Chapter 1403: Invoking Thunder?

Ye Zhangqing and his group blended into the crowd, not revealing their identities.

As expected, the one sparring with the Baiweixuan chef was precisely one of the leaders of the Spirit Chef Alliance.

At this moment, two stoves had been set up at the entrance of the Baiweixuan Restaurant, and two figures stood ready respectively.

The chef of the Baiweixuan Restaurant was an extremely overweight middle-aged man.

However, his appearance was kind; his eyes were almost squeezed shut by fat.

As the host, seeing that the stoves were ready, the Baiweixuan chef proactively said to that leader of the Spirit Chef Alliance:

"Fellow Daoist, you decide the dishes; any restrictions are fine."

"No need, let's each make a signature dish."

Upon hearing that, the alliance leader bluntly replied, and the other side had no objection.

Immediately, the two began preparing the ingredients.

The ingredient used by the Baiweixuan chef was a beef leg, and Ye Zhangqing paid more attention to him.

After all, compared to that alliance leader, he was more interested in this person.

He didn't know whether the cooking techniques of the Food Realm could bring him any surprise.

"Husband, who do you think will win?"

"The Baiweixuan chef."

Bai Hua Xianzi asked curiously, and Ye Zhangqing gave the answer without thinking.

The reasoning is simple: although the Baiweixuan chef looks unimpressive, he is truly a Saint-level Spirit Chef.

While this alliance leader, who has been by his side, has greatly improved his culinary skills, he still hasn't broken through to the Saint-level Spirit Chef tier.

There is a gap in rank; basically there is no chance of winning.

Moreover, judging from how the Baiweixuan chef handles the ingredients, his culinary skill is not lacking.

In handling the ingredients, both have no problems.

The Baiweixuan chef has even reached an almost perfect level, at least in Ye Zhangqing's view.

If one insists on nitpicking, you could find flaws, but it's meaningless; overall it can be considered perfect.

Next comes the most crucial step.

Only saw the alliance leader snap his fingers, and spirit fire instantly blazed up.

In response, the Baiweixuan chef glanced at it, showing no reaction.

In the Haotu World, spirit chefs possessing spirit fire might be few, but looking across the myriad worlds, it's different.

Especially in a world like the Food Realm, which gathers many spirit chefs, those with spirit fire are not few.

One could even say that any high-level spirit chef basically has their own spirit fire; it's just a matter of strength.

As for the alliance leader's spirit fire, frankly speaking, among the many heavenly and earthly spirit fires, it's not particularly good.

Up to now everything has been normal, but the next second, the Baiweixuan chef's operation left Ye Zhangqing dumbfounded.

Only saw him not using spirit fire, but directly forming hand seals with both hands, and then the sky instantly filled with dark clouds.

"What is this? Do you need to form seals just to cook a meal?"

Seeing the Baiweixuan chef's actions, Zhao Zhengping, Xu Jie, and others were stunned; this is cooking, do you think it's a battle?

Moreover, why did the sky turn dark?

The crowd looked up, but the next second, a bolt of heavenly thunder, not particularly powerful, struck down from the sky and hit the beef leg on the stove squarely.

"Is this... invoking thunder?"

Seeing the heavenly thunder fiercely strike the beef leg, Xu Jie widened his eyes and said, "What kind of operation is this?"

Even Ye Zhangqing fell into deep thought, as if he had guessed some of the Baiweixuan chef's ideas, yet still didn't fully understand.

One could say that his maneuver is completely different from the cooking methods of the Haotu World.

At least the Haotu World has never had a precedent of using heavenly thunder to prepare food.

As for that elder of the Spirit Chef Alliance, when the first heavenly thunder fell, he had already furrowed his brows deeply and looked toward the Baiweixuan chef.

He understood even less what this operation was.

And as the first heavenly thunder fell, immediately followed, the second, third, and fourth heavenly thunder struck in succession.

Each bolt of heavenly thunder precisely struck that beef leg, and as the heavenly thunder kept striking,

a rich meat aroma gradually spread out.

The many cultivators watching around, upon smelling that aroma, each showed an expression of enjoyment.

"What a fragrant aroma."

"Hehe, I don't know if there will be a chance to taste it."

"When the time comes, if you bid high, you'll naturally have a chance."

After each sparring session, the ingredients made by both sides give everyone present a chance to taste them.

After all, whether it's tasty or not still needs judges; you can't just say what it is yourself.

The leftovers are even put up for auction; whoever bids high gets to sample the delicacy.

"Using heavenly thunder to roast meat?"

Watching the Baiweixuan chef continuously drawing heavenly thunder, Xu Jie couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

It's not that this aroma is extremely fragrant; compared to when Ye Zhangqing cooks, this aroma is basically nothing.

At least Zhao Zhengping, Xu Jie, and the four ladies including Bai Hua Xianzi have long been immune to it.

Their hearts are calm, with hardly any thoughts; they're simply curious about what flavor the meat roasted with heavenly thunder has.

The meat's color slowly changed, and Ye Zhangqing kept observing from the side.

Unlike Xu Jie and the others, at this moment Ye Zhangqing also discovered that the power of each heavenly thunder bolt differed.

Whether strong or weak, it seems as if it is being deliberately controlled by the Baiwei Xuan chef.

Just like a spirit chef controlling the fire.

"This guy can even control the power of Heavenly Thunder?"

His heart was filled with doubt—how was this done? Through cultivation? Or through a technique?

I have never seen such a cooking method, especially this control of Heavenly Thunder's power, which is somewhat absurd.

Ye Zhangqing is confident in his Chúyì surpassing that Baiwei Xuan chef, but to let himself be able to freely control the power of Heavenly Thunder, frankly, he cannot do it.

Because he has never tried it before, and furthermore he doesn't know how to operate it.

The cooking method of that Baiwei Xuan chef truly gave Ye Zhangqing a lesson.

Soon, as the dark clouds above the sky dispersed, both of their dishes were completed.

The Baiwei Xuan chef's beef shank is already charred outside, tender inside, and moreover, faintly visible on the surface are strands of lightning entwining.

Grilled beef shank entwined with Heavenly Thunder.

At this point, someone could not help but speak up.

"Chef He's signature dish, Heavenly Thunder Fire Mang Beef Shank."

It seems this dish is quite famous; someone even recognized it.

As for the dish made by the Spirit Chef Alliance leader, although it looks not bad, everyone's attention was obviously drawn to the Baiwei Xuan chef.

"I don't know, friend, how do you plan to taste it? Shall we try it ourselves, or together with everyone present?"