Chapter 171 Garbage
Since Lai He chose seafood, Xu Qing should also choose seafood.

In contrast to the extremely precious eight delicacies from the sea, Xu Qing chose the most ordinary and cheapest seafood.

I just don't know if I can find it in this food library.

After all, this food library contains the best quality ingredients from all over the country, so it is not easy to find such cheap ingredients among them.

Just as Xu Qing expected, he walked around the entire food warehouse three or four times but couldn't find what he was looking for.

This is difficult to do.

Xu Qing couldn't help but worry.

Lai He felt extremely happy when he saw Xu Qing’s sad face.

This kid was so arrogant before, but now he knows that he is in a bad situation.

Lai He said proudly: "Boy, if you really can't think of what to cook, just admit defeat. I will give you a quick death and save you from dying in pain and despair."

Xu Qing shook his head and said, "It's not that I can't think of a dish. It's quite the opposite. I came up with a dish, but I can't find the ingredients here."

Can't find the ingredients?
Lai He looked at the eight delicacies from the sea placed in front of him.

If you want to compete with the Eight Delicacies from the Sea, you have to use the other three kinds of Eight Delicacies, namely the Eight Delicacies from the Mountains, the Eight Delicacies from Birds and the Eight Delicacies from Grasses.

The eight kinds of poultry used to make the eight delicacies of poultry and the eight kinds of precious vegetables used to make the eight delicacies of grass can all be found in the food library. However, the ingredients of these two kinds of eight delicacies are not top-notch, and their preciousness is even lower than the eight delicacies of the sea. It is wishful thinking to use these two kinds of eight delicacies to fight against the eight delicacies of the sea.

The only food that cannot be found here is the eight mountain delicacies, which are even more precious than the eight sea delicacies.

Could it be that this kid wants to use the Eight Delicacies from the Mountain to fight against the Eight Delicacies from the Sea?

He had a good idea!
However, how could Lai He put such precious mountain delicacies into the food storage and let others choose them?

Even if he wanted to use the eight wild delicacies from the food library of the dark cuisine world, it would not be easy.

Lai He taunted, "Boy, if you want to find the Eight Mountain Delicacies here, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible. I am not so kind as to give out ingredients more precious than the Eight Sea Delicacies for my opponent to use."

Xu Qing said with some amusement: "I'm not that naive. I don't think I can find the precious eight mountain delicacies in the food library prepared by my opponent."

Isn’t it the Eight Mountain Delicacies?
Lai He frowned and asked, "What are you looking for?"

Xu Qing said: "The ingredients I'm looking for are ordinary and common, but unfortunately you don't have such ingredients in your all-encompassing food library."

No? How is that possible!

He doesn't have the most precious ingredients.

But how could ordinary ingredients not be there?

Lai He was very proud of this food library that contained ingredients from all over the country, but he suddenly felt ashamed when hearing what Xu Qing said.

Lai He shouted, "Old Skeleton, get over here!"

In the darkness, the thin old man who had acted as the boatman immediately appeared. This man was just skin and bones, and was indeed as thin as a skeleton.

He trotted to Lai He's side, bowed deeply, lowered his head and asked graciously, "Sir, what do you want me to do?"

"This kid said that he couldn't find any common ingredients in the food storage. It seems like you've neglected something in your work."

Lai He said this meaningfully, his eyes cold.

The skinny old man shuddered upon hearing this and argued, "My Lord, this is unfair! I followed your instructions and gathered ingredients from all over the country here. There can't be any omissions! If there is any negligence, I am willing to pay with my life!"

"Oh?"

Lai He looked at Xu Qing.

He could tell from Xu Qing's expression that Xu Qing was not deliberately looking for trouble, but he really couldn't find the ingredients he needed.

Xu Qing said: "Can I say a few words to him? Maybe he will understand once I say it."

The thin old man looked at Lai He, who nodded and said, "Okay, go ahead."

The thin old man trotted over to Xu Qing, and Xu Qing whispered something to him. The thin old man frowned at first, but he suddenly realized what was going on when he heard the last part, and looked at Xu Qing with a bit of contempt.

Lai He looked at the two men flirting with each other and asked impatiently, "What's going on?"

The thin old man bowed to Lai He and replied, "Your Excellency, I have indeed gathered all the ingredients from all over the country here, without missing a single ingredient. Chef Xu couldn't find any ingredients here because he wanted to use something that could be called an ingredient, but some useless garbage, which is usually used to feed chickens and pigs."

Lai He was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't control his laughter and laughed so hard that he fell backwards.

After a long while, he managed to stop laughing, and said with a gasp, "You're going to use the same food you feed chickens and pigs to cook?"

This is really ridiculous!

It seems that under the tremendous pressure brought by Hai Bazhen, this kid has become desperate and has gone crazy.

How can the garbage fed to chickens and pigs be compared with the eight delicacies from the sea!

It seems that he has already won this competition even without a final result.

Facing Lai He's ridicule, Xu Qing remained calm.

These ingredients are in large quantities and cheap, so they can't be sold for much money and can be said to be worthless. That's why people living by the sea use them to feed chickens and pigs, just as waste recycling.

But that doesn't mean they don't taste good.

When Xu Qing helped Tianhong Pavilion to clear its bad reputation, he obtained the notes of the chef of Tianhong Pavilion which were the result of his life's hard work. The old man had been trying to present high-quality and inexpensive dishes to diners all his life, so he traveled all over the place, constantly looking for cheap and delicious ingredients.

In the notes, Xu Qing saw many ingredients that he had never seen or even thought of. He couldn't help but sigh that China is so vast and rich in resources, and there are still so many delicious ingredients that have not been discovered.

But at this moment he didn't want to waste his time arguing with Lai He, so he let the taste of the dishes prove everything.

Xu Qing asked calmly, "Where can I find these ingredients?"

Lai He sneered, "Where? Haha, old skeleton, take him to the garbage dump. Maybe you can find what he needs there."

Xu Qing followed the thin old man out of the small door at the back, leading straight to the deep underground.

Below the small building is a dark cave with shimmering water. Three or four fishermen are sitting by the underground lake, chatting and passing the time.

They were not aware of the connection between the dark and light culinary worlds, nor did they know that a brutal life-and-death battle was taking place in them.

They are just ordinary fishermen, and someone wants to buy their catch, so they come.

The skinny old man came up to the fishermen and asked, "Do you guys still have the garbage from before?"

The fishermen looked at each other curiously.

Those things never sell for much money, and even if you give them to others as gifts, they still complain that they are too heavy to carry.

I didn't expect that someone would specifically ask for those things at this moment.

What an unexpected surprise!

"Yes, of course! As many as you want!"

A fisherman quickly replied, lifting the net on the boat.

There are countless tiny shellfish under the fishing net, and there are also many sea vegetables entangled in the fishing net.

Xu Qing squatted down and took a closer look, and was immediately delighted. All the seafood he needed were available here.

"I want them all."

Xu Qing said.

The thin old man secretly curled his lips, what good dish could be made from such garbage?

It looks like this guy is doomed to lose.

The thin old man directed the fishermen to put the seafood into baskets and lift them up together.

(End of this chapter)