Douluo Continent on the tip of the tongue

Chapter 544 Heart and Tao (Two in One)

Qi Han believed that if the colorful golden light and shadow shape said this sentence unintentionally, it must be a hint to himself.

The problem is, he's sure he's paying enough attention while cooking that dish.

Otherwise, try again?
With a decision in mind, Qi Han started a new cooking, this time he only cooked peony fish fillets.

This dish has been mastered by myself for a longer time, and there is also an experience of cooking in reality, which should have an advantage over Zilong Xiejia.

Now it seems that the key to passing this level is not the difficulty of the dishes, that is to say, you don’t need to cook five stars to pass the level, so it will be more convenient to only focus on one dish and not change it randomly, and compare the differences before and after.

Qi Han swears that his cooking this time is definitely the most focused since he learned to cook. He devotes almost all his energy to the cooking of the dishes, making every detail perfect. After the cooking was finished, beads of sweat the size of beans were already all over his forehead, and bloodshot eyes appeared faintly in the whites of his eyes because of too much concentration.

However, when he brought this dish to Guangying, what he got back in the end was still "Not satisfied, try again".

Qi Han was silent.

Isn't it considered hard work?

Then go on!

He gritted his teeth and got busy again.

The third, the fourth...

Qi Han is extremely focused on every piece of peony fish fillet, and even finally uses his mental power to penetrate into the ingredients to feel every microscopic change in the ingredients, and control the cooking of the ingredients to an unimaginable level.

He is not a soul master of the spiritual department, this kind of cooking process is really too difficult for him, after cooking a piece of peony fish fillet, his face is already extremely pale and exhausted.

However, such concentration and hard work still cannot change the fate of coming back.

After slowly tasting the last sip, Guangying took a deep look at Qi Han, and suddenly asked, "Are you tired?"

Are you tired?

Of course I'm tired.

The training space can restore his physical strength, but his mental exhaustion is unparalleled. Even though Qi Han has long been used to the boring practice in the training space for a long time, this kind of cooking still brings him great pressure.

At this moment, Qi Han's mind was on the verge of limit, and he could fall asleep immediately if he was given a bed, and he would sleep for three days and three nights without waking up.

He nodded involuntarily, and even felt a little resentment towards the light and shadow in front of him in his heart.

Isn't this really intentional to torture people?
Seemingly seeing what Qi Han was thinking, Guangying said with a little deep meaning, "Then do you think cooking should be such a tiring thing?"

This…

Qi Han was slightly taken aback.

What Guangying said made him feel that he had caught something vaguely.

Cooking...is it such a tiring thing?
That's right, according to the cooking method he just did, it is impossible for him to last long, let alone cooking for diners during business hours, just making this dish, he is already on the verge of limit.

Could this be the future of cooking?

The difficulty is getting higher and higher, more and more concentration is required, and the requirements for ingredients are becoming more and more demanding.

Is this still cooking?

No... not like that.

Qi Han shook his head violently.

There must be some deviation in his understanding of cooking to lead to such a result.

Did you go the wrong way?
So... what exactly is hard work?

Doesn't attentiveness mean concentration?

Qi Han's brows slowly frowned, and he stood there thinking.

This time, Guangying didn't mention him again, but continued to pick up the book and read it with great interest.

Standing quietly in the training space, countless memory fragments flashed back in Qi Han's mind.

There is the experience of being a gourmet up-master in the past life, and the experience of exploring food all over the world, and there is also the process of being a chef in this life, starting from fried rice with eggs and reaching the current height step by step.

Qi Han's eyes slowly lit up.

In his previous life, he had tasted all kinds of delicacies and met all kinds of famous chefs. What kind of state did those famous chefs cook?

None of them ever thought cooking was hard, or those cooks who thought it was hard never reached the heights of celebrity chefs.

In the cooking process of a real celebrity chef, every gesture is confident and calm.

It's definitely not like the current self, cooking dishes seems to be suffering.

Their cooking is a joy.

What about yourself?
At first, he never thought of becoming a chef. He became a chef only because he was bound to the gourmet system, and all tasks were related to cooking. He had no other way to go.

At that time, he even had the illusion of becoming a soul master, hoping that he could become a powerful and respected soul master without relying on the system.

So... when did you start to recognize yourself as a chef?

It is the satisfied smiles of diners after tasting, and their words of praise, which give me a sense of accomplishment and happiness that I have never had before.

Qi Han's eyes lit up completely.

He seems to know what it means to be careful.

The highest state of playing music is to let the audience feel the emotions conveyed by the music during the listening process; the highest state of writing a novel is to let readers resonate with the joys and sorrows of the characters in the book; the highest state of painting is to allow the audience to experience the Feel the charm in the painting...

All arts and crafts in this world will eventually go to the same path and have the same purpose.

The heart is not the concentration of the spirit, but the integration of emotions.

Music can use the speed of rhythm and the progression of melody to express emotional changes; novels can use detailed descriptions and side effects to create empathy; For cooking, what is the expression of emotion?

It is the amount of each seasoning used, the speed of each food, every time the spoon is turned, every stir-fry, every time the knife is cut, and every step of processing the ingredients.

It is every cooking error that makes the dishes different.

Excessive concentration led Qi Han to embark on an overly demanding and precise path. The more precise he was, the more he ran counter to the direction of cooking.

Is it important to add one-thousandth of salt or one-thousandth less?

Does it matter if one or two drops of vinegar is added or one or two drops are missing?

Does it matter if the input of ingredients is one second faster or one second slower?
These extremely small errors within a reasonable range are just the means by which cooks pour emotions into dishes.

And Qi Han almost abandoned it completely, from a living person to a machine that can only cook exactly the same dishes with incomparable precision.

"Hoo..." He exhaled heavily, and suddenly a smile appeared on Qi Han's face, the smile became stronger and stronger, and finally became extremely bright.

Light and Shadow snapped their fingers crisply, and the warm light slowly wrapped Qi Han's body. At this moment, his exhausted mind was surrounded by an extremely warm feeling, and he recovered at an extremely fast speed. This moment reached the peak state.

"Go, let me see if you really understand." There was a gentle feeling in Guangying's words.

"Yeah!" Qi Han nodded emphatically, and walked quickly to the workbench.

He couldn't wait, and wanted to try the idea just now.

The cooking steps are still exactly the same as before, but Qi Han's expression is completely different.

He didn't have the frown that was just like before, and he didn't have the gaze that stared at the dishes as just now. Instead, there was an inadvertent curvature of the corner of his mouth, and an unknown tune that he hummed inadvertently.

He began to really enjoy the cooking process, no longer care about the amount of each seasoning.

With the level that he has already completed perfect level dishes, will the taste of some dishes cooked casually decrease?
Will not.

Just like having conquered the highest mountain in the world, he no longer cares about the ups and downs of the earth. Qi Han's familiarity with every dish he has trained has already been deeply rooted in his bone marrow, and it is nothing but commonplace.

Next, let the emotions play freely!

He was enjoying this unprecedented cooking process, and he didn't realize that there was a golden light flashing quietly on his body at this moment, and a trace of joy seemed to be transformed into substance for others to perceive easily.

Soul power and spiritual power are slowly blending at this moment, turning into a brand-new and unique power. It has not only the magic of spiritual power, but also the tangible and qualitative quality of soul power. magic.

For others, this state is mind and god, but for Qi Han at this moment, it is Tao.

It is the road and direction of cooking.

As if falling into a dream, Qi Han fell into a certain magical realm. There was not a single mistake in the cooking steps in his hands, but the whole person seemed to have stepped into a new realm at this moment. All the comprehensions are integrated at this moment, turning into emotional power and pouring into the dishes.

It wasn't until the cooking of peony fish fillets was over that Qi Han slowly escaped from that mysterious realm.

He was stunned for a while, then brought the peony fish fillet in front of Guangying, "Senior, please taste it."

"This one, you should taste it yourself." Guangying laughed, and slowly disappeared, "After eating, start your third level!"

This…

Qi Han froze for a moment, then looked down at the peony fish fillet in his hand, and picked up a pair of chopsticks to taste it without hesitation.

To be honest, he is really not willing to give light and shadow a taste.

Although he hasn't tasted it yet, he can imagine that the peony fish fillet cooked this time must be different.

After taking one bite, slowly savoring the crisp and delicious taste of the peony fish fillet, a smile appeared on Qi Han's face unconsciously.

He felt it, it was the emotion he poured into the dishes, it was the joy he had just realized.

Tasting this dish now, the joy that slowly dissipated surged out again.

It succeeded, and I really tasted the emotions from the dishes.

It turned out that my guess was right, this is what cooking should look like.

Continuing to taste the peony fish slices, the joyful look on Qi Han's face gradually turned into a strange one.

He seemed to know why the light and shadow left without trying it in the end.

Is that to keep this dish for yourself?

No.

He didn't eat it because... the dish seemed to have a tainted taste.

It's like Wensi tofu has the taste of Dinghu Shangsu. You can't say it's not good, but it's very wrong.

In fact, the taste of peony fish fillet is not much different from the original, but it gave Qi Han an inexplicable feeling that this dish should not be like this.

Although he managed to incorporate emotions into his cooking, the emotions he incorporated didn't seem quite right...

Peony fish fillet, what mood should it be?
Thinking back on the food environment of peony fish slices, Qi Han quickly got the answer. The emotion of this dish should be nostalgia and longing.

And now, it has been made into joy by itself...

Qi Han, as expected of you.

With a dumb smile, he ate the remaining peony fish fillets whole.

How to integrate emotions into dishes, he is barely getting started now, and he still needs a lot of practice and research.

But before that, you have to leave Qiankun and Ask Love Valley.

After eating the peony fish fillets, the surrounding training space quietly dissipated, but the surrounding scene was no longer the endless square before.

It was a prairie, the green blue silver grass rippling under the breeze, and the soft grass blades floated, as if extending endlessly into the distance.

The endless green grass, the fresh air, the bright sunshine, and the occasional birds passing by in the sky all made Qi Han feel at ease, as if at this moment, all the depression in his heart completely dissipated with his breath. .

This is where?What is your third level?

Qi Han frowned and thought about it.

"What is single-mindedness?" A flat voice sounded in the air, it seemed to come from all directions, and it sounded like a wave of pressure from high altitude.

What is specificity?Qi Han raised his head and looked around, then turned his eyes to the sky, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Specialization means that there is only one person in my heart, and the rest of my life is only for one person's joys and worries. Give the other party all the special things."

"Then do you think you are single-minded?" The rumbling voice became a little serious.

Qi Han opened his mouth, and finally sighed dejectedly, "It shouldn't be counted."

"Love can be emotional or rational, but it can't be uncertain, do you understand?"

"I understand what you mean..." Qi Han smiled bitterly, "But those memories are all things that happened in the past, and they will be touched by accident. How can I completely forget and never think about them again? Especially Yu Lianxin and her long-term memory. Every time I see Yu Lianxin, those memories slowly come to my mind, making me afraid to face her."

"Your reward is to forget." Amidst the peaceful sound waves, there was a gust of wind, and countless grass blades flew up, brushing gently on Qi Han's cheeks, "Third level: pass the real adventure, you will not lose any memory, but you I will forget the feelings of the previous life, and all the memories of the past will not make any waves in your heart, I hope you will be dedicated to what you said."

"Qiankun asks Love Valley, and the three-level question is over, because the person you like is not here, the difficulty of the true adventure is relatively low, except for forgetting, you will no longer get any rewards, I hope you like this reward, go. "

A burst of golden light flashed, and Qi Han's figure completely disappeared in place, appearing outside the Qiankun Wenqing Valley.

"Qi Han, how are you?!" Ruyi's anxious voice came almost instantly, "Just now a god made a move, and my perception completely disappeared. What happened?"

"No..." Qi Han was stunned for a moment, and then a smile appeared on his face.

"I'm lucky."

　Thank you Mr. Zhang for your generous reward!
　　Thank you for the monthly tickets of security guard Silence, Zhou, Yaoke, Ziyu Yufeng, Vain Ran, and Xiaoyao!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)