Chapter 51: Milk Tea Recipe

Because he had remembered the first task his benefactor had given him—to take good care of those children—Xavier looked at the passing players with a rather loving and caring gaze as he was led towards the residential area by Ella.

The players who were stared at with this kind of fatherly gaze all shivered, feeling the fear of being dominated by a father bringing up a child.
However, when they saw Xavier’s two long, straight legs, which were different from a merman’s, and the empty panel above his head, completely lacking the unique ID of a player, their eyes instantly lit up—

Has Sea Realm gotten a new NPC!

A special mission! I can do it!

Two players rushed over like the wind, but because they were too excited, they found it hard to brake.
Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to this new NPC, and then thinking of the matter of the lord deducting favorability over a large area before, they gritted their teeth and very carefreely performed a five-body-prostrate-style face-plant.

“Excuse me…” one of the players raised his dusty face, with a somewhat pervert-like smile, “Is there anything you need help with?”

Xavier: “…”

Although he was prepared for these cubs to have some problems, this was the first time he had seen such a peculiar hobby.
Are there actually merfolk who like to use their face instead of their tail to brake?

Learned something new.

But the question still needed to be answered, although he didn’t know what to say.

Xavier chose to shake his head.
He didn’t need any help.
On the contrary, it was these cubs who seemed to need to eat a little more wisdom fruit, that cub-exclusive brain-boosting crop.
Of course, there was no derogatory meaning in this, but it was true that cubs needed to supplement all kinds of nutrients during their growth period.

Xavier noted this down in his little mental notebook.
Next time he went to the undersea city for procurement, he remembered to buy some wisdom fruit for the cubs.

Seeing that this handsome and sturdy NPC didn’t say anything and just shook his head, the players carefully sized him up—this NPC had ice-blue hair and eyes of the same color.
His facial features were handsome, but for some reason, there was a stiff sense of distance, making him look like the kind of extremely cold and aloof, “Hmph, a group of bedbugs are not worthy of speaking with this venerable one,” the kind of nose-in-the-air NPC.

The player immediately slapped his tail, indicating that he was all too familiar with this type!
Back in the day, in the Xianxia holographic game of Game A, he had been tormented by the same type of guy for a full six months before he finally maxed out the favorability and got the orange equipment!

What’s so difficult about this?
Isn’t it just… just a matter of doing it again!

Sorry to have bothered you.

He quickly pulled up his companion who was still lying on the ground.
Before his companion could react, he disappeared from Xavier’s field of vision with a ‘whoosh’, as if his tail had been burned.

‘Run, you idiot!’
The player looked at his companion who still wanted to go back with a look of hating iron for not becoming steel, and pulled him towards himself again—

Back then, he had been tormented to death by that sect master NPC, but the orange weapon that was the final reward of the mission was like the juicy carrot dangling in front of a donkey, making him unable to move his feet, but also unwilling to leave.
It vividly interpreted what it meant to be “the immortal lord has tormented me a thousand times, yet I still treat the immortal lord like my first love.”

Even if the other party told him to go to the southernmost part to dig for grass today, to the northernmost part to plant trees tomorrow, and then refused to open the door the day after because the weather was not suitable, making him wait outside the door for a full ten hours, under the dual effect of the reward incentive + sunk cost, he could still bravely crawl to the sect master’s door the day after tomorrow, waiting to complete the fourth mission!

When he finally succeeded in his conquest, he almost sent himself to a training class to earn some extra money as a spiritual mentor.

Who the hell would want to go through that kind of life again!

So, before he was lured into the pit by the tempting missions and equipment of that NPC, he had to put up a sign by the window of the tall building, with two big words written on it to warn those who came after him—Run!

Xavier didn’t know about the psychological activities of the player just now.
He only knew that while he was in a daze, the two cubs had fled one after another as if they had seen some monster.
He couldn’t help but raise his hand and touch his face.
Did his human form look very scary?

It seemed like it had been a long time since he had looked in a mirror.
Next time, I’ll find a mirror and try it out.

Because Xavier didn’t have anyone he needed to contact, a small alchemy creation like a magic mirror, which was multi-functional and convenient, had never appeared on his shopping list.
He had no use for this thing at all.
Even if he could contact a certain shop owner and have him deliver materials to his door the next day, wasn’t it the same if he just put on a hood and went out to buy it himself?

But now it was different.
Xavier made another note in his little mental notebook—I need to buy a magic mirror.
Maybe I can add my benefactor’s magic aura.

Because he was afraid that his ugly appearance would scare those cubs again, Xavier rarely opened his mouth to ask Ella to find a desolate place for him to live.
Ella thought for a moment, and in the end, adhering to the principle of putting the guest’s request first, she chose a house for him that was farthest from the player activity area.

[Any of these houses can be moved into.]
Ella’s face was straight, and she was face to face with a paralyzed face, like looking in a mirror.
Unfortunately, there was nothing strange happening nearby.

Xavier was not picky.
He casually opened the door of the house closest to him, and his magic power lit up the magic lamp inside the house.

“Anything is fine,” as soon as he said that, he noticed the person in front of him, who appeared to be another pharmacist. The house looked extremely messy at first glance… on the experiment surface, seven crooked and eight twisted things were scattered all over the floor.

“Thank you,” Xavier’s quickly said thanks, and as if afraid Ella would go back on her word, he flashed into the house.

Ella’s program couldn’t let her understand why Xavier… but she understood one thing, which was that the guest was very satisfied with this house, which also meant that she had perfectly…

[Master, Lord Xavier is very satisfied with the house Ella has chosen.]
Ella’s tone was still as calm and flat as ever, but if you listened carefully, there was a hint of pride in it.

Sykes had already finished recording the experimental data.
As soon as he put down the pen in his hand, he received Ella’s report.
“Well done, Ella.”
His happy mood made him praise his little butler.

“By the way, pay more attention to Xavier’s movements. Although he doesn’t pose any threat to me, I always feel that his attitude is a bit strange.”

[The possibility of successfully erasing the other party is over 80%. Does Master need Ella’s help?]
Ella said with a straight loli face, but the words that came out of her mouth were rather terrifying.

Sykes didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
“That’s not necessary. I’m just curious why the other party is so special to me. He doesn’t seem to have any malicious intent.”

As he spoke, he was afraid that Ella would really take matters into her own hands and carry out some kind of annihilation plan, so he found something for Ella to do.
“If you have any extra programs, you can help me observe Xavier’s skilled skills, or problems with his magic school, and also if he comes into contact with the players…”

The merman sighed and removed the word “if.”
“I mean, when the players come into contact with him, I’ll have to trouble Ella to take care of the game-related matters.”

[Yes, Master,] Ella agreed without hesitation.

“Achoo!” Huahua covered his mouth and turned around, letting out a big sneeze.
He turned back with red eyes.
“Which b*stard was just cursing me!”

Then he couldn’t be bothered with this question and continued with what he was saying just now.
“Scott, did you know? A mysterious NPC has come to the far east!”

Hua Yibing on the counter next to Scott, who was Sykes’s split consciousness, like a cat trying to attract its owner’s attention, and tried to grab the hair hanging on the other’s shoulder with his paw pad.

Sykes was currently focusing on the recipe he was appraising.
This was a very interesting food recipe, created by the foodie girl, named [Milk Tea].

This drink called [Milk Tea] was made by simmering the milk fruit juice, which was very popular with children, with the green leaves growing on the green-leaf fish.
To be honest, Sykes was also amazed by the creativity of this player, the contemporary foodie, when he saw the recipe—who would have thought that the slow-moving green-leaf fish, which carried a small shrub on their backs and swam everywhere, would one day also become a source of delicious food?

Just like no one would think of pulling a fish’s beard to make a dish separately, they would at most think about whether the fish’s meat was delicious.

Sykes had tasted the finished product provided by the other party.
To be honest, it was a very novel taste.
Players could always give him this kind of novel feeling.
As soon as the milk tea entered his mouth, it was a sweet but not greasy taste, mixed with a slightly bitter, fresh fragrance.
These two contradictory tastes were cleverly blended together, leaving only that enjoyable sense of satisfaction in the brain, making one want to have another cup after drinking it.

Before finishing that cup of milk tea, Sykes had even forgotten to look at its effects.
It wasn’t until the straw made of a tree branch could no longer suck out anything that the merman was startled to realize he had been lost in this dish from another world.

The status given by the system clearly stated—[Satiety +20, will make people feel happy].

Besides this, there were no other novel statuses.
But this could also be understood.
After all, neither the sweet milk fruit for the cubs nor the valueless green-leaf fish had any special medicinal effects.
Using them to cook would not cause any major changes.

Actually, the status [makes people feel happy] was quite unexpected for Sykes.
In his analysis, there should only have been that ethereal satiety given by the system as a friendly gesture.
He didn’t expect there would be other additional statuses.

The reason why the foodie came for an appraisal was also very simple—she also wanted to know if this recipe could have other better additional statuses.
But she had an extra request, which was that she didn’t want other ingredients to steal the show.

This point really stumped Sykes.

“Hey, hey! Scott!!” Half of Hua Yibing’s body was lying on the counter, waving his hand in front of Sykes.
“Are you listening to me?”

“Damn it, hurry up and answer me, and I’ll tell you how to change this recipe!”

“Hmm?” Sykes finally gave him a little of his attention.

Seeing that his plan had worked, Hua Yibing proudly showed a mouthful of neat teeth.
“Hahahaha! I knew this would make you agree! How about it, are you in or not? Come with us to explore the new NPC’s house, and then I’ll tell you my method!”

The merman coldly said “oh” and continued to focus his attention on this interesting recipe, not believing the other’s words at all.

Hua Yibing decided to use the ultimate move of acting cute.
“Scott~ please just come with me once. I’m really not lying to you this time. I know you’re the type who hasn’t drunk much milk tea at a glance, but I’m a man who has drunk countless milk teas from big and small chain stores, knows all the bad and good ones, and can give you a milk tea recommendation list in minutes!”

He patted his chest with a solemn oath and assured Sykes, “I can’t say for sure about other things, but in terms of milk tea tasting, I, Hua Yibing, have never been afraid of anyone!”

Sykes’s eyes moved slightly.