Chapter 392

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

"But System, aren't the other ingredients in the mall scarce too?"

Lu Feng glanced over the other ingredients on the mall interface, his tone full of complaint.

These words of his weren't groundless.

Take that Qimen Black Tea — Lu Feng used it to make Tea Eggs, and it made Grandpa Qin so distressed he called it a waste of heaven's gifts, and Lu Feng nearly got beaten by Grandpa Qin over it.

Grandpa Qin said that special-grade Qimen Black Tea could sell for over ten thousand yuan per catty on the market, and even then it was unavailable — you couldn't buy it even if you wanted to.

Then there's that Shaocheng Yellow Wine — also a high-end product that's hard to find on the market.

Yet such precious authentic yellow wine was what the System had the duck drinking from childhood.

Just thinking about it made even Lu Feng feel a pang of heartache.

He himself had never even drunk anything that good!

Which of these things isn't a rare treasure that's priceless and unavailable — aren't they even rarer than this honey?

Even though the quantity available in the mall each time isn't much, the mall can still guarantee daily supply.

So how come when it gets to honey, it becomes a weekly limited supply?

Lu Feng knitted his brows tight, waiting quietly for the System to explain.

In the past when he complained to the System, the System would more or less give some reaction.

But this time it was dead quiet, just ignoring him completely.

"Tch, System, you've even learned to play dead now?"

Lu Feng pursed his lips and said.

He shook his head, giving up on continuing to press the System.

But through this matter, he did feel the System seemed to have become a bit more down-to-earth.

It felt like the System has its own breeding base, and the ingredients provided don't seem to appear out of thin air like in sci-fi novels.

Lu Feng was just about to close the mall interface when his gaze swept over the ingredient prices and he suddenly froze.

He saw that in the price columns for honey and tremella, a glaring 0 was displayed!

Lu Feng thought his eyes were playing tricks on him, so he reached out and rubbed his eyes before looking again.

The price was still 0!

What's going on?

You have to know, ingredient prices in the System Mall are often several times higher than ordinary ingredients on the market.

After all, the ingredients sold in the mall are all good things hard to buy on the market, so selling them at a higher price is perfectly normal.

But this honey and tremella — the System's introduction praises them to the skies, and they don't look bad either.

So why is the price 0?

Is this a System bug? Or some hidden benefit?

"System, what's the deal with the Honey Tremella Soup ingredient prices?"

Lu Feng suppressed the excitement in his heart and asked the System.

【Ding!】

The System this time finally didn't keep playing dead, and quickly gave an explanation.

【Host is about to complete the God of Cooking Mission; as a reward, the ingredients used in this recipe are provided free by the System.】

"So that's how it is."

Lu Feng nodded, a look of sudden realization appearing on his face.

No wonder this Rock Peak Honey is weekly limited — turns out it's not really because it's rare.

It's because it's free, so the System's afraid he'll exploit it, right?

"Alright then, you've got a bit of conscience after all."

Lu Feng felt very satisfied, and quickly cheered up.

This Honey Tremella Soup, aside from needing to process it himself, can be said to be zero cost.

For someone like him who has a stingy streak in his bones, free things are still quite liked.

Lu Feng checked the System's prompt content again, and soon discovered another difference from before.

The selling price for Honey Tremella Soup — the System only gave the two words "To Be Determined."

Previously, for unlocked recipes, the System's control over pricing was very strict — every time it would restrict the minimum selling price of the dish.

As if without restrictions, Lu Feng would act like a prodigal.

Selling things made from top-tier ingredients at low prices like ordinary home cooking.

"System, what about the price for this Honey Tremella Soup? What does 'price to be determined' mean?"

Lu Feng asked the air, his tone full of doubt.

【This dish the System does not participate in pricing; the Host may decide the selling price freely.】

The cold electronic voice was without ripple, and quickly gave him a response.

"Damn, System, you're acting a bit abnormal today — you're so generous it's making me a little maladjusted."

Lu Feng said with some disbelief.

He's been tricked by the System into having psychological trauma — he always feels that with the System being this generous this time, there might be some hidden pit waiting for him inside.

Lu Feng couldn't help but carefully confirm with the system several times again.

He asked everything from whether dishes counted toward this week's mission progress to whether pricing would affect subsequent system tasks.

He even confirmed three times, feeling uneasy, both that the ingredients were free and that he could set his own prices.

By the end of his questioning, the system seemed a bit impatient, and simply fell completely silent.

Only then did Lu Feng confirm that what the system had said earlier was all true.

The most pressing matter right now was to set a reasonable price for this Honey Tremella Soup.

"Pricing a dish for the first time, I need to think carefully about what price is suitable to sell it at."

Lu Feng touched his chin and said to himself.

He took out his mobile phone, opened the Waimai APP, and searched for Honey Tremella Soup inside it.

The prices of Tremella Soup on the APP varied, ranging from three or five yuan to five or six yuan per bowl, with no reference value.

Lu Feng studied it for a long time and found that pricing was not an easy thing.

He wasn't very clear about the offline pricing of this Honey Tremella Soup either.

After all, he was a grown man and had never ordered this thing at a restaurant before.

Lu Feng went back and forth fretting for a good while, but still couldn't find a suitable price.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed an inconspicuous APP inside his mobile phone.

This APP was one he had downloaded before when setting up the lucky draw rules for Roast Duck, and it could set up a wheel-of-fortune draw.

However, he later felt using a mobile phone for lucky draws wasn't very convenient, so he hadn't used it.

Afterward he also forgot to delete this APP.

Now it seemed, this APP was just right to come in handy.

"I'll just use this to decide the price."

Lu Feng opened the APP, and his fingers operated quickly on the settings interface for a while.

He didn't make it too complicated, directly setting the numbers on the wheel from 1 to 100.

"Now it's up to fate; whatever number is drawn, that will be the price of the Honey Tremella Soup."

Lu Feng said to himself, then pressed the "Start Lucky Draw" button.

The wheel inside the mobile phone screen spun rapidly, the red pointer weaving between the numbers.

A few seconds later, the wheel slowly stopped, and the pointer pointed to a number that made him a bit surprised.

"Since it's fate, I'll use this price to set the price."

Lu Feng nodded, saying it very satisfiedly.

After settling this worry about pricing, Lu Feng let out a long breath and decisively turned off the light to go to sleep.

Not long after, he entered dreamland, and even breathing sounds rose in the Bedroom.