"Congratulations, young lady! You've successfully passed the preliminary round. This is your reward," the staff member enthusiastically handed her the silver and ingredients, along with an invitation. "The finals will be held in the suburbs of the capital in three days. With your invitation, you can use the teleportation array at the government office to reach the capital."
Lu Yunxi looked at the silver and found that there were actually 10 silvers. It was indeed much easier than hunting! And the ingredient was a purple fish, the highest grade ingredient she had ever seen!
She immediately became eager to make a move. She had already won 10 silver medals in the preliminary round, so what about the finals...
Thinking of this, her waist pain and legs and feet were no longer tired. Not caring that it was almost evening, she excitedly rushed to the river and started to brush up her proficiency.
A night passed.
Seeing that his fishing proficiency was about to break through, Lu Yunxi persevered for three days regardless of everything and finally reached the advanced level of fishing. Then he barely slept for half an hour and rushed to the finals with two huge dark circles under his eyes.
The lake outside Beijing.
Unlike the crowded preliminary round, there were only 10 players in the final. On the contrary, there were many more spectators, not only players but also NPCs, who tightly surrounded the contestants as if they were watching a monkey show.
Because Lu Yunxi arrived a little late, he was the second to last to enter.
She stood at the back and watched the people in front of her come out one by one, and the onlookers screamed.
"Oh my god! Look at that skirt! It's like a fairy. It's so pretty! Sisters, let's go buy it together!"
"Come on, second brother! Second brother is the best! Second brother must win!"
"...The second contestant, the Elegant Nobleman, is probably familiar to everyone. He's the master who took first place in the painting skill rankings in our game! Look at him in all white, he truly lives up to his name of elegance."
When Lu Yunxi came on stage, the host shouted, "Oh! A new contestant has arrived! She's the only woman in the room. She's...she's very mysterious! The host hasn't found this lady on the leaderboard yet!"
The last person to enter was a man who arrived at the last minute. He gently waved a paper fan, dressed in black, and walked slowly towards the stage with a smile on his face. "I didn't expect you all to be here already. I'm sorry I'm late. Please forgive me."
However, his pretense was not strong enough, probably because he seldom used the paper fan. After he finished speaking, he still couldn't throw the paper fan away with one hand. In the end, he had to hold the paper fan open with both hands and then fanned it slowly.
Lu Yunxi: ...
After everyone arrived at their respective seats, they sat down and concentrated on fishing.
After an intense, well, actually a calm competition, Lu Yunxi successfully won the first place.
"Let's congratulate this girl!" The official commentator raised her hand and smiled brightly.
Then, she took her prize - 100 silver and an orange-quality fish, and was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
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Lu Yunxi jumped three feet high when she saw the dish she had made!
She! Lu Yunxi, finally became a master chef!
It wasn't easy! She went through a lot of hardships... well, actually, it wasn't that difficult.
After maxing out her cooking proficiency, she used the prize from the fishing tournament—an orange-quality fish—to create an orange-quality dish! She successfully reached the master level! This was her first master-level skill!
And after she had mastered her cooking skills to the master level, she finally understood how awesome this master level was.
"Master Lu, thanks to your guidance some time ago, the dishes in our restaurant are much more delicious. I wonder if our restaurant would be honored to invite you to taste them?"
"Master Lu, I'm from XX Mountain. I heard you're a very good culinary master, so I came here specifically to ask you for advice. Could you please give me some pointers?"
"Master Lu, it's truly an honor to have you visit our humble shop! Please take a seat. I'll make you a bowl of noodles right away. This is our shop's signature dish!"
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In short, Lu Yunxi was extremely satisfied. Of course, she swore that she was definitely not satisfied just because she could always get free food when she went out!
However, seeing that everyone was so enthusiastic, she still gave some good guidance.
As she got to know her neighbors, she gradually realized that while there were many high-level chefs, master chefs were extremely rare. The transition from high-level to master level for any skill was a hurdle, one most people would never make.
It was said that there were only two or three master chefs in the entire country. Aside from Lu Yunxi, who had just been promoted, no one knew where the others had gone to find ingredients!
Lu Yunxi suddenly understood. No wonder everyone around her was so flattering. When she went out, someone would give her a carriage, and when she wanted to buy something, everyone would rush to deliver it to her door for free. Her food, clothing, housing, and transportation were all covered by others!
However, after living this decadent life for a while, she couldn't stand it any longer. No one likes having their private life scrutinized every day! After receiving an interesting piece of news, Lu Yunxi packed up and quickly left the capital.
After a long journey of half a month, Lu Yunxi finally found the place mentioned in the forum.
Although as a master chef, she had the right to use the teleportation array for free, the place mentioned in the forum was in the mountains and there was no city nearby, so she wasted so much time, mainly going around in circles in the mountains.
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