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Sweet potato noodles can be fished out after being rolled in boiling water. The cooked noodles are slightly transparent and not noticeable when immersed in the soup. After putting the noodles in place, Du Heng threw two handfuls of water spinach into the boiling water pot. When he covered the four bowls of hot and sour noodles with a thick layer of sour beans and sprinkled them with fried peanuts, the water spinach was cooked.
Du Heng placed the vegetables next to the sour beans and put two fish balls on top. The bowl was filled to the brim with red, white and green food, almost overflowing. He called out to Mu Qian and Shi Jun, "The hot and sour noodles are ready, Xiaoxiao, Fenggui! The noodles are ready."
Liu Lingling was surprised to hear that Xiaoxiao also had a share: "Hey? Your little pet actually eats this?"
When she saw Xiaoxiao holding the big bowl and slurping it skillfully, she was speechless. This action was too skillful, wasn't it?
Du Heng said cheerfully: "Xiaoxiao is a member of our family. Of course, Nianniansuisui and the others are also members of our family. It's just that Xiaoxiao likes to eat these, but other small animals can't eat too much."
In the bowl of three delicacies, Du Heng cut a few slices of braised meat, put a braised egg and a few water spinach. The vermicelli soaked in the milky bone broth looked particularly delicious. Liu Lingling picked up the bowl and took a deep sip: "It smells so good!"
Mu Qian hadn't eaten hot meals for many years, and he was not very skilled in using chopsticks. He didn't know if it was because he was too clumsy or the vermicelli was too slippery, but the vermicelli would slide down after hanging on the chopsticks. At this time, he would quickly suck it up with his mouth. Only when the vermicelli was sucked into his mouth could he win.
The smooth noodles tasted sour and spicy, and Mu Qian and the others' eyes lit up. Delicious! Compared with the food provided by the sect's dining hall, this bowl of noodles was the best food they had ever eaten!
The vermicelli is mixed with a variety of side dishes. The sour beans are crisp and refreshing, and the fresh fragrance overflows when you chew them. The peanuts are crispy and fragrant, even after being soaked in the soup. The water spinach leaves used as embellishment are covered with soup and taste surprisingly delicious.
The most amazing thing is the seasoning floating in the hot and sour noodles. It is just a few common ingredients, but after mixing them together, it actually whets your appetite and makes you hungrier and hungrier. Mu Qian and Shi Jun soon broke out in sweat. This sour and refreshing taste is too stimulating.
Liu Lingling also picked up the vermicelli from the three-fresh soup, and sipped the rich and fresh flavor of the bone broth mixed with the vermicelli, which went straight to her head. After just one bite, Liu Lingling was amazed: "The meal made by Fellow Daoist Du is so delicious!"
Du Heng took out his small stove and clay pot with a smile. He washed the spiritual rice and said, "I don't have big ambitions. I just like to tinker with some food. If you think it tastes good, you can eat more. Don't be polite. Add more when you're done."
Du Heng put the casserole on the stove and added a proper amount of water. Xuan Yu picked up a piece of boiled meat and stuffed it into Du Heng's mouth: "Try it."
They were all made by Du Heng, so how could Du Heng not know the taste? It was just that the person who picked up the dish was Xuan Yu, and he felt that the Kui beef slices in his mouth were unexpectedly delicious.
For a moment, the only sound in the cave was the sound of people slurping, and the smell of hot and sour noodles and three-fresh noodles filled the air. Wen Tingzhi said helplessly, "I never knew that watching people eat was such a tormenting thing."
Xu Changge closed his eyes and looked at his leg in disappointment. This leg had been injured for quite some time, and if he couldn't return to the sect, he was afraid that it would be useless.
Just as Xu Changge was daydreaming, Du Heng came over with a tray in his hand, and Xuan Yu followed behind Du Heng, holding two small low tables in his hands. The low tables could be placed in front of Xu Changge and the others, and after putting the food on them, they could just bend over and eat the porridge.
Du Heng placed the thick porridge in front of the two people, and placed dried radish next to the porridge. Du Heng placed the chopsticks on the low table and said, "You two Taoist friends are injured, so eat something light and easy to digest for the time being."
Xu Changge looked up at Du Heng in surprise, and then he looked down at Bai Zhou. After a while, he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you."
Wen Tingzhi had already picked up the chopsticks and slurped the porridge: "Ah, it's delicious. Senior Brother Xu, try this pickled vegetable, it's delicious! I think I can drink three bowls of porridge!"
Xu Changge looked at Du Heng who was busy at the stove again, and there was a hint of doubt in his eyes: "I always feel that Fellow Daoist Du looks familiar." Wen Tingzhi also looked up: "Ah? Does he look familiar? Fellow Daoist Du is elegant and graceful, I guess you have seen someone who looks similar to him before."
The power of the Fantasy Bead in Du Heng's body was sealed. Today, Feng Gui ate six bowls of hot and sour noodles for the first time. The vermicelli made by Du Heng was eaten up by this group of people. This was the day when Du Heng felt the most accomplished!
After lunch, Xuan Yu helped clean up the mess. After cleaning up, he said to Jing Nan and the others, "I'll go down to the water to check the situation first."
Du Heng opened his mouth but said nothing in the end. If Xuan Yu couldn't be trusted, how many people in this world could be trusted?
Xuan Yu seemed to know Du Heng's uneasiness. He touched Du Heng's face and said, "It will be quick. I will be back soon. I won't take any risks."
Mu Qian said, "Fellow Daoist Yuxuan, I will go with you. I have earth spirit roots, and there are many gravels in the river, so I can help hide a little at a critical moment."
Xuan Yu turned his head and looked at Mu Qian. He nodded: "Okay, but remember to follow me closely after entering the water. If there is any emergency, remember to protect yourself." Mu Qian followed Xuan Yu out: "I know."
Xuan Yu and the others went into the water from the reeds under the cave. Du Heng's heart tightened as he watched their figures disappear into the water. Jing Nan patted Du Heng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Xiaoyu is not an ordinary person."
The waiting time was torturous. Du Heng first poked his head out of the cave entrance, and then simply went to the river with Xiaoxiao and stood next to the reeds.
Liu Lingling said to Feng Gui with envy: "Fellow Daoist Du and Fellow Daoist Yu have such a good relationship." Feng Gui smiled and said: "Yes, it is not easy to find a like-minded person on the road. This is also the fate of the two of them."
Two sticks of incense later, a head popped up next to the reed marsh. Du Heng looked closely and saw that it was Mu Qian! He reached out and pulled Mu Qian up: "What's going on down there?"
Mu Qian wiped his face in embarrassment: "Fellow Daoist Yuxuan entered the water at such a fast speed that I was disoriented by the current and soon lost him. I couldn't find him so I came up first. I don't know what happened to him."
Hearing Mu Qian's words, Du Heng's heart jumped up into his throat. Every breath that followed was torture. He sat by the water and looked at the vast surface of the water, bowing to the Taoist, Buddha, and all the ancestors he could think of.
Half an hour passed, and even Xu Changge, who was the most stable, couldn't help but ask, "How is Daoist Yuxuan's ability in swimming?"
Jing Nan said slowly, holding his hands in his pockets: "Let me put it this way, among the people I know, he is the best at swimming. He was born with a water spirit, so he can stay in the water for days and nights without any problem. Don't worry."
An hour passed, and Du Heng could no longer suppress his anxiety. He held Xiaoxiao in his arms and walked back and forth along the river bank. He pulled out all the leaves of the reeds beside him, and trampled the weeds on the ground to create a path. He was anxious: "Why hasn't Xiaoyu come up yet?"
Feng Gui said calmly: "Du Heng, don't worry, Xiaoyu will be fine. He may be catching ingredients for your dinner, so don't bother him."
Du Heng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Xixi, don't bother me." Hearing Du Heng calling this name, Feng Gui was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "Believe me, I'm not lying to you. If you have time to wander around, you might as well think about what to eat in the evening."
Du Heng said depressedly: "If you affect me again, I will roast sweet potatoes for you to eat in the evening." Feng Gui shut up decisively. He was not Xiaoxiao and did not like those sweet snacks.
After waiting for another half an hour, Du Heng was looking at the water surface anxiously when he heard a snapping sound next to the reeds. Du Heng looked back and saw Xuan Yu standing next to the reeds. His clothes were not wet. He had two long fat fish tied with ropes in his hands. The gills of the fat fish were pierced by the ropes and they were flicking their tails unwillingly. The snapping sound came from the fish.
Xuan Yu's eyebrows curved: "I caught two fish for you, you probably haven't eaten them before..."
As soon as Xuan Yu finished speaking, Du Heng rushed up and hugged him. Thank God, Xuan Yu finally came back, his heart almost jumped out of his throat. Xiao Xiao was squeezed between Xuan Yu and Du Heng, and her face was squeezed flat again.
Xuan Yu squatted on the ground in the cave to pick up the fish. The two fish were three feet long. They looked more like eels than fish. Their cylindrical bodies made them look clumsy. However, they did not have pointed mouths like eels. Their faces were flat, as if they had been hit by a frying pan. Their eyes were slapped to the sides of their heads, which looked funny.
After cutting open the fish belly and taking out the internal organs, Xuan Yu also peeled off the fish skin to reveal the pink and white fat with thick meat wrapped inside the fat.
While cleaning him up, he said, "I thought it was an evil shark at the bottom of the water, but when I dived down, I found it was a snake. It's entrenched in the middle of the river, and it must be a hundred feet long. There are no other aquatic beasts in this area of water except it. It must be the overlord of this river."
Xu Changge and the others said seriously, "Did Daoist Yuxuan see the full appearance of the snake? Based on what you saw, do we have a way to cross the river?"
Xuan Yu glanced at Xu Changge and said, "Snakes hide during the day and come out at night. You said before that there were no whirlpools on the river surface at midnight. It must be that it went out to look for food. If you want to cross the river, you can try it tonight at midnight. However, there are too many undercurrents under the water. I am afraid that you will be swept away by the undercurrents."
Xu Changge's eyes dimmed a little, and he looked down at his legs in thought. After a moment, he raised his head as if he had made some kind of decision: "My fellow apprentices, I will only be a burden to everyone. Let's cross the river tonight. I will stay on the shore. If the snake comes back, I will attract its attention."
When Xu Changge said this, Du Heng and the others all looked at him with a higher opinion. As expected of a cultivator from a large sect, he had a noble character! How many people could have such a selfless spirit?
As soon as Xu Changge said this, Shi Jun and the others disagreed. Wen Tingzhi said, "Brother Xu, you can't say this. It's not easy for us to get here. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, we must get out together."
Shi Jun also comforted him: "Yes, yes, we will carry you out even if we have to carry you on our backs!"
Liu Lingling said, "If it weren't for Senior Brother Xu's care along the way, we would have died a long time ago. How can you say such depressing words just because you lost a leg? When we cross the river and return to the sect, a regeneration pill will make the leg grow back!"
Mu Qian said sternly, "Brother Xu, I can carry you across the river."
Du Heng felt that he was really lucky. Although the demon cultivators had a bad opinion of human cultivators, the human cultivators he had met so far were all pretty good. In front of him, there were the brothers from Yaowang Valley who showed him the way out, and in the back, there was Xu Changge and the others who were not from the same sect but could help each other. Such human cultivators were pretty good!
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Jing Nan smiled and said to Xu Changge, "Don't be so depressed. Du Heng is not in a hurry, so why are you in a hurry?" Du Heng, who was standing next to him, looked at Jing Nan. He felt that he was despised by Jing Nan again: "What do you mean?"
Jing Nan pointed at Nianniansuisui and Xiaowontonciba on the ground and said, "You should worry about your little pets. Your backpack is not waterproof."
Just as Du Heng was about to say to put Nian Nian Sui Sui in the cave, he saw Jing Nan's eyes signaling. Yes, they are now independent cultivators. They cried poor to the other cultivators in the morning. They can't leave a cave that even the big brothers can't afford to use in the evening, right?
Liu Lingling was a very frank girl. She took out a purple spirit beast bag from her waist and handed it to Du Heng: "Fellow Daoist Du, this is for you."
Du Heng took the spirit beast bag: "This is..." Liu Lingling smiled bitterly: "This is the spirit beast bag my Xiaobai used to live in. You can let your pets stay in it when crossing the river. This spirit beast bag was given to me by my master. It can hold more than a dozen spirit beasts."
Du Heng didn't dare to accept it: "How can this be? This is something your master gave you, how can you give it to me?"
Liu Lingling turned her head away sadly: "Xiao Bai is gone, there is no point in keeping it. Why not give it to you? You see, you have so many little pets that could be of use to you."
Du Heng looked at Liu Lingling's red eyes and said with a smile, "Then I'll borrow your spirit beast bag for a while. I'll return it to you after we cross the river. If you don't keep it, Xiaobai won't be able to find you if he comes back."
Liu Lingling was stunned for a moment: "Will he come back?"
Du Heng smiled and said, "There is a saying in my hometown that if it is destined to be with you, it will come back to meet its owner again even if it changes its appearance and form. I believe Xiaobai will definitely come back. With such a good owner like you, it will come back to find you. By the way, who is your Xiaobai?"
Liu Lingling smiled with some anticipation: "Xiaobai is a little red fox with a diamond-shaped tuft of white hair on its forehead."
Du Heng's problem was solved, but Xu Changge's problem was not. Liu Lingling and the others looked at Xu Changge with worry in their eyes. Although they would not give up on him, once they went into the water, the risk was unpredictable. At that time, not to mention protecting Xu Changge, they themselves would be in trouble. Xu Changge, who was originally the strongest fighter, became a burden. He must feel bad.
Jing Nan sighed, and he looked at the cultivators: "I originally wanted to keep it to save my life, but in this situation it is better to join forces to cross the river." Jing Nan fished in his sleeves and took out a jade box: "Inside is a top-grade regeneration pill."
As soon as Jing Nan finished speaking, Xu Changge and the others' eyes lit up immediately: "Fellow Daoist Nan Jing, can you give it up?"
Jing Nan raised one eyelid and said, "It's not free. I spent a lot of spirit stones to buy this pill. If you have any good things, you can take them out to exchange with me. I will give it to you if the conditions are similar. You also have to understand that this is a life-saving pill."
Du Heng looked at Jing Nan with a frown on his face. This guy was really evil. However, he also knew that what Jing Nan did was right. He was a little wary of human cultivators, so it was good enough that he could help them.
After hearing this, the five cultivators took out their storage bags. Jing Nan was not greedy. He picked out a few things and gave the pills to Xu Changge. The cultivators thanked him again and again: "Thank you, fellow Daoist Nan Jing. If you need us after leaving Dongji Mountain in the future, you can come to the sect to find us. We owe you a favor."
Look, what does it mean to be ungrateful after getting an advantage? This is what Jing Nan is like. He used a pill to trick the core disciples of the five major sects and gained a lot of favorability.
Du Heng thought he should go cook. He had to eat a full meal tonight so he could go into the water. Looking at the cylindrical fish in front of him, he asked Xuan Yu, "Xuan Yu, what kind of fish is this?"
Xuan Yu said: "Saro fish, the fish skin is a bit rough and not very delicious, but the meat is delicate, whether eaten raw or grilled, it is delicious. You can handle it?"
Xuan Yu gave Du Heng a lot of room when it came to cooking, but Du Heng was a little hesitant looking at the fish in front of him. He had never seen this kind of food, let alone eaten it.
Xuan Yu saw that Du Heng was in a dilemma, so he cut a thin slice of fish from the fish and stuffed it into Du Heng's mouth: "Taste it first and then decide what to do."
Du Heng had eaten sashimi made from peach blossom fish before, and he thought it was very delicious. Even though he didn't like sashimi very much, he had eaten a lot of it. However, when he ate sashimi made from sand fish, he realized that sashimi could be so delicious!
The texture of the sashimi is soft and tender, and it tastes sweet. The fish meat is rich in fat and is very delicious even without any seasoning.
Seeing Du Heng's eyes light up, Xuan Yu took another slice and handed it to him: "Try it."
Jing Nan and Feng Gui poked their heads out from behind: "Hey? There's sashimi? Give me some, you two are eating alone again!"
Xuan Yu's knife swung out a shadow, and soon a plate of sashimi with even thickness was placed on the plate. There was a little soy sauce in the center of the plate, and Jing Nan and Feng Gui started eating with the soy sauce.
Xuan Yu's inadvertent knife skills shocked Shi Jun and the others: "Fellow Daoist Yu Xuan's knife skills are amazing! If he didn't have a sword, I would have thought he was a sword cultivator."
Feng Gui smiled and said, "Xiaoyu's knife skills are not something that everyone can see. Do you want to eat sashimi? You have to eat this fish slice quickly, otherwise it will change its taste."
Du Heng looked at the sky and said, "Xiaoyu, fillet this fish into sashimi and let them eat it first. I'll steam the rest of the fish. How about making pickled fish here?"
When Feng Gui heard the words "pickled fish", his eyes lit up immediately: "How about making the boiled fish we had last time? The spicy kind?"
Jing Nan got angry: “No!”
Xiaoxiao raised her head from the plate and chirped out her opinions. Du Heng touched Xiaoxiao's head and said, "Yes, it's the pickled cabbage I made last time."
When he was in the village, Du Heng planted a kind of mustard with large leaves. The leaves were very thick and would snap when touched. The mustard tasted a bit bitter and spicy when fried, but it tasted very crisp when made into sauerkraut. Du Heng made sauerkraut from the mustard while the weather was fine.
He hasn't eaten it since it was made! Last time he opened the jar and looked at it, the green pickled cabbage had turned yellow and the sour taste had come out. It's perfect for making pickled fish today!
Du Heng prepared to use the whole fish to make pickled fish, and the remaining half to eat sashimi and the other half to make steamed fish. Du Heng put the round fish body on the chopping board, and chopped it twice with the kitchen knife, and the fish meat and bones on both sides fell on the chopping board.
The structure of sarra is somewhat similar to that of eel, and there are no small bones in its body. As long as you remove the bones on the belly of the fish, what will be left are solid slices of meat.
Du Heng sliced the meat into fish slices of even thickness and placed them in a large wooden basin. After slicing the fish slices, Du Heng added white wine salt and an appropriate amount of water to the wooden basin and began to stir. This step takes a cup of tea. The fish slices must be stirred until they are slightly transparent and look very plump.
After mixing the fish fillets evenly, he poured an appropriate amount of starch and four egg whites into a wooden basin and began to stir. When the fish meat in the basin seemed to be soaked in milk, Du Heng stopped what he was doing.
He chopped the fish bones and fish fillets into one-inch pieces and placed them in another basin and marinated them with white wine. After processing the fish fillets, he started to cook.
Just as he put the washed spiritual rice into the big pot, he heard a surprised voice coming from the cave: "Brother Xu! Hello!"
Du Heng looked in the direction of the sound and saw the young man who had been sitting paralyzed on the ground for a day standing up. His calves were smooth and slender. He only used one regeneration pill, and the leg that was bitten off by the snake dragon actually grew back!
Xu Changge bowed to everyone and said, "Thank you, Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, for your generosity. Thank you, Daoist Fellow Nanjing, for the medicine. Thank you, Daoist Fellow Yuxuan, for exploring the way underwater. Thank you, Daoist Fellow Duheng, for the porridge."
Everyone was laughing, only Feng Gui had an opinion: "Huh? You thanked everyone, but I didn't have anything to say?"
Xu Changge bowed to Feng Gui and said, "Thank you very much." Feng Gui shrugged and said, "You're welcome. I didn't do anything."
Du Heng felt that Feng Gui had been able to survive so smoothly because no one could beat him. Otherwise, with his personality, he would have been beaten to death long ago.
After the spiritual rice was put into the pot, Du Heng steamed a few sausages on top. There were a lot of people today, so everyone had to eat a little to have strength to fight. After covering the pot, he cut the remaining half of the fish into half-inch thick pieces and placed them on the plate. When the spiritual rice was almost cooked, he steamed the fish to make pickled fish.
Xuan Yu rolled up the fish intestines and fish skin on the ground and walked towards the cave entrance: "I'll deal with the fish skin." Du Heng looked at the silvery-white fish skin and thought: "Xiao Yu, let me see the fish skin. Is this fish skin really unusable?"
Xuan Yu put down what he was holding and turned the fish skin over to show Du Heng: "The skin of the sarma is as rough as sandpaper. Do you think its skin is rough?" Du Heng reached out and touched it. Sure enough, the feel was different from other fish skins. It felt a little dull.
Xiaoxiao came over while chewing potato chips: "Jiujiu?" Can I eat this?
Du Heng looked at the potato chips Xiaoxiao was eating, and he suddenly thought of a food: "There is a snack in my hometown called fried fish skin. It is crispy after being fried, and it is made of fish skin. I wonder if this kind of fish skin... will work?"
Xiaoxiao and Xuanyu looked at Du Heng encouragingly: "Just give it a try and you'll know!" "Chirp!"
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