Is that a Wisp?
chapter-574

Krune approached the counter where one of the attendants was working.

"Hi there. I would like to take the Spiritual Chef Test."

The attendant looked at Krune and nodded while smiling. There were very few who wished to become Spiritual Chefs, so the Spiritual Chef Guild employees were told to treat any applicant to the best of their abilities.

"No problem. I can see that you are in the Divine Path Realm. Should I apply for a Star Path Chef test?"

Krune shook his head.

"I want to take the test for a Star View Chef."

The attendant was a little surprised to hear that. Still, there were quite a few Spiritual Chefs that could make Spiritual Meals one level above their cultivation. Because of that, his surprise didn't last for long.

"Very well. As you know, our Spiritual Chef Tests are very simple. You just need to go to one of our Kitchens and prepare a few dishes at the requested level. One of our members will be there to observe the process to guarantee that you aren't cheating."

Krune didn't mind.

"Very well, how much is it to take the test?"

"For a Star View Chef, the price is 100 Godly Stones."

Krune nodded and paid the amount. After that, he was guided into one of the kitchens where a member of the Spiritual Chef Guild was already waiting. From what Krune could see in his badge, the man was a Semi-Divinity Spiritual Chef, just like Oclo.

"This is the kitchen. But if you want, you can use your own tools as well. I will only need to verify them beforehand."

Krune nodded and took a few of his own utensils. He was more comfortable using his own, after all. The Chef beside Krune verified everything before nodding.

"Everything is in order. You can start any time you want."

He then passed a list to Krune.

"Here are the ingredients available in our Guild at the moment. You can select any of the ones present. For Star View Chefs, we have quite a plethora of them."

Krune quickly scanned the list and found one of the ingredients for one of the dishes he prepared in Oclo's restaurant. It was also the very first Spiritual Food dish he had ever eat, the Golden Prawn Soup.

Krune was very familiar with this Star View Dish, so it was relatively easy to cook it. In the end, his Golden Prawn Soup had a harmonization of over 95%, much to the judge's satisfaction.

"A very good level of harmonization considering your level. I can also feel the passion behind your moves, which is very important for us, Spiritual Chefs."

The judge then brought forward more ingredients. From the looks of it, there was enough for Krune to make another two Golden Prawn Soups.

"I will need you to remake the same dish again. Besides being able to cook something at the Star View Level, a Spiritual Chef also has to have at least a 40 to 50% rate of success. Otherwise, what will be the point if you can only cook a Star View dish once every ten or so times?"

Krune nodded.

"No problem. I will begin right away."

Krune didn't mind those rules since they made sense. Not to mention that he wouldn't have any problem cooking the Golden Prawn Soup again. Sometime later, another two portions of Golden Praw Soup were completed in front of the judge.

"Vey good, their harmonization rate is on par with your first dish as well, you pass."

The chef then passed a token to Krune before saying.

"Go to the office outside and give it to the employee there. He will create your badge and add you to our system. After that, you will be considered one of Star View Chefs."

Krune smiled and then left. After passing the token for the employee responsible, he was guided into a particular room to wait. Around one hour later, he already received his badge.

'Good. With this, I can go after the other things I need.'

However, he quickly remembered something else. Krune returned to the counter before asking.

"I will be opening a new restaurant. Do you guys perhaps know where I can find some employees? I won't need more than five or six."

The attendant nodded and pointed in the direction of a monitor on the other side of the room.

"There are quite a lot of people with low cultivation that need some job to get Godly Stones. If all you want are some helpers and waiters, you can find them there. Some of them even worked as normal chefs before, so it is quite good."

Krune smiled after hearing that. The Guild seems to be prepared to help the Spiritual Chefs with everything.

Krune went beside the monitor and used the terminal to check the applicants. However, Krune noticed everyone he could afford the money to employ was very young. That made sense, though. Those who are older would already have cultivations high enough to earn Godly Stones in better ways. Only the poor who didn't have backgrounds would need such regular jobs. One good example was that kid who guided Krune to the Heavenly Tastes Restaurant.

As Krune checked the system, he noticed that the age of those he could employ variated between 15 and 25. There was a short description of themselves as well. Since they would work for him for some time, Krune took his time to read everyone's conditions. Obviously, because of their age, all of them were humans. After all, only demon beasts at the Semi-Divinity Realm would have sentience. Naturally, demon beasts at this realm would have surpassed 25 years a long time ago.

Krune also noticed that this system wasn't exclusively for the Spiritual Chef Guild but for all city businesses. That being said, all other side occupation guilds and other companies also used it to employ others.

After some time, Krune picked three candidates and only needed two more. It was then that he found a young girl's application. Her name was Nina Lavaneg, sixteen years old. There wasn't anything impressive about her. If anything, she was quite below average. Her cultivation was only at the 4th Stage of the Core Formation Realm, which is very low for her age. One must remember that the kid who guided Krune to Oclo's restaurant was only twelve years old but already in the 8th Stage of the Core Formation Realm. For a sixteen years old girl to be only in the 4th Stage shows a severe lack of talent.

Of course, if she was back in the Lower Realms, she would be considered a genius instead. Although she wouldn't be at the very top like the best geniuses, she wouldn't be too far from it.

What caught Krune's attention was the description she left in her application, though.

'My dream is to be a Spiritual Chef. However, due to the lack of resources, I'm accepting any job. Of course, I would be delighted if a restaurant can employ me. I won't mind receiving less Godly Stones if I'm allowed to work in the kitchen. Another thing is...'

The description went on and on, and it was quite bigger than the normal ones. Krune couldn't tell if what she said was true or not. Still, if someone who was already in that situation was willing to receive less to work in the kitchen, she probably really liked cooking. Krune had never cared about talent in his life. Several of his friends couldn't be said to be talented either. Don't forget that many of them only got to where they are thanks to Krune's Myriad Energies Technique. Ao, Yusa, Dilo, Xankruan, Ruik, Tiane, etc., all of them couldn't be considered geniuses at all once you took the Myriad Energies Technique away.

After pondering a bit, Krune decided to take her application as well. As a Spiritual Chef and a food lover, he couldn't pretend that he didn't see it. As long as her heart was faithful to the words written in the application, Krune wouldn't care about what kind of talent she might have. Besides, even without the discount that she mentioned, the payment she desired was relatively cheap. Or to be more specific, Nina was the cheapest applicant he took out.

The last one of the five applications Krune was for a waiter. Another young boy at 15 years old. It was only to note down the orders and serve the customers, so there wasn't much of a need for experience.

After Krune sent the message and the number of his communicator over, he left to buy the things necessary for his first restaurant, like tables, chairs, etc. At the same time, Krune began to think about the menu. It would have regular food and Spiritual food. After all, not everyone can afford Spiritual Food. Not to mention that Krune wouldn't simply forget about the typical dishes he loved so far. That would go against his beliefs as a chef.

On the next day, Krune had finished put everything together. He also came up with a menu that didn't have more than 30 dishes. They were 10 ordinary, 10 Star Path, and 10 Star View ones. After checking the time, he could see that it was about time for his candidates to arrive.

It was then that he remembered something.

"Oh, right!"

He went in front of his restaurant and took a bunch of materials that he brought from the Lower Realm. As a Stars Path Blacksmith, it wasn't hard for him to create a simple but nice board with his restaurant's name with the picture of his Spiritual Chef Badge on the side.

"Rainbow Restaurant."

Luvile saw that and couldn't help but say.

"I didn't think you would use that word yourself."

Krune sighed.

"If I didn't chose it, you would definitely point it out, wouldn't you?"

Luvile laughed after hearing that.

"Well, that's true."

After that, Krune went back inside and waited for the appointed time.