"The Dao of Yin and Yang!"
Gu Zheng's eyes lit up slightly. After comprehending the Dao of Yin and Yang, he hadn't been able to integrate it into his cooking skills. He had been using Gokusen's cooking skills all this while.
Before this, Gokusen's cooking skills were enough for him.
If it was a normal Chinese Cuisine Competition, this would indeed be enough. Gu Zheng would be able to win this competition without the need for * * * * to come and use his ingredients. However, there was Song Xiu this time, a cultivator chef who also had many top-notch ingredients and was even better than him in terms of ingredients.
This chef's cooking skills weren't bad, and he also had the help of immortal kitchen utensils. If he didn't adapt, Gu Zheng really didn't have the confidence to win.
"I understand. Thank you, Artifact Spirit!"
The Dao of Yin and Yang was first discovered by Gu Zheng from Wang Dong's cooking skills.
After that, Gu Zheng used the Yin Yang Pill to comprehend the Dao of Yin and Yang. However, he didn't integrate it with his cooking skills. Only when he was brewing wine did he use the Dao of Yin and Yang to successfully brew immortal wine.
Gu Zheng didn't know what would happen after the integration of the Dao of Yin and Yang with his cooking skills.
However, Gu Zheng was sure of one thing. After Gokusen's cooking skills integrated the Dao of Yin and Yang, the taste of the food would definitely be enhanced. As for how much it would be enhanced, Gu Zheng wasn't sure.
The two's ingredients were already placed, and many people's eyes fell on the two of them.
Among the three contestants, the people who paid attention to Chu Yuan were the least. In fact, many people could see that the final champion would be between Gu Zheng and Song Xiu. Chu Yuan was just a character who accompanied the crown prince. He was a dark horse, and he couldn't be dark anymore.
Especially President Gou and the others, because they knew everyone's score and knew that it was almost impossible for Chu Yuan to surpass the two of them. Their score had been pulled apart.
These two, even if they made something ordinary, as long as it wasn't too bad, Chu Yuan wouldn't be able to win.
Compared to Song Xiu and Gu Zheng, Gu Zheng's cooking was more normal. After all, his ingredients were chicken and fish. It seemed like he was cooking chicken and fish.
Many people were thinking this, but soon their jaws dropped.
"Why did he put the chicken and fish in the same pot?"
"This kind of smell is not easy to control. Many masters have tried to fuse the two together, but most of them failed!"
"That's right. Is Gu Zheng anxious and trying to find another shortcut?"
Many people were discussing. There was no live broadcast. Only the people in the venue could see it. Only they were guessing. The people outside were waiting quietly.
"I've met Gu Zheng twice. He doesn't give me the impression that he's a reckless person!"
Chairman Gou shook his head slightly. He had indeed met Gu Zheng twice. The first time was at Gu Zheng's tasting. Elder Gao had invited them, and the Food Association owed Gu Zheng some face, so they had no choice but to go.
But after going, he realized that he had made the right choice. He wasn't disappointed. Gu Zheng's culinary skills were really strong. Even he was conquered.
The second time was at Song Bai's arena. Gu Zheng went to fight. He had a very deep impression of that day. Gu Zheng's performance was extremely calm from the beginning to the end. He allowed Song Bai to cheat, and in the end, he still won against Song Bai, who cheated, and exposed his trick.
Gu Zheng's steadiness was the deepest memory in his mind.
"But why did he do that? It's too risky!" the person beside Chairman Gou said.
"Maybe he has full confidence that he can fuse the flavors of the two!"
Chairman Gou said lightly. At this moment, he suddenly regretted not being a judge. Only judges could taste the food made by Gu Zheng. Otherwise, even if he was the president of the Food Association, he wouldn't be able to eat it.
He could invite Gu Zheng to make it again after the competition, but he definitely wouldn't be able to eat it on the spot today.
Gu Zheng's chicken and fish had been stewed together. On Song Xiu's side, several bugs were killed by him. The method of making sandworms was very simple. The internal force directly broke the brains of the bugs, and the bugs immediately quieted down.
His method of making bugs was also very strange. He didn't fry or fry them, but boiled them.
Through the device spirit, Gu Zheng learned that the skin of the bugs was actually very thick. The most delicious part was the meat inside. The effect of directly frying it was not as good as boiling it. The cooked meat was the most tender, and it was easy to fuse with the flavor of other ingredients.
Song Xiu began to put other ingredients into the pot. The first thing he put in was medium-grade sugar.
The main ingredient was medium-grade, the supplementary ingredient was medium-grade, and the auxiliary ingredient was good-grade. With such a delicacy, it was impossible for ordinary people to beat him. Fortunately, Gu Zheng had a way to deal with it.
Gu Zheng's chicken and fish were slowly boiling in the pot. Gradually, Gu Zheng closed his eyes.
With his eyes closed, Gu Zheng's hand was still holding the handle of the pot. The power of the Dao of Yin and Yang was transmitted from his palm.
The pot was sealed. If someone could see the situation in the pot, they would definitely open their eyes wide. The chicken and fish in the pot were slowly rotating around the pot. There was a curve in between the two. Gradually, the fish turned white, and the chicken turned black.
The soup in the pot was like a Taiji diagram.
Song Xiu suddenly turned around and looked at Gu Zheng, who had his eyes closed. He didn't know what Gu Zheng was doing, but he noticed that Gu Zheng was different.
Gu Zheng was a little different from before. Gu Zheng was a cultivator, and he gave Song Xiu the feeling of a sharp edge. But now, if he didn't deliberately look at Gu Zheng, he wouldn't have noticed Gu Zheng's existence. Gu Zheng was like an inconspicuous roadside stone, and no one would pay attention to him.
Song Xiu didn't know if this change was good or bad, but he was sure of one thing. His opponent must have used a method he didn't know to improve his culinary skills.
After looking at Gu Zheng's recipe, Song Xiu added his second ingredient. It was a hay-like item, which was also a Medium Grade ingredient.
After adding it, Song Xiu closed his eyes and used his inner strength to control the immortal cooking utensils.
No matter what Gu Zheng did, he just had to do his best and make food that satisfied him. That way, even if he lost, he wouldn't have any regrets.
"Why are the two of them closed their eyes?"
Many people were talking about it with surprise. Gu Zheng and Song Xiu both had their eyes closed, boiling the soup in the pot. Chu Yuan, on the other hand, was so busy that he was sweating.
Two quiet and one active. It was very obvious.
Because Gu Zheng had integrated the Dao of Yin and Yang, the people paying attention to him gradually decreased. Most of them were looking at Song Xiu. Even the judges were the same. They were basically paying attention to Song Xiu.
An hour passed quickly.
Whether it was Gu Zheng or Song Xiu, the two of them didn't move. Previously, they had finished cooking within an hour. This time, the two of them had exceeded an hour.
Chu Yuan was still busy. His progress was obvious, unlike Gu Zheng and Song Xiu, who didn't move at all.
Ten minutes later, Gu Zheng was the first to move. He took out the chicken from the pot. The fish had disappeared. The whole fish had melted and completely integrated into the chicken. This was the fish-flavored chicken.
The immortal chicken was originally white. When it was taken out, it turned red and white.
The fish-flavored honey chicken needed honey. Unfortunately, the lightning bees didn't collect any mid-grade honey. Otherwise, Gu Zheng would be more confident in this competition.
Gu Zheng smeared the honey evenly on the chicken and put it back into the pot. This time, he steamed it.
At the same time, Gu Zheng stuffed other ingredients into the chicken's stomach. The high-quality Diamond fruit had been ground into powder by Gu Zheng. He stuck it together with the honey and smeared it all over the chicken.
Gu Zheng added all the ingredients that could be added.
After steaming the Honey-sauce Chicken in the pot for 15 minutes, Gu Zheng opened the lid and a burst of sweet aroma rushed out. Song Xiu furrowed his brows.
Chu Yuan, who was at the side, was stunned.
Not only him, but many of the surrounding people who smelled the fragrance were also in a daze. This fragrance went straight to their brain nerves. Everyone felt as if they were in a garden and were happily playing in the garden, surrounded by the colorful fragrance of flowers.
"My dish!"
Chu Yuan suddenly screamed. He was in the middle of a competition. The consequences of being distracted were very serious. His dish was almost done, so the distraction didn't affect him much.
Everyone was in a daze, including the judges. They were all conquered by the fragrance.
"Not bad, it finally looks like it!"
The Artifact Spirit said with satisfaction. The food that Gu Zheng made now could truly catch its eyes. However, it was only able to look at it. Compared to real delicacies, it was still far from it.
The current Gu Zheng had the appearance of an Immortal Chef. At least, the image was there. If it didn't reach the standard of an Immortal Chef, the Tool Spirit would be too lazy to look at it.
Immortal Chefs made delicacies of the Immortal World for cultivators to eat. Ordinary people would be affected just by smelling it, let alone eating it. Fortunately, Gu Zheng's dish didn't reach the standard of a real Immortal World delicacy. Otherwise, ordinary people wouldn't be able to eat it.
The steamed Fish Flavored Honey Chicken was carried out by Gu Zheng.
The fragrance of the Fish Flavored Honey Chicken could affect people's consciousness. Fortunately, the fragrance didn't spread as far as the chicken blood soup. If that was the case, it would be very troublesome. Who knew how many traffic accidents would happen on the street.
Looking at the Honey Chicken placed in front of the judges, many people couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
This was a real delicacy. Just smelling it made people feel incomparably comfortable. Unfortunately, they couldn't eat it. The number of people who were envious and jealous of the judges wasn't small. Fortunately, no one lost their mind. Otherwise, these judges would be miserable.
"Judges, please taste and comment!"
Gu Zheng said softly after serving it. This was the first time he made a delicacy after fusing the Dao of Yin and Yang. Gokusen's culinary skills and the Dao of Yin and Yang would produce a result that even he didn't know.
The staff helped to separate the Fish Flavored Honey Chicken. Every judge was given a small piece of chicken.
A judge put the chicken in front of him into his mouth and chewed lightly. After chewing a few times, he was stunned again. After a while, tears suddenly flowed down, and soon, his face was covered with tears.
He wasn't the only one. The other judges who had eaten the food made by Gu Zheng were like him. They all cried.
One of the judges was even more serious. He directly lay there and wailed. The staff was so scared that they ran over and asked him what happened.
The judge waved his hand again to indicate that he was fine. After that, the staff left in confusion.
Of the twenty judges, all of them who had eaten Gu Zheng's Fish Flavored Honey Chicken were crying. The surrounding people were stunned. It wasn't that the judges had never cried when eating the contestants' delicacies before, but it was very rare. Unlike this time, all the judges were crying.
Some people were still thinking, could it be that Gu Zheng put a lot of onions next to the chicken?
But no one saw the ingredients prepared by Gu Zheng. There were onions, or other ingredients with the same characteristics as onions. Was that why the judges were crying like this?
"After eating the delicacies made by Master Gu today, I feel that I can die without regrets!"
A judge suddenly said. The other judges actually nodded. The staff hurriedly came forward to remind him that the judges of the Food Competition didn't comment when they were eating. They had to wait until the end to comment.
What he said was tantamount to violating the rules.
The judges didn't speak anymore. Song Xiu's delicacies were also ready. The original worm shape could no longer be seen. What was served were small pieces, like pastries.
Song Xiu's food didn't have that kind of pungent fragrance.
However, the food he made wasn't ugly. It was very appetizing. It was just that the twenty judges had just eaten the food made by Gu Zheng. They were still reminiscing about it and didn't want to eat anything else at all.
"I'm very glad that I became a judge, but I also regret it!"
A judge said. Whether he was willing or not, he had to taste the delicacies in front of him. This was his job and his duty.
The other judges all agreed with his words. They rejoiced that they had become judges because only judges could eat the kind of delicacy that Gu Zheng had just made. It could no longer be evaluated as a delicacy. It was truly a delicacy that only existed in the heavens, a delicacy that only immortals could eat.
Regret. It was also because of their status as judges that they had no choice but to continue eating and eat other things, affecting their aftertaste.
A judge, after rinsing his mouth several times, picked up the piece of exquisite pastry. He couldn't help but frown.
Before eating, he thought of the worm from before and couldn't help but feel a little disgusted.
Fortunately, the food he made didn't look like worms in the end. Otherwise, he really didn't know if he could still eat it in his current condition.
After taking a small bite, the judge immediately froze again.
It wasn't just him. The other twenty judges were the same. As long as they had taken a bite or eaten a bite, they were all in a daze.
They seemed to have entered an illusion again. This time, they weren't in the flowers. It was as if they were in a warm and comfortable cocoon. They closed their eyes and enjoyed the peace around them.
This was an indescribable and inexplicable feeling.
This feeling made them unwilling to open their eyes and think about anything. They just wanted to stay quietly. This was a kind of comfort that came from the soul, making them unable to stop.
One minute, two minutes.
Many judges didn't move, which made the surrounding people very surprised. It wasn't until three minutes later that a staff member walked over carefully under the signal of President Gou.
The staff member just reminded a judge. Suddenly, tears fell from the judge's eyes again and he started to cry.
Not only him, but the other judges were also like this. Some of them were crying and some were lying on the table. Their bodies were wet.
"What, what's going on?"
Everyone was very surprised. Before, when they ate Gu Zheng's food, they were like this. Now, after tasting Song Xiu's food, they were still like this?
Could it be that the two of them had put something with the characteristics of onions in it? If that was the case, then this joke was too big. Two of the top three had specially made something that made the judges cry after eating it. It was simply a prank.
However, this possibility was really not big. Moreover, after the judges cried before, they all looked touched and no one protested.
If Gu Zheng had really added something that would make people cry, the judges would have already smashed the table. That would be a prank.
And now, the judges were crying and eating at the same time. Song Xiu's food was not wasted at all. They ate it all. If they wanted to prank people, they would be stupid to eat it like this.
"I really didn't expect that there would be a second one like this!"
"Yeah, to be able to eat such delicious food, it's worth it!"
"But these two, who's good and who's bad? How do we decide?"
"I feel that Gu Zheng's food is better. Gu Zheng's food is more sincere. Song Xiu's food is also very good. But if the two are really compared, I will vote for Gu Zheng!"
"I also think that Gu Zheng's food is better!"
"I think Song Xiu's food is better, but both of them are perfect. I can't find any flaws in them!"
The judges were all discussing softly. How to give the score had become their biggest problem. The two dishes were so perfect. They didn't want to lose a single point from each of them.
"I'll give ten points, give ten points!" A judge suddenly said.
"I want ten points too!"
"Me too!"
"Pay attention, pay attention. This is against the rules. No matter how many points you want to give, you can't say it out loud!"
Ten points, full marks. In the history of the Chinese Food Competition, it wasn't that no one had gotten ten points, but it was very rare. It was a very isolated phenomenon, and each time, there would be at most one judge. Unlike this time, several judges said it out loud.
If they said it out loud, it would be against the rules. However, the judges seemed to have violated the rules a lot today.
"Judges, please taste the food I made. Thank you!"
The last contestant, Chu Yuan's food was also ready and served. The judges looked at each other and had the same feeling. But whether they were willing or not, they had to eat and taste it.
"Ah, pui!"
After a judge rinsed his mouth, he spat it out as soon as he bit in. Chu Yuan hadn't gone far and was completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
Was the food he made so bad that the judges vomited?
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
The judge also knew that his behavior was a bit overboard. He hurriedly cupped his fist and apologized. He had just eaten two kinds of delicious food that didn't belong to this world. His body was still full of the aftertaste of delicious food. Suddenly eating such ordinary food, he instinctively couldn't stand it.
It was easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.
It was like a person who had been eating hard and bitter cornbread and suddenly ate two white mantou and braised pork. If he was asked to go back to eat cornbread, he would also feel very uncomfortable.
The other judges also began to taste Chu Yuan's food. Soon, many of them frowned.
Although they didn't have such a big reaction like this judge who directly vomited, their faces didn't look good. There was no harm without comparison. They had just eaten two excellent delicacies, and now they changed to such an ordinary thing. It would be strange if they could get used to it.
In fact, Chu Yuan's cooking wasn't bad. After all, he was a famous chef. It was just that compared to the previous two, the difference was too far. They were not on the same level at all.
The three people's scores were quickly finished. The judges left the stage and it was time to announce the results.
It took half an hour to summarize. Whether it was inside or outside, everyone was looking forward to it. Backstage, President Gou and the others were completely stunned.
All the results of the three people's four matches were placed in front of them.
Chu Yuan was okay. He performed well in the beginning, so he got third place. However, Gu Zheng and Song Xiu's results were so shocking, especially the last match's result.
Gu Zheng, first match, 9.93 points. Second match, 9.95 points. Third match, 9.98 points. Fourth match, 10 points.
In the four matches, the lowest score was 9.93 points and the highest was 10 points. The full score was 10 points.
To be able to get 10 points, it meant that the judges all scored 10 points, or there were at least 19 people who scored 10 points. After removing the lowest score, they got such a result.
This had never happened in the previous competitions.
Not to mention 10 points, even the lowest score of 9.93 points was extremely high in the previous competitions. It was also the highest record. Only two people had gotten such a score in a single match. Now, it was the lowest.
If it was just Gu Zheng, it would be fine. However, Song Xiu's results were also eye-catching.
First match, 9.93 points. Second match, 9.95 points. Third match, 9.97 points. Fourth match, 10 points.
Another 10 points, another lowest score of 9.93 points. Normally, any one of these results would be shocking enough. However, there were two of them here, and it was the same time.
Looking at Chu Yuan's results, they were much worse.
Chu Yuan's first match, 9.77 points. Second match, 9.83 points. Third match, 9.81 points. Fourth match, 8.1 points.
A finalist actually didn't even get 9 points in the last match. One had to know that these were all famous chefs in the country. Even among the 200 people who were eliminated in the first round, the lowest score was still above 8 points.
Chu Yuan's 8.1 points was the lowest score in the entire competition.
It was abnormal to have the lowest score in the final competition. President Gou and the others were all stunned. They didn't know how to announce the results.
Chu Yuan was also unlucky. When he was done, the judges had just eaten two kinds of delicacies that they had never tried before. Under such a serious influence, it was already very good to get 8 points.
If he was the first to send it up, it definitely wouldn't be like this. It would at least be 9.7 points.
"President Gou, what should we do? If the results are announced, it will cause a huge uproar!"
A staff member quickly asked. They didn't dare to believe the results. They had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.
"What did the judges say?" President Gou asked.
"The judges swear that they gave the real score and didn't let their conscience down!"
A staff member whispered. The judges were now in a state of isolation, not allowing them to contact the outside world. They would only be released after the competition results were announced.
"Activate the emergency measures!"
President Gou suddenly stood up and said directly. The others were stunned and looked at him in disbelief.
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