"Hey, crispy rice!"
Jiang Mu couldn't help but chuckle when he saw its silly appearance.
"Lulu lulu~"
Upon seeing Jiang Mu, Guoba quickly put down his bowl and waved to him.
"Um."
Jiang Mu walked over to it and ruffled its head.
Is Xiangling there?
"Lulu~"
Guoba pointed his short finger into the Wanmin Hall.
"knew."
Jiang Mu patted Guoba's head again and strolled into the Wanmin Hall.
"Lulu lulu~"
Guoba touched the spot where Jiang Mu had rubbed, then picked up the still-steaming milk tea, took a satisfying slurp, and squinted his eyes.
"Lulu~"
………………
"Uncle Mao." Chef Mao was still cooking when he heard Jiang Mu's voice. He looked up at him, nodded, and nodded.
In the past few months, Jiangmu has become one of Wanmintang's important food suppliers, and the profits during this period have made them very wealthy.
"It's a pity that this kid really only sees Xiangling as a little sister..." Master Mao clicked his tongue, "Otherwise, it really might be possible..."
"Forget it." Master Mao shook his head. "They'll develop feelings for each other over time. Let them be together for now. We shouldn't interfere in young people's affairs..."
It's unclear whether he was speaking to himself or to the old man...
………………
kitchen.
"Hmph hmph hmph~~~"
Xiangling was standing in front of the stove, happily preparing the food in the pot.
Suddenly, the girl's cute little nose twitched...
"Sniff..."
"It smells like my brother!" Xiangling's eyes lit up, and she quickly looked towards the door.
"I just can't do anything with you..."
Hearing this, Jiang Mu walked in from outside the door with a sigh and tapped Xiang Ling's forehead.
"I really don't know how your little nose grew..."
"That means my brother and I are on the same wavelength!"
"Lingxi my foot!"
"hey-hey……"
Xiangling giggled and was about to pounce on Jiang Mu, but when she looked at the food scraps in her hands, she immediately gave up the idea.
"Brother, what would you like to eat? I'll make it for you right away!"
Because of the booming business of Wanmintang, Master Mao made a tough decision and hired a professional craftsman to renovate Wanmintang. The main focus was on building a separate small kitchen for Xiangling, which is where the two of them are now staying.
"No need," Jiang Mu quickly waved his hand with a smile. "I came today to invite you and Uncle Mao to my house for a meal in a few days, and to try out the new recipe I've come up with."
"There's a new recipe again!"
Upon hearing this, Xiangling's eyes sparkled, appearing like two giant light bulbs in Jiang Mu's eyes. Unconsciously, a tear appeared at the corner of her mouth...
*Ahem*, "third wheel" might be a bit of an exaggeration... Wait, Xiangling! Don't bite me! I'm sorry, okay?! Aaaaaah!!!...
(Due to the malicious revenge of a certain foodie lady... cough cough, I mean, Ai Lian, author number one has passed away, and now author number two has taken over...)
"What materials do you need? I'll go get them right now!"
Xiangling said excitedly.
"No need." Jiang Mu waved his hand and took out a lifelike water slime from the system space.
"This is it."
Xiangling's eyes lit up. She loved dishes that used such "unusual" ingredients as the main ingredient!
"Okay!"
With a reply, Xiangling picked up a kitchen knife from the side and was about to chop at the slime!
"etc!"
Jiang Mu reacted quickly and grabbed Xiang Ling's wrist.
"What's wrong?"
Xiangling was a little confused. "Aren't we supposed to kill this slime?"
“Yes.” Jiang Mu nodded with a wry smile, “Although we need to kill, it shouldn’t be done like this…”
"So, how do we kill him?"
Xiangling tilted her head and asked cutely.
"Hey, do you have any blunt weapons here, like a hammer or something?"
"some."
Xiangling quickly grabbed a wooden hammer from the side, which still had some bloodstains on it.
"this……"
Jiang Mu felt a chill run down his back.
"This is a bone crusher," Xiangling quickly explained. "I usually use it to make bone broth; it's for crushing out the marrow..."
As she spoke, Xiangling quickly washed the bone-crushing hammer and handed it to Jiang Mu.
"That's...that's good..."
Jiang Mu chuckled and hurriedly took it with trembling hands, then looked at the shivering slime in front of him.
The little guy seemed to know what was going to happen to him, and he twisted his body, trying to escape.
"call--"
With one hand pressing down on the water slime's constantly writhing body, Jiang Mu let out a long breath and said to Xiang Ling.
"Look carefully."
"Uh-huh!"
Xiangling nodded repeatedly.
"I suddenly realized this a few days ago."
As Jiang Mu spoke, his face suddenly turned slightly red.
Because he didn't discover it himself, but rather he happened to see the cooking method in a certain anime while he was watching anime out of boredom these past few days.
"Cough cough..."
Clearing his throat, Jiang Mu continued.
"Actually, slimes rely on a 'core' inside their bodies to control their activities," Jiang Mu said, pointing to a dark part inside the water slime's body.
"Really?!"
Xiangling pressed her face against the water slime, examined it carefully, and then exclaimed in surprise.
“Hmm.” Jiang Mu continued, “Some adventurers receive quests to obtain alchemical materials from inside slimes, but they often only get low-grade slime condensate instead of the highest-grade slime slurry. This is because they destroy the slime’s core during the process of killing it.”
“So…” Xiangling pondered for a moment, then said, “Brother, you mean that the raw material needed for alchemy is actually the core of a slime, but the difference in the preservation of the slime’s core leads to the difference in the final material obtained, right?”
“That’s right.” Jiang Mu patted Xiangling’s head and praised her, “So smart!”
"Hehe..." Xiangling smiled shyly, then realized what she meant.
"So……"
Jiang Mu raised the hammer in his hand and continued his explanation.
"What would happen if, using such a blunt instrument, you shattered the slime's core without damaging its outer shell?"
As he spoke, Jiang Mu aimed his hammer at the dark shadow, which was the core of the area, and struck it several times.
No, since it's hitting a slime with a flexible outer layer, the sound should be a dull thud...
"Ah!" Xiangling screamed.
The once translucent slime was now completely chaotic inside, as if some strange chemical... no, alchemical reaction was taking place.
A moment later, although the slime's outer skin was not broken, its inside was no longer transparent and it was completely unrecognizable from its previous appearance...
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