Wiltok left Boss Bottom's reception room and walked through the corridor on the third floor of the hotel. His footsteps echoed in the corridor. The doors on both sides opened one after another. The residents inside appeared at the door in unison, sticking their heads out to watch as they passed by. Wiltok, but they also maintained restraint, and no one talked to him.
When he reached the corner of the stairs, Wiltok saw a strong man dressed as an adventurer. He folded his arms and leaned against the guardrail of the stairs. His hair was the usual brown color and his eyes were gray-blue. Although his appearance was unremarkable, his tall figure and clean and tidy clothes gave him a gentle and elegant temperament. There is a clear difference between him and those adventurers with bad living habits.
When Wiltok approached the stairs, he straightened his clothes and said politely: "Hello, Mr. Wiltok. I am Rhodes, the leader of the Iron Cross Adventure Group. I hope to have the opportunity to serve you. "
Will stopped, glanced at the other person, smiled, nodded and said, "Thank you, Mr. Rhodes, you are a good man."
Um...I'm a good person?
The leader of the Iron Cross Adventure Group was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to continue with the words he had prepared in advance. He reorganized his words and was about to speak when the hotel owner's loud voice came from the end of the corridor: "Vell, I want to tell you that you are safe in Braun Town."
Bottom's figure appeared in the corridor outside the reception room door. Wiltok turned back, glanced at him curiously, and walked straight down the stairs.
Rhodes from the Iron Cross Adventure Group met the solemn gaze of Bottom the Red Lion. He looked at him for less than a second, then looked away to express his intention to give in, then smiled and nodded, turned and walked towards his room.
Wiltok didn't take this episode seriously. He returned to the big kitchen of the hotel and had missed the time to have dinner with the kitchen servants, but the fat cook Sarah left a sumptuous meal for him. Dishes.
Others do not have this kind of treatment. If they miss their meals, they will probably go hungry. Because the kitchen servants can enjoy the leftover food from the guests, they often pack it up and take it home, leaving almost nothing left.
The exception was Vertok, who had a separate table, had separate food, and never ate the leftovers left by his guests. Sarah, the cook, would withhold some of the guests' dishes before serving them as Vile's food. Some dishes were deducted from each table's guests, and together, the quantity and variety of food were objective, enough to feed Vail for a day, and it didn't cost a copper pagoda.
However, the hotel owner put the food on Wiltok's bill, so the hotel clerk and servants were not dissatisfied with the preferential treatment he enjoyed.
At this time, all the servants in the kitchen had gone home from work. Sarah lit two oil lamps and placed them on the table to illuminate the dishes on the table. Tonight's staple food is a jar of mud melon paste, a kind of plant tuber that grows underground. The locals peel and cut the mud melon into pieces, add a little salt, boil it, mash it into a puree with special utensils, and add seasonings. Ingredients, stir evenly and serve.
Today's mud melon sauce tastes a bit astringent. Wiltok's first reaction was that there was too little tomato juice used for seasoning. But he was not so picky about the taste of food before, probably because the golden light group in the conscious world fed back 4 points of spiritual attributes, making his sense of taste more sensitive and his tongue able to distinguish the subtle differences in taste.
What's strange to Wiltok is that he knows exactly how much tomato juice to add, so that the taste of the potato will be just right.
With a thought in his mind, he picked up a piece of pine otter meat that was roasted until brown, took a bite, and savored it carefully.
The pine otter is a mouse-like animal, about the same size as an average domestic dog, with fur as smooth as satin. The townspeople of Braun Town generally raise pine otters, take their fur, and then sell the meat to the Adventurer's House.
The taste of pine otter meat is okay, tender and juicy, but it has an unpleasant fishy smell. The kitchen maid first marinates the pine otter meat and then sprinkles it with pungent spices to cover up the fishy smell of the meat when grilling. This cooking method causes the burnt spices to stick to the surface of the meat, making the meat taste mushy and bitter.
Vertok closed his eyes slightly and chewed the roast meat in his mouth carefully, without looking or listening. All his energy was concentrated on the sense of taste and smell. In a state of concentration, he entered his own conscious world and saw the high-speed rotating golden light. group. When the information captured by the taste buds poured into the golden light group, he received feedback from the golden light group. He instantly mastered six recipes and skills for cooking pine otter meat.
The information fed back to Vertok by the golden light group did not appear out of thin air, just like when he shelled beans continuously, his eyes, hands, and brain were fully trained. This is the basis for the talent of dexterous hands. Wiltok eats three meals a day in the kitchen of the Adventurer's House. He is very familiar with the ingredients, spices, and condiments here. It's just that he didn't realize it before, but his taste, smell, hearing, vision, and touch have already been done. recorded. The golden light group, or should be called "Knowledge Puzzle", organizes the above information according to Wiltok's wishes, and may also add the original knowledge and skills of "Knowledge Puzzle" about cooking, and combines six kinds of cooking pine otter meat. Methods.
After understanding the steps to unlock the "Knowledge Puzzle", Wiltok was in a particularly good mood and couldn't help laughing. However, in Marcy's eyes, he was distracted and giggled while eating, and then asked worriedly: "Will, Will...are you okay?"
Looking up and seeing the concern on the fat cook's face, Wiltok said: "Sarah, Boss Bottom said that I owe him a lot of money. If I don't have the money to pay him back by then, something bad will happen."
Sarah hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Child, don't be afraid...that money-grubbing old man is trying to scare you. I'm here, so don't worry."
The person Wiltok is most familiar with and trusts most is Sarah. He said: "I am not worried anymore, but I think Boss Bottom is right. If the White Horn Adventure Group doesn't send someone to pick me up, I will I should go find them. But please ask the adventure group to help me get the money."
Sarah comforted: "We will figure out a way about the money later. You have to finish the food on the table now and go to rest early."
"Yeah." Wiltok picked up his fork and concentrated on enjoying the sumptuous dinner. After the food on the table was cleared, he wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve and asked Sarah, "Do you think I should find a job?"
While clearing the table, Sarah said: "Why not do something that is beneficial to you? I also think that doing a job will definitely help you... Well, you should find a job. But at work Before it brings you income, you have to master the skills of the job. Before you learn the skills, you should go to rest... Little guy, go to the bathroom to clean yourself up now, then go back to bed and have a good sleep. Go quickly!"
As she said, you should do what is good for you. Wiltok went to wash up obediently and then returned to his bedroom.
It was a stairwell next to the kitchen. It was a narrow space with no other furniture except a bed and a cabinet. At the beginning, the cramped environment and simple furnishings gave Wiltok a simple sense of security. This was a space he could dominate. However, since the mental attribute has been raised to 10 points, the perception of spatial distance has greatly increased, and I no longer feel dizzy when distinguishing rich colors and sounds. This bedroom seems less comfortable to Wiltok now.
The best thing about the stairwell is that it's completely free, as changing to a larger guest room would definitely cost money. Wiltok doesn't know the specific price of a hotel room yet, but I'm afraid it won't be cheap, and apart from the debts he owes, he doesn't even have a copper tower with him.
Vertok lay on his back on the bed, with his eyes open, and could vaguely see the outline of the stairs going up and down in the darkness. He thought to himself that by learning skills, finding a job, getting information feedback from the "knowledge puzzle", and earning more money by the way. For a little money, there are definitely benefits to doing this.
You should do things that are beneficial to you...
The next day, Wiltok successfully found a job in the kitchen of the Adventurer's House - peeling mud melons.
Sarah, the cook, brought over a large basket of mud melons, threw a wood chip knife to Wiltok, and said to him with a smile: "Your job is to peel mud melons, and you will get twenty wages for a copper tower. "
A kitchen maid nearby joked: "You can get a copper tower by peeling 20 mud melons. Why don't we get such high wages?"
Boss Bottom would not pay anyone for such a simple task as peeling a potato. Sarah must have paid for it out of her own pocket to make Little Will happy. The maids laughed and joked a bit, then were busy in the kitchen. Now is the peak season for hotel business. The kitchen has to provide food for hundreds of people. The work of kitchen helpers is still very heavy. Small things like peeling mud melons cannot relieve their workload.
Sarah taught Wiltok a few points about peeling mud melons, and then went about her own work, leaving him to deal with a large pile of mud melons alone.
Weir held the wood chip knife in his left hand and a mud melon in his right hand, and began to try to peel it. At first, his movements were very clumsy. The mud melon in his hand was about the same size as his head, and it was quite heavy. The wood chip knife was thin and light. It was a little dull when used to peel the melon, but the edge of the wood chip would not cut him. palm. Weir's right hand tried to grasp the mud melon firmly, and his left hand holding the wooden knife followed suit. With one stroke of the knife, a large piece of the uneven surface of the mud melon including the skin and flesh was lost.
The most terrible thing was that the weight of the mud melon was completely pressing on Weir's arm. As time passed, his arm felt sore and his right hand began to tremble. Weir had no choice but to place one end of the potato on the chopping board, using his right hand only as a support.
Feeling much better now, Wiltok held the wood chip knife and carefully peeled the mud melon. The thin edge of the wood chip scraped the rough brown-green skin of the mud melon, and every tiny vibration was transmitted to the depths of Will's mind through his slender fingers. Gradually, the wooden knife seemed to be connected with his flesh and blood, becoming an extension of his fingers. This touch was so wonderful that he couldn't help but immerse himself in it, concentrating on feeling every subtle change from fingertips to skin, from skin to tendons, from tendons to muscles, and from muscles to joints.
This change has spread all the way to the elbow joint, as if it has encountered a barrier and can no longer advance. Wiltok tried to control this change brought about by touch. He pushed his arm forward and turned his wrist slightly. The wood chip knife slid down the surface of the mud melon, peeling off a thin layer of melon skin, revealing a light brown color. of melon flesh.
After peeling four large mud melons in succession, Wiltok's knife movements became more and more proficient, full of flowing rhythm. He could clean a mud melon with only five or six cuts, and it took less than 4 seconds before and after. Second.
In about one meal, the whole frame of mud melon had been peeled off by Will. He held the wood chip knife, sighed, and asked with lingering meaning: "Is there any more?"
I don’t know since when, the cook Sarah and a group of helpers looked at him blankly, with expressions on their faces that they had seen a ghost. When Sarah heard Will's question, she dropped the half-cut meat bones, walked over, picked up a thin piece of melon rind, and asked in disbelief: "Vir, you used to specialize in peeling melon rinds?"
"I can't remember, maybe it was shaved?" Weir answered uncertainly with a confused expression on his face.
Which kitchen servant in the Adventurer's House doesn't peel melons every day? Even if they cut it every day for more than ten years, they still wouldn't be able to do it to this extent. In fact, the kitchen helper needs to use mud melons to peel them, and she can peel them as much as she needs. A whole frame of mud melons is almost enough for the kitchen in a day. Sarah originally thought that Will could not finish peeling it in half a day. Who knew that he could It only took one person a short while to finish processing a large basket of soil melons.
Sarah was silent for a moment, shook her head and said, "Well, my Will is a capable young man. Your work is over today..."
Weir felt a little regretful. In the process of peeling the melon, he activated his "dexterous hands" talent and controlled his hands meticulously. It is no exaggeration to say that he can now operate any tool skillfully with both hands, and no matter what tool he uses, he is more dexterous than those who have practiced for a long time, but only down to the elbow.
Intuition told Weir that if this "dexterity" could reach the whole body, he would enter a magical realm. Unfortunately, it was obviously impossible for him to achieve this wonderful effect by peeling melons.
Weir feels that the most important obstacle actually comes from the lack of mental attributes. Currently, 10 points of mental attributes are only enough to unlock the hands. If you want your whole body to be transparent, you need a higher upper limit of mental attributes. To increase the upper limit of mental attributes, the three basic attributes of body, perception, and life must first reach the current upper limit.
Just like the Adventurer's House Hotel, the upper limit of mental attributes is like the ceiling on the first floor, and the physical, perception and life attributes are like the walls and floors on the first floor. Only by laying the foundation and building the walls first can we build on the ceiling on the first floor. Second floor.
Wiltok's current mental attribute is 10 points, the upper limit of the corresponding physical and sensory attributes is 12 points, and the upper limit of the corresponding life attribute is 15 points. His current physique, perception and life attributes have not reached the upper limit, and it is impossible to improve his mental attributes.
Continuing to improve his physique, perception, and life attributes is what Wiltok wants to do most now. The method is actually simple. It is nothing more than eating well, sleeping well, and focusing on practicing skills. He had just peeled a large basket of soil melons, and he clearly felt that his perception had improved.
Unfortunately, peeling melons has no effect on him. In this case, he should try to practice other skills.
Wiltok said to the fat cook seriously: "Sarah, I want to cook, is that okay?"
"You want to learn cooking from me?" Sarah looked into Wiltok's eyes and asked.
"No, I want to cook for you." Wiltok shook his head, not paying attention to the strange look from the fat cook, and added: "I remembered the cooking methods of a few dishes, and I am going to try them myself."
Sarah stretched out her big hand, touched the top of Will's head, nodded and said: "Okay, I also want to see what you can cook... We agreed first that you won't get paid for cooking. If it’s not good, you’ll have to pay for it. But if you cook something that satisfies the customers, I’ll ask the front office guy to give you half of the rewards the customers give you.”
