Chapter 713: Reluctantly
"No, no, Master, what I need now is not experience, but inspiration!"
After listening to Zheng Rentu's words, Piao Wuxian asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
"Perhaps, you feel that you are inexperienced and deserve the title of 'God Chef'. But, in my opinion, you are an absolute genius that is hard to come out of in the culinary world!" Zheng Rentu said more and more emotionally.
"It's not as exaggerated as you say, is it?" asked Piano without a trace of suspicion.
"It's not an exaggeration, it's not an exaggeration at all! Master, if you had been practicing your cooking skills since you were a child, I wouldn't have been as shocked as I am now. You think, it's only been a long time since you've been involved in barbecue, and you've been able to come up with such an ingenious and unprecedented cooking method just by your imagination. Who has such a talent throughout the ages?"
The people below were nothing, and when the six invited judges heard this, they all looked shocked. Because, they know, Zheng Rentu is very reasonable. Those who can come up with such an ingenious barbecue method on the fly are not idle.
"Maybe it's 'the blind cat catching the dead mouse', it's pure luck?" questioned Piao without a trace.
"No, no, no, maybe it's just a matter of trying to figure it out, and it might be due to luck. But in the whole process of grilling, it is not just the word 'luck' that can be explained by the perfect and effective combination of various techniques such as roasting, frying, steaming, and stewing so accurately!"
"Yes, yes, you don't have to be modest. It is possible to make delicious food that only the legendary 'God Chef' can make. Is it 'luck'?" the middle-aged scribe couldn't help but echo.
"Okay, even so, I only know a little about barbecue at most, and I don't seem to be qualified to be the master of you, the chef of a famous restaurant, right?"
"Actually, this way of cooking is the same as martial arts. If you want to reach the top, you can't just learn from the experience of your predecessors. β
Although Zheng Rentu answered the question, Dugu Tianfeng responded positively: "Yes, yes! It is precisely because of this that when I was teaching the baby apprentice, I refused to teach him directly, but forced him to explore and think by himself." β
"Hmph, that's because you're 'too lazy,' okay?"
"Stinky boy, do you say that about your master? Tell you, except for a little 'gluttony', there is nothing wrong with your master and my old man!" Dugu Tianfeng retorted angrily.
"You're a little 'gluttonous'? You're completely 'delicious'! Okay?" Of course, this is just a matter of saying it in my heart.
"Gao Jian! Master, you are really Gao Jian!" Zheng Rentu saw that the situation was not right, so he hurriedly played a round road.
When Dugu Tianfeng heard this, he immediately became old, twisted his non-existent beard with his hand and said with a smile: "Haha, apprentice grandson, you still know the good intentions of my master!"
Zheng Rentu immediately bowed down and said, "That's a must!" After a pause, Zheng Rentu continued, "Just like the Emperor Qi back then, although he was inconspicuous when he was young, because of his excellent qualifications and out of a completely different cultivation system from his predecessors, he finally stood on the pinnacle of martial arts, and since then he has achieved great feats that have never been seen before or may be unprecedented. β
"It's a pity that I'm not the Emperor of Qi. Moreover, cooking and martial arts are not exactly the same. Drifting retorted.
Actually, sometimes, experience is not necessarily a good thing, it often blinds you and makes you unable to find your way to a farther place. Master, you are not shackled by the experience of your predecessors, and you have an unparalleled talent, and in time, you will surely reach the heights that the world will look up toβto become a new generation of 'Divine Chefs.'" When the time comes, who will dare to question your qualifications?" Zheng Rentu persistently persuaded.
"I'm sorry, I'm interested in martial arts, and I'm not interested in cooking. Drifting without a trace, he said coldly.
"It's okay, Master, what I want most now is to break through the shackles of my previous experience. Master, the old man said it well! Master, you only need to point out the direction. All you have to do in the future is to come up with a good idea and tell my apprentice. I immediately tried it. In this way, Master, won't you be able to concentrate on martial arts?"
Without waiting for him to answer without a trace, Dugu Tianfeng hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, yes! Baby apprentice, look at how sincere people are! Don't be hypocritical! Okay?"
"Hmph, if you think this man is good, then you can take him as an apprentice yourself!" said Piao Wuxian angrily.
"Stinky boy, how can you talk to the teacher?" Dugu Tianfeng immediately blew his beard and glared at him in anger, of course, he still didn't have a beard, "You are an unfilial apprentice, do you want to be sincerely angry that my old man can't cook?"
In fact, as soon as the words came out, he regretted it a little when he disappeared, and now seeing that Dugu Tianfeng was so angry, he hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, Master." I just don't want to take in apprentices, and I don't mean to laugh at you. β
Dugu Tianfeng waved his hand, put on a generous posture of "not knowing as much as you", and said: "Actually, what's wrong with accepting an apprentice? At the very least, you will become a master in the future, and if you have any chores, you don't need to do it yourself, just hand it over to the apprentice?" After finishing speaking, someone immediately secretly enjoyed in his heart, "Hehe, as long as you agree, then I will let my apprentice do any work in the future." Look at what else are you going to threaten my old man?" Thinking about the situation when he had to compromise helplessly because he was "forced" to carry this and that, Dugu Tianfeng became even happier and prouder.
"But, Master, I really don't have anything to teach him!" Piao Wuxian sighed as he struggled, and at the same time, he cursed in his heart, "You idiot, people have shown bad intentions early in the morning. Didn't you realize that he was deliberately helping us in the process of appraisal? This is a pit that has been dug in advance, and why do you still insist on jumping into it?"
"It's okay, it's okay, Master, what I need right now is not experience, but an outlandish idea of cooking. I firmly believe that only by staying by your side, Master, can my cooking skills be greatly improved!" Zheng Rentu hurriedly said.
"Look, people are talking about this. Could it be that you can still be ruthless enough to refuse?" Dugu Tianfeng asked with a straight face, and if he didn't agree with him, he would jump like thunder.
"Okay, okay. Since you both are so insistent, then I will agree for the time being. If you regret it in the future, you can't blame me. Drifting without a trace, he replied helplessly with a bitter face.