Chapter 314 Good Rival

Feeling Ruyi Dao's mood, Xu Qing said nothing more and walked to the table to choose ingredients.

The mysterious man made chicken tofu pudding, so Xu Qing chose a similar method.

However, what he made was not chicken tofu pudding, but another similar dish called Hibiscus Chicken Slices.

The method of making Fu Rong Chicken is also to pound the chicken into minced meat.

But the difference between this and chicken tofu pudding is that the chicken mince is put into boiling water to solidify into snowflakes, while Furong chicken slices are made by putting the chicken mince into a frying pan, spreading it into slices, and then taking it out after it is formed.

The chicken slices are named Hibiscus Chicken Slices because their appearance resembles hibiscus flowers.

Similar to chicken tofu pudding, knife skills also play a decisive role in cooking chicken slices in lotus leaves.

Whether the chicken puree is pounded finely and evenly determines the final taste of the dish.

Therefore, these two similar dishes actually test the same thing.

Doesn’t the mysterious man want a head-on confrontation?
Then Xu Qing would go head-to-head with him and compete with him in the same thing.

The two met on this single-plank bridge to see who is the real winner.

When everyone in the judging panel saw Xu Qing starting to prepare the dish, they all turned their eyes to him.

How will this person, who makes the mysterious man so nervous and has to show his true strength to fight him, perform?
Does he really have the ability to make the mysterious man take him seriously?

Xu Qing put Ruyi on the chicken, his wrist trembling slightly, and Ruyi followed his wishes and easily removed the fascia from the chicken breast.

Unlike the mysterious man's constantly growing kitchen knife, Ruyi is just like its name. Its only and greatest ability is to obey Xu Qing's wishes.

This kitchen knife, which was created specifically for him, is a part of his body and a part of his life.

The two people who were connected in mind exerted unprecedented power at this moment.

However, this power is not as gorgeous and charming as the mysterious man's knife skills. It is not so sacred and lofty. There is no such thing as the sun and the moon shining together. There is none of that here.

Judging from the lighting effects alone, Xu Qing's knife skills are not outstanding at all.

Unremarkable.

And this ordinariness happens to be Xu Qing's greatest characteristic and advantage.

The knife skills return to the original simplicity. Every cut is not for showing off, but to restrain all the complicated power and concentrate it on one point in pursuit of more ultimate deliciousness.

Xu Qing's Ruyi sword fell lightly, and the sword light formed a continuous shadow, so fast that people could not see the blade clearly.

But apart from being fast, there is nothing else outstanding about it.

This made the judges, who had previously had high expectations for Xu Qing's abilities, feel extremely disappointed.

Liang Feng immediately mocked and said, "Humph, Shen Cong, I've already said it. The person you chose is not qualified at all! Look at his knife skills, is there anything outstanding about them? I can also do such ordinary knife skills."

Shen Cong's face was gloomy.

That shouldn't be the case. From what he knew about Xu Qing's deeds, Xu Qing's knife skills should be extremely outstanding. Even if they are not as gorgeous as the mysterious man's, at least they can make people's eyes shine.

But such ordinary and mediocre knife skills are not worthy of his status and deeds at all!
Could it be that he was really wrong?

Is this gamble really going to bankrupt me?

When the three leaders saw this scene, they immediately turned to the other side like fence-sitters.

As expected, Liang Feng has a greater chance of winning!

But it’s not their fault that they think this way; it’s human nature.

Anyone who sees Xu Qing's knife skills, especially after comparing them with the mysterious man's amazing knife skills, will feel sincerely disappointed.

Not only them, but also the other people watching sighed unconsciously.

What about the promised fight between dragon and tiger?

The tiger was roaring in the forest, frightening the other beasts, while the dragon was curled up like a tapeworm.

How could this not be disappointing?

Except for one person.

Instead of being disappointed, that person felt a chill down his spine, broke out in a cold sweat, and his hands were shaking slightly.

This person is the mysterious man who displays superb knife skills.

The kitchen knife in his hand stopped unconsciously, and his eyes were fixed on Xu Qing's knife skills. Even if he wanted to look away, he couldn't.

Xu Qing's knife skills had a magical power, as if it glued his eyes to them, forcing him to keep looking.

Every cut, that extremely ordinary knife work, in the eyes of the mysterious man, was like the most wonderful truth of heaven and earth, drawing a simple arc and landing where it should be.

It seemed as if the knife was supposed to fall there.

Falling anywhere else except there would destroy this ultimate mystery and beauty.

Unable to speak, the mysterious man didn't know what to say, and even his mind was blank, even his thoughts disappeared.

It seemed as if everything in the world had disappeared, leaving only the flash of the knife before one's eyes, interpreting the most wonderful truth.

Every time the knife falls, it falls at the most appropriate place, and the food under the knife shows its most wonderful side at this moment.

The unknown delicacy hidden inside the ingredients is dug out from the most secret corners as the knife cuts, exposed to the sun and the air, and transformed into a delicacy that can be tasted.

After seeing Xu Qing's knife skills, the mysterious man looked at the minced chicken in front of him and felt that this originally perfect thing now looked so ugly.

That jade-white posture, in the eyes of the mysterious man, revealed a dead air as lime.

That’s right, the ingredients in his hands did not show their most fabulous side.

Especially when compared with the minced chicken cooked by Xu Qing, the difference is obvious.

The mysterious man now realized why Xu Qing chose a similar approach to him. He wanted to confront the mysterious man head-on, to completely defeat him at his best, to crush his fighting spirit, and to make him despair.

Despair... maybe there was. At some point, at some instant, despair did arise in the mysterious man's heart. He felt regretful. He regretted challenging Xu Qing, regretted having this cooking duel, and even regretted coming here.

But it was only a moment.

In the next moment, he put all the frustration, despair, regret, resentment and unwillingness behind him.

He won't give up.

Even if he is facing an invincible enemy, he will fight with all his might.

At this moment, his thoughts suddenly resonated with the kitchen knife in his hand.

This kitchen knife, which he regarded as a defective product, possessed the same tenacious perseverance and determination as he did.

Even if the road ahead seems bleak, we must pursue and fight. Even if we can only move forward a small step, we will never give up.

The mysterious man, who had always regarded the kitchen knife as a defective product and therefore had never had a spiritual connection with it, now truly felt the kitchen knife's intentions, and the two hearts resonated at this moment.

The mysterious man said softly: "Partner, let us challenge the impossible together."

The kitchen knife hummed softly in his hand.

Then, the mysterious man poured out all the minced chicken he had chopped, re-selected the ingredients, and made the dish again.

The originally gorgeous sword light in his hand actually dimmed a little at this moment, becoming as ordinary as Xu Qing's.

Xu Qing noticed the other party's change and felt a little sad.

This person is indeed a good opponent.

(End of this chapter)