The beginning is only when you become a chef

Chapter 179 His cooking skills cannot be evaluated (6K)

"what……"

Dong Ye Gang was sweating and groaning in the wheelchair.

His eyes quickly blurred.

The mouth was open crookedly, like that of an old man who had suffered a stroke, and it seemed unable to close.

The fried crab legs that he had bitten into pieces, mixed with the amber sauce, were steaming in his mouth.

Boom!
dong dong!

My heart was beating violently.

Faintly, Dong Yegang felt himself falling.

Thick steam swirled around.

The air smelled of sulfur.

Trying hard to open your eyes.

While falling at a high speed, Tsuyoshi Higashino discovered that the wall of the abyss and the smoke were filled with densely packed eyes, thousands and thousands of them, too numerous to count.

Finally, he fell into a deep pool of surging magma.

The hot lava was burning his flesh.

Rumble…

A giant crab that exudes the aura of the Lord of the Abyss seemed to be disturbed from its slumber at this moment. It slowly floated up from the bottom of the magma at an unknown depth, and half of its body emerged.

combustion!

Burn it all!

In the outside world.

From the perspective of celebrity chefs.

After a few seconds of pain, Higashino Tsuyoshi's distorted face quickly softened and was filled with surprise.

"I... feel it..." His lips even trembled with excitement as Dong Yegang captured the 'heat flow' that grew out of his body and ran around in his meridians and flesh.

As this "heat flow" emerged, the gourmet demon living in his body became quiet.

However, the heat flow is rapidly fading and weakening.

Higashino just realized that this was because the food demon was swallowing up the food and devouring the cellular energy.

Absorption is a good thing!
Plus the instant swell of satisfaction that came from the food demon in my body.

This shows that the cell sequence contained in [Ruby Crab] perfectly meets the conditions for evolution and sublimation.

That's right.

Feed the food demon.

If he allows his own cell sequence to evolve and sublimate, the backlash he faces will heal itself instantly.

"One more... no, two!"

Dong Yegang's face was full of enthusiasm. He reached for the plate with his big hands, grabbed two fried crab legs at the same time, rolled them in the sauce bowl, and then chewed them up.

Xia An's lips curled up with a hint of pleasure as he stared at the dinner plate on the examination table.

Two or three seconds later.

The dish information panel appears.

……

[Dish: Crispy Ruby Crab Legs]

【Answer dish, overall completion rate 73%】

[Ingredients details: Ruby crab legs (66%), ruby ​​crab roe (60%), golden wheat (100%)]

[Entries/Features: Harmony (Great), Soothing Touch (Perfect), Hellfire (Pseudo-Gold), Extreme Fire (Pseudo-Gold), Food Ethics·Market Life (Green)...]

[It is undeniable that I stand on the shoulders of my predecessors, but as a successor, I have already achieved 73% completion in my first cooking, which can be called amazing. 】

……

"Fortunately, I chose the recipe for Crispy Ruby Crab Feet instead of the other two."

Xia An saw that the ruby ​​crab's legs were only 66% controllable, and the ruby ​​crab's roe was even less, only 60%, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"In the food ingredients section, the 100% mastery of golden wheat raised the worrying score by a lot!"

Just imagine, if he had chosen the other two recipes and faced one or two extremely high-end ingredients besides the ruby ​​crab, wouldn’t he be dumbfounded?

Despite the guidance of senior Tang Meijun's notes.

But cooking a variety of extremely high-end ingredients at the same time is something Xia An Huangdou is sweating about and cannot do.

Take a look at the entry/feature data column.

Xia An was secretly shocked and muttered:
"So, without realizing it, there are so many 'entries' helping me cook dishes?"

His gaze was fixed on the last part of [Food Ethics and Market Life].

Don’t look at this entry, it’s green.

But it is the taste of the soul.

For example, when cooking "Golden Bread", Xia An has already found out that if this "soul seasoning" is not added, the dish will always be missing a corner, and thus will not have a series of special eating effects.

After all.

This is a "treasure trove of knowledge" left behind by a talented chef.

Mastering the meaning of food is the key to opening the door to the treasure house!
Suddenly, the venue was filled with shrill screams.

Xia An looked up.

The exposed skin of Tsuyoshi Higashino, who was in the wheelchair, suddenly began to crystallize, reflecting the light from the ceiling.

The dinner plate was empty.

The fried crab legs were eaten clean.

At the same time, an overwhelming pressure hung over the hearts of every audience member in the venue.

dong dong!

Boom boom boom!
People could hear Higashino Tsuyoshi's heartbeat becoming stronger and stronger.

The maid Kumiko seemed to have received instructions from Higashino Tsuyoshi and was ready. She said calmly:

"Mr. Dongye has entered a state of sublimation."

"During this period, please do not secretly film or take photos."

Upon hearing this, many celebrity chefs who were about to take out their mobile phones to record this rare scene put their phones away in embarrassment.

After all, this is someone else's territory.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, Higashino Tsuyoshi will soon cure the "backlash disease". This pseudo-unicorn will soon become a quasi-unicorn, and with a few years of accumulation, it is possible that he will become a real unicorn.

Therefore, no one wants to annoy a chef.

This group of people.

It’s no longer just a chef or a cook.

They have cell sequences of terrifying concentration and intensity.

One move would result in physical destruction and annihilation.

The venue gradually became silent again.

Seat in the Shenzhou group.

Chi Xiaobai looked at the crystallized person in the wheelchair with horror in his eyes:

"Oh my god, this kid Xia An can really cook a level 46 ruby ​​crab?"

Meng Yulu said in disbelief:
“It’s more than just simple cooking!”

"In his dishes, the control and utilization of ruby ​​crab legs and ruby ​​crab roe must be above the passing level!"

"Otherwise... it would be impossible for Dong Ye Gang to absorb cellular energy, cure the 'backlash disease', and seek sequence sublimation..."

Jing Nina was confused and said:

"Boss Xia, can we cook level 46 diamond ingredients now?"

Chef Lin, an elder in her clan and regarded as a pillar of her clan, had only gone so far.

As for himself, he is currently pursuing 100% perfect control over a certain gold-level ingredient. Not to mention diamond-level, even platinum-level ingredients from level 20 to 30, Jing Nina doesn't dare to hope to cook them.

Who would have known, they were rivals competing on the same stage in the Juxialou Competition not long ago.

this man...

I have already jumped two levels and am cooking level 46 diamond ingredients...

Jing Nina felt the disparity and absurdity of the world.

She had never doubted her talent so much.

"The elders in the clan all say that I am the 'little devil'. With my talent, I can support the future of our Phoenix Eight Immortals."

Simply put, after losing the Kikuxialou competition, Kyo Nina's faith was shattered once again.

And the heart of Tao is broken.

It's not just Kyo Nina.

Seat in the Totsuki Group.

Shiroichiro pinched his thigh hard, making sure that he was not watching this cooking performance in a dream, and then he said to himself in a trance tone:

"Have all the so-called accumulations that Yin and I have made over the past ten or twenty years been accumulated on this dog?"

Around them, a group of Totsuki female chefs were either staring or opening their mouths, with different expressions of amazement.

The atmosphere in the American delegation seat was a bit eerie. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Europa Group.

The first-class executive officer leading the team, Dekola, sat in a daze, petrified in his seat.

The female genius Erica clenched her fists and muttered to herself in a daze:

"I cooked the level 30 [Drunken Beef] by relying on my food skills, the power of my gourmet cells, and the association's internal encrypted information... the analysis and understanding of the ingredients by my predecessors."

"I barely achieved 60% of the passing line."

Erica was of course aware of the difference in levels between the level 46 [Ruby Crab] and the level 30 [Drunken Bull].

Level 30 ingredients, such as [Snow Catfish] and [Drunken Beef].

They are stuck at the top of the Platinum Tier (levels 20-30).

Stuck at the starting point of the Emerald Stage (level 30-40) again.

To put it in a beautifying way, it is a sub-jade grade ingredient.

And the difficulty of cooking ingredients.

It increases exponentially with the capture level and quality stratification.

According to the records of the Europa International Gourmet Association, there has never been a top-notch chef who could cook Emerald Grade ingredients 100% perfectly and put it on the menu of life.

However, as you move down to the platinum level, there are suddenly more perfect cooking records.

and.

The president once educated Erica and said.

Emerald-grade ingredients are the pinnacle of what a top-class chef can achieve with all his might. If he goes higher, facing ingredients like the level 46 [Ruby Crab], he will run into a "wall".

Now, Erica suddenly doubted the president's experience and education:

"What about the wall?"

"How did he manage to cook a level 46 diamond ingredient to the passing standard? Maybe... even more than just passing?"

A moment later.

The pressure that covered the entire place disappeared.

People stared blankly at the crystallized man who slowly stood up from the wheelchair.

"Hahahahaha..."

Along with the hearty laughter, the crystallization phenomenon of the skin on the surface of the body was fading, and the man who appeared in the sight of the audience was full of vigor and healthy. At first glance, he looked like a middle-aged man in his early thirties, and he looked nothing like the hunchbacked old man in the wheelchair before.

Is this still Higashino Tsuyoshi?

Or, is this his true appearance?
People looked at the man who was laughing non-stop with complicated expressions.

I don't know who spoke first, but someone said loudly:
"Congratulations Mr. Dongye on your promotion to Zhenlin!"

Many famous chefs were stunned and began to congratulate.

"Congratulations Mr. Dongye!"

"The food world has one more chef, Zunlin..."

Is it really Lin?

Xia An was thinking.

Judging from the [Shokuba] route, Higashino Tsuyoshi is already on the verge of becoming a "True Lin".

He has already absorbed the level 46 diamond-grade ingredients and the corresponding crystallized sequence 3 cellular energy through the dish "Crispy Ruby Crab Legs".

Next, just keep eating.

Accumulates cellular energy.

Completely stabilize the Sequence 3 realm.

Thinking of this, Xia An was a little horrified: "Since I can make "Crispy Ruby Crab Legs", for him to absorb the cellular energy of Crystallization Sequence 3."

"Is Dong Ye Gang planning to take advantage of me? Lock me up in a dark room and make me cook for him for a long time?"

thump.

Just when Xia An was becoming uneasy.

A figure knelt down in front of him.

"Mr. Dongye, what are you doing?" Xia An was stunned.

In front of the audience, all the top chefs from various countries, Higashino Tsuyoshi, who was kneeling in the dirt, said solemnly:
"You are worthy of my respect."

"You are my savior."

Xia An's mouth twitched slightly: "..."

He had no choice but to help Dong Yegang up, and some tugging was inevitable during the process.

After standing still, Higashino Tsuyoshi looked around the venue:
"Here, Chef Xia An will always be the most distinguished guest of honor!"

This emphatic declaration almost clearly told the associations and forces behind the famous chefs of various countries that targeting Xia An was targeting him, Tsuyoshi Higashino. This made all the famous chefs in the audience envious.

With a new and rising Lin chef as his backer, not to mention a top-notch one, the Lin chef community would probably be shocked upon hearing the news.

"Then……"

Dong Yegang did not hide his fiery eyes:
"Chef Xia An, can you make another plate of Crispy Ruby Crab Feet?"

Xia An was about to answer.

On the stage, Dojima Gin's hungry voice came over:
"I want to eat, too!"

Jacob King quickly said, "I am willing to give you my ruby ​​crab. You can do whatever you want with it. I just want to eat the food!"

It's like a domino effect.

The sounds of wanting to eat and craving to taste the dishes came from many places in the audience.

In the direction of the team seat, Chi Xiaobai, Meng Yulu, Cai Bo Chengyilang and others were staring at Xia An eagerly.

Higashino added:

“This is extra cooking after the finals.”

"Your work won't be in vain."

"The reward is... three ruby ​​crabs in the finals!"

"You cook, and only use the crab legs, a very small amount of crab roe, and the relatively intact crab body and crab meat. You can take it away as you like!"

hiss…

The venue was filled with gasps, and the celebrity chefs' eyes sparkled. They wished they were the ones who could make the Crispy Ruby Crab Legs so they could take away the huge reward.

A level 46 ruby ​​crab can be used even if its legs are chopped off and a little crab roe is dug out.

But the value of the crab body and crab meat is still immeasurable.

Xia An sighed in his heart.

Just in time, with the legitimate labor of cooking extra, I was able to take away the bodies of three ruby ​​crabs.

But don’t forget, according to the notes of our predecessors, the crab body is of great value.

Crab shells can be ground into a special seasoning dust called [Ruby Salt].

Even if one has the [Grinder] inheritance, the crab shell can be forged into a ruby ​​kitchen pot.

Ever since.

Xia An returned to the kitchen and prepared to cook two more plates of fried crab feet in front of the camera.

Before starting work again.

He quietly opened the panel and quickly made some in-game purchases.

……

[Recipe: Crispy Ruby Crab Legs]

【Answer Recipe】

[Completion/Reproducibility: 73%]

[Proficiency: Beginner]

[One of the recipes for the answer to the 'Ruby Crab Trio' by the talented chef Tang Meijun]

……

When you make the finished product for the first time, the recipe will be recorded on the panel.

Previously, he had made "Golden Bread" many times, and finally mastered "Golden Wheat" 100% perfectly, and had quietly accumulated a huge amount of cooking experience.

This time, I used level 46 ingredients to make a product that was above the passing line, and I received another terrifyingly large amount of experience points.

Xia An didn't even bother about wasting experience points.

Eyes closed.

Just allocate it to proficiency.

【Beginner→Advanced】

Jump through multiple proficiency levels in a row.

Looking at the experience value figures again, only a small part was consumed.

However, the spending of krypton gold stopped at the great achievement, rather than [perfection].

Xia An also knew that in order to achieve perfection in these answer recipes, such as "Golden Bread", he had to make them at his own level of understanding.

Next.

Under the gaze of the famous chefs, Xia An used his great silky proficiency to make two more plates of fried crab feet.

One plate, for Tsuyoshi Higashino alone.

Another plate.

Let Dojima Gin, Jacob Kim, and Meng Yulu, Chi Xiaobai, Saiba Chengichiro and others off the court divide it up together.

While everyone was enjoying the food, Xia An opened the panel.

……

[Dish: Crispy Ruby Crab Legs]

【Answer dish, overall completion rate 83%】

[Ingredients details: Ruby crab legs (73%), ruby ​​crab roe (70%), golden wheat (100%)]

……

"very good!"

"The completion rate has increased by 10%!"

Xia An was delighted with the effect of his mastery of the recipe.

Soon, Dong Ye just finished the second plate of fried crab legs and looked at Xia An deeply:
“I can feel that the cellular energy contained in the dishes is more concentrated and purer.”

"This shows that the next two dishes you cooked were even better!"

Xia An smiled but said nothing, but he was quite curious about another thing.

"Mr. Higashino, if you keep eating, can you advance directly to the Zhenlin realm on the 'Food Tyrant' route?"

Dong Yegang shook his head.

"An imperfect dish with imperfect ingredients. It's OK to use it to stabilize the initial stage of sequence advancement."

"Only by eating 100% perfectly controlled dishes can you absorb the purest cellular energy and eat all the way to the late stage of the sequence without worrying about too much residual 'will' causing the demons in your body to backfire."

Xia An secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

His dish, Crispy Ruby Crab Legs, is far from perfect.

It seems that there is no need to worry about Dong Ye Gang locking him up in a small dark room.

Xia An was very interested: "So, you have to cook the ruby ​​crab 100% perfectly in order to eat the real scales?"

Dong Ye Gang was silent for a moment: "Yes, that's it."

Xia An continued to ask:
"Since Sequence 3 is the True Scale Realm, what about Sequence 2?"

"Could it be that Sequence 2 is already the domain of Dragon Chef?"

Higashino Tsuyoshi's eyes are deep:
"I won't tell you this information until I eat your Crispy Ruby Crab Legs."

"But you successfully cooked a 46th-level ingredient and served a 'quasi-lin dish' that is even better than 'White Snow Catfish Noodles'. The special grade will no longer be able to restrict you."

"Sequence 2, still far from the realm of Chef Dragon, but just in front of Chef Lin, with the word 'Master' added!"

"Sequence 1 is Grandmaster Chef Lin..."

Xia An was choked for a long time before he exhaled:

"Chef Long, is it that difficult?"

Dong Yegang smiled and said with emotion:
"Even in the era when the former Kitchen God Liu Maoxing appeared, there were very few dragon chefs."

"In modern times, since the development of the food industry, the ceiling and height of the special chefs, unicorn chefs, and dragon chefs have been raised a lot because of the bizarre and fantastic ingredients."

Xia An nodded, he could understand.

In the past, there was no such route as "Food King". This is a new path for chefs that was born after the gradual integration of the food industry and Blue Star.

In other words, concepts such as sequence and cell strength were born because of [Food King].

"Does sequence 0 exist?"

"Sequence 0, this should be the domain of Dragon Chef, right?"

In response to Xia An's last question, Dong Yegang imitated him and smiled without saying anything.

……

The final day ended with Xia An's only performance of a complete dish.

The replica of the [Ganlang Pot] restored from the base fragments was handed over in public, and Xia An asked Chi Xiaobai to help take it away.

There are also three [Ruby Crabs] whose bodies are packaged in three food preservation boxes.

After the show.

Many famous chefs couldn't wait to find Xia An.

"Mr. Xia An, do you have any intention of selling the crab body?"

"Chef Xia An, I'll give you 100 points for every 5000 grams of crab meat!"

"I'm interested in buying crab roe. Name your price!"

Judging from the enthusiastic inquiries from the famous chefs, the level 46 [Ruby Crab] is probably not available at all under normal circumstances.

However, there are also people who directly hand over their mobile phones, show the QR code of the igo application, and are ready to add friends.

Female genius Erica said:
"Chef Xia An, add me as a friend?"

beep.

Added successfully.

Erica left happily.

Outside the crowd, Xia An was seen being surrounded by famous chefs from various countries.

Dojima Gin and Saiba Joichiro, who were about to lead the team away, looked at each other in amazement.

"Who would have thought that he would become so well-known among international celebrity chefs so quickly after being promoted to the special grade?"

"Haha, after today's final match, no one will regard him as a new special grade."

Hearing this, Xiaolin Longdan asked like a curious baby:

"Then... what is the level of Master's cooking skills now?"

This question immediately stunned the two legendary graduates.

at the same time.

Tokyo, Totsuki Academy.

The first round of the semi-finals of the autumn qualifiers held in "Between the Moon and the Sky" also came to an end.

In the end, Ryo Hayama defeated Soma Yukihira by one vote.

After writing the name of the winner of this round on the scroll with ink, Nakiri Senzaemon silently gathered his clothes and covered his half-naked body with his samurai uniform.

then.

While returning to the backstage, Nakiri Senzaemon opened his mobile phone to check Dojima Gin's report.

When the old man saw this, he felt as if he was struck by lightning.

"Father, what's wrong with you?"

Following behind, the couple Nakiri Soe and Leonora, who were also serving as judges for the semi-finals, looked at each other curiously.

"Look at the family group."

Afterwards, the old man forwarded Dojima Gin's report, including text, pictures and short videos, to the Nakiri family group.

Just a glance.

The couple were shocked.

"The only...performer?" Nakiri Soe asked with difficulty.

Leonora said after a long while:
"So... Mr. Xia An, what is the level of his cooking skills now?"

Nakiri Senzaemon remained silent all the way to the parking lot, and only when he got into the extended limousine for the return trip did he suddenly say:

"His cooking skills are beyond evaluation!"

At the same time, in the family group.

Erina Nakiri and Alice Nakiri were very active and kept typing question marks.

……

The night after the game.

Higashino Tsuyoshi invited all members of the Shenzhou delegation to a banquet.

Only Xia An and his group attended this thank-you banquet. No other groups or famous chefs were present, and even the people from Yuanyue were sent away.

The atmosphere at the banquet was very good, and everyone was chatting about food and various fantasy ingredients.

"correct."

Meng Yulu asked casually:
"Mr. Dongye, I'm afraid you have a territory in the food world?"

Higashino Tsuyoshi, who no longer needed a wheelchair, laughed and said, "Otherwise, where do my food resources come from? I can't explain the source, right?"

talking.

Dong Ye Gang suddenly said:

"Actually, the answer is pretty much what you guessed."

"But as for that 'coordinate', I just want to cooperate and share with Boss Xia."

The tone was unquestionable.

Under the table, Chi Xiaobai waved at Meng Yulu.

Meng Yulu had already gotten the answer, and when she heard that Dong Yegang was willing to share the coordinates with Xia An, a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

"Coordinates...are they the coordinates of the food industry?" Xia An asked knowingly, not minding playing dumb and pretending to be a newbie.

"Yes, you can think of the 'coordinates' as a door, a door between two worlds." Higashino Tsuyoshi said with a smile, "As the integration of Blue Star and the food world gradually deepens, similar 'coordinates' have become more and more common since the new century."

"Moreover, the food regions connected by these 'coordinates' are becoming more and more absurd, unpredictable, and bizarre..."

(End of this chapter)