Traveling through time and space to achieve a well-off life with your family

"Hello everyone! Welcome to the first God of Cooking Contest! I am the host, Gua Yan." Standing on the stage, Gua Yan could not hide his inner excitement and joy. He looked at the crowd around him excitedly. Although this was his first time as a host and he was a little awkward, he still tried his best to mobilize the emotions of the audience.

"Food has endless charm and can give people the power to move forward; food can convey endless joy and make life full of sunshine. Today, many cooking masters have gathered in our Qiming City, and they are about to show their talents and skills here! This competition has specially set up three grand prizes: the first prize winner can not only take home a special chef trophy symbolizing honor, but also a mysterious gift that people are looking forward to; the second prize is a set of high-quality knife sets carefully crafted by the iron smelting plant, and the knife body is also engraved with the exclusive logo of our Qiming City Chef Competition; as for the third prize, it is a voucher worth up to 500 yuan from the trade market!" Gua Yan happily showed the dazzling array of prizes behind him to everyone, while explaining that the eager contestants in the audience had already been eyeing those awards and were determined to win them.

"Okay, let's not talk too much! The first Chef God Contest officially begins now!" As Gua Yan's sonorous and powerful commands rang out, the contestants all took action.

The most eye-catching among them was undoubtedly Cheng Mo. He was holding a kitchen knife and wearing a leather apron. He walked to the stove, said something to the orc who was lighting the fire, then turned and came to the table where the food was placed, carefully selected the ingredients he needed, and then placed them one by one on the chopping board. He picked up the kitchen knife skillfully and cut the ingredients into even blocks or slices. Every cut was precise and powerful.

Then, Cheng Mo carefully poured oil into the pot, and when the oil was hot, he put the ingredients into the pot. With a "sizzle" sound, the moment the ingredients came into contact with the hot oil, the aroma immediately spread. Cheng Mo held the spatula and kept stir-frying. His movements were skillful and elegant. After a while, delicious dishes were ready.

Although there are many recipes taught by Cheng Mo in Qiming City, in daily life, most orcs still prefer to choose simple and easy-to-make barbecue with vegetable soup as the staple food. As for those more complicated cooking methods, few people are willing to try them because they find them troublesome. As a result, the orcs participating in the competition seem quite unfamiliar with them. Cheng Mo has cooked three dishes, but the others have not even cooked one.

After Cheng Mo finished cooking, he took the food down and distributed it to the orcs who were watching the excitement. The orcs standing in the front row were extremely excited and couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks to taste it. The potatoes and ribs that melted in their mouths, the fresh and refreshing stir-fried vegetables, and the delicious fish soup... Every dish intoxicated them and they were reluctant to swallow it for a long time.

Facing this situation, Cheng Mo could only smile and say, "I didn't cook much today, so just try some. There are other dishes to come."

However, the orcs who had already tasted the food shook their heads, expressing their high recognition of Cheng Mo's cooking skills. In their hearts, the dishes cooked by Cheng Mo were simply delicious! So, when the food made by Cheng Mo was eaten, although there were still many people who had not tasted it, just looking at the satisfied expressions on the faces of the orcs in front who were eating with relish made everyone look forward to other people's dishes even more.

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"So many people?" A tall and handsome male orc stood not far from the city gate. Looking at the long and winding queue in front of him waiting to enter the city, a trace of curiosity arose in his heart.

Suddenly, a rich and tempting aroma came to our faces, like an invisible magic, instantly setting off a commotion in the entire queue.

"Wow, it smells good! What's that smell?" The beastmen whispered to each other, guessing the source of the fragrance with anticipation.

Someone shouted excitedly: "Is the MasterChef Contest starting? This smells so good! I feel like I didn't eat anything in the morning!"

One of the orcs couldn't hold back his excitement, and stood on tiptoe impatiently, trying to see the situation in the city through the crowd. "What a nice smell! Fortunately, I brought some food with me this morning. Who would have thought that so many people would enter the city today? I've been waiting for a whole morning, and now I haven't entered yet. Never mind, I'll eat something first!" As he spoke, he took out a piece of barbecue that had already cooled and hardened from his backpack and started chewing it. However, even though he was chewing this dry and tasteless barbecue, the aroma in his nose made him lose interest in the food in his hand, and he even found it difficult to swallow.

"Hey, brother, can you give me some? I'm so hungry! I'll give you a voucher when we get in!" An orc in the back patted the shoulder of the orc who was eating meat and begged in a low voice.

"Well...it's okay. It's just that my barbecue doesn't taste very good. But since you are so hungry, take it." The meat-eating orc was quite generous. He took out another piece of barbecue from his bag and handed it to the other party without hesitation.

"Thank you!" The orc took the barbecue with great joy, and began to devour it voraciously. He held the barbecue tightly, opened his mouth wide, and took a bite. The rich aroma of meat instantly filled the air.

The people around stared at the two orcs who were feasting, and couldn't help swallowing their saliva. They stood on tiptoe, anxiously looking forward, silently praying that it would be their turn to enter the city as soon as possible.

At this moment, a slight sound came from not far away - "Gurgle, gurgle..." The tall male orc touched his protesting stomach, and a trace of doubt appeared on his expressionless face: "I am...hungry?"

He raised his head and looked towards the city gate, his body gradually becoming transparent. However, the other orcs around him did not seem to notice this abnormality, and did not react to the fact that someone disappeared out of thin air.

The male orcs who successfully entered the city followed the alluring aroma and finally arrived at the site of the cooking competition. The atmosphere here was extremely warm, and the orcs were in high spirits, whispering excitedly:

"Ahhh! I knew the food made by the city lord must be the most delicious!"

“It’s so delicious. It’s worth coming to the competition!”

"It would be great if I could eat such delicious food every day..."

"Wow... If anyone could be with the city lord, wouldn't they be able to taste such wonderful, mouth-watering food every day? I'm so envious..."

"Yes, yes. I heard that our mysterious city lord has not yet found his ideal partner. Do you think I have a chance..."

"Don't dream! Our city lord wants to be beautiful alone! How can anyone be worthy of her?"

"Ahhh! Lord City Lord, you are my God! You shine as brightly as the brightest star in the night sky!"

"Hey - aren't you disgusting? Get away from me! Stop being such a nerd here!"

The male orc silently listened to the heated discussions of the orcs around him about the legendary city lord, and his curiosity grew more and more about this highly respected figure whom he had never met.