The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 173: Inheritance and Secret Techniques (6K)

"Isn't this meat genuine? Why did the person fall down so quickly?"

Hearing this, Chi Xiaobai smiled and said, "Why do you think they only eat a little bit like the size of a fingernail?"

"This is the meat of the Drunken Ox. Like the Snow Catfish, it is also a 30-capture grade, a top-grade extraordinary grade."

Meng Yulu added:

"And this female genius, even if she was born with an extraordinary gourmet cell sequence, processing 30 levels of captured "Drunken Beef" meat is obviously far beyond her cooking limit."

"Therefore, the fantasy alcohol contained in this steak is not well processed, um... the processing level is just on the blurred line between passing and failing."

Xia An nodded. He didn't expect that the topic of America VS Europe today would be [Drunken Bull], which is at the same level as the Snow Catfish.

As they were both top-grade, extraordinary quality ingredients at level 30, Xia An naturally knew how difficult it was to make them because he had experience with them.

He was able to deal with it by relying on his highly-developed pseudo-food skill [Soothing Touch].

Later, he learned the green food skills from Burke Shahin, and spent money to upgrade the [Harmony], which allowed him to further improve the level of food processing.

The European female genius named Erica obviously relies on the natural gourmet cells in her body. However, the processing completion degree of this female genius is low and she looks immature. It seems that the concentration of gourmet cells is not high and is still in a low sequence?
at the same time.

Second floor, viewing room.

Also watching the game, Higashino Tsuyoshi, who was sitting in a wheelchair, did not even look at the dishes cooked by the two players brought to him by the cold maid, and had no appetite to eat.

"Heh, this is beef." Higashino Tsuyoshi glanced at the plate of the female genius Erica. "A new special-grade chef in his early 20s, who can handle a level 30 "Drunken Beef" with about 60% completion and processing, is really good. What am I expecting..."

Immediately, Higashino Tsuyoshi's eyes, through the one-way privacy glass, fell on the seat of the Shenzhou delegation, staring at Xia An, not hiding his amazed admiration:
"Some people, like the former Shenzhou Chef God Liu Maoxing, no longer conform to common sense. They are not geniuses, they are far beyond all geniuses."

The iceberg maid nodded.

She knew how much the master favored this person who recreated the ancient dish.

A piece of legendary kitchenware, given away at your leisure.

He was even thoughtful enough to find a craftsman overnight to embed the fragment into an already cast imitation utensil. When the second imitation of the Tanlang pot appeared in the world, he gave it to Xia An.

……

Next, the American delegation, which had suffered a defeat in the first round, actually had its leader appear in person, vowing to win the second round and stabilize the balance of victory and defeat.

But the Europa League seemed to have already guessed the deployment of the American delegation, and surprisingly, the team leader also appeared.

America, Jacob King.

Europa, Decola.

"Now it's interesting."

"The world's top 58 player versus the world's top 60 player."

Meng Yulu said with interest.

"This Dekola is one of the guardians of Ms. Nakiri Managi and the "First-Class Executive" of the Europa International Gourmet Association."

"As for Jacob King, he is a paranoid and even crazy fantasy chef."

Jing Nina, who had recovered somewhat from her drunken state, spoke with a softer tone than usual:
"Jacob is nicknamed 'Madman' in the North American food industry. You'll know the origin of his nickname later!"

The showdown between the two group leaders can be described as a collision between Mars and the Earth.

After the opening announcement.

Jacob and Decol each showed their unique skills when processing the "Drunken Beef" steak.

"boom!"

The first person who caught Xia An's attention was Jacob.

He suddenly tensed the terrifying muscles of his right arm and smashed the steak lying flat on the chopping board with it.

Xia An's eyebrows twitched wildly.

Smashing meat...

In the culinary field, the principle of this step is to use a wooden mallet to beat the steak to break the tendons of the meat.

But ordinary people just use tools to hit it repeatedly.

This Jacob King suddenly looked ferocious and crazy, and punched the steak...

Huh?
Xia An noticed the details in the close-up broadcast above the venue.

After throwing a punch.

Jacob King shuddered all over.

The originally swollen right arm suddenly became sage-like and limply hung down.

"Can only throw one punch? Is this some kind of food skill?" Xia An pondered to himself.

Jing Nina said: "Yes, my elders once said that the food technique is called "Nail Fist", which can be used to process food and cause terrible destructive power when hunting..."

Nail fist?

Xia An was surprised: "It's a food skill, not a fake food skill?"

"Pseudo-food skills, to put it simply, use the 'energy of qi' to stimulate the food, rather than the energy of the gourmet cells in the body."

"But Jacob King's 'Nail Fist' has a very extraordinary origin. It is an incomplete inheritance, and it requires very pure gourmet cell energy to activate..."

At this point, Kyo Nina realized something was wrong.

"Hey, so Jacob King has activated a certain cell sequence and is truly on the path to becoming a food tyrant?"

At this time, a voice next to him said:

"No."

"Jacob's recipe for 'answers' is no more than ours."

Everyone looked up and saw that it was Gin Dojima and Saiba Joichiro who had walked over at some point.

"Come and join in the fun."

The two friends smiled and found an empty seat to sit down.

"In fact, before you really embark on the "foodie" route, there is another secret method... You can also accumulate gourmet cell energy in your body without awakening the cell sequence."

Hear the words.

Meng Yulu narrowed her eyes slightly: "You mean... "eaten"? "

Chi Xiaobai couldn't hold it in any longer:

"'Shi Mei'? He actually has this kind of secret inheritance and practice method?!"

Kobayashi Ryodan, on behalf of the Totsuki female chefs who had regained consciousness, asked weakly:
"What exactly is "Shi Mei"? "

Dojima Gin was a cheerful person, he laughed and said without keeping anyone in suspense:
“Eating food and eating righteousness complement each other!”

"The so-called 'eating up' can be understood as eating. By eating a lot, the energy contained in the food is stored in the human body, and then suddenly bursts out... For example, Jacob just now used the energy stored by 'eating up' to burst out with such a destructive punch!"

"But obviously, Jacob's practice in 'Eating Up' is very shallow, or the inheritance and method are incomplete, so the amount of food energy stored in his body is very small, only enough for him to throw a punch."

Xia An listened very carefully.

Nail Fist...

Plus this “food shortage”…

It feels so familiar.

He has seen "The Gourmet", but he doesn't remember many things clearly.

However, the protagonist A'lu's nail fist, and A'lu's practice of [Food] after practicing the meaning of food, stored a huge amount of food energy in his body, and A'lu's combat power level directly doubled.

From this, Xia An thought of himself.

He thought back to when he first entered the food industry, he was on an isolated island and encountered unprecedented powerful "ingredients".

He urgently needed a training method to improve his martial arts skills.

If I could achieve the state of "eating away"...

Then his combat power level, which is almost equivalent to that of a level 10 silverback, can be doubled to level 20, right?
Let’s assume again.

Learned the "Nail Fist" combat food technique with amazing destructive power.

Does he still need to worry about not being able to break through the red armor of the Kaira crocodile?

"I have to find an opportunity to have a cooking showdown with Jacob King and take his gold coins." Xia An thought to himself.

Ding.

Just as Xia An was planning.

A new target popped up on the God of Cooking panel, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

……

[The Chef God panel has temporarily switched to Food Battle (competition) mode. 】

[Goal has been triggered: Have a food battle or competition with Jacob King and win. ]

[Complete the goal to get 2 food skill point (can only be used to break through the food skill level)]

[This target has a high probability of obtaining the opponent's food skills/recipe information]

……

This goal, it really...

Xia An sighed and wanted to look up at the sky in silence.

You want me, a newly promoted special-level player, to challenge the strongest person ranked 58th on the world's special-level list?
He did defeat Burke Shaheen once.

But that was just a trick on the title "Snow Catfish", and he happened to have a classic recipe and pseudo-food technique that was almost perfectly matched.

To put it in a classic way, he lacks hard power.

At this time, Xia An followed the camera and watched the cooking details of the famous female chef Decolara.

His eyebrows suddenly twitched.

because.

The kitchen knife in Dekola's hand was burning!
"Flaming Kitchen Blade..."

Xia An heard Saiba Chengichiro's fearful murmur.

Dojima Gin said simply:
"This is one of the foundations of the Europa International Gourmet Association, which has a fairly complete heritage and technical information of "grinders."

"You can think of a grinder as a blacksmith or a forger."

"This group of people, in the world of gourmet food, can use the most primitive materials, such as animal bones or minerals, to grind out kitchen blades of the Noble Equipment level or even higher!"

Xia An thought for a moment, "So, this 'Flame Kitchen Blade' in Dekola's hand is made of a special ore from the world of gourmet food?"

Dojima Gin nodded:
"Yes, it is a kind of ore mined from volcanoes, surrounded by everlasting flames. It requires special food skills to hold and use it without being devoured by the flames..."

While they were talking.

Decola's kitchen knife had already cut the steak into thin slices.

No extra grilling required.

The high temperature of the kitchen blade will scald the meat slices until they change color and start to smoke, and the surface will be coated with the beautiful color that only comes from being fried in a frying pan.

At the same time, the aroma of wine mixed with the strong aroma of roasted meat instantly filled the entire place.

Whoohoo!

Sniffing the smell.

Xia An closed his eyes lightly.

The image in my mind is... a piece of steak fell into the flowing magma. Instead of being burned, it was tainted with a strong taste that was enough to burn the tip of my tongue and my taste buds.

"My dish is done!"

Decolata evenly placed the fried meat slices cut by the chef onto 5 white plates, garnished them with some sauce and spices, and decorated the plates with flowers and vegetables. She then looked into the camera and smiled.

This is a female chef who is obviously of Southeast Asian descent. She has moist wheat-colored skin, a delicate face, and her eyes and facial features have a wild beauty.

The servants carried the plates to the judges' tables of the five finalist teams.

Of course, since the leaders of the American and European delegations were present, the deputy leaders served as guest judges.

This is the Shenzhou delegation.

There were two large dinner plates.

Dojima Gin looked at his best friend, used his fork to pick up two pieces of meat, one for himself and one for Saibajo Ichiro, and passed the rest on the plate to be shared by Kobayashi Ryoudan, Akane Kubo Momo and other Totsuki juniors.

When Meng Yulu and Chi Xiaobai were tasting the food, Xia An and Jing Nina both took their forks and stepped forward to join in the tasting.

"Hmm..." Xia An chewed the food carefully and found that a smell of alcohol and heat immediately appeared in his body. In his blood, he felt a faint excitement as if he had taken drugs. "Is this a very low-level and low-concentration gourmet cell energy?"

“The fact that people can actually feel the cellular energy of the food shows that the processing of the ingredients, the utilization rate and integration of the ingredients in the whole dish have already reached the 80% good line!”

Everyone then commented.

All praise.

The fact that the level 30 [Drunken Beef] was cooked to this level was enough to show that Dekola had superb cooking skills.

Compared with the two young talents in the previous game, the gap in completion rate was more than 20%. With the same ingredients, the dishes they completed were far better.

"My dish is also finished..."

Soon, Jacob King, who had attracted much attention, also presented his dishes.

French veal stew in white sauce!

The teeth easily bit open and crushed the small piece of beef in the mouth. The taste made the faces of the people who tasted it change drastically.

It was like it had been stewed for a day and a night, and the tough fantasy beef was soft but not rotten.

A special French white sauce with a sour cream flavor.

The scents of lemon, bay leaf, thyme and nutmeg powder are all evident on the tip of the tongue, none of which is concealed, but when combined they form a melody of mixed spices.

What’s even more intoxicating is that there’s no need to add traditional and classic white wine.

The rich and mellow wine flavor of the fantasy beef, which is stewed for a whole day and night, emanates from the inside out, like a wine bomb.

Therefore, the last bit of greasy taste of the dish of braised meat in white sauce was offset by the aroma of wine, and when everyone ate it, their appetite was not satisfied. On the contrary, the more they ate, the stronger their appetite became.

"Moreover..." Xia An said to himself, "The food cells that can be captured have more energy and a higher concentration."

“Close to 90% processing and completion?”

If this was the first time that Jacob King had come into contact with the ingredients of [Drunken Beef], then his cooking skills and attainments in the fantasy genre would be worthy of the word terrible.

The outcome became clear.

Jacob King received 5 votes, crushing DeCola.

The two strongest players from both groups had already faced off, so the remaining third and fourth rounds were much less exciting.

In the end, the two teams fought until the fifth round, and the American team won the knockout match with a score of 3:2.

After five rounds of fierce battle, it was almost eleven o'clock in the evening when the game ended.

The elegant middle-aged butler announced:
"Tomorrow is the day for the Totsuki delegation to appear, but they have a bye and will automatically advance to the finals day."

“The theme for the finals has not yet been decided, and the ingredients will still be specified on the day.”

"Please have a good rest this weekend. The finals will be held on Monday. The three delegations of Shenzhou, Yuanyue, and America will compete on the same stage. In the end, only one team can win and take away the Tanlang Pot..."

Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro are arm in arm. They have a bye tomorrow and are very relaxed.

"Hey, this has already reached 5,500 points, give up."

"Jiuyilang, are you really not going to fight for it anymore?"

"You, the director of Totsuki, have a wealthy family, but I am different. I have two children to raise. My life is miserable!"

"All right…"

Watching the two legendary seniors leave muttering to themselves.

Xia An, who was hanging at the end of Shenzhou and Yuanyue's team, had a puzzled look on his face.

These two...

What are they bidding for? Why do they seem so unwilling to give up?

"Mr. Xia An."

At this time, Xia An was stopped by a voice.

"Ms. Decora?"

He turned around and saw the famous female chef Draco and the people from the Europa International Gourmet Association.

"I know you." Dekola stared at him with her wild eyes, and there was a smile on her delicate face. "Lady Nakiri is very satisfied with you. Thank you very much. You took good care of her."

That's it...

Xia An smiled and nodded politely.

correct.

An idea suddenly popped into his mind.

Since we have a good relationship with the people at the Europa International Gourmet Association, can we try to take advantage of their background?
To be honest, Xia An was secretly drooling over Dekola's flaming kitchen blade and the corresponding food skills, as well as the [Grinder] inheritance and technical information behind it.

"Um... are you selling your food skills and grinder information?"

Hearing this, Decola was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously shook her head to refuse.

Behind her, the female genius Erica's face turned a little colder.

Dekola thought for a moment. This person asking the question was someone who had reproduced the secret of luminescence in the present age, and he was very much to the liking of Nakiri Managi...

She sounded rather uncertain:

"Um, please ask Lord Nakiri. I don't have the authority in this regard."

After saying that, she led the team away.

As the female genius Erica passed by, she gave him a deep gaze.

Xia An uttered a sound.

As expected, every association or organization attaches great importance to the knowledge gained in the food industry, and sharing resources and communicating with each other is a harmonious scene that can only be seen in dreams.

No wonder.

The igo app only opens its archives to top chefs and provides convenient functions such as illustrations.

There are also markets, forums and food malls.

As for the food skills and inheritance mall, there is none.

Xia An was sure that even if he was promoted to Lin Chef and went to the more advanced application app where Lin chefs gathered, he would not be able to purchase food skills and inheritance from igo officially.

Because...this knowledge is precious and priceless!
He put off asking Nakiri Masaki what he thought for the moment.

The reason was simple: Xia An knew that he was too poor now and had nothing of equivalent to trade.

A perfectly prepared [Potato, Carrot, Onion and Chicken] has some value in the eyes of the huge European International Gourmet Association, but it is far less valuable than food skills and heritage.

Return to your personal room.

Xia An locked the door and couldn't wait to open the [Door of the World].

"Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

As soon as he appeared, the surprised roar of Dorje Chang was heard from the nearby beach.

After a while, the silverback came excitedly from the direction of its habitat.

"Ow!"

Silverback opened his eyes wide and jumped and danced around Xia An, seeming very curious about where Xia An went last night.

At this time, a Tarasanga who was very perceptive and knew how to flatter was very fawning. He presented the results of his work on the beach to Xia An.

"Are you guys...catching fish?"

Xia An's mouth twitched as he discovered that the King Kongs scattered on the beach, like the fishermen in the Blue Star video, were skillfully plundering the gifts of the ocean on the beach after low tide.

The fawning Tara Vajra nodded vigorously.

However, Silverback slapped away the seafood presented by the Tara King Kong and muttered a few words in anger.

He seemed angry that the tribute was of low standard and scolded his subordinates for being ignorant.

"Ow!"

Another Tara Vajra immediately came over with a flattering smile and handed over a completely different seafood.

Caged in the plush palm was a marine product that had the shape of a starfish, the color and texture of a mushroom.

The rich umami flavor made Xia An certain that this was some kind of fantasy ingredient.

He pulled out his cell phone to take a picture.

Connect to the igo application archive.

……

【Star Abalone】

[Capture Level: 7]

[Abalone, which is rarely seen in the ocean, is known as the "stars of the sea". It is starfish-shaped, has thick and delicious meat, and is a very high-end seafood delicacy.]

[Repurchase price: 1 piece/50 igo mall points]

……

The furry paws of Doraemon are very big, and there are at least 10 [Star Abalones] in this handful.

Instantly earn 500+ points in windfall?

The look Xia An gave this group of Tara Vajras was as kind as it could be.

Damn it.

They are indeed a group of people with high IQ.

He also has the skills to hunt for seafood and collect the gifts from the ocean.

"By the way, since you guys can go to the sea to pick up seafood to eat, can you dive?" Xia An became interested and pointed to the shallow sea near the ebb tide. "There are a lot of good stuff in the sea, such as seaweed and kelp."

Unexpectedly, Silverback shook his head and revealed the familiar look of fear that Xia An was familiar with.

"Ow!"

It took a half-dead sea fish, and easily tore the fat fish into two halves with its big paw, and then threw it into the sea a little further away.

thump!
The bloody smell of the half-carved sea fish obviously attracted some terrible predator instantly.

The sea surface suddenly exploded.

There was a terrifying figure that was no less long than the giant crocodile Keira, revealing its shining and glowing body against the backdrop of the azure sky and sunlight.

"Hiss..." Xia An felt that the appearance of this sea monster was somewhat familiar, so he took the opportunity to use his mobile phone to quickly take a picture.

【beep】

【Money Shark】

[Capture Level: 10]

that's it!
One of the fantasy ingredients that has been perfectly cooked on Dojima Gin's recipe and life menu.

Then, Xia An's eyes twitched slightly.

Going into the sea to catch sharks?
Do not be silly.

The combat power of the golden shark in the ocean can be said to be doubled. A gourmet hunter with a level 20 hunting ability must have corresponding gourmet cells to support them in swimming and fighting in the ocean, before they can dare to say that they can take down a giant shark that is more than ten meters long.

And this is near the sea...

Xia An looked further away, at the sea sparkling in the scorching sun, and felt a chill on the soles of his feet.

There are such giant beasts near the coast.

Isn’t there a great terror in the distant sea?
Never underestimate the deep ocean!

Coincidentally.

It seemed to confirm Xia An's thoughts.

Suddenly, a distant roar came from the sea within his sight.

A giant object as big as an aircraft carrier poked half of its body out from the deep sea.

As the whales roared, the water column that shot up into the sky was actually pure white.

slam-la-

The sea breeze brought the fresh and rich smell of milk.

"milk?"

"Milk whale?"

Xia An turned around without any reluctance.

Damn, that's scary.

It is better to cultivate this little piece of land on the isolated island first.

"Come on, show me what other good things you have here."

With Silverback as the guide, there was no need for a drone, and Xia An quickly explored the Doraemon's habitat.

The harvest was amazing.

Silver-level marine gifts include [Star Abalone], [Sago], [Sea Urchin], [Orange Shrimp], etc.
Bronze-level ones can be found everywhere. Ordinary Doraemon can pick them up on the beach and put them directly into their mouths without having to hand them over to the tribe’s warehouse.

The food on the island is as rich as that in the ocean, mainly fruits and vegetables. After Xia An walked around, he found that he had quietly opened more than 30 kinds of food in the illustrated archive of the igo application.

Among them, bronze level accounts for the majority, and there are ten types of silver level.

There are only 10 gold levels above level 3, which are:
[Sweet Whole Fruit], [Rose Mushroom], [Garlic Tulip]

Xia An's eyes flickered.

This is just the big stuff found in the Doraemon's habitat, and this area is just a small piece of land on the east coast of the island...

So, how big is the entire island? How rich are the resources? Xia An couldn't help but look forward to it.

The next day.

Xia An avoided people as much as possible and received the drone that Riya sent to the mansion estate.

Fortunately, the privacy of the outer packaging was well ensured, and there was no product information written on the outside of the carton. Xia An looked calm and when the ingredients came, he moved them to his private kitchen in two batches.

Lock the door and set the smart lock to deny anyone entry.

Soon, the buzzing sound of drone blades was heard on the isolated island beach.

(End of this chapter)