Fortunately, I comprehended the blizzard sword intent before entering, otherwise there would be nothing to brag about.
He seems so talented, it's not too much to have a hidden master come out to teach him...
"Ice and snow swordsmanship?" Shopkeeper Taki was stunned.
“Ah…” Sister Baihu and others looked at the inconspicuous Lu Ran in confusion. Special cooking skills?
Didn’t you say you were a student? Even if you were a student at a cooking school, you wouldn’t learn this stuff! It must be said that Lu Ran’s words successfully aroused the curiosity of Shopkeeper Long. She looked at Lu Ran and said:
"You mean, your pet is of the ice type, and you have the ability to borrow its power and thus exert ice power?"
This is indeed an advantage, as it is similar to having a pet that is fire-type. Although it is not uncommon among powerful chefs, it is at least better than the five people next to him who know nothing.
After hearing this, the other five people gradually understood. So this is the case...
An ice pet + special beast-controlling skills... that's nothing special.
However, Lu Ran then said: "No."
"That means you have special kitchen utensils, special kitchen utensils that contain ice power. Unfortunately, in the special assessment, examinees are not allowed to use special kitchen utensils."
“Not really.” Lu Ran continued, “I didn’t rely on any external force. It was purely because I honed myself day after day to become an excellent chef and cultivated my spirit to a certain level.”
"I... can accomplish all this by my own strength!"
After Lu Ran finished speaking, Shopkeeper Long was stunned again. Bai Ling and others were also very confused. Without pets and extraordinary equipment... what are you trying to do! "Interesting little guy." Shopkeeper Long was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Interesting, I want to see what your 'Ice and Snow Sword Technique' is."
"Come on, follow me to the spare kitchen."
"Come and show me your so-called 'Ice and Snow Sword Technique'!"
Lu Ran naturally had no objection. Shopkeeper Taki turned around and left, and he followed without saying a word, as if he had triggered some hidden task. Bai Ling and others beside him continued to be confused, but they had to follow.
"Brother Xiao Wang, what the hell is the Ice and Snow Sword Technique?" On the way, he asked in confusion, calling a horse a deer.
"Um...I can't explain it well. You'll understand when you see it." Lu Ran couldn't explain it. It was the sword intent.
Alas, Lu Ran felt guilty for using the sword spirit that Master Jiang Dou had been thinking about to cook...
Soon, Lu Ran and others were led to a kitchen. It was very quiet here, with not many people around. The kitchen counter was filled with various kitchen utensils, both Eastern and Western styles from Blue Star, and it was very complete.
Shopkeeper Taki came to the corner, lifted the gray cloth, and took out a piece of meat of an unknown species. Judging from the texture, it was similar to beef.
She placed the meat on the chopping board, nodded, and motioned for Lu Ran to choose the knife himself and start the performance.
At this moment, everyone was observing the meat, feeling that it was no different from ordinary beef, and it was ordinary. However, Lu Ran had already walked forward and selected from among the many knives one by one...
Not long after, Lu Ran found a knife that suited him best. He didn't choose a kitchen knife, but a kitchen utensil that looked like a fruit knife... After turning it around in his hand, Lu Ran finally looked at the meat.
The next moment, he took a deep breath, walked forward, patted the meat, grabbed it, and threw it directly into the air.
Then, he held the knife in his right hand and swung it wildly in the air at a speed that was difficult to see clearly.
During the process, there were flashes of swords and shadows, and the brilliance was so overwhelming that everyone present could feel a chill that instantly spread throughout their bodies, and the entire kitchen felt a little colder.
Upon seeing this, Zhizheweima and others all shuddered.
And the most important thing is that as Lu Ran inserted the knife into the chopping board, the fallen meat was cut into eight pieces neatly and smoothly.
This guy is really good at knife skills! No, even a serious chef wouldn't dare to do this. Who would throw meat in the air to cut it? This technique doesn't look like it was developed by practicing knife skills.
Of course, what made them feel the most incredible was the state of the meat at this moment. Every cut surface of the meat was now covered with a layer of light frost. The juice that had seeped out of the meat did not leak out at all, but was all locked in the meat. Even now, there was still a faint white chill on these meats, and one could clearly feel the difference from their previous state.
"What is this?" The mountain explorer was surprised. He did not see Lu Ran borrow the power of the pet. The kitchen utensils were just ordinary kitchen utensils. Why did the meat become like this? What kind of special function is this? The others also widened their eyes. They did not feel any ice energy appearing in the process.
But this meat...
"This..." Shopkeeper Taki's expression also changed. He quickly stepped forward and touched the beast meat.
The coldness invaded her hands. Different from the freezing effect caused by the temperature and ice energy, at that moment, Shopkeeper Taki, who touched the beast meat, felt as if she had seen an illusion and was in a blizzard... She shook her head suddenly, and then looked at Lu Ran in disbelief.
"How is it?" Lu Ran asked nervously.
"'Cooking Intentions'... who on earth are you?" Shopkeeper Long narrowed his eyes and said, "With such a talent, is it necessary for you to come to our Shuangyue Tower to learn?"
“In the future, there will be a lot of famous chefs vying to be apprentices of geniuses who are expected to create extraordinary dishes that embody the true meaning and soul of food.”
Lu Ran's heart was pounding. Damn, the blizzard sword intent could really be used to cook? !
After Shopkeeper Taki finished speaking, Lu Ran was excited, but the other five people fell into deep thought, looking at Lu Ran in disbelief.
MMP, rare dishes, culinary ideas, what the hell! Is this guy a disciple of some lifestyle boss who is proficient in cooking? !
They thought that everyone had entered this secret realm with zero basic knowledge, so how come a guy with "cooking skills" suddenly appeared!
Chuyi...it sounds like something high-end.
"I don't know what culinary intention is. This cooking skill was honed and acquired by me by accident." Lu Ran said.
"Okay, I basically understand your situation. Next, please go to your guest room according to the door number I gave you and wait."
"As for you, come with me!" Shopkeeper Taki looked at Lu Ran and immediately began to treat him differently.
Soon, the other five trial-takers were dismissed with mixed feelings, and Lu Ran, led by Shopkeeper Taki, came to his room again.
Shopkeeper Long threw the doorplate to Lu, stared at him straight, and said, "Boy, what's your name? Do you have a master?"
"My name is Bao Si Wang, the shopkeeper can just call me Xiao Wang. I don't have any master. This time I came to Shuangyue Tower just to find a great master who can lead me into the field of chef." Lu Ran was very sincere.
"Do you know how talented you are?" she asked.
"I didn't know before... but now, I may know." Lu Ran said.
Lu Ran never expected that the sword spirit could be connected with the culinary spirit.
At this time, Shopkeeper Taki pondered for a moment, bit his finger, and said, "I haven't seen a newcomer like you for a long time. The skill of being able to infuse spiritual will into kitchen utensils is very rare."
"Especially, the chef himself mastered this technique without any help from his pet."
"I think I was right just now. The ingredients still have traces of your icy cooking skills."
"It's a pity that it's not perfect yet. But even so, it's still very rare. Once you master it and add the right ingredients, you may be able to cook a 'rare dish'!"
You know, when ordinary pets comprehend the shaping of artistic conception, they just integrate it into their own energy moves. Lu Ran and Mr. Ha, learning the skills of integrating weapons and artistic conception, can be regarded as jumping out of the track.
And this track happened to be very close to the chef's top skills! "Rare world-class dishes?!" Lu Ran couldn't help but speak, and was pleasantly surprised. If this was the case, it would be great.
Even if you can pass the breakthrough test by cooking top-grade dishes, if you can cook rare dishes, you must exceed the task by 1000%.
"Don't be happy too soon." Shopkeeper Long glanced at Lu Ran and said, "This process may take one year, five years, or even ten years. It all depends on your talent... Rare world-class dishes are not that easy to make."
"However, the special chef assessment should be no problem. Although the Ice and Snow Cooking has restricted your cuisine, you only need to catch a fish in the hunting zone, make sashimi, and add some simple seasonings. With your cooking skills alone, you will definitely be able to conquer the taste buds of the examiners and make them feel like they are in a fantasy world, floating in the air."
"Sashimi is a dish that is simple to prepare, but it has extremely strict requirements on knife skills and temperature."
"Sashimi..." Lu Ran nodded.
Unexpectedly, I ended up becoming a technical person.
You have to conquer the examiner with your cooking skills.
An unexpected road.
"Of course, I think your future achievements should not be limited to a small special-level assessment." Shopkeeper Long said: "In the next 15 days, I will personally train you and help you develop your culinary skills."
"Even if you can't become a cooking god like Emperor Yan Sizhen in the future, your achievements will not be low!"
"Okay..." Lu Ran nodded.
The boss lady came out in person... He looked at the beautiful woman in front of him. Could she cook? "Speaking of which, I'm more curious about what you've been through. It's not easy to develop a sense of cooking." Shopkeeper Long looked at the young Lu Ran.
“Is this difficult…” Lu Ran asked a very annoying question.
"Heh..." Shopkeeper Taki's mouth twitched. It turned out that genius was not that cute.
"Nonsense! Only when a chef has the intention of cooking, can the dishes he makes have soul and touch the true meaning of food!" She slapped the table and said.
"Why is Emperor Yan Sizhen called the founder of cooking? Because he is the first person to master cooking!"
"Decades ago, the empire fell into a mini ice age. Emperor Yan Sizhen cooked a dish called 'Flame Dragon Traveling the Ninth Heaven'. The aroma of the dish spread across the continent. The creatures that smelled the aroma felt as if they were in midsummer. The aroma instantly helped countless beasts awaken their fire powers, and the mini ice age slowly ended because of this."
"Of course, dishes of that level may have surpassed the rarest level. Looking at the long history, it is estimated that it will also leave a strong mark. In short, if dishes want to achieve that kind of effect, extremely high-quality ingredients and strong cooking skills are indispensable."
"Each rare world-class dish can bring incredible power to the eater... help the beastmaster break through, help the pet evolve..." Shopkeeper Long said: "Forget it, there's no point telling you this now."
"Next, I will prepare a batch of special ingredients for you and give you a special room. You will continue to practice your cooking skills and strive to achieve the perfect combination of cooking skills and ingredients as soon as possible."
“It’s not enough to just have culinary ideas. You also need to combine the characteristics of the ingredients to blend their flavor with the culinary ideas and make the two complement each other. Otherwise, an overly eye-catching culinary idea will only take away the original flavor of the ingredients and ruin the deal.”
"Besides that, your cooking intention only lasted less than ten seconds on that piece of beast meat. This is not good. By then, the golden moment of the food will be gone before the people enjoying it can appreciate its deliciousness, and the quality of the dish will return to normal."
"After a chef puts his or her heart into a dish, he or she must keep the heart for a long enough time. Yours is too short. To be more precise, your cooking intention is kept on the ingredients for too short a time!"
Lu Ran nodded repeatedly and listened to the instructions carefully.
There's nothing I can do. My weapon is sword intent, which was used to kill people before, so naturally there aren't so many requirements... Only at this moment did Lu Ran feel relieved.
At least this breakthrough mission should be stable.
All you need to do is work as hard as possible towards making rare cuisine.
However, just like there are not many rare world-class blacksmiths in Xia Country, there should not be many rare world-class chefs either...
Lu Ran had a strange expression. If he made rare world-class dishes in this secret realm, could he really become a professor of cooking at the Beastmaster University after returning? Being a professor, Master Lin said, would pay quite a bit! Lu Ran was also curious about the treatment that could attract a forging master like him.
(End of this chapter)