"W-How are we going to compete?"
It had only been a cup of tea's time since the start of the Gourmet Challenge, but Aya was already in chaos.
She had never heard of this kind of competition. Finding the flaws deliberately left by the chefs in the dishes and accumulating the correct answer five hundred times could win …
The rules were not difficult to understand. What was difficult to understand was, what role could she play in this kind of competition?
When it came to food tasting, she was also very experienced. After so many years in Nine Regions, out of interest and hobby, she had tasted countless delicacies … To say that she was a food expert was indeed worthy of her name.
However, the opponent was the Food Immortal.
In just a cup of tea's time, the other party had gotten eight points in succession. Most of the dishes could be tasted with just a touch of the tongue, and it was so accurate that it was unbelievable.
"Well, the shiitake mushrooms have been soaked for less time. Although it doesn't affect the taste, it's still a flaw. In addition, the water quality of the soup is also a bit heavy. It should be deliberately mixed with well water, right? It's not much, just one spoonful. "
Wang Lu nodded his head and said, "Food Immortal, one more point."
Hearing Wang Lu's report, Aya was even more at a loss.
How could such a flaw be picked out? He was indeed the ancient Food Immortal! If it were her …
Aya looked down at the fried pork on the plate. She had already eaten one-third of the dish, but she still couldn't judge where the flaw was.
The taste seemed to be a bit heavy, and the meat was a bit overcooked. However, Aya didn't dare to say that this was the flaw.
Because this was already the best piece of fried pork she had ever eaten. It was better than any experience she had ever had in Nine Regions. According to a rough standard, it could be called flawless, so where could she find another one?
While hesitating, the Food Immortal had completed the tenth appraisal. After reporting the flaw, the Food Immortal turned his head to look at Aya and then asked, "Are you sure you want to choose her as my opponent? She doesn't even know how to taste food. At most, she can only be called a diner. Compared with this waste, this old man's appetite will be gone. "
Then, ignoring Aya, whose cheeks were flushed with anger, the Food Immortal said to Wang Lu, "I think it's better for you to compete with me in person."
Wang Lu smiled and said, "Me?"
The Food Immortal stretched out his greasy finger and pointed to Wang Lu: "I heard that you are an all-round talent, and you have good attainments in any field. Moreover, in the past month, we have won many battles. As the chief planner of the Wanxian League, you have been silent all this time. Today, you suddenly appeared. You must be planning to win the next match to reverse the unfavorable situation of the Wanxian League. In this battle, you can only win and not lose, so you should have the confidence to win! And this confidence can't be her, right? "
After saying that, he took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "Moreover, how can you let a beautiful girl embarrass herself on the field while you watch from the sidelines?"
When Wang Lu heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Senior Food Immortal, it seems that your big mouth is not only good at eating, but also good at sowing discord. That's right, if it's possible, I would also like to personally participate in the duel. Rather than placing my hopes on someone else, I might as well place my hopes on myself. And I have indeed put in a lot of effort into evaluating delicacies. Unfortunately, it is because of this effort that I know that it is impossible for me to compete with a master in this field. Food tasting requires talent, a love from the soul for food, not a simple sense of taste and smell. If it is a competition of theoretical knowledge, after special training, I am confident that I can compete with anyone, but what is the use of pure theory? A real master can surpass me with intuition, not to mention that there is a peerless master who uses the dining table as a battlefield and is invincible. "
The Food Immortal just chuckled. Wang Lu's unwillingness to accept the challenge was expected. Just now, he invited Wang Lu to participate in the duel, just to shake Aya's confidence.
However, soon the Food Immortal frowned.
Because Aya, who was sitting on the opposite table, suddenly showed a look of realization, and then said, "This meat has a little more salt, and deliberately chose the wrong pig breed, resulting in a slight deviation in the meat quality!"
Wang Lu nodded: "Aya gets one point."
At this time, the Food Immortal suddenly came to his senses and immediately scolded himself for being muddle-headed. Why did he go and provoke Wang Lu!?
Just now, Wang Lu's words sounded like he was excusing himself for not participating in the duel, but in fact, he was giving Aya some pointers, telling her the correct way to taste delicacies!
Although he didn't know why they didn't prepare before the duel, but once the duel started, Wang Lu could not interfere with the duel for any reason, so it was naturally forbidden to remind her … However, just now, he took the initiative to talk to him, so he immediately took the opportunity to tell Aya the key to the duel!
However … that Western Continent girl really had some skills. It could be seen that she actually had no experience in tasting, and her interest in food was limited to a hobby. Whether it was her knowledge or her means, they were very immature. But … it was not easy to point out the defect of the Fried Fried Pork in one sentence. Adding too much salt was actually a cover, the real difficulty was the meat quality appraisal! The extra salt just covered up part of the meat flavor, making it difficult to judge that the chef actually chose another kind of pork.
It could be said that this was a trap carefully designed by the chef. Even he, the Food Immortal, smelled the taste through his sense of smell, and then used his immortal technique to restore all the taste of the dish. It took him a long time to restore the details. For a common gourmet, this was already an extremely difficult challenge.
But for Aya to successfully break through the difficulty, was it because she was talented? Or …
After a moment of astonishment, Aya had consecutively answered the flaws of the two dishes, both of which were correct.
"So fast!"
After Wang Lu's pointers, Aya seemed to have awakened. In an incomprehensible way, she quickly completed the tasting of all kinds of delicacies. Her speed was no different than that of the Food Immortal, and her accuracy was no different than that of the Food Immortal. Any food only needed to be touched on the tongue, and the good and bad would be clearly distinguished. The Food Immortal took a glance and was immediately dumbfounded.
Because this was simply not reasonable! She did touch it with her tongue, but the place where she touched it was completely wrong! For example, just now, she took the Flaming Turtle Heart. The essence of the taste was at the tip of the heart. As long as one tasted the heart, one could have a comprehensive understanding of the whole dish. But Aya was tasting it in the opposite direction!
Then she also gave the correct answer: the heart of the Flaming Turtle Heart, when seasoning it, she deliberately added a trivial seasoning.
Someone cheated!
This was the first reaction of the Food Immortal, because the scene in front of him was beyond his understanding … Of course, if it was him, let alone tasting it in the opposite direction, even if he didn't use his tongue, he could see the problem with his eyes. But he was the Food Immortal, what was Aya?!
However, in the end, he did not accuse her of cheating, because he was the Food Immortal, the Food Immortal. Not only was he the best food in the world, but his cultivation base was also earth-shattering. From the beginning to the end, he did not see where the two people cheated, and even if he wanted to accuse them, he could not.
However, a moment later, a more outrageous scene appeared.
In order to make up for the gap of nearly ten points in the early stage, Aya began to speed up her tasting speed. She stretched out her chopsticks and picked up a fried eggplant box, and then … and then shook it in front of her mouth. Before her tongue could even stick out, she threw the eggplant box to the side, and impatiently blurted out the answer: "The oil is wrong!"
Wang Lu immediately nodded. "Aya scores."
The Food Immortal slammed the table and stood up.
However, the moment he stood up, he suddenly discovered one thing.
Aya's concentration was unusual.
Although her movements just now seemed a bit hurried, from the beginning to the end, the girl's eyes were shining, her breathing was steady, and her posture was focused as if she was facing an opponent worthy of her all out.
If this was cheating, then her acting was way too realistic. But the path of food ultimately required skill and experience, how could she rely solely on concentration? Unless …
Suddenly, the Food Immortal suddenly thought of a possibility.
Could it be that she guessed it?
A talented warrior could see the direction of the future from the chaotic environment in the battle, almost to the point of foresight. And Aya's posture at this time was indeed more like a warrior than a gourmet!
So she could distinguish the quality of a dish without using her tongue? In theory, it seemed to make sense, but, was there really such a thing!?
And in the midst of his astonishment, the Food Immortal found that the gap between him and the other party was only five points.
Forget it, now was not the time to pay attention to the other party. Since she had the ability to compete with him, the next step … he also needed to be a little more serious.
After the Food Immortal became serious, his speed increased a bit, leaving Aya behind.
Soon, in front of the Food Immortal, the first table of 30 dishes had been tasted. At this time, from a nearby kitchen, more than ten chefs brought out 30 new dishes. The Food Immortal smoothly tasted the flaws of the first 15 dishes, but when it came to the sixteenth dish, the Vinegar Sliced Fish, Wang Lu shook his head. "Unfortunately, you can't score."
The Food Immortal was surprised. Can't score?
According to the rules, if there were multiple flaws in a dish, and not all of them were selected, then no points would be scored. In other words, he did not taste all the problems?
Was it because after tasting more than 40 dishes in succession, his taste buds were a bit numb? Or …
The difficulty had already begun to increase imperceptibly?
As a Food Immortal, the toughness of the Dixian's body was far from comparable to that of ordinary people. Even if the dishes were more stimulating, they could not numb his gourmet tongue. The only problem was that the difficulty had increased, and it was no longer possible to identify the flaws at will.
So the Food Immortal immediately picked up a piece of fish and took a sip. Suddenly, there were some other things in his heart.
In terms of taste alone, he did not intend to change his answer, but in places other than taste …
"The chef who made this dish is gloomy and depressed, which contaminated the dish."
Wang Lu laughed. "You are indeed worthy of being called the Food Immortal, you are right. The wife of the Vinegar Sliced Fish just died a few days ago. Unfortunately, this dish can no longer be scored, please start to taste the next dish. "
The Food Immortal nodded and sighed in his heart.
My goodness, this gourmet challenge is really interesting. The difficulty is getting higher and higher, gradually entering an unimaginable situation. After tasting more than 40 dishes, he was already asked to guess the mental health of the chef who made the dishes! If this continued, when it came to the 400th dish, would it involve the eighteen generations of the chef's ancestors?
However, the more it was like this, the more interesting the competition was.
The Food Immortal looked at Aya on the opposite table, and the fighting spirit in his heart began to burn.
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