divine talisman

At this time, the night was dark, and it was already ten minutes late at night.

The entire Taotie City is like a city that never sleeps, decorated with lights and festoons, lights of various colors and colors are hung in every part of the city, brightly lit, like fire dragons entrenched in it, even brighter than the daytime.

Looking up from the ground, this city floating under the sky and in the sea of ​​clouds is full of radiance and light, illuminating ninety thousand miles of mountains and rivers, majestic and beautiful, just like a miracle.

When Chen Xi and A'Xiu walked out of the courtyard and walked into the bustling and spacious street, it was like walking into a colorful and picturesque world, and the waves of hustle and bustle rushed towards their faces.

The lights are like dragons, monks of all kinds can be seen everywhere, and there are delicious cooking stalls everywhere. Bustling crowds linger on the streets, tasting delicious food, laughing and laughing, and the air is filled with a mouth-watering tempting smell.

Axiu's excited little face glowed, she held Chen Xi's hand, and started her journey of eating and drinking along the street.

Spicy braised redtail prawns, sweet and sour mixed soup, golden butter and crispy fried fish on a slate, sweet and delicious Ganoderma lucidum and jujube paste...

A variety of delicacies full of unique flavors represent the culinary level of the entire Xuanhuan Great World. Now, they are all gathered on both sides of this bustling street, like a night market for people to taste for free. It seems to be the most dreamed paradise in the hearts of foodies.

Axiu ate from the street to the end, from one street to the other, her petite body was like a bottomless pit, as long as it was delicious food, anyone who came would not be turned away.

She really enjoyed eating today, her black gemstone-like pupils smiled into a pair of crescent moons, and her rosy mouth almost never stopped.

Chen Xi stayed with her all the way like this, listening to her cheerful laughter like a ding-dong spring water, watching her cheering for a certain kind of food, his heart was calm and fulfilled.

Axiu's origin is very mysterious, and her strength is astonishing. Even the ancestor of the Earth Immortal is no match for her, but she is such a young girl, who is carefree like a naive child at the moment, with a delicate and naive look in her every move. and playfulness.

It's really hard to imagine what kind of environment it is that can cultivate a girl like Axiu who has a childlike innocence but is surprisingly strong.

However, Chen Xi no longer guessed at this time, nor did he want to be on guard.

From the moment Axiu didn't hesitate to help him deal with the enemy, he had already accepted the existence of this girl and regarded him as his friend.

Since we are friends, the physical skills, status, and cultivation are all no longer important, are they?

That night, in the streets and alleys of Taotie City, everyone was also talking about one person, and that was Chen Xi, because they had all heard that Chen Xi, a person who was like the most favored child in the world, had now arrived in Taotie City.

There were even more rumors that Chen Xi got angry for some reason, and stopped Tao Kun, a young and strong Taotie clan in the street, seriously injured him, and led out the big names of the Taotie clan.

But in the end, Chen Xi left safely, while Tao Kun was imprisoned.

This rumor once caused a sensation in the entire Taotie City, and many people did not believe it. After all, this was in the Taotie City, and it was too absurd for Chen Xi to fight a big fight on his territory and still be safe and sound.

However, when they inquired about the news from their friends in the Taotie clan, they got the unanimous answer - silence!

There was no denial or affirmation, just an answer in silence. This attitude alone made people faintly feel that the truth of this rumor was probably inseparable.

This news made the entire Gluttonous City even more sensational. While tasting delicious food and drinking wine, the hottest topic of discussion was Chen Xi.

Why did he come to Taotie City?

Why did he fight Tao Kun?

All of this is like a series of mysteries, which makes people unable to resist curiosity and discussion.

Chen Xi and Axiu lingered in rows of food stalls, and naturally heard this series of discussions, but he didn't care, and Axiu didn't care, because her mind was all on eating.

That night, Axiu ate to her heart's content, and sang in countless stalls, big and small. In the end, because she drank too much alcohol, she was drunk and brought back to the courtyard by Chen Xi.

After sending Axiu into the room, Chen Xi meditated all night by himself.

……

Three days later, the Spiritual Chef Gold List Competition kicked off.

The Taotie clan held a grand ceremony for this, attracting monks from all over the world to watch the ceremony, but Chen Xi did not participate, sitting cross-legged in the room by himself, quietly preparing all kinds of necessary ingredients.

Even if he wished to return to the sect with his senior brother Huo Mole who was seriously injured, he still had to calm down his heart and prepare for the Spirit Chef Jinbang Competition.

Because he owed two promises.

Do what you say and keep your promises, this is the principle that Chen Xi has been adhering to since his practice.

The first test of the Spiritual Chef Gold List competition will begin soon.

Chen Xi cooked a dish called "Fire Like Burning". It was cooked with 36 kinds of animal meat and several kinds of spicy peppers. smell.

Looking from a distance, above this dish, there seems to be a fire burning ragingly, with a wanton, bold and unrestrained visual impact, as if desperate to break the shackles.

Just like Chen Xi's mood, because of senior brother Huo Mole's injury, the flame of anger deep in his heart was completely ignited.

……

Gluttonous Palace.

The patriarch Tao Zhentian and a group of clan elders were there.

Today is the start of the Spiritual Chef Gold List competition. Before that, the Taotie clan also held a grand ceremony specially for it, which attracted many cultivators from all directions to watch the ceremony.

Among them, quite a few of them were well-known figures, and they all came to congratulate them in person, which made the patriarch Tao Zhentian and others very happy and proud, smiling from ear to ear.

But they did not forget their responsibilities - to review and select works to participate in the Spiritual Chef Gold List Competition.

"The work of Master Qiao Fei in Beirong City - Dragon Roaring in the Sky!"

"The work of Master Qiu Feng of the Spiritual Illusion Sect - Embellished with Stars!"

At the entrance of the main hall, the envoy opened his throat, announcing the names of the chefs and the titles of their works.

Accompanied by the sound, the cooked delicacies were placed in a special jade box, and served on the long case like flowing water. On the jade box, the names of Chef Ling and his works were marked.

"Qiu Feng also participated? It's amazing. I heard that he is only one step away from reaching the ranks of eight-leaf spiritual chef masters. It is also an honor for me to be able to participate in our clan's spiritual chef gold list competition."

The patriarch Tao Zhentian laughed, extremely happy. This year's Spiritual Chef Gold List is more prosperous than he imagined. Many spiritual chefs who have been famous for a long time also joined it, which made Tao Zhentian feel proud.

The other elders also smiled and nodded, very happy.

In this joyous atmosphere, an extremely discordant voice sounded from the palace gate: "Jiuhua Sword School Chen Xi's work—Fire is like a song!"

In just an instant, the cheerful atmosphere in the hall was swept away, and it became dull and quiet.

The joy on the faces of the ancestors of the earth immortals, including the patriarch Tao Zhentian, froze instantly, and was replaced by an indescribable gloom.

Even the waiters on both sides of the hall were silent.

"Hmph, this kid really has a wicked heart!" An elder broke the silence first, and sneered endlessly.

"Come here, throw Chen Xi's work out to me!" Another elder was even more rude, shouting angrily.

"Here!" A waiter heard this and ran over quickly.

"Wait a minute."

At this moment, Tao Zhentian, the patriarch, suddenly stopped it: "Fourth elder, don't be arrogant, the Spiritual Chef Gold List Competition is a supreme honor of our clan, how can we directly eliminate the contestants' works because of our own selfishness?"

"Then what should we do? Do we want this kid to advance to the next round?" The fourth elder frowned.

"According to the rules of the competition, winners and losers will be determined by the quality of the work." Tao Zhentian said with a blank expression.

"Okay! I'll try it too, what kind of tricks can this bastard cook!"

The fourth elder rushed to the case, and as soon as he opened the jade box, a wave of heat steamed out, like a glow of fire rising into the sky, emitting a spicy and attractive fragrance.

"Eh? It tastes good." Tao Zhentian was surprised.

At this time, all the elders also saw that a plate of bright red and translucent dishes was placed in a jade box. The dishes were in the shape of a lotus flower, and the petals were like fire. Quietly blooming, pleasing to the eye.

Just looking at the heat is already a very high attainment.

These elders are all gourmets who have tasted all kinds of delicacies in the world. They have sharp eyes, keen sense of smell, and seasoned experience.

"Bah bah bah! What is it? Is it for people to eat?" The fourth elder moved his chopsticks, spit it out as soon as he put it in his mouth, and shook his head again and again: "It must, the taste is too bad, it must be eliminated!"

He jumped to conclusions without even tasting it, which shows how much he hates Chen Xi.

Tao Zhentian frowned, stepped forward, took a sip, remained silent for a long time, didn't say much, but ordered other elders to start commenting on other works.

Seeing this, the other elders breathed a sigh of relief, and even the patriarch didn't say much, it seemed that he had tacitly agreed in his heart to eliminate Chen Xi.

In the end, the [-] works were evaluated, and a list of [-] promotions was quickly selected.

However, to the surprise of all the elders, the patriarch Tao Zhentian actually included Chen Xi's name in it!

Seeing the suspicious expressions of all the elders, Tao Zhentian couldn't help sighing deeply, and turned to leave the hall: "Everyone, no matter when, please don't forget the foundation of our gluttonous clan!"

The sound reverberated the hall, and the words were calm and resounding, falling on the ears of all the elders, but they were silent and their faces were cloudy and uncertain.

the next day.

Chen Xi received an invitation to go to Taotie Palace to participate in the re-examination.In other words, he has successfully stood out from the [-] spiritual chefs!

This surprised him, and he couldn't help admiring the Taotie clan's defense and respect for the rules of this game.

Without thinking about it any more, Chen Xi headed towards the Taotie Palace. The retest was different from the initial one, but cooking was done according to the different topics given by the elders of the Taotie clan.

This kind of question will not be told to any spiritual chef in advance, and because of this, the difficulty of this round of re-examination is obviously much greater than that of the first round.

Chen Xi was looking forward to it, what kind of questions would these gluttonous clan elders who hated him so much grit their teeth, ask him?