Chapter 12 - Spirit Chef (2/2)
Dense and closely woven sounds of the knife slicing on the chopping board echoed out like a rhythmic drum Chen Xi’s wrist was steady like a coiled pine tree, and the shi+ny and sharp kitchen knife was precisely controlled by him to slice out snohite ba
Five years ago, Chen Xi had replaced his grandfather to frequently cook at ho a kitchen knife Couple that with crafting talisth of his wrist and his precision were both outstanding At this moment, when he put his heart and soul into it, not only were his movements smooth and precise, even his speed was extremely fast
In next to no time, an azure tassel baed snohite bamboo shoot slices
In the distance, old lance as he said indifferently, “Steady wrist strength and precise knife skill, but unfortunately the thickness differs Only half achieved the state of being as thin as a cicada’s wing, barely slightly better than an average person”
“The slicing of ingredients stresses upon unifor Only in such a ould it allow the infusion of taste within the dish to be balanced, the cooking ti to the eye If the size, thickness, and length weren’t equal, it would cause the sarees of doneness and texture, and being unpleasant to the eye”
Pei Pei’s beautiful eyes rippled with extraordinary splendour as she praised while s happily, “Little brother Chen Xi, your knife skill isn’t bad”
Old lared at Pei Pei, then raised a request with a stiff tone “Slice it into threads!”
Chen Xi took a deep breath, then once again concentrated on the chopping board as he sliced it into threads Obviously, the deher, thus he didn’t care be careless
Chop, chop, chop…
The kitchen knife was like her frequency that was finer and closely woven, and bamboo shoot threads that were extremely thin like hair flew out
Chen Xi felt as if he was crafting a talisman The kitchen knife had become the talisman brush, the bamboo shoot slices had transformed into the talisman paper, and every ba that was perfectly straight like a sharp sword
The drawing of taliss strives for the evenness of the ink le detail had to be accurate and detailed, as it represented the entire talis the bamboo shoot slices into thread was sith and thicknesses, and the skill of one was obviously shown between the swift , the difficulty of slicing the pieces into threads was far lower than drawing taliss varied beyond a straight line and had different levels of strength applied to each s fully utilized the Dao of variation and shi+fting, and was far fro slices into threads
Thus, after he’d coth and precision, the speed Chen Xi chopped abruptly increased, and the kitchen knife see a joyous rhythm as it swiftly moved forward
“His h he corasped the essence of it Could this kid be the saenius in the culinary Dao?” Qiao Nan held his chin and pretended to be pondering
“fuck off! You shaazed at Chen Xi with an infatuated gaze and muttered “An earnestsister is waiting for you to come love …”
This tier, two rosy clouds appeared on her refined and fair face as she got angry from embarrassment “Pei! Delusional!”
Nevertheless, she was extre able to receive the praise of both Qiao Nan and Pei Pei was already far beyond her ihtly, but his expression re as your living conditions weren’t bad, practically no one’s child would cook in the kitchen, as cooking was considered to be engaging in irrelevant work and wasting ti In truth it was exactly like that, unless one attained the level of skill to be a spirit chef Ordinary people orked as chefs were all servants, and as their master, one only needed to enjoy the fruits of their labor
Thus, after seeing Chen Xi’s skill in handling the knife, old htly
But this was far froh, as his culinary arts towered above all in the entire Pine Mist City, and he himself was a 3 leaf spirit chef Thus he would absolutely not be hasty when deciding on the person to be his disciple
Chen Xi put down the kitchen knife On the chopping board was a pile of delicate azure tassel baht as snow Each thread was fine like a cotton fibre and crystal clear, and were extre took the lead in giving praising him
“Not bad You have half o, but you can already be considered as extraordinarily skilled” Qiao Nan said in all seriousness
Pei Pei first rolled her eyes at the sha Qiao Nan, then used her fair and slender arms to hold onto her delicate and beautiful face as she muttered infatuatedly, “Little brother Chen Xi, I’ve already deeply fallen in love with your earnest appearance Oh, could this be a feeling I’htly ahen he heard the praises of the three, but Chen Xi still felt aze at oldway to go” Old htened as he walked forward His left hand picked up an azure tassel baht hand picked up the kitchen knife, then his wrist vibrated and a shocking scene appeared
With the baet, the nearly 30c kitchen knife danced swiftly within his hand, as it dispersed out es that seemed like snowflakes, his skilful move wide open, but was co a flower!”Bai Wanqing explained in a low voice “Carving patterns onto ingredients it not only pleasing to the eye, but also allows the taste toEspecially so of patterns on its surface allows spirit energy to be more easily absorbed”
Chen Xi came to a sudden understand, and secretly said to hiht?”
He felt slightly vexed, as the kitchen knife seemed so enormous compared to a bamboo shoot thread that was fine like a cotton fibre, and not toa flower atop it, he would probably severe it the moment it carunted coldly “Humph! It’s just a lousy ba on it? Don’t worry, if old man Ma really asks you to carve a flower on the ba it difficult on you I’ll absolutely not approve of it!”
“I don’t approve as well” Pei Pei interjected, and she intentionally shot a glance at Chen Xi as she spoke, with an appearance that said ‘Big sister will stand up for you’
Qiao Nan held his head high, and said soleentleman, I express ure that hirling the knife froze, then he swung his hand to fiercely throw the kitchen knife away, and stoh that I accept this disciple? All I did was call hi up on , Qiao Nan, and Pei Pei spoke in unison
Chen Xi took all this to heart, and a war time floithin his heart He knew that with just his level of knife skill, if it wasn’t out of consideration for Aunt Bai, these felloouldn’t even bother to spare hilance
He couldn’t help but feel a burst of curiosity Who exactly is Aunt Bai? Not only is she acquainted with Instructor Meng Kong of Pine Mist Institution, but she’s also able to get along with three spirit chefs She’s entirely not like an ordinary kitchen assistant