Chapter 197 Extra
Xiaoxiao happily took five strings of bamboo worms from the female cultivator. Du Heng looked at the bamboo sticks in Xiaoxiao's hand with fear and trepidation, and saw that there were three bamboo worms on each stick.
The female cultivator had a night-shining pearl hanging above her head, and the light from the night-shining pearl was whitish. When he looked at the bamboo shoot worms just now, they seemed milky white. Now Xiaoxiao took them away from under the night-shining pearl, and now when he looked at the bamboo shoot worms, Du Heng felt that their color was milky yellow.
Xiaoxiao couldn't wait to pull Du Heng's hand and walk towards the nearest bonfire: "Du Hengheng, let's go fry some bugs!"
When he got closer to the fire, Du Heng discovered that there was something else beside the fire - a circle of peony flowers appeared next to the fire with a diameter of half a foot!
The peony was three feet tall. It was not in clusters like the peonies Du Heng had seen before, but had twelve branches surrounding the fire. Each branch had a fist-sized bud on top. The green calyx was almost unable to cover the petals inside. Du Heng saw golden petals through the cracks.
The buds were stacked one after another, and there were thick branches under the buds rooted in the soil. There were also several green leaves next to each bud. These leaves were several times larger than those of ordinary peony flowers, and under the light of the fire, the leaves reflected golden light.
Du Heng asked in surprise: "Why are peony flowers growing here?"
Xiaoxiao explained: "This is the peony flower pot made by our Feather Clan craftsmen to eat insects with special characteristics."
Du Heng's mouth twitched. Such a beautiful peony flower turned out to be a pot? Excuse me... where is the pot?
Xiaoxiao waved her hand over the peony, and the peony slowly opened its petals. Soon, a golden peony with a diameter of one foot appeared in front of everyone. The stamen of the peony was hollow, and it supported a golden head-sized barrier.
There was a small amount of oil in the barrier. When the peony flower bloomed, a flame slowly rose from the fire behind it. The flame spread from the fire to the root of the peony flower. At the same time, a golden flame emerged from the center of the peony flower. The flame licked the barrier slowly, and the oil in the barrier was heated.
The peony flower pot is indeed extraordinary! Du Heng was stunned, not to mention Du's father and his family. The old couple took up the camera and took pictures of the peony flower pot: "The formation of the cultivation world is really magical."
Xiaoxiao introduced: "The oil in the barrier can be used to fry bugs. If you don't like frying bugs, you can put the bugs on the leaves of the Yao peony flower, so you can roast the bugs."
As he spoke, Xiaoxiao gestured with the string of bamboo shoot worms in his hand, and placed a string of worms on the leaves of the peony. The delicate leaves trembled, but they firmly supported the string of plump worms.
When the insect's body touched the leaf, a slight hissing sound came from the leaf, and the skin where the insect's body touched the leaf shrank immediately. Xiaoxiao said to Du's mother and the others, "Grandma, you can't touch the peony flower pot casually. The fire is burning with spiritual fire, and you will get burned if you touch it."
Father Du and the others became more alert to the beautiful peony flower pot, and they nodded quickly: "Okay, okay."
Xiaoxiao said, "There are a lot of bugs in the back. Grandpa and grandma, you can take them and roast or fry them. I like to fry them, but if I roast them I will burn them." As Xiaoxiao spoke, one side of the bamboo shoot worm on the leaf was burnt, while the other side still looked raw.
Du Heng was about to take the string of worms when he saw Xiaoxiao casually pluck one off. He chewed the worm with a squeak, "Hmm! It's bursting! Do you want to try it? It's really delicious."
As he said this, Xiaoxiao handed the two bamboo shoot worms on a bamboo stick to Dad Du and the others. Dad Du and the others quickly waved their hands: "No, no, no..."
Xiaoxiao handed the half-roasted bug to Xiaoyu, who tilted his head and plucked one off skillfully. There was one bug left, and Xiaoxiao handed it to Du Heng with sparkling eyes. Du Heng covered his face and said, "Please spare me..."
The old couple were about to vomit just by looking at it, let alone letting them try. Seeing more and more demon cultivators entering the venue, the old couple could no longer stand, and they thought it would be better to go back and rest.
Father Du expressed his wish to go back to Du Heng, and Du Heng certainly would not stop them. He was ready to send them back. But when he turned around, he saw Mao Buyan with eyes as big as copper bells.
Mao Buyan was carrying a longbow on his back. He had a string of bamboo shoots in his left hand and a string of poisonous scorpions in his right hand. He was eating happily. Mao Buyan was full of energy at night. As soon as Du Heng looked at him, the old cat quickly ate the two strings of insects in his hand and rushed to Du Heng: "Mr. Du? Do you have something to ask me?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "Nothing, I'm going to send my parents back to rest." Mao Buyan immediately patted his chest enthusiastically and said, "Leave this kind of trivial matter to me! Mr. Du, Madam Du, please follow me."
As he said this, he hurriedly led the two elders to the outside of the square. Father Du nodded to Du Heng and said, "Xiao Heng, your mother and I will go back to rest first. You should eat more."
Du Heng was in tears. He didn't want to eat and he couldn't eat.
Soon Feng Gui and Xuan Yu left the chattering elders behind and came to Du Heng. Feng Gui was holding a large spider tied up with ropes. The spider was about the same size as Xiao Xiao's original form, and its legs were covered with a layer of black hair.
The spider's legs were tied up with long green leaves, and it looked quite docile. However, the two large fangs next to its mouth were still dripping with venom, and as Feng Gui walked, the venom hit the ground, making a hissing sound and emitting smoke.
Du Heng was not afraid of spiders, but when he saw the string of eyes of different sizes on the spider's head, he couldn't help but shudder: "Ah~"
The thing that Du Heng disliked was exactly what Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yu Mao were looking forward to. When the two little ones saw the spider, they shouted excitedly, "It's a bird-eating spider! How great!"
Bird-eating spiders are spiders that live in the southern forests and are feared by some small birds. They are large and fierce, and can prey on small animals of similar size. However, these spiders are also one of the favorite foods of the Feather Clan demon cultivators because their meat is tender and delicate. Now Feng Gui has few such large bird-eating spiders in his hands.
Feng Gui casually threw the spider into the fire. After the spider entered the fire, the fur on its body ignited and made a crackling sound. A burning smell spread out, and the spider turned into a gray-black shadow in the flames.
Du Heng asked, "Aren't you afraid that the spider will be burned?" Feng Gui said, "No, it has thick skin, so it needs such a big fire to burn it well. Don't worry, it will remind us before it is almost healed."
Du Heng looked at the shadow in the fire suspiciously, and he complained in his heart: The spider has become like this, can it still tell everyone when it is almost cooked - I am almost cooked, come and eat me.
If the thing in Feng Gui's hand made Du Heng shiver, then the thing in Xuan Yu's hand made Du Heng retreat. It was a three-foot-long centipede, with a black body and a flat red head that was not smooth and covered with a lot of fine hair.
The centipede was locked in an iron cage, and Xuan Yu picked up the iron cage and threw it into the fire like Feng Gui did. With a loud bang, the blood-sucking vines in the fire were smashed by the iron cage and immediately burst into flames.
Feng Gui said disdainfully: "Watch out, don't break my spider." Xuan Yu responded: "Yeah."
Xiaoxiao finally fried his bamboo shoot worms, and they became very straight after being put into the oil pan. Xiaoxiao was used to seeing Du Heng frying things, and the bamboo shoot worms he fried had a golden skin, which looked very tempting.
Xiaoxiao picked up a bunch of them and handed them to Xiaoyumao as if offering a treasure: "Xiaoyumao, do you want some chili?" Xiaoyumao took a bite and squinted his eyes: "It's delicious just like this."
A scent of meat wafted in the air, a smell Du Heng had never smelled before, and he couldn't help but glance at the bamboo shoots and worms in Xiao Yuhua's hand. Xiao Xiao had a keen eye and passed one of the fried skewers in his hand to Du Heng, and then gave the remaining two to his uncle and Long Jun.
He licked the corner of his mouth and said, "I'll get a few more skewers." Then he happily walked to the table at the back to pick out the next kind of insects to be fried in oil.
Du Heng watched the bamboo worm in his hand fall into deep struggle. Looking at the color, the bamboo worm was golden, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't realize it was a three-worm; smelling it, the fried worm gave off an enticing meaty aroma; listening to the sound, Xuan Yu and the others made a crunching sound when biting it, which sounded delicious.
Du Heng made up his mind, closed his eyes and took a big bite of the skewer. The insect skin had been fried to a crisp, and with a slight snap of his teeth, the insect left the skewer and entered Du Heng's mouth. The inside of the fried insect was no longer bursting, but its meat was very tender. If Du Heng had to find a suitable taste to describe it, it would be the taste of steamed cake.
However, the meat of bamboo shoot worms is essentially different from steamed cakes. The meat of bamboo shoot worms is slightly sweet, with a fragrance of bamboo shoots. As Xiao Yuyao said, even without any dipping sauce, this is a rare delicacy.
Du Heng swallowed the insect in his mouth in just two or three bites. He couldn't wait to take the second and third bites. Feng Gui and Xuan Yu smiled at each other. It was rare to see Du Heng eating so happily. It seemed that they had come to the right place for this insect feast.
At this time, a dull popping sound came from the fire. Feng Gui was biting a bamboo shoot worm, and the spiritual light in his hand flew towards the fire: "Oh, it's cooked."
A black ball flew out of the fire. Could it be the bird-eating spider that was thrown in? The bird-eating spider was already cooked. Its belly was cracked open by the high temperature, revealing white flesh. The hair on its eight legs had been burnt, leaving only legs as thick as wrists.
Du Heng smelled a strong aroma, which was a bit like the smell of roasted chicken, but lighter than roasted chicken. Seeing the ugly spider smell so good after being roasted, Du Heng couldn't help swallowing.
Feng Gui placed the roasted spider on a banana leaf. He pulled a thigh and handed it to Xuan Yu: "Here, open your legs."
Open your legs? What kind of ceremony is this? Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu curiously. He really wanted to know how Xuan Yu was going to open his legs.
Xuan Yu was seen holding the spider's legs with both hands. He tilted his head and bit the spider's leg joints. After a few snapping sounds, the shells at several joints were bitten to pieces. The way Long Jun held the spider's legs and hit them hard was... so cute.
Xuan Yu held the spider leg upside down and shook it, and saw a piece of white and tender leg meat slide out from the forearm-long spider leg!
Du Heng's mouth twitched. Xixi actually used Xiaoyu as a bottle opener!
Xuan Yu shook the leg meat onto a plate and handed it to Du Heng: "The bird-eating spider shell is quite hard and requires a professional tool to open. But it is precisely because of the hard shell that the meat inside is so tender. Would you like to try it?"
Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu with narrowed eyes. It turned out that Xiaoyu's teeth were more powerful than magic weapons.
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