Before long.
Contestants successively finished their dishes and plated them.
The Shen Family sent special personnel over with special utensils to seal the finished dishes, then arrange them in order on the display tables.
According to the rules of previous Great Culinary Competitions, once all contestants completed their works, the ten judges would go forward one by one to taste them and give scores individually.
Swish!
Swish!
The dishes made by the ten Ouyang Family direct descendants were also ready.
However, having their spotlight stolen by Liu Wanshi made them very unhappy.
In previous Great Culinary Competitions, especially in the first round of competition, the Ouyang Family was absolutely the center of attention, uniquely outstanding.
What about now?
Everyone was staring at Liu Wanshi, and no one was giving the Ouyang Family direct descendants a proper look.
Accustomed to being the focus of attention, suddenly being treated with indifference would definitely bring no small blow.
However.
The blow had only just begun.
Because when Liu Wanshi was the last one to finish her dish, the ten judges came to the display table and all stood together in front of the dish Liu Wanshi had made.
The faces of the Ouyang Family’s direct descendants all turned green.
“This…”
The Shen Family elder was a bit confused.
In previous Great Culinary Competitions, they always tasted the dishes finished first. Today, why were they all tasting the last dish to be completed?
The aroma that Liu Wanshi’s stir-frying had revealed was really too enticing.
The ten judges could hardly wait to taste it and see what was so special about this dish!
Gently picking up their chopsticks, they clamped them on the tender vegetables.
The entire process could be called extremely careful, afraid of making any mistake and wasting such wonderful food!
The more cautious the judges were, the more anxious the watching martial cultivators became, because they desperately wanted to see what kind of expressions would appear on their faces after eating it.
Whether a dish tasted good or not, facial expressions were most important.
Slowly.
The ten judges brought the food to their mouths, just lightly sniffing the rising white mist, and they had a soul-stirring feeling.
Steady.
Must be steady!
I’m an important figure with face—I must resist the temptation of delicious food!
The ten judges opened their mouths and ate it, their tongue’s taste buds fully opening as they savored it carefully.
Swish—
In an instant, they stood rooted in place as if struck by lightning.
“What happened?”
“Isn’t that reaction too exaggerated!”
Everyone stared with wide eyes.
After a moment, the ten judges who had been struck as if by lightning relaxed the muscles on their faces, showing expressions of transcendence, their souls seemingly experiencing a thousand twists and turns under the stirring of the delicious food!
At this moment, a thousand words could hardly describe their feelings.
They could only cry out in unison, “This dish is too delicious—”
“…”
The martial artists’ mouths twitched.
The more exaggerated the judges were, the more their hearts itched, wishing they could rush in, snatch away the chopsticks and taste it themselves!
Swish!
Someone took another bite!
Their soul was struck again, as if about to float out of the Xingyun Continent and drift toward the distant M78 Nebula.
An elderly man around sixty or seventy years old ate until tears streamed down his old face.
At that moment, it was as if he had returned to his youth, tasting the food his mother made.
Jun Changxiao’s mouth twitched, “How many special effects would they need to add to make their expressions this rich!”
“Child.”
The old man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, his hands trembling as he said, “What is the name of this dish?”
“Home-style stir-fry.” Liu Wanshi said.
This truly was a home-style dish. She often made it for everyone at the Tiegu Sect too.
However, the old man misunderstood. He sighed with infinite emotion, “No wonder it could make this old man recall his childhood, recall the food my late mother used to make for me.”
“Everyone.”
The Shen Family elder said, “Stop being sentimental and hurry up with the scoring.”
“Ten points!”
“Ten points!”
In the end, all ten judges gave perfect scores.
The Shen Family elder announced loudly, “Liu Wanshi’s home-style stir-fry receives a total score of one hundred points!”
The viewing stands immediately erupted!
One hundred points.
That was a perfect score!
It wasn’t that perfect scores had never appeared in previous Great Culinary Competitions, but they only appeared in the finals stage. To get a perfect score in the first round was definitely a record!
“Ah.”
Sect Master Jun shrugged, “No challenge at all.”
Although Ouyang Jun was also extremely happy, he calmed down and said, “Sect Master Jun, this first round is just a warmup. Many contestants haven’t revealed their trump cards yet.”
“Trump cards?”
Jun Changxiao smiled, “Dudu has them too.”
The Chinese Recipe Collection gathered the essence of Chinese cuisine. There were countless dishes in it. Even randomly selecting a stewed cabbage would be a trump card!
Eventually.
I will make Chinese cuisine bloom both culturally and in sports in this other world!
…
Liu Wanshi’s home-style stir-fry receiving a perfect score left the contestants dumbfounded.
However.
The Ouyang Family’s direct descendants all had ugly expressions.
This kind of perfect score evaluation—their Ouyang Family had participated in every competition but had only received it once!
For an illegitimate daughter to accomplish this was undoubtedly a fierce slap in the face!
“Everyone.”
The Shen Family elder said, “Please continue evaluating the other contestants’ works.”
“Alas.”
The old man who had been moved to tears shook his head, “After eating this girl’s dish, eating other dishes will definitely be bland and tasteless.”
“…”
Everyone’s mouths twitched.
Fortunately this wasn’t a one-round decisive competition, otherwise the Tiegu Sect disciple would definitely win the championship!
Since the Great Culinary Competition had rules, the ten judges could only continue tasting.
Because of the pearl before swine, after tasting each contestant’s dish, the scores they gave were generally not high, ranging from 40 to 60 points.
Finally, after a round of statistics and calculations, the hundred contestants who reached over 50 points successfully advanced to the second round.
“My heavens!”
Someone said, “In the past, to advance to the second round you had to get at least 70 points or more. Now you can advance with 50 points. Are this year’s contestants really that weak?”
“It’s not that they’re weak—it’s that the Tiegu Sect disciple’s dish was too delicious. Look at the ten judges—which one of them isn’t shaking their head and frowning when eating others’ dishes?”
“You mean their palates have been spoiled by the home-style stir-fry, causing massive low scores for other contestants?”
“Definitely!”
…
The eliminated contestants walked off the stage with bitter faces.
Two hundred cooking stations were dismantled in the shortest time, and the second round continued.
The ten Ouyang Family direct descendants who successfully advanced came to the cooking stations again, but intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Liu Wanshi, their eyes flashing with unprecedented seriousness.
The first round was just a warmup.
The real competition had only just begun!
The other contestants who advanced were also adjusting their condition, preparing for the upcoming competition.
The second round was quite cruel.
Because only ten people could advance to compete for the final championship.
“Second round.”
After the contestants were in position, the Shen Family elder announced loudly, “Choose one type of ingredient from the ten in the basket to make your specialty dish. Time is still half an hour.”
In the first round everyone could perform freely; in the second round there were restrictions.
And in the basket were ten types of ingredients that ordinary people could also eat, like beef, mutton, pork, and fish.
Liu Wanshi propped up her chin and thought for a while, then took a lively jumping carp from the water basin and placed it on the cutting board.
“Sweet and sour carp?”
Jun Changxiao grinned.
Promoting Chinese culture starts today!