It smells so fragrant, but it doesn't taste like that. Don't mention how uncomfortable it is.
The fragrance of the two also had a certain impact on the many contestants in the competition. The strong fragrance made them feel hungry. This is only the physical impact, the mental impact is even greater.
Such a strong fragrance, the food they made can't compare. This is only the first day of the competition. Who is so powerful to release such a strong fragrance?
Some of the judges and members of the Food Association were also discussing softly.
As bystanders, they knew more, especially President Gou and the others. They had eaten Gu Zheng's Chicken Blood Soup, so they could smell the fragrance of the Chicken Blood Soup. However, this fragrance was stronger than before.
As for the other one, they also know that it was made by Song Xiu.
Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup is very famous. Song Xiu made pork rib soup. His pork rib soup is comparable to Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup in terms of fragrance. This Song Xiu is not simple.
Although President Gou doesn't approve of Song Xiu's participation in the competition, he is still very sure of Song Xiu's cooking skills.
It's another fierce battle. It's just that no one knows who will win this time. The victory this time is different from the previous one. The significance of this victory is even more extraordinary.
The winner this time is also very likely to be the first place of this year's Chinese Food Competition.
Within five miles, the two fragrances intertwined with each other. But beyond that, only the fragrance of Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup remained. This time, the competition was held in the King's Mansion. This King's Mansion was located in the city center. This time, there were even more people who could smell the fragrance of Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup.
Many people are inquiring about the source of this fragrance.
Song Xiu's soup was added with winter melon, and the fragrance immediately faded a little. The fragrance faded, but it doesn't mean that the temptation was reduced.
The addition of winter melon made the fragrance become delicate, and the temptation increased. Many people smelled it and became hungrier. They wanted to eat this fragrant food, but unfortunately, many people don't even know what the food is.
Gu Zheng understood that if there were no mid-level ingredients like Dark Fragrance, his fragrance wouldn't be so strong and spread so far. However, having better ingredients is also his capital. Unlike Song Bai who cheated before, his ingredients are also not bad.
He can't say that his ingredients are not as good as yours, so he won't accept your good cooking. That's really a sore loser.
Although Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup is made slower than Song Xiu's, it's better than his. It was quickly served and let the judges taste it first.
The chicken blood soup with the addition of six high-level ingredients tastes stronger and more fragrant. This is basically the limit of the ingredients chicken blood soup.................
The twenty judges all nodded after drinking a mouthful of the chicken blood soup.
The taste of this chicken blood soup was really good. It was one of the best soups they had ever tasted. They would definitely get a high score. With this result, there was no problem for them to advance to the next round. Now, all that was left was his final result.
As soon as Gu Zheng finished tasting, Song Xiu's winter melon and pork ribs soup was served.
He was only two minutes later than Gu Zheng. Two minutes later, his winter melon and pork ribs soup was also ready. The light soup had a small piece of winter melon floating in each bowl, and a small piece of pork ribs at the bottom of the bowl.
After rinsing their mouths and calming down, the judges began to taste the winter melon and pork ribs soup.
After taking a sip, their eyes suddenly lit up. They had just eaten the chicken blood soup, which they thought was the best soup. They didn't expect to encounter the equally delicious winter melon and pork ribs soup. The pork ribs soup tasted as good as the chicken blood soup. The two were basically in the middle. They were so perfect and so delicious.
If they really let the judges comment, they couldn't tell which one was better. There was no way to compare at all. If they only evaluated these two foods, they would rather give it a tie.
But this was a competition, and they wouldn't judge whether it was a tie or not. They had to give a score.
In the end, the highest score and the lowest score would be removed, and the remaining average score would be the final score. Even the judges themselves didn't know what the final score was. Only the organizing committee and the leaders of the Food Association could see it backstage.
"They actually got the same score!"
President Gou and the others looked at the backstage. When the two's scores came out, they were all stunned. Although each judge gave different scores, their final scores were the same, and they were both very high scores.
Other people in the other venues also prepared delicious food. The judges also gave their scores, but they were far worse than them.
Their scores were destined to be able to advance, and they already had the advantage in the future competitions. Both of their scores were above 9.9, which was a rare high score.
After making the chicken blood soup, Gu Zheng packed up his things and left the competition venue.
In the Chinese Food Competition, one could only leave after all the competitions were over. Even if he had finished the competition, he couldn't leave now. He had to wait until all the contestants finished their competitions. Even if they could leave, no one would leave because the results would be announced on the spot.
Song Xiu didn't leave either. He sat quietly at the side. When someone came up to talk to him, he ignored them.
There were no special circumstances today. The competition would end in two hours. The results of the competition would be announced half an hour after the competition. The list of those who advanced would be announced. Those who didn't advance could still come tomorrow, but they could only come as spectators. They didn't have the right to continue participating.
Many people were extremely nervous. They thought about their own performance and the expressions of the judges when they tasted the food. They didn't know what kind of score they would get this time, and whether they could advance or not.
If they couldn't advance, this competition would be equivalent to being a side runner. They would stop there.
There were also some people who didn't even think about advancing, so their faces were full of smiles. They didn't care at all. To them, being able to participate in the competition was already the biggest victory. They knew themselves well and knew the gap between them and others.
Although they were all famous chefs in the country, there were still levels between famous chefs.
Just like table tennis, there were actually many outstanding players in the country, but there were only a few who could really be remembered by everyone. Those few were the most outstanding existences. The others were also capable, but they couldn't compare to them.
Half an hour passed very quickly. All the contestants in the Wang Mansion, including the supporters waiting outside, all quietened down.
At this time, the people who stayed outside were the real supporters. They were people who were paid to leave after the contestants entered the venue. They wouldn't keep waiting outside.
There were less than two thousand people outside the Wang Mansion now. Gu Zheng's supporters numbered more than six hundred, which accounted for a full one-third of the crowd. His supporters were also the most.
There was no big screen outside the Wang Mansion. When the people outside found out the results, they had to check online. When the results were announced in the venue, they would also be announced on the Internet at the same time.
"It's out, it's out!"
One of Gu Zheng's supporters shouted first. Then, many people took out their phones and refreshed there. The official website of the Gourmet Food Competition had been updated. The list of contestants who had advanced on the first day of the Gourmet Food Competition was all announced.
There was a big screen in the venue. The big screen also showed the list of people who had advanced this time.
Three hundred people. Many people held their breaths, hoping to see their names on the list. With their names, it meant that they had advanced. Even if they couldn't advance in the next round, they would still be in the top thirty.
Being in the top thirty of the country sounded much better than being in the top three hundred.
The names were sorted by alphabetical order. There were thirty names, not one more, not one less. You couldn't tell anyone's results from their names alone.
The top thirty wouldn't show their results and rankings. This was a rule that had been in place since the first batch.
"Gu Zheng, there's Gu Zheng's name. Gu Zheng has advanced!"
Outside, a Gu Zheng supporter shouted excitedly. Sure enough, there was Gu Zheng in the list of thirty. Gu Zheng had successfully advanced on the first day.
Although no one had any doubts about Gu Zheng's advancement, this was after all the competition of the highest standard in the country. No one knew if there would be any accidents. It wasn't that there hadn't been contestants who were predicted to have a high ranking but didn't even advance to the top thirty in the end.
Only when they saw Gu Zheng's name did they feel at ease.
Gu Zheng was already in the top thirty. At the same time, many other supporters outside also found the names of the contestants they supported. Those who had names sighed in relief. Those who didn't have names were very upset.
Gu Zheng saw his name at first glance. Then, he saw Song Xiu.
Song Xiu had advanced like him. However, Gu Zheng wasn't clear about Song Xiu's results. He also didn't know the specific scores of the two of them in this competition.
This was the first competition to advance to the top thirty. However, it didn't mean that the advancement would lead to delicacies. In every subsequent competition, the score of this competition would be added to calculate the total score. Therefore, the first competition was actually the most important competition.
Gu Zheng originally wanted to make a new food. That new food was also Gokusen's cooking. The score would definitely not be low. He found that Song Xiu had mid-level ingredients and decided to change the food at the last minute. He wanted to get a better score in the first round so that he could have a good foundation in the future.
Of course, he also wanted to suppress Song Xiu. It was all soup, so it was easier to compare. He didn't know if he succeeded this time.
"Brother Gu, we won!"
Wang Dong looked at the big screen and shouted happily and excitedly. This was the China Food Competition, not the Hangzhou Food Competition. This was the most famous and influential competition in the country.
Those who could participate in this competition would become famous, not to mention getting a good ranking in such a competition.
"Look at how excited you are. Gu Zheng will definitely win. He will continue to win!"
Changfeng said to Wang Dong contemptuously. However, the slight twitch of his eyes betrayed his mood at this time. In fact, he was also very excited. Gu Zheng's victory was within his expectation. However, at this moment, when he saw Gu Zheng advance, he couldn't control his mood at all.
"Manager, the boss won!"
In Guji Chicken Blood Soup, the manager was busy. An employee rushed in. He had asked the employee to keep an eye on the official website of the competition before. Once there was news, the employee would tell him.
"Great, come on, put up the posters we prepared in advance!"
In Shen City, the people in Guji Chicken Blood Soup Shop had been paying attention to this competition. Especially when they heard that Gu Zheng made chicken blood soup in the first round, the meaning was even more different.
The manager had already asked people to prepare the celebration and posters for Gu Zheng's advancement. When Gu Zheng really advanced, he could immediately take them out and put them up.
Not only did he prepare the top ten, but he also prepared the top ten, top three, and even the champion. Each time, he prepared more and more, and more and more powerful.
When Gu Zheng advanced, the employees in the shop were also very excited. This was their boss. Their boss was a person who participated in the China Food Competition. He was also a contestant who was predicted to win the championship. They were very proud of this.
Now that Gu Zheng entered the top 30, he was one step closer to the predicted champion.
After the announcement of the results, the competition for the day was over. Tomorrow was the top 30 to top 10 competition, which was also held in the afternoon. Gu Zheng left immediately. He didn't leave, but went to the door to be with the supporters who had been waiting.
Not only were they together, but he also brought these people over to treat them to a meal. He treated them to a big meal.
Everyone had a happy dinner. Only then did Gu Zheng leave. All the supporters were very excited and satisfied. They didn't come in vain this time. Gu Zheng also didn't let them down. They would continue to go over tomorrow and use their own actions to continue to support him outside.
After the results of the competition were released, all the major food channels, food websites, food television stations, and newspapers began to report on the situation of this food competition. Not only were there domestic websites, but also overseas.
The China Food Competition was originally the most influential competition. In terms of Chinese food, it was the world's number one.
The 30 people who advanced were all named one by one and then predicted who would enter the top 10. No matter who predicted, Gu Zheng was basically in the top 10 list. His previous performance was too dazzling, especially the chicken blood soup he made this time. The fragrance spread so far and wide. If it wasn't for Song Xiu's pork rib soup appearing at the same time, there would be more people praising him.
Gu Zheng's advancement to the top 30, coupled with the report, made the popularity of Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup rise again. It was still sold out at 4 pm, but there were a lot more people waiting. Some people were unwilling to leave even if they couldn't get a number.
If they couldn't buy chicken blood soup, they would buy mixed noodles to eat. If they couldn't buy mixed noodles, they would buy roast chicken or barrel chicken. These were all sold out. Even if they bought a bottle of water for 18 yuan, they would still buy it.
The cheapest thing in Gu Zheng's shop was mineral water, 18 yuan a bottle.
However, he wasn't the only one selling it at such an expensive price. Other shopping malls and supermarkets also sold it at this price. No one raised any objections to the price of mineral water. On the contrary, the shop only sold this type of water, proving that the shop had very strict food requirements. Bad things wouldn't be brought to the shop at all.
Roast chicken, barrel chicken, and mixed noodles were the best proof.
The next afternoon, Gu Zheng came to the Wang Mansion early. The supporters of Guzheng arrived earlier than him. They all held banners and plaques and waited there.
When Gu Zheng arrived, they cheered again. Some people even took out their mobile phones to do a live broadcast. There were quite a lot of people in the live broadcast room, thousands of people. Most of them were Gu Zheng's supporters last time.
These people, even if they couldn't be there, had to support Gu Zheng where they were and wait for Gu Zheng's triumphant return.
They hoped that this time would be the same as last time, and that Gu Zheng would continue to lead them to the championship. What was different from last time was that this time, they were all in the capital. If Gu Zheng could really get first place this time, then they would truly return victorious.
Triumph.
For you.
Gu Zheng secretly swore in his heart that this was a group of the most lovely people. Their only wish was to get better results and perform better in the competition.
In fact, Gu Zheng understood very well that even if he didn't perform well and really stopped here, these people would not leave him. Instead, they would comfort him and encourage him.
These people had no distracting thoughts in their hearts. They really only wanted what was good for him.
Gu Zheng entered the venue. Today's 30 to 10 was not as intense as yesterday's 300 to 30, but it was still an elimination round. Once he lost, he would have to say goodbye to this competition completely and there was no possibility of continuing.
It was precisely because of the tragedy of the elimination round that the top three of the Chinese Food Competition had such a high value. They were all masters who really fought their way out of thousands of troops and horses. They were all well-deserved famous chefs.
Thirty contestants were all in the same venue, and there were still twenty judges.
The Chinese Food Competition didn't have as many judges as the Hangzhou Food Competition. The main reason was that the Hangzhou Food Competition was the first one. In order to convince more people, Hangzhou found so many judges.
The more judges there were, the harder it was for Dark Fragrance to control.
The thirty contestants were all at the same venue as the Ancient Battle Competition yesterday. Just like yesterday, it was an open-air venue. Tomorrow, the top ten contestants would be held in the main hall of the King's Mansion. There were two matches tomorrow to determine the top ten contestants.
In the second round, Song Xiu actually took out another medium-level ingredient. It was not the Dark Fragrance from yesterday, but a different one.
The ingredient he took out this time was called Hundred Wither Grass. It sounded like a very bad thing, but it was a good thing that could improve the overall taste of the food.
Hundred Withering didn't mean that everything would wither. Instead, it meant that everything would come back to life, emitting new life force. This was a very good ingredient, and its rank was Medium. Just this ingredient alone could give Song Xiu a lot of points.
Medium-level, it was medium-level again. Gu Zheng's Ocean Flower would only mature tomorrow. He didn't have any medium-level ingredients at all.
Emei did have some, but that was a high-grade ingredient. Gu Zheng didn't plan to use that kind of ingredient in this Chinese Food Competition. After all, it was Emei's private property. Gu Zheng didn't want to waste it for them.
It would be a waste if it couldn't be used on Emei.
The food that Song Xiu was going to make today was a very common dish. This time, it wasn't soup, but stir-fried vegetables. The most common tomato scrambled eggs.
Tomato scrambled eggs was used to participate in the Chinese Food Competition. Those who didn't know would definitely think that this person was crazy. Only Gu Zheng had a headache there.
Tomatoes, ordinary level. Eggs, ordinary level. Kunlun's ingredients seemed to be all ordinary level. There wasn't even a second-grade one. Gu Zheng thought about how difficult it was for him to gather all the ordinary level ingredients. They were simple and had them everywhere.
The other party had medium-level ingredients, so Gu Zheng paid more attention to it. This time, Gu Zheng's delicacy was steamed fish.
Without medium-level ingredients, he could only improve himself from his culinary skills. Although he didn't make steamed fish many times, it was inherited from Gokusen's culinary skills. Moreover, other ingredients could be added to the steamed fish to enhance the taste, making the steamed fish taste better.
The steamed fish this time was different from before. One was enough.
Just like when he made chicken blood soup, Gu Zheng added six high-level ingredients. He couldn't add any more. Six was the limit. Otherwise, the human body wouldn't be able to withstand it.
If it was for cultivators, it didn't matter if he added a few more. Their bodies could withstand it.
Song Xiu put the chopping board away. Noticing his chopping board, Gu Zheng was even more speechless.
This chopping board was actually made of high-quality wood. It had been there for a certain number of years. Although it was only wood and not an ingredient, cutting vegetables on such a chopping board would not affect the food in any way. Instead, it would add some high-quality fragrance.
This chopping board really exuded a faint fragrance.
Kunlun was rich and overbearing. Gu Zheng couldn't compare. After looking at it, he didn't look at it anymore. He calmly made his steamed fish.
Song Xiu cut the tomatoes. The tomatoes were neither big nor small. They were very bright and looked a bit like the genetically modified tomatoes on the market. However, such tomatoes were much more delicious than the genetically modified ones. Such tomatoes couldn't be bought on the market at all.
Not to mention stir-fried vegetables, even if it was eaten raw, it would still make people praise it.
Song Xiu cut a piece. A sweet and sour smell spread out. It didn't spread far. Only the people around could smell it. Gu Zheng was one of the people who smelled it.
This sweet and sour smell aroused his appetite.
Gu Zheng shook his head with a wry smile. When the juice of the Common Grade ingredients landed on the Excellent Grade chopping board, the aroma it emitted carried a natural temptation. Let alone him, even an immortal cultivator would have their appetite aroused as well.
Gu Zheng held his breath and didn't think about other things. He calmly handled the fish in front of him.
His fish was also ordinary. Unfortunately, he didn't have a high-quality chopping board. Otherwise, the smell it emitted would also arouse other people's appetite.
Song Xiu cut the tomatoes very slowly. He put them together one by one.
If someone looked carefully, they would find that the tomatoes cut by Song Xiu were all the same size. Even the weight was the same. There was no difference at all.
There were very few people who could compare to his knife skills.
After cutting the tomatoes, Song Xiu took out a bowl and beat the eggs.
Noticing Song Xiu's bowl, Gu Zheng was speechless again. This time, it wasn't made of high-quality materials. This bowl was actually an immortal tool. Not to mention that there was someone who made an immortal tool into a bowl. With such an immortal tool, it was absolutely a waste to use it to cook dishes or beat eggs.
There were many small sects outside that didn't even have an immortal tool.
When beating eggs with an immortal tool, Gu Zheng noticed that the egg liquid he beat was more mellow and evenly distributed. What Gu Zheng could do with the Water Control Art, Song Xiu once again did it with an immortal tool.
The heroes of the world really couldn't be underestimated. Even if they didn't have immortal techniques, they could still use other methods to improve their cooking skills.
After beating the eggs, Song Xiu stirred up trouble by pouring oil.
Just like Gu Zheng's Egg-Fried Rice, he didn't use ingredients like scallion and ginger. Gu Zheng didn't doubt that Kunlun had ordinary scallion and ginger. However, when the ingredients reached a certain level, the demand for scallion and ginger wasn't that big. In fact, it was better not to use them.
Ordinary eggs didn't have any fishy smell. There was no need for scallion and ginger to remove the fishy smell. The fragrance of scallion was too strong and would suppress the fragrance of the egg. Therefore, generally speaking, when it came to ordinary eggs, scallion and ginger would be put aside and not used.
Song Xiu was obviously the same. He didn't use scallion and ginger. He just fried the eggs with tomatoes.
For scrambled eggs with tomatoes, some people put the tomatoes first, some put the eggs first, and some put them together. Song Xiu was different from these people. He put some tomatoes first. After a few stir-fried, he put in some eggs. After the eggs were formed, he put in the tomatoes and then the eggs.
He put them in the pot one by one.
The result of this was that the sweet and sour smell of the tomatoes and the delicate smell of the eggs were constantly released, assaulting everyone's sense of smell.
Gu Zheng's sense of smell was more sensitive than other people's, and he was the closest, so he could smell it the clearest. Even though he was cooking, his stomach was still reacting to the smell.
"Mind Calming Technique!"
Gu Zheng secretly used the Mind Calming Technique on himself to stabilize his mind. He couldn't be distracted while cooking the steamed fish. He couldn't let the fragrance affect his cooking skills and cause him to make mistakes.
The steamed fish with six more high-grade ingredients was even more fragrant.
While Song Xiu was stir-frying the eggs with tomatoes, the fragrance of the steamed fish also gradually dispersed. The two fragrances fought again, and no one could suppress the other.
Smelling the two fragrances, many people showed a helpless expression.
The 30 top chefs present were all cooking at the same time. Unfortunately, no one could cook better than these two people. The food made by others also had fragrances, but if one didn't get close, they wouldn't be able to smell it. If one was further away, the two fragrances would disperse.
The opponents of these two fragrances were only each other. No one knew how many times they were strangled in the air, but in the end, no one could do anything to the other.
Today, Song Xiu's dish was done first. Scrambled eggs with tomatoes were easy, so it was done quickly. He served the scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Song Xiu's scrambled eggs with tomatoes looked very different from the ones made by ordinary people.
Song Xiu's scrambled eggs with tomatoes didn't have any juice, and the eggs were still beautiful golden yellow. Because he put the tomatoes and eggs in once in a while, the eggs and the tomatoes fused together. They didn't stick together, but fused together. It was as if the two had grown together.
This looked simple, but it was actually not easy to make.
It required a very high level of cooking skills. Without a certain level of cooking skills, it was impossible to do this. Moreover, without the help of immortal tools, Song Xiu couldn't do it so well and so perfectly.
The judges picked up a piece and put it in their mouths, carefully tasting it.
Those who had eaten the scrambled eggs with tomatoes nodded. It smelled good, and it tasted even better. Although the scrambled eggs with tomatoes were a popular food, there had never been a dish as good as Song Xiu's. This scrambled eggs with tomatoes could still taste the taste of tomatoes and eggs, but it was a thousand times, or even ten thousand times better than the ordinary scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Such a delicious food, every judge ate up the food in front of them, leaving nothing behind.
Song Xiu's scrambled eggs with tomatoes still got a high wind. Gu Zheng knew that his scrambled eggs with tomatoes was a delicacy with mid-level ingredients, and the level of the ingredients surpassed his. His current advantage was Gokusen's cooking skills and his immortal power.
Gokusen's cooking skills were something that others couldn't imitate, nor could they do it. Cooking skills were also very important to delicacies. If cooking skills were divided into four points and ingredients were divided into four points, Song Xiu's cooking skills were equal to three points and ingredients were divided into four points. But for Gu Zheng, it was four points and ingredients were divided into three points.
Although the two of them had different strengths, the taste of the food they made was similar. They were both so delicious.
The other two points were immortal power. Song Xiu didn't have immortal power, but he had immortal kitchen utensils and bowls, which made up for the lack. In this point, the two of them had the same score.
Gu Zheng's steamed fish was ready. He was the second person to make a delicacy.
The judges rinsed their mouths and slowly tasted Gu Zheng's steamed fish. In the end, they nodded together.
This was another delicacy that shocked them and could completely conquer their taste buds. It was already a great fortune to be able to meet one of such delicacies, but they didn't expect to meet two today.
Not only today, but also yesterday. The cooking skills of these two people had indeed reached the peak of perfection.
The judges were all thinking in their hearts that such a contestant, placed in any previous Chinese Food Competition, would be the absolute champion, the overwhelming champion, and no one could compare to them.
But the two of them just had to meet. Even the judges had a feeling of 'Since there was a jade, why was there a jade'.
These were two true geniuses, absolute geniuses. The two of them got very high scores again. President Gou and the others hurriedly looked at the judges' scores backstage and were surprised to find that this time, the two of them actually had the same score again.
It was the same twice in a row. Even President Gou couldn't help but think that the two of them would always have the same score and end up tied for first place, right?
At present, the two of them were indeed tied for first place, and they were much higher than the second place. As long as there were no accidents later on, the first place would definitely be between the two of them.
The two hours of competition time quickly ended. Because there was a dish that needed more time, they applied for overtime and extended it by half an hour.
Two and a half hours later, the competition ended. The results of the competition would also be announced half an hour later. Today, there were even more people waiting for the results. At Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup, the store manager had already put down all the work in his hands and was sitting there scrolling through his phone.
As long as the results came out and Gu Zheng continued to advance, he would immediately hang up the poster of Gu Zheng advancing to the top ten. This was the pride of their store, and also his pride.
Half an hour passed very quickly. The website and the big screen in the venue announced the advancement list at the same time.
Thirty to ten. There were only ten people left. The list was clearer and easier to see.
"Gu Zheng advanced!"
Outside, one of Gu Zheng's supporters immediately cheered. Gu Zheng's name was on the advancement list. Not only him, but also Song Xiu, Lu Yong, and the others' names.
The top ten list was similar to the previous prediction. It was just that something happened to Yu Yong and he actually didn't enter the top ten. This contestant who had entered the top three before performed abnormally this time and stopped in the top ten.
This also made everyone sigh. On a platform like the Chinese Food Competition, there really couldn't be any carelessness. No matter who you are, one carelessness and carelessness could lead to elimination. After elimination, you would never have any chance to make a comeback.
There was no revival round in the Chinese Food Competition.
"Hang it up, hang it up!"
The store manager looked at his phone and excitedly directed the staff in the store. The poster of Gu Zheng advancing to the top ten was quickly hung up. The top ten was different from the top thirty. Even if Gu Zheng only made it this far, his name would definitely spread all over the country.
The most important thing was his age. He was the youngest and this was his first time participating. If he had such results in his first time, who could guarantee that he wouldn't have better results in a few years?
Of course, the higher the results in this year's competition, the better. The store manager also hoped that Gu Zheng would take the top three, or even the first place as President Gou said.
"Gu Zheng, congratulations!"
After the top ten list came out, many people came to Gu Zheng to congratulate him. These people's eyes were very complicated.
Top ten, Gu Zheng really entered the top ten, and according to his current performance, it was very likely that he would enter the top three. If that really happened, Gu Zheng would definitely create a new record, a record of being the youngest to enter the top three.
Song Xiu wasn't much either. He also had a high chance of entering the top three. However, Song Xiu was already 30 years old. In history, there were many contestants who had entered the top three at the age of 30, so his was not considered a record.
Entering the top ten, the treatment was also different.
The top ten, those were the real top masters who were recognized. Even people like President Gou respected the top ten people very much. This was also the reason why the top ten were ranked and the top thirty were not.
The top ten, even if it was the tenth place, was not shameful at all. It was also a kind of pride.
At the beginning of the Hangzhou Food Competition, the organizing committee had spent a lot of effort to persuade Zhao Fu to participate. They had also made a lot of promises in private.
Because Zhao Fu had a top ten result, Zhao Fu was respected by everyone during the competition. Unfortunately, in the end, even he did not expect that the first place would not be him. It was taken away by someone else.
Zhao Fu did not know if it was because of the blow of the Hangzhou Food Competition, or if he knew that Gu Zheng would participate in this competition, but he did not participate in this year's Chinese Food Competition. He was still young, so he could participate in the next one.
The top ten contestants had another advantage, which was that they did not need any recommendation or invitation to participate in the next Food Competition. They were eligible to participate. If they did not want to participate, they could postpone it. This was the privilege of the top ten.
Gu Zheng entered the top ten, the top ten in the country. Before he left the Wang Mansion, his phone began to ring. Gu Ming was the first to call to congratulate him.
Gu Ming also participated in the Chinese Food Competition and got third place. However, he was already in his thirties at that time, much older than Gu Zheng's current age. Gu Zheng had already surpassed his master.
In fact, Gu Zheng's cooking skills were not learned from Gu Ming, but Gu Ming did have a great influence on him, so it was not an exaggeration to say that.
"Brother Gu!"
Wang Dong hugged Gu Zheng excitedly. The top ten, the top ten in the country, they finally got it.
Although it was not him, Wang Dong was happier and more excited than him to get such a result. He secretly swore in his heart that now it was Gu Zheng who was participating in the competition here. In the future, he must work hard and improve himself to be qualified to participate in the competition here.
If he came to participate in the competition, he would definitely get a good result, just like Gu Zheng.
There were twenty to thirty people who came to congratulate Gu Zheng. After these people all left, Gu Zheng could finally separate and leave hurriedly.
Outside the Wang Mansion, there were more than six hundred friends waiting for him to support him.
According to them, there would be more than two hundred people coming for the final tomorrow. At that time, there would be more than nine hundred people outside the venue to support him. They hoped to witness a miracle with Gu Zheng, to see Gu Zheng win the championship again.
This time, Gu Zheng did not say so confidently like last time, saying that he would definitely get first place. This time, he had a strong opponent, Song Xiu. Without this opponent, Gu Zheng would definitely dare to say such a thing.
With him here, Gu Zheng was not sure whether he could get first place or not.
"Device Spirit, I remember that I still have one chance to choose my cooking skill, right?"
When he got home in the evening, Gu Zheng locked himself in his room and immediately asked the device spirit. When he finished the test last time, he was rewarded with a cooking skill of his choice. Gu Zheng had not used this reward yet.
"Yes, do you want to choose now?" The device spirit immediately responded.
"I want to choose the best cooking skill to use the Ocean Flower!"
The Ocean Flower would mature tomorrow. After it matured, he would finally have an intermediate ingredient that he could use. However, he did not have the cooking skill to use the Ocean Flower.
"The Ocean Flower is a versatile ingredient. It can be used in many dishes. There is no need for special cooking skills!"
The device spirit suddenly said. Gu Zheng was slightly surprised. How could he forget this point? When the device spirit gave him the Ocean Flower, it did tell him that it could be used in many dishes.
"Then choose the ingredient that I currently have. It can make the best dish!"
Gu Zheng immediately changed. The Ocean Flower could be used in all kinds of dishes. This point could not be better. Although tomorrow was the last day, there were two competitions. One was the top ten ranking competition, and the other was the top three ranking competition.
Gu Zheng wanted to get first place. However, in the current situation, if he wanted to get first place, he needed to be fully prepared. It was very important to choose the most suitable dish for him.
"With all the ingredients you currently have, I recommend a cooking skill, Fish Flavored Honey Chicken!"
"Fish Flavored Honey Chicken?"
Gu Zheng was slightly surprised. This name sounded very strange. He knew about Honey Chicken. This was his first test, but what was Fish Flavored Honey Chicken?
"Fish and chicken are not a good match. Generally speaking, these two foods have to be cooked separately. The two ingredients have conflicts. When put together, not only will the flavors of the two not stand out, but it will also cause conflict. The taste will become very bad. Lord Gokusen discovered this situation in the early years. Then, he has been studying these two foods. Finally, he created a cooking skill that perfectly blends the flavors of the two foods. It is called Fish Flavored Honey Chicken! "
The device spirit explained. Gu Zheng now had Celestial Chicken and Celestial Fish. Although the Lightning Bees were not mature yet, the young Lightning Bees could still collect honey. They collected some ordinary level honey. The amount was not much, but it was enough for him to make a Honey Chicken.
"Okay, I will choose this cooking skill!"
After thinking for a while, Gu Zheng finally nodded heavily. He now made both chicken and fish, but there was really no combination of the two. The two were not easy to fuse. Even if there was someone who made the two together, the taste of one ingredient would completely suppress the other. There was no one who wanted to release the characteristics of both.
Such culinary skills were already very eye-catching.
"Gokusen's successor, choose your own cooking skill, Fish Flavored Honey Chicken!"
Following the words of the device spirit, Gu Zheng once again saw the young man in white. He was looking at him with a smile and making a delicious dish.
Fish Flavored Honey Chicken. The chicken and fish had to be cooked together first. The key to the cooking skill was to let the flavors of the two ingredients fuse. A true fusion could bring out the strengths of each and make up for the shortcomings of each.
After the fusion, because of the long cooking time, the taste of the fish would become faint and it would be abandoned.
The taste of the chicken was even better at this time.
The cooked chicken, honey, and other ingredients were steamed together. In the end, the fish flavored honey chicken was made. There was no fragrance. Just watching the young man in white do it once, Gu Zheng felt that his saliva was about to flow out.
Just by looking at its appearance, this fish flavored honey chicken was very good.
With the cooking skill of his choice, Gu Zheng also calmed down and entered the chaotic space to cultivate again. In the chaotic space, he ate another immortal essence pill. He now had a lot of immortal essence pills.
In the last test, the device spirit actually rewarded him with forty immortal essence pills. Forty pills! He would need more than half a month to digest one pill. How long would it take to digest these forty pills?
In addition to the immortal essence pills he had stored before, he had more than eighty pills, which was enough for him to cultivate for several years.
However, the reason why there were so many rewards was that there was a temporary test in his test. The combination of the two gave him such a reward. The device spirit was never stingy with immortal essence pills. It could not wait for Gu Zheng to cultivate faster and reach the Jin Xian Realm as soon as possible. This way, he could go to the chaotic world as soon as possible and let it see Gokusen again.
Early the next morning, Gu Zheng got up. After cultivating yesterday, he was in good spirits today.
Gu Zheng's Gokusen Immortal Art had been growing steadily and slowly. He was not like the protagonists in TV novels who cultivated rapidly as soon as they got the divine art. Until now, he had been cultivating at a normal speed.
In the eyes of the device spirit, this speed was already very slow.
At least Gu Zheng could not compare to the Gokusen of the past. He had enough immortal essence pills. After more than half a year of cultivation, he had only reached the fifth stage of the second realm of Gokusen's Immortal Art. If it was Gokusen of the past, he would have already reached the third realm.
Gu Zheng's cultivation speed had always been a headache for the device spirit.
After going out for a run, Wang Dong only got out of bed when he came back. He smelled the fragrance of the breakfast Gu Zheng made and immediately got out of bed.
No matter how sleepy he was, he had to eat the food made by Gu Zheng. For the food made by Gu Zheng himself, he could not sleep in.
Now that Gu Zheng was completely famous, he was currently in the top ten of the China Food Competition. In the future, there would be more people who wanted to eat the food made by Gu Zheng. Many people might not be able to eat it even if they wanted to. They could not even line up.
"I should have learned from Brother Gu, not from Master!"
Gu Zheng made fried eggs and ordinary rice soup. However, they were all ordinary ingredients and were especially fragrant.
"If my Uncle Hu heard what you said, he would probably be very sad!"
Gu Zheng rolled his eyes at Wang Dong. Uncle Hu was really good to him, but he taught him carefully by his side. He was even prepared to pass down his store to Wang Dong in the future. He would not even give that store to his own son.
"Don't worry, Master won't be jealous. He said many times that I should learn more in the future, gather the strengths of a hundred schools, and make my own characteristics!"
Wang Dong chuckled. Gu Zheng looked at him, but his heart suddenly moved.
Wang Dong himself did not know that he already had his own characteristics. It was just that he had not used this characteristic yet.
Wang Dong's understanding of the Dao of Yin and Yang was his characteristic. In the past, Gu Zheng could not help him, but now that Gu Zheng was the Sect Leader of Emei, Wang Dong could not learn his immortal cultivation method, but what about the ancient martial arts method that could be used to enter the Dao?
If Wang Dong could also cultivate, it could increase his strength. His strength was also a drawback that limited his cooking skills. Secondly, it would help him understand.
If Wang Dong also learned how to cultivate inner strength and had better ingredients, would he also have such good cooking skills and be able to make such good food like Song Xiu?
It wasn't impossible for this to happen.
Although Emei was not big, it was not a problem to provide some ordinary ingredients for Wang Dong.
"Weapon Spirit, can Wang Dong still cultivate at this age?"
This question was best to ask Wu You, but it was troublesome to contact Emei, so Gu Zheng simply asked the Weapon Spirit directly.
"Why do you suddenly ask this?" The Weapon Spirit asked curiously.
"It's nothing. I just remembered that Wang Dong is a good child. If he can cultivate inner strength, it will be of great help to his cooking skills. That's why I asked!"
"Normally, Wang Dong can't cultivate. His bones are formed and his internal organs have no innate Qi. He can't cultivate inner strength at all. Inner strength must be cultivated from a young age!"
The Weapon Spirit slowly said. Gu Zheng's face showed disappointment. The Weapon Spirit suddenly said, "However, Lord Gokusen has a food cultivation method called Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation. It can let people who are not qualified to cultivate cultivate again, whether it is immortal power or inner strength. Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation is a high level food cultivation method. Do you want to learn it?"
The Artifact Spirit's words sounded very tempting.
Gu Zheng understood that the Weapon Spirit would definitely ask for a test. If he wanted to get benefits from the Weapon Spirit, first, he had to test it, and second, he had to do something that made it happy. Otherwise, it was impossible.
"Tell me, what kind of test do I have to accept? I'll accept it!"
Gu Zheng said slowly. This time, it was the Weapon Spirit's turn to be surprised. He couldn't help but ask, "How do you know you have to accept the test? You don't even ask what the test is and you're willing to accept it?"
"If there is no test, will you give it to me?"
Gu Zheng rolled his eyes and continued, "Since only the test can complete Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation, and I want to help Wang Dong, then I can only accept the test. If there is another way, do you think I'm willing?"
Indeed, to help Wang Dong, only Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation can do. If you want to obtain Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation, you have to accept the Weapon Spirit's test. This was simply a matter of no choice.
He could also ask Wu You, but he didn't think that Wu You had a better way than the Weapon Spirit. If he had, Emei wouldn't have so many disciples who couldn't cultivate inner strength.
If one's physique was not good, they couldn't cultivate inner strength. This was an important factor that restricted the development of Emei.
Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation, not only could it allow people like Wang Dong who couldn't cultivate to cultivate, but it could also allow people with poor physiques to cultivate after taking Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation.
Marrow Cleansing, Marrow Cleansing, was equivalent to reconstructing the body. No wonder this was a high level food cultivation method.
"Not bad, seeing that your attitude is so sincere, I won't give you any more difficult tests!"
The Weapon Spirit seemed to be very pleased. Suddenly, his tone changed and he said again, "The successor of Gokusen took the initiative to ask for the test. This test is an initiative request. You can't give up or refuse. The test begins now!"
Gu Zheng rolled his eyes. Since it was an initiative request, of course, he wouldn't give up or refuse.
"This test requires the successor of Gokusen to be the champion of the most important competition for the first time. This test has no restrictions. If you succeed, you can obtain Marrow Cleansing Food Cultivation and other rewards. If you fail, there will be severe punishment!"
After the Weapon Spirit finished speaking, he didn't say anything else.
"That's it? The test this time is to be the champion?"
Gu Zheng was slightly surprised. The Weapon Spirit said that it would give him a simple test, but he didn't expect that the test would be this. This was his first time participating in the most important competition. Being the champion was his goal. Even if there was no test, he would still work hard.
Moreover, this test didn't give him any restrictions. No matter how he looked at it, the Weapon Spirit seemed to be helping him.
"Don't think it's that simple. After the test is released, I'll be able to get some information that you can't imagine. You'll only have one opponent in today's competition, Song Xiu. For the finals, he's prepared three medium grade ingredients. With the exception of water, all of the other ingredients are medium grade!"
The Weapon Spirit said slowly. Gu Zheng was shocked and couldn't help but curse in his heart.
This Song Xiu was too abnormal. Except for water, the rest of the ingredients were medium-grade. Could it be that he wanted to cook a dish with medium-grade ingredients?
Gu Zheng could make up for the gap in ingredients with Gokusen's cooking skills. But with three ingredients, he wasn't confident that his cooking skills could make up for it.
He also had one ingredient, but he was still short of two. Moreover, he had a lot of ordinary ingredients. Using ordinary and medium-grade ingredients and using mostly medium-grade ingredients would definitely make a difference.
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