wasn’t recruited today to help wash dishes and prepare vegetables, he’d walk out.

So, when the Oiran said she would recommend a new "little brother" as a general worker, Boss Liu of Taoyao Pavilion couldn’t have been happier.

"Boss, is this the new general worker you talked about?"

Inside the kitchen, a bald, white-robed old gentleman with a goatee buzzed at Xin Lin, his glare intense.

Standing before Master Ji, Xin Lin had already changed clothes.

Her glossy black hair was tied up and hidden under a hat; she wore short tunics and shorts that revealed her lotus-root-like limbs.

Taoyao Pavilion is a brothel, and with her current identity shifted, she naturally couldn’t enter as a maiden. Following the Oiran’s advice, Xin Lin had disguised herself as a young boy.

Given her current physique, in the words of Pride Corpse, there’s not much difference between her front and back anyway.

This so-called general worker, with his tiny arms and legs along with skin so tender it seems water could be wrung from it, clearly looks like an infant.

The general workers that he had dismissed were all sturdy youths around sixteen or seventeen years of age, the type who could gobble up ten pounds of meat in a single meal.

This infant before him probably can’t even hold a vegetable knife steady!

General worker in name, but there are rules in the kitchen.

Starting from dish-washing and serving to vegetable-cutting and food-prepping, moving onto stir-frying and finally being able to qualify as a Spiritual Cuisine Master.

Master Ji searches for a general worker whom he can trust: someone deft, scrupulous, and willing to learn as an additional hand in the future.

To find such an infant is utterly ridiculous!

Master Ji indicates, he is very, very upset!