The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 269 Clues to the Silver Nightingale

A cooking competition...?

Fatima pushed up her glasses and glanced at Qin Lang.

"Oh right, I remember now." Bai Qi suddenly clapped her hands. "Fatima, you said before that there are no cooking competitions in the Feli region?"

“Yes.” Fatima nodded. “It used to be, but now it’s been changed to a food tasting competition.”

"What's the difference?" Bai Qi tilted her head. "Isn't a cooking competition for appreciating delicious food?"

“It’s not quite the same.” Fatima shook her head slightly and said no more. “If you have the chance to come to the Feli region, you’ll understand.”

"Your chicken drumsticks are ready, please enjoy." Qin Lang smiled as he handed three chicken drumsticks to Bai Qi and Fatima, while glancing curiously at the silver-haired girl with large glasses.

He had overheard some of the conversation between the two women; it seemed that the girl was from the Ferri region.

That seemed to be another region outside of Dongyun. The last time Qin Lang heard about it was when Lomi made blueberry tacos at the cooking competition.

"Thank you!" Bai Qi happily accepted the gifts, then handed one to Fatima, "Quickly try it and see how it differs from what you had for lunch?"

As she spoke, Bai Qi's eyes held a certain expectation, as if she was anticipating something special to happen.

“Hmm.” Fatima nodded calmly, gently blew on it, and carefully took a bite, then a second…

The cheese inside the chicken drumsticks overflowed, but because Fatima ate them so carefully, she wasn't burned at all.

Seeing this, Bai Qi immediately looked disappointed. "Damn it, am I the only one who got burned while eating?"

“This chicken drumstick uses a lot of cheese inside. The cheese will melt when deep-fried at high temperatures, so you need to be extra careful when eating it.” Fatima glanced at Bai Qi, and for some reason, Bai Qi saw a hint of pity for the idiot in her eyes.

"Ugh, this is awful!" Bai Qi stomped her foot before picking up a chicken leg and devouring it.

Having learned from her experience at noon, she wasn't burned this time.

The two women did not leave, but started eating near Qin Lang's food serving area. At the same time, Cao Dongdong and Zuo Ge strode over.

"Qin Lang, have two chicken drumsticks to try!" Cao Dongdong grimaced and rubbed his wrist. "This snow-white red bean paste is too hard on the hands."

"It's good for him to get more exercise," Qin Lang replied with a smile, then turned to look at Zuo Ge, who was also in a miserable state.

"Zoge, how was your work after helping out for half a day?"

“Cooking is definitely not an easy thing,” Zoge sighed. “Although it’s very interesting, it’s also really hard work.”

"Indeed, studying legends is more suitable for me."

"Haha." Cao Dongdong patted Zuo Ge on the shoulder. "From now on, just stick to being a scholar of legends! But..."

He slapped his hands together in a gesture of pleading.

"You absolutely can't abandon me these next couple of days, my friend!"

He was already struggling so much with Zuo Ge helping him beat the egg whites; without Zuo Ge, he would have been exhausted to death.

"Stop messing with Zuo Ge." Qin Lang chuckled. "You can just get an egg beater."

As Qin Lang finished speaking, Cao Dongdong's eyes widened instantly. "What?! Snow-white red bean paste can be made with an egg beater?"

"Why didn't you say that when you were teaching me?!"

"Let you get more practice." Qin Lang's smile grew even brighter. "Snowy red bean paste made with machine-whipped egg whites has no soul." Snowy red bean paste, a Northeastern dish, was almost lost in the past, mainly because it was too laborious to make. But now it has been revitalized and can be seen on every street corner, thanks to the advent of electric egg beaters.

The saying that technology changes lives is absolutely true.

Of course, not all labor-intensive dishes can be made possible with technology.

For example, the equally troublesome "Three No Sticks".

"To hell with his soul, whoever wants it can have it!" Cao Dongdong rolled his eyes, realizing that Qin Lang was teasing him.

"I'll put on the egg beater in a bit. I'm going to sell five hundred servings today!"

"Looks like I can rest now." Zog raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

Amidst their conversation and laughter, Qin Lang had already prepared the chicken drumsticks for the two of them. Just as he was handing them over, a voice suddenly rang out.

"Excuse me, are you a legendary scholar?"

Fatima had finished her chicken leg sometime earlier and was now staring at Zog with a serious expression.

“Of course, beautiful lady.” Zog made a gentlemanly gesture. “I am an explorer immersed in the world of legends.”

"Of course, you can also call me a scholar of legends."

“A scholar of legends from Shinonome…” Fatima murmured, then asked directly, “Do you have any research on the Azure Silver Nightingale?”

Huh?
Qin Lang and the other two stopped what they were doing and looked at Fatima.

"You know about the Silver Nightingale?!" Zuo Ge suddenly became excited, even forgetting to eat the chicken leg he had just received.

“Of course I know.” Fatima nodded. “I came here from Feli to follow in its footsteps. If you know anything about it, I can exchange information about other legendary creatures with you.”

“The Feli region…” Zog looked enlightened. “No wonder I had hardly found any legends about the Silver Nightingale before.”

“The legends surrounding these legendary creatures are often regional. If the Silver Oriole's main area of ​​activity isn't in the Eastern Cloud region, then that's certainly possible.” He clapped his hands excitedly. “I see!”

"Qin Lang, can we talk about that matter?" Zuo Ge turned to look at Qin Lang and couldn't help but ask.

"Of course." Qin Lang nodded.

Qin Lang still has no clue how to fulfill Ye Zhen's father's request to open the door to a hidden place through the Silver Oriole's token, obtain the Silver Oriole's power, and return it to the Silver Oriole.

So far, all he has is that feather token and the name of the legendary creature, the Silver Oriole. Even Zog, who has done extensive research on legends, cannot offer any help.

Now that they have found someone who is very likely to know a lot about the Silver Oriole, they naturally want to find a way to get some clues.

“Leave it to me!” Zog gave a no-questions-asked gesture, then pulled Fatima aside, and the two quickly began to communicate.

Soon, Zog returned to Qin Lang's side with an excited expression. "Qin Lang, Fatima came here to find an ancient ruin that is very important to the Silver Oriole. I suspect that she and we have the same goal!"

"Really?" Qin Lang's eyes lit up as he looked at Fatima, who was whispering with Bai Qi not far away. "Did she say where the location is?"

“Um…” Zog scratched his head, “About this…”

"The other party has a request."

(End of this chapter)