Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

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As soon as the gong sounded, all the contestants sprang into action.

But all eyes were on Li Zhesheng.

He placed the tofu horizontally on the cutting board, held it in his left hand and a knife in his right, and made a flat cut from the center of the tofu. With a swift stroke, the tofu was sliced ​​into pieces.

"It's so thin, I can even see the shadow of Lee Cheol-sung's fingers through the tofu sheet!"

"My God, Li Zhesheng and Caiyun are simply unbeatable! These tofu slices are so thin you can see through them."

"Absolutely amazing, absolutely amazing!"

"Wait, look what Madam Shen is doing!" Amidst the exclamations, someone noticed something was amiss.

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Shen Qing held a porcelain bowl in his left hand and a knife provided by the competition in his right, rubbing it against the bottom of the bowl repeatedly.

"She's sharpening a knife???"

"Good heavens, this last-minute attempt to seek help is way too hasty. At this point, even Buddha might not be able to help."

"She wouldn't be trying to force Caiyun to come up with something, would she...?"

"..."

The room was filled with laughter, and even Master Jin and Old Master Sun had a mocking smile on their faces.

"There's only an incense stick's time left. Who knows how long it will take for Madam Shen to sharpen her knife?" Master Jin's eyes narrowed with a smile, his expression filled with extreme smugness.

This time, he will eliminate Shen Qing openly and honestly!

"Li Zhesheng's knife skills are getting better and better. Look at him cutting tofu, he's almost cutting blindly." Old Sun's eyes were full of admiration.

By this time, Li Zhesheng had already sliced ​​the tofu into pieces. He stacked the slices together, his wrist suspended in the air, the blade moving up and down at an extremely fast pace.

The sound of knives striking the ground rang out, and tofu strands poured out from under the blades, each strand being extremely uniform in thickness.

But looking at Li Zhesheng himself, his gaze wasn't on the tofu at all, but rather on some empty space, with a calm and confident smile even on his lips.

"Good heavens! In just thirty breaths, Li Zhesheng has already cut the tofu!"

"Look, these tofu strips are so beautiful! They've completely unfurled in the water, just like a blooming chrysanthemum!"

"Absolutely amazing! Absolutely amazing!!"

"..."

Exclamations of admiration rippled through the crowd, and even Fang Shanren and Mr. Qingci couldn't help but marvel at Li Zhesheng's profound skill.

However, when you look at Shen Qing again, she is still sharpening her knife.

"I'm so anxious! Why is Madam Shen still sharpening her knife?" Situ Liang stamped his feet in frustration.

Madam Yan sighed, "Li Zhesheng's knife is just too powerful; there's nothing we can do about it."

Judging from the current situation on the field, it seems that Madam Shen is really going to lose.

If Madam Shen loses, she'll have to find a way to comfort her properly. Sigh.

"Look, Madam Shen has put the knife in the water!" someone shouted.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on Shen Qing.

Shen Qing then soaked a piece of coarse cloth in cold water, wrung it out until it was half-dry, and laid it on the cutting board.

Then, the soft tofu was gently transferred to a damp cloth.

Immediately afterwards, she picked up the knife, which had just been immersed in a bowl of salt water, and now a very thin film of salt water clung to the blade.

With a swift stroke of the knife, the tofu was cut into slices.

It is so thin that it allows light to pass through, and when laid on a damp cloth, it looks like a layer of translucent white jade paper.

"My God, Madam Shen's tofu slices are so thin!!"

"It's translucent, almost as good as the tofu slices Li Zhesheng cuts!!"

"My goodness, the knives provided for the competition can slice tofu so thinly!"

"..."

A block of tofu was sliced ​​into several thin slices, which were then stacked together. Holding the tofu down with the left hand, the knife was held in the right hand, and the blade was brought down close to the knuckles of the left hand, not pressing vertically downwards, but making a very slight forward push to cut.

With the lubrication of the salt water film, the blade naturally slices through the tofu slices.

The knife rises, the knife falls; the knife rises, the knife falls.

After making the last cut, Shen Qing soaked the tofu strips in water.

When stirred with chopsticks, the tofu strips spread out completely, just like chrysanthemums in full bloom.

"Good heavens, I feel like Madam Shen's tofu shreds are just as thin as Li Zhesheng's!"

"Yeah, that's impressive. I have no idea who will win or lose."

"Tsk tsk tsk, looking at it this way, Madam Shen really does have some martial arts skills!"

"..."

The more Situ Liang and the others looked, the brighter their eyes became, and they almost jumped up in excitement.

They never imagined that Shen Qing could cut such shredded tofu with an ordinary knife.

"Time's up!" the competition host announced.

The incense stick burned out.

"Now it's time for the judges to score. Each judge has ten points. We'll remove the highest and lowest scores and take the average of the remaining scores as the contestant's final score. The contestant with the highest score in a group will win this round of knife skills competition."

"To ensure fairness in the competition, we have labeled the contestants' names on the bottom of the bowls containing the tofu strips. A servant will carry the bowls to the judges' stage, randomly shuffling the order during the process. Therefore, the judges will not know which contestant's tofu strips they are scoring!"

This rule was added by Jin Ye yesterday.

The purpose was to let Li Zhesheng defeat Shen Qing fairly and squarely, so that everyone could see that Shen Qing should be eliminated.

This also proves that his dietary competition is absolutely fair.

At this moment, Jin Ye was still leisurely and carefree.

Although he could tell that Shen Qing's knife skills were also exceptional, he felt in his heart that they were definitely not as good as Li Zhesheng's.

Li Zhesheng is wielding the famous sword Caiyun, how could it be inferior to an ordinary sword?

Moreover, to judge something like shredded tofu, you have to look closely. Once you look closely, you'll know who wins and who loses.

The audience members in the stadium were making a lot of noise, but they were just too far away.

Soon, the servants were ready, and they carried the large bowls one by one onto the judges' stage in a random order.

The judges on stage also began to score the scores seriously.

This time, they didn't know which contestant the tofu strips in front of them came from, so everyone was extra careful and attentive.

"Although it's thin, it's not uniform, so I'd say six out of ten."

"Some of it was chopped up, three-tenths."

"This is alright, eight portions."

"..."

Bowls of shredded tofu were served on the stage and scored, with the servant carefully recording the results.

Just then, a cry of surprise rang out:

"My goodness, this bowl of shredded tofu is cut so perfectly! It's so thin and even, truly as thin as a hair! Absolutely amazing! I give it a perfect 10!!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw it was Master Jin.

At this moment, a bowl of perfectly sliced ​​tofu strips was placed in front of him.

He immediately gave it a perfect score of 10.

Such excellent knife skills must belong to Li Zheyuan!

Only Caiyun could cut such fine tofu strips!

It's a perfect score!!