Chapter 203 The End
Lai He never expected that the person appearing in front of him was Li Yan.

Lai He gnashed his teeth and said, "Li Yan, you actually betrayed me! Have you forgotten the pain and betrayal you experienced in the past? Have you forgotten that it was the dark cuisine world that took you in when you were most helpless! It was the dark cuisine world that gave you a new life! It was the dark cuisine world that gave you the opportunity and ability to seek revenge!"

Li Yan said in a deep voice: "I haven't forgotten. But..."

Li Yan looked at Xu Qing, Jidi and Meili, and continued: "But I am no longer a member of the dark cuisine world."

Lai He cursed: "Ungrateful traitor!"

Li Yan remained silent.

In fact, he and the dark cuisine world are in a mutually beneficial relationship, with no gratitude or favor. He uses the dark cuisine world to achieve his own goals, and the dark cuisine world is also training him as a thug to work for the dark cuisine world.

He has never had any sense of belonging or identification with the dark cuisine world.

He is not like Lai He who regards the dark cuisine world as his only shelter.

However, Lai He couldn't listen to these words.

Lai He glanced around and said, "Where are the others?"

Those men in black who had been hiding around disappeared without a trace at this moment, leaving only a few of them in the huge venue.

Li Yan said: "I asked them to evacuate."

In the dark culinary world, the weak always obey the strong unconditionally, so the men in black had no doubt about Li Yan's words and withdrew one after another.

Otherwise, these people staying would be a hidden danger.

Lai He laughed in anger, "Good...very good! Li Yan, you are really thoughtful!"

Li Yan said, "Lai He, you have already lost. This cooking duel is over. You can leave now, and I will not stop you."

Lai He sneered, "Leave? Ha, Li Yan, you haven't forgotten, have you? The rule of the dark cuisine world is that the winner lives and the loser dies! The moment I admit defeat, I am already a dead man."

Li Yan advised: "You don't have to return to the dark cuisine world. China is so big, there will always be a place for you."

Lai He shook his head and said, "No matter how big the world is, there is no place for me... It's time to end it."

Lai He looked at the thin old man. The struggling thin old man understood the meaning in his eyes. He suddenly burst out with amazing strength and broke free from Li Yan's hands in an instant.

Before Li Yan could react, he saw the thin old man suddenly rush to the wall and slammed his shoulder against the wall, causing a brick in the wall to cave in.

Then a huge roar was heard in the small building, accompanied by a violent tremor. The cracks on the wall spread like snakes in an instant, and the bricks and rubble above kept breaking and falling.

Li Yan no longer cared about the skinny old man and Lai He, and suddenly ran to Xu Qing and the others, "Hurry up, the building is going to collapse!"

The four of them hurriedly ran towards the gate, but at this moment the beams above their heads collapsed, completely blocking the gate.

Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, Li Yan hurriedly led them to another small path.

The skinny old man struggled to break free from the rope and crawled to Lai He, "Sir, let's go!"

Lai He walked over to the eight brass stoves, stroked them gently, and whispered, "You can go. My mission is over."

Even if he leaves now, returning to the dark cuisine world will only lead to death.

If I don’t return to the dark cuisine world, where else can I go?

There is no place for him in this world anymore.

It would be better to let everything end here.

Seeing that he couldn't persuade him, the thin old man gritted his teeth and ran away along the path.

Lai He lit the flame of the brass stove and watched the eight ferocious beasts roar angrily again, and raging flames shot up into the sky.

The scene of his cooking competition with Xu Qing appeared before his eyes again.

Try your best, have no regrets, sweat in the fire, and devote everything you have to the dishes.

Forget about winning or losing, forget about life or death, and just pursue the ultimate deliciousness.

At the end of his life, he can cook the dishes of his imagination, at the end of his life, he can taste the ultimate delicacies in the world, and at the end of his life, he can get complete satisfaction.

It couldn't be more perfect than this.

If there is only one regret... Lai He sighed softly: "This is really a good duel. Unfortunately, it's too late..."

If only it could have been earlier.

At the moment when he has not yet lost his original intention.

At a time when he had not yet sunk into deep trouble.

If I could meet a chef like Xu Qing, maybe everything would be different...

The eight brass stoves were freed from their restraints, and the raging fire devoured everything, turning everything within sight into a sea of ​​fire.

Xu Qing and his companions followed Li Yan and ran wildly in the house, constantly searching for a way out. The roads in the small building were interconnected and the routes were tortuous, like a maze. If there was no one to lead the way, they would be completely lost after just a few turns.

The ground kept shaking, and wooden boards collapsed in front of and behind me. Horrible creaking sounds continued to be heard, as if the house was finally unable to hold on.

What's worse is that the raging flames spreading from behind devoured everything it touched at an extremely fast speed.

Li Yan said anxiously: "Damn it, if this continues we will be engulfed by the flames before we can escape!"

Xu Qing suddenly had an idea and said, "Underground! There is a waterway underground! The skinny old man took me there before!"

Upon hearing the sound, Li Yan stopped abruptly, turned around and ran towards another secret passage, with Xu Qing and others following closely behind.

Finally, when the flames were about to burn the corners of his clothes, Li Yan kicked open the wooden door and jumped into the waterway first. Xu Qing and others did not hesitate and fell into the water like dumplings.

Li Yan struggled to take off the heavy armor and let it slowly sink to the bottom of the water.

Only then did Jidi see Li Yan's true appearance. After many years, what remained on his face were not only the traces of time, but also hideous scars, which added a bit of weirdness and ugliness to his originally handsome face.

Jidi looked at Li Yan in astonishment, "Li Yan, how could you..."

Li Yan touched the scar on his face and laughed at himself: "This is the price of entering the dark cooking world. Let's go, let's leave first."

Fortunately, everyone was familiar with water. Although Meili was not a very good swimmer, she successfully escaped from danger under Jidi's leadership.

After leaving the dark waterway, the dazzling sunlight made several people dazzled.

Before they could breathe a sigh of relief, they saw a small boat approaching from a distance. Standing on the bow were the skinny old man and several men in black. The men in black were holding swords, bows and arrows in their hands, staring at them with cold eyes.

The skinny old man said angrily: "I didn't expect you guys to be so lucky! But your good luck ends here!"

"Fire arrows!"

At the command, Xu Qing and others were shocked. Before they could react, they saw a man in black on the boat fall headfirst into the lake with a sharp arrow stuck in his back.

In the distance, several large ships were slowly approaching, with the flags of Guangzhou government flying on them.

Finally here.

Only at this moment did Xu Qing feel relieved.

Afterwards, several men in black were shot to death by the soldiers with sharp arrows. The thin old man was afraid of death and dared not resist, so he was arrested by the soldiers.

After Xu Qing and others were rescued onto the boat, they saw Master Luo Tian rushing over.

Master Luo Tian was relieved to see that they were all fine.

Xu Qing smiled and said, "Master, it's a good thing you arrived in time."

"We have to thank the Guangzhou prefect, Lord Yu, for helping us get here as quickly as possible."

At this time, Yu Liang, the prefect of Guangzhou, walked up to Xu Qing and others. As soon as his eyes swept over Xu Qing and others, he immediately stared at Li Yan.

His intuition told him that this person had a very special temperament and did not seem like a good person.

"Who is this?"

Jidi said quickly: "This is my friend..."

Li Yan's voice drowned out Jidi's defense, saying, "I am a chef from the dark cuisine world, Li Yan."

(End of this chapter)