Chapter 308 Gap
In the face of such delicious food, what else can Chef Tang say?

"You...well, that's not fair."

"what?"

This inexplicable sentence left Xu Qing stunned.

What's unfair about that?

Chef Tang said, "Didn't we say before that we wanted to recreate the cooking showdown? Do you call this a recreate? This is clearly an enhancement of the original dishes!"

Xu Qing smiled and said, "This is fair, isn't it? Chef Tang, you can improve the dishes as you please, but I am not allowed to improve them. This is not fair."

Chef Tang naturally knew that he was being unreasonable, but he had suffered such a great blow at the time and felt really unbalanced, so he behaved in such an inappropriate way.

When he faced the mysterious man's fried chicken wings, he was unwilling to give up and even wanted to challenge him again and even defeat him.

But when faced with this fried chicken wing, Chef Tang couldn't muster up any fighting spirit.

Such a complete and perfect dish is like facing the full moon in the sky. It is simply a fantasy to want to find its flaws or to want to defeat it.

Because how can you talk about victory when you can't even touch it?

It's terrible. It's really terrible.

Chef Tang looked at the young man in front of him carefully, as if he was meeting him for the first time.

Even though Master Luo Tian praised Xu Qing to the skies in the letter he sent, it was after all the words of someone close to Xu Qing, so the credibility was not high. Therefore, Chef Tang immediately discounted his praise in his heart.

Coupled with Xu Qing's many legendary deeds, Chef Tang regards Xu Qing as an equal to himself.

But how powerful and terrifying Xu Qing's strength is can only be truly experienced by tasting the dishes he cooks.

All the praises from Master Luo Tian and his many legendary deeds are far less real and frightening than this dish.

This huge gap in strength directly crushed Chef Tang’s will.

Before this, he regarded Xu Qing as a young man with outstanding talent and bright future, and as his companion on the road of culinary arts.

But at this moment he realized that Xu Qing had already surpassed him so much that he couldn't even see Xu Qing's back. Xu Qing had already gone to a place he couldn't imagine.

Faced with an enemy so unimaginable, what else is he fighting against?

Is there any need to fight?
"I lost."

Chef Tang said softly.

"Chef Tang..."

Xu Qing noticed that Chef Tang was in a very depressed mood and wanted to say a few more words to cheer him up.

Chef Tang shook his head and said, "No need to say more, Xu Qing, just let me be quiet for a while."

Xu Qing nodded.

Chef Tang didn't need his help.

"Father."

The three heroes stood there, at a loss as to what to do.

When he really saw his father lose with his own eyes, what Sanjie felt in his heart was not the fear of being beaten, but the discomfort.

He had never seen his strong father show such an expression. His straight back seemed to be bent in an instant, and his whole spirit collapsed.

Even though he had lost before, my father had never shown this kind of expression, an expression as if he had lost everything and could no longer muster the will to fight.

His father just stood there with a calm expression, but Sanjie was so upset that he was twitching and tears kept falling down his face.

Xu Qing patted his shoulder and whispered, "Sanjie, let's go and let your father be alone for a while."

The three heroes wiped their tears and nodded silently.

The two of them left quietly, until they were far away and could no longer see the kitchen. Then Sanjie asked, "Will father be okay?"

"You look down on your father too much."

Xu Qing said.

Sanjie said hurriedly: "I didn't! I..."

Xu Qing said, "Don't worry. This blow is only temporary for Chef Tang. He will recover naturally in two days."

"But……"

Sanjie was still very worried. Would such a strong father be really okay after encountering such a major setback?

Xu Qing led the three heroes to sit aside and said, "Three heroes, each of us will experience such setbacks and pains in the process of learning cooking, especially a top chef like your father. When you don't know, he has experienced much more pain than you can imagine. It is because of these pains, stepping on the pain step by step, that he can become a top chef and the father you know."

"Now you just saw his pain and lost confidence in him, thinking that he can't stand up from the pain. If you think so, then you don't know him well and you underestimate him."

Xu Qing's words instantly made the three heroes feel ashamed.

He is his father's son!
As a son, it is really wrong for him to lose confidence in his father!
All the hesitation and discomfort in Sanjie's heart disappeared, and all he had in his heart was full confidence in his father.

Yes, how could the backbone that seems to support the sky bend so easily?
Even if a temporary setback makes my father feel depressed, he will eventually hold his head high again and move forward.

His father was like this, so he should be like this too!

No matter what kind of setbacks and pain you face in the future, even if you are knocked down by it and become discouraged, you must eventually get up, face it, overcome it, and move forward.

Sanjie nodded firmly and said, "I understand. I won't think like that anymore!"

Xu Qing looked at the child's straight back in front of him, and seemed to vaguely see the shadow of Chef Tang.

With his outstanding talent and firm perseverance, Sanjie will definitely become an excellent chef and perhaps even surpass his father one day.

Chef Tang's recovery speed was even faster than Xu Qing had imagined. It only took him half a day to deal with his depressed mood. By the afternoon, he was talking and laughing, and he was back to normal.

Seeing his father's look, Sanjie realized more deeply that what Xu Qing said was right, and he felt great admiration for his father. At the same time, he also took his father as an example and worked hard to learn. He not only wanted to learn cooking skills from his father, but also tried hard to catch up with his father in character and will.

Chef Tang has not yet noticed the subtle changes in the three heroes because he now has a more urgent matter to deal with.

"Xu Qing, I have decided not to participate in the duel with the mysterious man. The legendary kitchenware, the reincarnation pot, is now in your hands. Do not let that mysterious man take the legendary kitchenware away."

After the previous cooking showdown, Chef Tang deeply realized that Xu Qing's strength far exceeded his, and after seeing the higher level of grilled chicken wings, he was not so obsessed with defeating the mysterious man.

His goal now is to pursue the sense of completeness displayed by Xu Qing, which is what attracts him most.

"Chef Tang, the Great Alliance does not want the legendary kitchen utensils to be taken away by strangers. They have their own considerations. But Chef Tang, you should not be interested in power. Since the other party won the cooking duel, it is only natural for him to get the legendary kitchen utensils. Why do you have to keep the legendary kitchen utensils?"

Xu Qing asked doubtfully.

Chef Tang said, "On the one hand, it's because the mysterious man's origins are unknown. He still refuses to tell us his name because he thinks we don't deserve to know it. He has never taken us chefs seriously. On the other hand, I feel something similar to the dark culinary world in him."

"Something like that? What is it?"

"Ambition. If he gets the legendary kitchen utensils, he will definitely not use them for the right purpose. Xu Qing, you must take the legendary kitchen utensils back from him."

(End of this chapter)