Chapter 870 - Free Sharpening (1/2)

While Yuan Zhou was busy thinking, Master Cheng placed his case to the side as its earlier position was obstructing the traffic slightly.

“Pa da”

Master Cheng unbuttoned the case, revealing six gorgeous knives in it.

The first group of knives Yuan Zhou noticed were the tiny and light shaving knives. The handles of these knives had natural wood textures.

There were three of them and the body of the knives were rather thin with sharp edges. Among them, the Sang Knife was used to cut meats and vegetables, the Pian Knife was used to slice out transparent slices of meat, while the Wenwu Knife was used to open up meat with tiny bones within.

Among them, the Sang Knife was most frequently used. Its handle was sleek and glossy, and it was obvious that this was a handle that was frequently held on.

“Master Yuan, this is the knife I use most often,” Master Cheng pointed at the Sang Knife.

“Um,” Yuan Zhou nodded without saying anything else.

The other knives were two cleavers, comprising of a Bone Knife and a Jiujiang Knife. The final knife was a fusion cleaver, a rather common knife.

The Jiujiang Knife could be used to handle seafoods and meats, thus it was very frequently used as well. The wood handle of this knife looked glossy and sleek as well.

As for the Bone Knife, it was made of pure steel, a heavy and sharp knife. It could even cut a Jinhua Ham into two. However, this was a knife not used often among Master Cheng’s collection.

“Although my knives are not as good as your knives, but they have also been with me for two years. I am already used to using them,” Master Cheng said, an honest and simple smile surfacing on his face.

“Um, but it’s time to sharpen them,” Yuan Zhou said after looking at the edge of the knives.

“Yes, you’re right. It has been quite a while since I sharpened them,” Master Cheng nodded.

“Put them down. We will sharpen them later,” Yuan Zhou told Master Cheng to put the case down.

“Oh, I will sharpen them myself later,” Master Cheng probed.

“No need. Just watch,” Yuan Zhou shook his head.

“Alright,” Master Cheng nodded and said nothing else. With a pair of eyes burning with excitement, he gazed at Yuan Zhou. He was waiting for Yuan Zhou to start. Since he was a loyal fan of Yuan Zhou, he believed that Boss Yuan was capable of everything. Even his sharpening skills should be different than others.

While the two were preparing to start sharpening, the crowd was completely confused by the many variations of knives.

“I thought in Chinese Cuisine, the chefs will only use one knife,” said a man in a white long-sleeved shirt in astonishment.

“Same here. I see that Boss Yuan is using his kitchen knife even while ice sculpting. Why does Master Cheng have so many knives?” the middle-aged woman said.

“In truth, Boss Yuan has many knives as well,” said a woman with a pair of sharp eyes as she pointed at the row of knives arranged beside Yuan Zhou.

“You’re right. I neglected that because I often see Boss Yuan using only the kitchen knife,” said the man in a white shirt with a nod.

Under everyone’s gaze, Yuan Zhou picked up the brush, soaked it, and brushed it twice on the third whetstone.

He was wetting the whetstone in preparation for the sharpening.

Although Yuan Zhou’s sharpening technique wasn’t exactly textbook perfect, his sharpening flowed in a completely natural and smooth manner with no pause whatsoever.

Grinding sounds rang in the air without a stop as Yuan Zhou changed the angle of the knife in his hand without hesitation.

Yuan Zhou would only grind each side of the knife five times before lifting the knife and taking a look at it.

Yuan Zhou had good eyesight and with the enhancement provided by the system, he could even see the minute vein lines on the blade. Each of those lines were where they should be.

Swish! Yuan Zhou switched to another yellow whetstone and continued sharpening.