Feeling the heat from Nian Bing's hands, Long Ling said, "Could it be that cooking and magic are all you have in mind?"
Nian Bing nodded, and said: "Yes, in my heart there are only cooking skills and magic, and everything else can be filtered. I must focus my mind to achieve something."
Long Ling sighed softly, trying not to let her tears stay. She didn't blame Nian Bing. After all, everyone's pursuit is different. The biggest pursuit of a girl's life is undoubtedly to find a good home. But men are different, some people prefer to live in a corner, while some people are destined to be extraordinary, Nian Bing is obviously the latter, he has too many ideals and pursuits.
After Long Ling left, Nian Bing felt uncomfortable. He looked at the surrounding bookshelves with some annoyance, and it was not a comfortable thing to reject a gentle and beautiful girl. Just when he was in a state of confusion, a desperate look suddenly flashed in his mind, Nian Bing's whole body was shocked, and he lost his voice: "Mom, Mom, I was wrong, I shouldn't worry about these things. Ice God Tower That's my goal!" The desperate look in his eyes made him remember so deeply, it was the last gaze of his mother, Nian Bing took a deep breath, all the chaotic thoughts in his mind disappeared, sat cross-legged, and began to meditate.
From morning to noon, and then from noon to night, after a whole day of practice, Nian Bing woke up from meditation, and the magical power of ice and fire became more solid. Although the progress was very slow, they were still running. Even if it is stable, the ingenious vortices are organically combined, and the breaths communicate with each other but never conflict. This is the power of the same origin of ice and fire. He looked up at the sky outside. At this time, the sky had gradually darkened, and the magic lamp in the library was about to be turned on. Nian Bing took out a double fourth-order magic scroll from his arms. This scroll is the most proud work he has produced so far. He slowly opened the scroll and injected blue magic power into it. Without any hesitation, the light blue The rays of light are intertwined on the scroll, and the blue light is constantly flashing. Every line is so wonderful, without any pause, interspersed in the original magic circle of the scroll, and the perfect work is gradually completed in the hands of Nian Bing. The feeling of mental power made Nian Bing clearly know that the scroll in his hand already had a trigger effect. A night of study and a day of meditation had given him a real mastery of the skill. However, Nian Bing is very clear that his success was very fluke. As the commentary said, this kind of triggering array is extremely difficult to complete. Even if he has figured out its principle, he almost missed it a few times before.
Standing up, carefully put the scroll into his arms, picked up the long lead box from the ground, and after a brief tidying up of his appearance, Nian Bing quietly left the library.
Long Ling didn't show up except for delivering lunch to herself at noon. Nian Bing knew that although she didn't say anything, she had already deeply hurt her heart.
As soon as he walked out of the Magician's Union, a carriage came in front of Nian Bing. The driver Nian Bing had seen before. He was the old driver when he and Xue Jing went to Luo Rou's house for a banquet. Xue Jing poked her head out of the carriage, "Chef, get in the car, Dad asked me to pick you up. I have been waiting for you for half an hour, you are really slow!"
Nian Bing smiled wryly in his heart, it was really a wave of ups and downs, Long Ling already understood his intentions, but this crazy girl is not so easy to deal with, I hope she hates herself more, but unfortunately she likes Yan Feng turned out to be a swallow chrysanthemum, otherwise it would be possible to match it up, and it would save Xuejing from focusing on herself, "Miss Lao Xuejing came to pick me up in person, Nian Bing really dare not be so!" Although he said so, But he still pedaled on.
Xue Jing sat beside Nian Bing, with a sweet smile on her face, "Don't dare, when did you become so polite? Isn't it time for you to bully me?"
Nian Bing smiled bitterly: "Didn't I explain everything clearly? Miss Xue Jing, can you let me go? There is no hatred between us."
Xue Jing smiled slightly and said: "Let go of you! Then I have to think about it. However, the address between us must be changed first. I will call you by your name directly. You also call my father uncle. In the future You can call me Jinger or Jingjing. We are also considered friends, you will not refuse such a small request. I think you are very kind when you are called Linger!"
Nian Bing didn't want to make any more entanglements, so he hurriedly said: "Okay, I promise, just be quiet, I don't need to send a car to pick me up in the future, I will walk over by myself, and I can also exercise my muscles and bones."
Xue Jing giggled, and said, "Do you exercise your muscles and bones? There is a time for you to exercise at night." As soon as she said the words, she immediately felt that something was wrong, and she immediately blushed.
Nian Bing pretended not to understand, and said: "Exercise your muscles and bones? Uncle won't give me any problems tonight, right?"
Xue Jing stuck out her cute little tongue, and said: "There is no problem at all. Father just invited the boss of Dachengxuan opposite to be a guest. By the way, he sent them a challenge post."
Nian Bing's eyes lit up, "Challenge the chef of Dachengxuan? Well, that's exactly what I'm looking forward to." A strong fighting spirit burst from Nian Bing's body, and in the somewhat dim carriage, his eyes were like Like a cold star in the dark night, shining with confidence. Put the box containing the Aotian Knife flat on his lap, "Today, let me try this knife."
Feeling the cold breath on Nian Bing's body, Xue Jing's heart fluctuated, so strong confidence! Originally, she thought that Nian Bing would embarrass him because of the challenge arranged by Xueji, but she didn't expect Nian Bing to agree so easily, and she seemed very excited. Of course she doesn't understand the heart of a top chef in the culinary world. The feeling of being hard to find is the most painful. How can Nian Bing not be excited when he has the opportunity? He chose to come to Ice Snow City as the first stop, because he wanted to compete with the culinary masters in Qingfengzhai and Dachengxuan!
"You seem to be very confident in yourself!" Xue Jing looked at Nian Bing, her heart swaying.
Nian Bing smiled and said: "Don't you have no confidence in me? Does the chef of Dachengxuan have any special skills? I think, to be able to compete with Qingfengzhai all the time, his ability should not be inferior to Master Ming."
Xue Jing nodded, and said: "Of course there is a reason why Dachengxuan can become the favorite place of dignitaries, not only because of their special services, but also because of the taste of the dishes. He is very young, probably only in his thirties, and his apprenticeship is unknown. Uncle Ming once competed with him, but the result was a draw. That guy seems to be better at cooking various meat dishes. I have to admit that he made The dishes here are better than Uncle Ming's in terms of color and aroma, but the taste is a bit heavier."
Nian Bing nodded and said: "Listen to you, that head chef should take the gorgeous route, and the main focus of gorgeous dishes is the color and fragrance. Well, I will compare with him today to see who made it. The dishes are more gorgeous. Jinger, have you seen Yanfeng recently?"
Xue Jing froze for a moment, she suddenly realized that since she hated Nian Bing, the name Yan Feng had never appeared in her mind, "Is he? I haven't seen him recently. I'm very surprised, why did you first The first time we meet, he will treat you as a friend? Judging from his nature, it seems that he is not so easy to get close to."
Nian Bing thought of the way Yan Feng looked at him, felt chills in his heart, and said with a wry smile: "Jing'er, let me give you a suggestion, you'd better give up on him, you won't have any results with him."
Xue Jing asked curiously: "Why do you say that? Are you jealous that I like him?"
"Jealous?" Nian Bing said with a smile: "This word seems to have never appeared in my mind. I am doing it for your own good. It is not my style to gossip behind people's backs. You will understand in the future."
Xue Jing snorted, and said: "There is nothing you must tell others. If you don't make it clear, then I can only treat you as jealous."
Nian Bing smiled slightly, and said: "That's fine, I'm jealous. After all, you are so beautiful, even if I'm jealous, it's justified."
When the carriage stopped at the entrance of Qingfengzhai, Nian Bing was surprised to find that the street was surprisingly quiet. He got out of the carriage with Xue Jing, and he was surprised to find that there was not even a single person on the busiest street in Ice and Snow City. Xue Jing smiled and said: "For today's competition, Dad specially invited the city lord and several well-known people to be the judges. Dachengxuan and Qingfengzhai are temporarily closed, and the streets have been blocked by officers and soldiers."
Nian Bing said in surprise: "You don't need to make such a big fanfare. Qingfengzhai and Dachengxuan should have a lot of turnover in a day. Are you not afraid of losses if you close down for such a simple exchange?"
Xue Jing said: "You don't understand. Whether we win or Dachengxuan wins, they will immediately overwhelm each other and become the number one restaurant in the entire Ice and Snow City. How can this honor bring benefits? Can the turnover of a day be compared? Dachengxuan has been waiting for this opportunity for some time. Their boss has repeatedly proposed to their father that they want to conduct such a competition, but they have always been rejected by him. Dachengxuan After all, the famous head chef is young. Uncle Ming once said that within three years, he will definitely surpass himself. Therefore, in order to protect the reputation of Qingfengzhai, his father has never challenged him. This is why Qingfengzhai has always been overwhelmed by Dachengxuan The reason, today, but when we are proud, Nian Bing, you have to work hard!"
Nian Bing nodded, and said: "I will do my best, I know that this Qingyin of the Wind of Freedom is not so easy to get. Well, let's go in."
As soon as he walked into Qingfengzhai, Nian Bing immediately felt a dignified atmosphere. On both sides of the passage, there were not only the servants of Qingfengzhai, but also some strangers in ordinary clothes. At first glance, these people are not eye-catching, but with Nian Bing's mental power, it is clearly discovered that these people are by no means as ordinary as they appear on the surface, each of them is a master of martial arts with restrained essence.
The hall of Qingfengzhai is still the same as before, except that nearly a hundred tables in the hall have been vacated, and a row of long tables has been placed in the center of the front. The chairs behind the tables are empty. On both sides of the hall, There is a pile of special tools for the kitchen, the one on the left has only some common tools, and the one on the right is being arranged by some people.
Xue Jing said in a low voice: "Look, the front is the judge's seat, the left is where you operate, and the right is where the head chef of Dachengxuan operates. They have already started to arrange. If you have any requirements, hurry up now If you propose it, I will ask someone to do it immediately. Otherwise, it will be too late later, you don’t have to worry about all kinds of materials, as long as you can name them, I can almost find them.”
Nian Bing nodded, and whispered in Xue Jing's ear, Xue Jing's face kept showing surprise, "Do you want these? They are all very common things!"
Nian Bing smiled slightly, and said: "It's the real ability to be gorgeous in the ordinary. You can arrange it according to my words. Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion."
Xue Jing nodded and said, "Go and change your clothes. The clothes are stored in my room. I prepared them for you myself. After changing your clothes, just go back here and wait for the game to start."
Nian Bing glanced at Xue Jing and said, "Enter your room again!"
Xue Jing smiled and said: "Could it be that you are scared? I want to prepare something for you, so go quickly." After finishing speaking, she floated away like a red cloud.
Nian Bing looked at Xue Jing's excited look, and knew that the grudge between him and her had disappeared, but the disappearance of this grudge did not seem to be too good. While thinking about it, he came to the back hall, and came to Xuejing's room with ease. The door was unlocked, and the familiar fragrance appeared in his nose again. The embarrassment that was once hidden here.
A snow-white dress was neatly stacked on the head of the bed. When Nian Bing unfolded it, he couldn't help being shocked. What kind of chef's clothes are there! It was clearly a luxurious dress. The white gown was embroidered with a dragon-shaped pattern with silver thread. The embroidery was not much, but it played a finishing touch, making the whole suit look luxurious and elegant. The belt around the waist was very simple. It is also white, with a slightly wide silver line on each side. In the center of the belt, there is a piece of milky white jade embellished. Although it is not suet white jade, the tentacles are warm and moist, showing its extraordinary. Chefs wear clothes like this? This is clearly only worn by noble children! Although he thought so in his heart, he still took off his magic robe and put this silver-white robe on his body.