A Bite of Douluo Continent

Qi Han strode into the kitchen.

He wanted to personally cook a fish stuffed with lamb, to taste the most delicious flavor in the world, and at the same time see what the strange phenomenon that was said to only appear in three-star recipes was.

The second chapter of this book

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Chapter Sixty-Three: The Extraordinary Phenomenon: Carp Leaping Over the Dragon Gate!

The moment Qi Han finished making the fish belly stuffed with lamb, the system began to provide him with the corresponding ingredients. Upon entering the kitchen, Qi Han's gaze quickly locked onto the main ingredient of the fish belly stuffed with lamb: dragon scale fish.

Being chosen by the system as an ingredient in a three-star recipe, the dragon scale fish is naturally no ordinary fish.

This fish has a trace of dragon blood, so its scales are like dragon scales, hence the name Dragon Scale Fish. Dragon Scale Fish have a very long lifespan, living up to 1001 years. The first thousand years is the time when its essence is at its peak, and its body length will shrink by more than half in that year. The essence of heaven and earth in its body is extremely concentrated. In the following year, it will age and die at an extremely fast speed, and the essence of heaven and earth will return to heaven and earth.

The system selects only the best ingredients, each one being a dragon scale fish that is exactly a thousand years old. Such stringent requirements can probably only be met by a system with the ability to adjust the flow of time.

And this is only part of the dish "fish belly stuffed with lamb." Don't forget that the main ingredient of this dish is lamb.

The mutton hidden inside the fish's belly comes from the century-old Xihua argali sheep, which graze freely on specially designated pastures irrigated with natural spring water.

These sheep-like spirit beasts are not aggressive and have a gentle temperament. Their meat is extremely delicious. Due to free-range grazing and the use of spiritual spring water to irrigate the pasture year-round, the meat is even more tender and not greasy, with less fat content and less gamey smell. However, its freshness is not diminished at all, but rather even better.

In addition, the other ingredients in this dish are also of extraordinary origin. For example, the shiitake mushrooms are replaced with the extremely precious fungus Longling mushroom in Douluo Continent, the winter bamboo shoots are replaced with bamboo shoots from the thousand-year-old plant-type soul beast Dragon Joint Bamboo, and only the tips of the bamboo shoots are used. The pig caul fat is made from the caul fat of specially fed badger pigs.

A thousand-year-old dragon-scaled fish belongs to the category of rare and precious materials, not a soul beast. Although it is full of the essence of heaven and earth, it still has not evolved powerful attack power. Qi Han's strength at the second ring is enough to deal with it.

He skillfully pulled a dragon-scaled fish out of the fish tank filled with spiritual spring water, and gently tapped the fish's head with the back of his knife, which was pulsating with soul power, instantly stunning the dragon-scaled fish.

Immediately afterwards, Qi Han's hand moved at an extremely fast frequency, the tip of the knife jumping constantly on the fish's body, and in a few strokes, he completely removed all the scales from the entire dragon scale fish.

If you look closely, you'll notice that as these golden fish scales, which resemble dragon scales, peel off, the pale golden skin on the surface of the dragon scale fish remains completely undamaged.

This is simply unimaginable. Under normal circumstances, the fish skin would inevitably be scratched and damaged by the blade during the scaling process, but Qi Han's knife seemed to have eyes, removing only the scales without damaging the fish skin at all.

This was the sword technique that Yi Ya's remnant soul had demonstrated to Qi Han in the training space, and now Qi Han perfectly replicated it and used it on the Douluo Continent.

Swordsmanship, Master Level!

Immediately afterwards, Qi Han quickly removed the gills and internal organs from the fish, and then deboned the whole fish.

The whole process was completed in one go. Apart from a smooth, mirror-like opening in the fish's belly, the rest of the fish was almost identical to the previous one. Even the fish bones that were removed were very clean, with no meat stuck to them.

Who would have thought that such a seemingly fresh fish had already had all its bones removed, leaving only the skull?

After marinating the boneless dragon scale fish in cooking wine and other seasonings for a while, Qi Han turned around and began to process the mutton.

Dice the mutton, long-leaf mushrooms, and bamboo shoots together, stir-fry them in a pot until they release an enticing aroma, then stuff them into the belly of the marinated dragon scale fish.

Then Qi Han took out the badger caul fat and quickly made dozens of cuts on it with a knife. When he opened the caul fat again, it had turned into a fishing net the size of a plate.

Each hole in the fishing net was about the size of a finger, and upon closer inspection, every single hole was exactly the same size.

It's truly astonishing that such a level of skill could be achieved on such a delicate pig caul fat.

Qi Han carefully wrapped the stuffed dragon scale fish in pig caul fat, then wrapped it tightly in a lotus leaf, and finally put it in the oven to bake.

Thanks to the high-tech oven, the baking was completed in just one minute. As soon as the foil was opened, a unique aroma instantly filled Qi Han's nose and mouth.

The aroma contains the slight gamey smell of mutton, the sweetness of fish, the unique mushroom aroma of lingzhi mushrooms, the fresh aroma of tender bamboo shoots, the light fragrance of lotus leaves, and the aroma of badger meat from badger caul fat.

Despite the many blended aromas, they seem to merge seamlessly into one, harmonizing perfectly without any conflict.

Just smelling the aroma made Qi Han swallow several times.

Carefully place the fish belly stuffed with lamb into a plate, unwrap the outer lotus leaf, and place a fresh lotus leaf on top as a garnish. Once this step is completed, the fish belly stuffed with lamb is finished.

The moment the fish-belly-hidden-sheep formation was completed, the surrounding天地元力 (heaven and earth energy) rapidly fluctuated and frantically converged towards the direction of the fish-belly-hidden-sheep formation.

The concentrated primordial energy of heaven and earth was so dense that it materialized into a milky-white mist.

The primordial energy of heaven and earth is inherently formless. For it to be visible to the naked eye, it must be at least a thousand times the concentration of ordinary primordial energy.

At that very moment, the Tang Sect, the Shrek City Great Soul Arena, the Shrek City Auction House, and half of the outer courtyard area of ​​Shrek Academy all sensed a decrease in the surrounding spiritual energy.

All the Title Douluo-level powerhouses within the affected area immediately focused their mental energy towards Qi Han's shop.

Reaching the level of a Title Douluo, their application of the power of heaven and earth has advanced further, making such large-scale fluctuations of the elemental energy of heaven and earth impossible to hide from them.

However, all their spiritual efforts to explore were destined to be in vain.

Under the protection of the system, no one can break through the store's blockade.

Inside the small shop, Qi Han stared nervously at the top of the dish "Fish Belly with Lamb." Above this dish, the primordial energy of heaven and earth condensed into a huge archway. Countless dragons were carved on the stone pillars on both sides of the archway. Above the archway, the two characters "Dragon Gate" were written with strong and powerful strokes, and a single glance was like looking at a real dragon, exuding incomparable majesty.

Beneath the archway is a waterfall, and below the waterfall is a golden dragon-scaled fish that swims upstream against the current.

"thump!"

With a soft sound, the Dragonscale Fish leaped with all its might, flipping over the archway. As it landed on the other side of the archway, its body became slender, dragon horns grew from its head, and five claws sprouted from its belly. It transformed into a five-clawed golden dragon, soaring into the sky. It gazed deeply at Qi Han, let out a dragon roar, and flew into the heavens.

Carp leaping over the dragon gate!

Everything vanished like smoke, leaving only Qi Han standing there, dumbfounded.

Goodness...

This strange phenomenon...

Isn't it better than glowing fried rice?

Chapter Sixty-Four: Dean of Shrek Academy's Outer Court

The strange phenomenon disappeared, and Qi Han, regaining his senses, picked up a pair of chopsticks and eagerly picked up a piece of fish meat from the belly.

The fish belly meat had been deboned, and with a gentle pinch, Qi Han picked it up along with the mutton stuffed inside. As the fish belly opened, an even richer aroma hidden inside instantly rushed into Qi Han's mouth and nose. The robust fragrance made Qi Han greedily sniff the air before putting a piece of fish belly stuffed with mutton into his mouth.

The surface of the fish is slightly browned, a color formed by the heat after the fish has completely absorbed the melted pork caul fat. When you put the fish in your mouth, the first thing you taste is the fresh and fragrant flavor of the fish.

The thousand-year-old dragon scale fish is extremely tender, with a texture so fresh it seems to drip with water. This tenderness blends perfectly with the absorbed badger fat, creating the ultimate culinary experience.

Next up was the mutton wrapped inside the fish.

The unique muttony smell wasn't overpowering, yet it retained the distinctive character of lamb, with a freshness that belonged only to lamb. Combined with the mushroom aroma of the long-haired mushroom and the refreshing taste of the bamboo shoot tips, the pure and layered fragrance exploded instantly, making Qi Han involuntarily close his eyes.

Fish and mutton soup, this is the real deal!

So much time has passed since Yi Ya's remnant soul disappeared, yet this bite of fish with lamb inside made Qi Han recall that soul-stirringly delicious taste.

Samsung recipes are terrifying.

After a long while, Qi Han reluctantly put down his empty plate, the unique freshness of the fish belly stuffed with lamb still lingering in his mouth.

Although the restaurant hasn't opened yet, Qi Han can already foresee the huge commotion this dish will cause in the small shop.

Little did Qi Han know that the commotion the hidden sheep in the fish's belly would cause in the small shop would be far greater than he imagined.

...

As usual, Fuya arrived at the entrance of the small shop, where a long queue had already formed.

The queue included both new faces and regulars who had been there several times before. Fuya greeted the old customers with a smile, but when she reached the front of the queue, she noticed something was amiss.

At the very front of the line stood seven people, whose demeanor was quite different from the other diners. Upon closer inspection, Fuya realized that she recognized five of them.

The four branch masters of the Tang Clan, and...

"Dean Cao, what are you doing here?"

Upon seeing the last figure, Fuya couldn't help but gasp softly.

A slightly overweight middle-aged man turned around upon hearing Fuya's call. His gaze immediately locked onto Fuya's green Shrek Academy uniform. After staring at Fuya for a moment, a warm smile appeared on his face. "If I remember correctly, you should be Fuya, a fourth-year student, right?"

“Yes!” Standing obediently in front of the dean of Shrek Academy’s outer court, Fuya was as well-behaved as a good student.

Cao Rang, the Dean of the Shrek Academy's Outer Court and the Smiling Douluo, was a figure whose reputation was so great that people trembled when he was mentioned. Even Fuya had only met him a few times.

"Don't be nervous, are you here to eat too?" Cao Rang's smile deepened, and his voice seemed to have a magical power that made people lower their guard.

"Yes... oh no!" Fuya was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses. "I'm a waitress at this shop."

"Waiter?" Cao Rang's eyes flashed with displeasure. "I remember you're a work-study student. Wouldn't working as a waiter interfere with your cultivation? Shrek Academy's work-study stipend is quite good. How can working as a waiter in a small restaurant outside help your cultivation? Don't put the cart before the horse."

Although Cao Rang's smile was warm, as the dean of the outer academy, he was also very authoritative when reprimanding Fuya.

But hearing Cao Rang look down on the small shop, Fuya still raised her head and mustered up the courage to retort, "Dean Cao, that's not how it is. I came here voluntarily. The owner treats me very well and even provides meals. The meals at this shop are even better than the high-end nutritious meals at the academy!"

"Oh?" Cao Rang was slightly surprised to hear this.

In Shrek Academy's cafeteria, the food is divided into regular meals, nutritional meals, and premium nutritional meals. Both teachers and students eat these, but teachers occasionally receive other perks.

For students, high-end nutritional meals are the best option. They often use rare ingredients that are second only to rare and precious herbs, and are cooked by the best chefs in the entire continent. The price is also quite high, and only a few students in the college can afford them.

However, the high-grade nutritional meal can significantly improve a Soul Master, accelerating the increase of Soul Power and even enhancing Mental Power. Therefore, although it is expensive, it is worth the price.

But now Fuya says that the meals at the small shop are better than the high-end nutritional meals at the academy?

If that's the case, then Cao Rang can understand why Fuya works as a waitress here.

But... is the food at this little shop really that good?

Cao Rang still harbored doubts.

This wasn't the first time he'd heard of the shop's reputation. Although it hadn't yet reached the inner academy, many students from the outer academy had already visited it. As the dean of the outer academy, he had naturally heard some rumors about it.

Even so, he still didn't take the small shop seriously. After all, students from the Foreign Languages ​​Department often went to the food street to taste all kinds of food. Now it was just a different place.

What truly caught his attention was the unusual situation that occurred this morning when a large area of ​​the天地元力 (heaven and earth energy) was suddenly drained.

Such a situation is extremely rare, and the area emptied is even as large as one-tenth of Shrek City.

Don't underestimate this one-tenth; Shrek City itself is very large, so one-tenth is already an exaggeration.

What's even stranger is that, despite his cultivation level of 96, he couldn't even project his spiritual power into the small shop to investigate.

This is incredible.

Therefore, Cao Rang set off early and arrived at the entrance of the small shop, wanting to find out more.