I rely on food to dominate the two worlds

As time passed by, the number of people waiting for the assessment in the room continued to increase, and it was not until Chen Shi that the door of the room was suddenly closed.A middle-aged square-faced man wearing a black gold-rimmed robe slowly walked in. Obviously, he is today's examiner. There are five golden stars on his chest, representing his level of spiritual chef.Behind him were two cultivators holding a tray on which black stones were neatly placed.

With his hands behind his back, the examiner scanned the candidates in the room one by one with probing eyes, with a sense of majesty from a superior, making everyone afraid to breathe.

"Come up here and get a black stone from me. As long as it can change the color, it will be counted as a pass." The square-faced man said loudly.

Although the words are simple, everyone believes that there must be something mysterious about this black stone.Everyone lined up and went forward, and each received a palm-sized black stone from the fifth-grade spiritual chef. The texture of this stone was no different from ordinary stones, but it was warm to touch.Tang Shaoyan looked at the stone over and over curiously, but he didn't see any tricks.

"I'll give you a quarter of an hour. If you can't let the black stone change color, just go out." The examiner's words made everyone's nerves tense up.

Tang Shaoyan quickly focused his attention on the black stone in his hand. He closed his eyes, injected the spiritual power in his body into it, and immediately felt the feeling of a mud cow falling into the sea. This stone was like a bottomless abyss. Can desperately increase the injection of spiritual power.Fortunately, he is already in the Qi refining stage, otherwise the sea of ​​Qi might not be able to hold on long ago.

When almost half of the spiritual power in the sea of ​​​​qi was consumed, the huge suction gradually became smaller, and he seemed to be able to interact with the stone in his hand. This stone seemed to be full of impurities and filth. , He needs to use spiritual power to slowly expel these dirt.This is a bit different from when he usually uses spiritual power to activate the aura in the ingredients when he handles the ingredients, but it seems to remind him of something.

If when processing the ingredients, while stimulating the aura of the ingredients, he also tried to remove some of the impurities in them, would the quality of the ingredients be improved even more?Will the effect of the prepared spiritual meal be better?

Just doing this will undoubtedly consume more spiritual power, so if you have a chance, you can try it.

"It's time." A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and with the examiner's muffled shout, everyone was forced to stop.

Tang Shaoyan opened his eyes, and immediately looked at the stone in his hand. He saw that the stone looked like Moses divided the sea, and there was a thin white channel in the middle of the black. Although it was not particularly obvious, it was It is also enough to pass the level.

He glanced around again, and the stones in most people's hands were more or less white, but some people's stones were still completely black.

"Bold!" Suddenly, one of the two non-existent monks standing behind the examiner uttered a loud shout, raised his hand and swung a strong wind, hitting a candidate in the back row.

The man fell to the ground with a cry of pain, and the black stone he was holding also fell to the ground.Then he was dragged out by two servants who appeared out of nowhere.

"The time has come, and anyone who dares to continue to use spiritual power will be considered cheating and will be disqualified from the assessment!" the examiner said coldly.

Everyone was as quiet as a chicken, and no one dared to make any small moves.

The examiner, with his hands behind his back, walked in front of the crowd as if on patrol, and from time to time there was an unceremonious "elimination".

Those who failed to change the color of the black stone within the specified time were all eliminated one by one, and left the assessment room dejectedly.

In the end, there were about 100 people left, and almost two-thirds of the candidates were eliminated. It can be said that it is not strict.

"Congratulations, you have passed this assessment." The examiner said lightly.

Some young and inexperienced people showed surprise on their faces, but Tang Shaoyan was very calm. He felt that the spiritual chef assessment would definitely not be that simple, and there should be other assessment content waiting for them later.

Sure enough, the examiner continued, "Don't be too happy too early, this is only the first stage of the assessment, and there will be the second and third stages of assessment. Only by passing these three stages of assessment can you finally get The qualifications of an official spirit chef."

The smiles on everyone's faces disappeared immediately, leaving only apprehension and nervousness.

The two monks who followed the examiner put away all the black stones, went out and returned with a tray of cucumbers.

The examiner clapped his hands, "Everyone come up to get one, just like you usually do, handle the ingredients carefully, and the time limit is [-] minutes."

They had just consumed most of the spiritual power in the sea of ​​qi, and before they recovered, they had to continue processing the ingredients again.I believe that through the first assessment just now, many people have experienced another method of handling ingredients, but it is not necessary to apply it in the second assessment, which has become a difficult problem they have to face now.

Tang Shaoyan thought about it, and decided to deal with it as usual. After all, there is still an unknown third level to pass. They will not be given time to meditate and rest during the assessment, so it is best to save a little spiritual power.

According to his usual habits, he began to use his spiritual power to stimulate the aura in the cucumber, and he managed to complete the task before the time limit.

"It's time." This time, no one dared to make any small moves, and everyone quietly waited for the examiner's test.

With the sound of "elimination", people kept leaving the assessment room.Tang Shaoyan didn't know what the examiner's assessment criteria were, so he felt a little uneasy.

The examiner quickly came to him, took a look at his cucumber, and then walked to the next person without saying a word.Tang Shaoyan breathed a sigh of relief, and did not announce his elimination, which should mean that he passed the test temporarily.

This level eliminated almost half of the candidates, and finally there were about [-] candidates left.

"Congratulations on passing the second stage of the assessment, and come with me now."

Everyone followed him through a small door at the back of the examination room, and came to another room. Inside the room were neat rows of stoves. In the last row of the room was a wide wooden shelf. There are many ingredients on the table, but the weight of each is very small.

"Each person chooses two to three ingredients, and makes a dish within [-] minutes." The examiner's request is still simple, but in fact it is very difficult, because there are [-] of them, and the ingredients are very limited. The ingredients are taken away, and the remaining ingredients are difficult to match and combine.

Fortunately, these ingredients do not include seasonings. They can use the seasonings they carry with them, such as onion, ginger, garlic, etc. are also included in the category of seasonings.

Tang Shaoyan saw someone rushing over to take several potatoes at the first moment, almost emptying out the few potatoes in stock.

The examiner continued to remind in a cold voice, "Don't be too greedy, all the dishes you take must be used in the dishes, and nothing should be wasted."

When making dishes for the examiners, you must consider the color, aroma and other aspects. If you make a big pot of dishes, it will definitely not look good, and it will waste precious time.

Because there are indeed too many people, and everyone wants to get the ingredients that are beneficial to them, so they rushed to the shelf. Tang Shaoyan couldn't even squeeze in. When he finally squeezed in, he found that those ingredients were useful. All the ingredients have been taken, but fortunately there are still a few prawns left. After taking the prawns, he took some walnuts and small lantern peppers, and started to make.

After he lit up the stove, he began to process the ingredients.

Remove the heads and shells of the prawns, leave the tails, melt the backs of the prawns with a knife, remove the prawn lines, add a little salt and rice wine and stir well.Soak the walnut kernels in boiling water, peel off the walnut skin, and fry them in oil that is only [-]% hot to make the surface golden.The reason for this is to make the walnuts more crispy, and walnut kernels are easier to paste than peanuts, so you can't use too hot oil.

Then chop the onion, ginger, garlic, etc. into pieces, put them in the oil pan and sauté until fragrant, add soy sauce, rice wine, sugar, vinegar, salt and a little bean paste, mix thoroughly, and finally pour in shrimp balls, walnut kernels, and small lantern peppers. After a few quick stir-fries over high heat, it's ready to go out of the pan.

The finished product is delicious and fragrant, the red sauce wraps the walnuts and shrimps, and the crystal clear oil makes this dish look very attractive.

This dish has his secret weapon, bean paste, which has a very strong taste, and he believes that the examiner will like it.

"time up!"

Due to the time limit and the exhaustive use of spiritual power in the previous two exams, it was undoubtedly a lot of pressure for candidates like them to prepare this last dish.

Some people failed to complete the preparation of the dishes, and they didn't even have time to pack them, let alone decorate them.

But after the examiner finished speaking, everyone immediately stopped what they were doing, because of what happened in the first assessment, no one dared to offend the authority of the examiner.

The examiner began to taste the dishes made by everyone in order. Some people's dishes were cooked in advance because they were in a hurry, resulting in the appearance of the finished product.Some people have problems with the control of the heat, and the dishes are either too raw or too old, and they cannot satisfy the examiner anyway.

Finally, the examiner came to the girl in red. She made lotus root, lily and tremella soup. The sweet taste obviously satisfied the examiner. She nodded to her. The girl's cheeks were slightly red, obviously excited and excited.

Soon, the examiner finally came in front of Tang Shaoyan, looked at the brightly red dish in front of him, and raised his eyebrows slightly. The taste of this dish was something he had never smelled before. It's a little pungent, and he never thought that the examinee would put red thorn fruit (small lantern pepper) into the dish. This red thorn fruit is usually used in soups and medicines, and he has never seen it directly used for cooking. There are also aconite (walnut) in it, and he really can't imagine the taste of this dish.

He was a little hesitant for a while, whether he should try this dish, after all, the hot taste of red thorn fruit is really not something ordinary people can bear.

However, the appearance of this dish is indeed very good. For the sake of the examinee's hard work, he decided to give it a try.

He picked up a shrimp ball made of prawns with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.The crisp, tender and smooth texture of the prawns caught his eye immediately, followed by various flavors such as salty, sweet, sour, numbing, spicy and so on. He couldn't describe the taste in words!

He then tried the taste of aconitum, peeled and deep-fried over a low fire, which tasted particularly crispy, complementing the rich flavor of prawns, it was really a treat for the taste buds.

"Very good!" The examiner seldom praised, "Who is your master? Who did you learn this dish from?"

"I don't have a master. I have learned to cook from my father since I was a child. I came up with this dish myself." This walnut shrimp ball is indeed a creative dish that he came up with based on what he had, and he used Kung Pao's The method is just to change the material.