The drawing on the notebook shows a spindle-shaped fish that looks fat, has a smooth surface and a streamlined dorsal fin. Although it is a simple sketch drawn with a brush, the key details are vivid and the appearance of the fish can be seen even with just a few strokes.

"Eating... I haven't thought about that."

A Xiang scratched his head, not understanding what Lu Ban meant.

"I saw this fish in the water when it rained a few days ago. There were no conditions to catch it, so I could only record its appearance. It swam very fast, almost as fast as our boat. It was huge and very conspicuous."

He gestured at the size of the fish, which was about the size of a six or seven-year-old child. It was indeed rare to see such a big fish swimming so fast.

“That must be delicious.”

Lu Ban said one more sentence.

"Think about it, it's so fat, it must have a lot of meat, and it swims fast, which means it exercises regularly, and all that meat will become trained muscles, especially the back. If you can catch one and cut the meat on the back into slices, it will be absolutely delicious!"

What he said made A Xiang swallow his saliva, but the scholar immediately realized his gaffe and immediately spoke again.

"No, how can you eat this?"

"Why can't you eat things in the sea? Isn't the purpose of your research to understand these creatures? Whether they are edible and whether they taste good must also be part of your research. What's wrong with eating one?"

Lu Ban spoke in a very serious tone, leaving A Xiang stunned.

“It seems to make sense.”

"Why don't we go catch one now?"

Lu Ban said again.

"ah?"

Before Axiang could react, Lu Ban picked up a stick of unknown purpose next to the box.

The right hand materialized a silver pen [Last Words] and wrote the words on the stick.

[Super efficient fishing rod, you can catch the fish in one minute and never go empty-handed]

The next moment, Lu Ban pulled out a line from somewhere, wrapped it around a stick, and then threw it into the sea.

After a moment, the stick in Lu Ban's hand trembled slightly.

"Bait!"

He pulled the fishing rod hard, like a skilled fisherman.

“Here it comes!”

But after all the noise, Lu Chan pulled up the hook and found that what he had caught was just a flat fish the size of a palm.

"We call this fish fan fish because it looks like a fan."

Axiang explained.

“How does it taste?”

Lu Ban didn’t care much about anything else and only thought about whether it tasted good.

“… Fishermen usually boil the fish directly in water to make fish soup.”

A Xiang replied helplessly.

"Is there any other way?"

Lu Ban asked.

“…You can also bake it directly.”

"Your method is too poor. It would be good to braise it with some soy sauce. Use a knife to cut a few cuts on the outside, then add water and soy sauce and boil it. Let the flavor penetrate into the fish meat. Tsk, tsk, it tastes good just thinking about it."

Lu Ban said that this fish looked somewhat similar to the pomfret on Earth. He had liked eating braised fish since he was a child, so he said.

"What is soy sauce?"

Axiang asked, not quite understanding.

"You don't even have soy sauce?"

Lu Ban was a little surprised.

He originally thought that the fishermen only boiled or grilled it for convenience on the boat. Now it seems that the seasoning of Hedao at that time was also quite backward.

But it's normal to think about it. Soy sauce is made by fermentation, and the fermentation process requires a certain level of social development to become popular, otherwise it is easy to produce toxins. Looking at the current development of Hedao, it is normal that there is no soy sauce.

Lu Ban thought again of the food and drinks on the table when he first came here.

Lu Ban has the responsibility to save the tongues of the people from the island.

He quickly found the ship's cook.

For this type of ship, there are no professional chefs. The cook on the ship is simply the best cook among the sailors.

If you can cook food well and add salt without shaking your hands, you are already a qualified chef at sea.

For this reason, most of the food on the ship is just boiled fish soup and rice.

After tinkering in the kitchen for a while, Lu Ban created various modern seasonings including soy sauce and pepper, and finally made a braised fish that looked pretty good.

He invited Xia, Axiang, and Baobao to taste it together.

When Axiang smelled the fragrance of the fish, he felt a little incredible. He took a deep breath. The strange fragrance was like the whisper of the devil, lingering in his mind and making him deeply intoxicated.

Picking up the chopsticks, A Xiang picked up a piece of fish soaked in the dark sauce, looked at it carefully, and put it into his mouth.

At the same time, Baobao and Xia also ate a piece of fish. It was a palm-sized piece of fish, so the four of them only ate two or three bites each.

When the tip of his tongue touched the fish meat and he sensed the taste, A Xiang felt like he was hit by an electric current and his whole body trembled.

“…This smell?”

"It tastes terrible. Ugh."

Leopard spat out the fish in his mouth without mercy.

“It tastes good!”

Shia commented.

Looking at the two girls' completely different reactions, A Xiang didn't know how to comment for a moment.

Compared to the fish soup which usually tastes bland due to lack of salt, the taste of this fish can really be considered "strong", but the taste is too strong, making Axiang feel as if his tongue is clamped by a red-hot pair of tongs.

He doesn't think he is a gourmet, but he probably can't accept this kind of food.

Lu Ban also tasted the fish himself.

Three seconds later, Lu Ban spat out the fish in his mouth.

“It tastes terrible…”

"Has anyone ever told you that you'd better not cook?"

Baobao found a cup in the kitchen and took a sip of the wine, which was almost as light as water, to rinse his mouth.

"It's not my problem, it's the fish's problem."

Lu Ban explained seriously.

"There must be some special ingredients in this fish that react unexpectedly with soy sauce, which is why the fish tastes strange. This is worth studying."

“Is this really worth studying…”

At this time, Axiang finally concluded that the fish did taste bad.

"Of course, if this kind of fish is the only one that can't be braised with soy sauce, then it means that there are some special substances in its body. Why does it have this substance? Where does this substance come from? Aren't you curious?"

Lu Ban said seriously.

“…It seems to make some sense.”

Ah Xiang was a little confused by Lu Ban's well-reasoned talk.

"You two..."

Just when Xia was about to ask the two people to stop worrying about the soy sauce and give them all the fish, a loud roar was heard outside.

Along with the roar, countless people's voices were heard, it was very noisy, and the whole ship began to tremble slightly.

The roar was like the sound of artillery fire.