Chapter 881: My Word Is Evidence

The entire venue fell into a deathly silence. Whether it was the spirit chefs participating in the competition, the spectators sitting in the stands, or the high-level officials of the Spirit Chef Alliance, none of them had ever heard of the origin of the Qilin Immortal Herb.

Yet, Lu Yang's words were spoken with such certainty that it did not seem like a fabrication.

Could it be that the Qilin Immortal Herb really came about this way?

If Lu Yang's words were true, then it would be a major discovery for the spirit chef world, the alchemy world, and the archaeological world alike!

"Lu Yunyang, you pass," Liu Xing announced. Regardless of what the true origin of the Qilin Immortal Herb was, Lu Yang had successfully identified the source of this ingredient.

Lu Yang sat back in his original seat, becoming the center of attention.

Xie Qi, in particular, felt that Lu Yang would be his greatest opponent on this trip!

That was fine, too; only a competition with challenges could highlight his strength!

"Second Master, so that time when Ying Ying Tian Xian and the others fought the Qilin Immortal, was there really a mastermind pulling the strings behind the scenes!"

The Immortal Fairy knew the origin of the Qilin Immortal Herb clearly, but she really didn't know about the events behind it.

Lu Yang sighed. The one who instigated them to fight wasn't it you, Fairy? You sent an immortal fruit to Ao Ling and Jiang Lianyi, saying it was a gift for the most beautiful members of the demon race.

Of course, this kind of thing was better left as a thought; there was no need to tell the Fairy.

As a subject, one's duty was to organize intelligence for His Majesty, filter information, and share the burdens and worries of His Majesty.

"It was Senior Ying Ying Tian Xian who told me. Originally, the four of them were as close as brothers. The reason they fought was because someone interfered. Now, whenever they think back on it, they regret fighting the Qilin Immortal. The true enemy was someone else, but the enemy was too strong, and they couldn't defeat them!"

"I think the only one capable of plotting against the four ancient immortals is that mastermind whose death would not be a pity!" Lu Yang clenched his fists tightly, saying with righteous indignation.

"Sooner or later, we will finish him off!" The Immortal Fairy also clenched her delicate fists and said.

With the First Master and Second Master sharing a common hatred for the enemy, surely there was nothing they couldn't accomplish!

Liu Xing lifted the third cloth, revealing the meat of an unknown demon beast. The meat was crystal clear, and the fat layer looked like crystal.

Lu Yang could feel that this demon beast must have been extremely difficult to deal with when it was alive.

"It is the hind leg meat of a Zhiyu," An Tong said.

"Correct."

An Tong was worthy of being a spirit chef carefully cultivated by the Taotie clan; she could identify the origin of a demon beast with just a glance.

"Next, we will display the fourth ingredient."

With only two spots left, the spirit chefs rolled up their sleeves, eager to try, determined to fight for a place no matter what.

Liu Xing lifted the fourth cloth, revealing a gray stone ball the size of a fist. Its surface was smooth, as if it hadn't undergone any artificial processing; it was naturally like this.

The stone was also emitting a continuous wave of spiritual energy.

The spirit chefs were silent; no one could answer.

A smooth stone? This was something you couldn't even guess if you tried.

"A gray Golden Core?"

"Incorrect."

"Magnetite?"

"Incorrect."

"Realgar?"

"Incorrect."

Three people were eliminated in a row, scaring the spirit chefs into silence, not daring to make a sound.

"Does no one know?" Liu Xing scanned the circle, observing everyone's expression.

Even Xie Qi and An Tong, the two rising stars of the spirit chef world, could not recognize what this stone ball was.

"Isn't this a star core?" Lu Yang couldn't help but complain. It was one thing for the Immortal Fairy to feed star cores to the four immortals, but for you, the Spirit Chef Alliance, to treat this thing as an ingredient—is there something wrong with your brains?

Eating too many star cores?

"Correct!" Liu Xing hadn't expected Lu Yang to recognize even such a rare treasure, and his tone couldn't help but be a bit excited.

"This object is the core of a planet, something that only existed in the ancient era. However, there were many battles between powerful beings in the ancient era, causing stars to shatter, and occasionally, star cores would be passed down."

"At first, when our Alliance obtained the star core, we didn't know what it was. After research and verification by our Alliance, we discovered that the Immortal Chef once used star cores as a dish to entertain friends. Following this clue, we discovered that as long as you scrape fragments from the surface of the star core, grind them into medicinal powder, and add them to ingredients, you can raise the freshness of the ingredients by a grade!"

Restoring the culinary arts of the Immortal Chef—this was a major event worthy of being recorded in the annals of the Spirit Chef Alliance!

Lu Yang's mouth twitched. You restored it wrong; it seems the Fairy fed the four immortals a whole star core.

"Next, we will display the final ingredient."

The last red cloth was lifted, revealing half of a golden apple. Even the flesh was golden. The apple looked as if it had just been cut, with no signs of spoilage on the surface!

The fragrance of fruits and vegetables drifted across the venue, lingering in the heart.

"Damn, an Immortal Fruit?" Lu Yang almost cursed out loud. Your Spirit Chef Alliance has quite the ability to find even this thing; even the Fairy thought this thing didn't exist in the outside world anymore.

The Immortal Fruit was an immortal fruit cultivated by the Immortal Fairy. Consuming it could keep a corpse from rotting.

"Evergreen Spirit Fruit!" Poison Granny shouted. She actually didn't recognize it, but she was a person arranged by Jin Tan, and this was the answer Jin Tan told her.

"What Evergreen Spirit Fruit..." Lu Yang thought to himself, don't speak if you are ignorant. However, Liu Xing's answer exceeded Lu Yang's expectations.

Liu Xing waved his hand and announced the result: "Correct! Then the second round of testing is over. You four will enter the third round..."

"Wait a moment, this is absolutely not an Evergreen Spirit Fruit!"

Lu Yang stood out and said in a deep voice, feeling somewhat displeased. Although the things the Fairy created were all strange, they shouldn't be mistaken for other things.

"Lu Yunyang, what nonsense are you spouting!" Poison Granny was anxious; this concerned whether she could advance.

"Legend has it that in the ancient era, the Evergreen Supreme planted an immortal medicine on an eighth-grade spirit vein on Yingzhou Island. The immortal medicine bore golden fruits called Evergreen Spirit Fruits. The Evergreen Spirit Fruit was fragrant, and after being picked, it remained evergreen and never withered!"

Liu Xing nodded secretly. This was actually intelligence held by the Spirit Chef Alliance. They had possessed this half of a golden fruit for ten thousand years, and to this day, it still looked as if it had just been picked, completely matching the characteristics of the Evergreen Spirit Fruit.

"Evergreen Supreme?" Lu Yang had heard the Immortal Fairy mention him. He had even boasted about wanting to compete with the Immortal Fairy for the position of Dao Fruit, only to be knocked down by the Fairy with two punches.

"You say this isn't an Evergreen Spirit Fruit, then what is it!"

"This is an Immortal Fruit cultivated by the Ancestor of Spirit Chefs. Letting a demon beast consume it can make the demon beast's corpse immortal, keeping it in a state of having just died, so that the taste remains fresh forever. Does a mere spirit fruit deserve to describe such an immortal object!?"

"Ridiculous. You say this is an Immortal Fruit; what evidence do you have?"

Lu Yang tore off his mask, revealing his true face, causing a gasp to ripple through the venue.

"Is that Lu Yang?"

"He is actually a spirit chef?"

Lu Yang looked at Liu Xing and the Mingyuan Daoist standing on higher ground, saying earnestly: "It was I who infiltrated the Decayed Sect and discovered the location of the Decayed Sect headquarters, which is why the Imperial Court and my Congwendao Sect were able to join forces to wipe out the Decayed Sect."

"When I was lurking in the Decayed Sect headquarters, I saw the Immortal Fruit and learned of its origin from the subsequent confessions of the Sect Master."

"Afterward, I awakened Senior Ao Ling in the East Sea Dragon Pearl and confirmed the origin of the Immortal Fruit with Senior Ao Ling."

"My word is evidence!"

"If you don't believe me, you are welcome to invite Senior Ao Ling over to distinguish the truth from the falsehood!"