Chapter 39: Night Visits
In the afternoon, the city lord personally summoned Tian Sheng, who was disguised by Chen Yuan, and stated his intention to solicit, Chen Yuan naturally readily agreed, and in the city lord's study, he also saw the target of this mission - the blue fire seal. Since they have all agreed to stay, of course the dinner is still made by Chen Yuan, a few light home-cooked side dishes, and a pot of delicious mushroom soup, which makes the city lord's family full of praise, and Xiao Wanqing even said that she has found a talent. After some discussion, the City Lord's Mansion hired Chen Yuan as a special chef at a price of fifty gold yuan a month, and was responsible for the food and drink of the City Lord's family, even the head chef of the City Lord's Mansion had no right to transfer Chen Yuan.
In fact, it is not surprising that such a situation has appeared, after coming to this world, after so many years of observation, Chen Yuan found that the cooking or chef industry in this world is not perfect, and people's needs for cultivating strong themselves are far greater than the pursuit of appetite. Therefore, for industries that are helpful to themselves, such as refining and making pills, etc., are developing extremely fast. Careers in the lives of chefs, tailors and designers have been extremely slow. The food here is processed in a crude way, and although there are still a variety of seasonings developed, the proportions, timing and cooking methods are far from the earth.
The reason why the food here can still have a good taste is supported by the top ingredients. Because this world is full of aura, whether it is animals or plants, as food, they are many times stronger than those on the earth. For example, if it is the same cantaloupe, what is grown in Xinjiang is sweeter than that grown in other places. Because there is a large temperature difference between day and night. The quality of ingredients is greatly influenced by the environment, so in places with abundant aura, ingredients are naturally better than places lacking in aura, such as taste.
As a gourmet, what should I do if I can't eat authentic Chinese food in Europe? Because of this problem, Chen Yuan also went to learn cooking for a period of time, the purpose is to avoid eating fast food abroad and eat authentic Chinese food every day. Chen Yuan's craftsmanship was practiced at that time.
Food culture has always been one of the most famous characteristic cultures in China, supported by the eight major cuisines of Sichuan, Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan and Hui, and has already conquered people from all countries in the world at that time. Now this cooking technique from the earth has been brought to this world by Chen Yuan, and the more advanced ingredients, coupled with the techniques from the other world, are of course not a problem to capture the taste buds of the city lord's family.
At night, the city lord's family let him stay in the mansion, but Chen Yuan still returned to the hotel smoothly under the pretext of packing his things. Tatsumoto, who returned to the room, took off his mask and was about to wash his face and prepare for sleep when there was a knock at the door of the room.
Chen Yuan was a little puzzled, it was so late, his father should have fallen asleep, who else would come to find him? Opening the door, Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment, only to see the old man in charge of the invigilation standing outside the door, his face cloudy. "Uh, senior, please come in?" Chen Yuan, who came back to his senses, hurriedly welcomed the old man into the room.
"I don't know what the seniors are doing here?" Seeing that the old man didn't say a word after entering the door, Chen Yuan couldn't help asking. "What are you doing? You kid recruited from the truth, are you cheating in this third test?" The old man's eyes narrowed, staring at Chen Yuan, as if he wanted to see through Chen Yuan.
"What? How can I cheat, this is the Void Eye again, and it is the Gramograph Stone, I don't have a chance to cheat even if I want to!" "Well, let me ask you, why is your gramophone stone on a man named Tian Sheng today??
Hearing the old man's words, Chen Yuan understood why the old man was so late, and he came here to find himself, the feeling was that he was too good in disguise, the old man did not find himself in the projection of the Void Eye, but the gramophone stone conveyed his voice very clearly. This led the old man to think that he had given the gramophone stone to someone else and was suspected of cheating.
At that moment, Chen Yuan took out the gramophone stone from his arms with a strange face and handed it to the old man. After the old man checked it, he found that it was the one he gave Chen Yuan at the beginning. "Explain?" the old man became more and more confused.
"Ahem, that's like this, when I came back that afternoon, I made a mask, probably because I went out with a mask today, so you didn't notice me. Tatsumoto explained.
"Mask, what mask can hide from my eyes, take it out and show me. The old man still didn't believe it. Chen Yuan had no choice but to take out the mask and bring it to his face, and after some kneading, "Tian Sheng" reappeared in front of the old man.
"This!how is this possible!" the old man exclaimed, he couldn't believe his eyes, wasn't the face in front of him the same person he had locked through the gramophone! As a teacher of the Taoist Academy, the old man was of course knowledgeable and well-informed, but Chen Yuan's performance broke his cognition again and again, and the old man had begun to feel that his worldview had been shaky.
"You say you have mastered the art of making this mask, where did you learn it?" for the first time, the old man felt that he could not see through this child, he seemed to be an endless treasure, and every digging deeper, there was always a more astonishing discovery.
"This is what I picked up from a cave near the village when I was playing, and I thought it was interesting, so I wrote it down, and I didn't expect it to be used in this assessment. Of course, Chen Yuan can't tell the old man the truth, otherwise he will be regarded as a madman, so he can only make up a nonsense and get away with it.
"Do you know how important this technology is to the military strength of the Nine Heavens! With this kind of technology, our intelligence officers can change various identities, and not only will the success rate of completing the mission be greatly increased, but even the casualty rate can be greatly reduced!" The old man looked very excited.
Of course, Chen Yuan knows the importance of this technology, on the earth, no matter how developed and powerful the country is, the research on human skin masks has never stopped, whether it is to disguise his identity or to evade pursuit, having a mask is equivalent to a notch of safety. But at this time, he could only pretend to understand and nodded.
"This technology, you must keep it secret! It is too important, I suggest that after entering the Taoist Academy, you should directly hand it over to the Military Palace, and the Military Palace will complete the teaching and popularization. That will be much safer for you. After the excitement, the old man told Chen Yuan very solemnly.
Chen Yuan's heart sank, that's right! He didn't think about this problem, he was just a teenager with no background now, but he had a technology that even the Dao Academy didn't have, so his situation would be very dangerous. No matter what world it is, it is an eternal truth that the husband is innocent and guilty, and before there is enough self-preservation power, the method that the old man said is the best solution.
"Thank you seniors for reminding me, if the juniors can be admitted to the Taoist Academy, they will definitely do it. Chen Yuan respectfully saluted the old man. "Uh-huh. The old man nodded with satisfaction, turned and left. Since Chen Yuan is not cheating, then the exam still continues, and it is obviously not good for him to stay, so the old man walked very simply. Chen Yuan, on the other hand, was a little depressed, because he had very little knowledge of this world, and the impact of the cultivator system, which made Chen Yuan not use careful thinking to carefully calculate every consequence as usual when considering problems, but simply found a way to solve the problem.
If it weren't for the old man's reminder this time, I'm afraid that in the near future, Chen Yuan would face the invitation of some big forces, but it was an invitation, but in fact it was just persecution. So when the old man left, thinking of the consequences of doing so, his back couldn't help but be wet with cold sweat.