Sunday morning.

Xiao Yu woke up early from his meditation.

I didn't sleep all night last night, and finally refined two more 'Xuantian Thorns', and the golden divine consciousness filaments in the sea of consciousness were also exhausted.

Xiao Yu found that although the process of refining the 'Xuantian Thorn' was quite exhausting, it seemed to be quite beneficial to the cultivation of divine consciousness, and after one night, he benefited a lot.

After meditating and pranayama for a while, the demonic qi circulated in the body for a week, and Xiao Yu immediately became energetic, this is the benefit of practicing Xiuzhen**, which can not only purify the vitality of heaven and earth, but also quickly recover from fatigue.

After hurriedly washing up, I came downstairs and found that Shi Jianlong, Er Ya and Ling Yun were already preparing in the kitchen.

The main ingredients, seasonings and cooking utensils will be provided at the venue of the cooking competition, but some special ingredients will need to be prepared by the participating teams.

"Lingyun, what's wrong with the hairy crab?" The first thing Xiaoyu did when he went downstairs was to ask about the condition of the hairy crab.

This hairy crab is the main ingredient for making crab roe tofu, and if the hairy crab dies before the competition, then it will multiply bacteria in its body, resulting in inedible food, and the game will be ruined.

Xiao Yu specially designated Ling Yun to take care of these hairy crabs.

"Xiaoyu, don't worry, these guys are all very violent, and they almost caught my fingers just now!" Ling Yun was quickly scooping the hairy crabs out of the store's special fish tank, tying their feet with hemp rope and putting them in a bamboo basket.

Xiao Yu stepped forward to check it, there were seven or eight hairy crabs in the bamboo basket, the shells of these hairy crabs were bright in color, thick and solid, almost all of them were 'golden retrievers and golden claws', and the 'foot hairs' on the crab feet were clustered, giving people a full sense of violence.

Picked up a hairy crab and checked it, Xiao Yu nodded, Li Tou'er was right, this crab is full of fat and fat, it is definitely more than four taels, and it is really a pity to use it to make crab roe tofu.

Xiao Yu was in a good mood, put the crab into the bamboo basket, and said to everyone, "Everyone pack up your things, let's set off after breakfast, with this hairy crab, this time, I guarantee that our 'Qi Xianju' can enter the top 50!" ”

"Great!" Shi Jianlong and the three of them responded in unison, after so many days of preparation, it was finally time to really play.

Nine 05 a.m.

Xiao Yu and the four of them arrived at the venue of the cooking competition - Xilin Hotel.

This is a time-honored courtyard style five-star high-end hotel, in Shanghai is very famous, its courtyard layout is very elegant, the surrounding environment is also very quiet, although Shanghai has built a lot of new five-star high-end hotels with very good geographical location and hardware conditions, but there are still many people who will choose to stay here.

At the entrance of the hotel, there is a registration office set up by the organizing committee of the competition, and a banner is hung above, which reads "Shanghai Division of the National Culinary Elite Competition".

Xiao Yu took out his ID card and the printed email, handed it to the staff for registration, and exchanged it for a number plate and a copy of the instructions for the competition, and the number on the number plate was '355'.

It seems that this number is exactly the same as the number he got when he signed up, Xiao Yu quietly inquired about the news from the staff, and as expected, there were nearly 400 teams that came to participate in the competition this time.

50 out of 400, a 1 in 8 chance, it seems that the competition will be very fierce.

According to the instructions of the staff, Xiaoyu and the four of them came to the venue specially prepared for this competition in Xilin Hotel.

It's an open-air lawn, and around the field, there are makeshift wooden stands, and in the middle of the field are ten shiny stainless steel cooking stations, which seem to be the battleground for a cooking competition.

Xilin Hotel has really put a lot of thought into the layout of the environment, and planted a lot of flowers on the edge of the site, which looks really pleasing to the eye.

There is a small tent on one side of the field, which according to the entry instructions is supposed to be where the judges of this competition will stay.

At that time, the contestants will send the cooked food to the small tent in turn to be tasted by the judges, and each judge will score the dishes they taste, and the top 50 contestants can enter the top 50.

Xiao Yu looked around and found that more than half of the people in the stands were already seated, and now there was still half an hour before the game, it seemed that there were really many people who were more anxious than him.

The four of them found a seat in the stands and sat down, it was the crisp season of autumn, the temperature was suitable, and they were playing outdoors, breathing in the fresh air, but they were also very relaxed.

"Hey, isn't this Zhang Xiaoyu?" A surprised voice came from the side.

Xiao Yu was surprised in his heart, why are there people here who know him?

When he turned his head to look, he found that two seats away from him sat a boy in his early twenties, with small eyes, a decent appearance, a pair of rimless glasses, and a set of designer casual clothes.

This man's appearance is very unfamiliar, and I really can't remember where I saw him.

Seeing Xiao Yu's expression, the boy smiled and said, "Maybe you don't know my name yet, my name is Bian Xugang, a junior in the Department of History, and the vice president of the student union of Zhongtian University. ”

Hearing him praise himself like this, Xiao Yu was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said, "Senior has won the award, are you also here to participate in the cooking competition?" ”

Bian Xugang nodded and said, "My dad is in the catering business, Sunshine Hotel, have you heard of it?" ”

"Sunshine Hotel? Is it the five-star hotel that is often advertised on TV? Xiao Yu was surprised, the grade of this Sunshine Hotel is not comparable to his own small hotel, this is one of the famous five-star hotels in Shanghai!

"Hehe, this is just one of the eight five-star hotels under our Sunshine Group, small meaning, my father saw that I was idle, so let me come here as a team leader, I have a long experience, and I will take over his class in the future, Zhang Xiaoyu, which hotel are you representing?"

Bian Xugang was humble in his mouth, but he was very proud in his heart, although he praised Xiaoyu on his lips, he really looked down on Xiaoyu in his heart.

Maybe it's because Xiao Yu is too handsome, which makes him jealous from the bottom of his heart, right?

There is one thing he still can't understand, he obviously provided Xiaoyu's information to Han Biao last time, but why didn't Han Biao see any movement for a long time? Could it be that there are too many underworld activities to spare manpower?

He got the latest news, this Zhang Xiaoyu seems to be very close to Han Bing since he returned from military training, and even joined the e-sports association, and there seems to be no grudge between the two, which really puzzles him.

Anyway, how did he think of this Zhang Xiaoyu how unpleasant, but he didn't expect to meet him here again, and thought, just with your dirt bun, do you still want to compare with the young master? Let's roll up and go home early!

"Oh, I'm working in a small restaurant in my spare time, and the boss saw that my skills were not bad, so he sent me to participate in this competition, and the name of our hotel is 'Qi Xianju'." Xiao Yu deliberately concealed the identity of his boss.

"Immortal Residence? Haven't heard of it. Bian Xu just thought about it for a long time, and he didn't remember which hotel this was, it seems that it is really a small hotel with a small name as Xiao Yu said.

"Come on! Zhang Xiaoyu, let me introduce you to our chef of Sunshine Hotel, Master Mo! Bian Xugang was even more interested, and intended to show off in front of Xiao Yu, and introduced a thin middle-aged man in his fifties sitting next to him to Xiao Yu.

"Chef Mo is a national first-class culinary technician, many times won a variety of culinary competitions awards, our Sunshine Hotel signboard, this time Chef Mo on behalf of our Sunshine Hotel is for the championship, we not only want to win the championship in Shanghai, but also to win the championship in the national competition, to win the title of 'God of Cooking'!" Bian Xugang said it foaming at the mouth, as if the title of 'God of Cooking' was already in his pocket.

"Master Mo, hello!" Xiao Yu smiled and said hello to Master Mo, but Master Mo tilted his head to the side, as if he didn't hear it, and didn't pay attention to Xiao Yu at all.

Shi Jianlong next to him couldn't look at it, and scolded in his mouth, "I'm bah! Human-like dogs, something! ”

Master Mo heard it this time, turned his head suddenly, glared at Shi Jianlong fiercely, and said, "Young man, when I was the head chef, you were still nursing in your mother's arms, I advise you to go home as soon as possible, so as to save yourself from embarrassment!" ”

"You're fucking trying to die!" Shi Jianlong has a hot temper, where can he stand this? Immediately stood up from his seat, picked up his fist like a small jar, and was about to smash it at Master Mo.

Master Mo was not afraid, he stiffened his neck and did not let it go at all, his eyes were still staring at Shi Jianlong, full of contempt.

The three young men sitting next to Master Mo were all his apprentices, and when they saw that Master was about to be bullied, they all stood up from their seats and glared at Shi Jianlong angrily.

"Shi Jianlong, stop! You don't look at what kind of place this is? If you want to fight, you can go back to me! Xiao Yu saw that the scene was about to get out of control, so he hurriedly shouted and stopped Shi Jianlong.

Shi Jianlong, this guy is not afraid of heaven and earth, he is afraid of Xiao Yu, listening to Xiao Yu's words, he quickly put away his fist, snorted heavily in his breath, and sat down again.

Bian Xugang's little face was already frightened white, and when he saw that the strong man on the other side had no intention of making another move, he breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his hand to signal the people on his side to sit down.

"Zhang Xiaoyu, we are going to make 'crab roe tofu' this time, what are you going to do?" Bian Xu just took out a handkerchief, wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and asked.

"Crab roe tofu? Coincidental! We also make 'crab roe tofu'! ”