Food Poems

Chapter 34: Dark Night Sect
Morningfrost Ridge.

In the office, Yeats was reading the report submitted by the steward Derek.

Over the past month, thanks to the lord's gradually established prestige, the village has absorbed about fifty refugee households, and the population has grown substantially. Farmlands, mines, smelters, deer farms, and salt fields are all being built in an orderly manner. The potion workshop invested by the Starlight Chamber of Commerce has also begun to mass-produce new healing potions.

According to Lena, the cheese industry that Yeats paid close attention to has received a good response among the aristocratic groups, and Yeats will receive a considerable dividend from last month's profits.

But even so, the financial pressure on Morning Frost Ridge is still huge. For example, the box of 200 gold coins sent by the Lord of White Night was used by Ye Zhi to build the deer farm. And at the beginning of spring, the villagers who survived the cold wave had to be rewarded with 400 gold coins.

"If we want to further increase the permanent population, we must first hold out until the snow melts." Derek bowed and said, "The population is growing slowly at the moment, mainly because the cold wave is still a sword hanging over our heads. If Morning Frost Ridge can hold out until next summer, I think the population will grow greatly, reaching the level of a town."

Yeats nodded.

The Baron is able to fully control a town-level fiefdom, so his strength should not be underestimated.

Even without extraordinary people, a town-level militia is enough to deal with a two-ring monster.

However, the three-ring monster can only be dealt with by city troops and extraordinary people.

Ye Zhi imagined the scene of building a city in Morning Frost Ridge, and thought to himself, he should first consider how to trick Hilde.

She certainly couldn't afford to hire him, so Ye Zhi could only try to get her to deal with the cold wave together with Morning Frost Ridge.

What he relies on, of course, is his talent, the spirit of drug administration... no, the spirit of food administration.

Lena and the Valkyrie will arrive at Morning Frost Ridge tonight. Yezhi called Phocas and told him that he would be away from the territory for about three weeks, and Phocas would stay in Morning Frost Ridge during this period.

Phocas raised his doubts: "Master, why don't you let me go with you?"

"I will only feel at ease if I leave the militia training and stationing in the village to you."

Yeats used the "CUP Method" that bosses often use, and patted Fokasse on the shoulder: "Work hard, and I'll bring you some specialties from the North when I come back!"

The old knight's eyes were somewhat moved, and he said, "Please wait a moment, Master."

Soon, Phocas brought back a hand-woven wool sweater and handed it to Yeats: "The weather in the north is cold, please take this sweater with you."

Ye Zhi was surprised and asked, "Did you write it yourself?"

"Just some trivial skills," said Phokas.

Yeats held the sweater in his hands, looked at it carefully, and exclaimed in admiration.

As expected of an old knight from the Golden Lion region, he possesses the traditional skill of “knitting sweaters”!
Yeats didn't have time to be moved for long, as an urgent message forced him to go to Giselle's mother-in-law's herbal medicine shop.

There were many pale and painful civilians lying on the beds in the back room of the herbal medicine shop. Little Red Riding Hood stood by with a staff in her hand, casting micro-healing spells on each of them. Looking at the patients who were groaning softly, sadness flashed in her blue eyes.

Yeats understood the situation and learned that these were symptoms of poisoning, so he asked, "What is the source of the poisoning?"

"I think it's most likely that the river outside the village has been polluted." Giselle said, "Miss Grey was here just now, and I've asked her to go outside the village to take a look."

Water pollution is no trivial matter. Yeats rode his mule out of the village, secretly sighing that the matter of the mount had to be put on the agenda. He soon saw Gray near the source of the stream.

Gray folded her arms and looked down at the water with a serious expression.

Gray saw Yeats out of the corner of her eye and said:
"The situation is a bit troublesome, Ye Zhi. A poisonous monster has run into the river. We can't force it out for the time being. We don't know what kind of monster it is yet."

"It's okay. I'm prepared." Ye Zhi took out a fishing rod made of fir wood. "Look at me fishing it out!"

Gray was stunned and expressed strong doubt.

In this situation, does fishing really work? !
Yeats's knowledge of food includes not only magic potions, but also aquatic creatures, which improves his fishing skills.

Although I cannot be compared with a fishing master, I am also considered a third-ring fishing expert. With bait, catching a first-ring monster is a piece of cake!
Yeats sat on the grass by the river, casting his fishing rod, and ripples appeared on the water surface.

The situation fell into silence.

Gray: "I've already told you that monsters aren't stupid, how could it be possible...huh?!"

wow-

The words have not yet fallen.

There was a splash of water, and a group of egg-yolk-colored coelenterates, with tentacles like wasps, tightly wrapped around the hook, were lifted out of the water.

I actually caught it!
Gray's eyes widened and she shouted, "Why can a ball of jellyfish be caught?!"

Ye Zhi dragged it to the shore. Seeing this monster, Ye Zhi was also stunned. It turned out to be a wasp jellyfish, a dangerous poison in the ocean.

Yeats soon realized that something was wrong.

Why do jellyfish appear in the river?
Let’s solve it first…Ye Zhi gave a signal in his heart, and the summoned snow-white owl flew across the blue sky from a distance, its forced yellow eyes full of murderous intent.

"Bird, don't blame me for waking you up, blame this wasp jellyfish - it's up to you!"

At Ye Zhi's command, the snowy owl flapped its wings and cut out a sharp moon blade, which condensed into sharp moonlight and hit the wasp jellyfish.

With a hissing sound, the venom splashed everywhere, the grass around withered, and the venom vaporized with a hissing sound.

After dealing with the wasp and jellyfish neatly, the Snowy Owl stopped on a treetop, closed its eyes and went to sleep.

Yeats was deeply moved when he saw this.

My snowy owl is truly the moonlight's god choice. It won't feel sleepy unless the moonlight comes out!
Gray squatted on the ground, picked up a branch, poked the wasp jellyfish, and after confirming that it was completely cool, she said in confusion:

"Yeats, I still don't understand, can you catch wasp jellyfish by fishing?"

“This is what fishermen are like.”

Ye Zhi paused, stroking his chin and said, "However, this wasp jellyfish that appeared in the river is indeed suspicious. It is not ruled out that it was caused by human beings."

"You want to say that this was done by the followers of the Dark Night Goddess?" Gray said indignantly, "Those people like to commit despicable acts such as poisoning and murder. According to the law, they should be arrested and severely sentenced!"

Ye Zhi: “…”

I didn't think about it that way, but Gray's words reminded me of it.

The followers of the Goddess of Darkness are called the Cult of Darkness. They are an underground organization composed of thieves, thieves, poison makers, and sorcerers. They are classified as heretics by the Church of Holy Light. Anyone who believes in Holy Light must fight against these evil enemies.

The Dark Night Cult is indeed filled with a group of shady characters, sacrificing people, poisoning water, assassinating politicians... They do everything they can to please the Dark Night Goddess.

However, Morning Frost Ridge is located at the border of the kingdom, and the Dark Night Sect also appeared here?

If this wasp jellyfish was deliberately released into the river, then it must be aimed at Morning Frost Ridge. Aren’t the villagers who were poisoned in large numbers the best living sacrifices?
Yeats's thoughts gradually became clear.

My bird has just been blessed by the moonlight, and the dark night comes to cause trouble, right?
With the protection of moonlight, Yeats felt more confident.

In addition, the Valkyrie is coming tonight, and she and Gray both have destiny, so the cultists are just monsters that give her experience.

Yeats ordered: "Now that things have come to this, take the wasp jellyfish back."

Gray's expression suddenly changed: "You don't want to...eat wasp jellyfish?"

Ye Zhi smiled slightly: "I'll rely on this to supplement my meal tonight."

"No, this time the wasp jellyfish is poisonous from head to tentacles!" Gray's face turned pale.

Yeats said calmly: "If it weren't poisonous, I wouldn't eat it."

Based on my understanding of the Food Spirit, dishes made from this kind of poison will most likely be able to improve poison resistance.

If this dish can permanently improve poison resistance, then wasp jellyfish is not poison to me, but a tonic!

Grey: ???
You are the believer of the goddess of darkness and poison!

Deep in the forest.

The Dark Night Priestess in black clothes and robes, wearing the God-given spell 'Dark Night Veil', perfectly conceals her breath and traces.

The priestess was so alerted by the fact that the wasp jellyfish she had contracted was killed so easily that she did not dare to act rashly against the noble boy.

This human sacrifice in the Jueling Mountains was related to the Dark Night Sect's grand plan, but unexpectedly something went wrong at the Morning Frost Ridge.

Her heart went cold as she continued to listen to their conversation, but suddenly she froze in place.

"They're going to eat... wasp jellyfish?"

The priestess was in a strange mood.

Even the Dark Night Bishop doesn't dare to eat this poison, but you dare to eat it. You are more powerful than the Dark Night Bishop!

(End of this chapter)