Chapter 138 Action
Time passed slowly, and Xu Qing still maintained his previous posture.

It was not until the early morning of the last day, when the first rays of morning sunlight shone into the examination room, that Xu Qing stood up and walked to the black-bone chicken.

At this time, the other four people in the examination room were still sleeping. Their dishes had been roughly prepared, and they were just waiting for the last day to get enough rest and perform at their best.

The examiners also gradually reduced their attention to the examination room after half of the time had passed.

Everything is gradually getting back on track, just waiting for the moment when the final dish is presented.

Today is the last day and the judging process will officially begin in the evening.

Yao Ye was suffering from insomnia, which was a rare occurrence. Not only the candidates, but even he himself was nervous.

As soon as it was daybreak, he could no longer fall asleep. After a simple breakfast, he went to the examiner's room to see how the candidates were preparing.

Unexpectedly, there was already a figure in the examiner's room.

It was chef Long Hongze.

Yao Ye quickly greeted him: "Master Chef Long, you are up so early too!"

However, Hongze seemed not to hear what he said, his eyes fixed on the examination room.

Yao Ye walked to the window curiously and saw that Xu Qing had already cleaned the black-bone chicken and placed it on the table in the examination room.

Also placed on the table were two small clay pots and some common ingredients.

The drowsiness that still remained in Yao Ye's body instantly disappeared at this moment, and his whole mind suddenly became highly concentrated.

Finally, after waiting for a long time, I finally saw Xu Qing take some action.

What would he do with the silkie?
Xu Qing placed his hand gently on the black-bone chicken, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

At this time, Lei Hua also came to the examiner's room and was surprised to find that the other two people had arrived earlier than her.

"Good morning, you guys..."

Before Lei Hua could finish her words, she saw Yao Ye suddenly waving at her, signaling her to hurry to the window.

Lei Hua walked over curiously and saw Xu Qing putting his hands on the pitch-black black-bone chicken, gently pressing and stroking the chicken's body.

His hands moved very gently, with delicate and precise techniques, gently brushing every inch of the chicken's skin. Those white hands seemed to be glowing, and against the black chicken's background, they were like the bright moon in the dark night, making people unable to look away.

Under the touch of these hands that glowed like white jade, every inch of the chicken's skin became more delicate and lustrous than before, as if new vitality was injected into it.

As Xu Qing pressed gently with his hands, the black-bone chicken seemed to come back to life, its meat full and full of vitality, as if it would raise its head again and make a loud and clear cry in the next moment.

"Is this... a jade hand?"

Hongze whispered in disbelief.

"Holding your hand?"

Lei Hua and Yao Ye asked curiously.

"No... it's impossible. Wu Cheng didn't pass on the secret skill to him at all. This can't be the Jade Hand."

Hongze turned a deaf ear to the two people's questions and just talked to himself.

Even though he kept refutating it in his heart, the facts were before him.

He was full of doubts and was no longer satisfied with standing at such a high place far above the ground to look out. Instead, he rushed directly to the vicinity of the examination room and observed Xu Qing's every move from a closer distance.

Seeing Chef Long suddenly running downstairs, Lei Hua and Yao Ye hurriedly followed him.

As they got closer, all of Xu Qing's movements were more clearly seen by the three of them.

Hongze looked at it for a while and felt relieved.

This is not a hand that embraces jade.

Although it looks similar, it is not.

There are some places that are very different from the Jade Hand. Hongze has been in the imperial kitchen for many years and has a deep understanding of the Jade Hand. All the movements of the Jade Hand are imprinted in his mind.

However, after I breathed a sigh of relief, deeper doubts came to my mind.

If this isn't a hand that holds a jade, then what is this?
Where did Xu Qing learn this?
The Jade-Lan Hand is known as a secret skill passed down from the imperial kitchen. It is naturally extremely precious. Not to mention learning it, even finding a skill similar to the Jade-Lan Hand is impossible.

The two words "unique art" represent the uniqueness of Lan Yushou.

Moreover, the most obvious function of the Jade Hand is to give vitality to dead objects, allowing the vitality that has long been lost to return to the food ingredients, and even make ordinary ingredients taste better.

However, the seemingly magical hand in front of him actually has real effects. Hongze can see the vigorous vitality contained in the black-bone chicken at a glance.

Not to mention that there is no unique skill similar to the Jade Hands in the world. Even if there is, it is definitely not possible to fully stimulate the vitality of the ingredients like the Jade Hands.

But the facts were before his eyes and Hongze had no choice but to believe it.

After massaging the entire chicken body, Xu Qing put the black-bone chicken aside and breathed a sigh of relief.

During this time, he was not only simulating the taste and cooking method of the black-bone chicken, but also the Jade Hand that Xu Qing had seen before.

Now that he was performing it, it was exactly the same as he had imagined, as if while he was practicing in his mind, his body was naturally gaining real experience.

However, the Jade Hands technique was a secret skill of the imperial kitchen after all. Xu Qing still couldn't figure out some of the key points, so he could only imitate it roughly and exert his ability to about 60% to 70% similarity.

If Wei Jie performed the Jade Hand himself, the effect would definitely be better than his.

Xu Qing felt a little regretful. If he had learned how to use the Lan Yu Shou technique, the taste of this dish would have reached its peak.

But for now, this is all we can do for now.

The next step is knife skills.

Xu Qing picked up the knife and swung it repeatedly on the black-bone chicken, and the bones and flesh of the black-bone chicken were neatly separated. In just a moment, the entire chicken skeleton was completely removed, as easy and casual as chopping melons and vegetables.

The sharp knife skills and understanding of the structure of the black-bone chicken immediately made the three examiners' eyes widen.

Even Hongze admitted that even when he was young, he would never be able to remove the skeleton of a whole chicken so easily and quickly.

This was especially true for Lei Hua and Yao Ye, who were both deeply shocked by the unimaginable knife skills.

But this is just a small test.

After separating the meat and bones, Xu Qing chopped the chicken bones into pieces and put them into the pot to steam.

He divided the chicken into three parts according to different parts: chicken legs, chicken wings and chicken breasts.

The meat of chicken legs has a high fat content and a firm and plump texture.

Chicken breast, on the other hand, is low in fat and has a slightly woodier texture.

Chicken wings are the most tender meat, so tender that they melt in your mouth.

In addition to the chicken, Xu Qing also kept the chicken offal for other uses.

Xu Qing first took out the chicken breast, removed the tendons in the chicken, and cut it into small pieces with a knife. Then he turned the knife over and beat the chicken on the chopping board with the back of the knife.

I saw a silver light jumping happily among the chicken. Every time it jumped to a place, the chicken there would spread out gently under the illumination of the silver light, as if being caressed and pressed by an invisible hand. The chunks of chicken slowly loosened up and turned into a delicate paste like water.

The delicate and clear chicken puree was evenly spread on the chopping board, like a snow-white mirror, without even a trace of impurities.

This extraordinary knife skills shocked the three examiners.

If the previous bone-cutting skill was just shocking, then the knife skill that appeared before his eyes was enough to terrify him.

Especially since all three of them are top chefs and their knife skills are excellent.

Naturally, I understand how difficult it is to achieve the same knife skills as Xu Qing.

No, it's not just difficult, it's impossible.

(End of this chapter)