This dish is called oxtail soup, so the main ingredient is naturally not just oxtail meat.

The soup, with its thick and flavorful broth made with tomatoes and various vegetables, is definitely not to be missed.

Ye Feng took out the jade slip and waved his hand. Small fried dough sticks, each the size of a fist, floated in the air. From an inconspicuous corner, strands of exceptionally chewy noodles also flew over.

Ye Feng picked up two small fried dough sticks and a handful of noodles and put them into his bowl. The fried dough sticks began to absorb the essence of the broth when they came into contact with the oxtail soup, and soon became a little soft. Ye Feng picked up the fried dough sticks and took a bite.

The small fried dough sticks have absorbed a lot of the soup, and the strong wheat aroma and chewy texture from the deep-frying process add even more variety to this oxtail soup.

Jiang Lu reacted immediately and followed Ye Feng's example, scooping up two small fried dough sticks and a handful of noodles. The white noodles were tinged with a reddish color after being soaked in the oxtail soup, and a slight stir made people's mouths water.

"Slurp slurp..."

Jiang Lu doesn't know if it's because he's from the north, but he seems to have zero immunity to noodles.

The chewy noodles, coated in beef-flavored broth, were so delicious that you couldn't stop slurping them up. Hearing the loud noise Jiang Lu made while slurping the noodles, everyone couldn't help but swallow hard.

Jiang Lu's mouth just won't stop now.

Jiang Lu took a big sip of noodles and chewed them thoroughly. Before he could even swallow, he wanted to take another sip. The satisfaction of being filled with carbohydrates had already surpassed the food itself. Jiang Lu had already happily squinted his eyes.

The Water Lily Fairy suddenly widened her already beautiful eyes, pointed at Jiang Lu's head, and exclaimed, "Wow, I always thought 'beautiful to the point of bursting' was just an adjective, I never imagined that someone could actually do that!"

Following her finger, everyone saw a string of colorful bubbles floating above Jiang Lu's head. The bubbles burst open with a "pop pop pop" sound as they flew into the air, which looked very interesting.

Who could stand this?

Everyone acted in unison, immediately putting the fried dough sticks and noodles into their own large white porcelain bowls.

Then, the back mountain of the Shushan Sword Sect was turned into a pigsty for the first time...

"Snoring..."

"Slurp slurp..."

The sounds of slurping noodles rose and fell incessantly, as if only making a loud noise could prove how delicious the noodles were.

This kind of late-night snack gathering is all about having fun, and the lively noise actually made everyone feel even happier.

If the meal were to end here, everyone would be quite satisfied, but this suggestion was opposed by all the high-ranking members of the Shushan Sword Sect.

Jian Chen said with a serious expression, "Ye Feng, since we've already promised them that they can eat our internal meals, wouldn't it be unreasonable not to have some culinary disasters and an insect feast? Since we made a promise, we naturally have to keep our word."

Yun Zhongzi chimed in, "That's right. Dark cuisine is so delicious it's easy to die of gluttony, so we can put that aside for now. But how can we miss an insect feast?"

Xing Zuo nodded and said, "Yun Zhongzi is right, especially the roasted centipede and roasted grasshopper, we must arrange that for them!"

Xing Zuo's speech received the support of the senior executives, so Ye Feng had no choice but to agree.

So while everyone was enjoying their noodles, strings of large centipedes and grasshoppers all obediently lay on the grill.

As for why they died so obediently, those who died naturally had no way to struggle.

Giant centipedes and grasshoppers are really ugly and disgusting in terms of appearance.

If you were to ask the many fairies of the Myriad Flowers Sect what they hate most in their lives, all the disciples would answer in unison – insects!

Whether it's a young girl or the flower itself, both deeply despise insects.

Centipedes are somewhat better, but grasshoppers are natural enemies of all kinds of flowers.

Seeing rows of large grasshoppers laid out on the grill, all the disciples of the Myriad Flowers Sect turned deathly pale.

The Water Lily Fairy's fingers trembled uncontrollably as she stammered, "This...this can't be a locust, can it?"

Li Wushuang also felt a sense of instinctive disgust and a hint of fear, but in front of so many disciples, he could only force himself to remain calm and said, "I think so, but he's already dead."

"But they were lying on the grill?"

I think so.

"Does that mean we... might eat it later?"

Li Wushuang had no answer to this question; basically, everyone already knew the answer in their hearts.

Right now, all she wants to do is vomit to express her protest.

The Water Lily Fairy stubbornly declared, "Whether or not we're going to eat it later, I'm not eating it. Whoever wants to eat it can eat it!"

The Cuckoo Fairy angrily retorted, "Even if I starve to death, die outside, or jump off this cliff, I will never eat a single grasshopper today! This is not something a human should eat!"

"Exactly! Absolutely not! How can you eat insects?!"

Ye Feng merely curled the corners of his mouth when he heard the protests from the Wan Hua Sect disciples.

He had seen countless people with incredibly strong willpower, but they all eventually succumbed to his kebabs.

No matter how firm your words may be, in the end your mouth will honestly eat those roasted grasshoppers and centipedes.

Eating these centipedes and grasshoppers can improve one's aptitude, specifically the comprehension attribute that everyone dreams of. But Ye Feng doesn't intend to tell them.

He wanted to use the most fundamental qualities of food—color, aroma, and taste—as well as his own superb skills, to make these stubborn people admit their mistakes.

Ye Feng exerted a tremendous amount of effort to suppress the corners of his mouth from turning up. He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that suppressing the corners of his mouth was even harder than suppressing an AK-47, and was basically at the level of suppressing an anti-aircraft gun.

"This is an extra dish, and it's one of the usual meals for the disciples of the Shushan Sword Sect. Please feel free to eat as you like, or eat something else if you don't want to."

After Ye Feng finished speaking, he took out some fish tofu and various vegetables skewered on wooden sticks from the jade slip and put them on the grill.

Fish tofu is called fish tofu because it is actually made from fish. Most fish tofu is made from sole, but to save costs, most of the fish tofu sold outside is probably basa.

After all, even the sole fillets you buy are mostly actually basa fish.

Sole is a sea fish with a great taste and no fishy smell, while basa is a type of catfish that is omnivorous and has a strong fishy smell.

Ye Feng naturally used pure, unadulterated sole fillets, since he didn't need to control costs.