Yuan Batian and Mai Renkuang each scooped eight lobsters from the pot and offered them to the eight judges.
These lobsters are real lobsters caught from the ocean.
Wu Sangui simply broke open the shrimp tail, peeled off the shell, and ate it with relish.
Wu Yingqi and Feng Xifan then crushed the lobster's claws and ate the tender meat inside.
Duolong, eager to please Princess Jianning, peeled the lobster shell off her.
Wei Xiaobao was too lazy to peel the shrimp shells with his hands, so he just bit them open with his mouth, making him look rather comical.
Princess Jianning said, "Both of these lobsters have very tender meat, and they taste about the same."
Wei Xiaobao said, "Yes, they taste the same, there's no difference."
Mai Ren hurriedly said, "Princess, Lord Wei, please savor it. The lobster I made is the most authentic lobster, and each one is a fresh, live lobster that I personally selected!"
"Live lobsters?" Princess Jianning asked curiously. "Kunming is far from the sea. You've come all this way, how can you have live lobsters?"
Mai Renkuang said, "To ensure that the lobsters and every kind of seafood were alive, I filled large wooden buckets with seawater and kept all the seafood in the buckets, bringing them from the seaside to Kunming!"
Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Chief Mai has put in a lot of effort and deserves a reward."
Yuan Batian hurriedly said, "Your Highness, Princess, my lobsters and more than a dozen kinds of seafood are the most authentic, and they are also kept in seawater in wooden barrels. They were brought from the seaside to Kunming City to ensure that Your Highness and Princess can eat the freshest seafood!"
Mai Ren roared furiously, "Yuan Batian, can you please stop imitating me?"
Yuan Batian said, "Mai Renkuang, you are really arrogant! Using seawater to raise seafood and carrying it to other places is a common method used by coastal residents. How am I imitating you?"
Mai Renkuang had no rebuttal.
Wu Sangui said, "Gentlemen, from now on, stop arguing about who imitated whom. If you continue arguing, you will be eliminated immediately!"
Upon hearing this, Mai Renkuang's arrogant demeanor suddenly vanished.
Yuan Batian chuckled twice, revealing a smug smile.
Wu Sangui said, "The taste of the first type of seafood—lobster—is equally good between Master Yuan and Chief Mai!"
Princess Jianning said, "Let's try the second type of seafood, sea crab!"
Yuan Batian quickly scooped eight crabs out of his large pot and placed them on a plate.
Mai Renkuang acted very quickly, scooping out eight sea crabs.
Wu Sangui said, "These sea crabs are different from river crabs. River crabs are mainly eaten for their roe, while sea crabs are mainly eaten for their meat."
The old man shook his head and talked, showing off his experience.
Princess Jianning said, "Peeling the shell is too troublesome. Can't we just cut the crab open?"
"I'll cut it!" Doron volunteered, picking up the sharp knife.
Wei Xiaobao said, "Master Duo truly lives up to his reputation as the Emperor's bodyguard with a sword; he is indeed skilled with a knife!"
Duolong sliced open the crab with a knife and said with a grin, "Lord Wei, you flatter me. My knife skills are very ordinary, but cutting some meat and bones is a piece of cake for me."
Wei Xiaobao said, "No, no, no, I think Master Duo's technique in cutting the crab is extremely skillful, surpassing even the imperial chefs and the swordsmen of the martial arts world."
Duolong said, "Lord Wei has a discerning eye for talent. The sword technique I use is actually a family heirloom, passed down only to men."
Li Huan couldn't help but burst out laughing.
You're cutting a crab, and you're using some kind of family-inherited knife technique?
Don't you feel itchy if you don't show off?
What a despicable person!
For the princess, Duolong cut open two sea crabs.
Princess Jianning asked, "Master, you've cut both crabs open, but which one belongs to Yuan Batian and which one to Mai Renkuang?"
Duolong was dumbfounded when he saw the two crabs split in two.
"This...this seems to be confusing. This humble servant has also forgotten which one is Yuan Batian's crab and which one is Mai Renkuang's crab..."
Wei Xiaobao laughed loudly: "Hahaha, how old are you? Your swordsmanship is too fast, you've even confused yourself!"
Duolong laughed and said, "You were so focused on cutting with a knife that you forgot to distinguish between Yuan Batian's and Mai Renkuang's crabs."
Princess Jianning said, "After I taste this four-lobed crab, how can I distinguish between them?"
Mai Renkuang said, "Princess, it's actually quite easy to tell. The crabs with the freshest flavor are definitely the ones I cooked!"
"Hahaha..." Yuan Batian laughed, "Mai Renkuang, you're too arrogant! How could you have cooked such a delicious sea crab? It must have been me who cooked it!"
Mai Renkuang said, "No matter how arrogant I am, I'm not as domineering and unreasonable as you!"
Yuan Batian said, "I, Yuan Batian, have always been domineering, but I always believe in reason!"
Mai Renkuang said, "If you were reasonable, you wouldn't boast..."
"Shut up!" Princess Jianning snapped. "Aren't you two annoying? You keep arguing back and forth, it's like there are two flies buzzing around my ears!"
"I'm too lazy to taste your two crabs, and there's no need to distinguish which one tastes better!"
After Princess Jianning finished speaking, she said to Long'er, "These two crabs are a reward for you!"
Long'er smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Princess. I don't like eating sea crabs, so please give them to the heroes below!"
Princess Jianning hummed in agreement, grabbed half a crab, and threw it forcefully off the stage.
In an instant, someone jumped up, caught half a crab accurately, and excitedly began to eat it.
“Princess…” Mai Renkuang exclaimed in astonishment, “This is a top-quality sea crab!”
Princess Jianning ignored Mai Renkuang and grabbed three-lobed crabs from the plate, throwing them all off the stage.
The scene was filled with laughter and praise...
Feng Xifan stood up and took the dagger from Duolong's hand.
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