Beast Taming: I Can Bestow Entries-Chapter 196: A Spirit Master Who Can’t Do Research Is Not a Good Chef

Chapter 196: Chapter 196: A Spirit Master Who Can’t Do Research Is Not a Good Chef

In an instant, within a 200-meter radius of Chen Mo, more than a dozen light spots of varying brightness appeared, each symbolizing a different ingredient.

The brighter the light, the higher the level of the ingredient.

"Damn! Are there really that many ingredients on this island?!"

Golden Shovel Island covers an area of about 600 square kilometers, roughly the size of a small town.

And the detection range of a Food Hunter is just 200 meters in radius—currently, they’ve scanned less than one-thousandth of the entire island!

Meanwhile, the Neon Cat began introducing the last judge.

"And now for our final special guest judge, meow~ Allow me to introduce her! She is the national champion of the Daoist School competition, the national university league champion, and Dongxia’s youngest Master Level Spirit Master—Chen Meng!"

The live broadcast camera slowly moved towards the right side of the judges’ area.

The figure appearing on the screen was an exceptionally beautiful woman with an air of aloof elegance, who greeted everyone with a light smile.

"Holy moly! The Dream Goddess is actually a judge! This ticket is worth every penny!"

"It’s rare to see Master Meng attending events like this; who would have expected her to come as a judge for a cooking competition."

"Who could refuse to be a judge at a Spirit Chef competition?"

...

After Chen Meng’s appearance, enthusiastic cheers and screams erupted from the floating spectator stands surrounding Golden Shovel Island.

As Dongxia’s youngest Master Spirit Master, Chen Meng is viewed almost as a deity by the younger generation of Spirit Masters.

Upon seeing Chen Meng, even Chen Mo was taken aback.

Well damn, Sister Meng is a real foodie after all.

Being a judge is just for show; she’s really here for the food, right?

But with Sister Meng serving as a judge... it seems this competition might be... even more secure?

We’re all so familiar with each other; it would be a bit awkward to give low scores, wouldn’t it?!

Before the competition began, Chen Mo and Tuantuan curiously observed the Food Spirits of the other Spirit Chefs.

The Spirit of Hazelnut, the Spirit of Wen Si Tofu, the Spirit of Egg Fried Rice, the Four Happiness Meatballs Spirit, the Dumpling Spirit...

It’s rare to see so many Food Spirits appear at the same time.

After introducing the judges, the female host turned her attention to the contestants about to enter.

"Before we start the competition, let me first introduce the contestant information to everyone. First, we see Chen Mo and the Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit. You must all be familiar with Chen Mo—yes! He is the discoverer of the evolution path for the Wish-Making White Fox and Xunlei’s Shadow!"

As the female host introduced him, the main camera quickly switched to Chen Mo and Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit.

No exaggeration, Chen Mo is now a top-tier Spirit Master, very popular, a real star contestant.

Taoyuan was pleasantly surprised by Chen Mo’s registration, what a wave of popularity delivered right to their doorstep! And at no cost, too.

Not only would this attract more viewers to watch the competition, but it also adds more intrigue to this edition of the competition.

"Our contestant Chen Mo ranks 42nd on the Little God of Cookery list, meow—below is his overall capability rating, meow~"

Neon Cat then continued.

Immediately, a virtual hexagon graph appeared on the barrier.

Neon Cat had already thoroughly introduced the Little God of Cookery list to the audience before, and the primary purpose of this list is to give viewers a more direct understanding of the contestants’ strengths.

"Holy crap! Master Chen Mo is also participating in the Spirit Chef competition? Isn’t he a researcher?"

"Isn’t a Spirit Master who doesn’t do research just a good cook?"

"hhh, I’m dying, Chen Mo’s commercial value rating is so high, while all his other ratings are pitifully low."

"Chen Mo’s Spiritual Beast combat power is undeniable, but that doesn’t mean he’s equally outstanding in the field of Spirit Chefs."

"What’s worse is that the Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit is a dessert-type Food Spirit Beast, and dessert ingredients are incredibly rare on Food Hunter Island. Plus, Chen Mo only has one Food Spirit, which is a big disadvantage."

"Doesn’t that mean Chen Mo and Tuantuan are going to be out in the first round? Tuantuan, my Tuantuan!"

...

Seeing Chen Mo and the Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit, both the live audience and the TV viewers generally weren’t optimistic about them, holding a pessimistic attitude.

Chen Mo naturally couldn’t hear the discussions of the audience about him, and of course, even if he saw them, he wouldn’t care.

"Ying?"

Tuantuan asked him what food would be more appropriate to prepare for the preliminaries.

"Play it by ear! Let’s see what ingredients we can find."

Like the previous Daoist School competition, a Magnetic Ball Beast circled around Chen Mo, following him throughout the competition and filming his scenes.

Of course, Chen Mo could turn off the live broadcast by voice command or manually if he didn’t want to be filmed.

Other ordinary contestants didn’t enjoy this privilege; usually, one Magnetic Ball Beast was responsible for capturing the footage of 7 or 8 contestants.

At 9 o’clock sharp in the morning.

With the explosion of a corn bomb in mid-air, the competition officially began!

Spirit Chefs, along with their Food Spirits, swiftly ran into the jungle, making for a spectacular scene.

Chen Mo didn’t hesitate either, heading straight for the brightest point sensed by the Food Hunter alongside the Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit.

One minute later, Chen Mo arrived at his destination.

This was a small patch of dark soil, seemingly out of place in the jungle environment, presumably specially prepared by the organizers for this Food Spirit competition.

Growing on this dark soil was a plant of pale green, lush and vibrant half-human-height cabbage.

Crystal Cabbage, a rare ingredient, probably one of the more precious plant-based ingredients from Golden Shovel Island.

"Why not... let’s make Boiling Cabbage this time!"

Seeing this crystal cabbage, Chen Mo couldn’t help but think of a famous Sichuan dish—Boiling Cabbage.

Different from the spicy style of other Sichuan dishes, the charm of this dish was its fresh and delicate taste.

The so-called "boiling" of course didn’t refer to plain water, but to a clear broth made from precious ingredients such as clucking hens, dazed geese, ham hooves, pork ribs, and dried scallops.

"Ying!" (Sounds good!)

Glutinous Rice Ball Spirit nodded.

However, just as Chen Mo was about to pick the Boiling Cabbage, from the nearby bushes suddenly burst out a nearly 4-meter-long black wild boar covered in sharp barbs.

The Thorny Black-skinned Wild Boar.

Judging by the powerful aura it emitted, this was clearly a Commander Stage Spiritual Beast!

Seeing Chen Mo intent on picking the crystal cabbage, it charged at him without hesitation!

On Golden Shovel Island, almost every precious ingredient is guarded by a Spiritual Beast, or the precious ingredients themselves are formidable Spiritual Beasts.

"Tuantuan, you lure it with food; I’ll go for the cabbage!"

Chen Mo rapidly issued the command.

A Spiritual Beast of the Commander Stage was not something he and Tuantuan could handle.

Even though Tuantuan’s dark cuisine could cause great psychological trauma to it.

But at most, it could disgust the opponent and not truly defeat it.

So they simply adopted the "lure the enemy" strategy.

"Wuu~"

Within the Spiritual Space, Xiao Jiu watched the competition process throughout with a first-person perspective.

Seeing the thorny wild boar, it was already raring to go.

Pity it couldn’t participate in this competition; otherwise, it would definitely wreak havoc!