Zongman: Shang Erina, the opening method of swallowing the starry sky - Chapter 139
“Not only that, the power, speed, accuracy, etc. of food skills will also increase several times compared to now.”
“With your current strength, I am afraid that even among the king-level food hunters, there are few who can rival you.”
“Once you master the meaning of food, you will probably become one of the few legendary food hunters in the world!”
At this point, even Zhou himself was surprised.
Legendary food hunter?
The extremely young boy in front of him!
You know.
Master Fan of Shilin Temple, Zhen Zhenzhen, one of the four national treasures of human food, is a legendary food hunter.
As long as he masters the meaning of food, Hong Yi can even be at the same level as Zhen Zhenzhen. It’s unbelievable!
Zhou came back to his senses, turned his head and said to the women watching the game on the lawn:”Mr. Hong Yi’s partners, who will compete with me in the next game?”
“Want to fight?”
“Although I don’t have one percent of Hong Yi’s strength, I don’t think I will lose to you!”
Xiaolin Longdan grinned, showing his sharp fangs, and walked towards the martial arts arena while clenching his fists.
“No.”
Zhou replied:”Since you ladies are cooks, of course we have to have a cook showdown.”
Then, everyone moved to the kitchen of Shilin Temple.
On the cooking table, there were two thick chopping boards. On the chopping boards were two cabbages of similar size. Zhou said:”The content of the competition is very simple. Cut the cabbage into strips.
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“Cut the cabbage into even strips, each 1 mm wide. Whoever finishes first wins.”
“Do you want to test your knife skills? That’s interesting.……”Xin Hu Fei Shazi said.
Zhou glanced at the girls and asked curiously,”Who among you wants to compete with me?”
“Excuse me… Can anyone do it?”
Tanaka Hui said weakly.
She was a little eager to try.
“Yes, anyone can”
“But my suggestion is to let the one with the best knife skills compete with me, at least I won’t lose too badly.”
“Because if you lose the game, you won’t have anything to eat tonight.”
Zhou had a calm but confident smile on his face.
This was the state of mind brought about by practicing the righteousness of food. At all times, he was grateful for everything in his heart, and at the same time, he was calm and still.
Not only that.
This was also his confidence in the righteousness of food he practiced.
Just kidding.
He couldn’t beat Hong Yi because the other party was too strong.
After all, if he only lacked the righteousness of food, he would be comparable to a legendary gourmet hunter, and could stand shoulder to shoulder with the master of Shilin Temple, Fan Zhenzhen.
But couldn’t he even beat Hong Yi’s partner?
Zhou would never believe it.
“Well, let me come and learn from this Master Zhou.” Mujiu Zhiyuan said softly
“Hehehe, Senior Kikuchi Enka, let’s leave this kind of troublesome matter like competition to the younger generation.”
Kobayashi Ryodan smiled and began to roll up his khaki sleeves with his left and right hands alternately.
“In terms of knife skills, I don’t think I can lose to anyone.”
The secretary looked serious, and had already opened the knife bag from his backpack and took out a kitchen knife that he had carefully maintained.
Melk also joined in the fun and said,”Well… although I’m not a chef, I should be able to compare with you in terms of knife skills.”
“？？”
Zhou, who stood with his hands behind his back, was a little confused.
What was going on?
In the past, when he challenged the chef who challenged the [Treasure of the Temple, Soap Bubble Fruit] to compete, the other party was in awe, afraid, and nervous.
It’s not like now, everyone is vying to compete with him.
It’s as if… he is a whetstone.
Hong Yi brought a small stool and sat next to him. He shook his head helplessly and pointed out:”Don’t fight, let Erina and Zhou compete in knife skills, it’s safer”
“Don’t let it be embarrassing if you lose the competition and have no food to eat at night.”
“Me?”
Nakiri Erina walked out from among the girls and looked at Hong Yi.
“Isn’t that a bit too much of a bully for Master Zhou? After all, he is teaching us the morality of food.”
Zhou’s eyes twitched a few times when he heard this.
Before Hong Yi could answer, he said,”In that case, please let Ms. Nakiri compete with me in knife skills.”
“Okay, even though it’s just a competition, I will still take it seriously. This is a sign of respect for myself and my opponent.”
Nakiri Erina took out her Ryuin kitchen knife.
“oh?!”
“What a good knife, not only well sharpened, but also well maintained. Is it the Melk knife?”
Zhou glanced over and saw the Longyin knife, and was slightly surprised.
Now, the Longyin knife, which has been carefully maintained by Erina Nakiri and has cut many ingredients, is no longer as sharp as it was when it was first sharpened, but has begun to hide its brilliance.
Otherwise, the blade energy released by the Longyin knife alone would be enough to split the entire Shokurinji Temple.
“preparation——”
Zhou and Nakiri Erina each stood in front of the chopping block.
Kobayashi Ryodan was the referee, giving the orders.
“”Begin!!”
With a command,
Zhou’s hands were so fast that only a shadow remained, and the cabbage kept flying, turning into a millimeter-wide silk thread.
“I have mastered the etiquette of food. Even if my cooking skills are not as good as theirs, my knife skills must be better.”
Zhou Gang was thinking, and Erina Nakiri’s voice came from the side:”Referee, I’m done”
“What!?”
Zhou was stunned. The knife that was chopping vegetables on the chopping board also stopped.
“How is it possible? She hasn’t learned the etiquette of eating. She makes so many unnecessary movements when cutting vegetables. How could she finish cutting before me?”
“This…it’s only been 5 seconds.”
“My cabbage is only cut in half!”
Zhou, in doubt, turned his head to look at the cabbage that Erina Nakiri had cut, and his pupils shook.
On the chopping board, the green and white cabbage were neatly stacked, like a work of art.
Each cabbage strip was not only 1 mm wide, but also the same length.
The content of the competition did not require the length of the cabbage.
It was an extra difficulty that Erina Nakiri added to herself.
It was equivalent to Erina Nakiri cutting the cabbage twice, once horizontally and once vertically.
If it was just shredded, it might only take 4 seconds, or even less.
Crush!
And it was an all-round crushing!!
“I lost……”
Zhou said dejectedly.
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I was somewhat shocked.
“Ms. Nakiri, you have many unnecessary movements. If you learn the meaning of food, you will be faster.”
“Although I lost, it’s just because I’m not good at learning and my strength is shallow, but it doesn’t mean that food ethics is useless……”
“Maybe… I should ask Master Zhen to teach you the meaning of eating in person.”
Zhou shook his head, no longer put his hands behind his back, turned around and left sadly.
According to the bet, Zhou decided not to eat tonight, while Hong Yi and his group would take care of themselves and prepare to start the formal practice of eating tomorrow!
The next day.
Shilin Temple, five o’clock in the morning.
The bright sunshine, breaking through the morning mist and dew of the Lost Forest, first shone on the black tiles of Shilin Temple.
Hong Yi and the girls, who had changed into the training clothes issued by Shilin Temple, had already started sitting in meditation in the main hall… No, to be precise, it was eating meditation.
Zhou, who had recovered his spirit, appeared in front of them again
“Food Zen is a state of mind practiced to express gratitude for food.”
“First, calm your mind and listen attentively to the rhythm of your own life.”
The secretary said,”Is this the so-called state of no self?”
“wrong!”[]
“Ethics in eating is not about being selfless or desireless, but gratitude for the food is the basis of ethics in eating.”
“What is in front of you is the [Songming Lamphead Grass]. The flame formed by burning it can detect the mood of the creatures around it. If it detects distracting thoughts other than gratitude, the flame will immediately go out.”
“As the number of [Songming Lamphead Grass] increases, the difficulty will double”
“First, try to keep a torch burning for 30 minutes.”
“After the meal, you can have breakfast.”
“Breakfast!!”
Xiao Lin Long Dan just had a thought
“With a whoosh, the flame of the torch in front of her was extinguished in an instant.
“Senior Longdan, your [Songming Lamp] is out!”
Mito Yumei couldn’t help but exclaimed.
As her voice sounded, the flame of the Songming Lamp in front of her also swayed and went out.
“”Oh, my [Songtongjiao] has gone out too.”
Akane Kubo Momo, who had also put her teddy bear in a cross-legged position, raised her eyebrows and said unhappily,”Yu Mei, you are so noisy.”
Before she finished speaking, the Songtongjiao in front of Akane Kubo Momo went out.
This was like a chain reaction, and the Songtongjiao of several women went out one after another.
In the end, only Hong Yi’s Songtongjiao was still burning.
The bean-sized flame, like Hong Yi in meditation, was motionless and burned quietly.
“Damn it! Hong Yi’s torch is still burning!”
“How come he hasn’t been affected by the outside world at all?”
“Hehe, let’s blow it out, okay?”
Xiaolin Longdan, Mito Yumei, Akane Kubo Momo and the other girls started playing a prank, blowing air around the torch.
But no matter how they blew, the torch remained lit.
Hong Yi opened his eyes and couldn’t help laughing when he saw the scene in front of him.
“call——”
The torch light suddenly went out, and the smoke rose up.
“What a bunch of idiot teammates.”
Hong Yi laughed.
He relit his fire and continued to practice…
Thirty minutes later
“Hey~~ 30 minutes are finally up……”
“I am so tired. This practice of eating righteousness is really difficult.”
“No wonder the fat guy at Yunyin Restaurant refused to come.”
“Eat! Eat! It’s finally time for breakfast!”
“Yes, breakfast can soothe my wounded heart.”
Several girls surrounded Hong Yi and came to the canteen of Shilin Temple.
Zhou Daishifan had been waiting at the door of the canteen. After seeing Hong Yi and others, he smiled and said,”Please, breakfast is here.”
“Great~”
Xiaolin Longdan hurriedly quickened her pace.
But when she entered the so-called canteen, her jaw almost fell to the ground.
Zhou Daishi introduced:”There is rice in the jar. Please use your bowl and chopsticks to pick up the amount you can eat, and then cook it.”
“This is egg rice with an egg in each grain. After cooking, it becomes soft and delicious. It has the sweetness of rice, the elasticity of egg white, and the nutrition of egg yolk.”
“However, the uncooked egg rice, like raw eggs, is very easy to break. If you scoop it up in a container such as a measuring cup, it will break due to the impact. So please use chopsticks to carefully pick out the rice one by one.”
“This is also part of practicing the moral principles of eating.”
After Zhou finished explaining, all the girls’ pretty faces fell.
“To cultivate, one must be free from frivolity and impatience.”
Hong Yi was already standing in front of the special rice jar, picking up his chopsticks and quickly picking up the egg rice in the jar.
“Huh? Broken?”
“Is the force too strong? Then I’ll clamp it more gently.”
“Oh, it’s too light to add up, try a little heavier.”
That’s it.
Hong Yi honed his control over strength in his constant failures.
He even honed his mental power, moving the eggs and rice one by one.
“Yoshi, we are Hong Yi’s partners, we can’t give up so easily”
“That’s right, you must learn the etiquette of eating and improve your cooking skills.”
“I want to become a national treasure-level chef, a legendary chef!”
“Come on~！”
“Let’s do it together!”
Seeing this, Erina Nakiri and other girls encouraged themselves, immediately cheered up, and joined the arduous training team.
