dognovel Chapter 508 Fatty but not greasy, lean but not mushy
Chapter 508 Fatty but not greasy, lean but not mushy
Ye Yinqiu had two wads of paper stuffed inside her nose.
I washed it countless times but it still smelled bad, so I decided to solve the problem at its root by breathing through my mouth.
He poured the buckets of stuff he had brought into the pool, and then inquired about the upcoming course content in advance.
We need to build some kind of fertilizer tank, so fermentation is required.
Ye Yinqiu didn't understand why they didn't buy ready-made ordinary fertilizer, but she did it anyway.
He finished his work covered in sweat, and his clothes were marinated again.
Just then, a fragrance wafted over, and Ye Yinqiu initially thought he was mistaken. He followed the fragrance and flew three miles on his sword before finally spotting a shed covered with a plastic sheet.
The four pillars were crooked and twisted. Even though there was only a piece of cloth hanging on top, Ye Yinqiu still had some doubts about the sturdiness of the shed. He looked at the long line of cultivators and soon smelled the source of the fragrance.
This shed must be the canteen.
As Ye Yinqiu thought about it, her feet unconsciously moved to the end of the line. The fragrance was ridiculously strong, comparable to the one she had smelled at the Wanjue Academy's Danxiu College back then.
Speaking of this, Ye Yinqiu's bright eyes dimmed slightly.
It's a pity that person is no longer here.
Ye Yinqiu shook his head, looked around, and couldn't help but swallow several times:
"Fellow Daoist, what are you queuing for? Is it for food in the cafeteria?" Ye Yinqiu casually asked a cultivator.
"Yes, today's menu seems to be something like twice-cooked pork with green peppers, which I've never had before."
"Oh, I'll try it later."
Ye Yinqiu looked at the line of over a hundred people. As other cultivators finished their lessons, they were also drawn over by the domineering aroma.
Gradually, Ye Yinqiu noticed that more than a hundred people had joined the queue.
Lanmu, smelling the rich aroma, decisively joined the group.
The early-arriving cultivators were already squatting on the ridges of the field, holding bowls and chopsticks, and Zhang Wan was one of them.
Zhang Wan regretted joining the Xiaoyao Sect on his very first day. To appease his family, he had only intended to join any sect casually, thinking that since the Xiaoyao Sect was a newly established sect, he could slack off on his daily tasks.
This way he can continue to refine spiritual food.
To everyone's surprise, on the very first day, Zhang Wan experienced a life completely different from the ordinary.
Every cultivator in the Free and Unfettered Sect has a full schedule of classes, which takes up almost a whole day.
In this way, Zhang Wan would have no time to refine pills or prepare spiritual food; he would be lucky to even finish his studies.
To put it another way, if this course were related to his alchemy profession, it would be better; he could just treat it as a way to solidify his foundation.
Zhang Wan had worked all day today. He never imagined that a cultivator specializing in alchemy would have to do the work of a farmer.
Turning over the soil and catching insects by hand...
To be honest, Zhang Wan has always bought and processed spiritual plants, both within his family and at the academy. Cultivating spiritual plants is the job of agricultural cultivators and some medicinal cultivators, and has little to do with them, the alchemists.
Today, Zhang Wan not only worked, but worked for a whole day.
My body, which hasn't been active for a long time, feels like it's about to fall apart.
This job was both hard and tiring, and Zhang Wan really didn't want to waste his time on it.
He has made up his mind. He will continue to complete his studies and leave the sect after today.
As for why he wanted to go to the cafeteria, it was quite a coincidence.
Just as the cafeteria was opening for lunch, Zhang Wan finished his last bit of work and intended to fly away on his sword. However, halfway through his flight, he suddenly smelled the aroma of food in mid-air. The smell was very similar to the spiritual food he knew. Thinking that there might be alchemists in the Xiaoyao Sect, Zhang Wan stopped in mid-air and went to the cafeteria.
What followed was quite natural. Zhang Wan was led to the cafeteria by the aroma, and somehow, when he came to his senses, he was already holding a bowl in his hand.
The white, granular food in the bowl had a faint aroma, but this aroma was overwhelmed by the much stronger fragrance of the meat.
Zhang Wan had never seen this kind of meat or the white food underneath before.
The monk serving the food said the dish was twice-cooked pork with green peppers. He recognized green peppers as a spiritual plant, so the meat must be twice-cooked pork.
Zhang Wan looked uncertainly at the food in the bowl, hesitating to pick up his chopsticks.
He didn't know why he had the nerve to come here for a meal. He had been fasting for several years, so he shouldn't be hungry.
Why is my stomach growling and my mouth and tongue slowly secreting fluid?
Zhang Wan thought about the green pepper spirit plant. Usually, the food made from spirit plants is either ordinary food for strengthening the body or spirit food made according to the spirit recipe.
For a fleeting moment, Zhang Wan felt that the food in the bowl might be spiritual food.
Of course, Zhang Wan wasn't the only one who thought this way. Most of the cultivators present were from the Myriad Absolutes Academy, and they had snatched a lot of spiritual food from the cafeteria windows during their university years, so they all became suspicious as well.
"The name of this dish is so unfamiliar, it's twice-cooked pork with green peppers. I feel like I've never heard of it before."
"I also find this white food quite unfamiliar, but I noticed that it faintly exudes spiritual energy. It must be some kind of new spiritual plant."
"Don't you guys think this might be spirit food? The combination of these dishes and the taste are just as domineering as the spirit food we snatched before."
"I also think so. It looks like spiritual food. I wonder what it tastes like."
“Spiritual food? How could that be? The Free and Unfettered Sect is now known as a poor and stingy sect. I think that the Free and Unfettered Sect has already emptied its coffers by giving us high-grade pills.”
"That's true. If it were really spiritual food, our Xiaoyao Sect wouldn't be so poor."
"Before joining the Xiaoyao Sect, I thought it was just an ordinary sect. I only saw videos about the sect online these past few days. The sect is so poor that I even considered giving up."
"What's there to back down about? Poverty is only temporary. If we all work together, the sect will be able to recover."
"Um, let me interject a bit. Actually, whether we strive or not isn't that important. Most of the major sects these days have expanded their scale gradually by accumulating initial capital..."
"But I still think this looks a lot like the spiritual food made by Jiang He's school."
"Now that you mention it, I do remember, it does look somewhat similar."
After Jiang He left, the Danxiu Academy of Wanjue Academy was jointly taught by Yun Lukuo and Wen Chouchun.
The spiritual food made from the spiritual recipes passed down by Jiang He is completely different from ordinary spiritual food.
Basically, each dish of spiritual food has a unique flavor and a distinct personal style.
Such distinctive spiritual food has been categorized into a new faction within the alchemy circle.
Zhang Wan had also seen something similar to the spiritual food that Jiang He refined: the spiritual food that was served at the "Restaurant That Risks a Sword Cultivation Career".
Over the years, Zhang Wan has been buying spiritual food from the gambling restaurant, but unfortunately, he has been unable to contact the restaurant owner at all.
Lost in thought, Zhang Wan picked up a piece of meat and rice with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
Instantly, the taste in his mouth brought Zhang Wan's thoughts back to reality.
Zhang Wan stared wide-eyed, seemingly in disbelief, and then picked up another piece of food with his chopsticks and began to chew.
The meat in my mouth has a slightly spicy taste, and is salty with a hint of sweetness, which is quite unique.
When Zhang Wan's tongue touched the twice-cooked pork, her mouth was filled with its aroma.
The meat and green peppers blend perfectly, and the slightly crispy edges of the twice-cooked pork are tender yet not tough to chew.
What's most amazing is the texture of the meat in this dish.
Zhang Wan kept his mouth shut as he tasted the twice-cooked pork.
How can there be a dish where the meat is fatty yet not greasy, and lean yet not mushy?
What shocked Zhang Wan even more was the rice in her mouth...