"Don't rush to praise me; I failed," Xia Yu said awkwardly, waving his hand.
Hearing a Dragon Chef lavish such praise—and a leader of the Dark World at that—the other party was very likely to possess the same Bursting Flame skill.
Meeting a connoisseur, he feared being seen through.
So, the embarrassment lay in the fact that he was just doodling, really!
Having just learned the recipe, Xia Yu went straight to practicing 'Merck's Stars' without any grand delusions, merely with the intention to learn and accumulate experience, which was why his technique was so casual. The notion of being a Creator's Hand was far too embarrassing.
"Fail? That's not the case," Yan Qi shook his head.
At that moment, Chen Yang also snapped out of the beautiful scenes painted by the fragrance of spices and spoke up stiffly, "Excessive humility comes off as arrogance. That Creator's Hand of yours—to be honest, it amazed me! I am not your equal when it comes to spices and controlling the flames!"
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