The old man grinned, then jumped up again: "Little girl, we haven't seen each other for just a few years, how come you have learned to lie!"
"I have devoted myself to cooking for more than a million years. Huh? Little girl, do you know what a million years means? Those so-called cooking masters in your kingdom of God are not even worthy of entry in front of me!"
"There are not many people in this world who have lived longer than an old man like me. It is even more impossible for anyone to surpass me in culinary attainments. There is no one who can even touch my heels!"
When he jumped up and down, even his beard almost stood up... Such a reaction was like touching a reverse scale.
Yun Che seemed to be thinking about something.
"But..." Hua Caili had no intention of "being taught" and said innocently and frankly: "I respect and like Uncle Liu Xiao so much, how could I lie to him? The food made by Brother Yun is better than that made by Uncle Liu Dao."
After she finished speaking, without waiting for the old man to react again, she lightly moved to stand beside Yun Che, so close to him that her body was almost touching his: "Right, Brother Yun?"
The old man looked at Yun Che sideways, as if he had just noticed his presence. But with just one glance, his hair that had just stood up suddenly fell back, and then he laughed loudly with his teeth bared:
"You're talking about this brat? Hahahaha! This hairy brat is not even as old as the dust between my fingernails, and you dare to say that he's better than me in cooking?"
"You little girl, your cultivation has improved a lot, but why is your brain suddenly not so smart? If he can make something more delicious than my 'Six Smiles Flying Fairy Pastry', I will write my name Liu Xiao on the reverse side from now on!"
"Uncle Liu Xiao is cheating again!" Hua Caili frowned, "Liu Xiao is still Liu Xiao when it's written backwards. If Uncle Liu Xiao is so unconvinced, do you dare to make another bet with me?"
"Another bet?" The old man's eyes widened visibly.
"This time we're betting on Uncle Liu Xiao's culinary accomplishments, which he is best at." Hua Caili said with a smile, "We're betting on whether Brother Yun can make something tastier than the Liu Xiao Feixian Pastry. Of course, if Uncle Liu Xiao doesn't dare, then forget it. How can a junior like him dare to embarrass Uncle Liu Xiao?"
“Hehehe…” The old man let out a strange laugh, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth: “You’re provoking me with these words… Bet! We must bet!”
"If this kid can beat me in cooking, I'll call you uncle from now on... Pfft! I can even call you grandma!"
Hua Caili quickly waved her hands obediently: "How can that be possible? Uncle Liu Xiao is my most respected senior, and this cannot be messed up. If...if...Uncle Liu Xiao really loses, just agree to a small request of mine, hehe."
“Will I lose??”
He let out a strange cry but did not laugh again. Instead, he looked up and down, sizing up Yun Che again.
How could he not know that Hua Caili's sudden action was definitely not without purpose?
But to say that this young boy can surpass him in cooking...
He would rather believe that this kid could crush him, a priest, to death with just one finger.
“Boy!” The old man did not even ask Yun Che’s name and origin, and said with a squinting look: “When I was your age, I didn’t even know how to play with mud. If we really want to compete in cooking, then I, the old man, am bullying you. So…”
He pointed to the back and said, "I don't have anything else here, old man. I have all kinds of rare ingredients in the world! If you can use the ingredients here to make any dish that will please my eyes, then this little girl will win! Look at her smiling face, she might be up to something bad!"
The old man's words were casual and vulgar, but they fully showed his doting and indulgence towards Hua Caili. He knew that Hua Caili must be looking for an excuse to ask him for something, so he gave him the opportunity.
After all, he has the final say on whether it is pleasing to the eye or not.
Yun Che bowed but did not respond. He glanced around and suddenly stretched out his hand. A dozen gentle whirlwinds flew out and flew straight towards the messy piles of food.
In just a few breaths, thirty-seven kinds of ingredients of various colors and shapes were laid out in front of Yun Che.
"Senior, the 'Six Smiles Flying Fairy Cake' you just made should have used these thirty-seven kinds of ingredients. I wonder if my judgment is wrong?"
“…”
The old man in gray...Priest Liu Xiao, one of the four great priests of the Pure Land, did not answer immediately. His old eyes kept widening, as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight.
Hua Caili's lips also slightly opened, and her beautiful eyes trembled with deep surprise... Looking at the extremely exaggerated reaction of the Six Smiling Priests, it was obvious that Yun Che's judgment was correct. A total of thirty-seven kinds of ingredients were not wrong at all! ?
She only knew that as long as Yun Che made it, it would taste like a fairy, even better than the Six Smiling Priests. But she never thought that he could be so powerful.
The Six Smiling Priests suddenly turned around and shouted, "Yuan Ying, get in here!"
The divine servant Yuan Ying, who had just cleaned off the smoke and dust on his body, flashed in and said, "Master, you called me..."
"Did you tell this kid the recipe for the Six Smiles Feixian Cake?!"
"Ah?" Yuan Ying said innocently, "Master, I am wronged. Even if I have the courage to do so, I dare not reveal your recipe. That's not right. Didn't you just make this Six Smiles Feixian Pastry? Even the name was just given to it. Where does the recipe come from?"
“…Get out.”
"Okay!"
Yuanying flashed out again.
The Six Smiling Priests’ gaze returned to Yun Che, and occasionally glanced at the thirty-seven kinds of food ingredients, muttering to himself, “There’s something about this. No wonder this little girl dares to show off like this.”
Yun Che hurriedly said humbly, “Senior, you are too kind. I am just extremely sensitive to smells and was lucky enough to recognize it. Then I will try your Six Smiles Flying Immortal Pastry with the same ingredients.”
After he finished speaking, he took a step back. A whirlwind of wind swirled up, and thirty-seven kinds of ingredients passed through his hands one by one, being crushed, refined, and purified one by one...
When Cang Shuying was teaching Yun Che cooking, she had praised him for his superiority in this field, which was unmatched in the world.
This is by no means exaggeration, but an irrefutable fact.
Because the most extreme power of refinement and purification in the world lies in the Sky Poison Pearl in his hand. Therefore, any food can be easily processed to perfection in his hands.
As for another important factor in cooking… the control of fire, he who possesses the Heretic God's Profound Veins is also unrivaled in the world. Even if others practice for ten lifetimes, they will never be able to reach that level.
At the level of the Sky Poison Pearl, its tempering and purification aura could not be detected even by a powerful priest. In the sight of the Six Smiling Priests, those ingredients were peeled, cut, and scattered by the strands of profound energy released by Yun Che, leaving only the essence and removing all the excess.
The whole process is incredibly precise and sophisticated, and incredibly fast.
Priest Liu Xiao stared at him for a long time without even taking a breath.
The red light was dazzling, and flames ignited in Yun Che’s palm. As his palm turned and his fingers danced, the flames spread out into dozens of fire snakes of varying sizes and even varying degrees of burning heat. They danced gracefully on the different ingredients, sometimes appearing and disappearing, sometimes burning and sometimes extinguishing.
Finally, all the flames fell into Yun Che’s palm and were extinguished after a few breaths.
Yun Che’s palm also slowly opened at this time. In his palm, two shortbreads of the same color but different shapes lay quietly.
A faint fragrance also spread out at this time. The fragrance touched the nose, and the throat of the Six Smiling Priests unconsciously "gurgled".
"It's done."
Yun Che raised his hand and handed one of them to Hua Caili: “Cai Li, try it first.”
Compared to the dirty ball of the Six Smiling Priest, the one that Yun Che gave to Hua Caili was particularly exquisite. It was in the shape of a girl holding the moon, and the moon was half hidden in the clouds. Its meaning and scene were very inspiring.
"Wow! It's so beautiful." Hua Caili held it in her hands, her beautiful eyes sparkling with a strange light, and her movements were extremely careful: "It's so beautiful that I can't bear to eat it."
Yun Che smiled and said, “Delicious food must have good color, aroma and taste, because its shape and color will greatly interfere with a person’s state of mind when enjoying delicious food, so it is made a little more fancy.”
"Although the ingredients are the same, I came up with this idea at the last minute. I think the method and the combination are quite different from those of my predecessors. Naturally, I dare not name it 'Six Smiles Flying Fairy Pastry', so let's call it... Moon Reflection Cloud Pastry."
When Yun Che finished speaking, Hua Caili had already taken a light bite.
Immediately, she raised her head, her eyes shining like stars: "Delicious! Really delicious! Not only does it look good, smell good, and have a nice name, but it also tastes much better than Uncle Liu Xiao's Feixiansu... a lot better!"
The eyes of Priest Liu Xiao, which had been bulging out, seemed to have finally retracted at this moment.
As someone who had been immersed in the art of cooking for more than a million years, he understood much more clearly than Hua Caili how amazing Yun Che's series of operations were.
Without waiting for Yun Che to speak, he grabbed the other biscuit in Yun Che’s palm with his fingertips… The strange fragrance filled his nose, and his movements hesitated for a moment before he threw it into his mouth.
He gritted his teeth... In just a moment, his old eyes bulged out again.
Dozens of different exotic aromas exploded in his mouth, instantly radiating his taste buds, and he clearly felt his soul soften.
As the world's No. 1 chef whose importance in his eyes far outweighs that of a priest, he can accurately tell which ingredient a particular flavor comes from. And the "tuning" of these flavors has all reached a level of perfection, blending with each other to create an ultimate delicacy that intoxicates the soul and numbs the body.
It is a feeling of "flying fairy" that even his "Six Smiles Flying Fairy Pastry" could not truly achieve.
He was shocked, completely shocked. He stared at Yun Che, his voice trembling as he spoke: “This…is this really something you did on the spur of the moment?”
In order to make the perfect "Six Smiles Flying Fairy Pastry", he spent thousands of years of hard work and made tens of thousands of attempts!
Yun Che seemed to have misunderstood his intention and quickly said, “Most of my life has been spent drifting around in the world, so it is difficult for me to come into contact with such... and so many rare treasures, so I can only try reluctantly. I am afraid that I have embarrassed you, Senior.”
See...laugh?
The Six Smiling Priests really wanted to see the joke.
This kid was only doing it for the first time, and he did it in such a short time, but the biscuits he made had already crushed his thousands of years of hard work, or even a million years of practice... He was laughing.
Before Priest Liuxiao could say anything, Hua Caili said in a tender voice, "Brother Yun, make Uncle Liuxiao a bowl of four-color cloud soup. He will definitely be shocked."
"good."
Yun Che smiled and stretched out his hand. Four dark-colored leaves flew into his hand.
Priest Liu Xiao looked carefully...and found that they were four bitter leaves that could be found everywhere in the abyss!
The land outside the Pure Land and the Kingdom of God definitely cannot grow emerald trees and flowers. The vegetation that can survive must be able to resist the Abyss Dust to a certain extent, and naturally has extremely strong vitality. Most of them taste extremely bitter and can only be used as seasoning, but it is almost impossible to eat.
"Only... these four bitter leaves?" The priest Liu Xiao said in a trembling tone, like an old student who had just started cooking.
"That's enough."
Yun Che moved back and forth between the four bitter leaves, refining and purifying them invisibly and silently. After dozens of strands of profound energy flowed through, the four bitter leaves were reduced to just four balls of juice of different colors and sizes.
Yun Che gathered coldness in his palm, which had already condensed into a small ice bowl. With another grab, the bowl was already half full of water. At this moment, the juices from four different bitter leaves fell into the ice bowl one after another, and then naturally dispersed and blended together, forming a bowl of four-colored glazed ice soup.
He held the bowl of ice in front of Priest Liu Xiao and said, "The Four-Colored Cloud Soup is ready. Senior Liu Xiao, please taste it."
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