On Fang Lan's side, 20 people were slaughtered, and breaking through the secret realm turned into a game of chicken.
On Lu Ran's side, six people were learning to cook, and each of them stared at a pile of ingredients every day.
Neither of them could guess the other's situation.
You can only work hard to complete your tasks.
The six passers-by have an exclusive breakthrough to the secret realm.
The next day, there was a lot of excitement outside the Food Hunters Association in Canglan City.
Many men, women and children carrying kitchen utensils walked into the venue.
Passers-by on the streets pointed and pointed, it was time for the semi-annual special chef assessment, but unfortunately they could not watch the whole process.
After half a day of traveling, Lu Ran and others were slightly tired, but after a night's rest, the six trialists from Blue Star had recovered their spirits.
Unlike other assessors who were packed with bags, the six of them traveled lightly.
In the Star-Moon Continent, space equipment is also very rare, and basically only powerful beast masters or second-generation beast masters are equipped with it.
But for Blue Star Beast Controllers, space equipment is something that only one person has.
The ID card backpack has enough space to hold a lot of stuff.
"The attention is so high." Zhi Luweima looked at the people watching around him and said.
"There are also many family members." Shepi saw many people cheering for the examiners. This situation reminded him of the college entrance examination...
Various voices came from everyone's ears.
"Grandpa, you are almost 60 years old. If you fail the exam this year, forget it! It's not like our small restaurant can't make money."
"Yue'er, when I pass the test of a special chef and become a qualified food hunter, I will come to your house to propose marriage!"
"Oops, I forgot my ancestral kitchen knife!"
"..."
Lu Ran and others did not stay outside for long and quickly entered the venue.
Although it was lively outside the venue, there were actually not many examiners inside the venue.
It's almost time now, and there are only a little over a hundred people in the venue.
"It seems that many people are quite talented." The explorer said.
After all, the process of the special chef assessment is very clear, and it has been held for such a long time.
Generally speaking, most people who can come to participate are somewhat confident.
If the difference is too great, coming to join in the fun is just asking for trouble.
The huge assessment venue has more than two hundred stoves.
The distance between each stove was not close. When Lu Ran and others came in, they found that most of the chefs had gone to the back.
"Speechless, this isn't a university class, why are you leaning towards the back?" Bai Ling found a seat nearby.
"After all, it will give me more time to prepare a little later, but it doesn't mean much. It's just a comfort to my heart." The pet shop owner said.
A few people were very casual and chose the front row.
The main theme is early death and early rebirth.
At present, the assessors who arrived in advance have already chosen their seats and placed their kitchen utensils on the stove to wait.
Most of the pet beasts around these examiners have been released, most of them are fire beasts.
During the entire assessment period, the pet beast can assist the chef, and the chef can also use his own kitchen utensils. Only the ingredients are provided by the competition team.
At the moment, the atmosphere at the scene was slightly depressing, but the Hunter Association did not keep the examiners waiting for long, and three examiners walked out.
A white-haired old man, a super fat man, and a sassy woman.
They all wear black kitchen uniforms with the examiner logo recognized by the Food Hunters Association embroidered under their shoulders.
The three of them, led by the white-haired old man, walked to the most conspicuous high platform in the examination room, overlooking the entire venue.
Seeing these three people, the assessors started talking a lot, which probably meant that they were discussing who these three people were.
The assessment of the Food Hunter Association is not conducted by local chefs for local people. The examiners are transferred from associations in other provinces. Everyone invigilates each other's examinations, which makes it more fair.
Regarding these three people, although everyone knew that they must all be powerful food hunters who knew how to cook, the beast-controlling empire was so big that it was difficult to determine the exact identity of each other for a while.
The white-haired old man looked down and said: "The three of us are the examiners of your special examination. You don't need to know our identities. You can just call the examiners uniformly from now on. The rules and procedures of the examination... I believe you are already very clear."
"Let's get to the point quickly."
"Next, the pre-selection process begins. Those who are ready to demonstrate their knife skills should raise their arms to signal."
Knife skills, fire skills, and spoon skills are all the basics of cooking.
In the pre-selection process, more than 90% of the examinees will choose one of knife skills and fire skills.
After the old man finished speaking, swish, swish, swish, half of the people present raised their hands.
The six people from Lu Ran all raised their hands. There was nothing they could do. They didn't have fire pets. They were inherently disadvantaged in terms of pyrotechnics, so they could only rely on their knife skills to be tested.
This step actually requires financial resources, because there are no restrictions on the kitchen utensils used. A good kitchen knife is a great blessing for processing ingredients.
Bai Ling and others have sold some of the resources they brought and bought high-quality kitchen knives, hoping to pass the pre-selection.
"62 people?"
The old man counted, and then said: "Next, 62 of you, from front to back, from left to right, come over to untie the cattle! Next, the association will provide 62 'rock cattle' as a tool for you to demonstrate your knife skills. object."
"Okay, you can get ready. The assessment will begin in 3 minutes!" With that, he and the other two examiners began to observe the assessors in the audience.
Now, after learning about the ingredients provided by the association, the discussion below was indeed intense.
Dismembering the whole food... although it is considered a basic skill of a food hunter, it is actually a relatively difficult test.
"Trick the cow." The mountain explorer shouted after hearing the test questions.
"We only practiced once and it was terrible."
Bai Ling said: "I have practiced at least once, so be satisfied..."
"Wow, why aren't you trying to shred potatoes?" the socialite wiped away tears.
Lu Ran: "..."
I also want to ask why it’s not about cutting fruits.
Lu Ran didn't have any opinions on this exam question. Shopkeeper Long had already given it to him.
Lu Ran's practice volume in the past few days should be much greater than that of the other five, so he is quite calm at the moment.
The rock bull is a rock-type bull beast of a medium extraordinary race. Its skin is as hard as stone, but its meat is delicious and is loved by all walks of life.
Although dissecting them is a strenuous task, if you can't do it well, you are definitely not qualified to be called a special chef.
Soon, a whole rock bull was carried up by a strong man and placed on the high platform in front of the three examiners.
The female examiner in kitchen clothes said crisply: "Okay, let's get started. The process is to go on stage to report your name and dissect the whole cow. The time limit is 5 minutes."
5 minutes?
When the female examiner finished speaking, many people's hearts trembled because the time given was too short.
But the first person caught by the female examiner's gaze took a deep breath and walked up to the table with the kitchen utensils in hand.
"My name is Kane." The gray-haired young man walked up and introduced himself. Then the fat chef looked slightly and said, "We can start."
"Yes." The gray-haired chef quickly pulled out the high-end kitchen knife hanging from his waist and dissected the whole cow.
"The Luanfeng Sword Technique!" He shouted loudly.
This person's kitchen knife is similar to Lu Ran's wind-cutting sword. After injecting physical strength, the blade can become like a wind blade.
With such kitchen utensils, he dissected the rock cow very smoothly.
Cutting off the cow's head, dividing the cow's feet, peeling the cow's skin, and opening the tripe... The kitchen knife in his hand worked quickly and sharply. Within an extremely short five minutes, he dismembered the entire cow. After he finished, he wiped He sweated a little, forced a smile, and looked at the three examiners.
"The swordsmanship is quite messy." The white-haired old man said, looking at the messy ground covered with blood and the sweaty and tense examiner.
"The fibers in many places have been damaged, and the knife technique is not fast, accurate, and ruthless enough." The fat examiner said.
"Not elegant enough, next one." The female examiner looked at a little blood stain on his body and said casually. The three people quickly sentenced the examiner to death, making the other examiner's expression freeze.
It's like stepping down in mourning.
The three examiners this year... are so strict, they are not a fuel-saving lamp!
After the first assessor finished, many people below felt tense.
"Damn." Snakepi said nervously on the side of the Infinite City trialists: "Oh my god, why do I feel like what he did is good enough? I'm not as good as him."
Lu Ran cast a sympathetic look.
He found that the expressions of the other people were not very good either...
Well... this breakthrough to the secret realm is also difficult for them.
"I feel like I'd better accept my fate." He sighed, feeling that several of his party were struggling even in the first level, and they might not be able to survive the second level.
Next, another cow was replaced, and another person came on the stage. This time, the other party came on stage with a pet animal and no kitchen utensils.
His pet beast was a monkey with black and green fur. After he went up, the man reported his name, and then he saw that the monkey used grass energy to shape its hand into a blade-like hand knife, swish, swish, swish He handled the ingredients for his beastmaster.
This assessor was much faster than the previous assessor. The entire cow had been dismembered without even taking a step. Although the results looked similar to the previous one, the speed was two minutes faster.
"The speed is okay, but if you pursue speed too much, you will scratch the cow bones. Rock cow bones are also very nutritious, which will lead to the loss of nutrients." The white-haired old man frowned.
"Moreover, grass-type energy has the ability to absorb energy. During the cutting process, at least a large part of the beef's nutrition will be lost." The fat examiner also commented that it is better not to choose grass-type beasts to assist in processing meat ingredients!
"Not elegant enough, but considering that the pet beast is well cultivated, I can barely pass it." When the first two examiners spoke, the examiner's heart was already cold, but as the last female examiner spoke, he bowed repeatedly:
"Thank you for the guidance, and thank you to the three examiners."
"Woo! Woo!" He also bowed to his pet monkey and thanked him.
Next, assessors came on stage one after another, and most of them used high-end kitchen utensils to dismember the whole cow in person. Unlike the pyrotechnics assessment, there were very few people who used the power of pet animals in this link.
Most of those who choose knife skills are fire beasts without contracts. The beasts are simply partners to help hunt and gather resources.
"It seems it's my turn?" After more than a dozen people arrived one after another, Lu Ran saw that it was about to be his turn, so he touched his chin and walked out calmly.
Bai Ling and others didn't say anything when they saw Lu Ran going out.
I feel that Lu Ran will definitely pass. Instead of worrying about Lu Ran, it is better to worry about yourself first.
As the last assessor came down, Lu Ran walked forward slowly. At the same time, the two big men quickly took turns cleaning up the dismemberment site and replacing the whole cow.
"Name, King of Violent Death."
After Lu Ran came up, he announced his home.
Suddenly, many people were discussing in low voices.
"Is he the sudden death king? The one from Shuangyue Tower?"
"It should be, the rumor is that he is indeed a young man!"
"I thought he was already a special chef, but I didn't expect that he hadn't taken the test yet!"
"Who? The chef who cut the fruit at Lord Ningchuan's banquet? Hey...he's here too?"
What's the commotion... At this time, the three examiners also noticed the discussion below, and couldn't help but look at Lu Ran with interest.
It seems that he is a well-known chef genius in Canglan Province.
After being bored for a long time, an interesting guy finally showed up.
"Take out your kitchen utensils and let's get started." The female examiner was keeping time in her mind, planning to see how much this sudden death king weighed, but the next moment...
She saw Lu Ran's hand flash and take out her kitchen utensils.
Buzz.
Lu Ran swung his sword, the wind-cutting sword touched the air, groaned slightly, and pointed the sword tip towards the ground.
Third examiner:?
Bai Ling and other candidates:...
"Ah?" The fat chef was stunned, "Hey, this is a sword, it must be a sword!"
Lu Ran did not summon his pet beast for help or take out a kitchen knife. Instead, he took out a sword, leaving the three examiners slightly confused.
They have seen various styles of kitchen knives, and this is the first time they have used swords...
"Sword???" The female examiner's mood fluctuated for the first time.
"No? As long as it can be dissected, any kitchen utensils should be fine." Lu Ran asked.
To be honest, although the kitchen knife can also be matched with the sword intention, Lu Ran feels that it is still more convenient to use it. When practicing the measured sword technique, Lu Ran always practices with the wind-cutting sword.
"It's up to you!" The female examiner was casual again. The next moment, Lu Ran looked at the whole cow lying on the ground.
He closed his eyes slightly, then suddenly opened them. At this moment, the expressions of the three examiners suddenly changed drastically.
boom!
They felt Lu Ran's aura suddenly transform from a young boy into a ferocious beast, and then, an extremely cold air filled the air from the sword in his hand.
It's not ordinary cold air. They can see that this sword is a sword of wind, but the cold air it reveals can directly hit the spirit. Could this be...
Uh-huh!
According to his memory, Lu Ran slashed at the Yan Niu once, twice, three times... The speed was very fast, even so fast that his slashing movements could not be seen clearly.
Only a few phantoms could be seen.
"What a powerful skill, what a strong physique!" The fat examiner couldn't help but be surprised when he saw this. Lu Ran was the most physically powerful among the examinees just now. Whether it was the strength of the body or the agility of his shots, he was completely unparalleled. Like humans.
Lu Ran's inhuman physique, which he had developed through super beast mimicry, finally had a place to be put to use.
Just less than ten seconds.
Lu Ran stopped moving and gently shook the sword, which was not stained with any blood.
At this time, the whole cow didn't even look changed in appearance.
But at the next moment, many examiners all looked shocked, and saw a series of cuts appearing on the surface of the whole cow in an instant, and even a faint white light flashed in each mark.
Buzz! ! !
Accompanied by the white light, in an instant, the entire cow's limbs were untied, and the smooth section was still shining with crystal light. Combined with the red fibers, the dissected cow was as beautiful as a work of art.
"What kind of cooking skills is this!" Seeing this, some examiners couldn't help but look ahead in shock.
At that moment, even the three examiners couldn't help showing solemn expressions.
"It was unexpectedly dismembered so quickly." The fat chef opened his eyes.
"This guy is actually not very skilled at dissecting a whole cow, but he controls his strength very delicately, allowing his slashes to come and go freely through the whole cow." The white-haired old man was surprised. Did he inherit special cooking skills? .
"The most important thing is that not a drop of blood or juice was shed, and they were all locked in the meat... This is... not the function of the kitchen utensils, but..."
"Ice cooking skills!" The female examiner looked at Lu Ran, quite surprised. Unexpectedly, she met an examiner with cooking skills.
This is no longer an exam, but a show of skills. Without the knowledge of ice and snow cooking, it is absolutely impossible for them to achieve this unless they use rare ice kitchen utensils.
The three examiners all looked at Lu Ran seriously. Who is this kid?
"You passed. The dismemberment was perfect." The white-haired examiner looked at Lu Ran and said seriously.
"Thank you." Lu Ran smiled slightly, and then gave a thumbs up to Bai Ling and others, meaning that you should also work hard, see you in the second game!
Bai Ling and others were stunned.
Get out of here! ! !
It is conceivable that although it is a very peaceful secret breakthrough realm, those who are in the same group of trials as Lu Ran are not little stimulated.
…
After Lu Ran was done, it was Bai Ling and the others.
In fact, Lu Ran was ready to leave at this time, and she only needed to wait for tomorrow's practical assessment.
However, Lu Ran still wanted to see how these five people performed as they were also trialists in Infinite City.
Snake Skin bought a high-quality gold kitchen knife, which was very sharp. However, due to excessive nervousness and lack of experience, he cut a big hole in the cow's bones. Lu Ran couldn't help but cover his eyes.
Overturned.
Calling a deer a horse, he also got a high-end wind-type kitchen knife, but I don't know if it was because I was too weak. My hands kept shaking when I poured in my strength, and I accidentally broke the cow's internal organs.
The mountain explorer was even more panicked when he saw his two good friends kneeling down. He tried to be more steady, and slowly and leisurely dissected, but it timed out...
Compared with the three male beast masters, Ibeth's techniques here are much more meticulous, and he also has a good mentality to face the bloody anatomy, but unfortunately, the practice time is still too short. Although he completed it well within the prescribed time, he and The first evaluator, like the first evaluator, failed to satisfy the three examiners.
One pre-selection directly eliminated four of the six assessors, which can be said to be extremely cruel.
"Are these five people recommended by Shuangyue Tower?" The female examiner looked at the list with a surprised look on her face. What happened to Shuangyue Tower? How come there is such a big gap between the recommended examiners.
Those who cook are real, those who are good are really good...
"Bai Ling." After a while, another examiner recommended by Shuangyue Tower came.
At this time, Bai Ling can be said to be under a lot of pressure. Just when Shepi and others felt that Bai Ling was also struggling...
Instead, this girl took out a rare and top-quality kitchen knife with both wind and ice elements.
With the help of the quality of the kitchen knife, the cow was perfectly dismembered and simulated a low-end version of the blizzard cooking effect.
Shepi and others:? ? ?
"Fuck, you're rich!" The explorer was stunned. Damn it, this white tiger sister actually spent a lot of money and got a handful of rare kitchen utensils.
This knife must be worth tens of thousands of crystal coins.
"Passed." When the three examiners said "passed," Bai Ling's legs softened and he almost fell down.
"Fortunately, I'm well prepared." She was thankful in her heart.
As the eldest lady of the Four Saints, Bai Ling is not richer than Pluto, but she is not too far behind.
Change to a pair of top-quality kitchen utensils and sprinkle some water on them.
"This guy, COS me." When Lu Ran saw the other party's kitchen knife, he knew that Bai Ling was imitating his Blizzard Sword Intent...
But I have to say that this guy is very smart and knows how to make choices. At the moment, it is obviously more important to break through to the first level.
"Slightly~" On the high platform, Bai Ling curled his lips when he saw Lu Ran staring at him.
In the early years, the Four Saints Gang was a triad group, engaged in fringe business of poaching and smuggling rare animals. Later, before the law was perfected, it successfully transformed into a large group. Two years ago, it caught up with the bonus period of Infinite City. As the eldest daughter of the underworld, Bai Ling was influenced by her family and is very smart.
"No more alive!"
"Why is it so difficult?"
"The Cheating Infinite City!"
When Bai Ling came back, he saw Snake Pi, Zhu Deer as Horse and others crying over there.
She stuck the knife on the stove and said, "I'm so annoyed. If you don't pass, you fail. Let's fight again next time."
There was also the second scene. She was not completely relaxed at this time and did not want to be infected by these people's pessimism.
There is no big loss or danger in the secret realm this time, so if you fail, you will fail! Men are hypocritical!
"Don't be so pessimistic." Lu Ran also consoled him: "If you want to be more open-minded, even if you pass the first level, the second level will still be difficult. If you want to make special dishes, you must have both cooking skills and rare ingredients. Your cooking skills will definitely be difficult. , rare ingredients, most of them are materials from the commanding creatures, which is even more disgusting!"
"This is the only dangerous part of this assessment. Instead of taking risks and paying a heavy price to be eliminated, it would be better to be eliminated now."
"I have one more day to make my own arrangements. Thinking about it this way, I feel better."
Snake skin, referring to a deer as a horse, Ibeth, explorer: "..."
We thank you for your enlightenment. By social terror, you are referring to social terror attacks! After listening, several people felt more complicated.
