Chapter 288 Thickness
Kaiyou was not the only one who was surprised. Everyone else, including the Great Elder, was shocked by Xiang En's words.

Kai's exquisite and perfect knife skills exceeded everyone's imagination from the very beginning.

No matter how strong everyone's desire to survive is, what can they do in the face of such perfect knife skills?

How can something perfect be found to have flaws?
Even if we ask them to guess, they can't do it.

I thought that perfect knife skills could make up for all the shortcomings.

If they are faced with an uneven polygon, they can easily point out that it is not good here and there, but what can they say when faced with a perfect circle?
There is nothing else to say except praise and amazement.

The Great Elder couldn't help but ask, "Xiang En, have you really seen the shortcomings of Lord Kaiyou's knife skills?"

"Don't talk nonsense if you can't see it!"

Someone in the crowd said dissatisfiedly.

"That's right! How could Lord Kaiyou's knife skills be so perfect that there could be any flaws?"

"If you dare to talk nonsense to Xiang En and slander Lord Kaiyou, I will never forgive you!"

"That's right!"

There were bursts of dissatisfaction among the crowd.

Even though their life and death were in Kaiyou's hands, even though they would suffer a terrible consequence worse than death.

But at this moment, they were still deeply impressed by Kaiyou's unrivaled knife skills.

The fear in their hearts instantly turned into worship of the strong.

Kaiyou, this terrible devil, became a god worshipped by everyone at this moment.

Let people cheer for him willingly and give everything to protect him.

Even when facing Xiang En, who was once their companion, they were not polite at all!

Xiang En felt very upset when he saw his companions turn against him in an instant.

Since these people think she is talking nonsense, she will prove it to them!

Xiang En took a deep breath and said, "Lord Kaiyou. There are some things that are difficult for me to describe in words. Can you let me show them to you?"

"of course can."

Kaiyou agreed, and even generously handed his precious kitchen knife to Xiangen for her to use.

This made Xiang En flattered.

As soon as Xiang En got the kitchen knife in his hand, he felt it was very handy.

The weight, feel, and balance are all kept just right within the most comfortable range.

Even if you haven't used it to cut vegetables, you can feel the extraordinary nature of this kitchen knife just by holding it in your hand.

It is indeed as Master Roger said, this is a top-notch kitchen knife, and even surpasses Roger's level in some casting techniques.

Holding such an outstanding kitchen knife, Xiang En became more confident.

She picked a piece of beef from the side, washed it and put it on the chopping board, then stood in front of the beef and closed her eyes in thought.

She wanted to recreate the knife skills that Xu Qing had demonstrated in her memory just now.

The only thing that can defeat perfection is something stronger than perfection.

It is true that Kaiyou's knife skills have reached the pinnacle of perfection, but Xu Qing's knife skills have surpassed it and opened up a new path at the end of the road.

On the basis of reaching the top level of skills, Xu Qing surpassed the limit and returned the knife skills to the basics. He no longer pursued the beauty and sophistication of the skills themselves, but explored the natural beauty of the ingredients themselves and displayed that beauty.

After all, knife skills are just an auxiliary skill, and the ultimate goal is to make more delicious dishes.

Therefore, taste should be the real pursuit of knife skills.

Instead of blindly pursuing the technique itself, or treating knife skills as a performance item.

However, with Xiang En's ability, it is impossible to completely reproduce Xu Qing's knife skills.

Even if she was given another hundred years, she still couldn't do it.

Xiang En himself is very clear about this.

So she only pursued one knife.

Xiang En put all her energy, skills, and experience into this one cut, making it as close to Xu Qing's knife skills as possible. So she stood in front of the chopping board, forgetting everything around her, concentrating all her mind on chasing that one cut that surpassed perfection.

Time passed minute by minute, and seeing Xiang En just standing in front of the chopping board, motionless and in a daze, the crowd suddenly booed and sneered.

The same thought came to everyone's mind at the same time: Xiang En was indeed bragging!
She couldn't find any flaws in her knife skills at all, and she said that just to try her luck!
Now that the time has come for her to really demonstrate her skills, she shows her weakness!

Before the crowd could sneer at them, Kaiyou waved his hand and suppressed the booing.

There was a moment of silence in the field.

Unlike everyone else, as time went by, Kaiyou gradually became serious from his initial playful mood.

Sweat gradually appeared on Xiang En's forehead and his face turned pale.

Kaiyou knew that this was because she had concentrated all her will and constantly practiced the knife skills in her mind in order to present the best skills.

What kind of technology could make Xiang En spend so much energy and effort?

Could it be possible that Xiang En could really point out the shortcomings of his knife skills?
will not.

His knife skills are perfect.

Even he himself couldn't find any flaws, so how could Xiang En possibly find any?

Unless Xiang En also possessed the same extraordinary five senses as him, unless Xiang En had a stronger talent than him, she would never be able to find any flaws.

So does Xiang En have this talent?

of course not.

Kaiyou's heart gradually relaxed.

He felt ridiculous for his previous caution.

At this moment, Xiang En moved.

She opened her eyes, placed the kitchen knife on the beef, and cut lightly. A piece of meat as thin as paper was cut off smoothly.

After cutting once, Xiang En put down the kitchen knife and stopped.

This knife was already her limit.

And this one blow is enough.

Everyone was confused and were about to ask, but at this moment they noticed Kaiyou's unusual reaction.

This young man, who had been gentle and refined like a rich young man since the first time they met, now had bloodshot eyes, a hideous and distorted face, and completely lost his composure.

At this moment, he really looked as scary as a demon.

Kaiyou walked quickly forward, gently picked up the piece of meat with his hand, and looked closely at it.

His eyes were almost glued to the slices of meat, and his extraordinary eyesight was pushed to the limit, allowing him to see almost every fiber of the meat clearly.

But he was still not satisfied.

Because this simple knife contained too many things that he could not see.

Kaiyou thought his knife skills had reached perfection, but this one cut went beyond perfection.

Xiang En tried his best to imitate the knife skill, but in the end it was still somewhat specious and failed to truly show Xu Qing's knife skills.

But she grasped the key point, the most profound essence of knife skills, which is to show the natural beauty of ingredients.

The slice of meat cut by this knife naturally contains the most delicious part of the beef.

Both the texture fiber and the fatness of the meat are kept in the most appropriate range.

In terms of thinness, this slice of meat is actually thicker than the one cut by Kaiyou. Logically speaking, thick slices of meat indicate that the chef's knife skills are insufficient.

But Kaiyou knew very well that if he put the two slices of meat into his mouth and tasted them at the same time, then there would be no doubt that the slice of meat cut by Xiang En would be more delicious.

Because thin doesn't mean good taste.

It's just showing off the chef's skills.

But this piece of meat at this moment has surpassed the skill itself and reached the essential pursuit of knife skills, which is to show the deliciousness of the ingredients.

(End of this chapter)