Yin Yang Mapo Tofu! Spicy Enough to Make a Sage Cry, Fragrant Enough to Stun the Little Ancestor!
Mapo Tofu?
These four words were like four bolts of Chaos Divine Thunder, exploding on the silent Kunlun Mountain Peak.
Ripples, named "Absurdity," spread out eerily.
At the foot of the mountain, the communication channels of countless beings were instantly flooded with endless question marks.
"Mapo Tofu? What kind of Innate Spiritual Root is that Daoist Name?"
"Unheard of! Could it be the true name of the Chaos Demon Gods?"
"Tofu... is it related to soil? Could it be some kind of variant of the Earth Fetal Membrane?"
Below the platform, several newly appointed Sage also looked utterly astonished.
They searched through billions of years of memory but couldn't find a single trace related to "Mapo Tofu".
Only in the deepest part of Hongjun Daozu's eyes, which had seen through the ages, did a very faint ripple pass by, an emotion that seemed to be called "nostalgia".
But that memory is too distant, like a flickering candle in the wind, gone in an instant.
The only final judge in the entire competition, Lin Shen, stopped eating his meat after hearing this novel name.
He raised his shiny, oily face.
In his big, dark eyes, the purest and most primal curiosity of a child sparkled.
"Ma Po... tofu?"
He struggled to pronounce the somewhat tongue-twisting word.
Is it tasty?
"Is it even better than Brother Qiankun's barbecue?"
This question, like an unparalleled weapon of destruction, precisely pierced the Sage's Heart of the Yin Yang Reason Sage.
Upon hearing this, the Qiankun Food Sage of Heaven and Earth puffed out his chest even higher, and the smugness on his face almost radiated outwards as if it were a tangible light.
Joke!
This is a supreme divine product that I, the Saint, baked using the very essence of the Myriad Stars Array as fuel and divine beasts of the stars as ingredients!
How dare a mere "tofu," whose very name sounds odd, be compared to this?
The Yin Yang Reason Sage felt his heart clench tightly.
He felt that the courage he had just gained by sacrificing his dignity had instantly vanished.
But he was already standing on the edge of a cliff, with no way back.
"Whether it's delicious or not, Junior Brother will know after he tries it."
He tried his best to maintain the dignity of Sage, but his voice trembled uncontrollably.
"My way is 'reason' and also 'balance'."
"Today, I will not delve into profound mysteries, but only demonstrate for my junior brother a dish that embodies 'balance'... Mapo Tofu!"
The moment he finished speaking, he no longer hesitated and drew a perfect circle in front of his chest with both hands.
This time, the Chaos Yin Yang Great Grinding Mill that obliterates everything did not appear.
Instead, there is a wok where black and white energies flow naturally, forming a natural Tai Chi diagram.
"The Tao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things."
The voice of the Yin Yang Reason Sage suddenly became solemn and dignified, as if what he was about to do was not cooking, but a creation ceremony that could create the world from the very World Creation!
He stretched out his left hand and gently clenched it towards the endless void beneath the Nine Netherworlds.
He forcibly brought over a wisp of the most primordial Taiyin Qi, traversing endless time and space!
The aura was cold and deathly still, yet at its core, a trace of the gentlest of life was being nurtured.
Under the precise guidance of the Sage of Reason's "Great Way of Balance," this Taiyin Qi began to undergo a qualitative change.
The coldness fades, transforming into warmth.
The deathly silence dissipated, giving way to vitality.
In the end, it transformed in his palm into a square, white, and tender object, as smooth as a baby's skin.
This object ripples like water with the slightest movement, as if carrying the gentleness of the entire world.
A perfect piece of... tofu!
"This is 'yin,' which is 'body,' representing bearing and encompassing."
He stretched out his right hand and reached out to grasp at the eternally burning sun in the heavens!
A wisp of the purest Solar True Fire, carrying a domineering flame powerful enough to incinerate Great Luo Immortal, was forcibly captured into his palm!
"This is 'yang,' which is 'use,' representing release and passion."
He used the same Daoist method to completely eliminate the violent destructive laws within the Solar True Fire.
Only the purest and most intense "fire elemental essence" remains.
The next moment, this wisp of origin, along with a wisp of "Spicy Law" he had extracted from the depths of the Primordial World earth veins, and a wisp of "Numbing Law" he had intercepted from a small world, began to be forged at the level of the Great Dao in his palm!
Three completely different laws, under his "Great Way of Balance," went from fiercely colliding to perfectly merging.
Finally, it transforms into a lump of bright red, magma-like color, with an incomparably powerful aroma... a secret sauce!
Just looking at that lump of sauce made the mouths of the Sage water and their spirits feel faintly hot!
"When Yin Yang and Yang are in balance, harmony is achieved!"
The Yin Yang Reason Sage's expression was one of utmost focus.
He placed the Tai Chi wok over the fire, and the moment the sauce was added, an earth-shattering aroma exploded out!
This aroma is completely different from the meat aroma of the Qiankun Food Sage.
It is not pure temptation, but a wonderful flavor full of extreme contradictions and conflicts!
The domineering spiciness transforms into a Sky-Piercing Killing Sword, piercing straight into the depths of the Divine Soul!
The eerie hemp transformed into the threads of Fuxi's Destiny Threads, binding the tongues of every living being!
The rich saltiness, like the Empress Houtu's body, seems to bear all this turmoil!
These three flavors, which should be incompatible, are forcibly fused together by the "Great Way of Balance," forming a harmony full of explosive tension!
At the foot of the mountain, countless creatures smelled this odor, and their Divine Soul were almost torn apart.
Half of his primordial spirit was screaming wildly, "So spicy! So pungent! My Dao Heart is going to be burned through!"
The other half of his spirit was screaming madly, "It smells so good! It's so tempting! Give me a bite, just one bite!"
On the platform, the perfect piece of tofu was gently slid into the pot.
The Yin Yang Reason Sage did not use any tools or implements.
He used only his divine sense to precisely control every drop of sauce and every piece of tofu.
In the pot, they danced gently and harmoniously, following the mysterious trajectory of the Tai Chi symbol.
The white tofu was happily coated with a bright red sauce.
Yin embraced Yang.
Finally, when the sauce and tofu are completely blended, reaching a state of perfect harmony where they are inseparable and Yin Yang are indistinguishable.
The Yin Yang Reason Sage has stopped.
He flicked his sleeve.
A steaming plate, glistening red and tempting, adorned with a layer of emerald green Scallions made from crushed Innate Spiritual Root, exudes an extraordinary fragrance that could even shake the Dao Heart Sage...
Mapo Tofu, perfectly cooked!
The dish just floated quietly in the air.
It is no longer a dish.
It is a perfect work of art constructed from the "Avenue of Balance".
It is a living, perfect little world made up of flavors.
"Junior Brother," Yin Yang Reason Sage breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his cultivation, which had stagnated for billions of years, had gained a completely new understanding at this moment.
He looked at Lin Shen, who was completely dumbfounded and had even forgotten to wipe the glistening barbecue grease from the corner of his mouth, and revealed a relieved, genuine smile from the bottom of his heart.
"Please taste my... Dao."