Volume 1 What about me crossing you? Chapter 40: 'Quasi' Extreme Meaning

Gu Bai's face turned cold when he heard it, "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting, I'm just forging Japanese swords." Although the young man had a smile on his face, he was full of haughty.

"You" Kohei Soma stood up and was about to step forward to theorize.

Gu Bai stretched out his hand to stop Chuangzhen, there were some things that had to be solved by himself, and he tried to say in a calm tone, "It seems that cooking skills shouldn't be divided into borders or anything, right?" ”

The old man saw Gu Bai's actions on the side, and also understood, and reached out to pull Kohei Chuangzhen, "Let him deal with it himself, there are some things that you have to face as a chef." There are some things in this world that only make sense to do it ourselves, and we all believe in Gu Bai, don't we. ”

Kohei Soma slowly stepped back, gritting his teeth, he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

"Yes, the master also taught me this sentence, but you said 'cooking', right?" The young man looked at Gu Bai and said calmly.

"Any questions?" Gu Bai returned.

"Cooking knows no borders, but that's for real chefs, I'm willing to make kitchen knives for them, if I don't have that kind of cooking, I think I will still stick to my own principles" The young man said proudly, "How to say that I am also the master's best disciple, and I will definitely achieve something in the future, the master's principle is 'only for people with the potential of knife work to make kitchen knives', then my principle is 'to create the best Japanese kitchen knives', so I'm sorry, except for Japanese kitchen knives, other types of kitchen knives, I don't accept." ”

"Is it", at this time, an impulse that has not been seen for a long time occupies Gu Bai's heart, there is a saying that 'after going abroad, you will be more patriotic', this sentence does not mean that you will become patriotic abroad, but after leaving your hometown, in a lonely environment, some words will be more harsh. The label on a person's body, something that is seared into the bones, can become sensitive and stinging.

"I want to respect teachers, you should understand, right?" Gu Bai was extremely angry at this time, and his tone did not have any waves.

"Of course, without the master, I wouldn't be where I am now." The young man replied.

"Then, it seems that you must abide by the principles passed down by your master." Gu Bai's eyes showed a little coldness.

After the old man heard Gu Bai's tone, his heart suddenly tightened, Gu Bai, this kid is usually very gentle and knows how to be polite, but this time he feels very abnormal and aggressive.

"Yes, I have memorized every word of the master, so what?" The young man asked casually, not caring about the change in Gu Bai's mood at all.

"I can understand your position, you have your own dreams and principles, there is no problem with this, just stand in my position, I also have to tell you what is my bottom line!" Gu Bai got up, raised his head and continued, "Since you said that you should abide by the principle of the master, then the second principle must give way to the first principle, I think I understand it correctly."

At this moment, the momentum coming from the young man named Gu Bai in front of him made the young man's heart tremble, this sense of oppression was like a prey locked by the eyes of a lion, "That... So what, do you think you can fulfill the master's request? ”

"Yes! So, today's forging of this kitchen knife, whether you accept it or not, I have to decide. The anger in Gu Bai's heart had completely burned, and without realizing it at all, Gu Bai, who was completely dominated by the emotions in his heart, had become a little different from before, and had entered a state of full concentration!

The sense of oppression that came from Gu Bai's body was not only from the young man, but even Kohei Chuangzhen felt it at this time, "I'm a little out of breath, what's going on?"

"Relax, Chuangzhen" The old man comforted Xingping Chuangzhen while trying to suppress his shock, just now, he had already felt Gu Bai's unusualness, this familiar aura reminded him of the terrifying memories that had been in countless halberds...

"Don't.. No kidding, are you saying that you have to do the master's principle of 'only make kitchen knives for those who have the potential to be a knife artist' so that I have to make a kitchen knife? Although the sense of oppression on the person in front of him is becoming more and more dignified, it makes the young man's breathing a little unsmooth, but how many people in this world can achieve the extreme intention of knife work?

"That's what I mean," Gu Bai replied affirmatively, "Is there a kitchen?" ”。

"Are you kidding? The ultimate skill of knife work is the most difficult skill to master in cooking, in addition to talent, hard work, and time. The young man said mockingly, although Gu Bai's momentum was terrifying, but on a teenager, it was impossible for the young man to give in.

"What does that mean?" Kohei asked.

"As I said before, there are three kinds of knife work," the old man explained slowly.

"Fast, accurate, and clever," Kohei said.

"Fast is the highest level of knife work, but there are very few people who can do it, and it is hard to say whether there is anyone in the world today who can do it, because it can be done that step, it can no longer be called knife technique, it is a magical skill that turns decay into magic, and it may only exist in legends" The old man said slowly.

"In fact, it is not considered to be the ultimate intention of knife work, but only the so-called 'potential of knife work', which was actually added later. Because of the extreme intention of speed, countless chefs have never succeeded in pursuing this legendary realm in their lifetimes, and this legendary realm was later considered an untouchable forbidden place of the gods. Therefore, in order to achieve the ultimate intention of knife work, chefs had to add a special meaning to it, that is, "quasi", and the ability to achieve the recognized technique of flawless processing of ingredients is considered to be "accurate". ”

After a pause, the old man continued to explain, "Although this is a bit self-deceptive, but 'fast' is indeed as difficult as climbing to the sky, not only talent and practice, time is the biggest enemy, maybe many chefs spend a lifetime to hone knife skills, to the peak of culinary skills, knife skills can reach the extreme, but the physical and nervous reactions can no longer reach miracles." This is the contradiction, knife work requires a lot of practice to hone, and it takes decades of dedicated practice, but decades of career will completely cut off the possibility of extreme intention. Time is the cruelest whetstone, and some people assert that once you are over 28 years old, you will no longer have the intention of touching the 'fast' knife work, but the cooking skills can reach the level of a master, take your father Seiichiro, who is now in his 30s, understand? ”

"Really... No wonder it's the legendary realm" Kohei Chuangzhen lowered his head and thought, even his father didn't do it, then it's too normal for no one in the world to do it, and the realm of 'fast' doesn't exist at all, "So, what about Qiao?" ”。