Chapter 248 Agreed
After hearing Master Luo Tian repeat Xu Qing's words, Elder Li felt relieved.

After the Guangdong Chefs Association had discussed it, they notified the dark culinary world and prepared for the God-level knife skills showdown.

The one who was in the duel was Xu Qing.

Xu Qing.

These two ordinary words made the elders of the dark cuisine world tremble in their hearts.

Including Elder Huang.

Or rather, Elder Huang's reaction was even stronger.

As the first person in the dark cuisine world to realize the threat posed by Xu Qing, he never dared to underestimate Xu Qing.

No matter how highly he thought of Xu Qing, Xu Qing still surpassed his imagination.

For example, when he was trying to seize the Yongling Sword this time, he was afraid of facing Xu Qing head-on, so he sent people to try to get the legendary kitchen utensils without alerting Xu Qing.

His plan was successful and he got the legendary kitchen utensils.

Everything was going smoothly, as it should have.

But who would have thought that after going around in circles, he would end up falling into Xu Qing's hands.

He ran into the palm of the hand of the enemy that gave him the most headaches and the one he least wanted to face.

Could this be God's will?

Elder Huang felt helpless and powerless.

"Elder Huang, why do you have such a bitter face?"

Elder He was very curious when he saw Elder Huang had a bitter look on his face.

After the knife skills showdown before the gods, their dark culinary world will be able to successfully obtain the complete Eternal Spirit Sword, and the biggest contributor at that time will be Elder Huang.

Even if Elder Huang started celebrating now, no one would blame him.

As a result, he had a bitter face.

It was a look that was even more painful than when he thought the Eternal Spirit Sword in his hand was a fake.

It was so gloomy that I felt like I had been abandoned by the whole world.

"You do not understand."

Elder Huang sighed and said.

Elder He asked, "How can I understand if you don't tell me?"

Elder Huang just wanted to vent his anger at the moment, so he asked, "What do you think will be the outcome of this swordplay duel?"

“Of course, the dark cuisine world has won.”

Elder He said as a matter of course.

"The opponent is Xu Qing. Don't forget, the Xu Qing who defeated Lin's chef Lai He, the Xu Qing who saved the imperial envoy with medicinal food and was awarded the golden brocade clothes by the emperor, the Xu Qing who caused headaches for the dark culinary world and had to look for legendary kitchen utensils to deal with him. Do you think this battle will be won so easily?"

Elder Huang's face was serious.

At this moment, a chuckle came from behind.

"Elder Huang, you worry too much."

Upon hearing this charming voice, Elders Huang and He were startled.

I saw Xiang En leaning against the wall and eavesdropping on their conversation. This charming woman always liked to appear and disappear mysteriously, giving people a scare from time to time.

"Lord Xiang En."

The two greeted quickly.

Elder Huang was even more nervous. He had just questioned Xiang En's ability behind his back and didn't know how Xiang En would punish him.

Xiang En was smiling, and it seemed that he did not take Elder Huang's previous words to heart.

As for the reason, of course it is because she has enough confidence in her own abilities.

Her ability can be ranked among the top ten in the dark cuisine world, and Lai He is far inferior to her.

Therefore, Xiang En did not take Xu Qing, who defeated Lai He, seriously.

Xiang En said, "Elder Huang, don't worry. My strength far exceeds Lai He's, and I have the knife-making master Luo Xie with me this time. With the help of Master Luo Xie, my strength will be greatly enhanced. In this knife-making duel before the gods, the victory will definitely belong to the dark cuisine world."

As soon as Elder Huang saw the expression on Xiang En's face, he knew that she looked down on Xu Qing too much.

The main reason is that Xu Qing’s age is too confusing. Anyone who meets him will look down on him at first.

Even Cheng Peng, whom he sent undercover, was no exception to this.

Fortunately, Cheng Peng has deeply realized the threat posed by Xu Qing.

When Elder Huang and Cheng Peng chatted, they seemed to have a mutual admiration for each other. Elder Huang said, "Master Xiang En, Xu Qing is definitely not a simple person. Don't underestimate him. Cheng Peng, who I sent undercover in Yangquan Restaurant, told me that only when he tasted Xu Qing's dishes did he understand how terrifying his strength was."

Xiang En thought for a moment and said, "As I recall, your subordinate is not even a top-grade chef, right?"

"Indeed."

Xiang En smiled and said, "Ha, how can a chef who is not even a top-grade chef understand Chef Lin's ability? I'm afraid in his eyes, a top-grade chef is already an existence that is out of his reach."

Hearing Xiang En say this, Elder Huang knew that he could not persuade Xiang En.

The dark cuisine world respects the strong, which leads to the strong among these Lin chefs developing an arrogant character and not taking anyone seriously.

In most cases, they are indeed able to sweep across an area and dominate the world.

However, there are always exceptions.

Xu Qing is the biggest exception.

But these things cannot be explained by words alone.

I'm afraid they will have to experience defeat themselves before they can truly understand it.

Elder Huang thought about it for a while, but he didn't show it on the surface. He said respectfully, "Master Xiang En is right. Maybe I am overthinking."

Seeing that Elder Huang had given in, Xiang En nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Has the format of the competition been decided?"

"We are still discussing it."

"Let's make sure as soon as possible."

"May I ask, Lord Xiang En, if you have any requests?"

Xiang En smiled and said, "Then let's choose crab as the ingredient."

"Okay, I see."

Elder Huang nodded in response.

Since Xiang En specifically mentioned that she wanted to use crabs, she must have amazing knowledge of crabs as an ingredient.

Even so, Elder Huang still needs to be prepared.

The format of the competition was jointly agreed upon by the dark cuisine community and the Guangdong Chefs Association.

"What? You want to set the Shenqian Swordsmanship Showdown to a best-of-three format?"

An elder from the Guangdong Chefs Association asked in surprise.

Elder Huang said, "That's right. And these three games cannot be played on the same day."

If they lose one of the games, they can respond in time to ensure victory in the other two games.

It would be best to lose the first game, which would not only wake up the arrogant Xiang En and make her take it seriously, but also allow for timely adjustment of strategy.

But this is not something he can control.

Another elder from the Guangchu Association said, “But, in the past, the knife skills duels before the gods were always decided in one round, and never dragged on for so long.”

The other elders also looked embarrassed. This has been the rule for a long time. They can't just change it, right?

Elder Li said at this time: "Best of three games, okay."

"Elder Li..."

The other elders wanted to say more, but when they saw Elder Li's look, they stopped talking.

Elder Huang said with satisfaction, "Very good. Then we will set the first round. There is no limit to the cooking method. The ingredient is crab. The time is set for tomorrow morning."

After the discussion, the people from the dark cuisine world left quickly.

Even if the Guangdong Chefs Association sent someone to follow them secretly, they were soon lost.

To this day, Elder Li and his companions still don’t know where the dark cuisine world has settled.

An elder said, "Elder Li, changing the swordplay duel in front of the gods to a best-of-three format is against the rules."

Elder Li said, "But the best-of-three system is more advantageous to us. Even if we lose one of the games, we can still win the other two. Our goal is to take back the Eternal Spirit Sword, so we shouldn't be bound by the rules."

"That's...ok."

Master Luo Tian then informed Xu Qing of the conditions of the cooking competition.

Xu Qing didn't know who his opponent was, and the dark culinary world remained mysterious.

But it doesn't matter who the opponent is.

Xu Qing just continued to move towards the ultimate in gourmet food as always.

(End of this chapter)