[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-gourmet-of-another-world":3,"chapter-gourmet-of-another-world-gourmet-of-another-world-chapter-496":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Gourmet of Another World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1276153,1705,"Chapter 496 The Public Enemy of Alchemists","gourmet-of-another-world-chapter-496",496,"\u003Cp>When the judge saw the array inspection results, his expression stiffened, and his delight from a moment ago disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the surrounding spectators were dumbfounded; they found it really incredible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pupils of the alchemists from the Heavenly Pill City and Heavenly Shine City dilated, and their bodies shuddered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had failed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all failed… The elixirs they had refined did not reach the stipulated\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>requirement, causing them to get eliminated in this elimination round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all that, Bu Fang remained indifferent. He grabbed the Cloud Mist\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Restaurant's board with one hand, he exerted some strength and hoisted\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it onto his shoulder before slowly walking down from the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectators looked on at him in shock as they made a path for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one person had passed the eighth arena's round, and that person was the only chef in the Magical Hand Conference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hiss!!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all couldn't help sucking in mouthfuls of cold air. The events that had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>just occurred, to them, were incredulous and extraordinary. Such as\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>result was too outrageous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the alchemists from\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Heavenly Pill City and Heavenly Shine City slipped into a reverie,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>albeit not a pleasant one. They were highly talented geniuses and had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>garnered some fame in the world of alchemists. However, they still\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>couldn't pass this elimination round and were eliminated. This was a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>grave blow to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If not for the disturbance caused by the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fragrance, then how would I have ended up refining such a thrashy\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>elixir…\" An alchemist from Heavenly Shine City was so angry that his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>expression became somewhat distorted, and he almost flew into a rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body could not stop trembling with rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the alchemist from the Heavenly Pill City just shook his head and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sighed. He was more open-minded than his counterpart from the Heavenly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shine City, however, it would be a lie if he said that he didn't resent\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang. If it were not for the alluring fragrance that was emitted\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while Bu Fang was cooking, he would not have been eliminated in this\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>round. After all, he was a genius who had the possibility of reaching\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the top fifty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, there was no such thing as \"only if\" in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>failed… and we can only blame ourselves since our skills weren't good\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>enough. We must continue to strive hard in the alchemy path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the alchemists sighed, and then they turned around, walked down from the stage, and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of all of them, the judge suffered the most. As he took back his jade\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>talisman, he felt as though a torrential storm of curses were rushing at\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>him from the chief judge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The day before, four people had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>passed, at least; but now, only one person passed. This was something\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that had never happened in any Magical Hand Conference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>judge clutched his head, he suddenly felt fear at the thought of running\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>into Bu Fang again. As long as that guy climbed up the stage, nothing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>good would occur.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"F*ck! If I run into him again, I'll quit being a judge, else he really will cause me to have a cardiac arrest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, the judge had tears streaming down his cheeks, while the spectators clamored in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An extremely exciting piece of news had spread out of the eighth arena once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>out of the group of fifty-one competitors, including genius alchemists\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from the Heavenly Pill City and Heavenly Shine City, who had just\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>competed in the arena, almost all of them were eliminated. Only one\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>person had managed to pass the round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the competitor that passed the round wasn't an alchemist, a doctor or a poison master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was just a… chef.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chef had participated in the Magical Hand Conference and managed to stand out in the elimination round by passing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Were the alchemists with him all morons?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the news spread, the spectators became excited and exclaimed in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surprise. People were usually attracted by the appearance of such dark\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>horses in the competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the spectators, the alchemists\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stood in solidarity against Bu Fang. They were alchemists, after all, so\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they had to protect the dignity of alchemists on their own. The chef,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to them… was a common enemy of all alchemists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alchemists who were defeated by Bu Fang in that round were angry, the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>person who had suffered the most was the judge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the judge had expected, he got scolded by the chief judge, leaving him feeling so aggrieved that he almost choked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was especially true after he was suspended from his duty as a judge because countless complaints about him were received.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How pitiful was that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The judge was quite aggrieved at that moment because he really was innocent and free of guilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>as he mulled over his ordeal some more, he calmed down and relaxed;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after all, if he hadn't been relieved of his position as a judge, he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>would once again run into that chef who carried a board, Bu Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was our senior brother Liu… eliminated?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yun's pupils dilated when he heard the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>genius who had placed among the top fifty of the Heavenly Pill City's\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pill Tower's ranking was actually eliminated in the elimination round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That piece of news thoroughly shocked Duan Yun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior brother Liu sat dejectedly in the Heavenly Pill City's warship; he seemed dazed and beside himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical Hand Conference was an event for alchemists to prove\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>themselves. It was an extremely important stage for all alchemists. They\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had made countless preparations in order to showcase their skills and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>amaze everyone. However, senior brother Liu got eliminated before he had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>managed to display his true skill. This was an extremely grave blow to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's said that out of the fifty people who had participated\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alongside our senior brother Liu, only one managed to pass the round,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and furthermore, that person wasn't even an alchemist...\" One of the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alchemists from Heavenly Pill City's alchemists said while sighing in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Yun was taken aback by the alchemist's words. Had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the round been that brutal and difficult? Out of fifty-one contestants,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only one person had managed to pass? How did such a matter occur?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the fifty participants in his arena, around fifteen people had managed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to pass that round and head to the second elimination round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>just the way it is... Do you know how shocked I was to learn that the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>guy who defeated our senior brother Liu was a chef?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A chef?\" Duan Yun was taken aback once again by his words. Even chefs could participate in the conference?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>right, a chef. The chef cooked an extremely fragrant dish that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>prevented the others from concentrating while they refined their\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>elixirs. It was said that more than forty people blew up their furnaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That chef was really demented,\" said the alchemist from the Heavenly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pill City in a tone of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Duan Yun heard that, he breathed in deeply because he found it somewhat hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was that chef trying to challenge every alchemist? If he wasn't, why would he dare to be that rampant?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Junior\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>brother Duan Yun, I still must tell you the most important part: every\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dish the chef made was equivalent to a ninth grade elixir, and they let\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>him pass the matches. This was the most incredible aspect. Can't you see\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that the emergence of such dishes is a bare provocation to the prestige\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>of alchemists?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hold on… Duan Yun heaved in another deep breath,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and his body shivered when he heard that. A dish that had the same\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>effects as an elixir?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did he find that really familiar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the image of a small restaurant within a small empire in the Land of Southern Border appeared in Duan Yun's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That small restaurant was located in a really remote area, but it was still very prosperous...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the dishes at that restaurant were similar to elixirs, and the effects\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one would gain from eating them weren't any weaker than what one would\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>gain from an elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the person participating here one of the Owner Bu's junior or senior brothers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>F*ck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was the case, then there would be a tough and bitter fight awaiting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun's body shivered involuntarily, while his hair fluttered in the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>wind. He deeply understood how formidable Owner Bu's skill was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior brother, do you know when that chef's next match will be held? I want to go and watch it,\" Duan Yun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alchemist was taken aback by the question, but he shook his head in\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>affirmation, nevertheless. \"All the matches that the chef participated\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>in had been lively and bustling. This… no… the next elimination round\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>will be held in the fifth arena, and the chef will be participating, as\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>well. Another piece of news which I got through my own information\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>network reveals that the next elimination round will be personally\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>supervised by the chief judge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifth arena? When Duan Yun heard that, he was so surprised that his expression turned ugly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>brother Zhang... won't you also compete in the fifth arena?\" Duan Yun\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>said, with a small voice, to the youth in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh? I'm\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>competing in the fifth arena? What the f*ck… I was only concerned with\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>that chef's match location, and I ended up forgetting to check my\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>own...\" The youth's complexion turned pale, and he turned around and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sprinted toward the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Duan Yun heard the loud and miserable wails of someone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the f*ck!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second elimination round in the fifth arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hours quickly passed. Bu Fang arrived in front of the fifth arena, and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he was carrying his Cloud Mist Restaurant's board. He was somewhat\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>surprised when he saw the large number of people that surrounded the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>arena, sealing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nethery, who followed beside him, coldly looked at the spectators surrounding the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seemed to have understood Bu Fang's current predicament because, as her\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hair fluttered in the wind, she strode forward and stood in front of Bu\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang; after which, she raised her fair and thin arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An indifferent voice echoed as black true energy surged out of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nethery's arm. A rumble resounded, and a path was forcefully created\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>within the sea of people. Two large masses of people fell onto both\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sides of the path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang was taken aback by the development,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching. Nethery was truly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>domineering. She looked at him and proudly flung her black long hair\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spectators were somewhat stupefied, but they could only look on as Bu Fang slowly strode forward and ascended to the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cold and aloof Nethery stood beside the arena, and no one dared to step\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>within several meters of her because she was emitting an extremely\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>terrifying and stifling aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang walked to his bronze\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>platform and placed down the board he had been carrying. He proceeded to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>take out his Black Turtle Constellation Wok as usual; as the heavy wok\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fell onto the bronze platform, a sonorous rumble resounded, and the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>platform trembled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the other competitors proceeded to ascend into the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang's current fame wasn't the same as before; he wasn't as unknown and obscure as he was when he just arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the alchemists discovered that Bu Fang would be competing in the same\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>round, their hearts lurched as though ten thousand black dogs were\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>galloping within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Heavenly Pill City's senior brother Zhang, his complexion grew paler, and his face brimmed with despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will soon start. I wonder how many people will be eliminated this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Competing with this chef is the most tragic and pitiful situation that someone can encounter in this Magical Hand Conference.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>really looking forward to the chef's entry into the top fifty and for\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>him to compete against the truly talented alchemists. Don't you all\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>think that it will be quite interesting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>spectators chatted amongst themselves in excitement, while the nerves of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the alchemists in the arena tightened; however, they didn't dare loosen\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this time, the chief judge came over. He was a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>dignified-looking man who was one of Heavenly Mist City's Pill Tower's\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three Clouds alchemists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man arrived wearing a solemn\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>expression at this moment. When he stepped into the arena, with his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>hands clasped behind him, his gaze, which seemed as sharp as a sword,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>immediately fixated on Bu Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was this guy the chef who caused two great elimination of competitors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>really wanted to see what kind of trick the chef would use now. There\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was no one who dared to use cheap tricks in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seemed to have sensed the chief judge's gaze, and he raised his head to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>meet the sharp gaze headlong. Bu Fang curled up the corners of his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>mouth and rolled his eyes at the chief judge, then began to twirl his\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dragon Bone Kitchen Knife before hacking his cutting board with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>after that, in front of countless shock-filled gazes, he took a giant\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>crab from his system's dimensional storage. It was a giant crab that was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tied up with ropes. There was still foam coming out of its mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone present was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the f*ck! Will this chef make a new dish?\u003C\u002Fp>",2263,"2026-06-05T16:58:03.372Z",1,"novelbin.me","f8cc23f9713271c03dac28f9c8d8b7c508750bab8e681a18f2ffa0a0444a3804","gourmet-of-another-world-chapter-322","gourmet-of-another-world-chapter-321",1851,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgourmet-of-another-world-cover.jpg"]