I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

The rules for the Food God Competition are much simpler than imagined.

The entire contest is divided into eight major groups, corresponding to the different features of the eight floors of the restaurant.

Rather than deciding who the Food God is, it’s more like challenging the Food God.

Because all eight floors of the restaurant feature Eater Fan Chaohui’s specialty cuisines.

The people regard food as their heaven.

Even in Great Xia, where technology is so advanced, the atmosphere of smoke and fire is a necessity.

This has been Han Zhan’s long-standing belief, and it’s also a conviction of Great Xia.

Therefore, the Food God Competition attracted quite a few challengers, all of whom are skilled in their craft.

There were also several familiar faces for Han Zhan, causing him some surprise.

The competition first opened with a contest on drinks: each contestant must create their own signature drink within the specified time and submit it for judging.

For fairness, the judges won’t see the preparation process and won’t be informed of the corresponding contestant numbers.

The results will only be announced collectively after the scoring is completed.

Given it’s a challenge competition, Fan Chaohui’s homemade drink is among these beverages.

As the currently recognized "Food God" of Great Xia, he needs to sustain through eight competitions, which is also quite a challenge.

The preparation time for drinks is relatively short.

After half an hour, the drink challenge group completed their creations.

Cup after cup of beverages were brought from the arena to the judges’ room, while the contestants waited in the waiting area.

As "special guests," different drinks were also sent to Han Zhan’s private box, arranged by Fan Chaohui.

The Contracted Spirit Girls brightened up at the sight of these colorful drinks.

Indeed, no girl can resist something appealing, and drinks are no exception.

"Huh?" Just as Han Zhan was marveling, he spotted among the array of colorful beverages a transparent liquid exuding a rich fragrance of alcohol.

Was that... wine?

Han Zhan, catching a whiff of this aroma, instinctively looked up towards the contestant waiting area, indeed spotting the figure he was seeking.

Brewer Chen Zui.

"This guy, his mind sure is clever. This counts as a dimensionality reduction strike."

Han Zhan chuckled, shaking his head.

Chen Zui was originally a Tier Eight Peak Powerhouse, and brewing is his talent, giving him a natural advantage.

And among the judging criteria for drinks, aspects like color, aroma, and taste are crucial.

Color is a way for drinks to catch the eye, but if every drink is vivid and colorful, among such visual chaos, a colorless drink stands out distinctively.

This is why Han Zhan thought he took a clever approach.

Thinking of this, Han Zhan picked up the transparent, aromatic wine, took a sip.

A complex taste unfurled across his palate.

The Contracted Spirit Girls each chose a color they liked and took a small taste.

During this process, the judges completed their scoring, and the results were posted on the big screen.

"Alright, the scoring results for the first-round drink group are out."

"The winner of the first place is contestant number 13, Chen Zui’s homemade drink, Feitian Maotai!"

Goodness, you’ve really made a mark. Getting on the fast track of the restaurant, the Maotai brand becoming a household name across Blue Star is only a matter of time.

Next up are appetizers and sweets.

As various appetizers and sweets were presented, Han Zhan indeed saw a familiar sweet.

They were star-shaped candies.

Star Candy.

The Punk group from Yongsha Star also participated in this competition.

Li Lingzhen could never resist such cute-shaped candies and was the quickest to snatch the Star Candy and swallow it whole.

Seeing this scene, Han Zhan curled his lips into a smile and did not stop her.

Very soon, Li Lingzhen’s side, three big white rabbits jumped up from their seats.

"Phhht!"

"Why is there sand in this! Is this some sort of prank? There’s an assassin!"

Li Lingzhen screamed frantically, and Han Zhan pressed down on her head.

"Don’t make a fuss, this is the specialty sweet from Yongsha Star, called Star Candy."

Upon hearing it was a specialty, Li Lingzhen stuck out her tongue.

"Why are there such specialty sweets."

Facing Li Lingzhen’s puzzlement, Han Zhan recounted the story of Star Candy once more.

After listening, everyone fell silent.

At this time, the scores for the appetizer sweets were also posted on the big screen.

Surprisingly, the Star Candy, which was mostly composed of clean sand, succeeded in taking first place for appetizer sweets.

"Forgetting past hardships and appreciating the sweetness is our Great Xia’s traditional virtue, and the story of Yongsha Star’s Star Candy can be found in the Yongsha Star category in the Celestial Net Library."

"I believe everyone who has experienced the low at North County can relate."

"Having it as an appetizer sweet is most appropriate."

Upon hearing this, a round of enthusiastic applause erupted at the venue.

Next is fried dishes, stir-fried dishes, steamed dishes...

With each competition concluding, it finally came to the cooking competition Xia Youwei and Feng Xiaozao registered for.

"This is the competition Youwei signed up for a while ago, because she’s confident in her soup-making skills," Gongyang Jin explained at this moment.

However, when contestant team 69 was introduced, it was Feng Xiaozao who donned the chef’s hat.

"Huh? Youwei gave her challenger cap to Xiaozao?" Nuannuan and her friends quickly noticed this point.

"It seems Youwei greatly appreciates Xiaozao’s culinary skills," nodded Li Lingzhen said.

As they were chatting, the competition had already officially started.

Numerous flying Intelligent Mechanisms for live broadcast hovered in the sky, and the host responsible for explaining quickly got into rhythm.

"Alright, let’s turn our camera to our contestant group number 69."

"The contestants in our number 69 group look familiar, they are indeed our Lord Han Zhan’s Contracted Spirit, Lady Xia Youwei!"

"Wait a minute, why is Lady Xia Youwei assisting another young woman, is she perhaps Han Zhan’s new Contracted Spirit!"

Not many were aware of Han Zhan’s contract with Feng Xiaozao,

and compared to the other six Contracted Spirit Girls, Feng Xiaozao was making her first appearance before everyone.

"Alright, let’s focus back on the competition itself, our contestant number 69 chose a special shellfish, the Aurora Salt Clam that grows in Tier Eight Materials, Aurora Ore Salt."

"As we all know, Aurora Salt Clam is indeed an excellent choice for soup-making, but its handling is exceedingly tedious, requiring a significant amount of time to pry open the Aurora Ore Salt from Tier Eight Materials."

"Our contestant number 69 is stuck at this step, as we can see, her shell prying technique seems somewhat unrefined..."

"She isn’t using tools, what is she planning to do?!"

"She broke apart the Tier Eight Material, Aurora Ore Salt, with her bare hands!"

At this moment, as the host’s voice fell, the entire Food God Competition site fell silent.