Chapter: The Healing Test Results
Pickled earthworms had very good healing and physical recovery effects, but the taste was terrible.
Cheng Yu and his three companions came to the fortress on the mountain.
He'd been selling barbecue here for half a month. Most of the soldiers on the mountain knew Cheng Yu.
As he walked along, many soldiers greeted Cheng Yu enthusiastically.
"Boss Cheng Yu is finally back!"
"Boss Cheng Yu, how can I live without you?"
"Boss Cheng Yu is the eternal god!"
"Barbecue! I love barbecue!"
In the afternoon, in a military camp, a soldier was changing clothes.
The soldier next to him noticed the soldier's shoulder. "Ibrahimovic, I remember your shoulder was cut by demons. You were still bandaged this morning. Did it heal that quickly?"
"I met Boss Cheng Yu when I was on duty at noon. Boss Cheng Yu gave me a kind of healing food. The injury on my shoulder healed immediately—comparable to the healing skills of Holy See priests," the soldier named Ibrahimovic said.
"Is there such magical food? My thigh is slightly injured. Can I go to Cheng Yu and ask for some?"
"No. That thing is too disgusting. It's not for human consumption."
"How much more disgusting can it be?"
"It's really disgusting. I'm not lying to you."
"I don't believe it."
The soldier left the barracks and went to Cheng Yu to ask for pickled earthworms to treat his leg injury.
Half an hour later, the soldier returned to the barracks and collapsed on the bed, looking hopeless—as if he'd suffered 10,000 critical hits.
"How is it? Is Cheng Yu's healing food delicious?"
"Ibrahimovic, do you have a knife?"
"Yes."
"Kill me. I'm not clean anymore."
Over the next few days, Cheng Yu started running his barbecue stall again.
Selling barbecue during the day and living at the Northern Fortress at night.
Over 2,000 skewers of barbecue could be sold every day, earning about 5,000 positive emotion points.
All these positive emotion points were used to exchange for strength and defense attribute points.
Six days later, Cheng Yu's strength and defense attributes increased from 1,009 to 1,177 points.
"System, what tier warrior is 1,177 points of strength equivalent to?"
Cheng Yu tried asking the system.
[Fourth-tier]
A cold voice sounded.
So the system can determine strength tier!
Cheng Yu had never tried it before and didn't know the system had this function. Then he asked, "How many strength attribute points to reach fifth-tier?"
[More than 5,000]
"Five thousand? How many barbecues do I have to sell?"
Cheng Yu thought about it. If he got 5,000 positive emotion points every day, he could exchange them for 25 points of strength and 25 points of defense.
In 153 days, he could get 3,825 points of strength, plus the current 1,177 points—which would just break through the 5,000-point value barrier.
This was just theoretical. Cheng Yu wasn't the kind of person who worked day and night to improve combat power.
And fourth-tier strength was already very strong.
There were hundreds of thousands of defenders at the Northern Fortress, but only a few fifth-tier warriors—all vanguard generals, the kind who led armies to charge into battle.
There weren't many fourth-tier warriors either—only about a hundred.
At that moment, a messenger came to Cheng Yu's residence. "Boss Cheng Yu, the general wants you to come over."
"Okay."
Cheng Yu followed the messenger out of the room.
Passing through several underground corridors, he arrived at the door of General Barney's office.
The messenger knocked. "General, Cheng Yu is here."
"Come in."
The messenger pushed open the door. Cheng Yu walked into the room.
In the huge office, besides Barney, there was a young man with a fierce, sinister look—Joyce, a third-tier mage from the Magic Corps.
"General, you were looking for me?"
Cheng Yu could probably guess Barney's purpose in looking for him was nothing more than making him delicious food.
"Help me make that dish later."
Barney said with a smile. He wanted to eat the authentic Nine-Turn Large Intestine made by Cheng Yu again.
"No problem."
Cheng Yu could sell barbecue at the Northern Fortress and live there with Barney's permission. Otherwise, he would've been kicked out long ago. Naturally, he had to maintain a good relationship with Barney.
"Sit for a while. I'll leave after talking to Joyce."
Cheng Yu sat on the chair nearby, looking at the oil painting on the office wall idly.
"General, the demons are watching us now. You're asking me to explore the labyrinth. If demons invade, the magic corps will lose some strength," Joyce said worriedly.
Barney smiled and waved his hand. "Don't worry. The demons won't attack recently."
"Why?" Joyce was puzzled.
"According to information sent back, Blood Queen Aphra is missing. The demons are now leaderless."
Joyce was a bit puzzled. Retreat was understandable, but how could a powerful demon army cadre disappear for no reason?
"About half a month ago, when the demons used magic items to break through the Northern Fortress defenses..." Joyce suddenly realized. "No wonder the demons' attack frequency has significantly decreased in the past half month."
Did Aphra take advantage of the opportunity when the Northern Fortress walls were breached to invade the Black Sun Empire? But on second thought, it doesn't make sense. If a demon of that level broke into the Black Sun Empire, it would definitely cause a bloody storm. I haven't heard of any city being massacred. Too strange.
"So you don't have to worry about the Northern Fortress. Just go to the labyrinth to search for treasure."
Barney and the patriarch of the Oranto family were friends. Joyce was the eldest son of the Oranto family. The Oranto family patriarch had asked Barney to help train Joyce.
Barney had received news that a new labyrinth secret realm appeared in the east and asked Joyce to go there for training.
"General, do you have any information about that labyrinth secret realm?" Joyce asked.
"Yes, not much. I only know it's related to the God of Order. The people of the Order God Cult have gone there."
Cheng Yu sat aside and listened to the conversation between the two.
The Encyclopedia of Plants and Animals of the Celsis Continent had a few records about gods.
There used to be many powerful gods on the Celsis Continent. After the ancient war of gods, some died, some were injured, some disappeared.
There were no gods in this era.
Though the Black Sun Empire believed in the Goddess of Light, the Goddess of Light had never appeared. The Church of Light was established only based on the small amount of light magic and doctrines left by the Goddess of Light.
[Mission: Go to the Labyrinth Secret Realm of the God of Order to sell barbecue and earn 10,000 positive emotion points. Mission Reward: Special Recipe]
The system triggered a mission. The reward was still a special recipe.
"Another special recipe."
Cheng Yu had obtained two special recipes: black flatbread and pickled earthworms.
Black flatbread could buff mages. Pickled earthworms could heal and restore health. He didn't know what effect this special recipe would have.
"You'll leave tomorrow. Be safe on the road."
Barney instructed Joyce like an elder.
"Yes, General."
Joyce left Barney's room.
Barney looked at Cheng Yu beside him. "Brother Cheng Yu, let's go."
Cheng Yu followed Barney to his private residence to help him make authentic Nine-Turn Large Intestine.
"General, what tier warrior are you?" Cheng Yu asked Barney.
The vanguard generals of the Northern Fortress were all fifth-tier warriors. As supreme commander of the Northern Fortress, would Barney be the legendary sixth-tier warrior?
"First-tier warrior," Barney smiled.
"Huh???"
Cheng Yu was confused. He'd thought Barney was very strong before.
Just a first-tier warrior—only a little stronger than an ordinary soldier.
"Wait, why can you—a first-tier warrior—become supreme commander of the Northern Fortress?"
"There's no direct connection between official position level and strength."
Barney smiled. "Let me tell you this—when I was a kid, I peeked at young women bathing, robbed bird nests, and visited brothels with the current King of the Black Sun Empire. We've been friends since childhood."
The Supreme Commander of the Northern Fortress led hundreds of thousands of troops.
Such an important position had to be held by the most trusted person, not the strongest.
"Wow!"
Cheng Yu was impressed.