Chapter 347: Clues about the Kitchen God
If you want to find someone who has a discerning taste and is also universal, Yujingtai is undoubtedly the best choice.
In fact, Paimon suggested going to Fengdeng Tower.
But Xiangling also rejected it, but it was understandable that she had revealed the question, after all, she was not the only one who had the question.
If you just ask the judges about their taste, that would really be cheating.
Anyway, after the discussion, everyone came to Yujingtai, where the arrangements for the Chef King Contest had been made.
The Kitchen God is a demon god who sacrificed himself for Liyue, so the annual event to commemorate him must naturally be held at Yujingtai.
Then the group saw the people they were looking for gathering together.
They are Keqing, Ningguang and Beidou.
Keqing, who has keen observation skills, was the first to discover Ying and her group:
"Traveler, Paimon, Xiangling, and...Yuan..."
The moment Keqing saw Jun Bai, she subconsciously covered her mouth, widened her eyes, and looked incredulous.
【Carving cat shocked.jpg】
[Marshal's fanatical chef ran into the Marshal himself on the street...]
[Damn it! They are all character fans, but why can we see Keqing in person? Because she is pretty, because she is rich, because she wears black stockings? ]
[I will teach you a way, so that both Chef Bai and Keqing will not have such thoughts. ]
"My name is Jun Bai. I have long heard of the great names of Tianquan and Yuhengxing. After seeing them today, I feel that their reputations are well-deserved."
Jun Bai thought he had given the hints clearly, and if Ningguang and Keqing didn't understand, their characters would be ruined.
Ningguang understood and said:
"It is our luck to be heard by you."
Then he gently pushed Keqing who was still in a daze.
Keqing came back to her senses and said:
"Ah? Oh, it's just a name, just a name."
[Ah Qing, where is your usual confidence and tsundereness? ]
[I still remember the first time I met Keqing: Immortals have no right to look down on humans. Now...]
【It is not appropriate to mention the past again. 】
[Silver Wolf has released an analysis video. Keqing's words were neither arrogant nor ungrateful, but a role model for not blindly following the gods. Is there anyone who is talking about this again? ]
[Who made Keqing say something really unpleasant when she first appeared, plus the trolls stirred up trouble, and it turned out like this now. 】
[Those who have carefully read the main storyline know that Keqing respects immortals very much, but the people of Liyue Harbor forced her to act like they did when they first met.]
Ningguang looked at Ying and the others: "Everyone, good afternoon."
Beidou laughed heartily and said, "Hahaha, traveler, I saw you at Inazuma a while ago. Did the wind of the Moon Festival also bring you back?"
Ying nodded: "I was invited by Jun Bai to come back to participate in the Moon Chasing Festival."
"Are you gathered here to discuss matters related to the Moon-Chasing Festival?"
At this time, Paimeng found that Ningguang and others were surrounding a large rock: "This is..."
"Will we use this big stone as decoration in the Chef Contest?" Xiang Ling asked, looking at the big stone. "It doesn't seem to fit anywhere."
Keqing did not answer, but told Ningguang and Beidou that she would handle the matter.
Beidou confidently handed the matter over to Keqing, and then briefly explained the reason to everyone.
The stone was found by fishermen in the shallow sea area. Because of the uncertainty, they chose to hand it over to the Seven Stars.
Ningguang and Keqing were doing research, while Beidou came uninvited.
"...I thought there might be treasures inside this stone, so I wanted to split it open and take a look."
"But after trying all kinds of methods, I still can't find even a crack on the stone."
Beidou looked at Keqing and said, "Keqing, since you are interested, I will let you handle this stone."
Keqing nodded, then looked at Jun Bai: "I wonder if Mr. Yuan... Mr. Jun Bai knows about this stone?"
"Let me see first."
Jun Bai walked closer to take a closer look, then pretended to be in deep thought.
"How is it? Any clue?"
Paimeng asked. Only she and Ying could ask Jun Bai directly, and the others did not dare to.
Jun Bai turned around, looked at everyone, and said:
"It's the Emperor's handwriting."
[As expected, if it involves stones, it must be related to Zhongli. 】
【Cat excitement warning.】
【Keqing: Whose handwriting is this? (Super excited) Who do you think wrote this? 】
[I'm beginning to wonder if Keqing will just take this big rock home... After all, she's a huge fan of both the Emperor and the Marshal. ]
Keqing's breathing became disordered for a moment.
Jun Bai glanced at her, then continued, "In the past, the Emperor made a stone statue for each of the Marshal, the King of Dust, the Kitchen God, and the Dragon King and enshrined them in their respective shrines."
"The Marshal's stone statue was placed in Luofengyuan."
"King Chen took it back to his own immortal palace."
"The stone statue of the Dragon King is buried deep in the earth along with the Rādhāra."
"Only the statue of the Kitchen God was kept by the people who worshipped the shrine because of the Kitchen God's death, and was lost during the subsequent transportation."
"This is also an important reason why the image of the Kitchen God was lost."
Jun Bai looked at the stone in front of him and chuckled:
"But now... this stone statue of the Kitchen God is back."
Jun Bai had a very deep impression of this incident because it happened in the middle of the Demon War and he had just completed this background not long ago.
To say that Emperor Rock King suddenly had the urge to make action figures for old friends other than himself... that's impossible.
I can’t go into detail about the specific circumstances, you just need to know that this was what Gui Zhong wanted after he had a tantrum against Morax.
Beidou suddenly realized, "So it's the power of Lord Yan. It's no wonder that this stone is invulnerable to swords and guns."
"It's related to the Kitchen God..."
Ningguang looked at Keqing: "So this is why you care so much about this stone."
Keqing nodded: "You know, my grandfather is a scholar who is dedicated to studying Liyue's traditional culture."
"For example, the prototype of the Zhuyue Festival was the Kitchen God Festival to commemorate the Kitchen God. Later, it was merged with several festivals and renamed the Zhuyue Festival. This was discovered by my grandfather."
[Kitchen God Festival: I was born during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and you gave me the script for the Cold Food Festival? ]
[So the image of the Kitchen God is a...big stone?]
[The Emperor's craftsmanship is truly extraordinary. This stone statue is so lifelike that it looks like a real piece of stone! ]
[Don’t even mention that the stone statue is lost. Even if it is not lost, the image of the Kitchen God cannot be passed down! ]
"So, Jun Bai, you're not going to tell me..."
Paimeng pointed at the stone behind Jun Bai and said inexplicably: "...The Kitchen God is just a big stone?"
"about this……"
Jun Bai pondered for a while under the gaze of everyone, then smiled and said, "Keep it secret for now."
Paimeng almost fell down from the air: "You don't want to say anything after talking about this? Do you really have to spoil the fun like this?"
Then I'll tell you everything, what do players play?
Jun Bai thought to himself, and then said:
“Expectations lead to motivation.”
“Only a book with an unknown ending will make people want to keep reading. Even if the ending is already known, some people will still choose to open it.”
“But I will never open it the moment I get it.”