My Immortal Kitchen System

For sixteen years, Duan Qing was just the inn boy, destined to scrub pots and serve endless meals. He endured ridicule for his humble origins, scoffed at for carrying nothing but his father's old, dented cooking pot as he prepared to leave his sheltered village. His dream of a grander life seemed a distant, childish fantasy. Then, he witnessed it: a \"magician\" wielding fire, conjuring wonders, and crafting miraculous Qi-Building Pills. He learned the shocking truth—the ancient Taoist system of cultivation was shattered millennia ago, yet whispers of immortality persisted. What if his mundane pot, steeped in generations of his family's secret recipes and the famed Qinjiu wine he brewed, held the key to a new, unorthodox path? A path forged not through martial arts, but through the very essence of culinary mastery? As he steps into the treacherous wider world, mocked by arrogant cultivators who dismiss his \"kitchen tools,\" Duan Qing must unravel the secrets of his unique \"Immortal Cuisine System.\" But the shattered Taoist system hid a terrifying truth, and his first step on this unconventional path might just reignite an ancient war, far grander than any meal he could imagine.