Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 328 - 327: Forced to Mutilate Oneself

Chapter 328: Chapter 327: Forced to Mutilate Oneself

"Beiming has a fish, which is called Kun."

"Kun is so large, one cannot know its thousands of miles in size..."

Xia Yu murmured softly, her silver carving knife detailing an ice sculpture.

Soon, an ice sculpture resembling a whale spread across the countertop.

It raised its head high and opened its mouth.

Between the belly and the fins of the fish, the fins had evolved into wings.

Compared to carving a dragon, carving a Kun was much simpler.

Is Kun a whale? There are such sayings, but opinions vary. Xia Yu simply carved the Kun as she envisioned it in her heart—it was smooth all over, without the complex scales of a dragon. The key was in its vividly sculpted head.

"Hiss!"

With a stroke of the knife, as ice shavings fell, the divine eyes of the Kun took shape, slightly glittering, as if hiding a vast, endless sky inside.

Presence!

An overwhelming, majestic aura surged forward.

Everyone stared intently at the ice sculpture, their eyes completely captivated.

Elizabeth covered her mouth in awe, her eyes shimmering with enchantment, and said, "What a beautiful ice sculpture! It’s alive!"

"Yes, it’s alive!"

Everyone subconsciously responded in their hearts.

Even though it wasn’t their first time seeing Xia Yu’s ice sculptures, the Polar Star Dorm members were still overwhelmingly shocked.

A whale breaking through waves?

No!

This was a creature far more majestic than a whale. When Xia Yu withdrew her knife, it seemed as though a living creature’s muffled roar exploded in the kitchen, leaving everyone with expressions of amazement and awe.

Takai Masashi’s face was as somber as still water.

If earlier he felt uneasy, faintly sensing the aura of impending defeat, then now, the ice sculpture gave him intense psychological pressure—almost too much to bear!

"What, what exactly is he going to do?"

Takai clenched his fists. Though not completely losing his composure, his emotions could only be described as complex and bitter.

Hase Ichiro also restrained his smile, "Let’s just watch!"

Suddenly, the countertop transformed.

Xia Yu set down her carving knife, then, underneath the countertop, she pulled out another knife, white like jade, and grasped a sealed small spray bottle, hissing as it leaked air!

A thick white mist immediately enveloped Xia Yu, and even the ice sculpture on the countertop seemed to disappear and reappear within the fog, covered in a layer of mystery and ethereal presence, truly embodying the mythical creatures described by Zhuangzi in "Free and Easy Wandering"!

The kitchen fell silent.

After a while, the clouds dissipated, and Xia Yu grasped the knife, focusing intently as she stood in front of the countertop.

"The knife in his hand... is glowing!"

Xingping Chuangzhen and Yoshino Yuuki exclaimed in unison.

Even Tiqie Helinai was dazzled by the light of the knife, instinctively shielding her eyes with her hand, her gaze locked on Xia Yu’s knife through her fingers.

Hiss.

A sharp intake of breath.

It wasn’t the knife glowing; rather, the knife seemed as if it were forged from white ice!

Mars didn’t care about the knife’s reflection; after staring intently for a while, he neurotically laughed and said,

"Haha, I get it!"

"Ice Soul Blade, combined with nitrogen coolant, makes the blade look like it’s frosted!"

"A frosted blade? Ice Soul Blade?"

Not only were the members of Polar Star Dorm puzzled, but Takai, Hasegawa, and Elizabeth were also astonished.

Is there such a kitchen tool as the Ice Soul Blade?

"You all don’t understand," Mars shook his head, his eyes filled with longing, "In that mysterious land, the real Dark Cuisine World, the ’Ice Soul Blade’ has been passed down as a culinary tool along with compatible cooking techniques. But I have only heard of it, never truly witnessed it..."

In fact, calling the "Cracked Jade Knife" an Ice Soul Blade is not incorrect.

Xia Yu had always been unclear about the material of this knife.

Undoubtedly, the Purple Quality "Cracked Jade Knife" was on the same level as the Seven Stars Knife.

From its ability to preserve the freshness of meat ingredients for seven days, one could tell that this knife was exceptionally twisted.

Didn’t have Rein’s ’Beichen Sky Wolf Blade’ from the Chinese competitive world?

No worries, Xia Yu had a suitable substitute at hand.

Didn’t master the ’Arhat Crystal Slash’ knife technique?

No problem, Xia Yu had full confidence in his own tirelessly refined knife skills. The ’Arhat Crystal Slash’ would be the icing on the cake, but the challenges from Takai Masashi and Hase Ichiro came too suddenly, leaving no time for Xia Yu to learn new skills temporarily. Even if he did learn, performing without mastering the essence would be less effective than improvising.

"Swish!"

The glowing knife, swept down in a flash!

Xia Yu completely forgot the knife in his hands that had been cooled with liquid nitrogen, cold to the bone.

In his eyes, there was only the fresh sea bream meat laid out on the kitchen counter!

Swish, swish, swish!

With the intense flurry of knife lights that left no room to breathe, Xia Yu didn’t even blink as the knife in his right hand flew, and the chunks of sea bream held in his left hand became slice after slice so thin, reflective like flowers scattering in mid-air.

The ice sculpture of Kun on the kitchen counter seemed to harbor a vortex that sucked in, with thin sashimi falling and sticking tightly on the surface of the sculpture.

In a moment, parts of the ice sculpture were covered with glistening fish slices!

"So, so impressive!" Xingping Chuangzhen muttered.

Tiqie Helinai, who had just covered her eyes with her palm, switched to covering her mouth.

Her shoulders shook with excitement and trembling.

"Did you see that? The sashimi is like a mirror, reflecting our faces!" Tiqie Helinai barely suppressed the excitement in her voice, but couldn’t control her trembling.

"Yes!"

"It’s not sashimi! It’s like crystal slices! Too smooth!" Elizabeth froze.

"Crystal clear! Every slice of sashimi is a mirror..." Mars was also shocked and couldn’t calm down, "Does such a knife technique really exist in this world? Could those ancient records be true? Big Shaking White, Small Shaking White, Dancing Pear Blossom, Willow Thread... So many ancient knife techniques, which one is he using?"

His heart surged with shock.

In the blink of an eye, a large chunk of sea bream meat had been transformed into uniform, thinly sliced pieces adhering to the ice sculpture of Kun.

"Ssss..."

The ice sculpture continually emitted cold air, the fish slices reflecting like mirrors, with part of the sculpture reflecting a corner of the kitchen.

"Look—"

Tanaka Hikari clasped her hands over her mouth, pointing at Xia Yu holding the knife in his right hand and spoke tremblingly, "Instructor Xia’s hand has turned blue and purple from the cold!"

"He’s got frostbite!"

Mars sighed, "The liquid nitrogen can rapidly cool the Ice Soul Blade, even forming ice, but this method is like self-mutilation. The cold has damaged his hand, and it’s not something that can recover quickly!"

"Why insist on doing it this way?" Tiqie Helinai bit her lip, "Why not wrap a cloth around the hand or wear gloves to block the cold?"

"You all don’t understand."

Mars shook his head, his eyes filled with admiration.

"When a chef needs to perform at his best, even a piece of cloth can affect the feel of his hand, or rather, the touch. You should know what it’s like when the feel is confused while cutting."

"Only with his bare hands gripping the knife can one truly unify with it and bring out such an exquisite knife technique!"

The titan of the ’Gourmet Association’ was truly impressed with the knife skills Xia Yu had displayed.

"Okay!"

Suddenly, Xia Yu’s deep voice came from the side.

Everyone looked over to see Xia Yu retreating with the knife, his eyebrows twitching and with a jerk, he pulled the knife from his right hand, blood immediately saturating his entire palm.