Unfortunately for the starving group, Mao has spent substantially all of their money on the 15-volume cooking books.  The group hunkered down in hunger and noticed a sign proclaiming a chicken dish contest to be held on the next day.  Shilou was not as interested at the contest as Mao, and climbed a fruit tree on a seemingly abandoned house to get some food.

When he touched the fruit, someone smacked him on the hand with a bamboo stick, and he lost his grip.  As Shilou falls, the stick catches him by his shirt, and he ends up dangling in the air.  After he demanded to be let go, the stick withdrew, and Shilou bounces to the ground.

The house turned out not so abandoned after all as a green-haired lady dressed in black accosted the group.  After their stomachs rumbled, she allowed Shilou to eat the fruit he snatched.  (It was persimmon.)  She invited the hungry group to enter the ramshackle house.  On their way in, the group noticed some unpleasant graffiti, and the sign of the restaurant (Black Wing) lying on the ground.

The woman gave them a meal and chided Mao for being so optimistic, just like her late brother.  He used to run the restaurant, but now, customers avoided the place.  When asked why, she told them that she didn't like chicken, and offered them a place to stay for the night.  While they lie in the shed, the group noticed a strange cry.  They went out to investigate, and saw a scary red-eyed completely black........ chicken?  Mao tried to touch the chicken, but the woman shouted at him not to, lest it brings misfortune to him.  "It was the cause for my brother's death," she said.  

It was a month since her brother died.  She had no other family but him.  He used to train at a large restaurant at Guangzhou, and later came to Chicken Town to open a restaurant.  One day, he bought a pair of black chicks, but that was the beginning of their misfortune, according to the woman, whose name was Tia.

The black chickens died easily and laid only a few eggs.  Every time a chick died, Tia's brother ran around to find another.  He scrounged around to find the best food possible for the black chicks, and soon racked up a large debt.  His friends deserted him and he soon became ill.  On his deathbed, he apologized to Tia for bringing her lots of hardship.  But he was also happy that the black chickens he painstakingly bred have become stable in quality in quantity.  His dream was finally being fulfilled, and everyone would finally realize that.  Those were his last words.

Since then, the people in town called the black chickens the ominous chickens, and customers stopped eating there.  Tia told them that her brother's dream was to win the chicken cooking contest with the black chicken.  For that, he was stoned and ridiculed by the people.  Mao has an idea and examined the chicken carefully.  He then volunteers to compete in the contest using the black chicken.  He promised Tia that he would make her brother's wish come true.
   

The night passes, and it is the day of the contest.  The winner of the prestigious competition will win 1,000,000 Yuan and have the honor carved on the chicken statue.  The judges of the contest are the town mayor, vice mayor, and the resident chicken expert, Touri.  The crowd speculates on the possible winners this year.  When someone notices the insignia of the Black Wing Restaurant, everyone ran from their path.  The crowd jeered at Mao and Company, ordering them to leave before they cause further misfortune to anyone else.

Mao asked the judges if they could enter the competition.  Having no handy loophole to prevent their entry, the judges allowed Black Wing to join, with the intention of kicking them out of town later on.  The crowd was vexed at this turn of events.  The cooking starts in earnest, with Mao doing the usual speed-chopping and cooking.  Finally, it is time for judging.

First on the list is Phoenix Restaurant with their Peking Duck-like chicken with sweet bean paste.  The judging continues with more chicken dishes displayed by the different restaurants.  Last on the judging list is Black Wing Restaurant.  Mao brought to the table a clay pot and opens the cover slowly.  A white glow fills the stage to reveal... rice.  The judges refused to taste it, saying that rice in a clay pot is not a chicken dish.

Mao insisted that they will know the rice is a chicken dish after they tasted it.  After his show of confidence, the judges agreed to taste it.  The tasting begins, and the judges noticed the unmistakable flavor of chicken - magnificent sweetness filled with dignity - that heats up their entire body.  It is delicious!  The judges were mesmerized by Mao's cooking.

The judges asked Mao how he was able to place the chicken's flavor in plain rice.  He answered by showing them a black chicken stuffed with rice.  First, he stuffed the chicken with rice, and then cooked it with spice and liquor.  After the rice absorbed the chicken's flavor completely, he took it out and served it in its best form.  
    

Finally, Mao is asked about the mystery of the ominous chicken.  The chicken expert admits that he has never tasted a better chicken than this, which gives him a lot of energy.  He wants to know what exactly is this black chicken.  Mao replied that it is the famous sacred bird, Silkie - the famed legendary bird that Touri heard about.

Mao explained that this chicken was made possible by the hard work of Tia's brother.  The judge realized that the people have abused the Silkie as an ominous chicken.  He announced to the townsfolk that the black chicken is not an unlucky chicken, but one full of fortune.  The judge apologized to Tia for the abuse, and proclaimed the winner of the contest - Black Wing Restaurant!

Chef Crow (Tia's brother) planned it, and Tia took over, but the hardest obstacle was hurdled by Mao.  If it weren't for him, the chicken would have ultimately died in obscurity in Chicken Town.  The final mystery (for the judges) is solved when Mao revealed his crest - that of a Super Chef! 

On their way to Chef Crow's grave, Tia thanked Mao for his help.  They noticed someone paying respects by the grave.  It was Chef Crow's best friend in the Guangzhou restaurant he trained under, and he turns out to be Mao's master - Chef Chouyu!  Chouyu asked Mao what the chef's purpose in cooking was.  Mao replied that it was to make people happy, and ran to his master.   Chouyu thanked Mao for helping his friend realize his dream, and noted that Mao grew considerably as a Super Chef.

Mei Li is reunited with her father, and Chouyu decides to take on Shilou as an apprentice.  Finally, our group returns home to Guangzhou!