Reborn in Japan as a Chef God
Chapter 492 - 491: Good News for An Yilun

Chapter 492: Chapter 491: Good News for An Yilun

At the same time.

The scene of the legendary culinary tools competition in Sapporo.

Area A, today’s match, is between the Research Faction Team and the Guangzhou Yangquan Restaurant Team.

On the big screen, the score displayed was Research Faction 2 to 0 Yangquan Restaurant.

The third match was ongoing.

The captain for the third match of the "Research Faction" was Ghost Father, Tiqie Ji.

His opponent, a muscular man in his thirties from Yangquan Restaurant, was seen sweating profusely as he cooked.

"Zhang Kuan lost!"

"Has Yangquan Restaurant been defeated?"

Witnessing this scene, Elder Tang from Shanghai Longzhen Restaurant, sighed.

Elder Tang took his eyes off and turned to look at the team members sitting next to him, only to find that they were already distracted from the competition and whispering among themselves.

"Is roasted squirrel meat that delicious? Impossible!"

"Yuqiong is too cooperative!"

"Squirrel meat only roasted with Sichuan peppercorns and lemongrass, and it’s of premium quality?"

With only four premium members present, Elder Tang listened to them discuss the female member who had already left Sapporo, his eyes full of helplessness.

"Where is Yuqiong?" he asked.

The chefs turned around, startled, and a man in his late twenties reluctantly handed over his phone, saying, "Aqiong met some country boy in a remote place..."

"Oh?"

Elder Tang looked at the phone screen, which was dim. There sat a man and a woman, due to the lighting and angle, only the man’s silhouette was faintly visible; he was wearing a cap late at night, devouring deliciously roasted meat.

The woman, on the other hand, showed her face in the light, none other than Yuqiong from the Longzhen Restaurant Team, a premium member. Elder Tang looked fondly. The female genius of the Tang Family was extraordinary, having been acknowledged by the legendary Dragon Pot while she was still babbling, which has been sealed for decades at the headquarters of Shanghai Chef Association.

Comments were flying thick and fast, gifts poured in non-stop. Elder Tang, not quite understanding young people’s form of entertainment, saw comments praising how pretty and cute the female live streamer was, chuckled, and said, "Quite interesting."

"Elder Tang, call Yuqiong back!" the young man said through gritted teeth, "Hokkaido’s primeval forests are dangerous!"

Elder Tang uttered a noncommittal grunt, showing no clear opinion.

The future pillar of Longzhen Restaurant couldn’t be just a caged bird, a canary.

"She’s not in danger," Elder Tang said meaningfully.

In an instant, it was time to serve the dishes.

The third round contestant from Yangquan Restaurant, step by step, drenched in sweat like he just emerged from a pool, leaving wet footprints with every step, but ultimately, he followed Tiqie Ji to the judges’ table with his dish placed steadily!

Ten minutes later.

After the five judges tasted Tiqie Ji’s dish and the special chef’s dish from Yangquan Restaurant, their expression remained indifferent, showing no sign of being touched.

"The winner... Tiqie Ji!"

"Yangquan Restaurant is out!"

Chiyoda Aichi announced loudly.

Thump.

Hearing this, the special chef from Yangquan Restaurant leaned heavily on the judges’ table, burying his head, his face not showing much pain, rather, it was composed.

"Indeed... I cannot break his gastronomic cells’ manipulation over the diners!"

"Thoroughly... defeated!"

Hmph.

Tiqie Ji took off his chef coat, put on his black gloves, disdainfully glanced at the defeated chef, then swept across the poker-faced judges, and thought coldly, "For at least three days, your taste, your tongues... even your stomachs, will be under my control, dishes below Lin level can’t move you!"

The defeated special chef from Yangquan Restaurant returned to his team.

Lin Giant Yu Hong patted his shoulder and encouraged, "Guan Yao, you have performed your culinary skills perfectly, we did what we could, losing is just part of the game! There’s no chef who wins every battle!"

"I know..."

Guan Yao sighed, involuntarily looked towards the ’Research Faction’ team, and said sternly, "Lei Zhe and his faction, all elites, do they really have such a great desire for the tainted ’Jade Dragon Pot’?"

"Not just Lei Zhe, another giant, Desani and his team also crushed their opponents, right?" nearby, an eighteen-year-old girl, Yu Han, interjected.

"The champion of half of Area A, will likely emerge from these two teams..."

Guan Yao clenched his fist and said, "The Dragon Head Organization’s competition team is in Zone B, and that mysterious team from the Dark Food World is also in Zone B."

"Don’t worry!"

"The legendary cookware will definitely return to the Chinese Homeland!" Yu Hong said with a laugh, "Because I’m so confident, I brought you all here for training. Let’s leave the cookware matter to them to handle."

"What about the Far Moon and the Tang Family’s teams..."

Yu Han suddenly said.

Guan Yao and Yu Hong exchanged glances, furrowing their brows and after a long moment said, "Hard to say! It might be the battle for the third place!"

"Ah, that’s right!" Yu Han exclaimed, "A few days ago, Dragon Town Restaurant, which is the Tang Family, defeated their opponent. According to the schedule, isn’t the next match in the quarter-finals against the Far Moon Team?"

The people from Yangquan Restaurant looked at each other.

Was this a preliminary version of the battle for the third place?

...

The night deepened.

In the forest at the foot of Shisheng Mountain Snow Mountain in Hokkaido, the campfire light appeared so lonely among the trees.

"See you tomorrow, bye!"

Tang Yuqiong waved at the camera, turned off the live stream, and then opened the gift rankings for the day, smiling, "Didn’t expect there to be so many tycoons, tonight I must have received at least 100,000 RMB in gifts."

Xia Yu approached, "I think we need to talk."

"Sure."

"You mentioned going up the mountain to look for the volcanic observation team. Were you serious?" Xia Yu eyed her skeptically, this Laura-esque woman had deceived him, a mere showpiece, lacking even more worldly experience than himself.

"Of course!"

"Will you still have a signal to live stream tomorrow on the mountain?"

"Possibly, probably... I guess!"

"Then I’ll take you up the mountain tomorrow."

Xia Yu waved his hand.

"What about you?"

Tang Yuqiong was astonished.

"I have my own things to handle."

Xia Yu shrugged; he had no intentions of accompanying a naive miss to the snowy mountain. Her live streaming was too much of a hassle; what if they encountered a mythical beast?

"..."

"Alright!" Tang Yuqiong said sullenly, lowering her head, "Thanks for your hospitality... that roasted squirrel just now was delicious, truly a top-tier authentic dish... does it have a name?"

"Just wild game."

Xia Yu replied curtly, his brows twitching as his phone in his pocket vibrated.

He opened his phone; it was a message alert from the LINE app.

A friend with an anime character avatar sent him a series of picture messages, but it was by no means spam.

"Boss, the place you asked me to look into has a clue!"

It was a voice message from An Yilun, his voice as energetic as ever.

A few days ago, Xia Yu had mobilized all available forces under his command to search online for information about Chuyun Shrine; he couldn’t believe that if this place truly existed, there would be no traces of it on such a well-connected modern internet.

An Yilun was the admin of Xia Family’s portal site and a trusted major player for Xia Yu. Known as a blogger famous for ACG news, his ability in gathering information was beyond doubt.

Sure enough.

Now the good news had arrived.

Xia Yu was thrilled, quickly swiping through the images, starting from the very first one.

Seeing this, he thought to himself, "It turns out these are travel photos!"

Each picture featured a bearded young mountaineer, with snowy highlands in the background, dressed in brightly colored waterproof clothing, wrapped in a scarf, and wearing a knitted hat.

Xia Yu’s gaze stopped on the last photo.

The mountaineer was taking a photo under the gate of the shrine, and behind him was a path leading upward, no snow accumulation, and at the top of the photo, the main building of the shrine was visible, with the traditional Chinese characters for ’Chuyun’ on a large signboard.

"This is the place!"

Xia Yu fist-pumped, barely containing his excitement.