The match has begun.

Xiaoxi took the ingredients out of the cart and placed them on the stone table, naturally including the iron pot set.

The brother and sister quickly prepared six dishes.

The aroma of pork tenderloin, cherry pork, Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, Osmanthus Shark Fin, Steamed Sea Bass, and Steamed Assorted Cured Meats wafted from the corner.

But no matter how good the wine was, it was too hidden away, and not a single judge came, not even any spectators.

The judging panel consisted entirely of top chefs who served at state banquets, and they were very proud of themselves. Moreover, the first half hour was basically all about the contestants' preparation.

The spectators were already strolling around the various competition venues, while the judges were casually drinking tea in the reception room.

At that moment, elegant piano music was playing in the venue, but suddenly the speakers malfunctioned, and the volume of the piano music became lower.

When the judges saw that it was almost time, they came out of the reception room. He could hear faint guzheng music coming from somewhere.

"Hey, where did this ancient music come from? It sounds really nice."

"Wow, when I hear this beautiful music, I feel my chest doesn't feel tight anymore, and my head doesn't hurt anymore."

"Is there really such a beautiful melody in the world? Let's go and see it."

They followed the zither music to search for the past.

Kong Xinlin, who had been following them, noticed that the judges were heading in the wrong direction; they wanted to go to the corner where the Ye siblings were.

Kong Xinlin quickly made a gesture of invitation, guiding the judges to walk in the opposite direction.

"Distinguished judges, please come this way."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kong Xinlin covered his right cheek with his hand, crying out, "Ouch, ouch, ouch! Why does my molar hurt so much?"

In the reception room, he had only had a cup of tea with the judges when he felt something was wrong. He had some symptoms of tooth inflammation, so why is his tooth suddenly hurting so badly?

The judges glanced at Kong Xinlin. The way the competition organizer had invited him earlier was so comfortable, so why did he suddenly withdraw his hand and cover his face?

Despite the excruciating pain in his teeth, Kong Xinlin gave the instruction to "please" again.

The judges had only taken a few steps in his direction when they heard the melodious guzheng music again.

They quickly changed direction and headed back towards the source of the music.

"Respected judges, you've come to the wrong place. This is the main passage, the contestants are all here."

Kong Xinlin's back molars were hurting so badly that he couldn't help but become impatient.

The judges, who were always respected and fawned over, were displeased upon hearing Kong Xinlin's tone.

Are you teaching us how to do things?

Kong Xinlin covered his face and hurriedly said he dared not, but suddenly everyone heard a "poof" sound and an indescribable stench wafted over.

Even a fool could see that Kong Xinlin had lost his composure in front of everyone.

Because his back door was leaking air, the air gathered into the force of an invisible shot put, slamming hard into his heel.

Kong Xinlin squatted down in pain, rubbing his heels with both hands, and another burst of gas gushed out.

"How rude!"

The judges avoided Kong Xinlin as if he were a plague carrier, and strode towards the direction from which the melodious guzheng music was coming from.

Suddenly, they discovered a beautiful rock in a corner of the venue, and the wonderful music was coming from behind the rock.

This made them quicken their pace.