Chapter 378 Food Wars.
Han Lingshi led the young man to the square in front of the Crescent Moon Palace. The entire place was filled with spectators, and Hao Ren was surprised. He asked, "Did you gather all of them to watch me beat you?"
Han Lingshi raised her brow and said, "Don't be overconfident, Your Excellency? Where must you put your face when I beat you?"
Hao Ren chuckled and Maya Okudera appeared behind them. She bowed her head to the two people and said, "The food that you make today will be presented to the spectators and they will be the judges. The one who gets the highest votes from the crowd would be recognized as the winner of the competition."
The young man nodded and asked, "So, what are we cooking?"
Maya replied, "Whatever you cook, you need to cook a thousand servings of it. The ingredients can be procured by yourself and you have one hour to do so."
Hao Ren nodded and looked at Han Lingshi, who was also thinking about what she would do. Maya Okudera said, "The competition is now open."
Hao Ren directly vanished from his spot. His reaction was so quick that even Han Lingshi was shocked. She stomped her feet and said, "This guy is really not going to pull his punches, fine then, I will also not hold back."
She also vanished from her spot.
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After a few minutes, Hao Ren appeared above the wide oceans, and waved his hand. The next moment several fish like spiritual beasts floated up from the depths of the waters. Hao Ren carefully looked at them and after selecting a dozen of the same race, he left again. He then began to appear all over the Spirit Shimmer continent.
The reason he was going to this extent was because of the system task. As soon as Han Lingshi claimed that she would beat him. The system said, *You gotta fight for the pride of a husband. In the eyes of the world, you are below Han Lingshi, and if you lose this contest, you will only be promoting that loser image of yours. So, if you hold back, I will reduce the size of little Hao Ren by half.*
Hao Ren was really serious at this moment, because he knew that this new system was a bitch. He flashed through the surroundings and after one hour of procurement he came to stand at the square, waiting for Han Lingshi, who appeared shortly after him. Maya said, "You have five hours to finish cooking."
Hao Ren nodded and then he stepped forward to the kitchen they made in the square and then he took out his knife tools. He quickly began to bring out the corpses of the aquatic beasts, and the crowd exclaimed, "That's a rank ten Mirage Coral Carp."
The young man did not pay attention to the people, and the young man began to fillet the carp. Then he heard another exclamation, "Her Excellency got Crystal feather chickens."
Hao Ren raised his head to look at Han Lingshi who was cooking a chicken but the young man did not falter in his process. He cleaned the fish, and filleted it very quickly. One after the other, and the cuts all looked the same. None could tell if the fish were cut first or later. Hao Ren looked at fish piling up on the side of the counter and after he finished everything, he scored the meat a little before he used a huge vessel to pour in marination.
Everything was simple, the herbs that he used were common but all of high quality. After that, he took a large quantity of flour and began to use his spiritual energy to knead the dough quickly. Then he used the same technique to pull noodles. The sheer amount of the food being prepared was shocking to the eyes of the people. Han Lingshi followed Hao Ren's lead. Used her spiritual energy to manipulate the big quantity of the ingredients.
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Hao Ren poured the noodles in the vessel filled with water. Then he waved his hands causing the noodle to boil up. After a few minutes, the noodles were boiled quickly and then he drained them all on the side. Then he began to add a large amount of herbs and spices inside the stock and reduced it into a slightly thicker soup.
Then he took out the marinated fish and began to fry them on a shallow level. The aroma spread out as soon as the flames roasted the fish. Han Lingshi grit her teeth when she sniffed the scent, in terms of scent alone, her dish had faltered a little.
Hao Ren was cruel, he did not stop there, and placed the noodles inside the soup, and then he added the fish meat on the sides. After this, he took out some high quality milk, and some peaches. He crushed them all together, made a shake, and then he used a big vessel to mix the two of them at high speed and while doing that he input a lot of ice in the vessel.
The cold kept the freshness of the ingredients intact. After all was done, the young man said, "Maya, I am done, can I serve?" Explore new worlds at My Virtual Library Empire
Maya nodded, and then Hao Ren began to serve the people. The dishes were a clear herbal soup and noodles with fried fish and lastly a peach ice cream. The whole thing surprised the people but they were all so greedy that they did not care about how hot it was.
The thousand plates were served and licked clean in a few minutes. Shortly after this, Han Lingshi also began to serve. She served chicken wings, with onion and mint dip. As for dessert, she made apple pie for the people. The young man did not say much, he just watched it all from the side.
Soon the people finished eating and they all exchanged gazes. Hao Ren was thinking what he should do to make sure that the result was in his favor. After all, his pride was on the line here. After thinking about it, he asked, 'If I used the hypnosis skill, would I be a cheater?'
*Hahaha, so the pressure is also getting to you? Good, you can do it.*
Hao Ren immediately cast a hypnotic spell on five hundred people to say that his dish was the better one among the two. While he cast the spell on the other five hundred to favor Han Lingshi. He did not wish to defeat Lingshi, but he could not afford to lose as well. So, this was the next best thing.
Maya began counting the votes, and sure enough it was a tie. Han Lingshi let out a sigh of relief, but then Han Lingxue said, "What was the point of it all? Can't we have a tiebreaker?"
Han Lingshi and Hao Ren were surprised and suddenly Han Lingxue shivered from fright. She sensed a lot of gazes locked down on her, as if they would swallow her whole. She let out a nervous laugh and said, "Well, it is okay, don't pay me any mind."
Then she really ran away from the place, and Ye Jill sighed as she shook her head. Maya Okudera stepped up and said, "So, it has been decided that, both, Her Excellency, and His Excellency are both on the same level. We hope that you all enjoyed the meal."
The people cheered, "Long live the Empress! Long live the Emperor!"
Hao Ren and Han Lingshi smiled and said, "Thank you for your love. Thank you."
The two of them slightly bowed to the crowd before they went back inside the palace. After a few minutes, the hypnotic spell vanished, and the people began to compliment Hao Ren's cooking. Even the ones who had earlier voted for Han Lingshi wanted to talk, but they could not say much as they had already cast their vote.
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Inside the palace, Han Lingshi was glaring at Hao Ren. The young man smiled looking at her, and said, "I saved you a serving, here."
He took out a plate from his space ring and said, "This is the first plate that I made."
Han Lingshi was surprised, and Hao Ren said, "I will be going to the alchemy room to make some pills."
The lady nodded, and Hao Ren walked away with his hands behind his back. She looked at his figure and smelled the food on the plate. She sighed, and said, "I fall in love with you everyday, and everytime it is stronger than before."
Hao Ren did not listen to her words, as he was already far away. However, Maya Okudera, Ye Lan, and Ye Yin heard her and they all could not help but roll her eyes.
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Hao Ren came to the alchemy room, and began to make one pill after the other. His speed was fast, and thanks to the comprehension he made in the library, his efficiency and the pill quality improved a lot. He himself was shocked when he realized this, but it was true. Hao Ren smiled and began to create more pills.
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