[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-gourmet-of-another-world":3,"chapter-gourmet-of-another-world-gourmet-of-another-world-chapter-497":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},1276155,1705,"Chapter 497 Terror Caused by the Chef","gourmet-of-another-world-chapter-497",497,"\u003Cp>A Crab?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge crab?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief judge was a bit shocked; if\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he wasn't wrong, then that crab should be an eighth-grade water spirit\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>beast. This water spirit beast was from the Boundless Ocean. It was rare\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>to spot such a spirit beast on land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an alchemist, he had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>naturally seen this beast before, but in some ancient books and records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roes from this crab could be used for alchemy, and it could also be\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>used by female cultivators to keen their skin shiny and smooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What did Bu Fang plan to do with such a huge crab? Did he plan to cook it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alchemists on stage acted as if they were facing their mortal enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They did not know what Bu Fang was going to do next. Know your enemy and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>yourself in a hundred battles, and so they had learned from Bu Fang's\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>past activities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his first match, the guy made a dish that was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so stinky that it caused a number of alchemists to fail, with a dozen\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>people exhausted; however, Bu Fang himself had passed that round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his second match, the guy did not make any stinky dishes. However, that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>time, he did the complete opposite and made a sweet-scented Oyster\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pancake, but somehow, this dish also caused a lot of alchemists to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fail. All the talented alchemists in that round of Heavenly Pill City\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>have fallen through. However, the chef himself made it through that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only God knew what he was up to now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>judge turned his sharp gaze toward Bu Fang, trying to figure out why the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>chef was always making trouble. However, he was soon disappointed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>because Bu Fang did not even raise his head, neither did he return the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>chief judge's gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the second round of elimination; the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>difficulty will be the same as the first round. In half an hour, you\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>will all need to make a ninth-grade elixir or something similar. This\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>time, we have limited slots; only the first ten people to finish will\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>pass; the others will be eliminated,\" the chief judge announced, with a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tone of voice that was just as cold as the rules of the round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>contrary to his expectation, after he made the announcement, the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>audience began to laugh and whisper amongst each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if less than 10 people are able to finish?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think the judge will go crazy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The referee will soon know how it feels to be dominated by that chef...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the chief judge heard what the audience was discussing amongst\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>themselves, his face darkened, and he began to wonder why the audience\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was taking pleasure in the misfortune of others. They should know that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this was a serious match!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quiet! Remember that I stated that the second round of elimination has started!\" The chief judge coldly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the audience, the judge who had been temporarily dismissed by the chief\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>judge was watching the ensuing events with wide eyes. Although he had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>been temporarily relieved of his previous position, the judge did not\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>feel sad; instead, he looked forward to Bu Fang's match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was Bu Fang going to whip out this time? A crab? Was he really going to cook that crab?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really was just going to cook the crab, then it should not affect the other competitors, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the chief judge signaled the start of the round, everyone on the stage\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>began to move, and soon, flames of different colors emerged. The people\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all gathered up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Bu Fang now had a high reputation, so all his matches garnered a lot of attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong hong hong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>flames burned brightly, and heat from the stage increased. Almost all\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the contestants were alchemists. Doctors and Poison masters were rarely\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>seen at this point in the contest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang was the only one on\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>stage who was not an alchemist. However, not everyone was as good as he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was. He had already become the biggest dark horse in this Magical Hand\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not many people in the audience thought that Bu Fang\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>had a huge chance of advancing to the semifinals, least making it into\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the top hundred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang chose not to bring out the Ten Thousand Bestial Flames. Instead, he just stared at the crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>was a crab he had caught back in the Grand Serpentine City, at the time\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>when the Oceanic Species sieged the city. Back then, all manner of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oceanic Species had emerged from the seas. They were a nightmare to the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>serpent-people and Grand Serpentine City, but to Bu Fang, these Oceanic\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Species were all rare ingredients. Like that huge Supreme-Being Mantis\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prawn which was still in his system panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang had his plan\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>for choosing this crab. Before, he had selected the dish Oyster Pancake,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which smells good to the extreme. This started the road to the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>popularity of Cloud Mist Restaurant. It made Bu Fang delighted, so he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>planned to focus on fragrance for this round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do crabs smell good after they are cooked?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>course, they certainly do. The Pan-Fried Flower Crab was extremely\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fragrant. If a dish like that was already this fragrant, how fragrant\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>would a dish made with an eighth-grade ingredient be? After all, an\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>eighth-grade crab was a much better ingredient than a normal crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Green\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>smoke curled around his hand, and the Golden Dragon Bone Kitchen Knife\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>appeared in his grip. Bu Fang twirled the knife in the air, and then he\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>swung downwards, cutting off the ropes binding the enormous crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Si la~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>soon as the ropes were was cut, the enormous crab, who had long since\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>been tired of foaming at the mouth, suddenly moved; its eight legs and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>two large pincers suddenly perked up as it tried to right itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding dong ding dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sounds of the crab's legs hitting the bronze platform attracted the attention of the audience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>people from the Heavenly Mist City had never seen a ferocious Ocean\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Species' crab before. They all exclaimed in surprise and excitedly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>watched the incessant crab wave its pincers around. The contesting\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alchemists were all shocked, and they involuntarily looked over. They\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>let out long breathes of cold air when they saw the enormous crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this guy here to jest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How does one eat this shell creature?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That is terribly disgusting! I would rather die than eat something made from that crab!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience was also shocked by the sudden and terrifying appearance of the crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang, however, was very calm; he had expected the crab to react this violently for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief judge's face darkened. The match had only just started, but Bu Fang was already making such big things happen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he could not blame Bu Fang for anything; after all, the chef was just\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>handling his ingredients; this was the same way any alchemist would\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>handle their medicinal materials, and he was in no place to stop the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>contestants from handling their materials. Therefore, he had no choice\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but to stand and watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alchemists on stage took in deep breaths, turned their heads, and began to concentrate on the elixirs they were making.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ka ca! Ka ca!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>enormous crab howled and glared at Bu Fang with its compound eyes. It\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>waved its pincers wildly, and every time its pincers cut through the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>air, they made a sonorous sound which terrified the spectators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Zhang took a deep breath and relaxed. Ok... this time there was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>nothing for him to worry about. At his level, he should be able to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, a muffled sound rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brother Zhang's pupils dilated, and the flames in his pill furnace\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>increased. Not only had his mind just trembled, but also the spirit that\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>strained tight almost collapsed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What the hell had happened?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other alchemists on the stage had also looked over at Bu Fang as well. There were dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang, on the other hand, already had a way to deal with the ferocious\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>crab. He looked up at the enormous crab, which was waving its pincers\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>threateningly, and the corners of his mouth curled up. He picked up the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Turtle Constellation Wok and hurled it at the crab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How heavy was the Black Turtle Constellation Wok?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang did not know exactly, but he knew it was heavy and packed a punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crab could not dodge on time and was sent flying onto the bronze\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the crab landed, the bronze platform trembled, which, in turn, caused the entire stage to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone, including the chief judge, looked over at Bu Fang's platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crab did not seem to have passed out after being struck once; it shivered and began trying to get up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang frowned and waved the Black Turtle Constellation Wok in the air before smashing it downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong! Dong! Dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>smashed the enormous crab three times, in succession, and even the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>sturdy bronze platform couldn't help but sink down into the stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each time the wok smashed the crab, everyone's mind would tremble, and their hearts would palpitate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poof...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was the alchemists on the stage who wanted to cough out\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>blood the most. Each time Bu Fang swung his wok, their alchemic flames\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>would follow the beat, and their minds would tremble uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>some alchemists with poor focus, this would cause their furnaces to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>explode directly. However, luckily, only one guy's furnace exploded this\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>time. As all the others strengthened their minds, they were eager to\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>cry without tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could they really continue to refine their\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>elixirs under these conditions? All the racket, which was no different\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>from earthquakes, was just an effort to stun a crab. The chief judge\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>took a deep breath, and his face darkened even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the previous judges clamored for this chef's dismissal. Things would get\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>really awkward whenever one came across this kind of competitor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the strikes, the crab was stunned, and Bu Fang could finally start the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>next stop of his cooking. He proceeded to twirl the Dragon Bone Kitchen\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knife in his hand, and the sharp glint that reflected off it was\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>blinding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bu Fang placed one hand on the crab's shell but he had\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no plans to pry open to crab's shell; instead, he swung the Dragon Bone\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kitchen Knife heavily and repeatedly, instantly cutting off each leg of\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the crab with each swing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He grabbed a crab leg and placed the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tip of his kitchen knife of it, then he sliced downwards, stripping the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>shell of the crab leg. When the shell was split open, the white and\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>translucent crab meat was scooped out by Bu Fang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the movements were smooth, it made the audience exclaim in great surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>removing the meat from all the crab legs, Bu Fang placed them in a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>porcelain bowl he had just taken out. He poured some oil into the wok,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then opened his mouth and spewed out his Ten Thousand Bestial Flame,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which seemed like a miniature sun; when the audience saw it, they\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>exclaimed collectively in great surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, that was a Heaven and Earth Obsidian Flame!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>chief judge's face darkened even more. This chef actually used a Heaven\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and Earth Obsidian Flame to cook? Why had he not met this chef earlier\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>so that he could beat the heck out of him...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the oil in wok began to splatter about, Bu Fang tipped all the crab meat into the wok.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi chi chi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>soon as the crab meat was poured into the wok, the crab fat was cooked\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and burst out of the fragrance, surgind up straight into the sky. This\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>fragrance was even better than the Oyster Pancake's fragrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief judge's face froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The audience was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The alchemists seemed distracted again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the fragrances did not linger in the air for long. Bu Fang took out a\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>steamer and scooped out all the meat from the wok, along with its broth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he poured some Heaven Alps Spirit Lake water into it and placed\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the huge oceanic crab into the steamer, covering it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he did that, the lingering fragrance vanished completely, and the\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>alchemists, whose hearts had been distracted, let out sighs of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chief judge looked at Bu Fang, who seemed relaxed and at ease, and an ominous feeling suddenly welled up in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>",2096,"2026-06-05T16:58:03.372Z",1,"novelbin.me","9b267b42c0e7c615a4cb0d6b11b744be2a8fd1b3249e385b3545485533ed3d26","gourmet-of-another-world-chapter-323","gourmet-of-another-world-chapter-322",1851,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgourmet-of-another-world-cover.jpg"]