MTL - It’s Obviously a Life Skill, But You Developed It Into a Magical Skill

Chapter 21 Engraving

 What Chef Liu said just now gave Zhou An some ideas.

 If your proficiency does not increase, it is definitely your own problem.

Now that Chef Liu said this, he suddenly found the source of the problem.

 When I cut vegetables, it seems that I have always cut them according to the original method, and it has never changed.

According to Chef Liu, chopping vegetables is more than just chopping.

If you change your method of cutting vegetables, will your proficiency increase?

Thinking of this, Zhou An raised his doubts.

“Old Liu, how do you think I can improve my vegetable cutting skills?”

Even though Old Liu is old, in his sixties, his cooking skills are really not easy.

 And it has amazing power. An iron pot specially designed for frying large dishes can fly quickly when used.

Chef Liu asked: "Are you really planning to do this for a living?"

"These days, there are many ways to make a living with multiple abilities. If I quit working one day, I can also work as a chef." Zhou An said.

 Cook Liu thought for a moment, and that was true.

 In the entire yamen, Zhou An is the only one who helps cook.

 At this time, Zhou An encountered difficulties, and Chef Liu felt that he had to help.

 If he doesn't help, he will be too busy when Zhou An doesn't want to do it.

“Actually, when it comes to cutting vegetables, there aren’t many that can be used. Generally, they are straight cutting, push cutting, pulling cutting, sawing, guillotine cutting and roll cutting. You have always used straight cutting, but you can actually learn other methods.”

Chef Liu took the kitchen knife from Zhou An and tried all the cutting methods.

While trying it, he also explained the essentials of various cutting methods.

 Zhou An was listening attentively.

 But when he finished listening, a strange expression appeared on his face.

 He tried to take the knife, followed what Chef Liu taught him just now, and tried all the cutting methods.

 Proficiency remains unchanged.

 This method won’t work.

 Cook Liu was also surprised.

 “This guy’s basic skills are good!”

Zhou An was able to do all the basic sword skills just now with ease.

Talent!

 Must be a talent!

 Seeing Zhou An's unhappy expression, Chef Liu said, "Are you still not satisfied?"

 Zhou An did not hide it, and said bluntly: "It's not interesting, this is still not an improvement."

 Cook Liu has black lines all over his head.

This guy is really arrogant, but he also has the ability to be arrogant.

 “This is for you.”

 Cook Liu found a piece of wood from the corner of the kitchen and threw it in front of Zhou An.

 This is ordinary firewood. When not in use, it is piled in the corner and used as needed.

Zhou An picked up the wood and said strangely: "Why did you give me this?"

“Don’t you want to practice knife skills? Come and carve this one. When you can carve it out like the real one, you can practice other ones.” Chef Liu took out a piece of green vegetables at random and put it on the table.

 Zhou An raised his eyebrows.

“I heard that someone is a tofu carver. Please give me a wooden stake.”

He has heard this before. It seems that the chef of the restaurant in Anding County said it.

 The exquisite workmanship of the knife can carve flowers on the tofu.

Chef Liu smiled and said: "Carve the hard one first, and then do it step by step after it's done."

Zhou An thought that his proficiency had not improved anyway, so he might try again.

Thinking of this, he picked up the kitchen knife.

Chef Liu shook his head: "No need for this, use the knife on your waist."

Zhou An was stunned.

There is a long knife on the waist, but it is more than a little difficult to use this carving. "It's light and easy to lift, and when you can carve it out with a long knife on your waist, and you can make it look real, then it will be easy for you to use other knives," said Chef Liu.

Zhou An pulled out the long knife from his waist and tried to use it, but found that it was particularly difficult to use.

 It is easy for him to go out and chop down someone now, but to carve a piece of wood the size of a palm, the difficulty skyrockets.

Especially because this long knife is too long, you have to be careful if you want to carve it on wood.

Zhou An tried to scratch it with a knife, but he used too much force and cracks appeared on the wood.

His Chef Ding's knife technique has gained an accuracy plus one, and it can indeed be retracted and released freely, but that is in terms of killing people.

 If it is used for carving, the precision of this knife skill plus one is a bit not enough.

However, after he tried carving a few times, the words in front of him changed.

 【Pao Ding's knife-fighting technique (speed +2, accuracy +1): 4/40000】

 Proficiency has increased!

Zhou An kept a calm expression on his face, but his heart was filled with joy.

My guess on this trip was indeed correct.

 The reason why my proficiency level has not increased is because I have not challenged new difficulties.

 Now it seems that I made the right choice.

Thinking of this, Zhou An didn't say anything and continued to carve carefully on the wood.

That cabbage has been engraved in his mind, and he doesn’t even look at it.

Rather, it is constantly refined based on the memory in my mind.

 Proficiency is increasing, and it’s increasing quite well.

 With this motivation, Zhou An became more focused.

Chef Liu has been watching from the side. He found that Zhou An was very serious when he became serious.

 “Is this guy really interested in sword skills?”

He was just joking just now, hoping to make Zhou An quit, but he didn't expect that Zhou An was really serious.

 He did not make any noise and waited patiently.

 After about half an hour, Zhou An finally put away his sword.

 The right hand is shaking slightly. This is not due to fatigue, but a side effect of high concentration.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　…

 Zhou An let out a long breath. As the air flowed through his body, the trembling in his right hand resumed.

In front of Zhou An, a green vegetable carved from wood appeared.

But this green vegetable carved from wood doesn’t look very good.

There were sawdust everywhere, and there were several cracks and deformations.

“Not bad.” Chef Liu praised sincerely: “It’s the first time I’ve used a long knife to carve wood, and it’s already pretty good to be able to carve it like this.”

"Old Liu, if your expression hadn't been so sincere, I would have thought you were mocking me." Zhou And said.

In just half an hour, the proficiency level increased by about a hundred points, which is good news for Zhou An.

“Okay, we’ve finished cutting the vegetables, you can carve them first, and I’ll go cook.”

It’s almost lunch time here. Chef Liu stopped chatting and came to the stove to start preparing lunch.

Zhou An had nothing to do with cooking. Zhou An continued to take a piece of wood and carve it with a long knife.

 This sculpture came directly to noon.

 After lunch, Zhou An was not idle either.

As usual, Xie Baotou came over to teach the swordsmanship for a while and then asked everyone to disperse.

 Zhou An took several pieces of wood from the kitchen, moved them to the room, and carved them carefully with a long knife.

This situation naturally attracted curious glances, but Zhou An said that after he practiced sword skills, everyone found it boring, so he said no more.

Yu Hang was not there the whole time. He walked in when he was about to leave.

Zhou Anshun took a look and found that Yu Hang's face was a bit ugly.

Yu Hang came to Zhou An and whispered: "Old Zhou, I have been keeping a low profile recently. Zhangsi County is investigating the mysterious master."

 (End of this chapter)