The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 203 The Reappearance of the Precious Spirit

Meanwhile, in the dark.

Qiao Na stared intently at Yang Xingze, who was talking with Qin Lang and the others, and slowly asked, "Is that kid the target?"

“It’s him.” Hu Chong pressed down the brim of his baseball cap, which he was using to disguise himself, and said in a deep voice, “The rare spirit aura sensing device that I carry with me reacted when I got close to him.”

"Although the reaction is very weak, it is definitely not wrong."

"This means that the other party has had contact with Zhenling recently, and judging from the aura, it is the one we are looking for."

“Interesting.” Jona clicked her tongue, a strange light flashing in her eyes. “It was worth coming to the most crowded cooking competition to conduct our tests; we’ve indeed made new discoveries.”

“Next, as long as we keep up with him and find an opportunity to grab him and interrogate him…” Jona made a clenching motion with her hand, “we will definitely be able to capture this rare spirit successfully!”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Hu Chong's gaze swept over the people next to Yang Xingze one by one. "Those next to him are all Spirit Chefs."

"With our combined strength, we may not be able to resolve the battle in a short time, and instead, we may escalate the situation and bring new troubles."

“This kid will always have his moments when he’s all alone,” Jona scoffed. “If we keep following him, we’ll find an opportunity eventually.”

"Don't forget, that newborn rare spirit has been around for a while now. If we don't capture it soon, the Spirit Chef Association might find out."

"When the time comes, it will be much more difficult to snatch things from under the nose of the Spirit Chef Association."

"They've made a move, let's follow them." Hu Chong glanced at Yang Xingze, who was leaving with Qin Lang and the others, and said in a deep voice.

The two said nothing more and followed silently behind.
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"Their target was indeed Qin Lang!"

Seeing Qiao Na and the other two following closely behind Qin Lang after he left, Lomi narrowed her eyes slightly, a dangerous glint flashing in her single eye.

"Damn it, those two dared to steal our target!" Liu Chuang stomped his foot angrily. "Didn't you say their target was the newly emerged rare spirit? How come they're eyeing Qin Lang?"

“Who knows?” Lomi rolled her eyes. “Maybe the newly appeared rare spirits are also related to this guy Qin Lang.”

"I've been focused on the competition lately and haven't paid much attention to Qin Lang. Have you been keeping an eye on him?"

"Of course I've been keeping an eye on it!" Liu Chuang puffed out his chest. "I've been watching it ever since the second qualifying round, but I haven't noticed anything unusual."

"He's barely gone out lately, staying in the hotel to prepare for the competition. Where would he possibly meet with the new spirits?"

“Is that so…” Lomi stroked her chin, her eyes gradually turning dangerous. “Then perhaps it’s the second possibility.”

"These two guys failed to capture the new rare spirit, and then they set their sights on our target, intending to make up for it with our mission."

"What?!" Liu Chuang's eyes widened.

"Would they dare to do such a thing?"

“These two guys have done this before,” Lomi said in a low voice, a fierce glint in her eyes.

"Come on, we'll follow!"
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"Xingze, you finally arrived... Oh? You guys are here too?"

Upon arriving at Xingze's house, Chi Yu, who was still helping him take care of Yang's mother, opened the door. Seeing Qin Lang and the other three, Chi Yu looked surprised, but quickly gave Qin Lang a thumbs up, "Chef Qin, congratulations on advancing to the finals!"

"Although I couldn't be there in person, I still watched your match through the broadcast." As she spoke, Chi Yu clenched her fist forcefully. "That crab-stuffed orange looked delicious. Luckily, I won the last vote."

"Thank you," Qin Lang said with a smile and a nod in response.

"Let's go straight to the rice paddies," Yang Xingze said impatiently, his eyes filled with anticipation as he thought of the rare spirit hiding in his rice paddy.

From Qin Lang's introduction, he already knew how precious the rare spirit was. If the rare spirit was willing to stay in his home, he would definitely treat it well.

In this way, he can harvest incredibly delicious rice every year, earn more money, and give his mother a better life!

"Okay." Qin Lang nodded, also looking forward to it. "It just so happens that we have so many people, so we can help you harvest later."

"Thank you so much!" Yang Xingze nodded, handed out a sickle for harvesting to each person, and then the group walked into the rice field together.

After several days of harvesting, only a small clump of rice remained to be harvested in the paddy field. With the combined efforts of Qin Lang and others, the golden rice ears decreased at a visible rate, leaving only the rice stalks in place.
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"Harvesting rice?"

Jona, who had been watching this from a hidden corner not far away, took off her large sunglasses in astonishment. "Are you crazy?"

"This guy hired a finalist from a cooking competition to harvest rice from his paddy field?"

“Things are definitely not that simple.” Hu Chong said slowly with a stern face, “If it were normal rice, why would so many people be needed to harvest it?”

As he spoke, he sniffed and suddenly asked, "Don't you think the aroma of rice around here is particularly strong?"

"The smell of rice?" Jona sniffed. "Now that you mention it, it really is!"

“This is the only place with rice paddies around here, and the aroma of rice from normal rice paddies could not possibly reach this distance and still be so strong.”

Hu Chong looked at the crowd in the distance and suddenly spoke up, "The quality of this rice is not normal!"

"The rice quality is abnormal, you mean..." Jona couldn't help but widen her eyes, thinking of a certain common knowledge about Zhenling.

The rare spirit will greatly improve the quality of similar ingredients in the vicinity!
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"Strange, who is this person? Why are Qin Lang and the others helping him harvest rice?" Liu Chuang looked at Qin Lang and the others busy in the rice field not far away and couldn't help but show a puzzled expression.

"Didn't you see them making contact before?" Lomi asked.

"No." Liu Chuang shook his head.

The last time Qin Lang visited Yang Xingze's home, Liu Chuang and Luo Mi happened to run into Qiao Na and her companion, so they didn't catch up with Qin Lang and the others.

This was the first time Liu Chuang and Luo Mi had come here.

“Strange…” Lomi frowned, looking at Qiao Na and Hu Chong, who were staring intently at Qin Lang and the others not far away.

Their faces seemed to carry an unusual excitement.

What are they so excited about...?

Just as Lomi was pondering, a cry of surprise suddenly rang out.

"It's out!"

The next instant, Qiao Na and the other two summoned their food spirits without saying a word and rushed towards Qin Lang and the others.

At the same time, Liu Chuang couldn't help but put one hand on Luo Mi's shoulder, his tone becoming more urgent and filled with barely concealed excitement.

"Lomi, look!"

"There's a brand new rare spirit there!"

(End of this chapter)