In the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon, and the Palace Square, which had been quiet since the start of the game, became lively again!
At this time, a large number of temporary stoves had been set up in the square. Amidst the whispers of the onlookers, contestants continued to walk towards the vacant stoves. When they saw the contestants they supported entering the stadium, they kept talking.
There were bursts of cheers, and there were cheers one after another. Before long, the whole square was filled with people, which was quite lively!
At the judging table, the old city owner and Vanessa had been waiting for a long time. The three old men chatted about interesting things in the rest room. Vanessa and Mana also chatted with Mana about common topics among artists. At the judging table,
Not far away, a huge hourglass is continuously sliding down fine sand. It seems that the time marked by the hourglass is running out!
At this time, Vanessa suddenly paused and looked towards the audience with a tacit understanding. She immediately saw Lin Zheng's smiling face. Seeing Lin Zheng waving to her, Vanessa burst out laughing.
Seeing this, Mana beside her immediately smiled and said, "Have you seen your Yiping brother again?"
Vanessa smiled and waved to Lin Zheng and said, "Yes! It seems that the players they support have successfully collected ingredients!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the figures of Qinglan and Qingxue appeared in the entrance channel of the contestants. Looking at the two people entering the entrance, Mana pursed her lips and smiled and said: "I'm afraid they won't be able to see the outcome of this competition."
That’s the key!”
"Brother Yiping, it's probably a bit difficult!" Vanessa said with a smile, "But Fite is also in the team!"
"You have such a high opinion of that girl named Feite!" the old city lord said with great interest.
"Of course!" Vanessa said confidently, "After all, Feit is also the third-in-command of the Western Hell. To put it bluntly, Feit's ability is much better than yours!"
"The third in command of hell!" The old city lord grinned, "To put it this way, it is indeed very impressive, but I am still very confident in one thing! When it comes to cooking skills, I will never lose to anyone!!
"
After hearing this, Vanessa Mana immediately burst into laughter. Indeed, this old glutton is the most enthusiastic about food research among all the gluttonous city lords. With the accumulation of predecessors and his own research, his cooking skills have already reached the pinnacle.
Such words are definitely not bragging! But you are still a city lord after all! You can speak so confidently even if you don’t do your job properly. You are really a disrespectful old naughty boy!
While several people were talking, the sand in the hourglass had reached the final moment. The timekeeper stared at the hourglass carefully until the last sand fell. The official immediately waved his hand, and when he saw his gesture, the gong hand waved.
The sledgehammer in his hand struck the gong!
"哐——!!"
With the blessing of the amplification magic, the loud sound of the gong immediately reverberated throughout the square. Under this deafening sound, the crowd that was noisy and boiling for a moment immediately fell silent! The sound of the gong was not heard yet.
After the news broke, the host of the competition shouted from the host station: "The hunting time is over, and the contestants who did not show up will automatically lose their qualifications!"
At this moment, the few players who had just rushed out of the entrance channel suddenly became pale. They were one step too late, really too late! Even if they only stepped into the entrance channel with their front feet, they would have entered in time.
It’s a pity that there are not so many ifs in reality. Except for their supporters, no one will pay attention to them now!
After asking the old city lord for instructions, the host turned around and sounded a high-pitched voice again: "Now we will enter the cooking part of the second round. In this part, the contestants will have one hour to think about the food they want to cook.
, after the competition officially begins, all contestants are not allowed to exchange any items, nor are they allowed to seek support from outside the venue! If you need to use non-limited ingredients for cooking, you can apply to the host, and please keep it in mind!
If you still have any questions about the rules, you can raise them now!"
After saying this, the host looked around. After seeing that all the contestants expressed no doubts, he shouted: "Since the contestants have no doubts, I declare that the cooking competition is...
start!!"
"哐——!!"
The loud gong sounded again. At this moment, all the contestants who had closed their eyes to relax suddenly opened their eyes! With a wave of their hands, all the ingredients collected appeared on the chopping board.
Qinglan also took out all the ingredients he had collected, including black bear liver, earth-binding vine, the eggs of the flame eagle found in the Skyfire Basin, and the mortal bone bison captured in the Land of Mortal Bones. After obtaining the earth-binding vine, Qinglan
She had already decided on the food she wanted to cook, so in the next two areas, Qinglan purposefully searched for areas where the ingredients might appear!
The eggs of the flame eagle and the mortal bone bison are both five-point ingredients. The area where the ingredients are distributed is not too difficult for him and Qingxue. However, the prey itself is really hidden. In order to find this
The two ingredients took a lot of time for the two of them, but luckily they found them in the end and rushed back to the square in time.
The two of them suddenly looked at each other in unison. After meeting each other's eyes, a faint smile appeared on their faces. Then, Qingxue clenched her fists in front of her chest. Come on! After understanding Qingxue's meaning, Qinglan smiled.
He nodded, clenched his fists in front of his chest, and worked hard together!
"These two little guys are a bit interesting!" An old judge looked at Qinglan and Qinglan with interest, "Both of them use the same ingredients, so they seem to be working together!"
"The 10-point ingredients, the ground-binding vine, and the remaining three are all 5-point ingredients..." The old city owner nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, at least they avoided the last trap. In terms of cooking skills,
These two little guys are both very good. There is no problem in advancing, but I don’t know how much help that kid Yiping has helped here!"
"Don't worry about this, old man!" Vanessa said with a smile on her face, "Brother Yiping is not a capable master. Since he boasted about Haikou and wanted to select a qualified city lord for you, then he is testing the city lord.
It is impossible for him to interfere in the ability test! Moreover, I heard them say yesterday that Qinglan and the others still don’t know that they are secretly helping! That kid Qinglan is not ordinary cautious.
!”
Hearing this, the old city lord laughed heartily: "Of course, no matter what, the little guy Qinglan, but the most outstanding children of the younger generation of my fifth family, how can it be so easy for Yiping boy to do it?"
You were fooled!"
While the old city lord was feeling complacent, many contestants had already started cooking dishes! Although the competition lasted for one hour, if it were placed in an ordinary cooking competition, one hour of cooking time would not be enough to cook a pot.
Soup, but for the contestants who can come here, one hour is really too much!
Less than a minute after the host finished speaking, some contestants had already raised their hands. When the contestants walked to the judging table with their delicious food, Qinglan suddenly felt a strong feeling.
Hostility! I looked up subconsciously and saw the fierce eyes of the contestant. This guy was the fifth eldest brother!
When Qinglan frowned, Fifth Changge snorted coldly and walked to the judging table. Then, the dishes cooked by Fifth Changge were presented in front of the judges.
Vanessa looked at the dishes on the plate. It was a square piece of pastry, which looked quite delicate. The golden pastry was dotted with a small red fruit, which made people want to have a full meal!
Under the complacent gaze of the Fifth Chief, Vanessa and the others moved their knives and forks. As they cut the pastry on the plate, a fragrant hot air immediately spewed out from the inside of the pastry, and they just smelled it.
This fragrance has already made Vanessa look intoxicated. Sure enough, the children of the fifth family are all excellent chefs! No matter what ingredients are used, at least the taste is unspeakable!
He inserted the pastry soaked in sauce into his mouth and chewed it, with a look of enjoyment on his face, "This full and delicious taste is the sockeye salmon unique to the Land of Mortal Bones!"
"That's right!" the fifth captain said quite proudly, "Sockeye salmon is a rare and top-quality food in all competition areas. It took me a lot of effort to catch this thing!
Originally, as a top-quality fish ingredient, it is the best cooking choice to make fish raw! However, I got salad manda fruit in Tianhuo Basin. As a top auxiliary ingredient, salad manda fruit can be used in the cooking process of cooked food.
The delicious flavors of the ingredients are absorbed and preserved, so that the sockeye salmon in this dish presents a dual flavor, bringing out the delicious taste of sockeye salmon to a transcendent level!”
"That's not all!" The old city owner looked at the pastry on his fork, "Although the combination of red scale salmon and salad manda fruit is very good, after the two are combined, because the flavor is too strong, it will form a raw food and
There is a gap in flavor between cooked foods. In order to resolve this gap that destroys the overall coordination, you also added a third ingredient!"
"As expected of the old man!" The fifth eldest brother grinned. As a son, how could he not know how naughty his old man was? "The third ingredient is the fire phosphorus mushroom found in the elemental forest, although it is not the most cunning.
Top-quality ingredients, but its half-cooked nature is the best ingredient to coordinate the flavor of the entire dish! Finally, it is the wet wheat used to make the pastry..." Speaking of which, Fifth Changge
He gritted his teeth a little. If that kid Qinglan hadn't intervened, he would have been able to get something like the earth-binding vine! Although the pastry made from wet marsh wheat is not bad, it is far from the perfect dish of the fifth-longest dish.
, there is still a big gap!
The judges finished the small pastries quickly. Seeing the judges put down their knives and forks, the fifth Chang Ge raised his chest when he came back to his senses. Although the selection of the dishes was not perfect, for his own
He is still very confident in his craftsmanship!
"Now! Let the judges give their scores!"
As the host finished speaking, the first person to give a score was Mana, 4 points! As soon as he saw this score, Fifth Chang Geyan's anger immediately came out, and then Vanessa's score came out.
, still 4 points! And the old city lord was even more harsh, only giving 2 points! When the remaining two old men scored 4 points, the fifth Changge immediately yelled: "Why?
!How can the dishes I carefully prepare only have this kind of score!?"
Not only was Fifth Chang Ge unconvinced, but his supporters were also very angry. It was clear that a few people had eaten so much just now and were praising them constantly, but in the end, they were given such a score that was not even a passing grade. This was also
So infuriating!
The old city lord calmly let his boy finish yelling, and after putting down the napkin to wipe his mouth, he stared at the fifth captain and said: "First of all, as a finished dish, your salmon cake is indeed quite outstanding, but
In terms of taste, I can give you an 8 points!”
"Then why?!"
Looking at the aggrieved Fifth Chang Ge, the old city lord sighed helplessly, "This is the Chang Ge, and there are rules for the competition. Think about it again, what are the rules for this competition?"
Hearing this, Fifth Changge's angry expression was stunned for a moment. He calmed down a little, then touched his chin and recalled the rules of the game. Others also began to whisper at this moment. After a while, Fifth Changge's expression changed.
It turned dark. Seeing the sudden change in his expression, the old city lord knew that this boy already understood what the problem was. However, he still had to tell what should be said. After all, the audience didn't know, so as not to be criticized by the audience as judges like them.
unfair!
"This competition requires contestants to hunt and collect ingredients by themselves, and use the obtained ingredients to cook delicious food! However, when it comes to the evaluation of dishes, the competition has already stipulated that they can only highlight the flavor of one ingredient!" said the old man.
The city lord then looked towards the fifth longest row, "You have already made the biggest mistake in this competition in the selection of ingredients for your dishes. You only used high-scoring ingredients. This makes your dishes different.
The flavors of the ingredients are mixed quite obviously. From this point of view, your work has deviated from the test questions of this competition!"
The Fifth Changge heard this and gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and felt regretful. The old man actually set up such a trap in the cook's game. It was so insidious! He just wanted to make delicious food to satisfy the old man's appetite. How could he still do it?
You can notice this kind of thing!
At this time, Vanessa continued: "However, you are still very lucky this time!"
When the fifth captain raised his head in confusion, Vanessa said: "Although they are all high-scoring ingredients, the flavor of sockeye salmon is indeed a bit more outstanding. And when you combine it with salad manda fruit, the flavor will be enhanced."
It has been significantly improved, thereby suppressing part of the flavor of the fire phosphorus mushroom and wet marsh wheat, so you can get the current score from us!"
As soon as Vanessa finished speaking, the host started counting the points, "Sockeye salmon 10 points, salad mandarin fruit 10 points, fire phosphorus 9 points, wet marsh wheat 7 points, the total ingredient score is 36 points, the judges score
A total of 18 points, a total of 54 points, and an average score of 6 points, reaching the qualifying score for this competition. Congratulations to the fifth-longest player for successfully advancing to the next round!"
After hearing the results announced by the host, the fifth Changge immediately felt his feet go weak, and his whole body felt like he was losing strength. It was so thrilling! He was just a little bit close, and he was brushed off! He finally stabilized his footing.
After that, the fifth eldest brother took a long breath, and then raised his hands to the judging table, "Thank you all the judges!" This result is already the best for him, and even if he goes off topic, it will be fine.
It's really a fluke that I passed the exam! Fifth Chang Ge dare not have any opinions!
When the fifth column retreated, the expressions of many contestants changed. It was obvious that these were guys who did not notice the trap. After all, the competition was just decided in a hurry, and there were still some loopholes in the rules.
, at this moment, after hearing about the trap of the competition, those contestants who had not finished the dishes quickly overturned the dishes they had decided before and rethought how to cook dishes that met the test questions!
However, the four major areas are not the contestants’ back gardens. There are huge risks at every step when acting in them. Therefore, the vast majority of the contestants have only collected a limited number of ingredients! Even if they are allowed to
Even if they decide the dishes again, they won't be able to come up with so many dishes. What's more, there are more people who are full of equal parts of ingredients. They are the most desperate with these ingredients in their hands, because no matter how they use them,
Matching ingredients and flavor issues between ingredients cannot be solved!
While each contestant looked desperate, Qinglan and Qingxue were preparing their dishes very calmly. They had already sensed the final trap, so there was no need to feel uneasy about it! All they needed to do now was
If they steadily exert their own skills and cook the best food with the ingredients on hand, then the qualification for promotion is just in their pocket!
The most troublesome ingredient is the vine, which takes a lot of time to peel, crush and prepare the vine powder. In order to do the best, the two always strive for excellence when doing it, striving to produce the best possible result.
Waiting for the earth-binding vine powder! After the preparation of the vine powder is completed, the remaining process is much simpler for the two of them!
However, although the materials they chose were exactly the same, they had different results when it came to deciding on the dishes! Not long after, Qinglan's work was finally completed, and at the same time, Qingxue also completed her own work.
, after looking at each other's works, the two of them showed confident smiles, turned around, and raised their hands.