Chapter 188: Chapter 188: The Plan

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“Your culinary skills are impressive.”

Jihe placed the plate in his hands down, looking towards Qin Lang, “I’ve heard about you before, the newcomer who defeated the Cooking Champion of Danju City, it seems you’re more formidable than the rumors say.”

“Your culinary skills are also quite good.” Qin Lang put down the empty bowl in his hands, sincerely saying, “These Clear River Pufferfish Noodles are the most unique pasta I’ve ever tasted.”

This was not a mere courtesy, but the true feelings of Qin Lang.

With pufferfish, an ingredient of utmost delicacy, paired with Food Skills that allowed the essence of the pufferfish to fully integrate into the soup, the umami of the soup goes unsaid.

But a pufferfish pasta taste similar to pufferfish meat, genuinely surprised Qin Lang.

This unique taste comes from various factors.

Whether it’s the special ingredients added during the kneading process, or the subsequent procedure of infusing clear pufferfish soup into the recipe, both methods transformed the texture and taste of the dough.

If he had not watched Jihe’s cooking process, even he would find it hard to believe that this was pasta.

“Gurgle!”

This is delicious!

Dan Bao, who had a bite of the Clear River Pufferfish Noodles from Qin Lang, nodded seriously.

Of course, it’s still not as delicious as the food made by our Spirit Chef!

“Click!”

Qin Lang is the best!

Spicy agrees wholeheartedly.

The two pets cast a concurrent glance at Jihe’s three Food Spirits, eyeing each other.

“There’s no need to flatter each other.” Jihe looked deeply at Qin Lang, “You’ll participate in this year’s Provincial-Level Cooking Competition, right?”

“I will.” Qin Lang nodded.

“I look forward to clashing with you at the Provincial-level Cooking Competition.” After leaving these words, Jihe turned around and left with an air of nonchalance.

The Food Spirits of Jihe quickly followed, turning their heads and giving Dan Bao and Spicy an expression of “we’ll fight again next time”.

Qin Lang blinked.

Following Lei Ke, this was already the second Spiritual Chef who had arranged to engage him at the Provincial-level Cooking Competition.

If he kept this up, would all the competitors be familiar faces at the competition?

He wondered this with a hint of amusement.

“Qin Lang! We won!” Zhao Wenchang quickly ran over to Qin Lang’s side, the excitement on his face hadn’t fully faded yet.

“We owe this victory to you.” Zhao Junzhang had a face full of smiles, “Once we receive the pasta recipe from Liu’s Noodle House, I’ll make a copy for you.”

Hearing Zhao Junzhang’s words, Liu Neng’s face darkened even more in the distance.

“These are the pasta recipes from Liu’s Noodle House, though not as extensive as ours.” Zhao Wenchang handed the recipe in his hands to Qin Lang, revealing a grateful look, “I really can’t thank you enough for this time.”

“No need for such formality.” Qin Lang took the recipe and smiled, “Participating in the duel is a form of exchange and improvement for me as well.”

“No, it’s not just about the duel.” A look of excitement spread across Zhao Wenchang’s face, “My dad has agreed to let me participate in the management of the noodle shop!”

“Oh?” Qin Lang glanced at Zhao Wenchang.

Perhaps this incident had made Zhao Junzhang realize that his son wasn’t as immature as he had imagined, that he had grown enough to help the family with some responsibilities. This change in mindset had made his attitude towards Zhao Wenchang shift.

“Congrats.”

“Heh, heh.” Zhao Wenchang scratched his head, “We can talk about those management things later, for now my mission is to be your guide!”

“What are you planning next?”

“My plans…” Qin Lang placed the recipe in his hand aside, revealing a thoughtful look, “This is my first time coming to Qingyang City, I plan to wander around Qingyang City and try the local special dishes.”

“Leave that to me!” Zhao Wenchang patted his chest, “I’ve grown up in Qingyang City since I was young, I’m very familiar with everything here!”

“Then I’ll have to rely on you.” Qin Lang nodded slightly, changing the subject, “Besides, I plan to visit the Second-Level Food Recommender in Qingyang City, Mr. Zong Nian.”

“That’s not a proble… huh?” Zhao Wenchang blinked, looking at Qin Lang, “Who did you just say, you were going to visit?”

“Mr. Zong Nian.” Qin Lang admitted, “I plan to try and earn the Second-Level Food Recommender Badge of Qingyang City.”

“Hiss-” Zhao Wenchang sucked in a breath, “Why don’t you think it over? Mr. Zong Nian’s test is quite challenging.”

“I know, the most difficult Second-Level Food Recommender assessment in Tianhua State.” Qin Lang nodded, indicating he had done his homework in advance, “But I still want to give it a try.”

“Well then.” Seeing that Qin Lang was determined, Zhao Wenchang gave up on persuading him, and became curious instead, “When are you planning to visit Mr. Zong Nian?”

“Tomorrow.” Qin Lang pondered for a moment and quickly decided, “For the assessment of the Second-Level Food Recommender, the sooner the better. I’ll get myself in top condition today and visit him directly tomorrow.”

“No problem, Mr. Zong Nian lives in a villa in the Qingyang Mountain Valley, I’ll take you there tomorrow.” Zhao Wenchang readily agreed.

“Inside Qingyang Mountain Valley?” Qin Lang appeared thoughtful.

Qingyang Mountain Valley is a landmark of Qingyang City.

In that mountain valley grows a special plant known as Qing Shinan. This plant continuously emits tiny green particles.

As it’s quite humid in the Qingyang Mountain Valley and there’s constant fog, when the fog combines with these green particles, it appears a bit pale green.

This pale green mist is harmless to the human body and quite peculiar.

It’s said that standing in the Qingyang Mountain Valley and looking at the sun through the green mist, you’ll find a green layer on the sun, hence the name of Qingyang Mountain Valley.

And the name of Qingyang City comes from Qingyang Mountain Valley.

After learning about the wonders of Qingyang Mountain Valley from Luo Hui’s travel guide, Qin Lang decided to go and see this masterpiece of nature sooner or later.

Unexpectedly, this coincided with another purpose of this trip.

After visiting Mr. Zong Nian tomorrow, perhaps he could take a detour to Qingyang Mountain Valley.

“Wait for me a moment, let me finish reading these recipes, and then we can go for a stroll in the nearby commercial district.” Qin Lang returned his attention to the pasta recipe in his hands.

Compared with Zhao’s pasta recipe, Liu’s Noodle House’s recipe is considerably fewer. Clearly, in this aspect, the newly opened Liu’s Noodle House couldn’t compare with the generational Zhao’s Noodle House.

This also explained why Liu’s Noodle House was so eager to get the recipe from Zhao, even resorting to high-risk gambling.

If they defeated Zhao, rendering Zhao’s unable to continue operating their noodle shop, Liu’s, which would have obtained the recipe, would have the potential to expand and strengthen, becoming the best noodle shop in Qingyang City.

Unfortunately, there are no if’s.

After reading through Liu’s pasta recipes, Qin Lang stretched lazily, patting the two pets who had placed their heads on his shoulders during his reading and seemed to show a “I understood” expression, indicating that he was done.

Then, he looked at Zhao Wenchang who had been waiting for a long time on the side.

“Let’s go. It’s dinner time now. Let’s go eat something.”

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