Chapter 129
"Eh? Fellow Daoist Liu, why are you here to watch the alchemist competition today? Didn't you say before that you weren't very interested in this?"
"I'm really not interested." The cultivator surnamed Liu nodded and smiled,"I came here to buy popcorn."
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Liu, you are really... Let's go, let's go buy some together!"
The two cultivators chatted and walked towards the viewing seats of Yanshan.
In the past, in the Alchemist or other skill competitions, the sects would basically pay more attention, and the number of independent cultivators watching such competitions would be less.
Most independent cultivators still care more about the competitions of fighting and fighting.
However, today, the number of people who came to watch the Alchemist Competition was not much less than yesterday, and the seats were full just like yesterday.
Listening to some of them chatting, they actually regarded popcorn as a limited product of the Immortal Sect Competition.
I bought a lot yesterday and didn't eat enough, so I wanted to come again today.
But when they went to the viewing seats of Yanshan, they learned a piece of news that made them sad:
——No popcorn today!
——Why?
——Because the cook is not here
——Where is the cook?
——Next up for the competition
——???
The people who heard this were so confused.
What do you mean by"participating in the competition"?
Isn't today the Alchemist competition?
If I haven't lost my memory, didn't the Daoist Zhu claim to be a spiritual chef?
Why did he participate in the Alchemist competition?
Ah? You said it's because 'the Alchemist competition doesn't stipulate that spiritual chefs can't participate'? ???
Other sects and independent cultivators who learned the news almost had their brains burned out.
It seems to make some sense, but not entirely.
There is something wrong, but they can't say...
Anyway, what everyone expected came, and they left confused.
The independent cultivators who failed to buy returned to their seats, staring at the competition field below with curiosity, and wanted to know how Zhu Fan participated in the competition.
For a while, the popularity of the Alchemist competition was raised a lot.
On the field——
"Fellow Daoist Zhu Fan, what are you doing?……"
"This is a wok."
Zhu Fan said honestly.
The Yuanliu Sect cultivator looked at the pile of things Zhu Fan had put out, hesitating to speak.
In order to prevent cheating, the furnaces and other utensils used by the alchemists had to be checked.
At this moment, the Yuanliu Sect cultivator was about to check, and then he saw the pile of pots, pans, chopping boards and kitchen knives that Zhu Fan had put out.
How to say it, it seemed very wrong, but it made sense.
It was reasonable for him, a spiritual chef, to bring all kinds of kitchen utensils, right?
The Yuanliu Sect cultivator was hesitant to speak,... The sect cultivator gave up. Anyway, the competition didn't stipulate that he had to use an alchemy furnace to make the elixir. Zhu Fan could use whatever he wanted...
He checked the elixir... the wok and other equipment according to the procedure, and then walked to the next person for routine inspection.
The next people were the alchemists from the Medicine King Hall. They had already reserved several positions for Zhu Fan.
Zhu Fan knew that his cooking might affect others, so he deliberately chose a corner to stay. Unexpectedly, the group of people stuck to him like a dog-skin plaster.
At this time, they saw the various kitchen utensils that Zhu Fan took out and mocked him again.
"Haha, it really is kitchenware. It is really not presentable to bring ordinary people's things here!"
Zhu Fan has a good temper, but he can't stand this guy's endless chatter. He frowned and replied with four words:
"none of your business"
"you——"
The leading alchemist lived a lifetime. His master had high hopes for him, his junior fellow apprentices admired him, and those outside who sought alchemy respected him even more.
No one had ever said such vulgar and disrespectful words to him!
He had never been insulted like this in his life!
At this moment, his face was red and his neck was thick. He pointed at Zhu Fan with trembling fingers, but he couldn't say anything. He had no experience in scolding. His vocabulary was as poor as a weak chicken scratching an itch, and he had no offensive power.
Zhu Fan never expected that these four words could actually break the disciple's defense.
No way, little brother?
With this little endurance, how dare you provoke others?
I am still holding back. If Senior Brother Zhao Teng was here, you would have been sprayed into a sieve by now, believe it or not?
Zhu Fan was too lazy to pay attention to this scumbag. The game was about to start, so Zhu Fan set up the kitchen utensils and various necessary tools and concentrated on preparing for the game.
On the contrary, the guy was even more angry when he saw that Zhu Fan didn't take him seriously.
After a while, several judges floated in the air and announced the test questions for the preliminary round - the elixir for replenishing qi and blood for physical cultivation, the grade requirement is above the fourth grade, and each furnace must not be less than seven.
The alchemist competition is divided into three rounds, the preliminary round, the semi-final, and the final.
After all contestants complete the elixir of the category required by the test questions within the specified time, they will hand it over to the judge for identification, and then the judge will decide the players who will advance after discussion.
To prevent cheating, all materials to be used by the contestants are provided by the organizer Yuanliumen.
After a while, the Yuanliumen cultivators moved in a large number of monsters, medicinal materials, spiritual plants and fruits, with a wide variety of types, allowing contestants to choose at will.
The test question is just a large category, and many elixir recipes have this effect.
Because different elixir recipes require different materials, Yuanliumen also prepared as many categories as possible.
After learning about the test questions, Zhu Fan took a look at the materials prepared on site and selected a suitable recipe in the mall.
While other alchemists were selecting materials, Zhu Fan asked the chief judge if he could ask Yuanliu Sect to get some of the things he needed.
The chief judge was the one who was stuffed with sugar and sushi by Ye Yusong yesterday. After hearing Zhu Fan's question, he hesitated for a moment and agreed.
Anyway, preparing materials for the contestants is also the responsibility of the organizer!
Several people have prepared materials for other contestants, so Zhu Fan's can't be left out!
The chief judge thought so.
Of course, the chief judge also reminded Zhu Fan that for the sake of fairness, some too rare materials cannot be used.
Zhu Fan smiled and said,"Don't worry, senior, they are just some ordinary materials."
For example, salt, sugar, eggs, soy sauce, star anise and other condiments are just some mundane things, how can they be considered rare materials?
Previously, when Zhu Fan and other disciples were strolling in Yuanliu Sect, the girl from Yuanliu Sect introduced that there were those things in the kitchen of their sect that was specially used for physical cultivation.
What Zhu Fan wanted was not rare, so the chief judge naturally agreed one by one.
Zhu Fan thanked the judge, took out a knife and took the meat he wanted from a fourth-level demon pig.
The Yuanliu Sect cultivator moved quickly, and after the other alchemists had selected the materials, they also brought what Zhu Fan wanted to him.
Looking at the fully prepared materials, Zhu Fan nodded with satisfaction and rolled up his sleeves - braised meatballs, let's get started!