"Liao Jie and Long Kunbao, do you know these two people?"
Listening to Yan Kai's tone, Nakiri Erina immediately understood that Yan Kai should know... at least these two cooks from the Central Plains.
"I don't know you, but I've heard of it." Yan Kai pushed up his glasses and said, "I'm actually not familiar with the Central Plains cooking world. I only know about 'Second Floor and Two Restaurants'. I've basically never heard of other chefs, but only I heard my dad mention these two people. My dad said that the two of them are the closest to super-class chefs in the Central Plains culinary world today, especially Long Kunbao. He is only 30 years old this year and is far from a chef. A chef is at his peak, and he is also a 'martial arts chef', so the future is even more worth looking forward to."
What does Yan Fei think of him? The state banquet competition represents the highest stage of Central Plains cooking skills. He has served as a judge for eight times, seven of which were chief judges. Culinary masters who are rarely seen by ordinary people are vying to show their abilities in front of Yan Fei. To be honest, ordinary people The first-class chefs even found it difficult to leave an impression in front of Yan Fei, but Yan Fei specifically mentioned Liao Jie and Long Kunbao to Yan Kai, which showed that their cooking skills were absolutely outstanding, and even Yan Fei had to look at them differently.
"What is 'Martial Chef'?"
Hearing a new term, Nakiri Erina couldn't help but ask Yan Kaidao.
"To put it simply, he is a chef who knows martial arts, and can use his martial arts in cooking, which has led to many miraculous skills. Xiaohui is actually taking the path of a 'martial arts chef', but she is still far from it now. Just not home yet.”
Yan Kai explained.
"You said that Long Kunbao knows martial arts?"
Nakiri Erina was surprised but also a little enlightened.
Of course Erina Nakiri went to watch the final between Long Kunbao and Liao Jie. That Long Kunbao looked gentle and handsome, similar to Si Yingshi, one of the former "Ten Elites", but his temperament made people more relaxed, and the cooking skills During the process, his movements were strong yet soft, and he had an aura that was completely different from other cooks. Nakiri Erina didn't understand it at first, but now that Yan Kai said he knew martial arts, she suddenly remembered that Yan Kai made the food. Time seems to be like this, with an incredible sense of coordination, more rhythmic than dance.
"Yes, Long Kunbao is a good martial artist, and his martial arts is quite strong."
Yan Kai nodded.
To be able to be said to be "quite weak" by Yan Kai, Long Kunbao's martial arts skills were at least "super", and this was only five years ago, when Long Kunbao was only twenty-five years old.
He became a "god" at the age of twenty-five. The successors of the martial arts sects in the Central Plains martial arts world who have worked hard to cultivate it are very few who can achieve such an achievement at this age. However, a cook did it.
For this reason, many people in the martial arts community in the Central Plains criticized Long Kun for becoming a cook despite having such high martial arts talent. They felt that he was wasting his talent.
But if you think about it carefully, he is now the chef of Lu Yulou, and his annual salary of one million does not include dividends.
As for martial artists, if they become "god" level martial artists, the country will not take any notice of them. Only those who have reached the pinnacle of martial arts can enjoy the "intangible cultural inheritance" allowance of 500 yuan per year issued by the state. They are not regarded as martial artists. Being a cook seems to have a better future...
Thinking about it this way, I feel even more uncomfortable...
"I see……"
Nakiri Erina sighed.
I thought that there was only one monster like Yan Kai in the world of Chinese raw material physics, but I didn’t expect that there were other monsters like Yan Kai, and even Tadokoro might become such a monster in the future.
"By the way, it's the final. Who wins, Liao Jie or Long Kunbao?"
Yan Kai asked Nakiri Erina.
"Long Kunbao won."
Thinking of this, Nakiri Erina felt even heavier.
After "Team Shokugeki", Nakiri Erina seemed to have broken through some kind of bottleneck, and her cooking skills improved by leaps and bounds. She thought that there were few people in the world who could beat her in cooking, but in the end, she failed in the semi-finals. At that time, she lost to Liao Jie, and Liao Jie, who was better than her, lost to Long Kunbao. This was equivalent to Erina Nakiri losing twice, which naturally made the arrogant Erina Nakiri extremely uncomfortable.
"Is that so..."
Yan Kai nodded slightly.
Keenly aware of the difference in Yan Kai's expression, Kasumigaoka Shiyu couldn't help but ask: "Why, junior, is there any problem?"
"No." Yan Kai shook his head and replied, "I just remembered that it is said that the two had a cooking showdown ten years ago. The showdown was divided into three games, one for cooking and one for swordsmanship. The first two were two There was a tie after one win and one loss. In the most critical third game, Liao Jie had an accident at home and abstained from the game in the middle of the game. Long Kunbao won without a fight. Although he won the game, Long Kunbao was not completely satisfied with his failure that year. I have regrets about defeating Liao Jie, but now that I have defeated Liao Jie openly, I am afraid he will have a new breakthrough soon."
"Can he get stronger?"
Nakiri Erina couldn't sit still.
Long Kunbao is now so powerful that she has no chance of winning. If Long Kunbao becomes stronger again, won't he reach the legendary "super first-class" realm?
The current Nakiri Erina can only be regarded as a newcomer who has just stepped into the field of first-class cooks. She cannot even imagine the scenery behind a super-class chef.
"Erina." Yan Kai called Nakiri Erina, and then said to Nakiri Erina very seriously, "You have to understand one thing. The biggest difference between a first-rate chef and a second-rate chef is the decisive difference in spiritual realm. .”
"As a chef, it is certainly right and essential to study skills, but if you are just obsessed with studying skills, such a cook will only be second-rate. For example, Zaiba Chaoyang, he only knows how to plunder other people's kitchen utensils, and then Decorating yourself with other people's cooking skills, you will be full of flowers on the outside but empty on the inside. Even if you have achieved the ultimate in appearance, when faced with the dishes made by first-class chefs that can directly hit people's hearts, you will be like encountering a magic mirror, and you will be easily fooled. Peel away the outer skin and reveal the empty and empty essence.”
"Then, how should a first-class cook move forward?"
Nakiri Erina asked Yan Kaidao.
After reaching the level of a first-class cook, Nakiri Erina began to feel her bottleneck again, especially in the duel with Liao Jie, she clearly touched her upper limit.
"Life experience."
Yan Kai said to Nakiri Erina.
"Life experience?"
Nakiri Erina's heart moved.
"Yes, the thickness of life." Yan Kai nodded, "After becoming a first-class cook, it is important to improve your skills. If you want to maximize these refined skills, you need spiritual practice, and these are It’s not easy to make progress in the kitchen anymore.”
"Cooking skills are '1', spiritual realm is '0', of course you can't do it without cooking skills, there is no '1' in front, '0' is always just '0', but there is a '0' after '1', the final effect It will be magnified ten times or even dozens of times, and you have already touched that realm, so you should know the gap between the two."
Nakiri Erina nodded slowly. After "United Shogun", she felt as if she had pierced a layer of window paper. When cooking, not only did she become more skillful, but she could not escape the various changes in the dishes. Her perception made the dishes she made more perfect. She knew that this was the realm of a first-rate cook, a realm completely different from that of a second-rate cook.
"If ordinary people want to improve their spiritual realm, they need to constantly experience various things. Uncle Liu's grandfather, Senior Liu Pleiades, a legend in the Central Plains cooking world more than a hundred years ago, passed the 'Special Chef' exam when he was fourteen years old. , and became one of the first-class chefs. In the next year, he traveled across the Central Plains and saw the local customs and customs of various places in the Central Plains, which greatly enriched his experience. Then, under the constant pressure of the dark culinary world, he reached the level of a super-first-class chef. .”
"Uncle Liu, too. When he was young, the Central Plains was in turmoil. His experiences during that period were probably not inferior to those of Senior Liu Pleiades. In his later years, he determined to travel all over the Central Plains like Senior Liu Pleiades, and even wanted to To surpass Senior Liu Pleiades, go out of the Central Plains and learn cooking techniques from all over the world. Although he failed in the end due to physical reasons, his ambition is admirable."
"I remember that Dojima Gin and Kohei Soma's fathers were in the same class. He was in the first seat, and Kohei Soma's father was in the second seat. Of course, I heard people say that this was because Kohei Soma's father always liked to be in important 'shokuji' meetings. 'He does dark cooking, so his performance is inferior to Dojima Gin, but in terms of strength, Kohei Souma's father should be stronger, but the gap between the two should not be too big."
"But based on my observation of the two of them, although Soma Yukihira's father did not practice martial arts, his spirit and will were extremely condensed. On the contrary, Gin Dojima was much inferior. This may be because Gin Dojima became Totsuki directly after graduation. Although the chief chef of the resort has a distinguished status, he seldom moves around. On the contrary, Souma Yukihira's father wanders around, constantly experiencing things, witnessing the world with his own eyes, and communicating with diners, which leads to his spiritual loss. Sublimation, although I have not tasted his cooking, I am sure that he is already a first-class chef and has gone quite far on this road."
"Does that mean I need to walk around?"
Nakiri Erina frowned. As the commander-in-chief of Totsuki, it was impossible for her to wander around like Liu Subaru, Liu Bo, and Yukihira Joichiro. In other words, she could only stop at the level of a first-class cook?
"Not necessarily. The so-called life experience does not necessarily mean traveling around. As long as every day is meaningful and you feel that your life is moving forward, that's it. And although you can't leave Totsuki, Totsuki Academy is not Gathering the best young chefs in Japan, doesn’t this mean you have traveled all over Japan?”
Yan Kai said with a smile.
In this world, aren’t there many people who have spent half their lives accomplishing nothing? Traveling more does not mean more experience, it also depends on your mentality.
Nakiri Erina nodded, and at the same time she also set a goal for herself, to make Totsuki a world-class cooking school. She wants the best young cooks in the world to come to Totsuki to study, which will definitely enrich her a lot. experience!
"By the way, Yan Kai, do you know the 'Zhongyuan Culinary Training Academy'?"
Nakiri Erina suddenly remembered something and asked Yan Kai.
Yan Kai was slightly stunned when he heard the name: "Where did you hear this name?"
"You really know!" Looking at Yan Kai's reaction, Nakiri Erina guessed that Yan Kai really knew about the "Zhongyuan Culinary Training Academy". She said to Yan Kai, "I heard it from Long Kunbao!"
Then Nakiri Erina began to explain why she mentioned "Nakahara Culinary Training Academy".
"That kid Yukihira Soma, he was eliminated by Long Kunbao in the knockout round. Afterwards, he was not convinced and went to have a cooking duel with Long Kunbao in private. Of course, he failed miserably. But even though he didn't know Long Kunbao at that time Bao is a "martial arts chef", but he also noticed that Long Kunbao's cooking skills are very special, so he asked Long Kunbao where he learned his cooking skills. Long Kunbao replied at that time that it was from "Chinese cooking training" Academy', he is a graduate of the 125th class there."
"Then that bastard Yukihira Soma actually dropped out of school and went to the Central Plains to join the 'Central Plains Culinary Training Academy'! Totsuki's traitor! I want to find him and kill him!"
Speaking of this, Nakiri Erina began to gnash her teeth, and when she said this, she was filled with murderous intent, as if she really wanted to cut Yukihira Soma into pieces.
Only Totsuki has always expelled students, so how can any student turn his back on Totsuki?
Although Ichiro Saiba dropped out of Totsuki Academy back then, he did not switch to other cooking schools afterwards. Now Soma Yukihira has gone to the Central Plains to find a cooking school in the Central Plains. If he hadn't been in the Central Plains now, Nakiri Erina really wanted to hang him at the gate of Totsuki Academy and let everyone know the consequences of betraying Totsuki!
It's not that Erina Nakiri didn't ask about the "Zhongyuan Culinary Training Academy". She even asked her collaborators in the Zhongyuan catering industry. As a result, they who have a lot of energy in Zhongyuan didn't know anything about it. They didn't know what it was at all. " Zhongyuan Culinary Training Institute".
To be honest, Nakiri Erina doubts the authenticity of the "Nakahara Culinary Training Academy". Even Totsuki only has a history of a hundred years, but the "Nakahara Culinary Training Academy" actually has more than 100 classes. According to Long Kunbao's age, he is in the 125th class, so the "Zhongyuan Culinary Training Academy" should be in the 130th class now. If such a school really exists, shouldn't it be a household name in the Central Plains? Why can't I find anything about it even though I've asked everywhere? When talking about cooking schools, they only talk about "New O Fang". By the way, people don't call it cooking anymore anymore!
If Soma Kohei hadn't called back two days ago, saying that he had found the training school and had signed up, Nakiri Erina would have suspected that this school was fabricated by Ryukunho to send Soma Kohei away.
Of course, the possibility of Xingping Soma being deceived cannot be ruled out.
"Uh, um..." Yan Kai pursed his lips, and then asked Nakiri Erina, "Has Soma Yukihira gone in?"
"I heard he said he's already gone in."
"Can I contact him?"
Yan Kai continued to ask.
"Yes, yes, but the signal there seems to be not very good and often can't be connected. Is it deep in the mountains and wild forests? A school built in a place like that must be a scam school, right?"
Nakiri Erina took out her cell phone and started dialing Soma Yukihira's phone number.
Fortunately, this time there was signal on Soma Kohei's side and the call was dialed. Erina Nakiri handed the phone to Yan Kai. She was too lazy to talk to Soma Kohei, fearing that she would throw the phone down in anger after not being able to say a few words.
"Hey, Nakiri, didn't I say that I will study here for a while, and I will come back when I learn the cooking techniques here. This is not a betrayal of Totsuki!"
Yukihira Souma's voice came from the phone, still looking carefree.
"Hey, Yukihira, it's me."
Yan Kai creates the true way to Xing Ping.
"Ah, it's Yan Sang!" Xingping Soma heard Yan Kai's voice and immediately said excitedly, "Yan Sang, why did you use Nakiri's mobile phone to call me?"
"You are at the 'Zhongyuan Culinary Training Academy' now, right? I have a few things to remind you..."
Yan Kai was about to speak, but was interrupted by Xing Ping Soma, who said in a very cheerful tone: "Yan Sang, please stop talking for now, let me tell you something! The students in this training school, their uniforms are so weird, shit Yellow, weird, ugly, and what’s even weirder is that they are all bald! Just like the members of Kuga-senpai’s ‘Chinese Raw Materials Research Association’, they are bald! If I hadn’t seen you, I almost thought all the cooks in the Central Plains were... If you don’t have long hair, or if you have a bald head, you won’t be afraid of your hair falling into the stock while cooking? Hahaha!”
"..."
Ma Dan, what should I do if I don’t want to care about this bastard’s life or death?
Yan Kai took a deep breath and decided to give Xing Ping Soma a proper reminder for Xiao Hui's sake.
"Xingping, I remind you two things, you must remember them." Yan Kai said to Xingping Chuangzhen.
"Yeah, yeah! Yan Sang, just say it, I will definitely remember it!"
"First, don't offend the abbot of the 'Zhongyuan Culinary Training Academy'! Second..." Yan Kai paused, "If you really offend the abbot accidentally, remember to be careful on the bench."
"Uh, what kind of reminder is this?"
Yukihira Soma looked confused.
"That's all I've said, the rest depends on your own destiny."
Yan Kai hung up the phone, then returned the phone to Nakiri Erina, and at the same time said to Nakiri Erina: "Erina, Totsuki, from now on, just think of yourself as a student without Yukihira Soma."
He had a hunch that Yukihira Soma definitely needed the second reminder.
"ha?"
Nakiri Erina was stunned when she caught the phone.
…………………………
"Seriously, Yan Sang, what are you talking about..."
After hanging up the phone, Yukihira Soma scratched his head, looking puzzled.
"But forget it, I will officially start learning cooking techniques tomorrow. Let's make a novel dish today after a long time!"
Yukihira Soma immediately became happy again, and then went to the kitchen to cook up a brand new dark dish - squid tentacles dipped in chili sauce!
"Perfect, I just need someone to taste it for me!"
Yukihira Soma showed a big smile, and then saw an old man wearing "school uniform" walking past him.
"Well, that old man, wait a minute!"
When Soma Yukihira saw someone passing by, he immediately chased after him, and then said to the old man very enthusiastically in blunt Chinese: "Grandpa, I have a newly developed dish here, can you help me try it?"
The old man showed a kind smile: "Amitabha, of course!"
Just as he was about to hand the "dark cuisine" to the old man, Xing Ping Soma suddenly thought about Yan Kai's reminder and asked the old man hurriedly: "Um, I dare you to ask the old man..."
"Amitabha, the old monk's name is 'Mengwei', and he is the abbot of this temple. The donor is the foreign boy who came to our temple's kitchen to learn cooking skills a few days ago, right? It's rare that the donor has traveled thousands of miles to come to this temple with sincerity, and this temple will definitely not hesitate to teach you. !”
The old man was very kind and honest, and did not reject Soma Kohei at all because he was a foreigner.
"It's the host..."
Xingping Soma learned Chinese urgently these days. He couldn't quite understand the old man's words, but at least he could hear clearly that the old man was not an "abbot".
So Souma Yukihira showed an OO smile and handed his "latest masterpiece" squid tentacles dipped in chili sauce to the old man...
Half a month later, on a stormy night, Xing Ping Soma climbed over the wall to escape from the training academy that he had worked so hard to find. Unexpectedly, after climbing over the wall, he was greeted by a dazzling golden light.
"I offended the abbot and still want to leave!"
That night, Xing Ping Chuangzhen understood what the second thing Yan Kai reminded him was - hitting someone with the bench hurts!
