Chapter 184 The Ultimate Knife Skill
Li Yan took a deep breath and said, "If you win, I'll give you the antidote. If you lose..."

Xu Qing said: "Then let's follow the previous rules. The loser will drink the poison."

Li Yan nodded, "Very good. To be fair, before the duel begins, I will first introduce to you what the Lobster Trio is. The Lobster Trio tests the chef's three skills, one of which is knife skills, which you have seen before. The first competition tests the ultimate knife skills. The chef is blindfolded and uses his body's perception to perform knife skills in the dark. This competition not only tests accuracy, but also speed! Whoever can finish the lobster platter first will be the winner."

Xu Qing looked at the lobster platter on the table and said, "You completed the first task at the same time, so it's a tie."

Li Yan said: "Yes, although Jidi was absent due to poisoning, even if the competition continues, Jidi's chances of winning the second and third competitions are not great."

"Okay, let's start with the first duel."

Xu Qing picked up the black cloth on the table.

Li Yan was surprised and said, "Do you really want to compete with me in knife skills? You should have seen my knife skills. At your age, your knife skills are definitely not as good as mine or Jidi's skills after years of hard practice. Not to mention you, even Lin Chef Lai He is probably not as good as me in knife skills."

Lai He smiled and said nothing, which was considered as his agreement.

Xu Qing covered his eyes with a black cloth and said, "Since it is a competition among three lobsters, we naturally have to compete in order to determine the winner. Besides, I have some confidence in my knife skills."

Seeing that Xu Qing was ready, Li Yan also blindfolded himself with a black cloth, held a kitchen knife in one hand and placed the other hand on the basket of lobsters, ready at all times.

Lai He saw this and acted as a referee. He said loudly, "The first round of the three lobster competitions, the knife skills showdown, starts now!"

At the command, the two men immediately took action.

Lai He had seen Li Yan's knife skills many times and they were no longer new to him, so his attention was now focused on Xu Qing.

What kind of knife skills can this kid display?

Lai He didn't have any hope for this. He thought that it would be good enough if Xu Qing didn't get his hand cut while his eyes were blindfolded.

When his eyes fell on Xu Qing, Lai He was stunned.

He rubbed his eyes hard, almost unable to believe what he saw.

He thought that Li Yan and the top chef named Jidi had already reached the pinnacle of knife skills. Their speed, accuracy and strength were second to none, not to mention that they were blindfolded and only relied on their senses and muscle memory.

It can be said that even if all the chefs in the light and dark culinary worlds are added together, there are probably no more than ten people whose knife skills can surpass those of these two.

But at this moment, what appeared before Lai He's eyes was something he had never imagined.

He didn't even dare to imagine that there would be such knife skills in the world!
In Xu Qing's hands, the shiny silver kitchen knife seemed to have transformed from a dead object into something full of life. It completely became an extension of Xu Qing's arm and a part of his body.

The kitchen knife showed unprecedented agility and liveliness. When it cut the lobster, it was as if the knife had eyes. The knife gently peeled off the shrimp shell and took out the shrimp meat inside intactly without any loss or waste.

Such delicate and meticulous knife work was completed in an instant, so fast that not even a shadow was left, leaving only a hint of silver knife light.

Lai He only saw the silver knife light passing through the darkness, and then the shrimp shell separated automatically, as if the lobster had shed its shell by itself, revealing the pink shrimp meat.

During this process, you can hardly see the movement of the hands or the knife. You can only see the flash of the silver knife light, and then the meat and shell separate by themselves.

Lai He kept rubbing his eyes. Even though he saw it with his own eyes, he still didn't believe his eyes.

Is this really the kind of knife skills that a human can display?

It is exquisite, as fine as a hair, yet as fast as lightning.

And these three extremely high requirements were completed at the same time, and the degree of completion was ridiculously high.

Lai He had never seen such knife skills in anyone else!
He blinked and turned to look at Li Yan.

Li Yan's knife skills are very fast, and his knife moves are precise and neat. Every step seems to have been practiced countless times, without any unnecessary movements.

But Li Yan's knife skills are ultimately within the human realm.

Lai He could clearly see where he cut, the turn of his wrist, and the process of moving the knife. Every step was very precise and each step could be said to have been trained to perfection. But that was all.

If Li Yan's knife skills are as smooth as flowing water, then Xu Qing's knife skills are unrestrained and leave no trace.

Lai He could not see any movement of his wrist, nor any trace of his knife movements. It was as if he just stood there, calmly placing the knife on the lobster. Then, with a flash of silver light from the knife, the lobster naturally shed its shell.

It was as if he wasn't cutting the lobster, just gently stroking it.

Is this the pinnacle of knife skills?
So extreme that it is beyond the scope of cognition.

Even if you see it with your own eyes, you still can’t understand it.

Lai He stared at Xu Qing's knife skills, trying to keep his eyes wide open, not wanting to miss even a second.

But the more he looked, the more confused he became.

The more I see, the more I doubt myself.

In the end, Lai He could only choose to close his eyes tightly and stop looking.

But the exquisite knife skills and the silvery light of the knife that seemed to contain infinite secrets could not be erased from his mind.

Whenever he picks up a kitchen knife, he will subconsciously want to chase the light of the knife.

However, once you start chasing, you will only find that the distance between the two is getting farther and farther, to the point of despair.

But all his efforts to pursue the goal ended up being just standing still.

Lai He exhaled deeply.

Fortunately, knife skills are not what he is best at. If someone who is confident and proud of his knife skills sees Xu Qing's knife skills, he would probably lose the courage to pick up a kitchen knife again in an instant.

Horrible, terrible.

How come this guy has such great knife skills?
And he is only this age...

Is there a secret to this knife-working technique?
Impossible! At least Lai He had never heard of it.

If Xu Qing had honed his knife skills through his own hard work, then his talent in knife skills was truly terrifying!

Fortunately, I haven't competed with him in knife skills before.

Lai He breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had escaped a disaster.

He looked at Li Yan with pity. Fortunately, Li Yan's face was covered with a black cloth at the moment and he could not see Xu Qing's knife skills, otherwise this duel would not be able to continue.

Li Yan processed the lobsters step by step. At this moment, he only had one lobster left to be peeled. All he had to do next was make a few simple cuts to complete the platter.

This was the second time for him to compete with the Lobster Three in a short period of time, which made him perform better and more proficient than the last time. If he were to compete with Jidi at this time, he would definitely be the winner in the end.

Li Yan was putting the kitchen knife on the shrimp shell when he suddenly heard a voice from the other side, "I'm done."

Li Yan stopped the knife in his hand in disbelief, and asked in a faint voice, "What did you say?"

Xu Qing said: "I said, I'm done."

Li Yan said angrily, "Impossible! You must be tricking me! You can't be so fast! Lai He, check his finished product."

Lai He sighed softly, "He did finish it, you can see for yourself."

(End of this chapter)