Chapter 386: Cooking Inheritance
Chapter 386: Cooking Inheritance
After Liu Zhihan finished teaching, he left Chi Tianmin and the other two to live freely.
What he taught today seemed simple, but it was enough for the two of them to comprehend for three to five years. It was not so easy to fully comprehend the divine realm.
Chi Tianmin and Long Yuan also went into seclusion to comprehend what Liu Zhihan had taught them and to imprint it in their hearts.
After half a month of seclusion, Chi Tianmin's understanding of the wood spirit became deeper and he became more adept at using the techniques.
After one month in the mansion, he finally received the call from the Kitchen God Yi Zu.
Yi Zu was still dressed the same, as if he had never changed his clothes.
Chi Tianmin did not bring Xiao Qi with him. Yi Zu had been thinking about Xiao Qi for a long time. If he really killed Xiao Qi, he would have no place to cry.
"Boy, here is a wild boar. Use it to cook a meal for me. Let me see your cooking skills and then decide how to teach you." Yi Zu pointed to a wild boar on the ground.
It was a demon beast from the Yuling Realm, currently tied up by Yi Zu and struggling back and forth on the ground.
Seeing her still struggling, Chi Tianmin frowned. He knew how to cook, but the ingredients had to be prepared.
He had never killed a pig before, had he? Although he had seen it, watching and actually doing it were two different things.
"You want me to kill the pig myself?" Chi Tianmin looked at Yi Zu.
Yi Zu raised his eyebrows and said unhappily: "As a chef, you can't even cook the ingredients?"
Chi Tianmin nodded without saying much. It was not like he had never killed monsters before. It was nothing more than giving it a fatal blow and then taking the meat.
He took out his long knife and prepared to give the wild boar on the ground a chilling blow.
However, Yi Zu stopped him and handed him a standard chef's knife.
The sharp knife was only about one foot long. It was not easy to kill a monster with such a knife.
"Have you ever seen a chef use a warrior's knife? Use this chef's knife." Yi Zu threw the chef's knife to Chi Tianmin without further ado.
Chi Tianmin played with the chef's knife in his hand and found it quite easy to use.
He didn't think much about it. They were all knives anyway, so at most he would just have to use a few more knives.
He held a knife and walked towards the wild boar. As a practitioner, he was not afraid of killing.
Chi Tianmin held a sharp knife in his hand and slashed at the wild boar's neck.
Chi Tianmin used all his strength in this strike, and the sword went straight to the hilt.
Then he poked the hornet's nest. The knife did not cause fatal damage to the wild boar, but instead aroused its ferocity.
The wild boar struggled desperately, the ropes that bound it were broken, and it ran wildly on all four hooves.
The wild boar's neck was oozing blood as it ran wildly. The originally clean courtyard was now covered in its blood and filled with a fishy smell.
When Chi Tianmin saw this, he panicked. This was too much. If he let the wild boar run away today, Yi Zu would probably hang him up and beat him.
Chi Tianmin rushed towards the wild boar with a knife in hand. The wild boar, which was in the early stage of the Yuling Realm, could not pose any threat to him.
Chi Tianmin relied on his speed advantage and repeatedly stabbed the wild boar's body with the knife, causing heavy damage to it.
However, the wild boar was extremely tenacious. Even after being stabbed several times, it still had the strength to run.
The more seriously injured it was, the more blood it shed. Soon, the entire yard was soaked in its blood, and Chi Tianmin's body was also covered in a lot of blood.
Finally, the wild boar fell to the ground with a thud due to excessive blood loss, gasping for breath.
Chi Tianmin was also very troubled. This chef's knife was too difficult to use. If he had used a long knife, it wouldn't take so long.
"Is it so difficult for you to deal with a tied-up wild boar?" Yi Zu looked at Chi Tianmin with disdain.
Chi Tianmin was still gasping for breath as he looked at the wild boar on the ground, which was no longer able to struggle but was still gasping unwillingly. He felt mixed emotions.
He looked up at Yi Zu, with frustration and unwillingness in his eyes, but more of curiosity and anticipation about what would happen next. He knew that Yi Zu was not making this comment without a purpose.
Yi Zu's eyes, which seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, narrowed slightly, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Boy, watch out." Yi Zu's voice was low and powerful. He walked slowly towards the wild boar, and every step seemed so calm and unhurried.
Instead of taking action immediately, he walked around the wild boar first, carefully observing its body shape, muscle distribution and the location of the wound, as if he was having a silent conversation.
"As a chef, you not only need to know how to cook delicious food, but also need to understand every inch of the texture of the ingredients. This is the same as you, as a swordsman, need to know the body structure of the enemy like the back of your hand." Yi Zu said as he took out an exquisite butcher knife from his waist.
The blade was slender and sharp, flashing coldly in the sunlight, completely different from the chef's knife in Chi Tianmin's hand.
"When Cook Ding butchered the ox, he did not do so for the purpose of killing the animal, but for the purpose of attaining enlightenment. Today, I will let you see what the real meaning of 'butchering' is." There is some philosophy in Yi Zu's words.
He gently gripped the hilt of the knife and took a deep breath, as if he were performing a sacred ritual.
Yi Zu just shook his wrist, and the butcher's knife turned into a silver light, cutting into the wild boar's neck accurately.
This time, there was no struggle, no blood splattering, only a clean cut. The wild boar's life fire was extinguished in an instant, and everything returned to calm.
Chi Tianmin stared at this scene with his eyes wide open in disbelief. He had never seen such a precise and rapid killing method. This was simply an art.
“Watch out, true knife skills require precise control of force, a keen grasp of timing, and a deep understanding of the target structure.” Yi Zu said as he began to dissect the wild boar.
His movements were smooth and graceful, and every cut was just right, avoiding unnecessary damage while preserving the freshness of the meat to the greatest extent possible.
"First, we need to separate the skin and flesh." Yi Zu's butcher knife moved across the wild boar's body like a painter painting on canvas.
The skin and flesh gradually separated, but there was no sign of damage. Chi Tianmin noticed that when Yi Zu cut, he always followed the texture of the muscle, which was both labor-saving and efficient.
"Next, it's time to remove the bones." Yi Zu's technique was even more refined. He seemed to be able to see through the pig's internal structure, and each cut landed precisely on the junction of bones and muscles.
With just a slight flick, the bones were separated from the muscles. The whole process was clean and neat, without any drag.
"Finally, it's time to cut the meat into pieces." Yi Zu cut the whole wild boar into neat pieces of meat. Each piece was evenly sized, with alternating fat and lean meat. People couldn't help but admire his superb skills.
“Did you see it? This is the true meaning of butchering an ox like Cook Ding, and it is also the realm that you should pursue as a swordsman.” Yi Zu stopped what he was doing, turned and looked at Chi Tianmin, his eyes flashing with anticipation.
"On the battlefield, the enemy is your food. You need to know their body structure like I do today, so that you can give them the most fatal blow with the least force."
Chi Tianmin nodded thoughtfully, as if he had realized something from Yi Zu's demonstration, an understanding that went beyond technique and reached the essence.
It turns out that fighting can also be an art, which requires extreme pursuit of details and a deep understanding of the goal.
"I understand, thank you." Chi Tianmin had a strong understanding and realized why Yi Zu asked him to dissect the wild boar.
Yi Zu was using his cooking skills to explain knife techniques to him.
Sword warriors are in the profession of killing, and how to kill the enemy more effectively is the essence of sword warriors.
What Yi Zu wanted to teach him was that if he wanted to kill the enemy, he must first understand the enemy's weak points and kill him with one blow, rather than dragging his feet and wasting energy.
Chi Tianmin's voice was firm and powerful. He looked at Yi Zu with eyes full of respect and gratitude. "I will study hard and strive to be good at both cooking and knife skills."
Upon hearing this, Yi Zu showed a gratified smile on his face. The boy in front of him was quite compatible with his temper.
He patted Chi Tianmin on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Good boy, you are ambitious, but now, go and cook for me first."
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