E7 - Two Successors

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SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[01:30] Zhouyu
    Mao, what hope do you have of winning?
[01:37] Meili
    Mao...
[01:40] Guan
    Let the judging begin.
[01:48] Guan
    Maoxing, you took too long mincing
    the sea bream and wrapping it in its skin.
[01:57] Guan
    This sea bream is already dead.
[02:13] Guan
    Wh-What?!
[02:18] All
    It's alive!
[02:23] All
    And delicious!
[02:25] Luo
    It's incredibly fresh, as though a living
    sea bream is leaping inside my mouth.
[02:32] Leien
    What?!
[02:36] Guan
    This surprising flavor
    that melts on the tongue
[02:39] ---
    along with the vegetables is
    the sea bream's peak deliciousness!
[02:43] Yan
    Sealed inside these spring
    rolls is a golden flavor
[02:48] ---
    just as delicious as Lei En's!
[02:53] Luo
    But the sea bream was prepared long
    after its peak deliciousness ended.
[02:58] ---
    How?
[03:00] Leien
    I-Impossible...
[03:06] Leien
    C-Could it be?
[03:11] Meili
    Mao!
[03:12] Shirou
    Mao's hand!
[03:14] Leien
    Th-These burns...
[03:16] Leien
    Could it be?
[03:19] Mao
    That's right, Lei En.
[03:23] Mao
    I thrust my third knife
    directly into the fire...
[03:29] Mao
    and used its heat to
    seal the flavor inside.
[03:32] Leien
    Heat!
[03:33] Zhouyu
    That's it. The heat...
[03:39] Zhouyu
    While slicing the sea bream with his knife,
[03:42] ---
    the heat instantly seared its surface,
[03:46] ---
    sealing the flavor of the meat inside.
[03:53] Xielu
    And Mao held that white-hot
    knife in his bare hand.
[03:57] Xielu
    Just as Lei En sacrificed
    himself to slice his sashimi,
[04:00] Xielu
    Mao sacrificed himself to cook his own dish.
[04:08] Leien
    Not bad, kid.
[04:11] Mao
    You, too.
[04:13] Mob
    The elders have begun their discussion!
[04:15] Mob
    No matter how you look at it,
     it's Mao's spring rolls.
[04:18] Mob
    He transformed the sea bream!
[04:20] Mao
    But it was Lei En's frozen
    sashimi that brought out
[04:23] ---
    all the sea bream's flavor in a simple form!
[04:26] Mob
    They've been talking for a long time...
[04:27] Mob
    Maybe it's not going well.
[04:29] Mob
    Lei En and Mao...
[04:30] Mob
    Which Yang Spring Restaurant chef
    will inherit the legendary utensils?
[04:40] Luo
    We will now issue our judgment.
[04:46] Luo
    Lei En, you used an ice
    knife to cut the sea bream,
[04:49] ---
    presenting the ingredient
    in its ultimate frozen form.
[04:54] Luo
    Mao, not only did you masterfully use
    both knives, but you also combined both
[04:59] ---
    and used heat to seal the flavor
    of the ingredient inside.
[05:07] Luo
    Based on all the facts, we are now
    prepared to announce our decision.
[05:13] Luo
    In this knife skills contest
    before the goods...
[05:19] Luo
    In his infinite ingenuity that revived
    the sea bream in an unexpected way,
[05:26] ---
    we saw the potential of Chinese food!
[05:30] Luo
    The winner is...
[05:32] Luo
    Super Chef Liu Maoxing!
[05:39] Shirou
    Yes!
[05:40] Xielu
    Nicely done, Mao!
[05:42] Xielu
    Now that underworld jerk won't
    get the legendary utensils!
[05:59] Luo
    After the previous owner passed away,
    a successor never appeared,
[06:04] ---
    leaving the legendary utensils to slumber
    within Daxian Temple for four hundred years.
[06:11] Luo
    Super Chef Liu Maoxing, as the victor
    of this knife skills contest,
[06:17] ---
    you have earned the right to
    inherit the legendary utensils.
[06:22] Luo
    Chief priest.
[06:24] Priest
    Yes. Liu Maoxing, come with me.
[06:29] Mao
    O-Okay.
[06:32] Zhouyu
    The legendary utensils...
[06:34] Zhouyu
    Mystical utensils said to be
    forged from an iron meteorite
[06:38] ---
    by legendary chef Xiu Li
    one thousand years ago.
[06:45] Priest
    Unseal the utensils!
[06:55] Leien
    Th-That's...
[06:58] Zhouyu
    The secret of Xiu Li.
[07:01] Zhouyu
    The legendary utensil, "Ever-Soul Knife."
SIGN    Ever-Soul Knife
[07:10] Mob
    There's no rust on it at all!
[07:11] Mob
    It looks like an ordinary knife, though.
[07:33] Mob
    Look! Something's appearing on the blade!
[07:38] Lou
    Mao, the mark of the dragon
    appearing on the blade
[07:42] ---
    after four hundred years says it all.
[07:45] Luo
    That mark proves that you, Liu Maoxing,
[07:50] ---
    are the true successor of
     the legendary utensil, "Ever-Soul Knife!"
[07:55] Shirou
    Mao!
[07:57] Guan
    I don't believe it...
[07:59] Sifu
    I never thought I'd see
    the dragon's mark in my lifetime!
[08:06] Zhouyu
    When Lei En brought out
    his Seven Star Knives,
[08:10] ---
    Mao combined his two knives
    to create a new one.
[08:16] Zhouyu
    When Lei En tried to finish
    him with his ice knife,
[08:20] ---
    he made a miraculous comeback with
    an unprecedented spring roll dish.
[08:24] Zhouyu
    The more precarious his situation,
    the more his power bubbles forth,
[08:28] ---
    almost joyfully, like water from a spring.
[08:32] Zhouyu
    Your mother, Bei—the Szechuan
    Fairy—was the same.
[08:37] Zhouyu
    Mao, I still don't know the full
    extent of your power.
[08:45] Mao
    Master Luo, may I try using this knife?
[08:49] Luo
    Yes.
[08:50] Mao
    How sharp is it?
[08:57] Mao
    What is this?
[08:59] Mao
    It's so sharp!
[09:01] Mao
    It's like the knife is cutting on its own!
[09:08] Shirou
    It's glowing?
[09:09] Shirou
    Am I seeing things?
[09:12] Shirou
    I thought I saw the slice glow for a second.
[09:19] Mao
    I wonder how this sea bream cut
    by a legendary utensil tastes.
[09:31] Mao
    It's alive...
[09:34] Mao
    This sea bream is long past its
    moment of peak deliciousness,
[09:37] ---
    but its flavor has been completely revived!
[09:40] Mob
    How can that be?
[09:42] Mob
    Is this the power of the legendary utensils?
[09:44] Mob
    In any case, it's amazing!
[09:45] Mob
    Let us have some!
[09:47] Guan
    Luo...
[09:48] Luo
    Yes. The legends were true.
[09:59] Luo
    It's said that one thousand years ago,
    Master Xiu Li forged the Ever-Soul Knife
[10:05] ---
    from an iron meteorite that
    had fallen from the sky.
[10:10] Luo
    The blade is undoubtedly sharp,
[10:11] ---
    but they also say ingredients cut by
    the knife regain their lost flavor.
[10:16] Shirou
    That's amazing, Mao!
[10:18] Xielu
    Mao, you're the true successor
    chosen by the gods!
[10:24] Mao
    There's another successor.
[10:36] Mao
    Lei En.
[10:44] Leien
    What do you think you're doing?
[10:47] Mao
    This knife is amazing.
[10:49] Mao
    You should try it, too.
[10:51] Mao
    It's true that you used
    underworld techniques, but...
[10:58] Leien
    I didn't want to use this.
[11:03] Mao
    You didn't use them because you wanted to.
[11:05] Mao
    The tenacity to sacrifice yourself
    to create something delicious.
[11:09] Mao
    The kindness to pray for
    even your ingredients.
[11:12] Mao
    I heard the underworld's
    dishes make people unhappy,
[11:15] ---
    but I can't imagine your
    cooking making anyone unhappy!
[11:25] Mao
    Take it, Lei En.
[11:36] Luo
    What?!
[11:38] Luo
    The dragon mark of the successor
    appeared clearly for Lei En, as well!
[11:52] Luo
    What?! The Ever-Soul Knife...
[11:55] Guan
    It recognizes Lei En,
    the loser, as a successor...
[11:58] Yan
    And the mark on his left hand...
[12:01] Sifu
    It's being erased!
[12:03] Mao
    I knew it.
[12:05] Mao
    The Ever-Soul Knife has proven everything.
[12:13] Meili
    Does this mean Lei En doesn't
    belong to the underworld?
[12:16] Mao
    Lei En, tell us everything.
[12:23] Leien
    You're a strange one, Mao.
[12:28] Leien
    You're right. Perhaps you'll understand...
[12:34] Leien
    the thirst I felt.
[12:40] Leien
    Perhaps you'll understand...
[12:43] Leien
    the thirst I felt.
[12:47] Leien
    I'd been called a prodigy since I was young.
[12:50] Leien
    Having completed my training
    at the Yang Spring Restaurant,
[12:53] ---
    I left on a journey in search of new worlds.
[12:58] Leien
    I spent two years traveling
    throughout Southern China,
[13:02] ---
    but I found nothing worth studying.
[13:05] Leien
    My thirst was not satisfied.
[13:43] (Flashback) Leien
    I finally made it...
[13:45] Leien
    That's why I requested an apprenticeship
    with the cooking underworld.
[13:52] Leien
    I was accepted, had their mark
    tattooed on my left hand,
[13:56] Leien
    and my harsh training began.
[14:08] Leien
    Those days of training
    were unimaginably severe.
[14:13] Leien
    However...
[14:18] Leien
    I enjoyed it. It made my heart leap.
[14:24] Mao
    I understand that feeling, Lei En.
[14:28] Leien
    But it became my downfall.
[14:30] Leien
    Having mastered the underworld's techniques,
     I became arrogant, and so...
[14:35] Leien
    I made an irrevocable mistake.
[14:40] Leien
    Something no chef—no,
    no person should never do.
[14:50] Leien
    For the first time, I realized how
    terrifying the cooking underworld could be.
[14:56] Leien
    Prepared to die, I left the organization.
[15:07] Leien
    It was the only key to
    resisting the underworld.
[15:10] Leien
    I needed the legendary utensils
    Master Luo once promised me.
[15:21] Leien
    I returned so I could fight
    against the cooking underworld.
[15:35] Shirou
    I can't believe Lei En was a successor
    to the legendary utensils, too.
[15:42] Shirou
    It's weird that a guy who belonged
    to the underworld has that right.
[15:47] Shirou
    Of course you would, Mao, but...
[15:51] Mao
    What's wrong?
[15:53] Shirou
    It's nothing. Want some more tea?
[16:02] Mao
    Meili? What's with the face you're making?
[16:05] Meili
    Mao, I have a question for you.
[16:13] Meili
    I've been wondering about something.
[16:15] Meili
    Lei En said the Hundred Hole Knife
    you used in the knife skills contest
[16:21] ---
    is used only by the underworld.
[16:31] Meili
    Mao, are you and Lei En the same?
[16:36] Meili
    Were you once part of
    the cooking underworld, too?
[16:42] Shirou
    That's right. I've actually been wanting
    to ask you the same thing, Mao.
[16:59] Mao
    Sorry, Meili. I didn't
    mean to make you worry.
[17:03] Meili
    Mao...
[17:05] Mao
    I knew I had to tell you eventually.
[17:10] Mao
    Have a seat and wait here.
[17:15] Mao
    Finely chop green onions and ginger.
[17:18] Mao
    Cube fatty pork ribs with the skin still on.
[17:22] Mao
    Season the cubes with five-spice,
    boil over low heat,
[17:26] ---
    season again, and drain the excess fat.
[17:32] Mao
    Quickly fry the meat to
    seal the flavor inside.
[17:36] Mao
    Finish the dish by quickly searing
    the green onions, ginger, soy paste,
[17:40] ---
    and sugar over high heat for flavor.
[17:44] Mao
    Add vinegar, and—
[17:47] Meili
    What kind of magic is that, Mao?
[17:50] Meili
    The cooked white pork is turning
    cherry-colored right before my eyes.
[17:55] Mao
    Your bei shi tang cu yingtao rou is done.
[18:00] Meili
    It's beautiful.
[18:01] Shirou
    Mao, why'd it turn this pretty cherry color?
[18:04] Mao
    One of the five spices, chanchin,
    contains copious amounts of pigment.
[18:11] Mao
    It reacts to vinegar by turning
    a beautiful cherry color.
[18:16] Meili
    Huh.
[18:17] Shirou
    Your knife skills have gotten even better.
[18:21] Shirou
    Your cubes are all exactly the same size.
[18:24] Mao
    Try it.
[18:38] Shirou
    The juicy and fragrant
    sweet and sour pork cubes
[18:42] ---
    fall apart the moment they touch
    my teeth, before melting away...
[18:48] Meili
    The flavor is so mild and fresh,
[18:51] ---
    like flower petals scattering in a peach
    orchard at the height of spring...
[18:57] Meili
    The mild flavor of the meat
    drawn out by the boiling,
[19:01] ---
    frying, and searing is supreme bliss.
[19:05] Meili
    The five-spice is fragrant,
     the amount of vinegar is perfect,
[19:09] ---
    and the flavors are fresh.
[19:11] Meili
    Mao, I sense in this dish
    something completely different
[19:14] ---
    from what you've cooked before.
[19:17] Meili
    What is this heart-meltingly sad kindness?
[19:23] Mao
    This is my mom's dish.
[19:27] Meili
    What?
[19:28] Meili
    The Szechuan Fairy, Master Bei?
[19:33] Mao
    Yes.
[19:35] Mao
    It was written in my mom's recipe book.
[19:40] Shirou
    So that's what's in that old
    book you'd read sometimes.
[19:43] Meili
    What's written in that book?
[19:47] Mao
    Recipes, of course.
[19:49] ---
    But not ordinary recipes.
[19:52] Meili
    What?
[19:53] Mao
    In this book are things I never knew.
[19:57] Mao
    A shocking side of my mom.
[20:00] Mao
    This book...
[20:03] Mao
    records the heroic battles
    my mom fought in her youth
[20:07] ---
    against the chefs of the underworld!
[20:13] Meili
    Records of Bei's battles
    against underworld chefs...
[20:18] Shirou
    That's it.
[20:19] ---
    In other words, the underworld chefs'
    recipes are also recorded in there.
[20:23] Shirou
    That's how you knew about
    underworld techniques!
[20:28] Meili
    I'm so glad. Mao wasn't part
    of the underworld, then.
[20:35] Mao
    This book contains a record of
    a triple-cooked pork contest
[20:40] ---
    in which my mom used her
    secret chanchin technique
[20:45] ---
    to boil, fry, and sear
    the pork to make this dish
[20:49] ---
    and defeat an underworld chef.
[20:53] Shirou
    That's amazing.
[20:55] Mao
    The underworld rarely reveals itself.
[20:58] Mao
    Since I couldn't find any trace of them,
     I kept this book a secret.
[21:04] Mao
    But since returning to Guangzhou...
[21:07] Mao
    Since battling Li Yan and Lei En,
[21:10] Mao
    all the blood inside me is screaming.
[21:13] Mao
    I must carry on my mother's wishes.
[21:15] Mao
    My mom wanted to make people
    happy with her cooking,
[21:19] Mao
    and Zhou Yu taught me techniques
    to create happiness.
[21:24] Mao
    I'm not sure how much I can
    accomplish right now, but...
[21:29] Mao
    as a Super Chef, I will fight
    against the cooking underworld!
[21:34] Meili
    Mao...
[21:36] Shirou
    Mao!
[21:37] Luo
    The say even a snake in the lake can become
    a dragon in the sky with enough rain.
[21:43] Luo
    No wonder you're Bei's son.
[21:45] Luo
    I admire your determination.
[21:48] Mao
    Master Luo, Zhou Yu.
[21:52] Meili
    What?
[21:54] Luo
    The Szechuan Fairy Bei was said
[21:58] ---
    to have mastered the use of
    all spices and seasonings.
[22:03] Luo
    This unique aroma and color could
    only have been created by Bei.
[22:08] Luo
    You've replicated it impressively.
[22:14] Luo
    Mao...
[22:16] Luo
    You have the determination and the skills.
[22:20] Luo
    The time has come to reveal
     the secret of the legendary utensils.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "The Eight Legendary Utensils"
[24:24] Narration
    "The Eight Legendary Utensils."