Lu Yunxi began his working life in a small town.

"Xiao Lu, one portion of braised meat, one plate of grilled fish, and one plate of stir-fried vegetables!"

"Okay!" She responded immediately, and several stoves started firing at the same time, her hands moving quickly.

After about half an hour of busy work, it became quiet outside and the guests left one after another.

"Did they change the cook today? The broth tastes so good!"

"I didn't expect there's a chef in our town who can cook such delicious food! The stir-fried vegetables are so crisp and juicy, it's just delicious!"

"Hey, this chef is so amazing, why doesn't he participate in the cooking competition? Isn't our town always ridiculed by the neighbors for not having any great chefs?!"

"But I heard the new chef is a woman! No woman has ever won a chef's competition!"

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The guests' voices gradually faded away, but Lu Yunxi kept the "Chef Competition" in his mind.

When there were no customers in the afternoon, the shopkeeper looked very satisfied and praised her a lot, so she casually mentioned this matter.

"A chef's competition?" The shopkeeper was stunned, then began to explain. "Each town nominates people to compete in the city, and the top three finishers receive prizes! It's a shame no one from our town has ever won a prize! If you were to go... I'd advise against it. This competition is truly terrifying!"

"Prize?" Lu Yunxi's eyes lit up, completely ignoring the rest of the sentence. What's scary about that? How scary could a cooking competition be?! The most important thing now was saving enough money to attend a martial arts school!

"How much bonus?" She rubbed her hands impatiently.

The shopkeeper looked at him as if he were looking at a lost teenager, his eyes full of pity. "The prize money is indeed quite a lot, it seems to be several hundred silver coins! If you really want to go, just go to the government office to sign up. The next competition will be in three days. Do your best!"

He said "try your best" but the expression on his face said "you will never win"!

She twitched her lips, wondering why the shopkeeper had so little confidence in her. Her cooking skills had at least reached the intermediate level!

After work, Lu Yunxi asked someone about it.

It turns out that the chefs of the restaurant had all participated in a chef competition before, but they all failed in the end. Failure would have been fine, but they were hit so hard that they couldn't continue cooking after the failure!

So the restaurant can only keep looking for new chefs!

She was a little surprised after hearing this, but she still went to the government office to register. Because the process and theme of the chef competition changed every year, even if she knew about the previous competitions, it would be useless, so she didn't bother to inquire further.

On the day of the competition, Lu Yunxi took a special leave from the restaurant and went to Jinzhou via the teleportation array in the yamen.

Jinzhou is much larger than a town. It is well connected and bustling with traffic. The roads are wide and flat, the houses next to each other are neatly arranged, and the pedestrians all have smiles on their faces.

Before the game started, Lu Yunxi walked around the area, hoping to get some information. As she passed through an alley, she heard two familiar words and paused as she was about to continue forward.

"The academy is recruiting this year, right? Are you going to sign up?"

"Go! There are academies that teach both civil and military skills. Which one do you want to go to?"

"Needless to say! The academy is known for its literary department, and the martial arts department is just a trick to deceive those outsiders who don't know the truth! Who doesn't know that the martial arts department of the academy is not good?! Anyone with a little bit of ability would not go to the academy to learn martial arts!"

Academy? She remembered that the village chief had told her before that his ancestors had visited the academy and became very powerful after returning. However, the academy was very mysterious and she didn't know if she could find it!

Lu Yunxi: Is this the mysterious academy? I'm being ridiculed to this extent!

The people passing by were getting farther and farther away, and she wanted to follow them and continue listening to what they were saying. However, at this moment, a man suddenly ran out from the corner, looking at her breathlessly.

"Lu Yunxi, right? It's almost your turn! What are you still wandering around here for?!" The man gave her an unpleasant look and pulled her away, "Come with me! You'll be in the third row, third seat!"

Lu Yunxi paused for a moment, and was pulled by him to run two steps before she came to her senses. She turned around to look at the group of people behind her, but found that those passers-by had already left, leaving only an empty street.

She pursed her lips with some regret.

Never mind! I'll wait until she finishes the competition and come back to ask!

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The commentator standing at the head of the stage saw that all the competitors had arrived. He immediately smiled and said to the audience, "Good morning, chefs and audience! The first round of the Jinzhou Division of the Chef Competition is about to begin. Those who pass three rounds and place in the rankings will represent Jinzhou in the national competition..."

Lu Yunxi listened to the rules and looked around at the chefs, feeling a bit surprised. She hadn't expected so many chefs to participate!

She quickly counted and found there were about forty or fifty stoves on site! Because of the limited number of stoves, the chefs were divided into batches according to their respective towns. This meant that her first competition opponents were all chefs from her own town! Even so, there were ten competitions in one day! And I heard that there were also stoves set up in different areas of Jinzhou, holding competitions simultaneously.

Jinzhou City is very large, with nearly a hundred towns under its jurisdiction. The preliminary round alone will take several days!

Fortunately, the first competition was held by the audience, otherwise, with only a few judges, they would have vomited after taking a bite of each dish! But she was lucky that her town was the second batch to enter, and the audience was not very full at that time!

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