The Glowing Cuisine Conquers the Tongue of God
Chapter 20 - The Curse of the Snow Woman

Chapter 20  The Curse of the Snow Woman

Upon hearing Tetsuya Senzoemon’s request, Liu Longchu, who was about to leave, stopped in his tracks.

“You want Li Xiao to go to Neon (Japan)?”

Beside them, Zhang Haoran kept a calm expression while secretly staring at Tetsuya Senzoemon, eager to hear how he would respond. If the other party truly had ulterior motives, their friendship would be over in an instant. No matter how much you offer, not even your granddaughter could make up for it!

If Li Yang really needs something, I can at least arrange ten beautiful women for him! Zhang Haoran thought fiercely.

Tetsuya Senzoemon sighed deeply, his expression turning sad.

“Liu Shishu (Master Liu), do you still remember the blizzard that lasted a whole month in the Hokkaido region ten years ago?”

Liu Longchu recalled for a moment and suddenly realized, “Are you referring to the curse of the Snow Woman?”

Tetsuya Senzoemon nodded.

“Exactly, the curse of the Snow Woman!”

“A thousand-year-old Snow Woman, filled with hatred, used her thousand-year lifespan and powerful demonic powers to curse, turning the entire Hokkaido into a world of ice and snow.”

“The blizzard lasted for a whole month and caused great losses in the Hokkaido region.”

“What’s worse, the storm continued to intensify. According to the curse of the Snow Woman, this blizzard is supposed to last for a thousand years, completely turning Hokkaido into a desolate, uninhabited zone!”

“At that time, all the top chefs from Neon were summoned to offer extraordinary dishes to appease the Snow Woman and calm her wrath.”

“But it failed!”

“The Snow Woman’s anger was too great. Not only did she freeze the entire Hokkaido, but she also froze her own inner world.”

“Ordinary dishes’ light could not break through the ice in her heart…”

“Later, we decided to use extraordinarily spicy dishes to counter the cold energy of the Snow Woman.”

“This idea was correct… but the cuisine of Neon (Japan) is mainly light, and though there are spicy dishes, they are more of a gimmick, spicy just for the sake of being spicy. They lack balanced flavors.”

“Such imbalanced spicy dishes not only failed to break the Snow Woman’s icy heart but also enraged her. Six top chefs were turned into ice sculptures instantly, including two Tiger-level chefs.”

At this point, Tetsuya Senzoemon’s face was filled with sorrow. That attempt had led to a great loss in the Neon culinary world.

“That was six top chefs, two of them Tiger chefs… all gone.”

“Later, we invited top chefs from countries known for their love of spicy food: Mosige, Tai Guo, and Yin Du. Although their spicy dishes suppressed the Snow Woman’s cold energy to some extent, they only managed to reduce the blizzard to heavy snow.”

Tetsuya Senzoemon looked at Liu Longchu with gratitude.

“In the end, when I was at my wit’s end, I sought your help.”

“You left the forbidden area and traveled thousands of miles to Neon, where you made a Sichuan-Hubei hotpot in the heart of Hokkaido. The powerful light of your dish suppressed the Snow Woman’s cold resentment, reducing the blizzard to a radius of just a hundred miles.”

“You also imparted the essence of that Sichuan-Hubei hotpot to me. For the past nine years, I have followed your teachings and made this Sichuan-Hubei hotpot every year at the beginning of July as an offering to the Snow Woman.”

Zhang Haoran had also heard of this incident. After all, in addition to being the president of the IGO China division, he was also the secretary-general for the Asian continent.

“I know about this matter. The IGO Neon division specifically created a giant copper hotpot with a diameter of 100 meters, didn’t they? It was designed to prepare the Sichuan-Hubei hotpot to offer to the Snow Woman.”

Tetsuya Senzoemon nodded.

“Indeed, I don’t possess culinary skills as powerful as Liu Shishu’s, so I make up for it with quantity. That 100-meter-diameter copper hotpot can hold several tons of hotpot base, enough to serve thousands of people at once.”

“And, after the fire is lit, this giant copper hotpot can emit a spicy aroma that spreads for several kilometers, effectively blocking the Snow Woman’s cold resentment.”

“Unfortunately…”

Tetsuya Senzoemon’s tone changed.

“In recent years, using the Sichuan-Hubei hotpot to offer to the Snow Woman has become less effective. Last year, the blizzard in Hokkaido spread to a radius of 200 kilometers.”

“If we don’t find a solution soon, the entire Hokkaido will again become an ice and snow world, a desolate no-man’s land!”

Hearing this, Liu Longchu pondered for a moment.

“So, you want to ask Li Xiao to go to Neon to help with his magic Mapo tofu to offer to the Snow Woman?”

Tetsuya Senzoemon nodded eagerly, his eyes full of fire when he looked at Li Yang.

“I just tasted Li Yang’s magic Mapo tofu. It is truly a perfect six-flavor combination, and the flavor layers are exceptionally balanced. It’s the most delicious spicy dish I’ve ever had!”

“Moreover… this magic Mapo tofu contains an incredibly intense heat. Shishu, I’m not exaggerating when I say that Li Yang’s magic Mapo tofu might work better in offering to the Snow Woman than the Sichuan-Hubei hotpot!”

Liu Longchu thought for a moment and nodded.

“Indeed, the heat in Li Xiao’s magic Mapo tofu is stronger than that of the Sichuan-Hubei hotpot.”

Meanwhile, Li Yang had already understood. The reason his magic Mapo tofu had such strong heat was naturally due to the “explosive flame” technique he had just mastered.

“However…”

Liu Longchu raised his head and looked at Tetsuya Senzoemon with a dissatisfied expression.

“I’ve said this ten years ago, to truly solve the Snow Woman’s curse, we need to find a way to address her resentment.”

“You guys in the Neon culinary world have been focused on combating her with spicy dishes to counter her cold resentment… Well, the result is, you got completely defeated.”

Tetsuya Senzoemon looked somewhat embarrassed and explained, “Liu Shishu, it’s not that we don’t want to address the Snow Woman’s resentment, but she has frozen her own inner world. We simply couldn’t communicate with her!”

“However, this time…”

He turned his gaze to Li Yang, his tone filled with excitement.

“Li Yang not only has his almost perfect fiery magic Mapo tofu, but also that magical perfect golden fried rice.”

“The culinary light of the golden fried rice has an incredibly strong purifying effect, which might be able to purify the Snow Woman’s resentment!”

“My plan is to first use Li Yang’s magic Mapo tofu to melt the Snow Woman’s inner ice, and then use the purifying effect of the golden fried rice to cleanse her resentment, helping her become a Buddha sooner.”

Liu Longchu nodded and then shook his head.

“Good idea, but it still has a forced mentality. You want to purify the Snow Woman’s resentment, yet you haven’t even thought about why her resentment is so strong in the first place!”

Tetsuya Senzoemon grimaced, unsure of how to explain because that was exactly what he was thinking.

Liu Longchu waved his hand dismissively. “Forget it, I don’t want to meddle in Neon’s affairs. You should ask Li Yang if he wants to go to Neon. I’m leaving now.”

With that, Liu Longchu walked into the crowd and disappeared instantly. At that moment, all eyes turned towards Li Yang.