Zhang Wei said nothing, letting Tang Zhihun prepare the next training stages.
In a clear pool, a small amount of orange juice, wine, or sugar and salt would be added and diluted tens of thousands or millions of times, then the chefs would have to identify them.
In a vast area, scented sachets would be hidden in packages for the chefs to find, much like sniffer dogs at security checkpoints.
"Is this... for training everyone's sense of taste and smell?"
"But taste and smell are innate abilities. Apart from the cell level increase, their improvement through training is actually very limited..."
After all, they were body parts, not skills or techniques!
Zhang Wei smiled and turned to ask Shao An.
Shao An pondered for a moment before replying to Tang Zhihun, "Interconnected!" Da Feng Novel Network
Tang Zhihun was taken aback.
What riddle were these two playing? Couldn't they just be straightforward as chefs!
Shao An pointed to the training ingredients and said, "The root of everything lies in these connected ingredients!"
"Goblin Dogheads, these creatures have extremely developed senses of smell and hearing, are very sensitive to decay, and most importantly, their brains are very beneficial for the development of their sense of smell!"
"Slimy Pitcher Plants, the most delicious part is its vegetarian tongue. That tongue is flexible, strong, and has a large number of sensory nerves. Its dietary effect is to develop the sense of taste and increase the taste bud efficiency of the tongue!"
"As for the Stone Lobster... it should be to compensate for the physical damage caused by strenuous physical activity, keeping the body in the healthiest state at all times."
Tang Zhihun seemed to understand, "So you don't eat these dishes, they were prepared for them from the beginning."
Tang Zhihun could not help but laugh and cry, "Everyone thought it was some kind of competition, and everyone was trying so hard."
Shao An glanced at Zhang Wei and whispered, "I think the Principal did it on purpose."
"On purpose? Why?"
Shao An explained, "If they didn't try so hard, how could these precious ingredients be perfectly utilized? They think it's a competition and will give their all, but for themselves... they are more accustomed to slacking off."
Everything became clear!
For a moment, Tang Zhihun felt a strange emotion. Although he had been following Zhang Wei for longer, Shao An always seemed to grasp Zhang Wei's thoughts better.
Perhaps...
This was the difference in talent.
In fact, Shao An's talent was indeed astonishing. Having been taken as the first disciple by the Sichuan Cuisine Fairy, his skills were on par with Liu Angxing. If not for the vast difference in their luck, it was hard to say who would go further.
At least so far, Shao An, who had been studying under Zhang Wei, had reached the realm of a ten-star chef, and it was not an exaggeration to say he possessed half of Zhang Wei's culinary skills!
Tang Zhihun, on the other hand, was less fortunate. Despite processing so many ingredients, he had only trained to become a seven-star chef so far.
The next day, Zhang Wei added several new ingredients.
First, the Evil Eye Demon!
A very ugly demon-like ingredient, with only a floating eyeball and the skin attached around the eyeball.
One should not look directly at this ingredient, or they would fall into a hallucination and be unable to escape. The Evil Eye Demon possessed the power to drive people mad.
It was also proficient in hypnosis. Once under its spell, the Evil Eye would control them to kill and destroy. Moreover, its hypnosis could be used on low-intelligence creatures, such as wildebeest, antelopes, and so on.
These hypnotized animals often caused significant casualties when they returned to their herds. This was one of the Evil Eye's sources of ingredients.
Second, the Cyclops. A top predator, its single eye could shoot lasers, compensating for its lack of long-range attack.
Third, the Trimerous Barbarian. An extremely evil demonic ingredient, more terrifying than the Evil Eye. It looked like a twisted monster that would put anyone off their appetite! It had two hundred to five hundred eyes all over its body, monitoring every corner.
But if it was defeated, its eyes would turn into garnets!
A crystal-like object with a stone-like outer shell, it was a special culinary ingredient.
"Without exception, these are all ingredients to enhance eyesight!"
The corresponding assessment was the "Poem on a Grain of Rice" challenge!
Taste, smell, eyesight...
Only by passing these first three stages could they proceed to the subsequent training.
The early bird catches the worm, and for those who were slow in processing ingredients, Zhang Wei had a double penalty mechanism.
This was actually a form of protection for them, aiming to allow these "slow birds" to consume more nourishing ingredients and shorten the gap with others.
(End of this chapter)