Chapter 279 Evacuation
In fact, Xu Qing felt a little uncomfortable when Yongling Knife deliberately used him to stir up a dispute with the kitchen knife.

The Eternal Spirit Sword has a strong spirituality. It can choose its successor independently and help the holder to display more powerful knife skills, just like that kitchen knife, or even better than it.

But not everyone likes this spirituality.

At least Xu Qing felt uncomfortable.

The Yongling Sword seemed to sense this as well, so when Xu Qing was using his knife skills, it tried its best to restrain its strong spirituality, pretending to be an ordinary kitchen knife, allowing Xu Qing to do what he wanted.

This seemingly neutral approach also implies a sense of apology.

There was apology, but not much.

It has always been others who accommodate the Eternal Spirit Sword. When has the Eternal Spirit Sword ever accommodated others?
The Yongling Sword has always been willful, and it has the capital to be willful.

Just because it is a legendary kitchen utensil, others should respect it, treat it well, and submit to it.

Therefore, it willfully stirs up disputes and anger, smugly watches the new challenger's impotent rage, and then gives the unhappy chef a little comfort and sweetness.

Yonglingdao has done enough.

But Xu Qing still felt uncomfortable.

He didn't want to be played around with by a kitchen knife. He could tolerate it for a while, but if it continued like this, he couldn't stand it.

For Xu Qing, kitchen utensils are tools, and the chef himself should be the one who takes the lead in cooking the dishes.

What kind of dishes he should make, what techniques he should use, and what kind of intention he should put into them should all be controlled by him.

Even if the Yongling Sword used its magical power to help Xu Qing display more powerful knife skills and add more wonderful flavors to the dishes.

But this is not Xu Qing’s own ability, and it is not the dish he made.

This feeling is like a stranger suddenly squeezes into the intimate little home that you have built and starts to point fingers at you, which makes people feel very uncomfortable.

If a chef cannot control the kitchen utensils, he will only be controlled by the kitchen utensils. His eyes and heart will be blinded by the kitchen utensils, and his eyes and heart will be blinded, just like Xiang En now.

Xiang En’s vivid negative example sounded a warning bell in Xu Qing’s heart.

Xiang En was unaware of anything at the moment and was waiting for the final result with full confidence.

The four elders have finished tasting at this moment, and no emotion can be seen on their faces.

But they have reached the final result.

The four elders looked at each other, and Elder Li stood up and announced, "At this moment, I announce the result of the third match of the God Swordsmanship Showdown. The winner is - Xu Qing! Congratulations, Xu Qing."

Xu Qing thanked the four elders and was not surprised by the result.

The most surprised person at this moment was Xiang En.

Xiang En couldn't accept this result and shouted angrily, "Impossible! How could it be him? Can't you taste the love and care in this dish? This kind of peaceful and tranquil love should be able to suppress the love and care in Xu Qing's dish!"

Elder Huang sighed softly: "The one who can't taste it should be you, Xiang En."

"Elder Huang?"

Xiang En never expected that her companion Elder Huang would refute her at this moment.

Elder Huang pointed at the dish and said, "Xiang En, please taste this dish carefully again."

Upon hearing this, Xiang En picked up the dish, put it into his mouth, and savored it carefully.

The refreshing taste penetrates the heart and makes people intoxicated both physically and mentally, just like drinking a sip of clear spring water. The naughty little fish in the spring water keep swimming around the taste buds on the tip of the tongue, leaving a delicious taste.

After careful tasting, the affection for the food begins to emerge.

The fish are happily playing in the rippling blue water, and the anglers by the lake are leisurely and contented, fully integrated with nature, waiting in silence and enjoying the tranquility and peace in nature.

This was exactly what she had tasted when she first tasted it, and this was exactly what this dish was supposed to express.

It was because of this thoughtfulness that Xiang En concluded that this dish would be the winner.

At this moment, after being reminded by Elder Huang, Xiang En savored it again, gradually delving into the peaceful and tranquil mind, and constantly exploring the story behind the mind. Suddenly, the little fish that was out of tune with the peaceful scene jumped out, disturbing the spring water and shattering the peaceful and tranquil mind.

It turns this calm waiting into a state of struggle, and once you seize the opportunity, you are unwilling to let go.

How could this be?
It shouldn’t be!

How could there be such a drastic change of mind?
Isn't it said that the thoughts stored in the kitchenware are fixed? Isn't it said that they will not change?
How come the originally calm and peaceful mind suddenly became filled with an unprecedented sense of "contention"?

Xiang En was stunned for a moment and couldn't figure it out.

Luo Tian said: "The intention in this dish is very delicate. The concept of 'fighting' is similar to Xu Qing's intention, but there are differences. Xu Qing's intention is to actively fight, to change, and to try his best to pursue the final result, even if the hope is very slim. The struggle in this dish is waiting in peace. It silently watches the changes in the situation and waits for the most appropriate opportunity to show a thundering strike."

"But it doesn't fit in with the tranquility of the dish. If the dish had been shaped around this unique 'competition' from the beginning, it might have shown a more subtle meaning. What a pity."

Xiang En turned a deaf ear to it.

At this moment, Elder Huang expressed Xiang En's doubts on her behalf, which were also the doubts in Elder Huang's heart.

He asked, "As far as I know, the intentions stored in the kitchenware are fixed and unchanging. We have tried it many times before, and the intentions it showed were all peaceful and tranquil. Why did it change so much? Suddenly, an unprecedented intention containing 'competition' appeared?"

In the past, based on Elder Huang’s character, he would not have asked these questions.

However, after tasting the thoughtfulness that Xu Qing put into his dishes and communicating with each other, the four of them had a little more understanding and trust between them, just like friends.

Master Luo Tian said frankly: "I'm sorry, I don't know either. I don't understand the mind as well as you do..."

Xu Qing said: "Perhaps it's because of the Eternal Spirit Sword. There was some dispute between the Eternal Spirit Sword and the kitchen knife before, and perhaps this aroused the kitchen knife's own fighting spirit, causing the thoughts stored in it to change."

"What? Could such a thing happen?"

Elder Huang asked in surprise.

At the same time, he felt extremely regretful. If he had known this would happen, he should not have let Xu Qing use the Yongling Sword.

They had thought that the Eternal Spirit Sword could make the spiritual power stored in the kitchen knife stronger, but who could have imagined that it would actually directly change the mind within it, causing them to lose in the end.

Xiang En said with hatred: "It was Roger, it must be Roger! He resented us for taking the kitchen knife away, so he deliberately concealed the fact that his mind would change! He was the forger of the kitchen knife, how could he not know that the kitchen knife's mind might change? But he didn't say a word! This led to the failure!"

Although Xiang En's words seemed to be an attempt to shift the blame, Elder Huang had to admit that he did have good reasons to do so.

Someone must be found to take responsibility for this failure.

And now, the result is out, they lost, and the Yongling Sword will be returned to the Guangdong Chefs Association.

People from the Guangdong Kitchen Association appeared all around, along with many officers and soldiers sent by the Guangzhou Prefecture.

Even Luo Tian and Elder Li were secretly on guard to prevent any more trouble from happening in the dark culinary world.

Elder Huang's eyes flickered, and it was obvious that he was also considering what to do.

Finally, he sighed and said, "We lost this duel."

"Elder Huang..."

Xiang En said unwillingly.

Elder Huang said, "Forget it, Xiang En. Even if you take back the Yongling Knife now, you will only get a useless kitchen utensil."

After that, he stood up and slowly stepped back, saying: "This matter will not end like this. The Eternal Spirit Sword will be left with you for the time being, and we will come again next time. By then, your opponents will only be more powerful chefs from the dark cuisine world!"

Master Luo Tian said: "If you want to come and have a sword duel in front of the gods, no matter how many times, we welcome you."

"Humph."

Elder Huang sneered, and the people from the dark cuisine world covered them and they quickly retreated.

The surrounding officers and soldiers and members of the Guangdong Chefs Association wanted to give chase, but Luo Tian shouted, "No need to chase. Our goal is to get back the legendary kitchen utensils. Now the kitchen utensils are safe, so there is no need to create any more trouble."

The people in the dark cuisine world retreated in a hurry, and the kitchen knife, which was of no use at all, was still lying alone on the stove.

(End of this chapter)