Chapter 29 Three Ways to Eat Lamb - Lamb Soup, Lamb Stew...
"Is this A-level mission really reliable? There's not even any information about the publisher. Isn't this a ghost mission?"
"Who cares? As long as the reward is good enough, it's fine. Don't you see those top teams are coming? They're not stupid."
"But this is the first A-level mission in the game after all, Captain, let's think about it again and again. Wang Dashun and his team were completely wiped out."
"But as long as we meet the requirements and sign up for this mission, our team will be able to get a basic reward of 10,000 to 50,000 gold coins. After completing the mission, there will be additional rewards based on each player's contribution."
"Yeah, the income from completing an A-level mission can be equal to many low-level and mid-level missions! I don't care, I'll just sign up! If I'm lucky and get on the good side of the bosses, the commission will be enough for me to stay flat until the end of the game."
"Wait a minute, there must be high-level monsters in that extremely cold spider cave. If we run into them head-on, won't we be dead?"
"Tsk, can't you improvise when the time comes? A-level missions can have a maximum of 50 people participating. With so many people, you won't be the only one to be unlucky, right?"
"Oh, it would be great if I were a life player. Those healers and pharmacists are definitely only responsible for logistics, and we, the combat players, are the ones who charge into battle. After the mission is completed, their contribution will not be much different."
"Hey, who told you to look down on the life players? When we first started, we had a much harder time than you did. Now that you see we have made it, you are jealous? If you have the ability, don't look for a healer when you get hurt, and don't look for a forger when you want to level up!"
"Stop arguing. Look, nearly 40 people have already accepted the mission. This time, you must form a team to sign up. Instead of wasting time here, why not think about who to team up with?"
"Oh my god, this mission does not allow players below level C to sign up, and I just realized that so many players have already reached level C."
"...Are you stupid? We have a large player base, so it's not difficult to gather 50 C-level players. The difficult part is that a team must have at least 10 pieces of purple equipment and potions to register, which directly eliminates a large number of poor people."
"Lin Ji's team seems to be recruiting temporary accompanying life players. I have to go and take a look. Their team must meet all the requirements!"
“…”
As soon as Zhu Yu stepped into the central hall, he felt a buzzing sound in his ears.
She hadn't seen so many players gathered in the public area in these days.
It seems that the income from her fortress will increase significantly today.
Just when Zhu Yu was happily calculating the accounts in her heart, someone shouted "Ah" behind her.
"Boss 996, why are you here too?"
Many players recognized Zhu Yu at a glance, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.
The brief silence was soon broken, and the next second, players rushed towards 996 and extended olive branches to her.
The stronger the team is, the higher the mission reward will be.
Player 996 has already proven herself with her strength. If she can be brought into the team, not to mention how much the final reward will be, the safety index of the team alone will be greatly improved.
Zhu Yu had only looked at the side quests before, and did not ask Chai Junliang in detail about the details of the quest release, so he had no idea that this A-level quest must be participated in as a team.
Looking at the crazy formation of the players in front of her, she was a little confused for a moment and couldn't help but take a few steps back.
However, the crowd was already blocking her back.
There were people all around him, and for a moment Zhu Yu felt a little short of breath and dizzy.
"Hey, don't get too close to my master, or I'll beat you up!"
"I'm talking about you, stay away, didn't you see you almost stepped on the 996 boss's foot just now!"
Just then, a familiar figure emerged from the crowd.
Tong Qiao stood in front of Zhu Yu aggressively, clenched her fists and threatened loudly.
At the same time, Xue Wu and other teammates carefully moved the confused Zhu Yu to their territory.
Only when he reached an area with fewer people did Zhu Yu finally get rid of the suffocating feeling of oppression.
It's amazing. She was not frozen to death, nor killed by monsters in this crappy game, but was almost suffocated to death by the crowd.
While taking deep gulps of fresh air, Zhu Yu learned the whole story from Xue Wu.
"So, Boss 996, if you are here for that A-level mission as well, would you consider joining our team? The members of our team have already met the mission requirements and have all successfully signed up."
Forming a team didn't matter to Zhu Yu. Since the side quest happened to coincide with the A-level quest, she took on the A-level quest as well.
No matter what, she was sure to go on this trip.
Xue Wu's team had just "rescued" her from the crowd, and this action greatly increased Zhu Yu's favorability towards them.
So she agreed to join without much hesitation.
Upon hearing that Zhu Yu agreed to join the team, Xue Wu immediately smiled and quickly added Zhu Yu's player ID to the team member list.
After the authentication was successful, he pulled Zhu Yu to sit on a semi-enclosed six-person sofa.
"By the way, you left in a hurry last time, and I didn't have the chance to properly introduce our teammates."
Xue Wu introduced them to Zhu Yu one by one:
"You should be familiar with these two. Tong Qiao is a C-class warrior. Lu Xiaochi has the same profession as you, a C-class archer."
Xue Wu paused for a moment and continued, "This is Li Ge, our earth mage."
Zhu Yu followed her gaze and saw a man in his thirties sitting opposite him. There was a calmness between his brows and he looked a little taciturn, and it seemed that he didn't like to talk much.
"This is our team's pharmacist, Bai Qian." Xue Wu then pointed to another person.
Zhu Yu turned to look at Bai Qian'an. He was wearing a pair of frameless glasses and had a gentle smile between his brows. He nodded slightly to her.
After everyone got to know each other, they quickly began to discuss the mission plan and itinerary.
During the conversation, Zhu Yu found that most of the time, his teammates were listening carefully to the pharmacist's analysis.
"According to the information I have gathered, on the way from the fortress to the Arctic Earth Spider Nest, we will pass by a small wind spirit stone mine and two or three monster gathering points."
Bai Qian'an spread out several sketches on the table and explained in detail the distribution of each route section and the potential risks.
"Don't worry too much about these two monster gathering points. They are mainly low- and medium-level monsters. Given the strength of our team, they shouldn't pose much of a threat."
Zhu Yu leaned in to look at the sketch and saw that Bai Qian had marked the location of the Fengling Stone Mine with a red circle.
Previously at the tea party, Li Qinglan had mentioned this type of ore - Wind Spirit Stone is a light and transparent ore that can be used to increase the movement speed or agility of equipment and is extremely popular in the market.
Zhu Yu raised his head and asked, "Did you take on a mission related to the Wind Spirit Stone and plan to complete it on the way to the Spider's Nest academy?"
Hearing Zhu Yu reveal her plan, Bai Qian looked at her in surprise, "Yes, the rewards for the Wind Spirit Stone missions have always been generous, and I have been paying attention to it for a long time. It's just that the location of the Wind Spirit Stone mine has always conflicted with the routes of our other main missions. It just so happens that we are on the way now, so we can complete it at the same time."
"If everything goes well, we can reach there within one day as planned, but we cannot rule out the possibility that other teams are also eyeing the Wind Spirit Stone Mine."
Xue Wu seemed to have thought of something, and frowned slightly, saying: "If they have more people and more power, we may not be able to successfully capture the Wind Spirit Stone. In this case, why don't we set off now and seize the initiative before other teams react."
Everyone agreed with Xue Wu's proposal, so after making all the preparations, they quietly left the central hall and went out of the fortress.
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"Boss, the bleating monster I killed dropped some meat. Let's have a snack tonight!"
Tong Qiao carried a leg of lamb that was almost half her body tall and skipped towards the captain.
Zhu Yu was worried that she would fall, so he quickly took the leg of lamb from her hand.
She weighed it and found that the leg of lamb was quite heavy.
"I also dropped some lamb chops here, Captain, let's stew them tonight!"
At this time, Lu Xiaochi also came over carrying a large piece of fresh lamb ribs.
"Roast lamb leg for dinner tonight!"
"No, lamb chops stew tonight!"
"Lu Xiaochi! Do you know how to stew the lamb chops? Don't let them not be cooked through and give everyone stomach upsets!"
"You... your cooking skills are what everyone is most worried about, okay?"
"How dare you question my cooking skills? Lu Xiaochi, do you believe that I will smash you to death with a lamb leg?"
"Help, Captain!"
“…”
"Haha, although these two are usually lively, they are still very reliable when it comes to doing serious work."
Xue Wu watched Tong Qiao holding up the leg of lamb and chasing Lu Xiaochi. The two of them ran around the camp, and his forehead twitched slightly.
Seemingly unwilling to admit that these two bickering and childish guys were her teammates, she covered her face and laughed dryly twice while explaining to Zhu Yu.
“…I understand.”
Zhu Yu pursed his lips, trying to hold back his smile, and walked up to the two of them and said:
"Since you all want to eat it, let's cook it all tonight while the mutton is fresh. Since there are so many people, we won't have to worry about not being able to finish it."
As soon as Zhu Yu opened his mouth, Tong Qiao immediately stopped and put down the leg of lamb obediently.
"Captain, the fire is ready and the water is boiled." Li Ge came over carrying two buckets of hot water.
"Very good, then let's start preparing dinner."
After Xue Wu finished speaking, everyone sat around the campfire and began to prepare dinner.
After several hours of traveling, everyone was already starving.
The other people in the team seemed to be well aware of Lu Xiaochi and Tong Qiao's cooking skills. After the two finished processing the mutton, everyone took over the lamb legs and lamb chops tacitly.
Li Ge made a simple barbecue grill, carefully placed the lamb legs on it, made a few shallow cuts on the meat with a clean knife, sprinkled a layer of red-gold hot pepper powder and other seasonings on it, and began to marinate the lamb legs.
Xue Wu, who was standing by, took out a clay pot from his backpack, neatly placed the chopped lamb chops and a few leaves that Zhu Yu didn't recognize into it, then poured in some cold water and prepared to simmer it.
After asking, Zhu Yu found out that those leaves were from the green rui flower. After picking them and stewing them with food, they can remove fishy smell and enhance fragrance.
When the lamb leg is almost marinated, Li Ge puts it on the fire, turning it over from time to time to ensure that each side is roasted evenly.
Under the roasting flames, the surface of the lamb leg gradually turns an attractive golden color, the fat slowly seeps out, and collides with the sparks to make a "sizzling" sound.
The process of waiting for the ingredients to cook was really torturous. Zhu Yu touched his empty stomach and suddenly remembered that the snow ling fruit he had picked in the snow forest had not been washed yet, so he got up and left the campfire.
When Zhu Yu was leaving the camp carrying a basket of snow ling fruit, he happened to see Bai Qian squatting in the open space around the camp and scattering something.
"This smell... is it spraying insect repellent?"
Zhu Yu walked closer and caught a pungent smell at the tip of his nose.
"Yes, this potion can also drive away some low-level monsters, but everyone still has to take turns to keep watch at night to prevent any unexpected situations." Bai Qian explained.
After listening to his introduction, Zhu Yu wrote down the name of the medicine.
Today was her first time to go out on a mission with the team. She learned a lot along the way, especially these inconspicuous but very practical little tricks, which she kept in mind.
There were no rivers or streams nearby, so Zhu Yu asked Tong Qiao for a bucket of clean water prepared by the team and carefully washed each snow ling fruit.
When she returned to the camp with the wet fruits, the air was filled with the aroma of meat.
Dinner is finally ready.
The first thing to cook was the lamb chops that Xue Wu stewed in a clay pot. Everyone got a large piece of greasy lamb chops.
The few green stamen flower leaves that Xue Wu placed in the pottery jar had long since turned into green soup over time, and it smelled like fennel.
The lamb chops were stewed until tender and barely needed to be torn, with thin lamb tendons still on the surface.
The meat falls off the bones with a gentle flick of the chopsticks.
Zhu Yu took a bite and the gravy from the mutton splashed out.
The mutton dropped by this baa monster has no fishy smell at all and is incredibly tender.
The other side of the lamb leg was also roasted, with a slightly crispy golden brown skin.
Zhu Yu was holding the lamb chops with both hands at the moment and had no hands free. Tong Qiao, who was sitting next to her, took the barbecue handed to her by her teammate and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Smelling the spicy and greasy aroma of roasted lamb legs, Zhu Yu looked at the lamb chops in his hand and couldn't help but wailing in his heart -
Why can't people have two mouths to eat at the same time!
*
"Good evening, everyone."
Just as Zhu Yu and his friends were enjoying their meal, they suddenly saw a small group walking towards them not far away.
After seeing who was coming, Zhu Yu felt happy immediately.
Isn't this an acquaintance she met? The leader of this team is the ice mage, Lin Ji, who she had fought against before.
"Captain Lin, what a coincidence."
Xue Wu reluctantly put down the roasted lamb leg in his hand, stood up and responded.
"This point appears on this road. Everyone's purpose should be the same, right? The Wind Spirit Stone Mine is not far from here. Captain Lin, I wonder if you are here to discuss cooperation, or -"
Bai Qian pushed his glasses up and stared at the group of people in front of him with a hint of vigilance.
"Bai Qian, don't be so surprised. We can talk about cooperation later. Let's discuss business first."
A man appeared behind Lin Ji, with two short knives on his waist and a pot of something in his arms.
"If the Wind Spirit Stone Mine is not the main business, then what is the main business?"
"The world is big, but eating is the most important thing. I mean, we can smell the fragrance from far away. It really makes us hungry. I didn't expect your team's cooking skills are so well hidden."
You Tiao placed the pot in his arms in front of Xue Wu's team with a smile, and then Lin Ji coughed twice and walked forward and said:
"This is the mutton soup we just cooked. If you don't mind, can I exchange dinner with you?"
Unexpectedly, this group of people came here in such a threatening manner just for a few pieces of mutton. Zhu Yu couldn't help but look at Xue Wu.
"Change! Of course we can change. I see you haven't set up camp yet, right? Why don't you make do with us first?"
Xue Wu thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement and invited Lin Ji's team to sit down by the campfire.
Seeing that Xue Wu had his own considerations, Zhu Yu concentrated on enjoying the food.
I have to say that the cooking skills of the opposing team are also quite impressive.
This pot of mutton soup is very thick, the soup is pure white, and there are a few pieces of white radish scattered among the mutton.
It's no wonder that I met teammates with such great cooking skills when I randomly formed a team. Zhu Yu took a sip of mutton soup and a bite of mutton. When he felt tired of it, he took a bite of the refreshing and juicy snow ling fruit. Tears of happiness couldn't help but flow from the corners of his mouth.
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