The King of Beast Trainers

158  Chapter 107: Lu Ran Shows Off His Skills_1

Fang Lan's side, with 20 people in a cutthroat battle, the Breakthrough Secret Realm had turned into a battle royale game.

Lu Ran's side, with 6 learning to cook, each staring at a pile of ingredients every day.

Both were unable to guess each other's situations,

and could only strive to complete their own tasks.

Passerby A's six people had their exclusive Breakthrough Secret Realm.

The next day, the area outside the Culinary Hunter Association in Canglan City was bustling with activity.

Many men and women, young and old, carrying cooking equipment walked into the venue.

The passersby in the streets and alleys were all making comments, as it was time for the semi-annual Special Chef examination again, but unfortunately, they could not watch throughout.

After half a day's journey, Lu Ran and the others were slightly exhausted, but after resting for a night, the six trialists from Blue Star had their spirits revived.

Unlike the other candidates who were loaded with big and small bags, the six of them were rather lightly equipped.

On the Star-Moon Continent, Spatial Equipment is also very rare, usually only available to powerful Beast Trainers or the Beast Trainer's second generation.

However, for the Beast Trainers from Blue Star, such items like Spatial Equipment were standard issue for everyone.

The storage space in the identity card was enough to hold a lot of things.

"The level of attention is so high," said Snake Skin, looking at the surrounding onlookers and speaking up.

"There are also a lot of family members," Snake Skin noticed many people cheering for the candidates, which reminded him of his own college entrance examinations...

All around them, various voices could be heard.

"Grandpa, you're almost 60 years old. If you don't pass this year, just let it be! Our little diner isn't making money."

"Yue'er, wait until I pass the Special Chef examination and become a qualified Gourmet Hunter, then I will propose marriage to you at your house!"

"Oh no, I forgot to bring my ancestral chef's knife!"

"..."

Lu Ran and the others did not stay outside for long and quickly entered the venue.

Although it was lively outside the venue, there weren't actually many candidates inside.

The examination was about to start, and there were just over a hundred people in the hall.

"It seems that many people are quite sensible," the Explorer said.

After all, the process for the Special Chef examination is very clear, and it has been held for a long time.

Generally speaking, those who could participate mostly had some confidence.

If one was too far behind, coming here just for the excitement was asking for trouble.

The vast examination venue had over two hundred cooking stations.

The distances between each station were not close; when Lu Ran and the others came in, they found that most chefs had gone towards the back.

"Unbelievable, this isn't like attending university classes; why does everyone crowd towards the back?" Bai Ling found a spot nearby.

"After all, being at the back gives a bit more preparation time, though it's not that meaningful; it's just psychological comfort," said the Pet Store Owner.

The few of them were quite casual and chose seats in the front rows.

Their philosophy was to get it over with quicker either way.

By now, the candidates who had arrived early had all chosen their spots and were waiting with their cooking equipment placed on the cooking stations.

Around these candidates, most had already released their Pet Beasts, many of which were of Fire Attribute.

During the entire examination period, Pet Beasts were allowed to assist the chefs, and chefs could also use their own Cooking Equipment; only the ingredients were uniformly provided by the organizers.

At the moment, the atmosphere on-site was slightly tense, but the Hunter's Association didn't let the candidates wait too long before three examiners came out.

One with white hair, one super obese, and a spirited woman.

They all wore black chef uniforms with the Culinary Hunter Association's official examiner emblem embroidered below their shoulders.

The three, led by the white-haired elder, walked towards the most conspicuous high platform in the examination hall and looked over the whole scene.

Upon seeing the three, the candidates began discussing, generally trying to figure out the identities of these three individuals.

The examinations conducted by the Culinary Hunter Association were not run by local chefs for locals; rather, the examiners were called in from associations in other provinces. This mutual evaluation made the examinations seem more fair.

Although everyone knew these three must be formidable Gourmet Hunters who mastered Cooking Intent, the Beast Training Empire was too large for them to determine the exact identities of the examiners on the spot.

The white-haired elder looked down and spoke, "We three are your examiners for this Special Chef examination. You don't need to know our identities, just address us as 'Examiner' later on. You are all certainly very clear about the examination rules and procedures."

"Let's get to the point quickly."

"Next, we begin the preliminary selection. Those who are ready to showcase their cutting skills, raise your arm as a signal."

Cutting skills and Firework Skills are both basics of cooking.

During the preliminary selections, over 90% of candidates would choose either cutting or Firework Skills.

After the elder spoke, whoosh, half of the people in the venue raised their hands.

Lu Ran's six people also raised their hands; there was no choice, as they lacked Fire Attribute Pet Beasts and were inherently disadvantaged in Firework Skills, relying on cutting skills for the examination.

This stage was somewhat of a financial competition as well, since there were no restrictions on the Cooking Equipment used. A good chef's knife provides significant advantages in dealing with ingredients.

Bai Ling and the others had sold some of the resources they brought with them to purchase high-quality chef's knives, hoping to pass the preliminary round with their help.

"62 people, huh?"

The elder counted and then said, "Now, you 62 people will follow the order from front to back, from left to right, and come up one by one to slaughter the bull! Next, the association will provide 62 'Rock Bulls' as your subjects for demonstrating cutting skills."

"Alright, you can prepare now, and the examination will begin in 3 minutes!" With that, he and the other two examiners started observing the candidates below.

Knowing the ingredients provided by the association this time, there was indeed a heated discussion among the candidates below.

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