Chapter 272 The Competition Begins

"Hmph!"

Song Bai suddenly swung his sleeves and left, leaving everyone in the audience looking at each other in bewilderment.

There were many people who left after losing before, but they were stopped by their people. They had to admit that they lost, or that they were not as good as Song Bai. Now Song Bai lost, and he left without saying anything.

"You are cheating, pay the money, 10 million!"

Wang Dong shouted hurriedly, and many people remembered that if they beat Song Bai, they would get a bonus of 10 million, and Kunlun Hotel guaranteed it. Without this gimmick, it would not attract so many people to compete in the competition at the beginning.

Not every chef who participated in the competition has his own industry. Even if there are restaurants, not every family has a lot of assets. 10 million is definitely a lot of wealth for many people, so it attracted them.

Of course, some people believe that it is very easy to beat Song Bai, and the 10 million is very easy to earn, so they come to compete, but the result is unexpected for them.

Now that they know that Song Bai cheated, many people don't think they lost, and they ask for a rematch or declare themselves the winner, and they also want to give themselves 10 million.

The people from Kunlun Hotel came out to maintain order, and the scene was in chaos.

Some people also uploaded the photos and situation of the scene to the forum and Weibo. Many people were also shocked after seeing it. Song Bai had won for so many days. Although people in the food industry were very dissatisfied with him, many passers-by kept cheering.

The idea of ​​passers-by was very simple. If you do well, I will believe you.

But no one expected that Song Bai actually won so many people by cheating. This time, even they couldn't accept it. Cheating is originally a behavior that many people despise. Song Bai's cheating was caught on the spot.

The Internet is also in full swing now. The people from Kunlun Hotel and President Gou of the Food Association have finally stabilized the order of the ring.

As for those who cheated and lost before, Kunlun Hotel will definitely give an explanation, but after all, they didn't win at that time, and it is impossible to ask for a winning bonus of 10 million now. As for Gu Zheng, he is the real one who won Song Bai on the spot.

No one can say anything about Gu Zheng's victory.

They gave Gu Zheng the 10 million yuan on the spot, but the amount they gave was 8 million, with tax deducted, in cash checks, and Gu Zheng could collect it at any time.

After getting the money and completing the test, Gu Zheng left directly.

Soon the other people also dispersed. This game can also be seen as a collision between the two most powerful dark horses of this session. The result was that Gu Zheng, the youngest dark horse, won, and won a big victory. Song Bai, who was originally very powerful, lost miserably in front of Gu Zheng.

Not only did he not learn cooking skills, but he was also exposed by Gu Zheng for cheating, and his fame and status plummeted.

Regarding his cheating, the Food Association and the organizing committee of the competition will hold a meeting to discuss whether to give the most severe punishment. After all, the impact of this incident is not small and very bad.

Gu Zheng's tasting meeting is still going on. Only 80 people were invited today. One is that many people have been invited, and the other is that Gu Zheng will go to Song Bai's place this morning, so the number of invited people is smaller.

Only eighty people were invited, but 120 people actually showed up, which made Gu Zheng very busy.

Most of these 120 people were not the ones Gu Zheng invited yesterday. They were the ones who were invited before but did not come. They all came shamelessly in the afternoon. The influence of Gu Zheng's victory over Song Bai has already been revealed.

After all, it was the arena where Yu Yong and the others lost. Even if Song Bai cheated, it was not easy to win by cheating.

Many people were very curious about the food made by Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng's tasting meeting was still going on. They had been invited before, so they just came. That's why so many people came.

Although there were many people, all the food was made by Gu Zheng alone, and each person got a little less.

Tasting does not guarantee that they will be full. Most people did not eat enough this time, but they did eat well, and they praised the food made by Gu Zheng.

On that day, many seniors and famous chefs praised Gu Zheng's cooking skills. Now Gu Zheng's fame has surpassed Song Bai and become the first among the three hundred contestants. Not only is he the first among the three hundred contestants, but there are not many contestants who have participated in the Chinese Food Competition in the past who are more famous than Gu Zheng.

Who made them so hard these days, even the competition came out, it's hard not to remember this fame.

"Descendant of the Immortal of Tie, congratulations, you have completed the temporary test!"

When he returned home, the voice of the spirit of the weapon rang immediately, and the temporary test was completed. Gu Zheng knew without the spirit of the weapon announcing that he had met both requirements, and it must have been completed.

However, he also completely offended Song Bai, and he didn't know what background this Song Bai had. He sent a message to Emei at noon, asking them to check the news of Song Bai and see where Song Bai was from.

So young, with such a cultivation, I believe it can definitely be found.

"The temporary test rewards will be issued together with the normal test. Please wait for the completion of the fame test!"

The spirit of the weapon said again that the rewards will not be issued for the time being, but will be issued together with the fame test. In fact, the fame test has been completed now, but it will be considered a win if Gu Zheng can maintain this fame until the last day, that is, before the competition.

There are still four days before the competition. After four days, if Gu Zheng can continue to maintain his current fame, he will win.

Now that Gu Zheng is so famous, as long as he doesn't lose his mind and do something similar to Song Bai in these four days, and is beaten by others, it will basically not affect his fame ranking. He has a great chance of winning.

Thanks to Song Bai, after Gu Zheng defeated him, his reputation rose a lot, and all the gains were good ones. This kind of reputation is more stable, unlike Song Bai, who was famous before, but all had a bad reputation. , once Gu Zheng won, he suddenly returned to his original shape.

It's even worse than before. Many people despise him when they mention him.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Gourmet Association and the competition organizing committee announced the treatment of Song Bai. Yesterday, President Gou took the things for identification when he went back. The results came out this morning. The omelette did indeed contain the tip. ingredients.

This is a rare thing that can greatly enhance the taste and has no impact on food safety. This also surprised President Gou and the others.

For this reason, President Gou specifically contacted Song Bai and asked him what this was and if it could be made public and provided to other food practitioners.

Anyone with such a thing can enhance the taste of food without any side effects and is even beneficial to the human body. Such good things should be promoted and benefit all people.

President Gou's wishes were good, but the result was destined to disappoint him.

This is an ordinary-level flavor-enhancing flower. Not to mention the extremely small quantity. Even if it exists, ordinary people cannot find it at all. It is impossible to mass-produce such a thing.

It's a pity that President Gou didn't know this and still had hope. In the end, Baili Song ignored him, making him disappointed and extremely angry.

Then they held a meeting and made a decision to expel Song Bai from the competition. The missing person was filled in from among the candidates, making up for the three hundred people to participate.

Song Bai was expelled. The punishment was both expected and unexpected.

Song Bai would definitely be punished if he cheated, but the punishment of expulsion was indeed a bit serious. After all, his arena did not have much to do with the food competition. If there was, it was because he restricted only those who had participated in the food competition. Only contestants can compete.

If you don't punish, you won't be able to convince the public. If you punish, it's a bit harsh. This is the contradictory psychology of many people.

Although Song Bai's reputation is not small, many people still want to see him participate in the competition and see him and Gu Zheng compete again. After all, Song Bai has always done other people's things in the arena competition, and has never done anything that belongs to others. His own cuisine.

In any case, many people admit that Song Bai's cooking skills, some things cannot be won by cheating and adding one thing.

If that were the case, there would be no need for celebrity chefs. As long as there is such a thing, anyone can make the best food. Everyone can become a master chef without becoming a celebrity chef.

"Kunlun disciple?"

Gu Zheng also received a summons from Emei and found out the details of Song Bai.

This Song Bai is actually a disciple of the Kunlun Sect, the largest sect of righteousness at present. No wonder the Kunlun Hotel has been supporting him from behind. This Kunlun Hotel must also be the property of the Kunlun Sect.

Song Bai was not only a disciple of Kunlun, but also an outstanding disciple of Kunlun. He had been well protected before and very little was known to the outside world. Emei inquired about Song Bai this time, but found nothing at first, so he started with the Kunlun Hotel. Following the clues, I found out about the Kunlun sect, and found out that Song Bai was a disciple of Kunlun.

The largest sect, a sect bigger than Shushan, Gu Zheng frowned again.

"Master, why don't you let the Supreme Elder come to you so that you can take care of me!"

Wuyou said softly, with Ouyang Hai following him, as long as the Supreme Elder of the Kunlun Sect was not sent out together, there would be absolutely no problem in protecting Gu Zheng. They were also worried about Gu Zheng, after all, Gu Zheng had completely offended Song Bai before.

Who knows if the Kunlun sect will defend itself and bring trouble to Gu Zheng because of this matter.

Facing the Kunlun Sect, not to mention Emei, even Shushan, their main line, will be extremely cautious.

"No, it's better for Taishang Elder to stay in Emei. I'm afraid of this and afraid of that. I don't have to go out, and it won't be of any help to my future cultivation of xinxing!"

Gu Zheng shook his head. He just offended Song Bai and called Ouyang Hai to make a fuss. However, he must be on guard against others. Gu Zheng still asked Emei to pay more attention to Kunlun's movements.

On the Emei side, Elder Wuyou still felt uneasy after hanging up the phone. However, what Gu Zheng said was reasonable. Being afraid of something like this was really not good for his cultivation mentality. In the end, he simply let Elder Wuyou go over and did not meet Gu directly. Struggle, observe secretly, and immediately notify the door if you find anything wrong in Kunlun.

There is no worry, as long as the opponent does not send out immortal cultivators, he and Gu Zheng will definitely be able to support Ouyang Hai.

As for the cultivators, they are not so easy to dispatch. The Kunlun Sect has a great cause and a good reputation. It is impossible to directly dispatch the cultivators for a cultivator with the third level of inner strength.

Gu Zheng didn't know Wuyou's plan, so he hung up the phone and continued to do what he should do.

There are still three days left before the competition, and his tasting meeting has been stopped. There are still many people who have not been here, but this is no longer important. He is now the most famous, and if nothing happens, he can definitely maintain it forever.

If something happened unexpectedly, the little fame brought by the tasting could not be compensated.

Without Song Bai, Gu Zheng's call for the championship became the highest again. President Gou himself had posted a post and praised Gu Zheng in a high-profile manner. At that time, everyone was unconvinced and thought that President Gou was exaggerating.

But now, after Yu Yong and Lu Yong lost to Song Bai, Gu Zheng won. This alone can show that Gu Zheng is really stronger than them.

Song Bai cheated, but when he competed with Gu Zheng, he also cheated. Even though he cheated, he didn't win against Gu Zheng, which further showed Gu Zheng's strength.

Now many people in the forum are cheering for their supporters, especially Lu Yong and his supporters, persuading Lu Yong and his supporters to pay attention to this game and show their full spirit, otherwise this game will really make people create history.

The history of the youngest player winning the championship.

Some external handicaps, and even bets for this, Gu Zheng's winning odds are the lowest. It can also be seen that they are all optimistic about Gu Zheng and think that Gu Zheng has the greatest chance of winning the championship.

"Gu Zheng, I'm sorry, I can't help you this time!"

In the villa, Chang Feng came back and apologized to Gu Zheng when he saw him, and he looked discouraged.

"What's the matter?" Gu Zheng was very puzzled.

"I didn't expect that the background of Kunlun Hotel was so strong. I wanted to deal with him this time, but I couldn't deal with them!"

Chang Feng lowered his head and said frustratedly. He also heard about Gu Zheng's victory over Song Bai. He is not a person in the food industry. The only connection with the food industry is that he is also a boss of Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup.

He was paying attention to these things because he was paying attention to Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng won, and he was very unhappy with the attitude of Kunlun Hotel and Song Bai. He didn't tell Gu Zheng, so he used his energy to prepare to cause some trouble for Kunlun Hotel.

It would be best if Song Bai could come to apologize and publicly admit that he was not as good as Gu Zheng.

But he didn't expect that the relationship he found could not be achieved. Kunlun Hotel had stronger relationships than him in many parts, and there was no way to deal with them.

He came to Gu Zheng and said these things.

"You don't have to do this at all. Okay, don't do this in the future!"

Gu Zheng shook his head helplessly after hearing this. This guy actually went to cause trouble for Kunlun Hotel. The backing of the other party is the largest sect in the cultivation world. It would be strange if he could be defeated by him.

Fortunately, Chang Feng did not force anything, otherwise it might bring him trouble.

As for Song Bai, he is a cultivator, and Chang Feng would never force him to apologize to him, but his kindness touched Gu Zheng very much. As a result of being touched, Gu Zheng made delicious food again in the evening.

The next morning, the penultimate day before the competition, the Gourmet Association announced the name of the supplementary contestant.

Song Xiu, 30 years old, unknown place of origin, unknown background, unknown results, another contestant who has nothing like Song Bai, and has the same surname as Song Bai, Song.

According to gossip, it was not the Gourmet Association's intention to add this Song Xiu, but the result of their superior department's forced pressure. President Gou couldn't stop it at all, and was so angry that President Gou even smashed the cup.

"Song Xiu?"

Gu Zheng was outside, strolling in a large shopping mall. It was Wang Dong who told him the news with a tablet. Instinct told Gu Zheng that this Song Xiu must be related to Song Bai, and the relationship was not shallow.

If this Song Xiu, like Song Bai, is from Kunlun, they have the strength to suppress the Gourmet Association and force them to give in. This is absolutely possible.

Kunlun Sect is the largest sect. It has great influence not only in the cultivation world, but also in the secular world. Although they don't pay attention to everything in the secular world, there are always disciples who go into the world to experience, and the secular world will inevitably retain some power.

What Chang Feng did to Kunlun Hotel before also proved this point.

However, these have little to do with Gu Zheng. He just needs to participate in this food competition with peace of mind. He has never thought that he must win the food competition. He just tries his best and competes seriously.

This food competition is not just his competition. His father, Uncle Hu, and even Wang Dong are looking forward to it. In addition, the Chinese Food Competition was also a dream of his. Although he did not choose to be a chef before, Gu Zheng still fantasized about participating in such a world-famous competition.

This is also to fulfill his own dream.

"Stop, stop, you haven't paid yet!"

Gu Zheng was shopping in a supermarket. He bought ordinary daily necessities.

They were near the cashier. He and Wang Dong raised their heads when they heard the shouting, and they were soon stunned.

In front of the cashier counter, a very pretty girl was being stopped by someone. She was holding a bunch of things in her hands and was standing there blankly.

"What do you mean by paying?"

The girl looked innocent and didn't seem to be pretending. Even the security guard who stopped her was stunned when he saw her. It took a while for him to come back to his senses.

"You haven't paid for these things you chose yet, so you can't take them out!"

The security guard's voice became much smaller. The pretty girl's lethality was indeed not small. If it were someone else, I'm afraid the security guard would scold her fiercely and even suspect that she was stealing.

"Why?"

The girl looked even more confused. Gu Zheng took a few steps forward and suddenly frowned.

Just now, the spirit of the weapon told him that this girl was also a cultivator, and her strength was higher than his. She had reached the early stage of the fourth level and was a cultivator who could release internal strength.

This girl looked to be in her early twenties, but her strength was actually stronger than his.

However, the other party was a cultivator, so Gu Zheng had no doubts in his heart. He didn't know which sect this disciple was from. She only knew how to practice in seclusion and had never been to the secular world. She should have just come out, so this happened.

In their minds, there was no word for paying.

"I'll pay for him!"

Gu Zheng walked over and said, we are all in the same sect, and paying the bill is just a piece of cake.

"Sorry, sorry!"

There were already quite a few people watching. Two girls suddenly squeezed in from the crowd, sweating profusely. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the girl was fine. These two people were ordinary people, but they were very afraid and respectful when facing the girl. Gu Zheng understood that these two should be the ones who accompanied the girl in the secular world.

It's just that the two of them didn't accompany her just now, so the cultivator girl ran out by herself.

"It's you, Gu Zheng!"

After learning about what happened just now, the two girls came to thank Gu Zheng, but when they saw Gu Zheng, they showed a vigilant look and called out Gu Zheng's name.

"Do you know me?"

Gu Zheng was puzzled. He was sure that he had never seen these two girls and the cultivator girl.

"Are you Gu Zheng?"

The cultivator girl blurted out and walked in front of Gu Zheng, looking him up and down, but she walked too close, almost sticking to Gu Zheng's body when she looked at him, which made Gu Zheng very embarrassed.

"Miss, let's go first, otherwise the gentleman will be angry!"

The two girls hurriedly grabbed the cultivator girl and took her away regardless of whether the cultivator girl was willing or not. When the cultivator girl left, she kept looking back at Gu Zheng.

"Brother Gu, do you know them? Is that girl a star? She's so beautiful!"

Wang Dong came over and whispered, his eyes still staring at the direction where the cultivator girl disappeared.

"I don't know them!"

Gu Zheng smiled bitterly. He really didn't know them. He didn't know who these three people were and why they knew him.

But this was just a small episode for him. After buying things, he and Wang Dong returned home. There was still one day before the competition. Gu Zheng didn't plan to go out tomorrow. He adjusted his state at home and made good preparations.

The day after tomorrow, Chang Feng came to pick up Gu Zheng in person. Today was the day the competition started. Chang Feng was also very interested in this Chinese Food Competition and wanted to participate with Gu Zheng.

The Chinese Food Competition was held in Beijing, but it was not held in a restaurant or a guild hall, but directly in a palace. All previous food competitions were held here, and those who have participated are very familiar with it.

The ancient Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings add a lot of sense of the times to the food competition.

The Chinese Food Competition is not open to the public. Only those with invitations or contestants can enter. Wang Dong and Chang Feng, as Gu Zheng's assistants, can enter, but others cannot.

"Shao Ye, Shao Ye!"

Before Gu Zheng got off the car, he heard someone shouting over there. This was a supporter of a certain chef coming to support them, just like when many supporters of Gu Zheng supported him outside the Hangzhou Food Competition.

The difference is that only Gu Zheng had supporters that time, but here many chefs have supporters.

Having all of them does not mean that they are all true. Some are hired purely for face, and they cannot be taken seriously. This is also an unspoken rule that everyone knows, and no one pays special attention to it.

"Gu Zheng, Gu Zheng is here!"

As soon as Gu Zheng got off the car, hundreds of people suddenly rushed towards him, scaring Wang Dong.

"Xu Song?"

Gu Zheng's eyesight was much better than Wang Dong's. He had seen that the person running in front was Xu Song from Ningbo. Xu Song was his supporter in Hangzhou, and Gu Zheng had bought his roast chicken.

The others looked familiar to Gu Zheng. They were basically people who had supported him outside the Hangzhou Food Competition. He didn't expect that these people would come to Beijing and continue to support him here.

"Gu Zheng, Gu Zheng!"

Hundreds of people shouted together, much more than the dozens of people before. Some contestants who came to participate in the competition looked at Gu Zheng with jealousy and quickly entered the venue.

"Why are you all here?"

Gu Zheng walked over and asked loudly. None of these people were in Beijing. They were either in Hangzhou or near Hangzhou. It was not easy for them to come here.

"If you come to participate in the competition, we will definitely come to support you, Gu Zheng, well done, the competition hasn't even started yet, and you're so awesome, you've become the favorite to win. We all believe in you, you can definitely get the first place!"

Xu Song was shouting excitedly, they were actually in the same group, and after supporting Gu Zheng last time, they didn't disband, and they were still in touch.

No one had thought of coming to this Chinese Food Competition, after all, it was too far away, but as more and more news about Gu Zheng became available online, especially when he did something that others couldn't do in the ring competition, defeating Song Bai, their minds started to move again.

They have been Gu Zheng's supporters since Gu Zheng was not famous, and now they should support Gu Zheng even more. Then someone suggested that everyone go to Beijing to continue to support Gu Zheng, and soon got a response from everyone.

These people who came over also put up more than a dozen banners, all of which were words of support for Gu Zheng, and one even said that Gu Zheng must win the championship.

These people started preparing long before, and those who had money contributed money and those who had strength contributed strength.

Those who have money can exchange some money as the funds for this activity. Those who don't have money but have time can come to Beijing to support Gu Zheng. All the expenses for this trip to Beijing are raised by everyone.

Xu Song not only came, but also exchanged 10,000 yuan. The expenses of six or seven hundred people in Beijing are not small. He is not the one who exchanged the most money. The local tycoon who provided lunch for everyone in Hangzhou last time also supported Gu Zheng this time. He couldn't come because of something, so he covered all the accommodation.

Although it is just an ordinary express hotel, it costs a lot to stay with so many people, and it is not just one day, which is not a small expense.

The Chinese Food Competition is slightly different from the Hangzhou Food Competition. The Chinese Food Competition has three days of competition. On the first day, 300 people will participate in the competition, and the top 30 will be selected to advance to the next competition. The competition of the top 30 will be held on the second day.

The second day will determine the top 10, and the top 10 will continue to compete on the third day.

The third day is the final. The top 10 will compete, and there will be a ranking from the fourth to the tenth. The top three will continue to compete. The person with the highest total score in the last four games will become the first place in this food competition, followed by the second and third.

The top three in each session are equivalent to participating in four competitions and making at least four dishes.

Therefore, in the food competitions over the years, the top three are one level, the top 11 are one level, and the top 30 are another level. Each level is different. Some people think that they can move up a level, while some people aim at the top three and must get the top three no matter what.

This food competition has become more chaotic because of the sudden rise of Gu Zheng.

Lu Yong, Yu Yong and others who were originally the most promising in the top three, now have a lower ranking. They lost to Song Bai, but Gu Zheng defeated Song Bai. Now Gu Zheng's ranking has directly surpassed the two and he has become the most likely to get the first place.

Not only is he the most likely to be the first, but he is also the first among the top three.

Some people also predicted that with Gu Zheng's strength, even if he did not perform well, he would definitely be in the top ten. As for the top thirty, many people did not even guess that a player who performed better than Lu Yong, Yu Yong and others, a player who was praised by President Gou, could not get such a bad ranking.

This result also inspired Gu Zheng's supporters, and many people were more willing to come to the scene to support him.

They hope that this time, like last time, they will wait outside for the news of Gu Zheng's victory, and wait until Gu Zheng wins the championship, and celebrate with them.

"Thank you, thank you!"

Gu Zheng was very excited. He really did not expect that these supporters would run so far to support him, and so many people came at once.

These supporters never thought about what Gu Zheng would give them in return. They really hoped that Gu Zheng could win and get good results. Gu Zheng’s good results would be as happy as their own.

Or, this is the attitude of fans towards their idols.

“Gu Zheng, come on, we believe in you!” a fan raised his hand and shouted.

“Yes, we believe in you!”

Six or seven hundred fans raised their hands and shouted together, attracting countless people’s attention.

“No matter what results you achieve, we will support you!”

“It would be best if you can get first place. We hope to hear the news of your victory outside!”

“That’s right, I will always remember how excited we were when you won the championship!”

Gu Zheng’s supporters shouted there. They were the people who came to the scene. There were more people who were not at the scene, paying attention to them.

The last time in Hangzhou, four or five thousand people were waiting outside, waiting for Gu Zheng’s game to end and waiting for Gu Zheng’s results. When they learned that Gu Zheng really got first place, the scene of those supporters outside shouting wildly was something that everyone would never forget.

At that moment, they were the happiest and most excited.

They also came this time, wanting to recreate that moment, but in order not to put so much pressure on Gu Zheng, not many people said so, and they knew better that this was the national stage, the most famous and highest-level competition in the country, and it was hard to say whether Gu Zheng could get the first place.

The players who were well predicted and ranked high before were not unsuccessful, and they were often overturned. In such a competition, anything could happen.

"I will work hard and do my best!"

Gu Zheng clenched his fist and said loudly. This was his promise to the supporters outside. He would do his best to participate in this competition and exert his greatest strength.

If he lost because of his strength, he had nothing to say, but he would not allow himself to fail because of his lack of effort. In this way, he would not only let himself down, but also let down the friends who came to support him outside.

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

Six or seven hundred supporters sent Gu Zheng into the palace. They soon quieted down outside, holding their plaques and banners, wearing the same clothes, sitting quietly outside, waiting for Gu Zheng's results today.

The palace is very big. The first match will be held separately in three places, with 100 people in each place. It is too crowded for 300 people to be together.

The palace has front and back courtyards, which are divided into three venues. All three venues are open-air. Today is an open-air competition.

The open-air competition is a big test for the mentality of the contestants. Many contestants have never cooked in the open air. Moreover, it is not a closed space to be together in the open air. It is easy to be disturbed by the surroundings. People with unstable mentality are likely to perform poorly.

Chang Feng and Wang Dong accompanied Gu Zheng into the middle courtyard. Their competition will be held in the middle courtyard.

There are three venues, and 20 judges in each venue. Only the top ten in each venue can advance. The first day of the competition is a cruel elimination match with a score of 10 to 1. This requires a higher psychological endurance. Although the contestants are all famous chefs, some famous chefs have fragile psychological endurance. Some of them collapsed before the end of the competition.

They care too much about this competition. The more they care, the worse they perform.

Gu Zheng is No. 53. Coincidentally, Song Xiu is also in this venue, and No. 52, very close to Gu Zheng.

"You must be Gu Zheng!"

As soon as Gu Zheng arrived at his position, Song Xiu next to him said to Gu Zheng lightly. Song Xiu is 30 years old and looks a bit like Song Bai. They are both handsome guys, but more stable than Song Bai.

"Song Xiu!"

Gu Zheng narrowed his eyes. This Song Xiu gave him a sense of danger. Soon, the spirit of the weapon gave him some information about Song Xiu in his mind.

Song Xiu, an internal force practitioner, in the middle stage of the fourth level.

Song Xiu is a master who has cultivated to the fourth level, and is a full level stronger than Song Zhe. The two look so similar that their relationship is basically obvious.

"Gu Zheng, you have to pay attention. The ingredients brought by Song Xiu are all ordinary level, and there is one ingredient that is of medium level!"

The spirit of the weapon suddenly said to Gu Zheng. Gu Zheng was slightly stunned and narrowed his eyes quietly.

Medium-level ingredients, this Song Xiu actually brought medium-level ingredients.

Although there is only one medium-level ingredient, it is much better than the ordinary level, not to mention that many chefs brought inferior ingredients to this competition.

They also understand the importance of ingredients. Knowing better ingredients can make better delicacies, but good ingredients are not so easy to find. They are not Gu Zheng, who has the spirit of the instrument to identify ingredients.

On Earth, naturally grown ingredients cannot reach the medium level without special circumstances.

This is destined to be that the best that many chefs can bring out is only ordinary. Let’s not talk about Song Xiu’s cooking skills. He took out a medium-level ingredient and surpassed other opponents in terms of ingredients. As long as his cooking skills are not bad, his results will definitely not be bad.

Moreover, medium-level ingredients are something that many ordinary people have never seen or tasted. The shock of taste is even better than those ordinary-level ingredients.

Gu Zheng did not expect Song Xiu to have medium-level ingredients.

“What is his medium-level ingredient?”

“Anxiang, a plant that can increase fragrance!” The spirit of the instrument quickly answered Gu Zheng.

“Anxiang!”

Gu Zheng narrowed his eyes even more. Gu Zheng secretly had an idea about the medium-level ingredients that can increase fragrance.

Originally, in the first game, Gu Zheng was going to make a new cooking skill, which was the cooking skill that the spirit of the weapon rewarded him after he became famous and took the temporary test. Now that he knew that Song Xiu had medium-level ingredients, and medium-level ingredients that were fragrant, Gu Zheng suddenly changed his mind.

In the first game today, he decided to make chicken blood soup.

An extraordinary chicken blood soup.

The competition time is two hours, and there are special circumstances that can be deduced. Generally speaking, the competition must be completed within two hours. Those who fail to complete it will be regarded as having no results.

No results are equivalent to losing.

Song Xiu began to cook his food. His knives and cooking utensils were different from others. Gu Zheng asked the spirit of the weapon, and the result surprised him. This whole set of tools turned out to be immortal tools.

Kunlun is indeed rich and powerful. It actually has a set of kitchen utensils made of immortal tools, and it is incredible that it is brought out for an inner strength cultivator to use.

The tools are good, much better than Gu Zheng's, but no matter how good the tools are, it depends on who has them. If this set of tools belongs to Gu Zheng, it can enhance his cooking skills and achieve twice the result with half the effort. But it is hard to say how much effect it can have on Song Xiu.

After all, Song Xiu has no immortal power. Without immortal power, he can only use passive methods to drive immortal power. Driving and driving are definitely two different concepts.

What Song Xiu wants to make is actually soup food, and it is a very common soup.

Winter melon and pork ribs soup.

However, his winter melon is collected from Kunlun, and the grade reaches the ordinary grade. His ribs are also raised by pigs in Kunlun Mountain, and the grade of pork has reached ordinary.

Let alone ordinary grade pork, there is very little inferior grade pork. Ordinary grade pork is only used for cooking, and the fragrance is much stronger than low-grade, garbage grade pork.

Even if no oil is added, the taste of this pork is much stronger than the pork on the market.

Besides, Song Xiu added oil. His oil was rapeseed oil, which was also an ordinary-grade ingredient. Kunlun Sect was originally in Kunlun Mountain. Even Emei could produce a lot of ordinary-grade ingredients, not to mention Kunlun.

Ordinary-grade ingredients are very rare outside, but in Kunlun Sect, they can be found everywhere.

Song Xiu's winter melon and pork ribs soup was made according to the most traditional method. First, the pork ribs were rinsed with hot water, and then stir-fried with oil.

Song Xiu made it very quickly. After Gu Zheng had processed the fairy chicken, he had already started pouring oil.

The ordinary-grade oil fragrance spread throughout the venue, not only in their middle venue, but also in the front and back venues.

"It smells so good, who made this?"

"It smells so good, what is this smell?"

"It smells like oil, but not greasy at all, it's amazing!"

Many people in the three venues were talking about it. Song Xiu's ordinary rapeseed oil smelled really good, but it was just oil. When he poured the ribs soaked in hot water into it, the smell became stronger.

And this time it wasn't the smell of oil, it was the smell of oil with the smell of meat. Many people who smelled it suddenly felt very hungry. This was a smell that could attract their appetite and make them very eager for this kind of food.

The aroma spread far, even some supporters waiting at the door could smell it. Many people sniffed their noses, trying to smell the good smell.

"It's worthy of being a national-level food competition. Who made this? It smells so good!"

"Could it be Gu Zheng? His food smells so good!"

"It shouldn't be. This is the smell of meat. Gu Zheng has never made such a smell!"

This is what Gu Zheng's fans are talking about. The smell is really good. Even Gu Zheng felt hungry after smelling it. He has never eaten ordinary pork or ordinary ingredients.

Soon, everyone found the source of the smell, Song Xiu.

This contestant is a bit like Song Bai. His origin is unknown. Even President Gou couldn't stand the pressure to come in. At first, not many people paid attention to him, but no one thought that he could make food with such a good smell, especially President Gou and his friends. It seems that only Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup can compare with such a good smell.

Gu Zheng's chicken blood soup is a delicacy with a very fragrant shape.

Song Xiu quickly added water to the pot, and Gu Zheng's eyes tightened slightly.

After Song Xiu added water, his set of immortal kitchen utensils actually moved. I don't know how he activated it. The added water actually merged quickly with the ribs in the pot. The cold water not only did not affect the meatiness of the ribs, but also better released the meat of the pork, making the meat more tender.

Gu Zheng can also do this with the water control technique, but the water control technique is a high-level immortal technique. This Song Xiu has no immortal technique and does not know how to use immortal techniques. He can do it with immortal utensils. This idea and ability alone are worthy of recognition.

This also makes Gu Zheng think that he underestimates others. He has always been proud of having immortal techniques and better cooking skills. Although he does not look down on others, he is definitely proud in his heart.

All of his skills are unreplicable, and others cannot learn them even if they want to. However, it does not mean that there is no way to do it. For example, the immortal weapon in front of him has achieved the ability of controlling water. This is not only that. Song Xiu uses his internal strength to control the temperature, and the immortal weapon is also assisting. Although his control over the temperature is not as good as Gu Zheng, it is not much worse.

Human wisdom is indeed endless. If there is no immortal technique, other methods can be used to help achieve the effect of immortal techniques.

After Song Xiu added water, the fragrance faded, and Gu Zheng also restrained his mind and cooked his chicken soup.

Underestimate the heroes of the world. Song Xiu's cooking skills are not bad. Although he cooks the simplest food, the simpler the food, the greater the power that can be burst out in the end. It is precisely because it is simple that many people can do it, so it is very comparable and easier to get high scores.

After a while, the water on Song Xiu's side boiled, and he started to add ingredients to the soup as soon as it boiled.

Every five minutes, he would add once, and each time he added ordinary-level ingredients. His pot of soup is the same as Gu Zheng's now, using ordinary-level ingredients.

All ordinary level, even salt, salt is a mineral salt produced in their Kunlun Mountains, even salt can be produced at ordinary level, Gu Zheng has nothing to say, he is also at ordinary level, but he knows how difficult it is for him to reach ordinary level, he used up several prehistoric space upgrade qualifications to reach ordinary level.

Other people's ingredients have not been upgraded, all are naturally grown, natural growth can reach ordinary level, and there are so many, right now, except for these cultivation sects, other places are really difficult.

The fragrance in the soup in front of Song Xiu began to emanate again.

He put one in five minutes, and put five in a row. For the sixth one, he took out the medium-level "dark fragrance".

Dark fragrance is only a medium-level ingredient, not high-level among the raw materials, and its biggest function is to increase the fragrance. Such things, even if the level is very high, are rarely noticed in other sects, after all, they are of no help to cultivation.

Only Gu Zheng, or cultivators like Song Xiu, will pay attention to it.

After adding the dark fragrance, the aroma of the soup in the pot suddenly increased, and a stream of fragrance slowly spread out along the edge of the pot. This time the aroma is different from the previous meat aroma. It does not have the rush of the meat aroma, but it retains the delicateness of the meat aroma.

This aroma is not so pungent, but the temptation is stronger.

It's like putting a bowl of braised pork in front of you, not greasy at all, making people want to bite it, bite it full of juice, and then swallow it.

Smelling the fragrance, there is this feeling, everyone who smells this fragrance is even hungrier.

Not only them, but also Gu Zheng is the same. It is worthy of being a medium-level dark fragrance. This fragrance is really strong, but only one raw material cannot reach the level of extreme fragrance. Song Xiu did not have white mist condensation like Gu Zheng before.

Gu Zheng's chicken soup is cooked, and the small pot is ready. Gu Zheng puts in the chicken soup and starts to make real chicken blood soup.

This time, Gu Zheng wanted to add six ingredients to the chicken blood soup instead of the previous five. Six ingredients were the limit of the chicken blood soup. Unfortunately, he didn't have any medium-level ingredients. The prehistoric space had some. The fairy apricot fruit was medium-level, the ocean flower was also, and the lightning bee was also medium-level.

Unfortunately, these things couldn't be used now. The ocean blue still needed two days to mature, and as for the lightning bee and the fairy apricot fruit, it would take even longer.

He couldn't ripen the medium-level ingredients now, so he could only wait.

Six high-level ingredients were the limit of what could be added to the chicken blood soup. The maximum amount could only be added was so many. The six high-level ingredients were put in one by one. A layer of white mist quickly formed above the small pot. The white mist turned into the shape of a chicken, moving back and forth there.

"Extreme fragrance transformation!"

Song Xiu's eyes tightened. This was a legendary skill, a lost skill. He had heard of it a long time ago and wondered if he could do it, but he failed every time. This time, he saw it on someone else.

He had just come out of the mountain, and didn't ask too much about Gu Zheng's situation. He only knew that Gu Zheng defeated Song Bai and was also a cultivator. Later, the sect asked about it and knew that Gu Zheng was the new head of Emei. He didn't know anything else.

If it were someone else, Gu Zheng's extreme fragrance transformation would not be surprising at all. Many people have seen it many times.

The fragrance of chicken blood soup began to spread out, spreading outward with Song Xiu's sparerib soup. Both fragrances were invisible, but a fight and a battle occurred in the air.

Both fragrances wanted to suppress the other, but neither succeeded.

The sparerib soup has medium ingredients, and the other ingredients are not bad. The cooking skills are assisted by immortal kitchen utensils, and the performance is also very good, but chicken blood soup is the cooking skills of immortals after all.

The cooking skills of Tiexian cannot be surpassed by other cooking skills. This is Gu Zheng's advantage.

Song Xiu's advantage lies in the ingredients. Neither of them has the strength to completely suppress the other. In this way, the two fragrances kept entangled and suppressed, but in the end, no one could suppress the other.

In this way, the people nearby were miserable. Just after smelling this fragrance, they smelled another fragrance. Both fragrances were so attractive and tempting, and they could only be smelled but not seen.

Many people's stomachs were protesting, gurgling, whether they had eaten or not.

Some people still wanted to eat something else to fill their stomachs, but no matter what they took out, they couldn't eat it once they smelled these two fragrances. Smelling these two fragrances, no matter what they ate, it was like chewing wax.