Self-struggle starting from Douluo

Chapter 136 The “Nature” of Ingredients

"What is this?"

Tang Yuehua's beautiful face was twisted, she spitted without any manners, and said in disbelief: "Why is it so unpalatable?"

Qing Huan didn't seem surprised at all, and said with a smile: "Isn't it amazing?"

Tang Yuehua hurriedly took out a bowl and poured water into her mouth. After a while, she managed to suppress the taste in her mouth and said angrily, "What the hell is magic! The charred meat thrown into the fire is more delicious than this!

How on earth did you make it so unpalatable?"

Qing Huan didn't take it seriously and said, "You know what? Ingredients all have their own "natures", for example, some ingredients taste bitter, some taste sweet, some taste astringent, and some taste woody...

People always like to process ingredients according to their own preferences. For example, if they like sweet food, they add sugar; if they like spicy food, they add chili peppers...

Don’t you think this goes against the “nature” of the food?

Do people like to eat the food itself or the seasoning? "

Tang Yuehua said unhappily: "I don't know if ingredients have nature, but I know that tasting food is a kind of enjoyment, and the pursuit of taste pleasure is the birth of cooking skills!
Delicious food is all about making people feel happy!"

Qing Huan shook his head and said, "Eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body and mind, these six senses are not pure, they are always seeking outside, when can they return to their original mind?
Besides, I don’t learn cooking just to cook for people and make them enjoy it!
At first, it was to practice controlling the heat, and when you get better and have some gains, and you can bring out the "nature" of the ingredients, then it is in accordance with the laws of nature!"

Tang Yuehua snorted, "So you make the bitter more bitter, the sweet more sweet, the astringent more astringent, and the woody more woody?"

Qing Huan shook her head and said disappointedly: "You know what? In the entire inner courtyard, only Oscar can understand my idea... If we can bring out the "nature" of the ingredients to the fullest, the effect of the ingredients themselves will also be maximized!

For example, the meat you just ate was the liver of a shadow leopard, which has the effects of detoxifying, beautifying the skin, improving eyesight and reducing internal heat!
If cooked in the normal way, the effect will only be about 20% to 30% at best.

But I have maximized its 100% effect to 130%... the only price is that it tastes a little worse!"

“Is this called ‘a little bit unpalatable’?”

Tang Yuehua sneered, but suddenly her expression froze, as if she had thought of something, and her face turned surprised.

"I got it?"

Qing Huan smiled and said, "This is just food. What if it is a medicinal ingredient? A 100% medicinal property will only produce 130% of the effect... There is some truth in the saying that good medicine tastes bitter!"

Tang Yuehua put away her surprised expression and said, "Then you should go make medicine instead of being a cook here!"

Qing Huan immediately lost interest in the conversation and said, "Everything has to be done step by step. Medicinal materials are much more complicated than food. The combination of various medicinal properties will produce different effects, and they have to be divided into primary and secondary, dominant and subordinate...

Forget it, I'll talk to Oscar later. If you have nothing else to do, go pick a place and build your own little world."

Tang Yuehua stood up and said unhappily, "Don't let me taste what you cook next time!"

After saying that, he turned around and left… After walking a few steps, he turned back and asked, “Where is Lan Yin?”

Qinghuan casually pointed to the ground beneath her feet.

The leaves of the blue silver grass stood in unison, pointing out the direction of the blue silver.

Tang Yuehua: "..."

……

Tang Yuehua originally planned to stay in the inner courtyard for only a few days, but ended up staying there for a full half a year!

On the one hand, the points she obtained from engraving were too few, only in the single digits. In addition, the time she actually practiced was pitifully short, and she had almost no insights to study, resulting in the total points she obtained in the previous few months being less than twenty.

It was not until later that she tried to record knowledge about etiquette training and interpersonal communication that she earned more points.

On the other hand, the atmosphere of the inner courtyard made her reluctant to leave.

The monthly exchange meetings were especially eye-opening for her. Everyone could speak candidly about their insights and confusions during cultivation, open their hearts without reservation, and with everyone brainstorming, they benefited greatly after each exchange meeting.

It also made Tang Yuehua feel a sense of urgency, as if everyone in the inner courtyard had found their own clear "path", and only she was still lagging behind others!

If Zhu Zhuqing, who had returned from the outer courtyard, had not brought her the news, Tang Yuehua would probably still be reluctant to leave.

After hearing the news brought back by Zhu Zhuqing, Tang Yuehua hurriedly left the inner courtyard, and didn't even have time to say goodbye to Xue Di... She had the closest relationship with Bing Xue. After Tang Yuehua left, Zhu Zhuqing followed the scent and found Qing Huan.

At this time, Qinghuan was in the woods, with a large pot built on a few stones, and was staring intently at the fire under the pot.

When a normal chef cooks, he will keep his eyes on the food in the pot to judge the timing.

But Qinghuan is different. He doesn’t look at the pot, he only looks at the fire... As he said, he pays more attention to the control of the fire.

Zhu Zhuqing walked to the side and squatted, took a glance into the pot, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

The fungi bubbling in the pot are colorful. The colors are so bright, and there are at least a dozen species... Anyone with common sense knows that these mushrooms are more poisonous than each other!

"Would you like a bowl?" Qing Huan asked casually, stirring the mushroom soup in the pot with a wooden spoon. Even so, his eyes did not leave the flames.

"No!" Zhu Zhuqing refused directly, but as the mushroom soup was stirred, the aroma filled her nose and made her saliva begin to secrete involuntarily.

Qing Huan skillfully served two bowls of mushroom soup, and finally looked at Zhu Zhuqing and said, "There are no seasonings or spices added here, it is completely based on the "nature" of mushrooms, and the word "fresh" is brought out to the fullest!
And “freshness” is the most appetizing thing.”

Zhu Zhuqing hesitated, but finally finished a bowl. Looking at the colorful food in the bowl, she gritted her teeth, leaned over and took a sip.

"Hiss - so delicious!" Zhu Zhuqing exclaimed, her pretty face seemed to glow, and she drank several big gulps in succession.

Qinghuan didn't rush to drink, but stared at Zhu Zhuqing to see her reaction.

After Zhu Zhuqing showed that she was fine, Qing Huan picked up the bowl and took a sip. He smacked his lips and said, "Well, it's really delicious. As expected, the more poisonous something is, the more delicious it is... Is there something wrong?"

Zhu Zhuqing held the bowl and said, "I just got the news that the Haotian Sect has left the mountain."

Qing Huan said indifferently: "With Tang Chen's return, it is inevitable that the Haotian Sect will come out, but I didn't expect it to be delayed for half a year."

In the original novel, Tang Chen died soon after being awakened. A big reason for this was that he was infected by the poison when Tang San destroyed the City of Slaughter.

The nine-headed bat wanted to seize his body, so it would naturally not deliberately destroy it.

The human body will adjust according to the will of the soul. Tang Chen's body has been occupied by the nine-headed bat for too long, and has begun to mutate at the root. Even if Tang Chen revives, he will not be able to stop this mutation.

What's more, there is the consciousness of a nine-headed bat at work deep in the soul.

In other words, Tang Chen's soul can no longer adapt to his body... A soul without a body can only dissipate and become "nothingness" in the end.

So Tang Chen will die, but not immediately, and it will only be Tang Chen's soul that will die, and his body will return to the nine-headed bat.

It seems that Tang Chen was unwilling to give up, which is why he spent more than half a year looking for a treatment method.

It seems that no treatment method has been found now... Since the Haotian Sect has chosen to come out, does Tang Chen plan to eliminate the threat of the Haotian Sect before he dies?
Sure enough, Zhu Zhuqing continued, "The Xingluo Empire seems to be gathering domestic spirit masters and expanding its army. It seems like they are about to go to war... I wonder if they are going to go to war against the Spirit Hall or the Heaven Dou Empire?"

"The Spirit Hall, right?" Qing Huan said casually, "There is no force in the Tiandou Empire that can threaten the Haotian Sect."

Zhu Zhuqing held the bowl in her hand and after a long silence, she said, "I want to go back to the Zhu family."

Qing Huan asked curiously, "What are you going back for?"

"I don't know." Zhu Zhuqing shook her head, looking at the colorful mushrooms in the bowl, and said, "I don't know what I'm going to do when I go back..."

Qing Huan suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Why did you dare to drink this soup just now?"

Zhu Zhuqing seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "Because An Xin... was given to me by you."

Qing Huan smiled and said, "If you feel uneasy, everything you do will be wrong... Then go!"

"Yes!" Zhu Zhuqing nodded heavily, drank the mushroom soup, stood up and said: "I understand, when I go back, maybe I will know what to do."

Qing Huan waved her hand, and when Zhu Zhu Qing lifted her foot to leave, she said, "By the way, the toxins in the soup were eliminated during the interaction."

Zhu Zhuqing looked back and smiled: "I don't care."

(End of this chapter)