Chapter 335: The Plan

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“Cheers!!!”

At the dining table of a hotel room, the three, Qin Lang, raised their glasses together. Accompanied by a crisp “ping” sound, the juice in their glasses swayed slightly and then entered their mouths.

“Alr~” Shen Qian breathed a sigh of relief, a look of satisfaction appearing on her face, “The juice is indeed more delicious when it’s chilled!”

“It pairs even better with delicious food.” Zhou Tianhao said with a laugh. Then he picked up a bit of sweet and sour ribs with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

The dining table was filled with a variety of dishes, the rich and enticing aroma made the eight sitting Food Spirits salivate.

“Alright, let’s start eating!” Qin Lang laughed, “To celebrate my championship, I’ve prepared a lot of delicious dishes this time.”

“It can be seen, such a large investment.” Shen Qian gave a giggly smile, “I saw several ingredients that require exchange with Cooking Competition Points.”

” So… Are you really going to participate in the Provincial Youth Training Competition?” Zhou Tianhao picked up a piece of Stir-fried Beef with Green Onions and squinted his eyes with satisfaction.

“Yes.” Qin Lang nodded modestly, “I carefully checked that after participating in the provincial youth training competition in Mingjing Province, I could just make it back to Tianhua Province for the Provincial Cooking Competition. Since there’s time, why not give it a try?”

“Your schedule is really tight.” Sheng Qian couldn’t help but complain.

“You have a point.” laughed Zhou Tianhao, “Trying doesn’t hurt, regardless of the final ranking, it’s a meaningful experience.”

“That’s what I think too.” Qin Lang agreed, then immediately asked curiously, “Zhou Big Brother, what ranking do you think I can get in the provincial youth training competition with my current strength?”

“Well…” Zhou Tianhao paused chewing for a moment, a contemplative look on

his face, “You should be very clear about Yu Kun’s strength.”

“I am aware of that.” Qin Lang nodded.

“All I can say is Yu Kun’s current strength in the provincial youth training competition is quite average.” Zhou Tianhao grinned, “You should know, the ones able to participate in the provincial youth training competition are definitely the champions of the city-level youth training competitions.

“The provincial competitions take place once a year, while the city-level competitions take place every three months.”

“There are training competitions and cooking competitions and the collection requirements of the Food Recommender Badge and the Spiritual Controller’s Badge as thresholds, but the youth training competition does not have similar thresholds.”

“In Mingjing province, there are nine cities, and each city has four city-level youth training competition champions being born each year.” Qin Lang thought for a moment, “So the competitors I have to face in the end are other thirty-five youth training champions?”

“More than that.” Zhou Tianhao chuckled, “In fact, the champions of the same year’s youth training usually rank last in the provincial youth training.”

“You are saying…” Qin Lang became alert, as if enlightened, “Past contestants will also participate?”

“Correct.” Zhou Tianhao nodded subtly.

“My goodness, that’s thirty-six in one year. Then wouldn’t there be three hundred and sixty city-level youth training champions participating in the past ten years?” Shen Qian at the side couldn’t help exclaim, “Isn’t that a bit too much?”

“We can’t calculate it like that.” Zhou Tianhao shook his head with a quirky expression, “Firstly, the same age restriction for the provincial youth training applies. Those who exceed it cannot participate, so very few contestants from ten years ago can still participate.”

“Secondly, very few trainers participate in the competition every year. They might go to other states for other experiences, or they might have other things to do, and they may not be that keen on ranking in the provincial youth training.”

“Therefore, even though the provincial youth training competition has a lot of participants, the number is just around one hundred.”

“One hundred contestants is quite a lot already.” Shen Qian keenly realized her calculation mistake from before.

“According to Big Brother Zhou, it seems that it’ll be difficult for me to even advance to the second round in this provincial youth training competition.” Qin Lang scratched his head, a touch of helplessness on his face, “The competition pressure is really high.”

“Not necessarily.” Zhou Tianhao picked a bite of Silky Egg Beef and casually replied after a mouthful, “From what I have observed, you and your Food Spirits are indeed very gifted in combat.”

“So, if certain conditions are met, there’s hope for you to advance to the second round, you may even get a decent ranking.”

“Oh?” Qin Lang’s eyes brightened, he then scooped a bowl of mushroom soup for Zhou Tianhao, “Zhou Big Brother, tell me more.”

“Ha ha.” Zhou Tianhao drank a mouthful of soup, then slowly replied, “Well, it’s having one of your Food Spirits break through to three stars before the Provincial Youth Training Competition.”

“The starstones awarded in stages at the Provincial Youth Training Competition are more than those at the City Youth Training Competition. After each round of promotion, you absorb the starstones and there’s a chance to get your second Food Spirit to break through to three stars.”

“By the time of the final round, perhaps your third Food Spirit would have already been born, and the gap in strength with the other contestants would have been greatly reduced.”

“But what about the other contestants who also absorb starstones and break through to four stars during their promotion?” Shen Qian curiously inquired.

“That’s unlikely because the total amount of Star Power required to go from three stars to four stars is larger.” Zhou Tianhao shook his head.

“Promoting while advancing…” Qin Lang’s eyes lit up a bit, but then they dimmed again, “Zhou Big Brother, the key to the problem is, how do I get one of the Food Spirits to upgrade to three stars?”

“Well…” Zhou Tianhao glanced at Dan Bao and Spicy who were eating on the side and grinned, “The starstones you won from this youth training competition, you distributed equally to the two of them, right?”

“Yes.” Qin Lang nodded.

Initially, when Spicy was born, Dan Bao had given a lot of starstones and Star Power to it. Now, the two little ones have equal growth progress and the subsequent starstones and Star Power are all distributed equally.

“Just participate in another city level competition once more, take the championship, and give all the starstones you win to one of them. Given the growth rate of your two Food Spirits now, promoting to three stars should be possible.”

Zhou Tianhao confidently made the estimate after assessing the situation.

This was, after all, an aspect in which he had plenty of experience.

“Participate in another city level competition…” Qin Lang fell into thought. The city-level competitions he referred to are the City-level Training Competitions, the City-level Cooking Competitions, and the City-level Youth Training Competitions.

For the first two, you can get eleven starstones if you win. As for the youth training competition, it’s one starstone less, and the champion can get a total of ten starstones.

The difference is small, according to Zhou Tianhao, another ten would be enough to promote one of the Food Spirits to three stars.

Now the problem has two areas.

First, which Food Spirit should take in the absorption and promote in advance.

Second, which city-level competition to participate in and win.

After all, it’s less than two months before the provincial youth training competition starts, giving him not much time to participate in another city­level competition, it would be best to secure it in one go.

Qin Lang rubbed the two little ones who came up and nodded subtly.

“This needs careful consideration.”

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