"The girl with the ’Divine Tongue’ had her changing expressions captured by the camera, instantly provoking gasps of surprise.
Unlike the five silent judges.
At that moment, the girl’s face showed enjoyment and serenity as if she was enveloped in a mysterious aura, to such an extent that even the host didn’t dare to interrupt her tasting.
Xia Yu stood still without moving.
But Tiqie Ji’s face had already turned ashen.
Finally, a female host asked with a trembling voice, ’Miss Tiqie, your critique?’
The girl uttered unconsciously, although immersed in a resplendent gourmet world, she still partly focused on the outside. Hearing the question, she simply responded coyly,
Such a bland response.
Upon hearing this, the two female hosts exchanged glances.
’Could you elaborate?’
The girl just shook her head.
Finally, Tiqie Ji couldn’t stand still any longer, she stepped forward to the dining table, her face pale, and picked up her fork again, spearing a piece of snake meat and dipping it into the golden sauce, and the girl didn’t reject the offered food, opening her mouth to let the Ghost Father feed her. Her crimson and delicate tongue swirled within her mouth, her lips moist.
Whether it was the rice, diced meat, and egg coat from before, or the snake meat and sauce that were just put into her mouth,
A mixture of various Forbidden Ingredients in her mouth, the result was...
Apart from the rice grains that needed to be chewed with teeth, all other ingredients turned into liquid and filled her mouth. The girl’s cheeks immediately puffed up.
It was clear that fear began to creep onto her face while eating the second piece of snake meat.
The girl began to shake her head, refusing Ghost Father.
Veins throbbed on his forehead, a flicker of anger in his eyes, Tiqie Ji’s hand that held the fork stiffened, ’Why!’
’Such a sophisticated dish, Eriina, don’t you plan to finish it?’ Tiqie Ji stared in disbelief at his daughter who continued to shake her head, ’My dish is not the same as those scraps thrown into the trash!’
Saying so, Ghost Father forcefully stuffed the third piece of snake meat into the girl’s mouth.
Yet the girl, tempted by the deliciousness, couldn’t resist continuing to chew, but as she trembled with fear, she reached out with shaky hands and grabbed the spoon resting in the lacquered wooden food box...
A flash of rage in Ghost Father’s eyes, he gripped his daughter’s wrist.
Another hand rested timely on Ghost Father’s shoulder, a light laugh followed, ’Mr. Tiqie, this is a Food Battle, judges eat what they want, without interference from us! Please be cautious!’
This scene, to the ordinary audience, was cloudy and confusing.
Just by looking at the girl’s reaction, it seemed as if the dishes of the two people were equally matched?
Hearing the whispers of the audience, Lin Chef, the top special chef, shook his head disapprovingly.
’The outcome, the victory...is about to be revealed!’
Dojima Yin, Saito Chiyokuro stood up.
Jintan Shun, Tulip also stood.
Whir, followed by Lei Zhe, the leader of the research faction, Desani, the head of the academy faction, and many more Lin Chefs from the audience whose names could not be called.
One by one, the giants stood up in their seats.
Tanaka Hikari, Morioka Makoto, and the Yuchuan Sisters all clenched their palms, sweaty with tension.
Sensing the oppressive force on her shoulder, Tiqie Ji frowned and released Eriina’s wrist from her grasp.
The girl, whose arm had just been freed, immediately placed her hands on the lunchbox with a joyous gesture and looked up at her unappealing Ghost Father, then defiantly closed the lid of the lunchbox and hugged it tight to her chest. Her expression was tense, like a sweet princess guarding her candies.
Glancing at the Ghost Father without further regard, she turned back to face the judges and said, "Please, taste my special ’Gold and Jade’ fried rice!"
"This is a super-powered enhanced version of ’Golden Egg Fried Rice’!" Xia Yu added in her heart with a smile.
The dish before them transcended the luminescent recipe of "Golden Egg Fried Rice."
The original recipe was plain, very common.
But the ’luminescent’ characteristic made the common recipe mysterious.
Her father Xia Qing’s nighttime talks had finally encouraged Xia Yu to revisit the luminescent recipes she had forgotten for months. After some research, she was pleasantly surprised to find that, aside from "Magical Mapo Tofu," there were many more luminescent recipes awaiting her exploration and improvement.
This time, to defeat Tiqie Ji, and with the right ingredients on hand, Xia Yu boldly decided to incorporate three Forbidden Ingredients into the recipe for "Golden Egg Fried Rice."
And from the reaction of the "Divine Tongue," the modification was successful!
The judges’ state was similar to that of Eriina’s—half-aware, they didn’t dally but opened the black lunch boxes in front of them.
Flash of light erupted again, engulfing the five judges in its brilliance; they closed their eyes, feeling a sense of comfort and pleasure.
The gourmet world of Tiqie Ji.
The light broke through the heavy dark clouds, and their world was filled with illumination. The judges, trapped in this classroom of a world, looked out the window, where rain still drizzled down steadily.
’Burning Purple Rose’ Andrea extended her hand, and a few drops of rain fell on her pale palm. She withdrew her hand and sniffed the drops, her expression peculiar, "Is this honey...?"
"It’s fat!" Sta corrected her.
"And ’Merck’s Stars’?"
British youth Adelaide was puzzled.
The German research authority Luther pointed to the column of light breaking through the clouds, and under the bright flashes, the golden dust floating in the air of the world was finally visible.
At that moment, a giant made of intertwined golden snakes slowly rose from the ground, quickly becoming as tall as a hill, majestic.
The golden giant roared at the column of light piercing the sky.
"Get out of my territory!"
Seeing this, the judges exchanged glances.
"They’ve been invaded."
"Indeed, anyone’s ideal gourmet kingdom that has been invaded would respond with such anger."
During their conversation, back on the reality of the Food Battle Stage, all five judges simultaneously took a spoonful.
Rice grains, diced meat, and egg coating sparkled on their spoons.
Andrea paused for a moment, her eyes filled with enchantment, "Gold and Jade? Quite a vivid name—the rice grains are pure white and flawless, like jade. The diced meat is another type of colorful jade... And the egg coating embracing the rice grains? That’s a layer of semi-transparent gold leaf."
Her whole body shuddered.
"The diced meat... it’s melted!"
"The rice grains are separate, evenly heated, very fragrant. Hmm, the outer egg coating is too soft, it just wraps around the tongue like disrobing the rice grains... Ah, I see! Using traditional cooking utensils to steam ’Star Rice,’ making the delicate Taboo Rice easier to cook was secondary. The key is that such a cooking method leaves the fully cooked rice grains without excess moisture—they cool down and can be used directly for ’frying’!"
IGO’s research authority Luther adam’s apple bobbed, saliva flooding his mouth to accelerate the breakdown of the food.
He entered an unstoppable mode of verbal gastronomic enthusiasm.