Chapter 882: A Fish Is Not a Fish

Of course, the Spirit Chef Alliance didn't have the ability to invite Senior Senior Ao Ling over.

Who was Senior Senior Ao Ling? The ancient ancestor of the dragon race, the strongest half-immortal. Among the demon race, aside from the Qilin Immortal, Senior Senior Ao Ling had the highest prestige, far beyond what Zhu Tian could compare to.

Lu Yang was fortunate enough to awaken Senior Senior Ao Ling in the East Sea and had the qualifications to meet her, but how could their Spirit Chef Alliance have such ability?

Moreover, there was no need to invite Senior Senior Ao Ling to distinguish the truth; Lu Yang's prestige and identity were enough to explain everything.

If Lu Yang said this was an Immortal Fruit, then it was an Immortal Fruit.

"Lu Yang is actually a spirit chef too?" The spectators had not yet recovered from Lu Yang's identity.

"That goes without saying. Have you forgotten? Sect Master Qiu of the Wuxing Sect praised Lu Yang's culinary skills highly!"

"Wait, do you still remember the Battle of the Sword Tower?"

"The battle between the Ying Tian Corpse and the mysterious immortal, of course I remember. What about it?"

"I know a sword cultivator who participated in the Sword Asking Ceremony. According to him, before the mysterious immortal appeared, Lu Yang said to the Ying Tian Corpse that he had obtained the inheritance of the Ying Tian Immortal!"

"It matches up, everything matches up. Lu Yang is the successor of the Immortal Chef!"

The spectators discussed excitedly, finally believing Yun Mengmeng's words. As the successor of the Immortal Chef, with this identity alone, he possessed absolute authority in the Spirit Chef Alliance!

"Look at what I said. I told you he was the successor of the Immortal Chef!" Seeing more and more people recognizing the Second Master's strength, Yun Mengmeng was happy for Lu Yang.

"He is indeed Lu Yang; he is truly extraordinary." Mingyuan Daoist looked at Lu Yang. His original intention in inviting Lu Yang was to promote the Spirit Chef Competition; he hadn't thought that Lu Yang would actually become a spirit chef directly.

What exactly this half of a golden fruit was, Liu Xing couldn't be sure of the answer either, so he had to ask Mingyuan Daoist for instructions. Soon, Liu Xing returned and announced the final result.

"Poison Granny is eliminated. Xie Qi, Lu Yang, and An Tong advance to the final round of the competition!"

Poison Granny was dejected. After Lu Yang appeared, she had roughly guessed this result.

Two Great Xia government runners appeared, put handcuffs and shackles on her, and escorted her back to Great Xia to continue serving her sentence.

"Wait, two big brothers, can I finish watching the final competition?" Poison Granny pleaded. Although her nickname was Poison Granny, she was also a spirit chef who loved food. She had to finish watching this peak showdown representing five-star spirit chefs no matter what!

The two Great Xia runners discussed it. Returning so early would also mean new tasks, and there was really no need to rush back. It would be better to finish watching the competition here before returning.

Although they didn't understand the spirit chef competition, they also wanted to witness the legendary Lu Yang in action once.

"Alliance Master, it seems that most of the spirit chefs entering the third round are Jin Tan's people," Liu Xing noticed that the situation was unfavorable for Mingyuan Daoist and said with worry.

"Except for Fellow Daoist Lu Yang who will win, the situation for the other four groups is worrying."

Jin Tan only needed to exchange for four types of ingredients to make the ultimate dish he wanted.

"It doesn't matter. I see a good little fellow in the two-star spirit chef group," Mingyuan Daoist said with a smile, as if he didn't take Jin Tan to heart at all.

Everyone's attention was focused on the five-star spirit chef group; very few people noticed the competition in the two-star spirit chef group.

The two-star spirit chef group was the first to enter the third round of the dish competition, and the content of the competition was "A Fish Is Not a Fish."

Young Master Wu looked at the dazed Song Tianjing and secretly laughed.

Have you noticed, kid? The pufferfish you chose has already been poisoned by my Five Poisons. Even if you have the Hundred Poison Sacred Body, so what if you aren't poisoned? Can the judges avoid being poisoned?

By then, as a spirit chef, you will be ruined, with no possibility of turning things around, and I will win the championship and take the beauty home!

If you want to blame someone, blame yourself for offending this young master!

Song Tianjing did indeed notice that his pufferfish had been poisoned by Young Master Wu, but his daze wasn't because he was thinking about how to break the dead end, but because he was thinking about whether this was a dream or reality.

The things in the dream were happening one by one. Before, it didn't seem like a dream, but a premonition of the future.

Could it be that if I expose that I possess the "Complete Cooking Encyclopedia" next, it will be the Spirit Chef Alliance's turn to hunt me down?

Although in the future he would avoid the hunt, obtain the complete inheritance of the Cooking Encyclopedia, defeat the Alliance Master of the Spirit Chef Alliance, and become the new generation of the Spirit Chef Alliance, on the road of being hunted, Qian'er was unfortunately poisoned, his little brother blocked a blade for him, the big brother who was converted by him after hunting him down lost an arm in a duel with the Spirit Chef Alliance, and his sworn brother who escaped the Spirit Chef Alliance still couldn't escape his fate...

As long as he wasn't hunted by the Spirit Chef Alliance, these futures could all be avoided!

The future, I want to rewrite the future!

"A good look in his eyes," Mingyuan Daoist commented.

Although he didn't understand why Song Tianjing revealed an expression of wanting to die heroically.

The first dish in the "Complete Cooking Encyclopedia" was called Pearl Fish Soup, and the main ingredients were fish and the Five Poisons. Young Master Wu poisoning the fish just happened to help Song Tianjing.

The second dish was called Eight Treasure Chicken, Duck, and Fish, which required using the fish bones from the Pearl Fish Soup as a dish primer to bring out all the flavors of the second dish.

But he couldn't make the Eight Treasure Chicken, Duck, and Fish exactly according to the recipe now; even being too similar would arouse suspicion!

He had obtained the Forbidden Book, and after being exposed, he became an enemy of the Spirit Chef Alliance. This was the trade-off.

Eight Treasure Chicken, Duck, and Fish required thirty-six types of raw materials, and the production process was extremely cumbersome and complex. What he had to do was to drastically modify the recipe!

Ancestors of the Yangyuan Tower, bless your descendants!

If the ancestors could restore some dishes with the incomplete Cooking Encyclopedia, then he could also restore some dishes with the Cooking Encyclopedia!

Why must the people of today be inferior to the ancients!

In the Spirit Chef Alliance, flame control techniques were divided into five levels: Entry, Proficiency, Small Success, Great Success, and Perfection.

As Song Tianjing's cultivation base rose to the late Foundation Establishment stage, his flame control technique was also reborn, reaching the level of Proficiency!

Song Tianjing controlled the flame with one hand to boil the fish soup until it was thick and white, while the other hand chopped up the auxiliary ingredients to better stimulate the flavor!

When the last grain of sand fell from the hourglass, Song Tianjing finally completed the Three Treasure Chicken, Duck, and Fish.

Young Master Wu was the second to last to finish. He had absolute confidence in his strength; Song Tianjing couldn't beat him!

He lifted the lid of the dining plate, revealing a dazzling light. When the light dissipated, what was placed on the plates of the five judges were individual gold ingots.

Some of the five judges were professional spirit chefs, some were gourmets, and some were ordinary people. They picked up a gold ingot and widened their eyes suddenly.

"This is deep-fried dumplings!"

"No, it's not that simple. His dumpling skin isn't made of flour; it's made of fish skin!"

"The filling is a mixture of squid bits and pork mince. The pork mince occupies a very small part, acting as a binder!"

"A fish is not a fish; it really is a fish that is not a fish!"

Young Master Wu cupped his hands and smiled humbly, introducing: "This is the Golden Fish Skin Dumpling I made!"

"Golden Fish Skin Dumpling, it is indeed not bad."

The five judges nodded one after another. This was clearly a grade higher than the previous three!

Song Tianjing lifted the lid of the dining plate, revealing a whole old duck, but there was no light, and it looked less shocking than Young Master Wu's.

"This is the Three Treasure Ruyi Soup I made."

Song Tianjing cut open the old duck, revealing the old hen wrapped inside. The fragrance was pungent, whetting the appetite of the five judges.

They couldn't wait to take a sip of the soup and revealed expressions of surprise. Young Master Wu sneered; did they discover they were poisoned?

However, what made Young Master Wu's jaw drop was that the judges, who had only taken one bite of the previous four dishes, actually started drinking mouthful after mouthful, faster and faster!

The judges closed their eyes, feeling the shock and satisfaction brought to them by this soup.

They felt as if they were surrounded by chicken, duck, and fish, feeling the fresh life of the chicken, duck, and fish. Although no fish was seen, the fragrance of the fish meat slowly seeped into the soup leisurely, melting in their mouths. Their blood seemed to turn into seawater, with countless fish flowing in their blood!

The lead judge was the champion of the two-star spirit chef competition from two sessions ago. He and the other four nodded, reaching a consensus without words.

He stood up and announced the result of the competition.

"I announce that the champion of the two-star spirit chef group is Song Tianjing!"

On the armband on Song Tianjing's arm, the two black stars were covered by dazzling gold!