Chapter 139 The Kitchen God Sacrifice, The Cooking Competition
Chapter 139 Zao Lord Festival, Cooking Competition
Author: Beichuan Nanhai
Chapter 139 Zao Lord Festival, Cooking Competition
Luo He stayed at Yulan Dojo for a total of two days.
The two days of learning skills passed by in a flash, and Snow Lotus in the team once again experienced improvement.
Because Xue Xue is an extremely special being among the same race and has the potential to become a king, she is extremely talented.
In less than two days, Xuexue had successfully mastered "Seed Shooting". This learning efficiency amazed Master Liu.
Magnolia Dojo.
On the training ground shaded by flowers and plants.
The white petals on the top of the snowdrop's head stretch out, revealing the bud in the center.
The top of the bud continuously gathers crystal light green energy.
In an instant, the seeds condensed from grass energy shot out like bullets, hitting the target with a 'bang bang bang'.
The white smoke gradually dissipated, leaving traces like bullet holes on the target, but it was not penetrated.
Lotus seeds were scattered on the ground, shining slightly in the sun.
Liu Pingting stood aside and couldn't help but smile when she saw this:
"It only took two days of training to achieve such power in the seed shot. Your talent is quite good."
Hearing this, Xuexue lowered her head shyly, recalled the words of praise, smiled, and was silly and happy to herself.
Liu Pingting raised her gaze and was suddenly startled. She saw Luo He leading the Nine-section Wolf, both of them leaning over and walking around the target.
"Luo He, what are you doing?" Master Liu was slightly curious.
"Collect the lotus seeds..."
Luo He held the bottle containing lotus seeds and felt something was wrong. He coughed lightly and said:
"This is my occupational disease, please don't be offended."
Liu Pingting was stunned for a moment.
No wonder after the past few days of communication, he has been emphasizing that his main job is to be a chef.
This is evident from his love for ingredients.
However, Liu Pingting didn't think there was anything wrong.
The lotus seeds condensed from the snow lotus are edible. Like the sap of the dragon blood tree, they have a wide range of uses and precious value.
Pet animals like snowdrops will even take the initiative to launch lotus seeds when encountering danger, thereby luring natural enemies away.
It is reasonable for Luo He, as the trainer of Snow Lotus, to collect some lotus seeds.
"Today is your last day at Yulan Dojo."
Liu Pingting called Luo He to her side and said:
"According to the agreement, I have also completely taught the 'Seed Shooting' to Snow Lotus."
Luo He nodded.
As a melee nanny, Xuexue can use Gatling when necessary... I mean, it's also very reasonable to use seeds to strafe!
Master Liu taught carefully:
"As long as the proficiency of this move is steadily improved in the future, it is not impossible to master 'Seed Explosion' in a short time."
Seed Explosion, a high-level move, is an upgraded version of Seed Shooting.
In addition to wind, water and animal dispersal, in order to spread their seeds, some plants will rely on the power of fruit cracking when ripe to eject the seeds to a distance. For example, the fruit of impatiens will burst if touched lightly, and may even explode.
The seeds are ejected five meters away.
The origin of the name of the "Seed Explosion" move is related to this propagation mechanism.
Therefore, the richer the life energy contained in the grass-type pet's body, the more amazing the power of the seed bursting move.
Luo He had already asked Xuexue to drink the 'Dragon Blood Juice' given by Master Liu, which not only increased his physical fitness but also increased a little life energy.
This will give Xuexue a unique advantage when using 'Seed Explosion' in the future.
"Thank you Master Liu."
Luo He carefully followed the teachings and said:
"After I return, I will ask Snow Lotus to focus on training the 'seed shooting' move!"
Liu Pingting nodded slightly and said, "Just follow the training plan I arranged for you and just do it step by step."
"Also, add contact information."
Master Liu said: "If you have spare royal jelly, you can come to me to exchange it for imperial concubine flower liquid, or I can come on your behalf and ask for more dragon blood tree sap from the dojo next door."
Royal jelly has a very good nourishing effect on plant-based pets and can beautify the skin, so Master Liu attaches great importance to it.
In short, if you have a lot of royal jelly, you can ask Master Liu to exchange it for imperial concubine flower liquid and dragon blood tree sap. Both of these resources are very helpful to Luo He at the moment.
Especially the dragon's blood sap can enhance Xuexue's life energy. Since it is a third-level resource, it can still be effective even if Xuexue reaches the leader level.
"I've written it down, thank you Master."
Luo He once again expressed his gratitude, said goodbye to Liu Pingting, and prepared to return to Cangcheng.
This trip to Yulan Taoist Temple was very rewarding.
First of all, Xuexue has mastered 'Seed Shooting', which can produce food stably...(crossed out), and can increase self-protection ability.
Xuexue's growth level was also steadily improving. After drinking the dragon's blood tree sap, she successfully entered the intermediate extraordinary stage.
Not long after Xuexue joined the team, her growth level had already caught up with Yuyu's, which made Yuyu a little confused.
"Woo?"
It’s only been a few days since we started co-writing, and I’ve become the weakest in the team again?
"Woo!" Yuyu's eyes were firm, giving birth to the belief that he would become stronger.
No, you have to practice more!
If I had to let snowdrops protect me.
If you tell me, don't let other pet beasts laugh at you!
Little did Luo He know that Yuyu had the idea of taking the initiative to practice more.
However, the pet beasts in the team all have the belief and goal of becoming stronger, which is always what the trainer is happy to see.
When he was about to leave Peacock Prefecture, Luo He unexpectedly discovered that the Hunter Association channel, which had been silent for a long time, sent a message.
After finding a hidden corner and confirming it was safe, Luo He said cautiously: "Hello?"
"Hey, Luo He."
Xia Miao's voice came from the phone:
"Your first task is here."
"What mission?" Luo He asked.
Xia Miao sat alone in the bar box, leaning lazily on the sofa, crossing her two slender legs, taking a sip of the pearl milk tea placed on her knees, and then said:
"Have you ever heard of the "Zao Lord Festival"?"
Luo He was stunned for a moment and said: "Is it a sacrifice to the stove?"
Sacrifice to the kitchen stove is a traditional custom in Donghuang, which originated from the worship of the Zao Lord by the people of Donghuang in ancient times.
Since the portrait of the Kitchen God was lost, the common people did not know the true appearance of the Kitchen God. Therefore, the main process of worshiping the Kitchen God was to "worship the fire." They placed various foods for the Kitchen God on the stove at home and prayed to the Kitchen God for his blessings in front of the bright stove fire.
"Different from folk sacrifices to the Kitchen God, the scale of the Kitchen God Sacrifice is even grander." Xia Miao explained, "In previous years, the Kitchen God Festival was usually held on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, but I don't know what the people at the General Administration got crazy about.
I plan to do it in the summer.”
Luo He thought of the ruins of the Nong Emperor excavated by the Archaeological Bureau a few days ago and fell into deep thought.
Could it be that the advancement of the Zao Lord Festival is related to the recently excavated ruins?
"Every year during the Zao Lord Festival, there are always some activities. This year's project has been released and it is the 'Cooking Competition'."
Xia Miao's tone became serious: "It is said that the winner of this year's competition will have the opportunity to meet the 'Zao Lord'."
Luo He was startled and said in surprise: "Meeting the Kitchen Lord? How is this possible? That is already a legend from the time of the Nong Emperor."
"The source of the information is ambiguous. According to speculation within the organization, it should be related to the ruins of Zao Lord, the remaining consciousness or the secret realm."
Xia Miao paused for a moment and said: "Regardless of whether you can see Kitchen Lord or not, the rewards are real. The winner can even get the fruits of King-level moves. This is enough to make chefs and breeders all over the world flock to it."
The fruits of high-level moves are already priceless.
A fruit that allows pet beasts to instantly master king-level moves is undoubtedly a sky-high price.
Luo He fell into deep thought and secretly speculated.
Could it be that the so-called ‘meeting the Kitchen God’ might be related to the inheritance of the Kitchen King.
The condition for starting this inheritance is a person with excellent cooking skills.
That’s why the General Administration came up with the idea to advance the festival and hold a ‘Culinary Competition’?
This is just my own speculation. You have to go to the competition site to know what the real situation is.
"What should I do?" Luo He asked.
"It's very simple."
Xia Miao smiled slightly: "The leader knows that you have excellent cooking skills, so he specifically mentioned you and me to participate in this cooking competition."
"There is no need to win, as long as you can obtain information related to Zao Lord, it is already a great achievement."
Xia Miao said: "I will disguise my identity, and you can just sign up with your normal identity."
Luo He pondered for a long time.
It’s about Zaojun, and it’s an area I’m good at, so there’s no reason not to do it.
"I understand, tell me the time and place arrangements."
Luo He said:
"I will go to the Kitchen God Festival on time!"
…
The temperature dropped too quickly and I got a fever.
I went to the hospital and just came back from the injection, feeling dizzy.
Just one update today and more tomorrow.
Everyone should also take care of themselves.
Drink more hot water and be careful about catching cold o(╥﹏╥)o