A Bite of Douluo Continent

But reality told him that he was overthinking it.

There are differences between different three-star recipes.

This Wensi Tofu, a dish requiring perfect knife skills, is not so easy to make.

Twelve days after the Qing Palace Wanfu Meat was introduced, Qi Han still hadn't finished training on Wensi Tofu and moved on to practicing the next dish.

Nothing particularly special happened during the twelve days of the Cold Food Festival.

The number of diners queuing for Hanshi Festival each day is slightly more than the previous day, but the increase is still limited.

Because the number of diners that can be served during business hours is limited, those at the back of the line have already learned from experience and can roughly judge that they won't get a turn, so they turn around and leave with regret, waiting to come earlier next time to queue up.

The man wearing the straw hat still came to Hanshi Restaurant every day. He never took off his straw hat and always asked Keke to help him order.

After the initial discomfort, Keke gradually got used to serving this man in the straw hat every day. One time, when she didn't see him, she even felt a little empty inside.

In just over ten days, Keke's soul power improved rapidly thanks to the accumulation of experience and the nutritious meals he ate every day. He has now broken through from level nine to level ten and can absorb a soul ring to become a one-ring soul master.

Qi Han originally planned to take a day off and go hunting for spirit rings with Ke Ke, but Ke Ke refused.

He insisted that he did not need to acquire a spirit ring for the time being. Although Qi Han was somewhat puzzled as to why, he still chose to respect his decision.

Only Keke herself knows the reason.

That day, Keke had just broken through to level ten and hadn't even had a chance to tell anyone before she had to start working.

On that very day, the man wearing the straw hat spoke a sentence to Keke using the legendary method of telepathic communication.

"If you want your first spirit ring to last a thousand years, then don't absorb spirit rings for now."

The maximum age of the first spirit ring is only 423 years. This is the result of research conducted by the master who founded Shrek Academy 5,000 years ago. Over the years, Shrek Academy has not kept its research on spirit ring age a secret. It has now become common knowledge.

Even so, Coco inexplicably believed what the man in the straw hat said.

After spending so many days together, all he felt was kindness and warmth from the other person, so Keke was willing to trust him and temporarily refrain from absorbing any spirit rings.

Of course, he didn't tell anyone about this.

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament has been going on for almost a month, attracting countless spectators from all over the Douluo Continent.

The number of these spectators did not gradually decrease over time; on the contrary, it showed signs of increasing.

Even in the dining area of ​​Hanshi Festival, diners often talked about this grand event.

The reason is that the second round of the group stage of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament has come to an end, and the final stage has officially begun.

The final match was, of course, the most exciting.

After the round-robin matches in the four groups are completed, the top two teams from each group advance to the finals. After the quarterfinals, teams are drawn to play each other in pairs, and the final four teams are determined.

The four finalists faced off again in the semifinals to determine the winners' bracket and losers' bracket.

The winners will compete in the final to determine the champion and runner-up.

The two teams from the loser's bracket will also participate in the final to compete for the third place spot.

The top three in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament are the most prestigious, as their rewards include not only a whopping 100,000 gold soul coins, but also a rare ten-thousand-year soul bone.

The other five teams that made it to the finals only received Gold Soul Coins as a participation prize.

Teams that couldn't even make it to the finals didn't even receive a participation prize.

Twelve days have passed, and only the final match remains in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Battle Tournament.

Shrek Academy vs. Star Luo Royal Academy.

The competition will be held tomorrow, and it will determine who wins the championship.

On the eve of the finals, Qi Han unsurprisingly received another invitation from Shrek Academy to watch the match.

Chapter 215 Is this okay?

"Qin Yao, you've mastered all the hot pot bases quite well, but you still need more practice." Qi Han changed the subject, looking at Qin Yue on the other side with a smile on his face. "Qin Yue is the same. The radish slices you've cut now meet my requirements, but you still need to practice more when cutting various ingredients and making shrimp paste and other ingredients."

After saying this, Qi Han once again pointed out the specific shortcomings of the two of them in detail.

In twelve days, the two women had mastered the basics at home, so now after each business day, Qi Han would set aside about half an hour to tutor them individually.

Although one sister is not good at knife skills and the other is not good at cooking, they have strangely high talents in their respective fields, and their progress is even faster than Qi Han's.

Of course, this refers to the case where the training time is taken into account.

Goodbye, boss!

After the tutoring session, the two women packed their belongings and prepared to leave the shop.

Qi Han watched the two women leave before carrying Gulu upstairs.

He had originally planned to let Keke learn as well, but Keke didn't seem to have much talent for cooking, so after a few attempts, he had no choice but to give up. Now, every time Qi Han finishes his business and tutors the two girls, he goes to his room on the third floor in advance to read books or try to cultivate.

Although the first soul ring has not yet been absorbed and the soul power realm is stuck at level ten and cannot be improved, soul power can continue to accumulate. Once the soul ring is absorbed and the soul power level is broken through, this accumulated soul power will be converted back into soul power realm.

This is also the result of the research of that master more than 5,000 years ago.

Qi Han, who had reached the third floor, glanced at the closed door of Ke Ke's room, smiled slightly, entered his own room, hugged Gulu, lay down on the bed, and quickly fell asleep.

The final match between Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy took place the following afternoon.

Seemingly affected by the finals, business at noon on Hanshi Festival was worse than usual. The boiling passion of countless people made them temporarily forget the temptation of the food.

However, this was not a problem for Qi Han.

Because his heart had already flown to the competition field.

Everything else was secondary; what really made him pound his heart was when he remembered sitting next to Yu Lianxin during the last match.

Will I sit next to her this time?

After closing for lunch and tutoring the Qin sisters in cooking, Qi Han was about to rush off to watch the competition when he suddenly pulled his foot back from the shop.

He turned around and went to the partition, picked up the somewhat bewildered Gulu, and then left the store with joyful steps.

Gulu, we're counting on you for a divine assist!

"Meow~"

I don't want to be an accomplice...

Double the cat food!

"Meow!"

Gulu's deep purple eyes shone brightly.

make a deal!

On their way to the Soul Fighting Tournament, the human and the cat had a pleasant little get-together.

...

The finals are much more exciting than the round-robin stage, not only because the eight teams in the finals are all strong contenders who won in the round-robin stage, but also because of the format of the finals.

As mentioned earlier, the competition format of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament can be roughly divided into three types: one-on-one gauntlet battles, two-on-three small team battles, and seven-on-seven team battles.

The preliminary elimination rounds adopted a seven-on-seven team battle format because this type of battle best tests the players' skills and only requires one match, making it the fastest.

In the group stage, one of the three competition formats is drawn by lot, and luck is also a form of skill.

The final match will be much more cautious. The two teams will play three matches in the order of one-on-one, two-on-two-three, and seven-on-seven, with no rest time in between. The final winner will be determined by the best two out of the three matches.

Without a doubt, such a match would be much more exciting.

The organizers of the Star Luo Empire seemed to understand that what the public was most looking forward to was not the semi-final loser's bracket match for third place, but the winner's bracket match between Shrek Academy and Star Luo Royal Academy for the championship. Therefore, they made extremely "thoughtful" arrangements for the match.

The final match was held last.

It's unclear how many people were angered by this move, but it certainly piqued everyone's interest and made a fortune in ticket sales.

So much so that Qi Han, who was carrying Gulu, was almost blocked in the square outside the competition venue with no room to stand. It wasn't until he saw Fuya waiting for him in the distance that Qi Han found his way. Relying on his three-ring strength, Qi Han quietly pushed the crowd aside and successfully walked to the opposite side of her.

"Boss, let's go." Seeing Qi Han approach, Fuya smiled brightly.

This was already the finals, and as a member of the reserve team, she basically had no chance to play. However, being able to witness Shrek Academy win the championship was still a very happy thing.

As for whether Shrek Academy will lose?

Such a thing was something that neither the Shrek Academy team members nor the spectators had ever considered.

Even though they were facing students from the Star Luo Royal Academy, the strongest academy in the Star Luo Empire, led by the eldest prince of the Star Luo Empire, everyone firmly believed that they could still defend the glory of Shrek Academy.

Because Sun Changhao, the captain of the Shrek official team, had already demonstrated his strength in the previous semi-finals.

Six-Ring Soul Emperor!

In contrast, the strongest student at the Star Luo Royal Academy is only the First Prince, who is at the fifth-ring level.

Despite the high expectations of the people, the outcome of this battle was almost predetermined.

What they wanted to see was nothing more than a battle between the two sides' top Soul Masters.

This wasn't the first time Qi Han had entered Shrek Academy's waiting area for the match. Soon after, Qi Han followed Fuya into the area and, unsurprisingly, saw Yu Lianxin sitting alone to the side again.

Yu Lianxin was alone, mainly because she was the senior disciple of the inner courtyard and had a rather aloof personality, so the other contestants were too embarrassed to sit directly next to her.

Before Yu Lianxin could react, Fuya spoke up again very naturally, "Boss, there's an empty seat next to Senior Sister, why don't you sit there?"

Fu, the best wingman, Ya, is now online.

“No…” Yu Lianxin’s pupils contracted slightly. She knew that if she didn’t refuse, she would probably have to experience that uncomfortable feeling again when Qi Han watched the battle last time.

However, before she could finish refusing, a "meow" came from Qi Han's arms, and then a small silver-gray figure nimbly darted out of Qi Han's arms and into Yu Lianxin's arms.

Yu Lianxin instinctively hugged Gulu and began to stroke its loose and soft fur.

Before she realized something was wrong, Qi Han had already sat down next to Yu Lianxin with a faint smile.

And in his arms, he was holding Gulu No. 1.

The one that just crawled into Yu Lian's arms was naturally Gulu No. 2.

Gulu once again provided his divine assistance in order to double the amount of cat food.

Looking at Qi Han, who was already sitting next to her, Yu Lianxin opened her mouth, but couldn't say the words of refusal.