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The Wolf Territory is a rare and dangerous place in Mondstadt, with gullies crisscrossing and countless lush forests and thick vines growing in it.
If you are not careful, you might miss a step and fall into the ravine, which can cause minor injuries to your legs or even death.
Of course, this is only for a person who is traveling alone. If there are many people, no difficulties or obstacles can stop the pace of progress.
This is the case with the people of Yujin at this moment. They are a group of experienced hunters identifying directions and clearing weeds in the dense forest.
Although it is troublesome, everyone is still moving forward at a considerable speed.
I don’t know how long it took, but the unchanging green in front of me finally changed.
A charred area appeared before everyone's eyes - it seemed that was the burnt forest that Duraf had mentioned.
"Oh, why am I so unlucky? There has never been a forest fire in the Wolf Territory before." Duraf looked at the forest in front of him that was burned by flames and said helplessly while covering his forehead.
Looking at the woodlands that had either turned to charcoal or were simply blackened, Yu Xin finally understood why someone would break into the wolf's territory.
It's so pitch black here that if you walk a little deeper into it, you'll probably get dizzy.
Just like the girl not far away.
"Oh! There's a wolf!" A vigorous shout came from a distance, but there was no fear in the tone, but rather some excitement.
"Hehe, I wonder what the wolves from the Wolf Leader smell like." If Yu Jin was not sure before, the girl must be very excited now.
Because Yu Jin was almost drooling at the sight of her.
"Quick! Stop her!" The girl shouted loudly, and it was obvious that Duraf heard her words.
Then, a large group of people surrounded the girl, leaving her stunned.
The girl looked up and saw Yu Jin and Durafu, the leaders. Then, as if she remembered something, her face fell immediately.
She put the raccoon-like creature behind her and clasped her hands together and said:
"I'm sorry! Don't grab me! I didn't mean it!"
The sapling in her hand was still trembling, and it made clanging sounds when it hit the ember armor.
Chapter 223 Chef
2023-10-10
"Wow! I'm sorry!" When the girl heard the sound of the sapling hitting Yujin, she immediately jumped back and said embarrassedly.
"Xiangling? Why are you here? Didn't you say you were going back to Liyue?" Duraf looked at Xiangling in front of him, feeling extremely confused.
"Hey...hehe, it's normal to stay for a while while looking for food!" The girl named Xiangling smiled unnaturally and quickly took back the sapling in her hand.
Finished! Finished! I didn't expect to be caught red-handed. Now I can't argue.
Xiangling looked at the rice crust behind her, gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, took a step forward and said:
"Mr. Duraf! I'm sorry! I burned down the forest! Just tell me what compensation you want! Just don't send me to the Knights!"
As she spoke, the girl clasped her hands together, raised them above her head, and bowed to the people in front of her.
Yu Jin looked at the strange creature holding Xiangling's calf, then looked at the crooked saplings beside her and found them really interesting.
Is this the demon god that Osel mentioned who gave up his wisdom? I didn't expect that he has become a little follower of a young girl.
And it seems that they have a very good relationship? He even took the blame for setting the mountain on fire.
"Xiangling... why do I feel like I've heard this name somewhere before?" Yu Jin touched his chin and felt that it sounded familiar.
"He's Liyue's chef, very famous." Duraf reminded him as he looked at Yu Jin's thoughtful expression.
"Oh! I remember now! It's the chef from Liyue Wanmin Hall! Nice to meet you!" Yu Jin clapped his hands and said with sudden enlightenment.
As he spoke, he took Xiangling's hand and shook it in a familiar manner. Although Yu Jin's cooking skills were not very good, he still respected people who could cook.
Just now he was wondering why the name sounded so familiar. The chef of Wanmin Hall is a well-known figure in Liyue.
Liyue cuisine is divided into two major cuisines, one is Li cuisine and the other is Yue cuisine.
The two cuisines each control half of the food world, and in order to determine who is better, the two sides have been fighting for a long time.
Because whether it is Licai or Yuecai, the philosophy they uphold is [regardless of the taste, just compete for the price. 】
This directly led to the fact that the precious ingredients in Liyue Harbor were monopolized by these two major cuisines, which made ordinary chefs in Liyue very angry.
It should be said that the two concepts are partly right. Precious ingredients have a delicious taste that other ingredients cannot have. Coupled with the skills of the chefs, there are many famous dishes in Licai and Yuecai.
But all this was broken by a girl named Xiangling. She used the most common ingredients to cook delicacies that could rival those of Licai and Yuecai. This is what she did.
Under her leadership, the popularity of Wanmin Hall has grown increasingly prosperous, and it is even capable of competing with Liuliting and Xinyuexuan!
Maybe now Wanmintang is not as good as these two leaders of Licai and Yuecai, but don’t forget that Xiangling is still just a girl.
"So, why would you, Xiangling, burn down such a large forest?" Dulav looked at the girl in front of him and said with a little helplessness.
Last time she ran directly into the forest where hunting was not allowed to catch wild boars, but luckily she was stopped. This time she was even more serious, and she directly set a large area of the forest on fire.
If this is how she "searches" for ingredients, Duraf thinks Xiangling needs some exercise to avoid being beaten to death in the future.
"This... this..." Xiangling laughed dryly and scratched her head, then looked around and said:
"It's lit when they're fumigating bees, yes! It's lit when they're fumigating bees to get honey!"
After saying this, Xiangling let out a long sigh. Fortunately, she was quick-witted, otherwise she would have been exposed.
Thinking of this, she pulled Guoba's brown hair angrily.
Really, Guoba is usually so cute and quiet, why does he become irritable here?
Not only that, it seemed that its power had also become much stronger.
Xiangling recalled the scene of Guoba spitting out flames not long ago, and couldn't help but shudder. Why didn't she realize that Guoba was so powerful before?
However, when Xiangling saw Guoba's aggrieved look, the little resentment in her heart immediately disappeared without a trace.
Maybe there is something in Guoba that makes it feel uncomfortable. Xiangling rubbed Guoba's head and thought so.
"Does it take such a big fire to smoke the bees?" Duraf said in disbelief as he looked at the charred forest.
"Yes... I'm sorry! I will try my best to compensate you, more... so much Mora!" Xiangling looked at Duraf's wide-open eyes and immediately waved her hand.
"At worst...at worst I can help you promote the meat from Qingquan Town!" Xiangling touched the shriveled raccoon bag on her waist.
She gritted her teeth and chose between her own principles and Guoba. After all, Guoba was her good friend, and she had to help him with the trouble he caused!
After saying this, Xiangling's momentum began to wane. In her opinion, there was no distinction between high and low quality food, and everything was "usable material".
The sticks of the Hillilks, the slurry of the slimes, the strange bugs... these are all food ingredients, but people have not developed their uses.
"Then do you want to add weird things into the meat?" Dulav frowned slightly. His original intention was to let Xiangling promote the delicious meat of Qingquan Town.
If Xiangling added some "strange" things in it and made people misunderstand the quality of Qingquan Town's meat, it would be a waste of time and effort.
"Add weird things?" There was some excitement in Yu Jin's tone.
"Yes, Xiangling is good in every way, except that she likes to add some weird things to the dishes. It makes people... a little unacceptable."
When Duraf thought about the alchemical materials such as slime condensate and ice mist flower in the dish, he felt that he couldn't accept it!
“I am just exploring the edible value of those things. We can’t just discard them because they don’t look like food.” Xiangling’s temperament immediately improved when she talked about her cooking philosophy.
"confidant!"
Light! Such a bright light!
Two eye-catching beams of light came out from Yujin's eyes. He instantly came to Xiangling's side, held her hand and shook it harder.
"My dear friend, I think so too. Finally, there is someone who shares the same opinion as me!" Yu Jin said excitedly as he looked at the confused Xiangling in front of him.
"What? You thought the same as I did!" Xiangling pulled out her arm imperceptibly after hearing Yu Jin's words, and was equally surprised.
Although her cooking skills were recognized by everyone, when she was developing new dishes, everyone avoided her, so she could only taste the new dishes alone.
This time when she went out to look for ingredients and inspiration for new dishes, she was pleasantly surprised to find someone who had the same ideas as her!
"So how do you think we can get rid of the sticky texture of the slime?" Xiangling met her confidant and immediately wanted to discuss it in depth.
"I don't know!" Yu Jin shook his head.
"Then...how can we get rid of the bitterness in Qingxin?" Xiangling was a little surprised.
"What is Qingxin? Is it delicious?" Yu Jin scratched her head. It was something she didn't know.
“So what kind of dishes do you usually cook?” Xiangling felt something was wrong. How come Yu Jin, her “confidant”, knew nothing?
"What dish to cook?" Yu Jin's hands started to itch after hearing Xiang Ling's words. He hadn't cooked for a long time.
"Boom!"
After a crackling sound, a brand new big pot stove appeared in front of everyone.
"Bang!" Yu Jin turned his back to the crowd and lit a fire. The fire seemed to rise from the stove out of thin air, very red.
Then, everyone saw a bizarre scene.
I didn't see the embers move, but there were many more things in the cauldron.
The wriggling tentacles, the incomprehensible howling, the gushing feathers...
The small pot seemed to contain all the living things.
"Get in!"
"Want to run?"
"Pfft, why are you so hairy?"
……
There were sounds of blows and whispers of embers, and finally he lifted the cauldron and turned around.
Everyone looked into the pot and saw a ball of meat emitting a faint aroma.
Chapter 224 Failed Communication
2023-10-11
"The food is ready, let's eat!" Yu Jin clapped his hands and said confidently.