The cultivation record of the original demon in Teyvat continent

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After an hour...

"Xia Yu, when will your grilled fish be ready..."

Xiangling couldn't sit still while watching Xia Yu turn over the grill. Although she knew that some dishes did require slow and careful work, the grilled fish on this shelf... Xiangling didn't know how to describe it.

There was really nothing in the whole process except the little bit of salt added at the beginning. The only thing that changed was the distance between the fish and the campfire. The black-backed bass in Xia Yu's hands danced back and forth near the flame for nearly an hour. Miraculously it didn't get blurry.

But even so, the surface of the fish has begun to form a dry shell, and the soft and tender fish inside is also losing water and getting older. No matter how you look at it, it no longer meets the requirements of the Yuecai faction.

The thick fish oil in the belly of the bass has completely turned into oil residue. However, under Xia Yu's precise control, the fish oil that overflowed under the high temperature soaked the entire fish body in a thin layer, and the golden and crispy shell on the surface had to be Let Xiangling marvel at Xia Yu's precise control of the heat.

Even in Liyue, this mastery of cooking is at the top level... Chef Yanxiao of Wangshu Inn can't compare, and the chefs of Xinyuexuan and Liuliting are also a few points behind. If I really want to say it, , only the retired old masters can compare with Xia Yu.

This craftsmanship cannot be achieved without more than ten years of skill and extremely high talent. Xia Yu, like himself, has been learning cooking since he was a child.Just when Xiang Ling was about to ask Xia Yu who he learned cooking from, Xia Yu, who was grilling the blackback bass, finally took the fish off the fire.

"Can we start now?" Xiang Ling took out the chopsticks from his pocket and asked Xia Yu. Although he didn't know what the over-cooked blackback bass tasted like without adding anything, but since the other party did this, Wan Is the taste really beyond my understanding?

"Huh? How is this possible? How can it be delicious without adding any ingredients?"

Shajiang, pickled ginger, Jueyun pepper, and garlic were all cut into small pieces. The various small ingredients added to the high-temperature oil pan on the fire immediately exploded with a choking pepper flavor. Simply add a little salt and After the mushrooms are stir-fried again, the clear water from the Fruit Wine Lake becomes the best choice for boiling the soup base.

"I understand! You are planning to add flavor to the grilled fish just now!" Seeing this, Xiang Ling finally realized that it was really good not to eat plain grilled fish.Later, the girl was attracted to the fact that the ginger she had pickled was added to the pot as a seasoning.

This kind of fresh ginger has a unique spicier taste than old ginger, and the spicy taste is not as obvious as old ginger. After soaking in a kimchi jar for a while, it is very appetizing to eat with porridge and pasta in the morning.Now it seems that this kind of soaked young ginger can also be used in cooking, and it seems to have special effects.

"That's right, because there is no bean paste and convenient spices, making grilled fish into fresh pepper flavor is an extremely good choice among the spicy methods nowadays." Take advantage of the time for the soup base to thicken slightly. , Xia Yu began to prepare the main and auxiliary ingredients for stir-fried pork.

Although both dishes have a fresh pepper flavor, the taste of the two is still very different in details.The concentrated fresh pepper soup base with grilled fish has a very special taste of pickled ginger because of the addition of young ginger. Combined with the numbness of green peppercorns, the spiciness only plays a perfect role in the grilled fish with fresh pepper and young ginger. The finishing touch that ignites your taste buds.

But the stir-fried pork with fresh pepper is different. In this dish, the flavor of fresh pepper is the most important part of the dish.After all the ingredients were prepared, Xia Yu turned his eyes to the rice cooker on the side, but he didn't expect that the greedy rice cooker was reaching for the grilled fish hanging on the stand waiting to be put into the pot.

"Lu!?" After being caught, Guo Ba immediately retracted his outstretched paw. The small commotion also attracted the attention of Xiang Ling, who was thinking about how to add these new flavors to his recipe.

"Ah, crispy rice! That fish has to be put into the pot, and you can't eat it yet!" Xiangling breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the rice cake but failed to eat it. He has been waiting for more than an hour. If he waits until this When the soup is cooked and you want to add the grilled fish to taste and heat it up, the fish is gone. Wouldn’t that be a big loss?

"Xiang Ling, can Guo Ba help me? I need a high fire environment to heat the iron pan when frying pork later, so as to achieve the desired effect." Xia Yu's words made Guo Ba feel something was wrong.

"Of course there is no problem! Just give the crispy rice some more Jueyun peppers. Even though the crispy rice has a great reaction after eating the peppers, it is the type that likes spicy food but is afraid of spicy food." The name is blatant. Guo Ba was immediately furious when Xiang Ling revealed her plan.

"Lululu!!"

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"Lu..." He was in a trance and his face was dull. Except for his strangely rosy little chubby face, he seemed to have burned out the pot and sat slumped on the grass next to the iron pot. His pure white eyes were filled with words. Wronged.

"Don't be like this, Guo Ba, didn't you share half of the food just now?" In sharp contrast to the miserable Guo Ba, Xiang Ling and Xia Yu had expressions of enjoyment. Among them, Xiang Ling was the one who wanted to taste Xia Yu was happy to have a new taste, while Xia Yu was satisfied to see dishes with complete ingredients for the first time in a long time.

After three days, he finally had a decent meal. The long-lost taste made Xia Yu want to cry.These three days have been really difficult for me... Xia Yu, who was holding back tears, looked at the sky quietly, his expression full of expectations for the future.

Judging from the information obtained from Xiangling, even Liyue lacks some commonly used brewing seasonings, such as bean paste that needs to be pickled and sun-dried, dried chilies that are simply sun-dried, and kimchi and sauerkraut. of fermented products.

But it doesn’t matter, you can do all these by yourself. Now you have a stable living environment. You only need to apply for a small stall from the city security management department of the Knights of the West Wind, and then find out about the prices of food in Mondstadt. The future will be bright. !

Then, when you have some spare money, you can go to Liyue to see it. According to Xiangling, it takes about five days for the caravan's carriage to travel from Liyue Port to Mondstadt, which is generally not too far.

There is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever. When Xia Yu asked what the food in the Xiangling Liyue area tasted like, the girl looked a little embarrassed for a moment.

"Xia Yu, your cooking skills are ranked among the best even in Liyue Port. Although there are some differences from Liyue's dishes, your tongue will not lie. If it's delicious, it's delicious. Your dishes will be The flavors of each ingredient are highlighted and complement each other.”

Thinking back to the grilled fish and fried pork with chili that I just tasted, it turns out that the grilled fish has been grilled for so long in order to increase the aroma of the charcoal fire and drastically reduce the moisture in the fish in a non-greasy way. In this way, it feels a little old. The fish's ability to absorb the rich soup becomes an advantage in this dish.

There is also the chili fried pork made by letting the rice cooker continue to heat the iron pot. The huge heat brings out the spicy aroma of the chili in an instant, and the pork is locked when it touches the surface of the iron pot. Even without the gravy powder, the meat of the pork is still juicy and chewy when you taste it.

"Now my cooking skills are still far behind Xia Yu's."

Xiang Ling, who decisively admitted her shortcomings, did not look depressed. The girl who looked at Xia Yu with her fists clenched looked extremely serious. "I have decided that I will further improve my cooking skills during this training trip to Mondstadt. I will invite Xia Yu to try my cooking before I return to Liyue. Is that okay?"

It turns out that was the case. Seeing Xiang Ling's energetic look, Xia Yu had a smile on his face. "Of course it's no problem. Now that I live in Mondstadt, I'm looking forward to the dishes Xiangling will serve you after you finish your training."

After clearing away the traces of the picnic and saying goodbye to Xiangling, Xia Yu felt troubled when he looked at the extra half-meter-high red flower beside him.

Unlike slimes that are only the size of your fist and can be carried around, the cheat flower in front of you is definitely impossible to keep in your room. The more appropriate way is to grow it in the small green space next to your room. If possible, cheat flower Flowers can grow in that green space.

If you want to do this, you must report it to the Knights of the West Wind, otherwise bringing such a being who is a monster in the eyes of others into the city will inevitably cause panic among the civilians.

How about asking Guy, the gatekeeper at the side door, to inform Qin or Kaia?Thinking of this, Xia Yu quickly ran towards the side entrance of Mondstadt City.

Just as Xia Yu expected, Guy, who was still on guard, had not been arranged to replace him in labor work today. After seeing Xia Yu approaching, Guy also smiled at the newcomer who helped him change jobs for a short time. laugh.

"Good afternoon, do you need any help... to cheat me out of money?!!"

Chapter 15 Kaia: Are you raising more and more monsters!?

Kaia Alberich, the cavalry captain of the Mondstadt Knights of the West Wind. As an outsider, he was able to establish a foothold in the Knights of the West Wind and gradually climbed to the position he is today. Apart from the relationship with the former head of the Knights, Apart from the unclear relationship, the most important thing is his resourceful mind.

Today, when monsters are no longer as rampant as they used to be, the Knights of the West Wind don't have to run around as hard as before.But having fewer things is not always a good thing...

All the simple tasks were taken over by his subordinates. Wouldn’t the captain himself become bored?

The organizational status, wandering scope, and detailed personal information of the urban bandits in Mondstadt, the thieves, mercenaries, and middle-level and above members of the treasure thieving group wandering outside the city have all been recorded by Kaia. When thieves commit crimes, Kaia can always lead the members of the Knights of the West Wind to arrest them as soon as possible.

As for why not catch them all?There is some knowledge in this.

First of all, most of the activities of these thieves are fixed near ruins and trade routes. In order to protect their camps, these thieves actually fight with wandering monsters, leaving some thieves to actually protect the safety of the trade routes. .

Of course, the most important reason is that if you catch them all, wouldn't the reduction in the number of cases make you even more bored?

But something interesting happened recently:

An ordinary person from another world was brought back to Mondstadt due to the mistake of 'Spark Knight' Kelly.If it were just a simple ordinary person, it would not be a big deal. This situation was like a sunken fruit falling on the ground. At most, it would scare away the small animals under the tree, and it would not take a while for calm to return.

But this time there was something different.This young man's physique is only average in the Knights of the West Wind, he has no divine eye, and he doesn't even have any foundation in martial arts. For some reason, he is especially favored by elemental creatures.When a pure elemental slime with high vigilance and a certain amount of intelligence meets him, it's like a cat meeting Mu Tianli - he has come to the door for nothing!

And according to the half-day observation report returned by the members of the Knights, as an ordinary person, he did not have any adverse reactions after contact with pure elemental creatures, which is somewhat interesting.

"Captain Kaia!" A man's shout from a distance made Kaia, who was sitting in the outdoor seat of Dawn Winery Bistro on his day off, turn his head.Old Turner's son, Guy, the gatekeeper of the Knights, was running hurriedly towards his location, as if he had an emergency he wanted to report.

Alas, the rare vacation seemed to be gone... But what could make him, who was guarding the side door, come to find me?

I hope it's an interesting job, otherwise if I interrupt my vacation, I'll have to keep you guarding the door.

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"Is this a scam? I heard that this is a monster, but now it seems...it seems pretty good-looking?"

"You can't think so. Look how anxious Guy looked when he ran to find someone just now."

"But it didn't attack us either?"

Xia Yu, who was standing quietly at the side door waiting for Guy to return, seemed a little embarrassed. Although there were not many people entering and exiting the side door, Guy running to find the upper echelon of the Knights seemed to have caused a commotion among the residents, so... he And the four pets following him were being watched by children.

Although the members of the Knights and the adults usually did a good job in publicity, so that the naughty children did not rush in, but Xia Yu couldn't bear the curious eyes like watching a wild beast in a zoo enclosure.

What's even more dangerous is that there are two or three naughty children who are holding toy wooden swords and provoking crazily at Liehuahua. In Xia Yu's perception, Liehuahua is obviously impatient.

If these naughty kids really come forward, cheating and cheating will inevitably cause huge disputes, so you can only step forward and stop these naughty kids.Just when the situation was about to get out of control, Xia Yu breathed a sigh of relief when a familiar figure ran towards him.

"Give way, everyone, give way."

Finally, Guy arrived at the scene with the rescuer Kaiya. After separating the children from Xia Yu, he was obviously stunned when he saw Kaiya following Xia Yu to cheat others.

"Brother Xia Yu...where did you come from to cheat?" Kaiya finally understood the reason why Guy came to see her.

If it's just a slime that's a little smaller than a fist, then that's easy, just put it on your shoulder and carry it into the city.It is small in size, easy to carry, and can be brought back to the room. Even if Xia Yu collects water, fire, ice, rock, wind, grass, or even adds a mutant mine, there will be no problem.

As for elemental creatures, as long as they are not placed in an environment where elemental reactions occur, slimes will not cause trouble. What's more, slimes can control the activity of elemental energy in their bodies.

But things are a little different with this Hua Lihua... Although it currently looks as docile as a domestic dog, Hua Liahua is a plant-type monster after all, and its size of half a meter is not suitable for keeping in a room.

The most important thing is that Kaia has no bottom now.

This Xia Yu has only been in Teyvat Continent for less than a week, and there are already such a small group of monsters around him. If it takes longer, it is difficult for Kaiya to guarantee that there will be more weird things around Xia Yu. Monster.

"You just found me when you were cooking by the Cider Lake. I thought you were quite obedient, so I took him with you, hehe..." Xia Yu was also a little embarrassed under Kaiya's gaze.

"Captain Kaia Knight, don't worry, I will let this deceitful flower stay in the garden outside the house. As long as no one harms it, it will definitely not attack the residents of Mondstadt... Yes Come on! Doesn’t the deception flower know how to disguise itself? As long as it is disguised as an ordinary small flower, no one should be able to detect it even in the garden.”

After explaining his expected solution, Kaiya's hesitant look made Xia Yu realize that his plan seemed to have failed to pass the review of the knight captain.

"Xia Yu... I didn't mean to embarrass you. Mondstadt is a country that advocates freedom and romance. If you let Liarhua stay in that garden for a long time, let me give you an example and you will know what will happen."

"Suppose there is a couple in love sitting on a bench next to the flower bed, and the man or the woman happens to take a fancy to this little flower that mimics flowers. If you pick it off..." Before Kaiya could finish speaking, his mind The touching scene inside had already made Xia Yu understand what would happen next.

"As an emergency, it is okay to ask the Knights of the West Wind to send a person to stand guard at the door of the dormitory for a short period of time to remind people who come, but it will definitely not work in the long term. And I have a hunch that there will be more and more monsters around you, Brother Xia Yu... To be honest, I wouldn’t be surprised if you and Tevalin laid eyes on each other one day.”

This... rebuttal from Kaia is well founded.Indeed, even in the original world, if you had a small dog and wore it on a leash for walking on the street, you would have to lock it in your own courtyard or room after returning home to prevent it from hurting outsiders.Slime can meet this criterion, but cheat flower cannot.

Moreover, although he didn't know what Tevarin Kaia was talking about, Xia Yu also had the same premonition as Kaia, that is, there would be more and more monsters around him.How should this be handled?The slightly troublesome situation made Xia Yu start to think hard.

"I have a suggestion here. That is to replace the house." At this point, Kaia opened the map of Mondstadt that he carried with him, and then pointed to the open space outside the side gate of Mondstadt City where everyone is now.

"Mondstadt was built on the largest island in the Cider Lake. The structure surrounded by water ensures that Mondstadt will be in a safe state as long as it is not attacked by monsters from the sky. Although I don't know, Brother Xia Yu Where did your cheating flower get in... We can build a new courtyard here."

"Because I'm really not sure how many monsters you will be able to raise in the future, brother Xia Yu, so I will build a small walled courtyard in the open space near the side door to replace the housing currently assigned to you by the Cavaliers. Of course, in order to fill the middle The price difference is considered as a discount, and you need to work in the Knights for two months, how about it?"

At this point, Xia Yu finally understood what Kaiya meant.Indeed, until he did not have enough financial conditions to buy a mansion with a small courtyard in the city of Mondstadt, which was already full of buildings, the monsters he raised would more or less frighten the residents of Mondstadt.

If it doesn't work inside the city, then move outside the city.Surrounded by the Cider Lake, it is destined that even if you live close to the city wall, you will not be attacked by monsters, not to mention that you have never encountered any monsters that want to attack you so far.

In this way, he can keep all the monsters in the small courtyard, and the location of the small courtyard that can enter Mondstadt City in two steps will not have any impact on his life.The most important thing is that it only takes two months of working in the Knights to replace such a small courtyard with a house, which is not a loss no matter how you look at it.

Xia Yu, who was nodding, agreed to Kaiya's proposal, and then asked: "Yes, yes...but I'm just an ordinary person. If we really want to fight, I'm afraid I will be punched to the ground by the Wagner blacksmith at the front door. , does the Knights really have the kind of work that I must complete?"

"If you can, give me some time. I think I should be able to make up for the difference in the price of the house by selling food." Although he seems a little unconfident, this is indeed Xia Yu's most realistic thought. Compared with having never been exposed to it at all, Naturally, being good at cooking makes Xia Yu more at ease.

"That's not to say, some people were particularly excited after hearing that you could coexist harmoniously with monsters." Kaiya showed a very strange smile when he said this, and then handed a scroll to Xia Yu's hand.

"Take this invitation to the alchemist's shop in the central square of Mond Street. Give it to the alchemist Timaeus who is resident there, and he will bring the person who invited you to help. "." For some reason, Xia Yu always felt that Kaiya's smile was particularly weird.

"As for who is the person who invited you, Brother Xia Yu, let me clear it up first~"

Chapter No.16 A girl passionate about alchemy

From the ancient alchemy pursuit of immortality to modern research in biology, chemistry and other fields to explore various items that are extremely meaningful to human development and progress, in a sense, these are linked to alchemy in a macro sense .

According to the clues given by Kaiya, Xia Yu easily deduced the purpose of the other party looking for him. One of them was to conduct research and observation on living monsters to obtain more relevant information.

Another possibility is to study why he gets close to monsters so easily.

There is often a thin line between genius and rational madman, and Xia Yu is a little worried that the other party will do something outrageous while conducting research.

After meeting later, be sure to confirm exactly what the other party wants to do, and then decide whether to cooperate or not.Xia Yu, who was constantly reminding himself in his heart, looked at the little lie, who was about half a meter tall beside him.

emmm... It seems that there is still a problem that needs to be solved before going to the alchemists' shop.

So far, the only way to move my little cheating flower is to burrow into the ground, then dig a hole at the destination and then drill out.

For example, when they came to the city gate just now, this little flower stayed in place and waited quietly for itself to move. After seeing itself stopped in front of the city gate, it then dug into the ground and burst out of the ground beside itself. out.

This kind of movement is nothing in the wild. The soft soil and the burrowing of the lily flower also play a role in loosening the soil. Otherwise, the nearby vegetation will be able to remove the small hole that the lily flower broke out in the ground in two or three days. Cover it up.

But now we are at the gate of Mondstadt... Regardless of the question of whether the roads with stone slabs and tiles can be drilled out, even if there are mud areas in the city that are not covered with stone bricks... imagine a pit in the east and a pit in the west. In Mondstadt, Xia Yu is sure that this compensation will definitely be calculated on himself who is not rich now.

In the end, it was still necessary to move out of the city...

"Can you move slowly on the ground?" Relying on the experience gained from communicating with slimes, Xia Yu asked the same question to the fiery red flower.

However, the result does not look very promising.Although she really understood what she said when she looked at him with her little eyes that were a little bigger than the little black bean, it was obvious that she couldn't leave by the way she was spinning and swaying from side to side.

"Then...can we get off the ground?"

Because it has become a monster, if you look carefully, the root system connected to the magic core at the bottom, which was used to absorb nutrients and water from the earth, has all been pulled out of the ground. It will only snap when you want to escape into the earth. Plunge into the mud.

This time, I got a good response. I saw the little red flower first scratching the petals with its side-spreading leaves in a very humane way, and then nodded with certainty.

That's no problem. Xia Yu stepped forward and picked up this little guy who was about half a meter in size. Compared to the guy who was much larger than a slime, he only weighed about five small slimes. The flowers are really not too heavy.

The next step is to meet the mysterious man who invited me to the alchemy workshop.

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Adventurer's Guild, Wind of Glory, Cat Tail Tavern, Deer Hunter... In order to prevent getting lost, Xia Yu, who brought a small pile of monsters with him, went back to the main entrance of Mondstadt City, and then followed the road all the way to the square. Location.

Perhaps it was because he was treating the deceitful flower he was holding as a doll. The residents passing by could only look at it in surprise once or twice.After all, who would normally wander around the city holding a monster?Finally, Xia Yu found a particularly conspicuous alchemy stall next to Mond's Department Store.

The store is not too large to the outside world. There are various bottles and jars on the shelves that contain unknown contents. Next to the piles of books piled randomly, a man with brown hair is standing with an unknown symbol flashing on his face. In front of Wen's stone table, he fiddled with the bottles and cans in his hands, and from time to time he took out a book from the stack and read it as if he had forgotten something.

'boom! A small explosion frightened him so much that he sat down on the ground. The man who stood up breathed a sigh of relief after checking the bright red liquid in the glass bottle on the rune stone table. "Finally it worked!" The man who clenched his hands into fists and pulled back violently stayed where he was when he saw Xia Yu holding Lianglihua and looking at him.

"Ah... I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting for so long." The man who looked around became even more embarrassed when he found that there was no chair where he could sit and rest. After giving a very stiff smile, the young man said extremely He smiled stiffly and pointed in the direction behind him.

"Wait a minute, I'll be right there."