My Next Life in Teyvat: I Just Wanted Friends, Not Every Girl's Love!-Chapter 202 - 201 Yanfei surveyed the area, nodding in satisfaction

Yanfei surveyed the area, nodding in satisfaction. She found basically no problems. Although the competition had just begun, everyone displayed impressive knife skills... Uh, contestant, please calm down, don’t move so fast, it’s a bit scary.

Yanfei looked with some fear at Durandal, who used a single chop for every ingredient. Although she perfectly processed each ingredient, her knife skills were a bit terrifying, making it feel like she wasn’t cutting vegetables, but fighting.

"I’m so worried Durandal will cut the table along with it."

"Me too. But with Durandal’s control over her strength, such a thing wouldn’t happen."

Although it looked dangerous, Durandal had virtually zero errors. And because of this skill, she processed the ingredients the fastest and smoothly entered the cooking stage.

Yanfei looked at Durandal’s skilled movements with some surprise. She truly lived up to her reputation as someone who could pass the preliminary rounds; without some real skill, she wouldn’t have been able to defeat the other contestants.

It seemed that her participation in this competition wasn’t entirely for fun; she genuinely wanted to compete well. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Walking past Durandal’s position, Yanfei wanted to introduce True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun)’s situation.

As an adeptus, True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun) even brought her own research cooking machine, attracting the attention of many spectators. Many probably wanted to see what kind of... Hmm!?

"Hey! Hey! Are you alright? True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun)! True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun)!"

What did Yanfei see? She saw that True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun) was almost entirely inside the cooking machine, with only a small part of her feet still flailing outside. The situation looked very bad.

True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun) naturally couldn’t answer Yanfei’s question. She was almost being cooked by the machine she herself had invented; how could she be in the mood to answer?

After confirming that this was not part of True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun)’s cooking process but an accidental incident, Yanfei quickly called over the Millelith responsible for security. After a flurry of activity, True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun) was rescued.

"Are you alright? True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun)."

Yanfei looked at True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun) with concern, unsure if the water on her head was sweat or water from the cooking machine. In any case, her current situation was very poor.

"I’m fine. This Immortal... This Immortal didn’t expect that the improved divine machine would have a problem with its ingredient-finding function. There’s still a lot of room for improvement here."

In her settings, the machine would automatically find the best ingredients suitable for the dish and grab them into the machine. This time, the dish True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun) was making required Fowl, and she herself was the best Fowl.

The machine thus treated her as an ingredient, uncontrollably stuffing her into the pot, almost turning her into a dish.

After such an incident, True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun) didn’t want to stay here any longer. She quickly flapped her wings and flew away, leaving everyone with a panicked silhouette.

Emmmm... How should I put it? She was initially thought to be a strong contender for the championship this time, but unexpectedly became someone who livened up the atmosphere. It seems adepti are not omnipotent after all.

True Lord Cloud Retainer (Liu Yun Zhen Jun)’s accident did not affect the other contestants’ movements. Yan Xiao was a bit nervous during the cooking process, but under Guoba’s comfort, he quickly pulled himself together and made up for lost time.

Soon, the three dishes were completed, and the competition time ended. Yanfei announced that all contestants should stop their actions.

Xiangling and Yan Xiao’s dishes were undoubtedly delicious. Ningguang, Keqing, and Uncle Tian all gave very good reviews.

When it came to tasting Durandal’s dishes, she, like the others, also had three dishes: Braised Beast Meat, Crab Roe Tofu, and Pearl Jade Retreat Soup.

She didn’t introduce her creative process like Xiangling and Yan Xiao did, but simply gestured for them to enjoy.

The three people present all understood Durandal’s situation. Her cooking for them was already a great favor; asking her to think about all those extraneous details would be asking for trouble.

The most important thing was the dishes. The dishes Durandal chose also fit the theme well. The three ate without much comment.

"Hmm? This feeling..."

Ningguang and Keqing immediately tasted the difference between Durandal’s dishes and those of Xiangling and Yan Xiao, their eyes widening involuntarily.

Uncle Tian, who was beside them, seemed to have more experience than Ningguang and Keqing due to his age, and his kind smile couldn’t be hidden.

"It really is... an unexpected taste. Although it’s not as skillful as Yan Xiao’s and Xiangling’s dishes, this special taste... makes me unsure how to score it for a moment."

"Yes, it’s troublesome."

If they hadn’t watched Durandal’s entire cooking process, they would have thought she added some magic to it.

But the judging process became a bit difficult. To whom should they give their votes?

In addition to their votes, there were also ten randomly selected audience members who would come up to taste the dishes and cast their votes for their favorite contestant.

Finally, with the votes of the three judges and the audience, the ultimate winner emerged!

"Let’s congratulate contestant Xiangling for winning the championship of this cooking competition!"

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