Pokémon: I just became a Gym Leader, and Cynthia proposed to me.

Chapter 585 Drugged Cuisine? Glowing Cuisine?

Li Shuwen asked curiously, "Is this cake really that special?"

Ah Jin nodded smugly, "Master, you'll know once you've tasted it."

Li Shuwen picked up the cake knife. "Okay, let's cut the cake then."

Li Shuwen cut a piece for everyone, and then cut one for himself.

Upon tasting it, the flavor was indeed different.

"I feel like I can sense the entire growth process of the fruit used in this cake."

Ah Kai clenched his fist excitedly, "Is this the difference between my youth and my master's? After eating the cake, I can only feel a certain scene."

"And Master can sense the entire growth process of the tree fruit!"

Li Shuwen raised his hand. "Stop, eat the cake. The important thing is the taste of the cake. Combined with this wonderful feeling, it is truly a delicacy."

"Besides Uncle Joichiro, does our Veiled City have such a talented chef?"

Akai nodded repeatedly, "He is indeed very good, but compared to Uncle Shiroichiro, his cooking skills are still quite a bit inferior."

"But he's still just a teenager, and there's a lot of room for improvement in his cooking skills."

Shin-yuk's eyes lit up. "That boy and Uncle Joichiro both have red hair, and they even look somewhat alike."

"Could it be... father and son?!"

Li Shuwen raised an eyebrow. "I remember Uncle Cheng Yilang does have a son who went to some Blue Moon Culinary School to learn cooking techniques."

"Could it be that he's back?"

Ah Jin was puzzled. "Then why doesn't he go home? Why is he setting up a cake stall on the roadside instead?"

Li Shuwen waved his hand, "Let's eat cake first, and then we'll go take a look together. I'm very interested in his cake-making skills."

The cake was quite big, and although it was a bit of a stretch, we could still give a piece to each of the Pokémon at the Veilgate Gym so they could have a taste.

The feeling of wanting more made everyone even more interested in this cake.

Led by A-Jin, the group arrived at the cake stall.

A bright and cheerful young man with red hair was busily setting up his stall.

There was also a girl with blue braids, exuding a simple and rustic charm, helping out beside them.

A steady stream of customers lined up to buy the cake, with each person limited to purchasing only one small piece.

When Li Shuwen saw the boy, he went up to greet him, "Chuangzhen, Zhende-style mud duck."

The red-haired boy looked up, saw Li Shuwen, and smiled as well. "Brother Shuwen, it's been a long time."

Li Shuwen asked with a smile, "How's your studies going at that culinary academy?"

Soma Saiba smiled broadly, "The three years I spent studying at Totsuki Culinary Academy were the most unforgettable seven years of my five-year study abroad experience."

Li Shuwen blinked. "I remember you've only been gone from Veiled City for two and a half years, right?"

Soma waved his hand, "That's a phrase that the senior students in the academy like to say the most. It's really hard to graduate from our school."

Akai asked, puzzled, "Aren't you from a culinary academy? Why is it so hard to graduate?"

The girl with blue braids standing to the side sighed dejectedly, "What we're learning is more like magic than cooking."

Li Shuwen raised an eyebrow. "Magic? I remember it's very difficult to learn, isn't it?"

Akin was somewhat surprised. "Does magic really exist in this world?"

Soma waved his hand, "What our school teaches is a simplified version of a special cuisine derived from potion studies."

"Legend has it that the culinary skills passed down in our academy were originally used by humans in ancient times to enhance their strength and fight against magical beasts."

"Of course, as long as you can make a dish with special effects, you can graduate smoothly. If the effect is good enough, you can become one of the top ten in the academy."

"The Ten Outstanding Individuals are part of the academy's management team."

Li Shuwen nodded, and it should be something similar to the ancient cooking recipe that Wu Si gave him.

Li Shuwen chuckled mockingly, "So, you're saying you can become one of the top ten in the academy just by using this kind of cake?"

The Medicine King shook his head. "No, the cake is just my initial attempt. My goal is to create a dish with even more powerful effects!"

"Not only do I want to be among the top ten, I want to be the number one!"

The girl with the braided hair sighed again, "I don't have ambitions as big as Soma's. I just want to graduate from the academy smoothly."

The Medicine King patted the girl on the back, "Xiao Hui, don't underestimate yourself. You have potential and you can definitely become one of the Ten Heroes."

Li Shuwen raised an eyebrow. Tadokoro Megumi was the girl who accidentally wandered into the bathroom on the first day the Medicine King moved into the dormitory, and was taking a shower at the time.

It's a pity about the two of them...

Soma eventually ended up with Erina, the God Tongue and the pride of heaven.

This wasn't important to Li Shuwen. He looked at the Medicine King with curiosity, "Chuangzhen, can you demonstrate this skill to us?"

The Medicine King waved his hand, "Of course, our academy has never prohibited anyone from learning. The Grand Marshal very much hopes that more people will get involved in cooking."

Soma casually took out the ingredients and demonstrated to Li Shuwen how to make this special dish.

After reading it, Crescent Moon seemed thoughtful, while Akai and Ajin stared at each other blankly.

As for Li Shuwen, the Medicine King asked with a smile:

"Brother Shuwen, did you understand? Do you need me to explain it to you again?"

Li Shuwen raised an eyebrow. "Could I borrow your stall for a bit? I want to try out the technique you just mentioned."

The Medicine King's eyes widened. "Don't tell me you learned how to make this special dish just by listening to me explain it once."

Li Shuwen shrugged. "I'm not sure either, so I need to try it myself."

The Medicine King stepped aside, "I want to see just how effective your special dish really is, Brother Shuwen!"

Li Shuwen said calmly, "It is indeed difficult for ordinary people to make this kind of special dish, but I have true qi, aura power, and superpowers."

"With these skills, making special dishes will be much easier."

Medicine King blinked. "Wait, Brother Shuwen, how come you also have wave-guiding power and superpowers? Haven't you been trying to cultivate true qi all this time?"

"But it hasn't been successful yet?"

The Medicine King carefully examined Li Shuwen and found that Li Shuwen did not seem as handsome as before, but his physique was indeed much stronger.

Li Shuwen said calmly, "I was very lucky to obtain a treasure that unlocked my potential."

Li Shuwen did not follow the Medicine King's recipe exactly when making the cake. He optimized a few small details along the way, so that the finished cake emitted a faint golden light.

The Medicine King's eyes widened immediately. "You actually learned it!"

"But why is there a layer of golden light after the dish is cooked?"

Megumi Tadokoro nodded in agreement, "Even the top ten master's dishes won't shine."

Li Shuwen blinked. "Your dishes don't have any golden light effects after they're finished? Maybe your cultivation isn't enough?"

The Medicine King looked at Li Shuwen with resentment. Why was it that after studying at Totsuki for three years, his cooking skills were still inferior to those of Shuwen, who practiced boxing and trained Pokémon at home?

Is that correct?