"The water temperature is too low. Soaking of the abalone failed!
"Failure to grasp the correct timing for the change of water. Soaking of the shark's fins failed!
"The broth isn't thick enough. Fail!
"Fail!"
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After facing numerous failures, Mag was no longer bothered emotionally. He gathered the experiences and dived back in again.
Learning to cook was, without a doubt, a boring matter. It could even make a person have a mental breakdown very easily, especially if he had to practice the same step repeatedly for the slightest variation of taste.
However, Mag's will had been fortified to the strongest it had ever been in the past few months. This small little blow would not set him back, but became his motivation and prompted him to use the experience in his head to perfect every single step.