"What method?"
"What method? Tell me quickly."
"You're driving me crazy, Junior Brother, stop keeping me in suspense."
Ye Feng gave a wry smile and said, "I'm not trying to keep you in suspense, this is just my personal opinion. I'll share it with you, senior brothers and grandmasters, so you can hear what I have to say and see if it's feasible."
Jian Qingfeng nodded and said, "Having a way is better than having no way at all. Tell me about it."
"Here's what I'm thinking: since we can only bring things up to 2 meters in length, width, and height, the key is to maximize the value of these limited items. Things from the lower realm are practically worthless in the immortal realm, so bringing them up would be a waste. The only special thing I can think of is my craftsmanship."
At this point, Ye Feng felt somewhat embarrassed.
After all, it does have a hint of self-promotion.
After he finished speaking, the others' eyes lit up.
Yes!
If you were to ask what the most valuable thing in the Shushan Sword Sect is, it would definitely be the junior brother's meals!
Wine is also an option, but it takes up too much space and can't hold much, so its contribution to the master is limited.
"With this much space, Junior Brother's food should be able to fit in several hundred dishes?"
"Although it's not much, it should be enough to relieve our master's urgent need, right?"
"I just don't know how good the food is in the upper realm."
Jian Qingfeng looked at Ye Feng and asked, "What are your thoughts?"
Ye Feng truthfully said, "Among the dishes I know, there is a snack called 'braised food'. I'm thinking of filling this space with braising liquid. As long as my master hunts some birds and beasts in the upper realm, boils them in water, and marinates them in the braising liquid, they can be used for a long time. Then I'll have my master add seasonings and water in proportion, and they should last a long time."
After Ye Feng finished speaking, the dozens of elders began to whisper among themselves again.
"Hiss... I do think the method is feasible, but our grandmaster has never even seen a kitchen in his life. Can he do what junior brother is talking about?"
"It's hard to say, junior brother's things are indeed difficult to learn."
"But it seems there's no other way, right? I feel this is the most suitable solution."
After pondering for a long time, Jian Qingfeng truly felt that this was the best solution he could think of at the moment, and thus affirmed to Ye Feng:
"Then I'll trouble you to make the preparations. The method you've come up with is the best one at the moment. Whether it works or not, we can only give it a try."
After Ye Feng stood up and bowed, he left the council hall.
"Thanks to this junior brother, otherwise we would have been completely helpless against our master."
"Moreover, it is probably a foregone conclusion that Master Qingfeng will ascend to heaven. If he does, he will probably be in a similar situation to Ancestor Chenxin."
"Lucky star, this is the reward for my Shushan Sword Sect's many years of fighting demons and upholding justice."
...
Ye Feng prepared to start making the braising liquid.
The key to delicious braised meat lies in the braising broth.
The types and proportions of seasonings used in the braising liquid are also of paramount importance.
Star anise, bay leaves, fennel seeds, cinnamon, white pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, Sichuan peppercorns, cloves, etc.
The first step is still to caramelize the sugar.
If the sugar isn't caramelized properly, the meat in this pot will inevitably look unappetizing.
Since our grandmaster is in such a miserable state, we should at least prepare some high-quality delicacies for him.
After the rock sugar melts, it will gradually turn brown. At this point, you can pour water along the edge of the pot.
The next step, and the crucial one in differentiating between the home version and the retail version, is the braising oil.
Many people add seasonings directly to the broth when braising food, but this makes the meat neither moist nor fragrant, and it can also be a bit dry.
This is because the process of making braising oil is missing.
Just like when making dumplings, first use oil to bring out the deepest aromas of all the spices.
Seeing that the color was starting to turn golden, Ye Feng scooped out the spices and braising oil separately.
By this time, the broth had been heated up.
Pour all the caramelized sugar water into the stock pot, then add dark soy sauce for another layer of color.
This is the basic color of the braising liquid.
Put the braising oil and the spice residue in a cloth bag into the pot and start cooking.
When it comes to braised dishes, the old broth is always tastier than the new broth.
So Ye Feng is about to start making this pot of braised dishes.
Not knowing what kind of animals his master could hunt, Ye Feng simply put a little bit of everything into the pot.
Spare ribs, chicken legs, chicken wings, duck necks, pig ears, pig liver...
They've all been soaked in salt water to remove the blood, so they don't need to be blanched before being put directly into the pot to cook.
Ingredients soaked in salt water to remove blood will be more tender than those blanched.
As the stewing time increases, the rich aroma of braised meat begins to fill the air.
The key to braising is soaking, not boiling.
Even if the braised meat was made by a family of three generations of imperial chefs, it wouldn't have absorbed much flavor from being freshly cooked.
It must be soaked.
Anyway, the Shushan Sword Sect is now quite wealthy and powerful, so maintaining time acceleration with the Creation Mirror is no problem.
By the time Ye Feng finished making this pot of braised meat, only about ten minutes had passed outside.
The high-ranking members of the Shushan Sword Sect were still in the council hall.
Sometimes they look to the future, sometimes they talk about the present.
The desire to talk was at an all-time high.
Shenqing Zhenjun quietly transmitted his voice to Jian Qingfeng: "Grandmaster, why do I feel that you have been deliberately suppressing your cultivation growth lately?"
Jian Qingfeng remained calm and composed, and quietly replied to Shenqing Zhenjun: "I have a feeling that a great calamity is coming, and it may not be long before it arrives. My high-level bottleneck can be broken easily, but my intuition tells me that the day I break through to the high level will be the day I ascend to the Immortal Realm. If I ascend, how will my Shushan Sword Sect face this calamity?"
Shenqing Zhenjun frowned slightly and said, "Could it be related to the strange power that tried to destroy my Sword Sect before?"
"That's right. Last time it was only aimed at the Immaculate Sword Heart of my Sword Sect. It has been so long since we made a move, so it must have accumulated enough power. If it were to erupt again, the entire cultivation world would be in danger."
As they were talking, Ye Feng used his spiritual power to drag a large barrel in.
"Grandmaster, Uncle Master, Senior Brother, come and try my braised dishes."
Upon seeing this, everyone stopped talking.
Ye Feng placed the large bucket in the middle, and everyone gathered around.
"Is this what you prepared for Grandmaster, Junior Brother?"
Ye Feng nodded and said, "That's right. With this braising liquid, as long as the ancestor hunts an edible wild animal, he can soak it in salt water to remove the blood or force the blood out with spiritual power, and then put it directly into the pot to cook. Afterwards, he can add some seasonings in time, take out the marinated meat, and put the braising liquid into the jade slip to prevent it from spoiling. It can be used for a very long time."
Jian Qingfeng gathered a wisp of spiritual energy at his fingertips, scooped up a piece of pork rib from the bucket, brought it to his lips, and sucked it in. The whole rib went into his mouth.
"It's crispy, fragrant, soft, and melts in your mouth. It's truly a rare delicacy. If the immortal realm were as barren as the food here, I believe that with this, my ancestor could at least be free from worries about food and clothing."
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