Chapter 82: The ever-changing six lights Xuanji knife (2)
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Nian Bing was not in a hurry. Every time he went to a city, he would rest for a few days to meditate and study magic. When he left Oran City, there were still three months left before the Five Nations New Magician Competition. Three months was enough for him to get on the road.
.As I heard when I was in Oran City, the further you go to the south of the Oran Empire, the more barren the surrounding area becomes. When you walk on the road and look around, you can often see a desolate scene. This phenomenon has been until Nian Bing.
It ends when the southwestern part of the Oran Empire enters the Huarong Empire.
In the distance, a huge city is crawling on the vast plain like a monster. It can no longer be described as a city. Taru City, which straddles the border between the Oran Empire and the Huarong Empire, is clearly a huge fortress.
On both sides of the fortress are Huarong Empire troops stretching for hundreds of miles. The Huarong Empire has an excellent geographical location. The empire in the deep south occupies a large area of fertile land, and they are facing the sea to the southwest. Although they are separated from Langmu and Qilu
It borders the three Oran Empires, but the area that needs to be defended is not large. The Huarong Empire attaches great importance to its military. The empire's main combat power is composed of four major armies, namely the Northern Army Group stationed at the border with the Langmu Empire in the north.
, consisting of the Northeast Army Group stationed near Taru City in the northeast, the Eastern Group Army stationed at the junction of the East and the Chiru Empire, and the Central Group Army stationed near the capital Dutian City. The number of troops serving in the country has never been less than one hundred and two.
One hundred thousand. For other empires, maintaining so many legions must be a huge burden, but for the rich Huarong Empire, this is not a difficult task. Just like they launch attacks on surrounding empires
, not really to snatch anything, but more for the purpose of training soldiers. After all, soldiers who have never been on the battlefield are by no means qualified soldiers.
Each of the four major armies of the Huarong Empire is commanded by a marshal. Among them, the Central Army is the most powerful. The famous Flame Lion Knights are the elite of the Central Army. And what Nian Bing sees now is Hua Hua.
The Northeast Army of the Rong Empire is stationed in Taru City. Taru City is not divided between the two countries like Ice Orchid City. The Huarong Empire's army is stationed here, but the Oran Empire's army has already withdrawn inland. Regardless of equipment,
, military pay, quantity and other aspects, the Oran Empire is far worse than the Huarong Empire. If it were not for the Langmu Empire, which is also a powerful country, restricting the Huarong Empire, Huarong would have already opened his flaming lion.
Its huge mouth swallowed up the Oran Empire.
Before arriving at Taru City, the first thing Nian Bing has to pass is the defense line of the Huarong Empire. Here, he will be subject to strict inspection. If a trace of suspicion is aroused, he will be prohibited from entering the Huarong Empire. However, for the inspection of Nian Bing
But he has his own way to deal with it. After all, he is a member of the Huarong Empire. Although his understanding of the Huarong Empire is mostly limited to his father's stories, and although he does not have much love for his motherland, his roots are in
Huarong, all the memories about Huarong Empire are so profound.
Standing behind the inspection queue, looking up at the huge gate of Taru City that looked like the mouth of a giant lion, Nian Bing murmured: "Huarong, I'm back again, more than ten years later, I'm back.
I remember going here when I left. Dad, don’t worry, if possible, I will definitely fight for what we deserve."
The inspection speed is very fast. Most civilians and businessmen entering the city have passes issued by the Huarong Empire. With the passes, they can easily enter the city. After all, there are very few people who dare to make trouble in the Huarong Empire now, and it is not a war period.
The inspection will naturally not be very strict.
Finally it was Nian Bing's turn. The armor-clad guard commander said to him like everyone else: "Show me your pass." His tone was not harsh, because he saw Nian Bing's long golden hair.
Blond hair is very common in the Huarong Empire. The guards are always polite to their own people. Someone once calculated that more than 90% of the high-level nobles in the Huarong Empire have blond hair.
Shaking his head, Nian Bing said calmly: "I'm sorry, I don't have a pass."
"No?" The guard commander looked at him with some surprise. Nian Bing did not have any salutes on his body, and his clothes were very ordinary, but the guard commander who saw a lot of people saw an unusual temperament from him, "Since
If you don't have a pass, you need to search your whole body, please go over there." He said, pointing to a crudely built room next to the city gate.
Shaking his head again, Nian Bing stretched out his right hand, "I don't think so." With a pop, a ball of flame burned from the palm of his hand. The flame swayed in the breeze, and the surrounding temperature suddenly increased a bit.
, "I am a fire magician."
The surprise in the guard commander's eyes suddenly turned into respect, "It turns out to be Mr. Magician, please come into the city." After saying that, he quickly got out of the way and Nian Bing stepped in without encountering any obstruction.
The Huarong Empire is a country that worships fire. Due to the extremely prosperous magic in the country, everyone from the king to the common people respect magicians, especially powerful magicians. Therefore, the king once issued an order that as long as he is a magician, no matter which country he is,
All magicians can enter the Huarong Empire at will, especially fire magicians, who are the most popular targets in the Huarong Empire. Coupled with Nian Bing's blond hair, the guards will naturally not stop them.
The first feeling you get when you walk into Taru City is that it is prosperous, which is in sharp contrast to the Oran Empire. The streets are full of bustling people, including some soldiers on vacation. No matter what kind of store you are running, business is very good.
As a border city, it is so rich. I am afraid that only the Huarong Empire can do it. No one here will worry about the invasion of foreign enemies. After all, the Northeast Army Group stationed here by the Huarong Empire is not a vegetarian.
Taking a deep breath, Nian Bing sighed softly, "Is this the air of the motherland? In the motherland, I'm afraid no one will admit that I belong to Huarong." As a member of the Huarong Empire, I came back this time to represent the Ice Moon Empire in the new magician competition.
Competition, for him, this is not an irony.
Walking on the street, Nian Bing was preparing to find a hotel to stay in. There are still two months left before the Magician Competition. Although it is not close from here to Capital City, half a month is enough to get there, so he still has a lot of things to do.
Time. Nian Bing's mind is now full of magic. He has absolute confidence in his cooking skills. On the way to the Huarong Empire, he has decided to use the three months before the competition as his journey to practice magic.
Everywhere he went, he would stay for at least a day to practice the various magics he thought about on the way, especially the newly acquired Xuanji Sword, which was the top priority of his practice. Someone once said that at close range, a warrior is magic.
However, space magicians are the nemesis of all warriors. This shows the status of space magic in the mainland magic world. Having space magic is equivalent to having an amulet in front of warriors. Of course, space magicians
It also has its own weakness, that is, its poor attack ability. Space magic is best at teleportation and confinement. Only when you reach the wizard level or above, the attack power will gradually become apparent.
Suddenly, Nian Bing saw the flow of people on the street rushing in one direction, as if something had happened. He thought to himself, does anyone dare to cause trouble in Taru City? There can't be such stupid people.
Bar.
The flow of people was surging. Driven by the flow of people, Nian Bing unconsciously moved in that direction. Out of curiosity, he asked a passerby beside him: "What happened over there? Why does everyone have to go there?"
A passerby said: "Little brother, you must have just come here. This is a grand event that only happens every few years! The cooking challenge competition held every three years by Hualong Hotel in Talu Square just started today and will last for three days.
Oh my god, these three days will be our three days of carnival in Taru City. Famous chefs from all over the country will come here to participate in the challenge. This competition is second only to the God of Cooking competition in the culinary world. Don’t watch it.
What a pity, hurry up, otherwise you won’t be able to see it if you are too far away.”
Nian Bing's heart was moved. He had never heard Cha Ji talk about this Hualong Culinary Challenge. It seems that it only started in recent years. However, since it is said to be the second only competition to the God of Cooking competition, it should be worth watching.
. Driven by curiosity, he quickly followed the flow of people around him and headed towards Tarou Square.
In the distance, a huge square can be seen. This square is so large that it probably occupies one-third of the area of Taru City. It was originally a school ground specially used for ordering troops, but now it has become a kitchen.
The square was a venue for art competitions. The entire square was crowded with people. At least nearly 100,000 people gathered in the square. Only a large number of guards maintained order so that no riot was caused.
In the center of the square, there is a round platform that is nearly two feet high and about fifteen feet in diameter. The platform is covered with a red carpet. It is extremely eye-catching even from below. What surprised Nian Bing the most is that this giant round platform can actually rotate.
, around the round table, there is a brand new stove, and behind it are some necessary tools in the kitchen. Obviously, it can accommodate ten chefs at the same time for a competition.
Seeing such a huge cooking display stand, Nian Bing couldn't help but feel excited. As a chef, how wonderful it is to be able to show off his cooking skills on such a stage! No wonder the chef
He once said that Huarong Empire has the largest number of outstanding chefs. It seems that he was right. I am afraid that only in Huarong Empire can such a prosperous culinary world exist.
Ten feet away on both sides of the round platform, there is a raised platform with a ceiling and chairs inside, which is obviously where the distinguished guests stay.
At this time, more than a dozen people walked up to the giant round platform. From their clothes, it was easy to tell that these people were high-ranking officials in the Huarong Empire. Among them, one person walked up to the round platform. This person was a little fat.
Wearing a red robe with gold trim, she looked extremely gorgeous, her little eyes were shining brightly, and she was holding a strange thing in her hand, which seemed to have a magical light shining on it.
"Everyone, be quiet. Please listen to me." He did not shout at the top of his lungs, but the rich voice easily reached everyone's ears. Nian Bing was shocked. If he was a martial arts master,
, one can naturally do this with super strong fighting spirit, but this person obviously did not use fighting spirit. In an instant, he understood, and secretly exclaimed in his heart, because he found that the thing in the man's hand turned out to be a magic weapon.
Amplifier. A loudspeaker that can emit such a sound must be backed by extremely precious magic gems. It seems that the cost of this competition is really not small!
The square gradually became quiet, and the five thousand soldiers responsible for maintaining order appeared to be in good order. They pointed their spears in the air and kept an eye on the people around them to prevent any changes.
The fat man looked down at the people below on the rotating round platform and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, I think everyone in Tarou City should recognize me. Yes, I am Fatty Hua from Hualong Hotel. Everyone calls me Fatty.
That’ll be fine.”
"Fat man, fat man, fat man..." Suddenly, the audience burst into cheers. Seeing the civilians jumping for joy, it was obvious that this fat man from Hualong Hotel was very popular in Taru City.
Nian Bing asked a cheering civilian next to him and found out that this Fatty Hua was the owner of Hualong Hotel. He was extremely easy-going and philanthropic. He donated 80% of the money earned by Hualong Hotel every year.
Donated to the government, the military and the Huarong Empire Magician Union, and often introduced some high-quality and low-priced delicacies to ordinary civilians, so it has an excellent reputation in all aspects, and was granted the title of Viscount by His Majesty the King of the Huarong Empire
Title. It is precisely because of his relationship that the Hualong Culinary Challenge Competition is becoming more and more popular in each industry, and it is gradually catching up with the influence of the God of Cooking Competition.
Fatty Hua spoke again, "Thank you all for your support for this competition. This is already the fourth level of the Hualong Challenge. Hey, I, Fatty Hua, are getting older, but the culinary world of our Huarong Empire is constantly improving.
It's booming. I'm honored to see the current prosperity. Okay, I won't talk nonsense anymore, so as to save you from throwing eggs at me." As he said this, he also made a funny expression, which immediately attracted the attention of the people below.
The whole room burst into laughter.
Fatty Hua waited with a smile on his face until the laughter of the people below subsided, and then said: "The rules are the same as in the past. The competition still has three stages: preliminary, semi-finals, and finals. The preliminary competition will be held in our Hualong Hotel on the south side of the square. It has been
Ten days have started. Within ten days, we have selected hundreds of outstanding chefs. They will participate in the semi-finals here. In the semi-finals, I will designate three main ingredients. These chefs will cook various delicacies for everyone to judge. Finally,
Ten people will be selected to participate in the finals, which will be the day after tomorrow. All the delicacies produced in this competition will be presented to the most respectable people in our Huarong Empire, that is, the Northeast Army Group who has always protected our homeland.
"When he said the last five words, he deliberately raised his voice. Suddenly, the whole scene burst into cheers. The sound was so loud that people outside Taru City could probably hear it. The atmosphere was so warm that Nian Bing was so excited.