"I'll be right there!"
Changfeng only replied with four words. Gu Zheng originally wanted to inform him of the situation and then wait for the event to end before asking Shu Yu to introduce Qiao Fei to him. He didn't think that Qiao Fei would be so impatient and actually want to come over now.
When Gu Zheng said that there was no need, Changfeng didn't reply.
"Gu Zheng, are you sure you're okay?"
Shu Yu and Gu Zheng returned to their barbecue grills. When they returned, Shu Yu asked in confusion. She had just seen Li Zishan walk over aggressively. She was worried that Li Zishan would say something outrageous to Gu Zheng.
"I'm really okay. Don't you believe me?"
Gu Zheng helplessly shook his head. He was really okay, but it was a pity that he couldn't ask Qiao Fei where he got the Jade Poria.
Not to mention the Jade Poria, it was only the second time that Gu Zheng had encountered an ordinary ingredient. After so long, Gu Zheng had searched for many ingredients. Among so many ingredients, only two were ordinary. It was enough to see how precious ordinary ingredients were.
"It's good that you're okay!"
Shu Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Before she could continue asking, the little girl suddenly came over and complained, "How can you be okay? Old Qiao's smell is so fragrant. This time he's going to win again. Can you do it or not?"
The little girl's last words were directed at Gu Zheng. At this time, Qiao Fei's side was already surrounded by people. His meat had not yet been stewed, and these people were all waiting to eat his stewed meat. They wanted to be the first to taste it after he finished stewing.
Even the organizer of this event, Young Master Xu, was attracted and was talking to Qiao Fei.
"His meat is fragrant, but it's only fragrant meat. Ours is not bad either!"
Gu Zheng said with a chuckle. The little girl seemed even more dissatisfied. She rolled her eyes at Gu Zheng and said, "What do you mean by 'our food isn't bad'? Your barbecue just now didn't have the same aroma as theirs. How dare you boast that you can win if you want to? I think you're just boasting, liar!"
Before, Gu Zheng had asked Shu Yu if she wanted to win. He did say that if she wanted to win, he could help her win. He didn't think that the little girl would use this to ridicule him.
However, in terms of meat flavor, Gu Zheng's roasted meat was indeed inferior to Qiao Fei's stewed meat. The difference in the quality of the ingredients was obvious. Qiao Fei's stewed meat was made with high quality ingredients, and there were even some common grade ingredients. Gu Zheng's roasted meat was only of low quality. The difference between the two grades was too big, and it wasn't something that could be made up with simple cooking skills.
"Open our pot lid!"
After being despised by the little girl, Gu Zheng felt even more helpless. He could only tell the little girl that they also had a big soup pot. Inside the pot was a clear soup. It was a clear soup that was used to neutralize the roasted meat.
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It would have been better if Gu Zheng didn't say anything. The moment he did, the little girl became even angrier. This person was too unreliable. Half a pot of water with less than a handful of rice. In her eyes, it was boiling water. She didn't know why Shu Yu brought him here. He was a liar.
In the little girl's heart, Gu Zheng was already a 'liar'.
"Just open it when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Shu Yu stretched out her finger and gently flicked the little girl's forehead. The little girl pouted and unhappily stretched out her hand. Following Gu Zheng's request, she lifted the pot lid.
When the pot lid was lifted, a white smoke rolled out from the pot. The air was instantly filled with a light fragrance of oil. It was different from the rich meat fragrance in the distance. This oil fragrance was like the morning dew, elegant and tranquil.
"Where is it so fragrant?"
"What kind of fragrance is this?"
"What's going on today? It's so fragrant everywhere. I can't stand it!"
The people in the distance also smelled this fragrance. Many people kept sniffing with their noses. The little girl was completely dumbfounded. She held the pot lid in her hand and stood there in a daze.
Fragrant, it was really fragrant. This fragrance was definitely not inferior to the meat fragrance from before. Moreover, it was completely different from the meat fragrance from before. This light fragrance had a tranquil fragrance. It was as if one was in a garden in the early morning, enjoying the fragrance of flowers.
If the meat fragrance from before was warm, this fragrance was tranquil.
If the meat fragrance from before was bold and unrestrained, this fragrance was gentle and elegant. The two completely different fragrances were so attractive.
"It's from Shu Yu's side!"
Some people noticed the direction of the fragrance and began to walk over. The young man named Qiao Fei looked at Shu Yu's side with jealousy and began to increase his fire.
Gu Zheng secretly shook his head. His fire was already big enough. Stewing meat required a big fire, but too much was as bad as not enough. Especially when he added so many stews to increase the fragrance of the meat. If the fire was too big, it would affect the taste of the meat.
"Is this the soup you cooked?"
The little girl finally came back to her senses. Looking back, she was even more shocked. There was only a handful of rice in the pot, but it was boiling with greenish-white water. It was not the plain boiled water she had imagined.
"That's right, this is the soup I cooked!"
Gu Zheng smiled slightly. Fortunately, the little girl finally admitted that this was soup. He was really afraid that the little girl would continue to say that this was plain boiled water.
"How did you do it?"
This time, it was Shu Yu who asked. She was also very surprised. She knew that Gu Zheng's cooking skills were extraordinary, so she brought Gu Zheng here. However, she originally thought that Gu Zheng would help her roast the meat. She didn't expect that the rice soup that Gu Zheng casually made would have such an effect.
"It's just a bit of rice. It's nothing!"
The most important reason why the rice soup was like this was because of the ingredients. This was the immortal rice that Gu Zheng took out from the chaotic space. Not only did it contain immortal power, but it had also reached the ordinary level.
The ordinary level of immortal rice was an ordinary thing in the Immortal World, but on Earth, it was the top ingredient. Although the immortal rice was not as good as the jade poria in terms of medicinal properties, this was a soup, and the taste was what mattered. The immortal rice and the ordinary level of mineral water that Gu Zheng used finally brought about such an effect.
Gu Zheng was not surprised by this result at all. His main ingredients were all ordinary level, much better than the meat in the pot of messy ingredients.
If it weren't for the small amount of immortal rice he used, the fragrance would have been even stronger and spread even further. When he cooked chicken blood soup, the fragrance spread as far as two miles, attracting hundreds of people to the entrance of the duck blood and vermicelli shop.
Although he only cooked a clear soup this time and didn't use any special cooking skills, the level of the ingredients was not lower than last time, so it was completely expected that there would be such a fragrance.
In other words, this was the effect of the top ingredients.
"Shu Yu, is your soup ready?"
"Shu Yu, I didn't expect you to be so powerful this time. It seems like we can forget about the reward this time. In the end, it will be between you and Qiao Fei!"
A few people had already come to Shu Yu's side, and some people were saying to Shu Yu enviously. Shu Yu didn't answer, but looked at Gu Zheng. She really didn't know whether the rice soup was ready or not, it was all made by Gu Zheng.
"The rice soup and our roasted meat together will taste the best. Do you want to try it?"
Gu Zheng had already taken out a new skewer of meat and placed it on the roasting rack. As his voice fell, the charcoal fire suddenly burned up, and a wave of roasted meat fragrance once again spread out. Mixed with the fragrance of the rice soup, it gave people a kind of temptation. A few people who came to Shu Yu's side were almost drooling.
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