Seeing the elegant young man happily receiving the reward and leaving, Chen Lin immediately followed him.
"My friend, what's the matter? Why are you following me?"
Chen Lin did not hide, so he was discovered as soon as he walked a distance away. The other party immediately turned around and asked.
"Haha, brother, don't misunderstand me. I'm Chen Lin, a cultivator, and I want to make a deal with you."
Chen Lin smiled, tried his best to appear friendly, and introduced himself.
Mr. Pianpian also recognized Chen Lin at this moment, and immediately smiled and said, "So you are the four-star gourmet. I am so sorry. I am Zhao Lingyi. I wonder what Brother Chen wants to trade?"
Four-star gourmets are very powerful on this gourmet island, so there is no harm in making friends with them.
"Nothing, just my brother's three-star tea. Can you give me some?"
Chen Lin didn't beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose.
Zhao Lingyi was not surprised. He hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Of course, I also want to taste Brother Chen's four-star food, but I don't have much Fearless Tea. Brother Chen can drink it first. After I open the shop, you can come to my shop to taste it."
Chen Lin was certain in his mind that if the other party also wanted to open a store, then it would be easy. As long as the store was here, he could enjoy the food anytime.
He readily agreed and directly took out a basket of buns and handed it to the other party.
Zhao Lingyi was a little flattered. He hurriedly and carefully took the bun in his hands, treating it as a treasure.
It's no wonder that he behaved like this. This is a four-star delicacy. According to common sense, one needs a four-star delicacy voucher to taste it, and the value is also a figure that makes him hesitate.
Moreover, in order to make four-star gourmet food, the ingredients needed must be priceless. This basket of buns might be worth his entire current fortune.
Not daring to delay, Zhao Lingyi immediately took out a small jar and handed it to Chen Lin.
"This is the spiritual tea I made, called Fearless Tea. It is very difficult to make, and one has to cultivate the tea trees personally. The yield is also very low. This is all that is left from this year's production. If Brother Chen feels it is not enough, I will add some other treasures to make up for it."
Chen Lin opened the jar and took a look. There was only half a jar left, but he still waved his hand and said generously: "Forget about the other treasures. When you open the store, just give me some invitation tickets."
"Of course."
Zhao Lingyi quickly agreed, then happily put away the buns, exchanged a few more words of greeting, and then said goodbye and left.
Chen Lin returned to the judging booth and continued to watch other contestants present their delicacies.
However, only a few people came forward to offer tributes, especially after a series of people failed and were punished, no one dared to step forward.
Not to mention five-star food, even one-star and two-star food are rare.
In this situation, the guardian seemed a little impatient. He left after waiting for a while, leaving Jinzun Hou and others to continue the identification.
Chen Lin discovered that after he offered the four-star delicacy, the guardian's physical condition had slightly recovered and his anxious mood had disappeared, as if he had completed some kind of mission.
This made him wonder if this food island scene, like Gege Yun's Baiyun Ranch, had mission restrictions. If no high-level food appeared for too long, it would be downgraded or there would be other penalties.
But even so, he would not take credit for it. He had already received enough rewards. If he was greedy, he would only be asking for trouble.
Time passed quickly as I was thinking about things, and before I knew it it was afternoon.
No one came forward to offer food, and even the crowd of onlookers dispersed.
The originally enthusiastic donation activity became deserted due to the change in rules. After a while, before anyone could get started, the person in charge in tuxedos announced the end of the food festival and everyone could do what they wanted.
After the food festival ended, the permission to be exempted from the mission of leaving was automatically cancelled. Chen Lin did not leave directly, but planned to open a store.
Now he has no shortage of points or delicious food, and all the conditions are met. The only thing he is struggling with is whether to open a three-star or four-star store.
After much hesitation, I finally made a new decision.
"You want to offer more delicious food?"
Chen Lin arrived at the food identification department and found that the person in charge had changed. He was also a man in a tuxedo, but he had a mustache. He was surprised when he heard his request.
The food festival has just ended, and you're already here to offer food. I'm afraid there's something wrong with your brain. You should know that the rewards for offering food at the food festival and offering food here are very different.
But the person in charge immediately seemed to understand something and thought that Chen Lin did not dare to make his contribution at the food festival because of the new rules and was worried that he would be punished if his contribution failed.
So he nodded and said, "Okay, please follow me."
Chen Lin followed the other party through a passage and came to a spacious room.
There was a long dining table in the room, and on the chairs next to the table sat three strangely shaped creatures: a fork-shaped woman, a spoon-shaped man, and another whose body was actually a big black pot!
But he was used to it and immediately went to the open kitchen next door to start making buns on the spot.
"Ah, now I remember. Isn't this the gourmet who just presented the four-star delicacy? Why is he here again?"
Miss Fork stared at Chen Lin for a while, and suddenly made a crisp sound of doubt.
The spoon next to him also spoke in a muffled voice, "He presented steamed buns before, right? Does he have to present it again? Old Cheng, have you explained the rules to him? Repeated offerings will not count!"
The mustache man called Lao Cheng froze. He really didn't explain the rules in advance. Because the other party participated in the appraisal of the food festival, he thought the other party knew the rules of the offering! "
This was negligence at work, so he hurried to Chen Lin to explain the situation.
Chen Lin asked, "Is it that we cannot offer the same kind of food, or are we limited to the same effect?"
The man with the mustache immediately said, "There is no limit to the types, but the taste cannot be the same. Otherwise, if we serve the same delicacy over and over again, wouldn't that be a mess?"
Chen Lin nodded and asked, "What if the same delicacy has been improved and the effect is different? Can't we offer it again?"
He just wanted to offer the soul buns made with ordinary ingredients. According to the guardian, even without using extraordinary ingredients, his buns could reach three stars.
As long as the appraisal is successful, he will not only receive another reward, but also solve the material problem, and he can use it to open a Samsung store.
This was his original plan, to take advantage of the cheap materials of the Soul Buns and quickly harvest magic coins here.
Hearing Chen Lin's words, the man with a mustache stroked his beard and said, "Of course it is possible, but there must be a fundamental change, and it cannot be the same star rating. All the star-rated delicacies here are recorded in the book, and you can't pass them off as real ones.
"That's fine."
Chen Lin stopped talking and continued to make buns carefully.
Although he simply replaced the shrimp filling of the plum-winged shrimp with ordinary beef filling, he truly changed the essence of it.
Because one is extraordinary and the other is just an ordinary ingredient, it definitely complies with the rules of offering.
Sure enough, when he finished making the buns and brought them to the table, the three judges unanimously agreed that his buns were not the same as the ones he had presented to the Guardian before, and gave them a three-star rating as he wished.
After getting the contribution certificate and reward, Chen Lin went to the place to apply for opening a store.
There are many rules, but the procedures are simple.
After providing the gourmet identity token and submitting the list of gourmet foods for sale, he received the certificate to open a store.
There is no restriction on the location of stores on Food Island. As long as you get the certificate, you can choose any location on the island except the management area.
Chen Lin randomly chose a place with nice scenery and then hired people to do the construction.
He would not waste time managing such trivial matters, so he simply summoned Xiaocao in and asked the other party to watch over it for him, while he came to the treasury management office again.
"Exchange for an Origin Ball!"
After entering the room, Chen Lin slapped his identity token and spoke despite the pain.
Apart from the cost of opening the store, he only had one million points left, and after buying the Origin Ball, he was penniless again.
But no matter how painful it is, this Origin Ball must be bought.
Although the Origin Ball is likely to exist in the Black Finger scene, judging from the deaths of several old cultivators, it is not easy to obtain it.
Moreover, the more Origin Balls there are, the better. If he wants to advance his talent to a certain level, the amount of pure Origin required will be absolutely terrifying. Eight or ten Origin Balls will not make any splash at all.
Therefore, as long as you know the existence of the Origin Ball, you must get it, otherwise you will regret it if you miss it.
"Are you sure?"
The person in charge was the feather man. After hearing Chen Lin's request, he confirmed it again.
Five-star treasures are extremely rare in the treasure house of Gourmet Island, and no one will come to redeem them for hundreds of years.
"Sure!"
Chen Lin gritted his teeth and spoke.
“Well, Mr. Gourmet, please wait a moment. I can’t exchange the five-star treasures by myself, so I need to ask someone to come over.
The feathered man explained, then took out a strange-shaped object that seemed to be used for communication. After activating it, he said something. After a while, two old men in tuxedos came in, checked Chen Lin's authority and points, nodded and left.
After a while, two old men in tuxedos reappeared, and one of them had a large black ball in his hand.
The feathered man took the ball, verified the mark on it, and then handed it to Chen Lin, saying, "This is a container specifically for storing the Origin Balls. It can ensure that the energy of the Origin Balls inside is not lost. However, if it is stored for too long, it must be used within a short period of time once it is opened, otherwise there is a risk of collapse!"
Then, he explained how to open the container and the precautions. Chen Lin wrote them down one by one, put the things away and left.
This time, I didn't stop and went straight to the teleportation square and returned to Ruyi Island.