In the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon, and the Palace Square, which had been quiet since the start of the game, was bustling with activity again!

At this time, a large number of temporary stoves have been set up in the square, in the whispers of the onlookers, there are constantly contestants walking towards the vacant stoves, when they see the contestants they support entering, one by one there will be bursts of applause, and then in such bursts of cheers one after another, not long after, the whole square will be full of people, quite lively!

On the judging stage, the old lord and Vanessa had been waiting for a long time, the three old men chatted about the interesting things in the rest, and Vanessa and Mana chatted with great interest about the common topics between the artists. And not far from the judging platform, a huge hourglass is constantly sliding down the fine sand, and it seems that the hourglass marks the time, and the time is running out!

At this time, Vanessa's expression suddenly froze, and she looked at the audience of the game with a sharp heart, and immediately saw Lin Zheng's smiling face. Seeing Lin Zheng waving to his side, Vanessa immediately laughed, and seeing this, Mana next to her immediately smiled: "Did you see your brother Yiping again?" ”

Vanessa waved to Lin Zheng with a smile and said, "Yes! It seems that the contestants they support have also successfully collected the ingredients! ”

As soon as the words fell, on the entrance passage of the contestants, two figures of Qinglan and Qingxue appeared, looking at the two people who entered, Mana pursed her lips and smiled: "I'm afraid they can't see the key to this game!" ”

"Brother Yiping's words, it is estimated that it is really difficult!" Vanessa said amusedly, "But Fett is on the team too!" ”

"You really think highly of that girl named Fett!" The old city lord accosted him with interest.

"Of course!" Vanessa said very confidently, "No matter what, Fett is also the third-in-command of Western Hell, to put it mildly, Fett's ability is much stronger than your old man!" ”

"Hell is the third in command!" The old city lord grinned, "It's really remarkable to say that, but I'm still very confident with a little old man!" When it comes to cooking, the old man definitely doesn't lose to anyone!! ”

Hearing this, Vanessa Mana immediately burst into amusement, indeed, this gluttonous city lord is the most fanatical one in the study of food among the gluttonous city lords of the past dynasties, the accumulation of predecessors coupled with his own research, one-handed cooking skills have already reached the peak, saying this kind of thing, it is definitely not bragging! But no matter what you say, your old man is also a city lord! can be said so justifiably without doing business, what a disrespectful old naughty boy!

While a few people were talking, the sand in the hourglass had reached the last moment, and the timekeeper stared at the hourglass seriously, until the last sand fell, the official immediately waved his hand, saw the gong hand he gestured, picked up the sledgehammer in his hand and knocked it down on the gong!

"Bang ——!!"

With the blessing of amplification magic, the loud gong suddenly reverberated throughout the square, and under this deafening sound, the crowd that was noisy and boiling at the previous moment immediately fell silent! Before the sound of the gong subsided, the host of the competition shouted on the host stage: "The hunting time is over, and the contestants who do not show up will automatically lose their qualifications for promotion!" ”

At this moment, a few players who had just rushed outside the entrance channel suddenly turned gray, and they were one step late, really one step late! Even if they step into the entrance passage with their front foot, they will be considered to have entered in time! It's a pity that there aren't so many ifs, and no one will pay attention to them except their supporters!

After asking the old city lord, the host turned around, and the high voice sounded again: "From now on, enter the cooking part of the second round of the competition, in this link, the contestants will have an hour to consider the food to be cooked, after the competition officially begins, all the contestants are not allowed to exchange any items with each other, nor are they allowed to ask for support from outside the field!" If you need to use non-limited ingredients in cooking, you can apply to the host, and please keep it in mind! If you still have any doubts about the rules of the game, you can ask them now! ”

After saying that, the host looked around, and after seeing that all the contestants had no doubts, he shouted: "Since the contestants have no doubts, then, I declare that the cooking competition is the beginning!" ”

"Bang ——!!"

The loud gong sounded again, and at this moment, the contestants who were closing their eyes and recuperating suddenly opened their eyes! With a wave of your hand, all the collected ingredients appear on the board.

Qing Lan also took out all the ingredients she had collected, the black bear liver, the vine that bound the ground, the eggs of the flame eagle found in the Heavenly Fire Basin, and the mortal bone bison that she had caught in the Land of Mortal Bones. After getting the vine, Qing Lan had already decided on the food she wanted to cook, so in the two areas behind, Qing Lan purposefully searched for the area where the ingredients might appear!

The eggs of the flame eagle and the bison of mortal bones, both of which are five points of ingredients, and the area where the ingredients are distributed is not too difficult for him and Qingxue, but the prey itself is really hidden, in order to find these two ingredients, it took a lot of time for the two of them, but fortunately, they finally found it, and rushed back to the square in time.

The two suddenly looked at each other with a sharp heart, and after meeting each other's gaze, a faint smile appeared on their faces, and then, Qingxue clenched her fists in her chest, come on! Understanding what Qingxue meant, Qinglan nodded with a smile, clenched her fists in front of her chest, and cheered together!

"These two little ones are kind of funny!" An old man who judged looked at Qinglan and the two with interest, "The two of them use the same ingredients, it seems that they should act together!" ”

"10 points of ingredients, bound vines, the remaining three are all 5 points of ingredients...... the old city lord nodded very satisfied, "Yes, at least they have avoided the last trap, in terms of cooking skills, these two little guys are very good, there is no problem with promotion, I just don't know, Yiping that kid, how much help in this!" ”

"You can rest assured about this, old man!" Vanessa said with a smile on her face, "Brother Yiping is not a master who can compromise, since he boasted of Haikou and wants to select a qualified city lord for you, then it is impossible for him to intervene in the test of the city lord's ability!" Moreover, I heard from them yesterday, Qinglan and them, until now, I don't know that they are helping in secret! Qinglan's kid is not ordinary cautious! ”

Hearing this, the old city lord laughed heartily: "Of course, no matter how you say that little guy Qinglan, but the most outstanding children of the younger generation of my fifth family, how can it be so easy to let Yiping kid fool him!" ”

When the old city lord was complacent, many contestants had already started to cook the dishes! Although the competition time reached an hour, which is not enough to boil a pot of soup in an ordinary cooking competition, but for the contestants who can come here, an hour is really a bit redundant!

Less than a minute after the host's words fell, some contestants had already raised their hands. When the contestants walked to the judging table with their own food, Qinglan suddenly felt a strong hostility! Subconsciously looked up, and this met the fierce eyes of the contestant, this guy is the fifth long-got!

When Qinglan frowned, the fifth long-goon snorted coldly and walked to the judging table, and then the dishes cooked by the fifth-long-go were presented to the judges.

Vanessa looked at the dish on the plate, it was a square pastry, it looked quite delicate, the golden puff pastry was dotted with a small red fruit, which made people have a great desire to feast!

Under the smug gaze of the fifth long, Vanessa and the others moved the knife and fork in their hands, and as they cut the pastry on the plate, a fragrant hot air immediately gushed out from the inside of the pastry, just smelling this fragrance, it had already made Vanessa's face show an intoxicated look, and sure enough, the children of the fifth family are all excellent chefs! Regardless of the ingredients, at least there is nothing to say about the taste!

I picked up the pastry covered with sauce and put it in my mouth, and as I chewed it, my face was full of enjoyment, "This full and delicious taste is a sock-scaled salmon unique to the land of mortal bones!" ”

"That's right!" The fifth longge said quite smugly, "Even in all the competition areas, sockeye salmon is a rare and top-quality ingredient, and it took me a lot of effort to catch this thing!" Originally, as a top-notch fish ingredient, making sashimi is the best cooking choice! However, I also got salamanda fruit in the Tianhuo Basin, as a top-quality auxiliary ingredient, saladanda fruit can absorb and preserve the delicious flavor of the ingredients during the cooking process of cooked food, so that the sockeye salmon in this dish presents a double flavor, and the delicious taste of the sockeye salmon is brought into full play! ”

"And that's not all!" The old city lord looked at the pastry on the fork, "Although the combination of sockeye salmon and saladanda is very good, but after the combination of the two, because the flavor is too strong, it will form a sense of flavor gap between raw food and cooked food, in order to solve this gap that destroys the overall coordination, you also added a third ingredient to it!" ”

"Worthy of an old man!" The fifth elder grinned, how tricky his old man's mouth was, how could he not know as a son, "The third ingredient is the fire phosphomushroom found in the Elemental Forest, although it is not the top ingredient, but its own half-baked ingredients are the best ingredients to coordinate the flavor of the whole dish!" Finally, the wet marsh wheat used to make puff pastry...... "Speaking of this, the fifth long-term man gritted his teeth a little, if it wasn't for the kid from Qinglan, he would have been able to get such a high-quality product as the vine! Although the puff pastry made by wet marsh wheat is not bad, there is still a big gap between it and the perfect dish in the heart of the fifth longest!

The small pastry was quickly eaten by the judges, and when they saw the judges put down the knives and forks in their hands, the fifth long man who came back to his senses raised his chest, although the selection of dishes was not perfect, but he was still very confident in his craft!

"Now! Ask the judges to score! ”

As the host's voice fell, the first score was Mana, 4 points! As soon as he saw this score, the anger in the eyes of the fifth captain immediately appeared, and then, Vanessa's score also came out, and it was still 4 points! And the old city lord was even more harsh, only giving 2 points! When the remaining two old men scored 4 points, the fifth captain immediately shouted: "Why?! How can I only have this kind of score for my elaborate dishes!? ”

Not only was the fifth Changge unconvinced, but his supporters were also angry, obviously a few people had eaten so well just now, and they were constantly praised in their mouths, but in the end, they actually gave this kind of score that was not even enough for a passing score, which is also too infuriating!

The old city lord calmly let his boy finish yelling, put down the napkin that wiped his mouth, and then stared at the fifth long man and said, "First of all, as a finished dish, your salmon cake." It's really outstanding, and if you rate it only by taste, I can give you a score of 8! ”

"Then why?!"

Looking at the indignant Fifth Changge, the old city lord sighed helplessly, "This is the long boat of the competition, and the competition has the rules of the competition, you think about it again, what are the rules of this competition?" ”

Hearing this, the fifth Changge's angry expression was stunned, and he calmed down a little, then touched his chin and recalled the rules of the game, and the others also began to whisper at this moment, and after a while, the fifth Changge's face darkened, and seeing his sudden look, the old city lord knew that this kid had already understood what the problem was, but what should be said still had to be said, after all, the audience was not clear, so as not to be told by the audience that they were unfair to the judges!

"This competition requires participants to hunt and gather ingredients on their own and use the ingredients obtained to cook delicious food! However, in the judging of dishes, the competition has long been stipulated, and only the flavor of one of the ingredients can be highlighted! As he spoke, the old city lord looked towards the fifth long-go, "You have already made the biggest mistake in this game in the selection of ingredients for your dishes, using all high-scoring ingredients, which makes your dishes mix the flavors of various ingredients quite obviously, from this point of view, your work has deviated from the test questions of this competition!" ”

The fifth Changge gritted his teeth when he heard this, his fists clenched, and he regretted in his heart, the dead old man, he actually set such a trap in the cook's competition, he patronized and wanted to make good food to satisfy the appetite of the old man, where else could he notice such a thing!

At this time, Vanessa continued, "However, your luck is still good this time! ”

When the fifth long-goon looked up suspiciously, Vanessa said: "Although they are all high-scoring ingredients, the flavor of the sockeye salmon is indeed a little more than that, and after you use the saladanda fruit, its flavor has been significantly improved, thus suppressing some of the flavors of the fire phosphomushroom and wet marsh wheat, so you can get the current score from us!" ”

As soon as Vanessa's words fell, the host began to score, "10 points for sock-scaled salmon, 10 points for salada fruit, 9 points for phosphomushrooms, 7 points for wet marsh wheat, a total of 36 points for ingredients, a total of 18 points for the judges, a total of 54 points, and an average score of 6 points, reaching the promotion score line of this competition, congratulations to the fifth long-term player who successfully advanced to the next round of the competition!" ”

Hearing the result announced by the host, the fifth long man suddenly felt soft under his feet, it was too thrilling! It's just a little bit, and it's brushed down! After finally stabilizing the next plate, the fifth captain let out a long breath, and then arched his hand to the judging table, "Thank you, judges!" "Now this result is already the best for him, and the fifth chief doesn't dare to have any opinions!

At the same time as the fifth long boat retreated, the faces of many of the contestants changed, and it was clear that these were all guys who didn't notice the trap. At this moment, after hearing about the pitfalls in the competition, those contestants who have not yet completed the dishes quickly overturned the dishes they had decided and rethought how to cook dishes that meet the exam questions!

However, the four major areas are not the back gardens of the contestants, and there are huge risks in every step of the way, so most of the contestants have only collected a limited number of ingredients! Even if they are asked to decide the dishes again, they will not be able to come up with so many dishes, not to mention, more of them are full of medium-grade ingredients, and they are the most desperate with these ingredients in hand, because no matter how they match the ingredients, the flavor problem between the ingredients cannot be solved!

Just when the contestants showed desperate looks, Qinglan and Qingxue were very calmly preparing their own dishes. Having already sensed the final trap, they don't need to be upset about it at all! Now as long as they play their level steadily and cook the best food with the ingredients at hand, then the qualification for promotion is just something in their pocket!

The most troublesome ingredient is the vine that binds the ground, peeling, crushing, and making rattan powder, which took a lot of time for the two of them, in order to do the best, the two of them always strive for perfection when they do it, so as to make and take out the best rattan powder! And after the rattan powder is completed, the rest of the process is much simpler for the two of them!

However, although the materials used by the two are exactly the same, the two have different results in the decision of color! It didn't take long for Qinglan's work to finally finish, and at the same time, Qingxue also finished her own work, and after looking at each other's work, the two of them had confident smiles on their faces.

"Host! I'm done! ”