The sunset-drenched Ivory Bay is as beautiful as a painting; it is also a famous scenic spot on the Dao Yuan Continent. Today’s sunset is extraordinarily splendid, yet compared to the usual hustle and bustle, it is noticeably quieter.
The Lanuo Restaurant, closed for a period, has lit up again, but the place no longer holds the noise of the past, and no one pays attention.
Boka patiently waits, and soon the tall figure of Ostralia appears, no longer bearing the cold deanor he had in the Royal Palace. Ostralia greets proactively, "Elder Boka, your condition looks good; it seems tonight will be difficult for your apprentice."
Boka gazes at the beauty of Ivory Bay, "That is his fate."
Ostralia nods calmly. There are quite a few gourts, but the elder level inheritance is not publicly known. Each elder has a direct disciple, and at a certain stage, the elder and the direct disciple duel in a culinary battle. The victor becos the elder, inheriting all from the fallen, continuing on the gourt path.
The minority path lacks the grand Wish Power and the support of the Main God; they cautiously explore while ensuring their inheritance embodies a mighty force, preventing their hidden path from vanishing in the process. Such culinary dueling adheres to ancient thods, capturing the opponent’s valuable Wish Power and Life Force. Due to the ntor-apprentice relationship, there aren’t severe side effects in the Sixth Epoch, with the sole issue being its cruelty, yet all cultivation paths are such.
Due to Oliver’s incident, Elder Boka’s foundation was damaged, necessitating a culinary duel; otherwise, this lineage would vanish.
Footsteps echoed from upstairs as Ma Liu arrived, carrying a pack. After entering, he placed his pack down, respectfully knelt aside, and saluted Boka.
Gesturing with his hands: "Master, I have arrived."
Boka and Ostralia, both living for a long ti, were familiar with sign language and clearly understood Ma Liu’s situation.
Boka nodded slightly, "Rise; today is a fair duel, a tradition in our Gourt Association. Here, there’s no difference between master and elder. Put forth your full effort and let see your progress over the years."
Ma Liu bowed his head in acknowledgnt, stood up, then bowed to Ostralia, gesturing with his hands, "Greetings, Elder Ostralia."
Ostralia smiled faintly, "It’s an honor to be the judge for this duel. Boka is the first gourt in the past two hundred years to master Dark Cuisine, not only averting the near extinction of your lineage but also achieving greatness in Dark Cuisine. Mr. Alain would find it hard to proceed without a few tricks."
Ma Liu looked at Boka, expressing in sign language: "To duel Master, there would be no regrets even in death."
"If there are no objections from you both, then let’s proceed with the process," Ostralia said.
Boka and Ma Liu nodded in unison.
"Very well, Elder culinary duel of the Gourt Association begins; the rules are simple: each prepares a signature dish for the other to taste. You both may start now, with a ti limit of one hour."
The three arrived at a spacious, bright kitchen, specially built for the Ivory Bay Restaurant, fully equipped. When choosing the location and decoration earlier, Boka had already prepared for the duel.
The material location also contained many live poultry and livestock, which Boka had prepared. Dark Cuisine requires live extraction; the fresher, the better.
Ma Liu slowly took out his cooking tools and ingredients from the backpack, a piece of chicken, and various ordinary condints from markets.
Ostralia frowned watching the procedure, thinking: Have they given up?
If given up, this duel is aningless. Although Boka already mastered Dark Cuisine, advancing his cultivation, allowing the path to continue and the hidden power to strengthen, vitality could not be extended; this inheritance was precarious.
Boka glanced at Ma Liu, "If you lack good ingredients, you can use mine."
Ma Liu shook his head, pointed at his materials — a bunch of ordinary market items not even considered ingredients by the Gourt Association.
Boka coldly glanced without further words; the culinary duel is also a special Wish Power accumulation ritual, where the serious, solemn atmosphere is extrely important. Everything is arranged, not to be begun or halted casually.
Boka began, pulling out a tender young goose raised via force-feeding. This thod involves inserting a tube into the throat during early age, directly injecting high-calorie foods into the stomach, enlarging the liver tenfold, yet it’s actually still a juvenile goose — the liver extracted being extrely tender and large, delicately and smoothly lting in the mouth, already top-notch Gourt Association ingredient. Boka selected the rare Crown Gander only found in Moncalleta, personally raising it — a rare delicacy worth a fortune.
The live extraction technique was extrely skillful. The goose, while fluttering, first witnessed its liver extracted; Boka carefully placed the liver on ice to maintain freshness.
Other ingredients were also live extracted one by one, while Ma Liu carefully massaged his chicken at, highly focused. No one on the Dao Yuan Continent knew roast chicken better than Ma Liu. He chose the best chicken, selected the finest part, slightly marinated to maintain freshness, already salting upon arrival, softening the coarse, making the chicken at tender.
Then Ma Liu arranged his materials, continuing to massage the chicken at in-depth, observing Boka’s exquisite knife skills.
Ostralia, nearby, hesitated, witnessing the unusual ’make or break’ approach, a rarity in Gourt Association history. Because in choosing apprentices, seriousness and responsibility were priorities, yet they suffered misfortune — Alain’s situation was dire.
Regardless of the outco, whether aningful or not, the duel must proceed. As judge, he cannot interfere with the duellists.
After so massage, Ma Liu added seasoning for a second marination using secret soy sauce — a recipe obtained from Brother Li, fernted from soybeans to create an unprecedented seasoning that he further refined. After preparing, he washed his hands and waited, appreciating the top-tier operation of an association elder.
Once in state, Boka becos disconnected from the world, as if the two others are nonexistent. He indulges in the extre realm of culinary creation — two hundred years of experience and accumulation — becoming one with the knife, hidden power enveloping the entire stove, forming an independent micro-world — Gourt Domain.
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