Enter the Immortal Cultivation

Seafood and seafood are really a rarity for people in Mainland China. In fact, it only took a few hundred years for the current law to clean up the coastal areas and allow people to settle down.

For the residents of China, "seafood" is not only a rare thing, but also a very difficult thing to cook - after all, they don't have much experience.

At present, there are generally only two ways to cook seafood in China: "steaming" and "stewing". The former is mixed with cooking wine, shredded ginger, etc., steamed, dipped in balsamic vinegar and eaten as is. The latter is about simmering over low heat to slowly simmer out the soup.

Among these two ways of eating, the former has particularly high requirements for the freshness of ingredients. This is why Chen Youjia is so familiar with this road.

The location of the seafood market is very close to the spontaneous trading meeting place among the monks. This is not surprising. Due to hundreds of millions of years of choices made by the Dragon Clan, sea fish are always more delicious the closer they are to the deep sea and the Holy Dragon Abyss. Fishing in the sea is already a high-risk industry in this world where sirens exist. Hunting seafood from the distant sea is something that only monks can do.

And it's not just ordinary monks who can do it.

Chen Youjia looked around. Most of the meat sold here is large and small pieces of meat. Judging from the shape, it should be the "leftovers" left over by the monks after hunting monsters. After digging out the innate divine seals and body materials, there is still some good meat on these monster beasts, which was thrown away, so some monks will sell it.

However, these are not Chen Youjia's goals.

Most of these "leftovers" will not be particularly delicious ingredients. And the price is very low, you can buy it with ordinary gold and silver. The biggest market for these scraps is ordinary people with some money. After all, this is the meat of a monster, containing powerful essence, if it is handled properly. It is very good for the body.

Chen Youjia continued to walk deeper.

As Chen Youjia went deeper, there were gradually fewer mortals coming to buy ingredients, but there were more and more monks. Chen Youjia knew that the further inside, the more precious the ingredients would be.

Chen Youjia doesn't know how to behave, but he is "experienced" in this area.

Then, Chen Youjia shrugged his small nose. His eyes lit up.

A hint of umami.

Not a trace of fishy smell. But it has a light umami flavor. This kind of food that tastes like this without processing must be the best...

Soon, Chen Youjia determined his goal. She stared at a fish in front of a stall and asked the stall owner: "Fellow Taoist, do you want to buy this Luoshang fish?"

Luoshang fish is a deep-sea fish that is very valuable. Because they live in the dark sea. This fish's eyes have degenerated into two black spots on its head, its fins are wide and it swims slowly, hence its name "Luoshang". This kind of fish has few bones and is extremely delicious, as if it was born to be eaten.

There is certainly no such species on earth. However, the Dragon Clan completely changed the shape of the marine food chain. This fish is always in a stable population under their control. And any monster that dares to hunt for dragon food will be mercilessly killed by the dragon.

And 200 million years of "selective breeding" have also made this fish taste extremely delicious.

The stall owner there was holding a cigarette rod in his mouth. What's burning inside isn't tobacco either. But a few medicinal herbs. When he puffs away here, he is actually exercising his lungs. Hearing Chen Youjia's question, the stall owner grinned: "My little Taoist friend has good taste. But I left this fish for my friend and I won't sell it. Why don't you look at the others?"

Chen Youjia shook his head: "I will pay a high price."

As the daughter of the leader of the Wanfa Sect, Chen Youjia's pocket spiritual pool has never lacked spiritual energy.

Unexpectedly, the stall owner still shook his head and said with a smile: "Little girl, it's boring to say that. Of these meats and fishes, which one is worth more than Thousand Stones of Spiritual Energy? A cultivator can buy it here for one day. Earning ten thousand stones is the limit. Compared with what you can get by hunting monsters at sea, it is just a bonus. It would be better if you don’t have it.”

Chen Youjia frowned, feeling frustrated at facing Mao Zimiao recently and resentful that his appetite for food and food had been interrupted.

At this moment, she heard an exclamation: "Senior Sister Chen?"

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Mao Zimiao never expected to meet Chen Youjia in this place.

How should I put it... Let me ask you, how do you feel when you see a slightly popular second-tier star squatting in the vegetable market in front of your house, looking at a piece of pork with resentment?

Mao Zimiao was basically in this mood.

She came here just to buy some good ingredients and go back to cook a good meal for her brothers and sisters. The body of a half-demon is due to the spiritual wisdom of the human race. The spiritual wisdom is powerful, and the demonic energy is born with it. If this power is cultivated properly, it can also be a boost when embarking on the path to immortality in the future. But it is precisely because of this that half-demon needs more nutrients during its growth period.

The stall owner Tu Zhenxi said hello to Mao Zimiao: "Niece, what's the matter? Do you know each other?"

"This is...my senior sister...meow..." Mao Zimiao looked at Chen Youjia.

At this time, what Chen Youjia was thinking about was "How to use the Earth Escape Technique" and "I really want to die."

She didn't have to worry about her image, but she didn't know why, except that she didn't want to expose her true nature in front of Mao Zimiao.

"Woo..."

Mao Zimiao smiled helplessly, sighing in his heart, "Senior sister is still so cold", and said to Tu Zhenxi: "Hello, Uncle Tu. Last time you said you would go out to the sea to get Xiaoya and the others a good fish..."

"Here, this is it." Tu Zhenxi, the cultivator who was treated by Mao Zimiao not long ago, handed the fish that Chen Youjia liked to Mao Zimiao.

In an instant, the resentment of being robbed of food, the jealousy of being robbed of love, and the frustration of not being able to have a normal conversation burst out at the same time. The resentment in Chen Youjia was so strong that it was almost transformed into substance. Fortunately, Chen Youjia was just a normal cultivator, and had not yet come up with something as crazy as Wang Qi. Otherwise, Mao Zimiao would definitely not be as simple as being shocked,

Mao Zimiao followed Chen Youjia's gaze and saw the fish in her hand, and then she could only smile bitterly. Looking at Chen Youjia squatting on the ground, she suddenly felt that "this senior sister is actually quite cute".

Then. She shook her ears and asked inexplicably: "Senior sister, can I invite you to my house for a meal?"

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A feeling she had never experienced before.

Chen Youjia looked blankly at the table in front of her, at the three Mao brothers and sisters who were making a mess in front of her.

Strange bowls and chopsticks, strange... people.

And, strange tastes.

The pomfret was steamed with a sauce made of yellow wine, rice wine, ginger and garlic. Until the fish skin cracked naturally. Then it was served with balsamic vinegar. In fact, it was not a particularly high-end way to eat.

But. It was delicious.

This seemed to be the so-called "home cooking", a cuisine that Chen Youjia had never tasted.

For some reason, she suddenly felt a little frustrated.

—— Damn it... He ate her food, and now I don't know how to confront her.

—— Woo woo...

Chen Youjia's mood became even lower. She said to Mao Zimiao: "Junior sister Mao, I'm going back first."

"Ah, Senior sister Chen, won't you sit for a while... Wait, wait. I'll take you back, senior sister?" Mao Zimiao quickly left her brother and sister behind. Chasing after her.

Chen Youjia said lightly: "No need, I can walk back by myself."

"This is etiquette, etiquette." Mao Zimiao emphasized, followed Mao Zimiao out, leaving her sister to look after the house.

Then, along the way, the two girls walked in silence.

Chen Youjia felt that she was about to die of embarrassment, and didn't know what to say. Mao Zimiao bowed slightly and said: "A simple meal, not a respect..."

"No. It's delicious... Thank you... you."

Chen Youjia answered mechanically.

——Especially the taste called "human touch"... I've never eaten it before...

When she came to Mao Zimiao's house, Chen Youjia also met Mao Zimiao's father Mao Kaicheng——a mediocre, not very strong, but a very family-oriented man. In addition, she also saw "children from normal families".

Perhaps because of the deep shadow of childhood, although Chen Youjia has reconciled with his biological father, when he sees a family like Mao Zimiao, he still can't help but feel envious.

Mao Zimiao clapped his hands without any intention, and said happily: "I'm glad you like it, Senior Sister."

After leaving Langde City, the two girls came to the beach again. It was sunset at this time. The body of the sea god Lei Xi reflected a strange brilliance in this sunlight.

And Mao Zimiao's eyes once again drifted to the sea, revealing a melancholy look.

This is also the first time Chen Youjia saw Mao Zimiao showing such a heartbroken expression.

"What's wrong?"

Mao Zimiao covered his chest and shook his head: "Nothing, just... just I have a friend, probably still overseas adventure? Occasionally I think of him... Is he safe now... and so on..."

"Your, friend? What friend? Where is he?" Chen Youjia decided to pretend not to know and spy on the "enemy situation".

Mao Zimiao smiled bitterly: "Actually, they are just ordinary friends... Sometimes I even feel that I don't need to worry about him at all..."

"Why?"

"As for me, I am really useless... I can't do anything." Mao Zimiao looked at the direction of the setting sun and smiled bitterly: "And my friend is so powerful... Maybe he doesn't need anyone to worry about him, meow, he is that kind of person..."

Chen Youjia pointed out: "You are still worried."

Mao Zimiao smiled bitterly: "Yes... Because when I knew him, he was not that powerful, and he didn't know anything. After practicing martial arts, he accidentally broke his pillow and quilt and didn't know how to mend it. I always feel that he is still in the past. So meow, I can't help but worry about him."

"In fact, this kind of worry is really unnecessary." Chen Youjia's pace suddenly accelerated by two steps, leaving Mao Zimiao half a body away, and then said: "If he is really as powerful as you said."

Unlike Mao Zimiao, Chen Youjia has never worried about Wang Qi. In her eyes, Wang Qi is sometimes unreliable and sometimes creates shocking troubles. But there is only one thing. She believed that he could definitely overcome all difficulties.

Chen Youjia would never worry about Wang Qi's safety.

If Wang Qi really had an accident, she would just wait silently until she achieved freedom and then slaughter all the monsters in the West Sea.

Mao Zimiao was confused: "Senior sister... meow? Gone?"

At this time, where could Chen Youjia be seen?

A few minutes later, Chen Youjia appeared in her study and banged her head on the table.

——What on earth am I doing...

——I should have told her...(To be continued ~^~)

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