After Qi Yaoyao and Xu Guzi left.
Several more groups of ghosts arrived at the gates of the Eighteenth Hall one after another.
Without exception, they all presented baskets of vegetables and fruits.
Some brought more, some brought less.
They had all heard the news and came.
Then they left after delivering their offerings.
These ghosts had basically all received favors from the Hall Master.
They had little strength and no status.
Normally, they couldn't help much and didn't loiter around.
Now, upon hearing that the Eighteenth Hall needed a large quantity of vegetables and fruits,
Seeing that they could afford it, they quickly bought some and brought them over.
They didn't think too much about it.
...
"Alright, this is the last basket."
Xu Duobao placed the last basket of vegetables in the courtyard and looked up.
The vegetable baskets almost filled the entire courtyard.
To be honest, as Xu Guzi had said.
These things were not worth much money.
With the current financial resources of the Eighteenth Hall, they could easily afford these vegetables.
However...
Xu Duobao stood there, looking at the scene, and couldn't help but smile.
"What are you smiling foolishly about?"
Niu Xiaoguo walked over, saying so, but with a smile on her face.
"I'm proud!"
Xu Duobao replied cheerfully.
Niu Xiaoguo also smiled and said, "Me too."
These baskets of vegetables were indeed not worth much.
But behind every portion of vegetables was a gesture of goodwill.
What did this signify?
It meant their Hall Master had won the hearts of the ghosts!
It meant they had followed the Eighteenth Hall correctly!
Back then, when they first came to the Eighteenth Hall.
The Hall Master was a newly appointed captain, with only a few dozen subordinates.
He had little experience and few available team members.
He didn't seem to have much prospect.
For a time, their ghost friends who started working at the same time were advising them.
To transfer to other places while they still had time.
There were plenty of experienced old captains who already held real power.
Following them, their benefits and future prospects would definitely be better than being with a newly promoted captain.
Moreover, their resumes would look much better in the future.
But fortunately, they didn't listen to their ghost friends' advice to transfer.
Instead, they persisted in staying and observing the situation.
"A newly appointed captain indeed has many shortcomings, but since he could become a captain, it means he must have exceptional qualities."
"Perhaps there will be surprises, don't jump to conclusions too early."
Later,
The Hall Master went to the other three halls for advanced studies and brought back the arena.
The Eighteenth team increased by a hundred members.
The Hall Master made contributions...
The Eighteenth team's performance ranked in the top ten...
As a new Hall Master, there were indeed shortcomings.
But the Hall Master was constantly growing and progressing.
His progress was unimaginably fast for a ghost.
Gradually, from some point onwards.
Working in the Eighteenth Hall became a coveted position.
"The Eighteenth Hall will surely get better and better."
Niu Xiaoguo said with emotion.
"That's for sure," Xu Duobao said proudly.
...
...
After a few days, the chaotic scenes within the kitchen space reduced significantly.
Through various studies, many ghost officers gradually grasped some fundamentals.
If one simply used an ordinary kitchen knife to cut vegetables, it was actually quite easy to get started.
As long as one concentrated and proceeded slowly, they could always peel the skin.
They could also cut them into shreds.
However, once they switched to using ghost energy, the situation immediately changed.
An ordinary kitchen knife was just an ordinary inanimate object.
But ghost energy was different; it was alive.
Using a ghost energy knife to peel or shred was like holding a fierce beast and using its fangs to peel a piece of tofu.
One had to be extremely careful.
Control, and then control again.
Without patience and perseverance, it was truly impossible.
If one wasn't careful, the vegetables in their hands would be ruined.
Qiao Linglong held a kitchen knife infused with ghost energy in one hand and pressed a potato with the other.
The entire ghost was almost pressed against the kitchen counter.
Little by little, inch by inch, she used the strength of a fierce beast to peel the potato.
Under her efforts, the potato in her hand had already had more than half of its skin peeled off.
Only a small portion remained unpeeled.
"Be careful, be careful... I can't cut it badly..."
She muttered, her eyes focused on the potato.
But sometimes, whether it was a human or a ghost.
The more you tried not to do something, the more likely it was to happen.
Just as the last bit of potato skin was about to be peeled, her hand suddenly trembled.
Whoosh—
A piece of potato skin, one centimeter thick, was peeled off.
The potato, which was already only the size of an egg, was suddenly halved.
—Depending on the thickness of the peeling, the potato would become smaller and smaller as it was peeled.
"!!!"
In Qiao Linglong's mind, the taut nerve snapped.
The ghost energy in her hand uncontrollably overflowed.
*Bang!*
It directly shattered the entire potato.
It's gone again!!
After half an hour of effort, it was gone again!!!
"Ahhh!!! I can't take it anymore!"
Qiao Linglong cried out in despair, threw down the kitchen knife, and ran out of the kitchen space.
Her figure soon disappeared.
Seeing this, many ghost officers shook their heads.
They sighed in their hearts, "Alas... another one has gone mad."
Several ghosts had been "driven mad" by this in the past two days.
Qin Mu, not far away, also withdrew his gaze.
Fortunately, when he realized that having a culinary foundation made it easier to get started, he found a chef to teach him.
He looked at the potato in front of him, and the ordinary kitchen knife spun in his hand.
He started practicing from the very basics.
Clang, clang! Clang, clang!
The kitchen knife struck the cutting board, one chop after another.
Qin Mu was practicing with full concentration.
Suddenly, a strange fluctuation pulled him out of this state.
That was—a fluctuation of ghost energy!
The surrounding Yin energy began to surge wildly in the same direction.
Even the ghost energy within their bodies was somewhat stirred, restless.
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Qin Mu looked to the left in astonishment.
That was... Senior Nie Jiu?!
At this moment, Nie Jiu was in front of the kitchen counter, his head bowed.
He repeatedly used the knife formed by ghost energy to peel the potato, peel the potato.
From left to right, from top to bottom, he peeled in a clockwise direction.
The peels he cut off were less like peels and more like potato slices.
But he didn't pay attention to these details.
After peeling the skin, the ghost energy knife did not stop.
Until the entire potato was peeled as much as it could be.
—At first glance, it was actually somewhat similar to the method of shaving noodles.
One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes...
Nie Jiu practiced repeatedly, and his speed increased.
When the anomaly occurred around him, he was still completely immersed in the state of peeling potato skins.
He didn't notice at all.
Until—
*Boom!*
A barrier within his body was broken!
The surging ghost energy eagerly poured into the newly appeared space.
And occupied it.
Only then did Nie Jiu snap back to his senses.
With a potato in one hand and a ghost energy knife in the other.
He stared blankly, "I, I broke through?"
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