Chapter 867 - Crying From The Spiciness (1/2)

“I’m sorry, this soup is below the mark, you’ve been disqualified,” Chong Daqing swallowed the whole pot of soup, considered it for a minute and announced it slowly with difficulty.

Everyone was shocked, there were only nine official contestants and one had been disqualified just like that?

It was not an easy feat to be able to enter this square. It was difficult even to become a finalist as there were many who had entered this realm.

In order to qualify for this, one would need to obtain nine ingredients that fitted the criteria.

After a series of contention, negotiating and trading, there were only nine contestants left.

It was only the first pot of soup and one was disqualified.

“Mistress Insect God, please show mercy!” The middle-aged woman who initially had hope now turned pale.

Her whole family was reliant on whoever was supporting them. If she was not even able to get through the first round, it was not hard to imagine her being demoted into a common chef when she returned. She would lose her advantage of multiple resources.

She might not be given a death sentence but to someone who was used to a frivolous lifestyle, she would be as good as dead the moment she hits rock bottom. If not, there would not be so many who had chosen to end their lives when in a similar situation.

Chong Daqing shook her head and said, “The taste of your soup is still commendable but there are no feelings in it, which is why I can’t let you pass.”

Those who heard its words were shocked.

What did it mean by having feelings even when making soup?

This profound notion of feelings in the food was often seen in movies and books, but to actually materializing it in real life was a matter of subjective opinion.

Unless it was a meal made by your family, otherwise, how would a random person’s cooking create feelings in whoever was having the meal?

This sounded like a bluff.

The middle-aged woman was astounded at the words. She wanted to defend her cooking but did not know where to start.

“Sigh, auntie, please go back and train for a few more years. You might be able to do it then,” Chong Daqing could not bear to say the words.

This was all because of that Great Azure Dragon, otherwise, she could have scraped through.

It glared at Vigilante A, who was some distance away.

The middle-aged woman and others naturally understood this, but no one dared to complain to Vigilante A. After all, he was a true dragon from the heavens.

The Upper Realm gods might be a thing of illusion to them, but this god was someone that they see every day.

The saying goes that there is nothing like a man on the spot to smooth the way. It was to an extent, a mirror of what was happening.

If one failed the test, all they needed was to get told off or disciplined. However, if one offended Sir Dragon God for no good reason, they might need to hand over their entire family to appease his rage.

This made everyone start to worry. Many of them poured their soup away and started all over again.

Fang Ning was the most relaxed one as he had not even started cooking.

Previously, Chong Daqing had mentioned that among the ten judges, it was the most special one as it could taste if there were feelings in the food.

As the one who came up with the test had met with this situation, it was, of course, quick to provide an answer.

As it turned out, the first test was to create a soup with feelings.

He secretly sent a message to Sir System telepathically, “Quickly help me inquire if the strategy for the black pot has been made? Even if it’s a simple one, it would be okay. The important thing is to pass the first test. You won’t reject me about this, would you?”

“It’s okay to pass the message,” Sir System was not too heartless, after all, if it did go to the extreme, there was a chance the host might suddenly come up with something unpredictable.

“Here, for you,” not long after, Sir System passed some contents telepathically to Fang Ning.

Fang Ning was flabbergasted after hearing it.

“This actually works? This Culinary God is not a good person,” Fang Ning said in bewilderment.

“Anyway, he was the one who said this would definitely work,” Sir System was adamant.

“Okay, I’ll just do what he says.”

Fang Ning lowered his head and concentrated on making the soup. It was not long when a tempting aroma started spreading to the entire square.

Those who smelt it nodded. This was, after all, the legendary God Chef. He was indeed extraordinary with his work.

Everyone else paused. The first test had no time limitations, but of course, it would not be a good thing to take too long.

After the first failure, everyone naturally wanted to know if God Chef Fang was able to pass the test. Although they would not be able to copy his work, they could at least witness the judges’ reaction.

After more than an hour, a pot of freshly made soup was done. Fang Ning’s final action was to add in some seasoning that was colored red.

Everyone did not really understand that move. They tried their best to sniff it out. A highly brilliant chef would be able to get a lot of information from the flavor of a dish.

Unfortunately, the aroma was still just an aroma to them.