Dragon's Origin

Chapter 97: The Temptation of Food (Part 1)

Even Wang Sheng himself was drooling while adding firewood, so one can imagine how a large group of experts who smelled these aromas would feel.

Does this world not have top chefs? Yes! Does Worry-Free City have them? Yes! But they are only in the City Lord's mansion. As for the killers in the inner and outer city, very few eat outside.

Needless to say, the outer city is not safe, and no one dares to easily eat food made by people they don't trust. The inner city is a bit safer, but those experts sometimes don't trust others, and sometimes they are unwilling, so nine out of ten make their own food. Naturally, their level can be completely ignored.

Suddenly, one day, the whole street was filled with fragrance, and it was a strange fragrance that everyone had never smelled before, it was simply deadly!

Wang Sheng smelled the water vapor that hadn't been stewed long enough to be fully flavored, and the little Chi Wens in his Yuanshen space were jumping around like a group of perverts who saw naked women. Just this feeling made Wang Sheng understand that his guess was correct, but he didn't know how much delicious food he had to make or eat before a qualitative change would occur.

The neighbor expert who had been listening to Wang Sheng's movements since Wang Sheng started taking a bath in the morning was now holding a wine glass, smelling the fragrance in the air as a snack, sipping and sipping, unable to suppress the flame that was rising from his throat. It was simply torture to keep smelling this delicious food while drinking on an empty stomach.

"Little friend, are you new here?" Wang Sheng was uncovering the pot lid and poking the meat inside with chopsticks to see if it was soft, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice: "I am your neighbor next door, let's get to know each other."

The voice came from the direction of the courtyard where the seventh-level expert mentioned by the housekeeper lived. Wang Sheng covered the pot and walked out of the kitchen, and immediately saw a familiar face.

The old eunuch representing the royal family was standing on the wall, with his eyes closed, his nose twitching exaggeratedly, as if he wanted to suck all the deliciousness in the air into his nostrils.

"Greetings, Senior!" Wang Sheng asked politely without any flaws, then asked the old eunuch to jump down and invited him to sit at the stone table in the yard. The old eunuch was obviously pretending not to know Wang Sheng, and Wang Sheng would not be stupid enough to expose him, pretending to be enthusiastic.

This old eunuch was indeed incredibly powerful, and he had been living in the inner city of Worry-Free City. What surprised Wang Sheng even more was that he actually lived next door to his new residence. It seemed that he would have to sleep with one eye open in the future.

"What is this smell? It's so..." The old eunuch didn't stand on ceremony and asked Wang Sheng directly after sitting down, and couldn't think of a good adjective for a long time, and finally used peculiar to describe it: "So... peculiar?"

"Oh!" Wang Sheng couldn't help but find it funny looking at the old eunuch's gluttonous expression, and replied with a smile: "Some leftovers from the butcher shop, it's a pity to throw them away, so I made a pot myself to eat."

The old eunuch seemed unable to bear it anymore, constantly twitching his nose. Wang Sheng found it funny, and at the same time, he said: "A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Senior is my neighbor, and I don't have anything good to offer since I just arrived. It just so happens that I personally made some food, and it will be ready in a while, please try it."

"How can you invite your neighbor to dinner without me?" As soon as Wang Sheng finished speaking, the old eunuch hadn't had time to politely respond when another person's voice appeared on the other wall.

As soon as the voice sounded, a figure flashed beside Wang Sheng, and a person appeared. Judging by his age, he was not as old as the old eunuch, but he was about forty or fifty years old. His movements were very fast, and Wang Sheng's eyesight only saw him appear and fall beside him, and did not see the process in between.

However, the old eunuch seemed to have dealt with this middle-aged guy before. Seeing him appear, he just nodded lightly: "You're here too?"

"This smell is too evil." The middle-aged expert frowned and replied with some distress: "I couldn't help it."

Neither of them understood why the smell from Wang Sheng's place was so fragrant. Wang Sheng was also strange, saying that the old eunuch was a member of the royal family, and he should have tasted a lot of the imperial chef's skills. No matter what, he shouldn't be so unbearable, right? But now, the old eunuch took the initiative to show up, like a bumpkin who had never eaten good food.

Maybe it's a disguise, maybe it's showing up to tell me that he lives next door! Wang Sheng thought to himself, and greeted the two experts to sit down, prepared fine wine and snacks for them, and went to take care of the pot of marinated food.

It had been stewing for more than three hours, and Wang Sheng poked it with chopsticks. The meat was very soft, almost ready. Wang Sheng pulled out the firewood from the stove and put out the fire, then scooped a large pot of miscellaneous marinated food and brought it out.

Smelling the aroma, the old eunuch and the middle-aged expert were very greedy, but when they saw the food, they couldn't believe their eyes.

"These things?" The head, hooves, skin, claws, internal organs, and offal in that pot looked really unappetizing. These things used to be thrown away, how could the two of them eat them! But, why does it smell so... fragrant?

"My craftsmanship is rough, please forgive me, seniors!" Wang Sheng hadn't enjoyed it for a long time, so he brought it up politely, grabbed a marinated pheasant claw, and started gnawing on it without caring if it was hot.

It's not that Wang Sheng doesn't know how to treat guests and eats first, he is just reassuring the two of them. Wang Sheng ate it himself to show that there was nothing harmful in it, that's all.

After one bite, Wang Sheng frowned slightly. It was too soft when it just came out of the pot, the pheasant claws were okay. If it was a wild boar's hoof, it would be too soft and there would be no chewiness, the taste would not be good. Unfortunately, there is no refrigerator in this world, and it will be much chewier after a little refrigeration, and it will be more chewy to eat.

"What a pity!" Wang Sheng sighed directly after taking a bite: "The taste is so-so, but the texture is not good. It would be better if it could be iced a little."

The old eunuch and the middle-aged expert watched Wang Sheng grab it and eat it without any scruples, and they felt a lot more relieved. Hearing Wang Sheng say this, the middle-aged expert immediately asked: "How cold should it be?"

"Not to the point of freezing, but enough to make the skin firm." Wang Sheng said, reaching out and picking out some things that needed to be slightly iced and putting them in another pot, pointing to the remaining ones and saying: "Eat these first, and eat the rest after they cool down."

"No need to be so troublesome." The middle-aged expert replied casually, then reached out and slapped the pile that Wang Sheng took out.

A cool aura emanated from the middle-aged expert's palm, and instantly made the still-hot marinated food cool. The control was just right, it didn't freeze, but it met Wang Sheng's requirements.

"Please, seniors!" This time Wang Sheng didn't say anything more, opened the wine jar and poured fine wine for the two of them, and warmly greeted them.