E8 - The Eight Legendary Utensils

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[00:02] Council
    The existence of the Ever-Soul
    Knife has been confirmed?
[00:06] Shaoan
    Master Luo of the Guangdong Chef's Alliance
    had hidden it within Daxian Temple.
[00:11] Council
    We must do whatever it takes
[00:14] Council
    to acquire the legendary Ever-Soul Knife.
[00:17] Council
    We're going to Guangzhou.
[00:19] Shaoan
    Let us handle this task.
[00:23] Shaoan
    We have already made preparations.
[00:25] Council
    You work quickly.
[00:27] Council
    Let's see how you do.
[00:30] Council
    The job is yours.
[00:32] Shaoan
    Yes, sir.
[01:00] Mao
    I'm not sure how much I can
    accomplish right now, but...
[01:05] Mao
    as a Super Chef, I will fight
    against the cooking underworld!
[01:12] Luo
    Mao...
[01:13] Luo
    You have the determination and the skills.
[01:17] Luo
    The time has come to reveal
     the secret of the legendary utensils.
SIGN    True Cooking Master Boy
[02:55] Mao
    The secret of the legendary utensils?
[02:58] Luo
    Listen, Mao.
[02:59] Luo
    Guangzhou's Ever-Soul Knife is only
    one of the legendary utensils.
[03:04] Mao
    There's more than one? Master, you mean...
[03:08] Luo
    That's right. There are
    eight legendary utensils.
[03:12] Luo
    The eight legendary utensils were scattered
    across the eight regions of China.
[03:18] Luo
    They're said to protect
    the Chinese culinary world.
[03:24] Luo
    One thousand years ago,
[03:27] Luo
    the legendary Tang era chef
    Xiu Li forged eight utensils
[03:32] Luo
    from a meteorite that
    had fallen from the sky.
[03:39] Luo
    These eight utensils held great power.
[03:41] Luo
    It's said they caused tremendous
    conflict at the time.
[03:46] Luo
    Ultimately, seeking peace in both culinary
     circles and the rest of the world,
[03:51] Luo
    Xiu Li sealed the utensils
    away in eight regions
[03:55] Luo
    so they would never come together again.
[04:12] Zhouyu
    The eight legendary utensils
    are a double-edged sword.
[04:16] Luo
    When used properly by a legitimate chef,
     they exhibit marvelous effects.
[04:21] Luo
    However...
[04:23] Luo
    if the eight utensils fall into the hands
     of the cooking underworld
[04:26] Luo
    and their powers are used for evil,
[04:29] Luo
    harm will come not only to
    the Chinese culinary world,
[04:32] Luo
    but to all people everywhere.
[04:35] Mao
    Master Luo, Zhou Yu.
[04:37] Mao
    Let me go on a journey to collect
    the eight legendary utensils.
[04:41] Mao
    My mother once battled the cooking underworld
[04:44] Mao
    to bring happiness to the people.
[04:47] Mao
    Now that I've battled Li Yan and Lei En,
[04:50] Mao
    I refuse to believe this problem
    has nothing to do with me.
[04:54] Mao
    Please let me do this.
[05:02] Luo
    Perhaps this is his destiny.
[05:05] Luo
    When his mother Bei was young,
[05:09] Luo
    she traveled in search of the eight utensils.
[05:18] Zhouyu
    Mao, we understand how you feel.
[05:21] Zhouyu
    But there's much we don't know
    about the cooking underworld.
[05:26] Zhouyu
    If you set off on a solo journey now,
     it's hard to imagine it turning out well.
[05:30] Mao
    But...
[05:31] Luo
    Slow down, Mao.
[05:33] Luo
    There's too many unknowns to send you alone.
[05:38] Xielu
    Hold on, Mao!
[05:41] Mao
    Xie Lu, Lei En.
[05:43] Leien
    I'll accompany you on your journey.
[05:46] Leien
    The extermination of the cooking
    underworld is the only thing I live for.
[05:50] Mao
    L-Lei En.
[05:52] Xielu
    I won't let you guys have all the fun.
[05:56] Xielu
    Take me with you.
[05:57] Mao
    Xie Lu.
[05:59] Zhouyu
    Know your place.
[06:01] Xielu
    We're well aware.
[06:04] Leien
    Wait until you've seen this.
[06:08] Zhouyu
    Could it be?
[06:15] Xielu
    That's right.
[06:27] (Flashback) Leien
    Already here, are you?
[06:29] (Flashback) Leien
    How admirable that you were so quick to act.
[06:40] (Flashback) Leien
    That staff...
[06:42] (Flashback) Leien
    I see. You're the man who attacked Xie Lu.
[06:52] (Flashback) Scar
    Traitor. But your appearance
    here is quite convenient for us.
[06:57] (Flashback) Scar
    Now you die.
[07:19] (Flashback) Xielu
    I finally got it back.
[07:21] (Flashback) Xielu
    Anyway, why'd you have so
    much trouble with this scrub?
[07:26] (Flashback) Leien
    I didn't want to damage your precious tool.
[07:31] (Flashback) Xielu
    Thanks for the consideration.
[07:33] (Flashback) Xielu
    Who's he?
[07:35] (Flashback) Leien
    A servant of the underworld.
[07:36] (Flashback) Leien
    He came to steal the legendary utensil.
[07:39] (Flashback) Leien
    I didn't think they'd act the night
    of the transmission ceremony.
[07:42] (Flashback) Leien
    They're moving quicker than I expected.
[07:46] (Flashback) Xielu
    You're right.
[07:47] (Flashback) Xielu
    Well, now my staff has returned to me.
[07:50] (Flashback) Xielu
    I can continue traveling.
[07:53] (Flashback) Xielu
    I know. I'll carve a notch
    into my staff for this guy.
[07:57] (Flashback) Xielu
    You should be grateful.
[07:59] (Flashback) Leien
    Instead of doing that, help me.
[08:01] (Flashback) Xielu
    Huh?
[08:02] (Flashback) Leien
    I can't tie him up with this hand.
[08:08] (Flashback) Xielu
    You...
[08:11] (Flashback) Xielu
    Fine.
[08:13] Luo
    It's been one thousand years since
     the legendary utensils were sealed away.
[08:16] Luo
    The cooking underworld
    had been operating covertly
[08:20] Luo
    but have finally made their move
    and appeared in the open.
[08:23] Luo
    After the man known as the Masked Chef acted
[08:27] Luo
    and this incident, it has become clear.
[08:30] Zhouyu
    Yes, sir.
[08:32] Luo
    Perhaps the time has come for
    us chefs to gather the utensils
[08:37] Luo
    before they can be stolen
    by the cooking underworld.
[08:40] Zhouyu
    Mao, are you ready?
[08:42] Mao
    Yes. I'll gather the other utensils.
[08:48] Luo
    I don't have to worry about the three
    of you traveling to gather the utensils.
[08:56] Shirou
    Gramps! Me, too!
[08:58] Shirou
    Mao's number one apprentice
    Shirou will be going, too!
[09:03] Luo
    You'll stay and help around the restaurant.
[09:06] Shirou
    No way! I'm going, even if it kills me!
[09:09] Luo
    I'm joking.
[09:10] Shirou
    That was a joke?
[09:11] Luo
    Zhou Yu, bring them.
[09:13] Zhouyu
    Yes, sir.
[09:17] Mao
    Master, what are these eight maps?
[09:21] Luo
    I was given these 30 years ago
[09:23] Luo
    when I was appointed caretaker
    of the Ever-Soul Knife.
[09:26] Luo
    They show the locations
    of the sealed utensils.
[09:30] Luo
    The only thing we know is that
    this is a map of Shanghai.
[09:35] All
    Shanghai!
[09:37] Leien
    The metropolis known as the City of Devils.
[09:41] Luo
    That's right.
[09:42] Luo
    The only place other than
    Guangzhou that's known
[09:45] Luo
    to hold a sealed utensil is Shanghai.
[09:49] Luo
    Through your travels, you must
    decipher these maps more clearly
[09:53] Luo
    so that you may reach the legendary utensils.
[09:57] Luo
    And to do that...
[09:58] Luo
    Xie Lu, the information
    network you've established
[10:02] Luo
    while traveling the land will be essential.
[10:05] Luo
    And Lei En, the knowledge
    and techniques you learned
[10:09] Luo
    in the cooking underworld will
    surely reveal numerous mysteries.
[10:14] Luo
    Mao, most important of all
    is your special ability.
[10:19] Luo
    Your memory for flavors
    will be the critical key.
[10:24] Mao
    My memory for flavors?
[10:27] Luo
    It's said the legendary utensils
    respond to young souls.
[10:33] Luo
    This journey can only be
    made by you youngsters
[10:35] Luo
    with exceptional knowledge,
    courage, and spirit.
[10:39] Luo
    Mao, Xie Lu, Lei En, and Shirou.
[10:42] Luo
    You must complete this
    task by working together.
[10:46] Luo
    I'm counting on you.
[10:47] All
    Yes, sir!
[11:00] Luo
    Promise you'll return to Guangzhou.
[11:05] Shirou
    Yes, sir!
[11:10] Shirou
    Big Sis Meili didn't come to see us off.
[11:13] Mao
    Yeah.
[11:16] Xielu
    Don't look so down on the
    morning of our departure.
[11:20] Mao
    Right.
[11:44] Mao
    Meili?
[11:47] Meili
    I've decided I'm coming with you again, Mao!
[11:50] Meili
    After all, I don't want
[11:53] Meili
    to wait for you to come back.
[12:01] Luo
    Are you sure?
[12:03] Zhouyu
    Yes. It's what she wanted.
[12:07] Luo
    You must feel conflicted as her father.
[12:16] Mao
    It'll be a dangerous journey.
[12:18] Meili
    I know.
[12:24] Mao
    Then it's decided, Meili.
[12:26] Mao
    Let's go together!
[12:29] Meili
    Yeah!
[12:36] Mao
    The weather's nice again.
[12:38] Mao
    The wind's on our side, too.
[12:40] Mao
    At this rate, we'll arrive in
    Shanghai sooner than expected.
[12:43] Shirou
    But we've been looking at
    the same scenery. I'm bored.
[12:46] Xielu
    Quit your whining.
[12:48] Xielu
    Once we arrive in Shanghai, you might
    not get to relax and enjoy the scenery.
[12:53] Shirou
    What? Don't threaten me like that.
[12:56] Xielu
    By the way, Mao, I heard
    your mom was a chef, too.
[13:01] Mao
    Yeah.
[13:02] Xielu
    Did you choose this path because of her?
[13:08] Xielu
    What's with you, youngest Super Chef ever?
[13:11] Xielu
    Don't like to open up
    about your personal history?
[13:15] Mao
    No.
[13:16] Mao
    It wasn't that easy for
    me to become a Super Chef.
[13:22] Mao
    When my mom was still alive...
[13:26] (Flashback) Pai
    Reconsider, Shao An.
[13:28] (Flashback) Pai
    If you leave, this restaurant...
[13:31] (Flashback) Shaoan
    If I can get my certification of
     mastery, I don't need this place.
[13:35] (Flashback) Mao
    Mom!
[13:37] (Flashback) Pai
    S-Shao An...
[13:44] (Flashback) Pai
    The year's salary we got from the state...
[13:47] (Flashback) Keling
    Shao An took all of it with them.
[13:52] (Flashback) Shaoan
    This is hardly enough for
    ten year's severance pay.
SIGN    Chrysanthemum Tower
[14:03] (Flashback) Pai
    Open this when you need it most.
[14:14] (Flashback) Mao
    Mom...
[14:15] (Flashback) Mao
    Mom...
[14:17] (Flashback) Mao
    No! Mom!
[14:22] Mao
    A month after my mom died...
[14:24] (Flashback) Keling
    A new head chef is finally
    coming to this restaurant.
[14:29] (Flashback) Keling
    Mao, you asked for this contest.
[14:32] (Flashback) Keling
    If you lose, we'll have
    to leave this restaurant.
[14:36] (Flashback) Mao
    I'll beat him, no matter what.
[14:42] (Flashback) Shaoan
    You seem to be doing well, kid.
[14:45] (Flashback) Mao
    Shao An.
[14:46] (Flashback) Shaoan
    That old hag Bei died, huh?
[14:50] (Flashback) Mao
    Because of you, my mom...
[14:53] (Flashback) Keling
    Don't Mao!
[14:55] (Flashback) Mao
    I'll never forgive him!
[14:58] (Flashback) Shaoan
    What can a boy who's all talk do?
[15:04] (Flashback) Li
    Restrain yourselves, both of you!
[15:11] (Flashback) Li
    This contest will determine the new
    head chef of the Chrysanthemum Tower.
[15:14] (Flashback) Li
    Shao An, Mao.
[15:17] (Flashback) Li
    You will be cooking the legendary mapo tofu.
[15:20] (Flashback) Shaoan
    Le...
[15:21] (Flashback) Mao
    Legendary?
[15:38] (Flashback) Li
    This is the legendary ground meat.
[15:41] (Flashback) Li
    This meat was used to cook mapo
    tofu by the Sichuan Fairy, Bei.
[15:48] (Flashback) Li
    She's both your former master,
    Shao An, and your mother, Mao.
[15:52] Shaoan
    Bei's mapo tofu?
[15:55] (Flashback) Li
    That's precisely why you
    were given this task.
[15:58] (Flashback) Li
    You solved the mystery of
    this meat. Impressive work.
[16:02] (Flashback) Li
    You are the new head chef, Mao!
[16:07] Mao
    That's when I traveled to Guangzhou to train.
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[16:12] Mao
    I worked at the Yang Spring Restaurant.
[16:15] Xielu
    That's Zhou Yu's place.
[16:18] (Flashback) Mao
    He cleanly flipped over
    all those ingredients!
[16:22] (Flashback) Meili
    The man in the back is the deputy head chef.
[16:25] (Flashback) Meili
    He's my dad.
SIGN    Yang Spring Restaurant
[16:34] (Flashback) All
    I'm stuffed.
[16:36] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    You know what this means, Sanjie.
[16:38] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    You're expelled.
[16:39] (Flashback) Mao
    Wait!
[16:41] (Flashback) Mao
    Give him another chance!
[16:43] (Flashback) Mao
    I promise Sanjie and I will cook a
    delicious pepper steak by tomorrow!
[16:51] (Flashback) Chen
    Such new flavors!
[16:53] (Flashback) Yang
    The delicate sweetness grants
    depth to the flavors!
[16:58] (Flashback) Luo
    What is the tradition of
    Yang Spring Restaurant?
[17:01] (Flashback) Both
    To overturn tradition, sir!
[17:04] (Flashback) Luo
    Good.
[17:05] (Flashback) Luo
    There is no flavor this
    restaurant adheres to.
[17:09] (Flashback) Luo
    Your willingness to explore new
    flavors is deserving of recognition.
[17:14] (Flashback) Mao
    You mean...
[17:16] (Flashback) Meili
    Yes!
[17:22] Sanjie
    Mao, I'm glad I met you.
SIGN    Liu Maoxing
[17:26] Sanjie
    I'm leaving the restaurant.
[17:28] Sanjie
    I'm going to return to my own restaurant
    and start my training over.
[17:33] Sanjie
    If you ever come to Shanghai,
    I'll cook you a delicious meal.
[17:37] Mao
    I'll keep working at Yang Spring
    Restaurant for you, too.
[17:42] Mao
    I met and lost a lot of
    people along the way...
[17:45] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    You will participate in a certain
    test taking place in Guangzhou.
[17:51] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    This test may determine
     the path you should follow.
[17:57] (Flashback) Zhouyu
    See how far your strength will take you.
[18:02] (Flashback) Mao
    Yes, Zhou Yu.
[18:12] (Flashback) Linghua
    Mao of Yang Spring Restaurant,
    who served noodles made from catfish paste.
[18:17] (Flashback) Linghua
    And Fei of Datong House, who served
    substantial noodles using potatoes.
SIGN    Noodles
[18:23] (Flashback) Linghua
    Congratulations on making it this far.
[18:26] (Flashback) Linghua
    This is your final assignment.
[18:30] (Flashback) Linghua
    Score your own dish.
[18:39] (Flashback) Linghua
    First, Mao. Announce your score out of ten.
[18:44] (Flashback) Mao
    Ten.
[18:46] (Flashback) Meili
    Mao, full marks?
[18:49] (Flashback) Mao
    Maybe I'm still only an apprentice chef,
[18:53] (Flashback) Mao
    but I pushed my tongue, skill,
    and heart to the limit
[18:56] (Flashback) Mao
    to serve the best dish I could.
[18:58] (Flashback) Mao
    As a chef, I can only give myself full marks!
[19:02] (Flashback) Linghua
    Fei, what about you?
[19:06] (Flashback) Fei
    My dish is also a ten.
[19:08] (Flashback) Fei
    He's already said everything I wanted to say.
[19:12] (Flashback) Fei
    I'm proud to call him my rival.
[19:24] (Flashback) Linghua
    Then I will now announce the winner
    of this Super Chef test.
[19:30] (Flashback) Linghua
    Fei, Mao. As far as I could tell,
[19:32] (Flashback) Linghua
    your noodle dishes were perfectly equal.
[19:37] (Flashback) Linghua
    You both have the skills to be Super Chefs.
[19:40] (Flashback) Linghua
    My final question was meant
    to test your pride as chefs,
[19:44] (Flashback) Linghua
    and both of you performed
    impressively on this test, as well.
[19:48] (Flashback) Linghua
    Therefore...
[19:51] (Flashback) Linghua
    both of you are awarded
    the title of Super Chef.
[19:55] (Flashback) Mao
    Yes!
[19:56] (Flashback) Meili
    Mao!
[19:58] (Flashback) Mao
    Yes! I did it, Meili!
[20:01] (Flashback) Mao
    I'm one step closer to my mom!
[20:08] (Flashback) Mao
    Hey, you seem to know my mom...
[20:11] (Flashback) Mao
    How?
[20:13] (Flashback) Fei
    Well, I guess I can tell you that
    you and I are fellow students.
[20:19] (Flashback) Mao
    What?
[20:20] (Flashback) Fei
    If you want to know more,
    you'll have to beat me again.
[20:25] (Flashback) Mao
    Fei, that's not fair.
[20:28] (Flashback) Mao
    Hey! Tell me, Fei!
[20:38] Xielu
    Shumai...
[20:40] Mao
    Fei, huh? Brings back memories.
[20:43] Mao
    I haven't seen him since the Super Chef test.
[20:48] Mao
    I hope I can battle him again.
[20:55] Chen
    Hey, wake up! Hey!
[20:58] Chen
    Report this to Zhou Yu!
[21:01] Council
    He failed? The fool.
[21:05] Council
    He couldn't even exterminate the traitor
    Lei En of the Seven Star Knives.
[21:10] Council
    But they must know there's more
    than one legendary utensil, too.
[21:17] Shaoan
    Governor, send me next.
[21:20] Council
    It's not worth sending you.
[21:23] Shaoan
    No, I know who will stand in our way next.
[21:29] Shaoan
    He is a Super Chef and I despise
    him with my entire being.
[21:35] Council
    You seem to have some
    history with him, Shao An.
[21:39] Sahoan
    Yes. I owe him quite a lot.
[21:50] Narration
    The best dim sum master in the land,
    Xie Lu of the Steel Staff.
[21:55] Narration
    The young master of knife skills,
    Lei En of the Seven Star Knives.
[22:00] Narration
    And the youngest Super
    Chef ever, Liu Maoxing.
[22:04] Narration
    Together, four exceptional young
    chefs have raised their forces
[22:09] Narration
    and begun their battle against
    the cooking underworld.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    "Shanghai, City of Devils"
[24:09] Narration
    "Shanghai, City of Devils."