Who gave this heretical practitioner permission to cook?

Chapter 30: Poisoning didn't work, so they switched to sound wave interference, huh!

"In the control room"

"Holy crap..."

This attack not only startled Jin Hongnan on the other side, but also made the chief director in the control room tremble.

"What's going on? Even chopping meat sauce doesn't make this sound!"

Putting the headphones aside, the director continued watching backstage. He noticed Xia Ming tapping on the pigskin in front of him at an extremely fast pace.

"What's going on? If I'm making this much noise, the scene will explode!"

The director was right; the scene is indeed in an uproar.

No one knew how Xia Ming managed to create a strike with the back of his knife that felt like a club, but everyone present, and even the viewers in the live stream, were startled by the sound.

[Holy crap, I was in class when this happened so suddenly, it gave me a fright.]

[This is insane! At a cooking competition, a contestant, knowing he can't win, starts wildly "attacking" his opponent with knives.]

You call cutting pigskin an attack on your opponent?

[Is a sonic attack not an attack?]

[That makes sense. You, come work at UC Shocking News Department tomorrow!]

The chefs opposite were so frightened their hands trembled. Could it be that the poison hadn't worked this time, and they were now using sonic interference?

[That's very possible. If you do it like that, the meat at the bottom will all rot, and you won't be able to eat it!]

Maybe they're making meat patties (doge emoji)~

While the viewers in the live stream were just joking around, the chefs on the other side were genuinely affected.

Chef Huang Qiyun is almost 55 years old. He was originally preparing side dishes when he heard Xia Ming's loud banging and tapping, and his heart started racing.

"Wait, what's going on?!"

Yang Yanbin, who was adjusting the sauce, almost messed up the proportions when Xia Ming tapped him like that.

Taking a deep breath, I looked across and saw that Xia Ming was using the back of a knife to pound the pigskin. The vibration came from the stainless steel stove underneath.

Although Yang Yanbin is young, he has spent a lot of time in the kitchen, but he has never seen pigskin processed like this before.

Chen Xiaodong, who was standing to the side, was also extremely annoyed by Xia Ming.

"Wait, is anyone going to do something about this? Shouldn't this be considered cheating off-court?"

Seeing Chen Xiaodong's exasperated expression, the other chefs upstairs could only laugh helplessly.

"Xiaodong is still young; he can't calm down when he's distracted."

"I think it's good to be younger, the future is limitless, but this Sichuan-Chongqing ice and fire chef is making a lot of noise, doesn't the production team care?"

Hearing the conversation nearby, "Chef and Wine Master" Lai Chi-on took a swig of wine.

"I don't think they'll care. The essence of this test is actually banquet cooking. When it comes to banquet cooking, all sorts of extreme situations can occur. He's just being a bit louder."

Shuai Xiaojian, however, kept staring at Xia Ming, who was cracking the pigskin.

"Old Li, I feel like I've seen this hand somewhere before."

"Oh~"

Lai Chi-On adjusted his posture while holding the canned beer.

Are you referring to his back view, or the technique he's using now?

"You can't really tell from behind, but this technique is somewhat similar to the 'King of Noodles,' He Sheng, and his 'hitting a cow from across the mountain' skill."

Upon hearing Shuai Xiaojian mention He Sheng, Li Zhian's hazy eyes cleared up slightly.

"Are you talking about Grandpa He, the national honorary chef, known as 'Double Dragon,' an 8th-level pastry chef? Didn't he pass away a couple of years ago?"

Shuai Xiaojian turned around and glanced at Li Zhian, somewhat speechless.

"The old man is gone, but I remember he left behind his skills. Do you remember He He from the He family? She was just a girl, but she managed to learn almost all of the old man's techniques."

"Oh, I remember that girl, she was sensible."

Li Zhian had also recovered by now, and looked at Xia Ming who was still smashing the pigskin.

"I think I just saw him put pork tenderloin under the pigskin, right? Is he trying to break down the muscle fibers inside the tenderloin quickly this way?"

Shuai Xiaojian shook his head.

"I don't know. I saw him put the marinade under the meat beforehand; he probably intended to 'quickly marinate' it."

Upon hearing this, Li Zhian sobered up completely and moved closer to Shuai Xiaojian.

"That's interesting. Theoretically, it should be possible, but it requires extremely precise control of the force. Too much and the flesh will be torn apart, too little and it won't be enough. Old Master, can you do it?"

Shuai Xiaojian rolled his eyes at Li Zhian. Everyone knew that he was the chef with the fewest skills among the "Hua Level 6" chefs. Asking him about this was no joke.

As they were talking, Zeng Huaijun walked over. "I once visited a small village on the border of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. There's a dish there called 'oil-bottomed pork,' which is similar in preparation to jarred pork. There's an old man in the village who makes it the best. When I asked him about his techniques, he told me..."

"Place a piece of pork skin on the tenderloin and pound it repeatedly. This will allow some of the pork fat to penetrate the meat and break down the fibers. I feel that the inspiration for this Sichuan-Chongqing Ice and Fire Magic Chef dish came from that method."

Shuai Xiaojian pursed his lips and hummed in response through his nose.

"Regardless of where the techniques come from, ultimately it all comes down to whether they can have a positive effect on the ingredients."

"Judging from the way the graduate students at the banquet are making fried pork chops, based on five whole tenderloins, the time must be very tight. So, whether it will succeed or not, we should know soon enough."

Just as the chefs above were discussing the techniques Xia Ming used, Chen Xiaodong, who had been arguing for five minutes, finally couldn't take it anymore.

He went directly to the assistant director who was stationed on set.

"I think this Sichuan-Chongqing 'Ice and Fire Chef' across from us is deliberately causing trouble!"

The assistant director also said there was nothing he could do.

“We do not advocate actively interfering with the process of the competition. From the rules perspective, he is not violating any rules by handling the ingredients in his own cooking area.”

Chen Xiaodong was so angry he laughed; it was the first time he felt the rules were so glaring.

"So you mean we can also make a lot of noise and then influence the other side?"

The assistant director coughed.

"We do not encourage any 'spiteful behavior' between players."

These words left Chen Xiaodong speechless. He now really wanted to hit the assistant director with his shoe.

Rules, they really follow the rules!

After realizing he couldn't get help from the production team, Chen Xiaodong turned around to confront Xia Ming, but just as he was about to reach Xia Ming, Xia Ming stopped waving his hands.

Looking at the pigskin in front of him, which had been pounded with many marks, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"If Master saw me using 'Blood Chaos Cloak' like this, I'd probably have to practice for a few more months. But there's no way around it. I've only opened one Blood Gate, so being able to use this move is already quite an achievement."

As he spoke, he peeled back the pigskin.

The pork tenderloin underneath looked the same as before, but there was hardly any sauce left.

Xia Ming picked up a piece at random, took the kitchen knife, and cut a slice according to the thickness.

The moment the meat slices fell, they seemed to be freed from their restraints and began to bounce outwards. A dozen seconds later, they were a size larger than before. Xia Ming reached out and patted them to make sure that all the fibers inside had been broken up.

Just then, he saw Chen Xiaodong coming over and waved with a smile.

"Excuse me, I was preparing the ingredients just now. I'm done now. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Chen Xiaodong was initially furious, thinking Xia Ming was causing trouble, but when he arrived and found that Xia Ming was genuinely preparing ingredients, and Xia Ming even greeted him, his anger subsided considerably.

After calming down for a while, Chen Xiaodong finally regained his composure.

"So, you've finished dealing with it now?"

Xia Ming nodded.

"Yes~"

"Let's not knock again later!"

"It's all done, I don't know how to do it anymore."

Seeing Xia Ming say this, Chen Xiaodong maintained the demeanor of a chef, nodded to Xia Ming, and then turned back to his own side.

Xia Ming watched his departing figure and slightly curled the corners of his mouth, then rubbed the tip of his nose with the back of his finger.

"I just promised not to knock anymore; whatever happens next is none of my business."

Next, he quickly took out a piece of pork tenderloin, cut it up, and then took it to the graduate students at the banquet.

Although the graduate student's ears were plugged, she could still feel the floor trembling. She turned her head to look and found that Xia Ming was processing the tenderloin by tapping the pigskin with the back of a knife.

Although she thought it was unreliable, she ultimately didn't say anything.

Now, Xia Ming placed the first batch of prepared pork chops in front of her, and she realized that Xia Ming really wasn't joking.

The pork chops were marinated to perfection, even surpassing those marinated overnight in a special sauce in the refrigerator.

Even more surprisingly, because it was not refrigerated, the pork retained its freshest texture.

As the graduate student at the banquet stroked the pieces of pork, joy gradually rose in his eyes.

“Excellent, now I’m even more confident.”

Xia Ming gave a thumbs-up to the graduate student at the banquet, and then prepared to go back to continue processing the remaining pork tenderloin.

He turned around and found the bald cook standing behind him.

"My first sauce is ready, please try it."

(End of this chapter)