422
Xuan Yu soon solved the formation of hiding the sky and the sea. Thirteen interlocking spiritual energy circles turned into scattered spiritual particles and disappeared into the air. A burst of green spiritual energy spread out, and everyone felt that the oppressive feeling after entering the illusion array disappeared.
Xuan Yu said embarrassedly: "I set up the magic array at that time but I forgot about it." Xuan Yu felt deeply sorry for trapping everyone in the array for several days.
Jing Nan sighed: "It's not your fault, the illusion spider is really annoying." Jing Nan felt that if he was the one trapped in the illusion array, he would not do better than Xuan Yu.
After the formation was solved, everyone prepared to leave the cave. But as soon as they reached the cave entrance, they saw turbulence outside again. Chonghua wondered, "Didn't the formation solve the problem? Why is there still turbulence?"
Xuan Yu said: "The turbulence is not caused by the illusion array, it is caused by the magnet under our feet." Even if the illusion array dissipates, turbulence will still arise.
Feng Gui had a headache: "The magnet has affected the array. I can't tell east, west, south, or north now. Xiaoyu, can you still lead us out?"
Xuan Yu left inexplicably at that time, and I wonder if he will have the same good luck this time. At this moment, Xuan Yu shook his head: "Even I can't tell the direction. But..."
Everyone looked up at Xuan Yu, who pondered and said, "But I remember there were a lot of reefs at the exit, and there were a lot of oysters growing on the reefs."
Oysters? Zhou Lianhua and the others were delighted when they heard this: "Long Jun! We know the direction of the exit!"
In the past two days, Chonghua and his team have been searching for the key point of the formation in the cave. Zhou Lianhua and his team are good at swimming, so they left the cave and patrolled the vicinity.
Turn right after exiting the cave and walk along the trench for three to five miles, where you can see many reefs covered with large grayish-white oysters.
Zhou Lianhua and the others were muttering at the time, wondering how such big oysters could grow here. After seeing the reef, they stopped moving forward. It turned out that was the direction of the exit! They could finally get out of this hellhole!
After the turbulence slowly subsided, everyone followed the Zhou brothers towards the exit. Before long, they saw a group of vague black shadows. Some were three or four feet tall, and some were only three or four feet tall. They stood in the water, quiet and eerie.
No wonder the Zhou brothers didn't dare to move forward after they got here. If it were anyone else, they wouldn't dare to move forward either. This is too creepy!
The reefs are densely covered with oysters of all sizes, the largest of which is as big as a washbasin. Oysters originally live on shallow sea reefs, and no one knows why they can live in the dark and dark Kanglongyuan.
The reefs were stacked one on top of another, with only a narrow path in between for people to pass through. They didn't know if it was an illusion, but they always felt that the black and red resentment above the reefs was particularly strong. Walking through the path, Du Heng felt like he was walking among graves.
Xiaoxiao, who was always bold, turned into his true self. He got into Du Heng's arms and put his head on Du Heng's chest. Du Heng felt Xiaoxiao's uneasiness, and he gently touched Xiaoxiao's back: "Don't be afraid."
Tai Shuhong was also a little timid. Feng Gui said to Tai Shuhong, "Hong'er, if you are afraid, you should be the same as Xiaoxiao." Tai Shuhong shook his head and said, "No, I can still do it."
The reef forest was endless, and besides the sound of their own footsteps, the only thing they could hear was the hissing sound of the oysters swallowing up the seawater. After walking for an hour, Jing Nan took out the formation plate and looked at it: "We went the wrong way, we went south."
Feng Gui said, "Going south is the direction of the Chaos Sea? There are really pits everywhere in Kanglongyuan."
Xuan Yu said alertly: "Be careful, there may be sea beasts around here."
Before Xuan Yu finished speaking, a pale tentacle quickly stretched out from the reef on the left. The tentacle quickly wrapped around Yun Zheng's waist, and Yun Zheng was unexpectedly dragged into the depths of the reef.
However, General Yun Zheng had been through many battles, and even if he was entangled by the tentacles, he could respond quickly. He reached out to take the axe off his back, tilted his body slightly, and chopped the tentacles with lavender spiritual energy. With a "snap", the tentacles broke. Yun Zheng deftly tapped his toes on the reef, and he landed lightly on the reef on the side.
There was a gurgling sound of water splashing from deep in the reef, and a wave came from not far away. After the wave, the reef broke, and the violent wave was getting closer and closer to everyone.
A huge black shadow came from the depths of the waves. It had a huge and flat head and a body like a catfish. There was a row of tentacles under its mouth, and one of the tentacles was broken. It seemed that it had just used this tentacle to entangle Yun Zheng, but Yun Zheng cut it off.
It rushed towards the crowd with great momentum, apparently determined to avenge its broken whisker.
Chonghua took a deep breath and said, "Wow!" This is the biggest fish it has ever seen! Ah, the Zhou brothers don't count, these two are not strictly speaking fish.
The catfish opened its huge mouth, and a stream of purple-black liquid spurted out of its mouth. Many of the sea beasts in Kanglongyuan are poisonous, such as the phantom spider before and the catfish now.
Du Heng took a step forward and held up a light blue barrier to block the purple-black water waves. The venom swayed on the barrier for a moment and then dissipated, but the shock wave that followed the venom caused the barrier to shake, causing Du Heng to step back two steps.
Jing Nan took a step forward and pressed against Du Heng's back: "Be careful." Du Heng smiled and said: "This fish... is quite strong."
Feng Gui and Xuan Yu had already rushed towards the catfish, both of them holding the poison-avoiding pill. Feng Gui waved his hand, and wherever the spiritual energy passed, a fire phoenix with wings spread out was formed. Wherever Xuan Yu's spiritual energy passed, a majestic green dragon was born.
The Fire Phoenix and the Azure Dragon smashed into the sea beast's forehead one after the other, and two muffled sounds were heard, and the sea beast's head was covered in blood and flesh. Its body twitched a few times, and then it rolled among the rocks and could no longer move.
Only then did everyone see the length of the catfish. It was five meters long and completely black. Even though it was dead, the venom still continued to flow out, mixing with its blood.
The sea water was dyed red by the catfish's blood. Xuan Yu said, "Let's go. The blood will attract more sea beasts."
Xuan Yu was right. Not long after they left, a strong spiritual energy fluctuation came from the depths of the reef. Something terrible was coming from the direction of the Chaos Sea!
But this has nothing to do with Xuan Yu and the others. They have already set off in the southeast direction and disappeared into the depths of the reef forest.
After walking for two hours, everyone saw a gray-white mountain in front of them. The mountain was too high, and it penetrated the resentment above, so everyone could only see the tip of the iceberg. Looking more closely, it was not a mountain at all, but a mountain of bones made up of various debris!
Seeing the mountain, Xuan Yu's eyes turned cold: "We're here."
The generals swallowed their saliva and said, "Could this be caused by the Dragon Lord killing the monsters?"
Xuan Yu said: "When I left the magnet array and entered the reef forest, many sea beasts chased me. Now that I am here, I have nowhere to hide, so I will fight here."
There were no witnesses to the battle that year except Xuan Yu. No one knew how a young Azure Dragon escaped the pursuit and interception of so many sea beasts. No one knew how he stood on a mountain of corpses wielding the Slaughter Heaven Sword to fight against the sea beasts coming from all directions.
The mountain of bones at the bottom of the sea quietly tells everyone the cruelty of the battle. Even after thousands of years, people who come here are still shocked by so many bones.
The flesh and blood on the corpses had long disappeared over the years, and the pile of corpses that once exceeded Kanglongyuan was now much shorter. It was unlikely that they could step on the pile of corpses to leave Kanglongyuan, but when Xuan Yu saw this pile of corpses, he knew roughly where they were.
In order to commemorate Xuan Yu's victory in the battle and his enthronement as a god, the dragon clan built a dragon temple near Kanglongyuan. Xuan Yu remembered that the dragon temple was facing the mountain of corpses, and next to the dragon temple, there was a small path that led directly to the bottom of the cliff.
After finding the corpse mountain, they just need to walk east for two or three miles and they should be able to see this trail. They are almost out of Kanglongyuan!
Everyone was very happy to hear this news. All of a sudden, everyone quickened their pace and headed eastwards.
The other side of Kanglongyuan was right in front of us, but we couldn't find the path Xuanyu mentioned. There were only dense reefs and huge oysters on the reefs. Apart from that, we didn't see even a single sea beast.
Zhou Lianhua said: "Since the Dragon God Temple was built nearby, the number of sea beasts here has decreased. Everyone says that the Dragon King has suppressed them."
Xuan Yu said: "You're overthinking it. The main reason is that there are too many skeletons here, which affects the sea beasts' foraging here."
Sea beasts also need to eat, and most of them are very picky. They only like to eat living or freshly dead sea beasts. Xuan Yu created a mountain of corpses here. With so many corpses rotting at the same time, the smell can make many sea beasts retreat thousands of miles away. Over time, fewer sea beasts came near the mountain of corpses.
Xiaoxiao muttered listlessly: "Du Hengheng, I'm hungry..."
Du Heng was already used to Xiaoxiao complaining about being hungry. He took out two cakes from his storage bag, handed one to Xiaoxiao and the other to Tai Shuhong: "Eat. After we get upstairs, we can have a peaceful meal."
Xuan Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "I'm afraid not."
Du Heng was stunned for a moment before he reacted: "Huh? Can't cook?"
Xuan Yu said: "The other side of Kanglongyuan is the territory of the dragon clan. After we go up, we must be prepared to face Wen Chi."
Du Heng thought for a moment and said, "Then... how about we eat here first and then go upstairs?"
Good idea! Xiaoxiao was the first to raise her hand in approval: "Great!" Fenggui covered his face helplessly: "Beside so many skeletons, you still have the mind to eat..."
Xiaoxiao raised her head and said, "The condemned prisoners can have a good meal before they are executed. If we go up and get ambushed, won't we starve to death? I don't want to be a starving ghost!"
Feng Gui had a hash mark all over his head: "What did you say?! Say it again if you dare!"
Feng Daxian chased Xiaoxiao without any image: "Don't run! I'll let you boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige!" Xiaoxiao fled without looking back: "That's the truth!"
Du Heng laughed so hard that his stomach hurt. "It's a joke, but the truth is true. We haven't found the way up yet, so let's cook a meal here."
Du Heng had already taken a fancy to the ingredients for this period. He planned to make a delicious meal with oysters. If possible, he would also like to boil some oyster sauce.
423
The car stopped at the edge of the cliff. Through the outer golden barrier, a faint light could be seen coming through the car window.
When the generals came out of the reef forest with storage bags in their hands, they saw this glimmer of light from a distance. Seeing this little light, the gloom in their hearts dissipated.
When they got on the bus, they were greeted with a bowl of hot brown sugar ginger tea. Du Heng brought them a large bowl of ginger tea: "Come on, it's cold under the sea. Although you don't have direct contact with the sea water, it's reasonable to drink a little to get rid of the cold."
The brown sugar water tasted sweet, and with the spicy ginger, it tasted sweet and spicy. After a bowl of it, the generals' bodies were warmed up.
Xuan Yu took out a large wooden basin and poured the oysters on the reef into the basin. In fact, the oysters on the reef are very clean. There are turbulent currents in the reef every day, and the silt accumulated on the oyster shells will be taken away. These oysters are piled together in groups of three or five, and those who don't know may think that what is poured out is a pile of stones.
The generals had little experience in chiseling oysters, so some of the oysters they chiseled had their shells cracked, and then the plump oyster meat could be seen inside the shells.
Xuan Yu took out a brush and gave it to the Zhou brothers: "Come, brush the oysters." The Zhou brothers took the brushes and squatted beside the wooden basin to wash them without complaint.
Just when Chonghua and Mao Buyu thought they could be lazy, Xuanyu took out a large wooden basin and poured a basin of oysters into it. Then he looked at Mao Buyu and the others and said, "Cook the oysters."
Soon, except for Jing Nan and Feng Gui, everyone squatted beside the wooden basin and washed the oysters. Xiao Xiao held up the oysters in her hand to Xiao Yu Mao: "Look, this oyster is so big!"
The oyster in Xiaoxiao's hand was even bigger than its original form. Du Heng estimated that this oyster weighed about 40 to 50 kilograms. However, the one Xiaoxiao was holding was only considered medium-sized. There was an oyster in Yun Zheng's wooden basin that was two times bigger than this one!
Xiaoxiao patted the oyster shell happily: "Let's steam it later! Eat it with sauce!" Even though he had never eaten oysters, he was already familiar with Du Heng's cooking method. Based on his intuition, Xiaoxiao felt that there would definitely be a dish of steamed oysters with garlic on the table today.
Du Heng smiled and said, "Xiaoxiao, the oyster in your hand can only be grilled. If you want to steam it, it's too big." Du Heng held up the oyster in his hand. The oyster was bigger than Du Heng's palm. He introduced it, "If you want to steam it, this size of oyster tastes just right."
Xiaoxiao thought about it and said optimistically: "It doesn't matter. No matter what, it will end up in my stomach."
Everyone laughed. Feng Gui covered his face helplessly: "I have been thinking, I didn't starve Feng Lin, why did he become like this?"
Jing Nan reached out and placed a white piece on the chessboard: “If Qing Heng had this skill when we were kids, we might as well have laughed.”
Du Heng ordered a grill. The previous grill was barely enough to grill crab legs, let alone oysters the size of a basin. The custom grill was three times larger than the previous one, and Du Heng placed pieces of charcoal under the grill.
While the charcoal fire was burning, Du Heng said to Xuan Yu, "Xiao Yu, help me open a few oysters." Xuan Yu smiled and said, "Okay."
Opening oysters is a technical job. Oysters have strange shapes and each one is different. It is a technical job to find the incision and cut off the flesh column that closes the two shells of the oyster. Many people who are not good at it will be cut by the oyster shells.
But Xuan Yu was not worried about this at all. He just found the widest part of the oyster with skill. He didn't even use a scalpel. He just used his spiritual energy to probe into the oyster shell, and the solid oyster shell opened, revealing the tender white oyster meat inside.
Du Heng put the oysters one by one on the grill. Oysters come with their own grill pans, and their slightly concave shells contain the oyster meat. As long as the heat is applied under the shells, the oyster meat inside will be cooked.
Soon, a row of oysters of different sizes appeared on the grill. The soft and limp oysters lay in their shells, revealing their moist bodies. They looked delicious!
The largest oyster could not be put in any more places, so Du Heng could only regretfully shave off its meat and put it in the wooden basin.
Looking at the shaved oysters, Du Heng said, "When I was in my hometown, good quality oysters could be eaten directly. I heard that oysters taste fresh and sweet, mixed with the taste of sea water, and squeezed with a little lemon juice, the taste will be particularly fresh. But I don't know if Kanglongyuan's oysters can be eaten raw."
Xuan Yu said: "You can eat it raw. I've eaten some."
Everyone looked at Xuan Yu in surprise, only to see Xuan Yu say: "During the time when I was fighting sea beasts, when I was short of spiritual energy, I would eat a few oysters as long as conditions permitted. But the oysters at that time were smaller than they are now, and they were all shells, with very little edible meat."
Du Heng asked hesitantly: "Xiaoyu... don't tell me, when you eat oysters, do you eat them with the shells?"
Xuan Yu nodded: "Well, it's too troublesome to open the shell." Everyone gave a thumbs up to Long Jun. This is not just ordinary strong, this is extremely strong!
Du Heng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Are you relying on your good teeth to do whatever you want? Who eats oysters like you do?"
Xuan Yu said frankly: "There's no way. The conditions didn't allow it at that time." If it weren't extremely hungry, no dragon would be willing to condescend to gnaw on an oyster covered in shells and unable to move.
Hearing Xuan Yu say this, Du Heng felt distressed. He gave Xiao Yu a hug and said, "It's okay. I'll make you oysters later." Xuan Yu smiled and said, "Yes."
The steamer on the stove was filled with palm-sized oysters. The shells were still intact and they only needed to be steamed for a cup of tea after the water boiled. Du Heng added white wine and ginger slices to the water, which made the steamed oysters taste more delicious.
After the water boiled, Du Heng moved the steamer to the pot. While the oysters were being prepared, he prepared the dipping sauce.
Du Heng had been using garlic a lot recently, and his garlic reserves were almost exhausted. Fortunately, the new batch of garlic in his cave was about to mature, so he pulled out a basket of new garlic from the cave.
When he came out of the cave, the steamed oysters were already ready. The generals put down their brushes and sat beside the round table, staring eagerly at the big steamer in the middle of the round table.
In the steamer, the oysters opened their mouths slightly. The generals were not afraid of the heat, and they reached out and took an oyster. The steamed oysters were not afraid of the heat, and the two pieces of the oyster shell came out with a slight crack.
The plump oyster meat is about to come out, and it sticks to the other half of the shell and trembles. At this time, there is still juice from the steamed oysters in the oyster shell. Drink it while it is hot, it is delicious!
The steamed oyster meat is white and tender, and each one is as big as half a palm. It is a bit difficult to eat such oyster meat in one bite, so the generals unanimously choose to start from the round tail of the oyster.
After taking a bite, the oyster meat was easily bitten off, and dark green things appeared on the cross section. These were seaweeds from Kanglongyuan. They floated in the water and were invisible to the naked eye, but after being absorbed by the oyster, they were stored in the oyster meat and turned into delicious food in the mouth.
The oyster meat is tender and crispy, and you can taste its deliciousness without any seasoning. Even if you eat it alone, you won't feel fishy or greasy.
Of course, Du Heng was afraid that everyone would get tired of it, so he also prepared a dipping sauce seasoned with soy sauce, garlic paste and sugar. After taking a bite, the oyster meat's sweetness reached a new level.
For a moment, the only sound heard around the round table was the sound of people cracking oyster shells and eating oyster meat.
Du Heng ate two oysters in a row, and his mouth was full of sweetness: "I have never eaten such delicious oysters." There must be no one else except them who would run to a place like Kanglongyuan to eat oysters.
At this time, a freshly opened oyster appeared in front of Du Heng. Xuan Yu said, "This is eaten directly. It tastes salty and sweet. It's not bad. You should try it."
Du Heng then remembered what he had just said. He was so worried about Xuan Yu that he forgot to taste the fresh oyster meat. Unexpectedly, Xiaoyu helped him remember it!
Du Heng held the oyster shell to his lips. He lifted the shell slightly and sucked the oyster meat into his mouth. Xuan Yu added a little sour juice to the oyster meat, and the slightly sour juice mixed with the salty sea water entered his mouth. The smooth oyster flowed between his lips and tongue, and it was still moving! Du Heng didn't dare to bite down!
However, when he chewed it, he found that the oyster meat was soft, delicate, elastic and smooth. He didn't know how to describe the taste. Compared with steaming, eating it raw can taste the slight fishy smell of oysters. Du Heng's face changed slightly. He felt that he still couldn't adapt to raw meat.
However, those who like this taste should be fascinated. Seeing Du Heng eating, Chonghua and the others opened the oysters and squeezed the sour fruit juice to taste them. After eating, they shouted that it was addictive, and felt that eating it raw had a different flavor than steaming it.
Xiaoxiao reminded Du Heng: "Du Hengheng, you still have oysters on the grill."
Du Heng quickly stood up and walked towards the grill. The oyster meat in the grill had not changed color in the middle, but juice had already seeped out from the edges. The juice was bubbling slightly, and Du Heng saw that the skirts on the top of the oyster meat were layered like flowers.
He poured the garlic sauce he had made earlier on the oyster meat. After spreading a layer of garlic sauce on the oysters on the grill, the garlic sauce jar was officially empty.
Xuan Yu walked up to Du Heng holding a steamed oyster in his hand. He asked slowly, "Is there no more garlic sauce?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "Yeah, but it's okay, I'll make it again in a while. By the way, can you help me pick out some big oysters? I want to make some oyster sauce."
Xuan Yu nodded: "Okay." After a while, he asked: "Can oysters also produce fat like pigs?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "Oyster sauce is just a name. In fact, it is a seasoning made by boiling oyster juice with soy sauce, sugar, a small amount of starch and salt."
Xuan Yu kissed Du Heng's forehead and said, "Well, I'll go dig for oyster meat."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
