Goddess Wanhua Mirror

The few lords present here have seen festivals, but those "earthy" activities are completely incomparable with the Thanksgiving Festival in Pine Tree Town. Not only is it high-end and high-end, but the festive atmosphere is also very good. I am thinking whether to wait to go back Yes, I'm also building one on my own head.

"Don't tell me, this event is much more interesting than watching a group of rough guys wrestling in mud. I can already smell the stew."

"Hehe! How did I hear that, duke, it's popular recently for women to wrestle in mud pits?"

"You two, be gentle at this time, there are many people watching."

On the judges' table, Lude, who was sitting between the earl and the duke, was smiling on the surface, but he couldn't help complaining in his heart. These two are indeed old enemies for many years. Even though they both have the intention of reconciliation, as long as they meet, they still He will follow the instincts he has cultivated over the years, and will not let go of any chance of yin and yang.

Especially Earl Lumley. Before that, Luther had always had an impression of him as an elegant, easy-going, wise and powerful aristocrat. But when he saw Duke Ganmerin, his tongue was so venomous that it was shocking.

Lu De only found out a long time ago that the grievances between these two people are far more than simple power disputes. Both of them had been to the capital of the God of War Cult to study in the Holy Shield Capital, and Duke Ganmerin relied on his appearance. The technique of picking up girls is higher, and he can always win the girl that the earl likes first.

Although the Earl later returned to his home territory and found the true love that could accompany him for a lifetime, he obviously couldn't let go of this experience when he was young.

So in order to prevent these two people from quarreling, Lu De took the initiative to sit between them and act as a firewall. At the same time, Sharo and Rodriguez also stood behind, ready to rush up and grab their own fathers at any time.

Under the judges' seat, twelve teams were busy. In the first competition of the first session, Lu De didn't give us any underworld questions. The designated ingredients were pork. Most of the six non-student teams chose to cook barbecue, because it could Effectively suppress the smell of pork itself.

In contrast, the six student teams have learned from Lu De, so they have more tricks in handling ingredients and cooking techniques than local chefs. It can be said that there was no fairness in this competition from the beginning. A stage specially prepared by Lu De to promote "hometown cuisine" in a different world.

In order to ensure that this game can finally achieve the effect he expected, Lu De also engaged in a lot of "black-box operations" behind the scenes.It's just that his small trick was not to bribe the judges, but to provide each participating chef team with a recipe from his own collection in private, as a special dish for the third competition.

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It didn't take long for the judges to wait. The chef group numbered seven took the lead in completing their own dish, which was a delicious and hot charcoal-grilled pork belly.The head chef of the group was also setting up a stall in the food street yesterday. His special barbecue was well received by the diners because the fire was just right.

When the barbecue came up, Hamilton, who was addicted to spicy food, picked up the fork and put the portion in front of him into his stomach in a few mouthfuls. He ate it faster than the two dwarves sitting next to him.

"This barbecue needle doesn't poke!"

Hearing Hamilton's unspoken comments, Debra immediately cast an undisguised look of disdain.The speeches of the two dwarf elder brothers immediately made Debra roll her eyes.

"I feel good too!"

"..."

Glancing at the three of them, he knew that the food was rough. Lu Dexin said that he didn't expect them to comment like real gourmets at the beginning, and this charcoal-grilled pork belly was indeed only average, and the heat was still well controlled. It's not bad, but the use of spices is too simple and rude, and it's over if it's spicy!

The next few dishes served were also from "non-academic players". The cooking methods are similar, the fancy roast pork, the difference is nothing more than the choice of parts and the use of spices. The appearance rate of pepper is so high that Lu De is speechless. Make Hamilton ecstatic.

After all, Pine Town is the only place where spices are produced in the north of the entire kingdom. This year has a bumper harvest of chili peppers, and chili peppers are a rather rogue condiment. At the same time, it will also cover the good part.

In the first few dishes, it can be said that except for Hamilton and the two dwarves, the other judges were a little bit uninterested, especially the lady who can't eat spicy food, so she just took a small bite politely and put it down. side.

Fortunately, after waiting for more than an hour, the college group, which Lude placed high hopes on, finally came up with different dishes.

"Huh? What is this? White bread?"

"Ma'am, this is called meat bun."

The first college group to come on stage served a steaming steamed bun to each of the judges in a very French-style plate arrangement.In the matching dipping sauce dish, the first soy sauce and vinegar produced by the academy are also thoughtfully prepared.

Steamed stuffed buns are actually not a new thing in the local area. Lu De had already made them last year. Occasionally, they would be used as a "holy meal" for those believers who came to the temple to pray early in the morning.At Brewster College, this is the first dish that freshmen in the culinary department must master.

However, steamed stuffed buns are only popular in Pine Tree Town at present, and a few lords from other places seem to be okay and quite fresh.

Under Lu De's personal demonstration, everyone imitated his example, broke the steaming buns in half, dipped them in the seasonings in the two sauce dishes, and were amazed at the soft taste that was completely different from bread , It is a perfect match with the pork stuffing with fragrant soup.

"Hmm! This food called meat buns, I think it's much more interesting than the previous dishes, I can give it nine points."

"The needle is not poked, it would be better if it is spicy enough."

"Shut up, you baldy who knows how to eat spicy food!"

"I'm hairy now!"

After experiencing a bunch of over-spicy barbecues, the meat buns won unanimous praise from the judges for their relatively mild taste. The total score surpassed the previous six groups and temporarily occupied the first place in the ranking list. It made many onlookers outside the venue hungry.

Afterwards, the college team who came on stage successfully used all kinds of dishes to bring the chef king competition that was about to become a "barbecue competition" back on track.In addition, these young students wisely made several more copies, and gave them to other participating teams to taste, so that they could be convinced that they lost.

In the end, the first round of the competition was won by braised pork. This "hard dish" from the earth even conquered Hamilton, and the old mage who had been grading by spiciness before gave the highest ten.

After a short break, the second round of competition began immediately, and ten wooden boxes containing different ingredients were moved into the arena.There is a number on the wooden box, and the chefs of each group come up to draw lots, and the corresponding box will be taken away when the number is drawn.

Compared with the last round, the second round is more interesting, because before opening the box, no one knows what ingredients they got, which is a test of the chef's ability.After all, some chefs can cook several or even one dish in their lifetime. Naturally, what they are good at is the best, but if they change to something unfamiliar, they may not even know how to deal with it.

So Lude didn't prepare any tricky ingredients, they were all relatively common things.After all, he himself was sitting on the judges' table. If he really brought out some weird food and finally caused the chef to serve up a British-style meal like looking up at the stars, he would be the one who was screwed.

After going through the first round of competition, several judges present can clearly see that although the twelve participating teams are competing on the same stage, their level is obviously two ranks. The college chef who wears the badge of Brewster College has a higher level than the non-academics. I don't know where he went!

It is not difficult to see from this that this so-called "chef king competition" is essentially Lude showing his students, those non-academic chefs, have become a sad "control group" in this competition, It seems to be the beautiful green leaves against the flowers.

But even though they understood, the judges present didn't say much, because the academic chefs really have real skills, and the dishes they make are really delicious!

At this time, Duke Ganmerin, who was sitting on Lude's right hand, leaned over and said.

"Master, these students in your school, when will they be able to become teachers?"

"The seniors will be able to graduate next year. Recently, I am thinking about how to solve their employment problems in the future."

"Oh! If this is the case, I can hire some. You should also know that my castle is quite big, and there are many people eating, so naturally there are many cooks. I think the little sister in the fifth group is pretty good... What is that white square thing she's dealing with?"

"That's called tofu, a soybean product."

"Then I really want to try it!"

In front of Lu De, Duke Ganmerin, who was almost fifty, issued a dangerous declaration that he wanted to eat tofu (made by a 15-year-old girl).If this was changed to Earth, Lude would have already taken out the handcuffs by now.

Never let female students go to him for employment, Lu De secretly said in his heart.

In the second round of the competition, in addition to intending to continue to show off his students, Lu De also used blind boxes to showcase several ingredients that are unique to Pine Town at this stage. For example, the tofu that he just introduced to the Duke is one of them.

As a person from the Celestial Dynasty, growing vegetables and eating are cultural genes deep in Lu De's soul, so in the past two years, he has worked hard in this area.

When he first took over Songshu Village, there were only three kinds of local crops and only two mules, three pigs and dozens of chickens as livestock.Therefore, after Lu De developed such a good product as the magic medicine, he entrusted the chamber of commerce who came to trade to continuously bring in various crop seeds and livestock from other places.

In today's Pine Town, there are more than [-] types of crops, and the "full collection" of livestock has been achieved. Therefore, Lu De has the conditions to develop non-staple foods such as tofu that require secondary processing to further enrich the dining table.

The second round of the competition lived up to expectations, and the six college teams once again achieved an overwhelming victory, which also made Hamilton fall in love with the dish of mapo tofu.And the six non-academic groups finally realized that they were running with them.

certainly!The competition should continue. As the first batch of "eating and broadcasting" in this world, the ten judges ate happily, and the crowd below watched them eat with relish.

Because so far, the ingredients used by each group are affordable by local people, and the open-air kitchen is also convenient for them to watch the chefs cook on the spot. Afterwards, they can go home and try to cook. Even if it is not as good as a professional one, it should not It will be unpalatable.

The third round of the competition is the specialty of each group. Because there is no restriction, many groups start preparing many days in advance, and they all show their "killing tricks" that are at the bottom of the box.

The six college groups have secret recipes provided by Lude in private, and they have completely regarded this as a graduation exam, and each of them has put out all their strengths and started to show off their skills.Among them, the head chef of No.11 group even made dragon beard noodles on the spot, which surprised even Lu De.

You have to know that Lu De was an idiot in his previous life. Although he learned to cook a lot of dishes from many food videos, his level is far from professional.So his own limit is to be able to make hand-pulled noodles, but this boy has succeeded in being better than blue. He has realized the thinner dragon beard noodles by himself, and the way of pulling noodles can already crush him as a master.

The final result of the competition can be said to be without any suspense. After the end of the three games, the top six were all academics. Lude awarded medals and bonuses to the top three on the spot, and the rest of the teams also won ten gold medals. The participation award is a great joy for everyone.

After the awards ceremony, the Chef King Contest is not over yet, and the next most important step is to present delicacies to the gods.The dishes made by each group have reserved a large portion, which has been stored in a special incubator until now, and now they are all sent to the altar, and a large table is set up.

Lude, who had already put on the priest's robe, stood in front of the altar, bowing to the sky with a solemn face, muttering something in his mouth, followed by Ural of the God of War Cult and Winig, who believed in the Three Goddesses.Because this ceremony, in name, was to thank all the gods in the sky, and did not specify any one of them, so although the two belonged to different sects, there was no taboo to stand together at this time.

Among the three priests, Ural seemed solemn, but in fact he was somewhat disapproving.As the bishop of the God of War Sect in the northern branch of the Duran Kingdom, he naturally knows that the gods are arrogant and boundless. Most of the worship like this is moved by mortals themselves, and the gods may not even plan to take a look. .

Sometimes Ural also laughed at himself. In terms of devotion to God of War alone, he might not be as good as some civilian believers in his parish.But he still took the position of the bishop of the diocese, because the gods need more capable people to run his sect in the mortal world. Whether you are devout or not, even the gods may not care much.

However, just when Ural pretended to be praying, and his thoughts had turned to the question of what to eat at night, an extremely pure divine power suddenly came from the sky above them.Ural was horrified for a moment, while Weniger beside him was so excited that his whole body trembled, because he felt the same divine power.

A golden gate appeared out of thin air, and the crowd below were immediately shocked by this astonishing spectacle. They were stunned for a long time before they could barely recover, and then they prostrated themselves on the ground in fear and respect, welcoming the arrival of the supreme being.

"Gods, gods have come down to earth!"

Except for Lu De, no one at the scene thought that the gods would descend suddenly.Some people looked at the delicacies that had just been enshrined on the altar, and they couldn't help but have a somewhat absurd idea in their minds.

Could it be... the gods were greedy for these delicacies?

Of course, this can't be the case. This is a "miracle" planned by Lu De and many goddesses.

With the opening of the "Gate of Heaven", six goddesses walked through the air and descended to the altar in full view.The silver-haired goddess in the lead looked down at all the living beings kneeling in front of her, and said in a voice with surround sound effects.

"I am Evelina, the goddess of medicine and fertility. Believers, we have already felt the joy of your harvest through this sacrifice. Let's celebrate! May your hard work bring prosperity forever!"

A group of goddesses appeared one by one, apart from Aina, Shanisi and the three sisters, even Marikis also came out to make familiar faces.They gave speeches one after another to encourage mortals, whether they were believers of these goddesses or not, all the people in the square were full of gratitude, and they were so excited that they couldn't control themselves.

Afterwards, these graceful goddesses sat down directly and enjoyed the enshrined food on the altar. The dining posture was extremely elegant, coupled with the peerless beauty of the goddesses, this scene was simply pleasing to the eye.

The participating chefs also never dreamed that the dishes they cooked would be favored and enjoyed by the gods. How popular is this?

Kneeling half-kneeling in front of the altar, Lude looked up at several goddesses who were dining, and said in his heart that thanks to his foresight, he gave Aina and the others a surprise special training on dining etiquette a few weeks in advance, while Marikis As a goddess of the old age over 1000 years old, she naturally knows how to behave like a "goddess".

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It was another out-and-out "miracle". The originally lofty goddess responded to the worship of the believers and descended to the world to share with the people.

The believers present were very happy. They were so happy that they were grateful. All the devout men and women fell to their knees and called out the name of the goddess.They were flattered by the collective descending of the goddesses, as if they were children who had been favored.And the goddesses are also very happy, because the enshrined feast is really delicious!

Massive beliefs spewed out from the people present, not only Aina, Shanisi and the three sisters benefited greatly from it, but even Marikis, who made her debut for the first time, was also affected by the information popularized on the flyer beforehand. Got a share.Even because it is a "new role", it has received more attention.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the goddesses enjoyed a sumptuous meal, then got up and soared in place in an extremely gorgeous posture, waved their hands and poured a dazzling "light rain" on the crowd on the ground, and then returned to the "light rain" inside the sky gate. Holy area".

This beautiful light rain almost covered the entire Pine Tree Town, and the tiny light spots fell on every citizen present. Everyone felt their spirits lifted immediately, and their faces and body bones became much lighter. This is a gift from the goddess, and I am more and more respectful to the goddess who loves the world.

At this time, someone noticed that the chairs that the goddesses sat on, the used tableware, and the huge dining table on the altar seemed to have undergone some wonderful changes after the god left, emitting a faint glow.

So Lu De resolutely ordered people to move these utensils to the temple. These are "holy objects" that have been contaminated with divine power, so they must be kept carefully.When the second Chef King Contest is held in the town next year, I will take it out and put it back as it was.

Most of the people present at this time are still in the excitement of witnessing the miracle with their own eyes, but as the saying goes, laymen watch the fun, and insiders watch the doorway. When most people see the goddess descending, most of them will be temporarily excited because of the excitement in the past. Losing the ability to think, some people even fainted from excitement.But except for the Urals!

As the sub-diocese bishop of God of War, a high-ranking clergyman, Ural can perceive divine power, so he is more certain than ordinary people that the six on the altar are all genuine products, but also because of this, He was really scared!

During the fight against the epidemic in Oyster Harbor before, Ural had witnessed a miracle caused by Lude. The old priest was resurrected from the dead and regained his youth.At that time, he only felt shocked, and at the same time, there was a trace of envy that could not be expressed. Ural thought that he could not enjoy the same treatment from God of War.

But this time the situation is different. Ural admits that the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival is very good, and the Chef King Competition is also very interesting. As a judge, he is a real treat, but theoretically, it is far from attractive. It's only right when the goddess descends to earth, and six of them came at once!

The goddess is undoubtedly real. This is not a scam. Ural faintly sensed that the goddess was probably not attracted, but invited by someone, and this inviter was [-]% Lude!It was he who used his personal friendship with the goddess to invite the gods to come down to the earth to support him, which contributed to this incredible "miracle".

After thinking about this joint, Ural was shocked, but also had mixed feelings.Everyone is a priest, why is the relationship between the superior and the subordinate here so harmonious?But the Heavenly Mad God of War I serve is so perverse!

Comparing the hatchback, Ural can't help feeling a little sour.

The first Kitchen King Contest ended in a very dramatic way. The collective arrival of the goddess is destined to be widely praised by the public for a long time to come.In the foreseeable future, when Pine Town holds the second session, there will definitely be more outsiders than today, making this a pilgrimage for the purpose of enjoying food.

In addition to Ural, several scheming aristocratic lords also noticed that Lude had a great relationship with the goddess, but they did not have overly complicated feelings like Ural did. They only felt that Lude was more and more valuable. I also added a little more care, trying not to annoy him.

Lude knew that these nobles were careful. In fact, this was his intention, which would help him occupy a favorable position in the subsequent negotiations.

After nightfall, in the underground hall of the temple, all "informed persons" held a small celebration banquet to celebrate the successful completion of the day's operations.

The high-intensity belief output of more than 3 people, coupled with the super growth brought about by the blessing of the fire of the source, the six goddesses became fat, and Marikis even let go of the weak state in one breath, which has not been like today for a long time That's enough.So when Lude formally asked her if she wanted to join the Pantheon, Marikis agreed without hesitation.

In this way, there are six goddesses in the Pantheon, plus Ned Hogg and his wife and the red dragon Amymi who was just abducted yesterday, Lude finally has full confidence to say goodbye to the Brotherhood of the Black Hand Wrist off.

While Lude was thinking about how to deal with the fake God of Thieves, Atropos, the eldest of the three sisters, came to Lude and said that he needed to report something to him.

"My lord, I have something to report to you."

"About the maze?"

"Yes, that place...has become more and more evil recently."

"???"

What Atropos said made Lude stunned. He didn't expect that the other party would use the word "evil door" to describe the abyss maze built by the three sisters. It really makes people feel quite evil.

Atropos told Lud that since last month, some strange phenomena have begun to appear in the Spiral Abyss, which is still under construction.

First of all, the second sister Croto, who was in charge of maintenance, discovered that after some traps in the upper area were destroyed by intruding adventurers, they unexpectedly returned to normal automatically before the angels in charge of maintenance arrived, and even got After a certain degree of optimization, it has become more deceptive than before.

And Lachesis, the little girl in charge of the excavation, also found that the internal structure of the maze had deviated from the design drawing unconsciously, and some areas even had space distortions, which made Lachesis who went to check the situation almost lost his way .

In addition, what makes the goddess even more frightened is that there seems to be a "spiritual phenomenon" in the maze. More than one envoy has witnessed mysterious black shadows appearing in areas that should be empty during their work.

Atropos didn't want to report these miscellaneous things, fearing that Lu De would feel incompetent, but as these strange things became more and more serious, they had seriously affected their construction schedule, and the three sisters could only seek solutions from Lu De.

After listening to Atropos' narration, Lude hesitated again and again. He didn't complain about the three goddesses being afraid of ghosts, but he still completely subconsciously glanced at Eleven, who was making funny faces to tease Connor not far away.To be honest, because this female ghost lady is so harmless to humans and animals, sometimes Lude even forgets that she is a ghost!

But Lude thought about it carefully. After experiencing the last incident, there should be a lot of "dirty things" left in the maze.At that time, Tring's gang fought with the necromancer Dick, who lost both sides. Dick disappeared afterwards, no one was alive, no dead body was seen, and the few surviving death slaves under his hands seemed to have disappeared, and they were probably still hiding in the maze.

To be honest, this feeling is not good, and Lude can't help but recall an incident in his high school dormitory in his previous life.

At that time, a buddy in their dormitory secretly kept a large spider as a pet in the dormitory. Although Lu De and the others didn't like this kind of alien pet, they couldn't resist being soft-spoken, so they didn't report it to the dormitory management.As a result, when he came back from class one day, the brother who raised the spider found that his "network bride" had disappeared, and the relaxed atmosphere in the dormitory disappeared without a trace in an instant.

For many days after that, the six buddies who shared the same bed did not dare to spend the night in the dormitory again, for fear that they would face each other with "ten eyes" when they opened their eyes. Just thinking about that scene makes one's hair stand on end.

Until one day, an earth-shattering wail came from the bedroom next door, "× Li Liang is such a big spider", and everyone's hanging heart was considered to be dropped.