1207 The Competition on the Stairway (1/2)

Lub-dub! Lub-dub!

The deafening beating of the heart filled the void.

Everyone sucked in a cold breath.

The golden heart was incredibly huge, and it looked as if it was suspended in the sky. The white jade stairway kept stretching upward until it reached just below it.

”This is the only way to inherit the Divine Chef's legacy... the Stairway of Culinary Arts.” Ying Ya recognized the white jade stairway as he squinted at it.

This was a simple world. Although it looked vast and open, it was filled with a foggy white mist. The only thing that existed in this world was the white jade stairway in the center and the beating heart on top of it.

The golden heart steadily pumped out powerful energy and pressure. It was the pressure of the Great Saint, the pressure of the Divine Chef. Even the two Judges dared not act recklessly here.

A Great Saint might not be a Divine Chef, but a Divine Chef must be a Great Saint.

There was a clan in the Nether Prison called the Nine Revolution Nether Chef, and it was a clan with its own Divine Chefs. Each of those Divine Chefs possessed mighty power.

Although the Nether Chef Clan didn't have a deep foundation, it was ranked somewhere in the upper positions among the nine clans of the Nether Prison because of its Divine Chefs, a rank that was even higher than the Shadow Demon Clan.

The reason why Ying Ya went to the Nether Chef Clan and secretly learned their culinary arts was to lead the Shadow Demon Clan to a position higher than the Nether Chef Clan. Now, with the Divine Chef's inheritance right in front of him, how could he not be tempted?

Rumble...

Clouds churned in the skies as shafts of golden gazes fell onto every visitor. Those gazes made them feel pressured.

The people floating in the void all landed on the ground, standing beneath the white jade stairway. As soon as they approached, they gasped because there were countless skeletons kneeling around the stairway. These bones were old, and some had almost turned into ashes. They consisted of various races and species, including humans, beasts, and Abyssal Demons.

They were shocked to see so many different races and species.

Clearly, this Divine Chef's inheritance was coveted by many, but it seemed that no one had successfully acquired the legacy that the Divine Chef wanted to give away.

This was not good news. It showed that this inheritance was very difficult to obtain.

”Once you enter my land of inheritance, you will be my inheritor.

”My legacy includes the knife techniques and the culinary mental force control techniques I've studied for my whole life, as well as my cooking set and the gifts I've prepared for my disciple.

”The gifts are the bone of Qilin, the feather of Fire Phoenix, the eye of Roc, and the horn of True Dragon...”

Everyone sucked in a cold breath. Even Bu Fang's eyes constricted involuntarily.

This was truly worthy of being the inheritance of a Divine Chef. Just the cooking set and the gifts were enough to tempt even a Great Saint, not to mention the knife techniques and the culinary mental force control techniques. To top it all off, the gifts were all extraordinary Sacred grade immortal ingredients!

However, they quickly woke up from the temptation of rich rewards.

Yes, these rewards were extraordinary, but none of the people who arrived here was a fool. Why did the Divine Chef announce the rewards as soon as the inheritance opened? He was tempting them, making it impossible for them to cast away the greed in their hearts.

The inheritance they were about to face must be very dangerous!

”The first test is the stairway of inheritance. You need to walk up the steps and enter the Heart of Cooking Path, which is my own little world. The real test of inheritance is in there. The stairway of inheritance will assess your talent. If your talent is not good enough, you will be excluded. Kneel at the bottom of the stairway to get another chance.” The pair of golden eyes glowed as a voice rang through the air.

Everyone sucked in a cold breath. It turned out that all these skeletons were those whose talents were not good enough... They couldn't help but wonder how high was the requirement for the inheritance.

The crowd turned their eyes to the white jade stairway.

It stretched up and up into the clouds. When they looked up, they couldn't see where it ended, but they could see the golden glow at its top.

It was the Heart of Cooking Path...

The atmosphere suddenly became a little suffocating.

Even the two Judges were breathing fast. The main reason was that the gift of the inheritance was really tempting. As the descendants of the Abyssal Demon, they had inherited some cooking talent from their ancestors. They thought they could give it a try as well. What if there was a miracle? What if they were lucky?

Besides...

They fixed their eyes at Bu Fang. They were here because of him, knowing that this young man would surely walk the steps. Naturally, they had to follow him.

The Nether Chef genius laughed. Covered in blood, he came in front of the white jade stairway, shaking from excitement. He lifted one leg and stepped onto the first step!

Rumble!

As soon as both his feet were on the stairway, the genius's laughter came to an abrupt stop, and his eyes grew so wide that they seemed to be popping out.

A terrible pressure weighed down on him and made him feel suffocated.

'Who said this is a test of talent? It is a test of the ability to withstand pressure!'

The stairway was filled with the pressure from the Divine Chef's Heart of Cooking Path! They had to withstand the pressure as they climbed the steps!

The genius looked up. He couldn't see the end of the stairway. It meant that the higher he climbed, the stronger the pressure he had to withstand.

Besides, the pressure from the Heart of Cooking Path was not the only thing he had to deal with. As soon as he took the first step, he began to see a vision, which was an incomplete recipe.

It was also one of the tests, and he had to complete it!