Chapter 1099: Tofu Showdown!

Due to Lu Yang's appearance, the Five-Star Spiritual Chef group became the focus of much attention, drawing over many spectators who had originally intended to watch the Seven-Star Spiritual Chef group.

"To think that Lu Yang is a spiritual chef possessing the inheritance of an Immortal Chef!" Xie Qi stared dead at Lu Yang, mimicking his every move.

So what if he obtained the inheritance of an Immortal Chef, I will prove to the world that not only can I imitate the dishes of an Immortal Chef's successor, but I can also take it half a step further on this foundation!

Xie Qi touched the pots and jars pinned to his waist, pulling out a meaningful smile.

This was his secret weapon, containing the spices he gathered from traveling the cultivation world, especially the ones obtained from the Buddhist Kingdom, which were the most numerous.

The spiritual chef world ignored the existence of the Buddhist Kingdom, expelling it from their circle, but Xie Qi discovered that although the dishes of the Buddhist Kingdom were hard to describe, or rather terrible to eat, its spices were unparalleled by any other place.

With the power of these spices, he could make any dish become even more delicious!

An Tong likewise wanted to compete on the same stage as Lu Yang and vie for supremacy!

The outside world called her the "Undefeated" An Tong precisely because she had never lost since her debut, and Lu Yang would be no exception!

As the center of the entire venue, Lu Yang felt that everyone really did not need to stare at him like this.

He had only practiced his knife skills for a few days and learned about some strange spiritual plants from the Immortal Fairy, though he hadn't even used the latter yet.

As for cooking, he absolutely did not know how to do it, so what could he rely on to win?

He would just make something randomly and let Xie Qi and An Tong fight for first place.

Anyway, he did not care whether Jin Tan's side won or not; this was an internal struggle of the Spiritual Chef Alliance, and he was just a bystander.

Liu Xing spread his arms, and the outermost walls of the exam ground collapsed, revealing rows of ingredients—birds, beasts, spiritual beans, and spiritual rice, everything one could think of.

He announced the final test topic in a loud voice: "The final test for the Five-Star Spiritual Chef group requires making a dish out of tofu!"

Lu Yang: "..."

Lu Yang painfully rubbed his temples. At the mention of tofu, the first thing he thought of was when he had just started cultivating, being arranged by his Eldest Senior Sister to train his sword technique with tofu every day; however much tofu he chopped during the day, he had to eat that much tofu during meals, and at night when he slept, his nightmares were filled with the Tofu Heavenly Venerable, which made him feel nauseous eating tofu for a period of time.

Does your Spiritual Chef Alliance even want positive press anymore?

"Go on, Little Yangzi, My Fairy self has a recipe for Yin-Yang Tofu in My cookbook, let them witness My level!" the Immortal Fairy instigated.

Lu Yang's eyelids twitched. Because he had translated the entire grand compendium of cooking, he remembered the preparation method of every single dish recorded in it.

A sacred command is hard to disobey; how could a minister have the right to resist the sovereign's will?

Lu Yang braced himself and began to make the Yin-Yang Tofu.

As the name implied, Yin-Yang Tofu was tofu of two colors, black and white. To present two different colors, a hundred types of black ingredients and a hundred types of white ingredients were needed to brew a composite juice to dye the tofu.

Black foods included cuttlefish ink, soy sauce, and so forth.

White foods included salt, sugar, and so forth.

"Fairy, won't doing it this way make it a bit too salty?"

"Don't worry, just add chili at the very end, and it will neutralize the saltiness!"

"This Yin-Yang Tofu contains the Dao of Yin and Yang, holding endless universe within, full of infinite wonders. If you can comprehend this layer, you will have entered the threshold of the Dao of Yin and Yang..." The Immortal Fairy rattled on about her philosophy behind developing this dish.

Xie Qi, on the other hand, maintained synchronized movements with Lu Yang, pouring hundreds of pots and jars together and stirring them evenly.

Looking at the black and white juices that generated an unknown reaction and bubbled with countless bubbles, Xie Qi began to doubt whether Lu Yang was truly the successor of an Immortal Chef.

But at the thought of the various rumors about Lu Yang, he bit his teeth, believed it, and continued to copy him!

Looking at the black and white tofu cut into spherical shapes in the dish and drizzled with the sauce, Xie Qi's appetite was greatly aroused.

Although the preparation process was indescribably bizarre, the finished product smelled extraordinarily fragrant!

"Let me taste what flaws this tofu has."

Xie Qi took a bite with a spoon, clutching his throat in disbelief and making a choking "uh-uh" sound.

Two extreme flavors clashed in his oral cavity. His sense of taste was already far beyond ordinary people, and under the infinite magnification of his taste buds, the two flavors tortured him till he was wishing for death rather than life.

Clang—

Xie Qi collapsed to the ground, foaming at the mouth, unconscious.

Without using a single soldier or pawn, Lu Yang made Xie Qi withdraw from the field, which could be called subduing the enemy without fighting—the ultimate strategy!

The final match fell upon Lu Yang and An Tong.

"Time is up!" Liu Xing said loudly.

"Considering that Xie Qi is out of the running due to an accident, after discussion by the high-level officials of this Alliance, it has been decided to change the method of evaluation for this competition!"

"It is changed to both sides tasting each other's dishes and giving a score!"

Lu Yang brought out the Yin-Yang Tofu drizzled with crimson chili oil, while An Tong brought out a tofu shaped like a mandarin orange.

"The mutual tasting begins now."

Lu Yang examined An Tong's orange tofu. The outer shell of the orange tofu looked like a layer of sugar coating. Lu Yang tapped it gently with a spoon, the sugar coating indented, revealing white and bouncy tofu.

Lu Yang scooped a spoonful of sugar coating and tofu and put it into his mouth. The bland tofu became rich under the enhancement of the orange flavor, and bamboo shoot pieces were also sandwiched inside the tofu, making the tofu taste quite crisp.

This taste was eight streets ahead of the Immortal Fairy!

While Lu Yang was tasting An Tong's orange tofu, An Tong was also studying Lu Yang's Yin-Yang Tofu.

She had lost her sense of taste due to a high fever when she was a child, but this also caused her vision, touch, smell, and hearing to be exceptionally developed.

"The layer of red oil on this Yin-Yang Tofu has an attractive color, yet it does not steal the fragrance of the tofu. The black and white tofu not only has the fragrance of tofu, but also the fragrance of the sea, the fragrance of the sky, and the fragrance of the earth."

She didn't even need to taste it to know that this was the ultimate tofu that completely crushed her orange tofu!

It could be called a masterpiece that gathered everything tofu had to offer!

Although she had no sense of taste, An Tong still wanted to take a bite, which was a form of respect for Lu Yang.

Lu Yang just wanted to advise An Tong not to eat it and that he would directly concede defeat, when he saw An Tong eat a spoonful of Yin-Yang Tofu, clutch her neck, open her mouth wide, and scream out a review she had never uttered in her life in a voice that could be heard by the entire venue.

"So spicy, so salty!!"

"How can it be this spicy!"

An Tong drank water vigorously, which slightly lowered the temperature in her mouth, allowing her to calm down and think about more things.

"Wait, I have my sense of taste?!"

"I... I have my sense of taste?"

An Tong took large mouthfuls of the Yin-Yang Tofu, her tears dripping into the dish as she smiled and sobbed: "Delicious, it's truly delicious..."

After a while, An Tong slightly calmed her emotions and bowed deeply to Lu Yang: "Fellow Daoist Lu Yang, it is you who won, I voluntarily concede defeat."

Although she belonged to Jin Tan's side, she also had her own adherence. Lu Yang had saved her sense of taste with tofu; how could she be qualified to evaluate Lu Yang's Yin-Yang Tofu?

Having said that, regardless of Lu Yang's reaction, she left the venue directly, leaving behind a bewildered Lu Yang.

Even when Liu Xing announced the results of the match and Lu Yang's armband was exchanged for five golden stars, representing his status as the most powerful existence among the Five-Star Spiritual Chefs, he still hadn't come back to his senses.

No, how did I win with this level of skill?