On the fifteenth day when the named disciple test began, Qiao Bai appeared in Qiuse City.
Dry Leaf City was Qiao Bai's last stop in search of delicious food. Before that, he had visited seven towns and twelve villages under Dry Leaf City.
After getting the cooking method of 'Stewed Fish', Qiao Bai got the cooking methods of several more dishes. Two of them can also be used as backup, but they are still far from the ideal taste in his mind.
Qiuse City will be Qiao Bai's last stop. If he has not found the ideal delicious food here, Qiao Bai is already preparing to return to Qingfeng City. After all, it will take him a while to return to the city, and he also needs three dishes that can complete the task.
, adding some of his own creativity to make these three dishes more perfect, which also takes time.
Although Qiuse City is poorer than Qingfeng City, it is still a city, and its prosperity is not comparable to the villages and towns that Qiao Bai visited before.
The streets of Qiuse City are also very lively, with various hawking sounds heard from time to time, and the aroma of some snacks is also mixed in.
"Brother, would you like some?"
Seeing Qiao Bai standing in front of the stall, the stall owner asked enthusiastically.
“Braised fish with noodles.”
This was a snack that Qiao Bai had never seen before, and he only knew about it by looking at the sign in front of the stall.
"Yes, braised fish with noodles. It seems that I have never eaten it before. Do you want to try it?"
In the wok in front of the stall owner, some food with tapered ends, thick fat in the middle, white and tender food is being cooked. Although it does not look like fish, the aroma of fish wafts out of the pot.
"This braised fish noodle is a snack made of fish meat and noodles. Since there are no fish bones in it, it is very suitable for those diners who like to eat fish but are afraid of fish bones. Because the noodle fish is made of crucian carp with many bones but the soup is very delicious.
It’s made, so the most suitable way to eat it is to braise it, which is called a delicious dish!”
No matter what the taste of braised fish with noodles is, the stall owner has such a good eloquence that he talked so much that he swallowed his saliva.
"Okay! Have one."
Qiao Bai walked to the bench behind the stall and sat down. A bowl of braised fish with noodles soon appeared on the table.
The milky white soup, the white fish noodles, and the clear and white scallions are floating on the soup. It looks good and smells delicious.
After tasting a smooth noodle fish and taking a sip of fish soup, Qiao Bai ranked the braised noodle fish as a five-course dish.
"Stall owner, tell me how to make this fish braised with noodles, and it will be yours."
As always, when he saw a dish he was interested in, Qiao Bai would use his money to buy cooking methods.
Seeing the stall owner's hesitation, Qiao Bai added, "I'm just a little interested in your fish braised noodles, and I won't make the same snack to steal your business, so don't worry!"
"It doesn't look like you are wearing it, but..."
"Do you still think I will steal your business?"
Before the stall owner finished speaking, Qiao Bai let the voice appear directly in his mind.
Although Qiuse City is barren, it is also a city for immortal cultivators, so even though the stall owner was surprised, he did not scream out loud.
"You don't have to worship me, just talk to me like you would any other diners."
Watching the stall owner, Qiao Bai once again sent a message. His cultivation level was not high and he was more than enough to deal with mortals, but in the city of immortal cultivators, he still needed to keep a lower profile.
"Since the Great Immortal wants it, then I will tell the Great Immortal."
The stall owner lowered his voice and told Qiao Bai how to make braised fish with noodles.
During this period, Qiao Bai made inquiries about some things that the stall owner said were unclear. By the time the stall owner finished speaking, the fish with braised noodles was already alive in his mind.
Just as cooking experience and inspiration, Qiao Bai did not try cooking on the spot. He gave the stall owner an extra piece of silver and went to the next stall while the stall owner thanked him.
"Sir, come and try it! My braised rabbit meat is delicious!"
The second stall sells braised meat. In addition to rabbit, there are also other game meats.
Since the second stall was relatively close to the first stall, the stall owner of the second stall had seen Qiao Bai give a piece of silver to the previous stall owner, so he also wanted to do Qiao Bai's business.
"No." Qiao Bai shook his head.
"If you don't want to eat braised rabbit meat, you might as well try the braised partridge!"
The stall owner hurriedly solicited again, but this time Qiao Bai didn't even respond and walked away.
Braised pork also has a fragrance, which is not bad for most people, but for Qiao Bai, from this level of thinking about the fragrance, he already knows that there is not much work in this braised pork, and he has seen similar things during this time.
There is so much going on that there is absolutely no need to stop and waste time.
Along the way, Qiao Bai saw two more food stalls. Of these two food stalls, one sold crispy chicken and the other sold fried river delicacies. They were both snacks that didn't require much effort, so he didn't have any.
Stay for this.
Qiao Bai stopped in front of the fourth food stall. This was a snack he had never seen before, and its name was 'preserved duck'.
The slightly sweet fruity flavor, with the aroma of duck meat, makes Qiao Bai want to try it.
After tasting a few slices of preserved fruit and some duck meat, Qiao Bai gave the 'Preserved Fruit Duck' a five-star rating.
The five-cent dish is considered a very good snack among snacks. After giving the stall owner a silver coin, he learned how to make "preserved duck".
Continuing to walk forward, Qiao Bai saw two more snacks, one was a vegetable box and the other was mountain mushroom soup. Like the crispy chicken and fried river delicacies before, they were both snacks that did not require much effort. Qiao Bai also
I didn't stay much longer.
The long street was almost coming to an end. Qiao Bai was attracted by the scent from the last food stall in front of him. It was a fresh scent, like the scent of lotus root, but it also had a meaty scent that was not cloying.
The number of diners at the stall is relatively large.
"It seems that this should be a snack that exceeds five points. If it is a snack that exceeds five points, plus my creativity, then it may be seven points!"
Qiao Bai had already made up his mind. If the snacks in front of him really got seven points in the end, he would start the return trip after learning.
The snack in front is a snack baked in the oven. It looks like a sweet potato in appearance and size, but in fact it is an ingredient that Qiao Bai has never come across before, and its name is 'dry lotus root'.
Dry lotus root is a food that grows in dry land. Its shape is somewhat similar to lotus root, and it has holes inside like lotus root, which are filled with meat fillings and roasted.
Qiao Bai ordered a piece of roasted lotus root. When he took a bite, the juice overflowed and the fragrance of the lotus root was charming.
However, after tasting the roasted lotus root, Qiao Bai gave this snack that he originally thought was worth more than five points, a position of only five points, and even after his creativity, it could only be six points, and he felt a little bit confused.
disappointment.
There is such a surprise, not that roasted lotus root is not delicious, but in Qiao Bai's heart, roasted lotus root is not the best way to eat dry lotus root. It should be better, but it shouldn't be
It's roasted! After all, although Qiao Bai doesn't know how to judge the grade of ingredients, he still knows the quality of the ingredients. He ranks the ingredients of dry lotus root at the same level as black dragon scorpion and golden fish, which can be roasted.
The taste experience that lotus root brings to him is much worse than 'charcoal grilled black dragon scorpion' and 'braised fish'.
In the end, Qiao Bai still gave the stall owner money, asked for the cooking method of roasted lotus roots, and bought some dry lotus roots from the stall owner.
There were no snacks on the street, and Qiao Bai's third dish had not yet been found. Just when he was about to ask the roasted lotus root stall owner who else in Qiuse City could make delicious food, a mother and son behind him
The conversation caught his attention.
"Mom, Bao'er wants to eat roasted lotus root."
A child shakes a peasant woman's arm.
"Forget it, Mom didn't bring much money with her when she went out today, so why don't you eat roasted lotus roots this time?"
The peasant woman glanced at the stall of roasted lotus root, her eyes were somewhat embarrassed, but from the perspective of snacks, roasted lotus root is indeed a relatively expensive snack, and the money spent to buy one roasted lotus root can probably be used by ordinary farmers.
Two or three days.
The child said nothing more, but looked at the roasted lotus root stall with longing eyes.
"Come on, I won't eat roasted lotus roots today. Mom will go home and cook something else delicious for Bao'er!"
The farmer's words cheered up the child, and he hurriedly asked: "What delicious food will mom give Bao'er?"
"Mom makes egg dumplings for Bao'er!" the peasant woman said with a smile.
"Okay, there are egg dumplings to eat!"
The children immediately became happy, as excited as the Chinese New Year.
The peasant woman had already left with her children, and Qiao Bai began to follow.
Qiao Bai had never eaten egg dumplings, but the conversation between the peasant woman and the child made him want to know what kind of food egg dumplings were and why they made the child so happy. Moreover, Qiao Bai had a vague feeling that his
The third dish is egg dumplings! This feeling is different from the feeling before seeing the roasted lotus roots. That feeling is hope to be precise, and this feeling is a real feeling.
Following the peasant woman back home, Qiao Bai kept using the invisibility technique and watched the peasant woman making egg dumplings throughout the process.
For Qiao Bai, he had never had such a childhood. His childhood was all about preparing for his future cultivation. Even Qiao Bai himself felt that the reason why he developed a love for food after he made some achievements in cultivation.
The reason why I have a special liking is because when I should enjoy some things in childhood, I didn't enjoy them at all. Just like the peasant woman playing with her son, just like the children acting coquettishly towards the peasant woman, the daily life of these peasant women's family, in Qiao Bai's
It almost didn't exist in childhood.
The egg dumplings have been prepared, and the peasant woman and her family are enjoying the meal, laughing and laughing.
Qiao Bai had already left, with a satisfied smile. Although the egg dumplings made by the peasant woman were just average, he had already decided that the third dish to complete the test would be egg dumplings. He wanted to make egg dumplings with all his heart. He missed him.
The egg dumplings you make will definitely be up to standard.
On the twenty-eighth day after the test of Qiao Bai's named disciple began, Qiao Bai returned to Qingfeng City.
Jixiang Xiaozhu's business was still booming during this period, and it was widely spread that Gu Zheng saw a doctor every few days. The patients he received were not only residents of the city, but some were residents of the villages and towns under Qingfeng City.
, I believe that over time, some patients in Lincheng will come to see a doctor.
Qiao Bai had already entered Jixiang Xiaozhu and had already paid tribute to Gu Zheng. This time he came alone and had not notified anyone in the sect yet.
"Have you learned three dishes that will satisfy me?" Gu Zheng looked at Qiao Bai and asked calmly.
"Back to senior, I have learned it." Qiao Bai said.
"How likely is it to pass?" Gu Zheng asked.
"I feel like I will definitely pass the test." Qiao Bai was very confident.
"Go to the kitchen and show off your cooking skills! If you need any ingredients, you can ask Xiong San." Gu Zheng said.
Qiao Bai saluted Gu Zheng again and followed Xiong San to the kitchen.
In the kitchen of Jixiang Xiaozhu, Qiao Bai was particularly excited. This was a place he had visited countless times in his dreams. Now that he had finally entered it, he felt very familiar looking at the pots and pans.
"Are there any necessary ingredients?" Xiong San asked.
"No, I have all the ingredients I need with me!" Qiao Bai said.
"Okay, let's start your test!" Xiong San smiled.
"Fellow Taoist Xiong, are you happy that I will become a member of Jixiang Xiaozhu? If I become a member of Jixiang Xiaozhu, then I will call you senior brother from now on!" Qiao Bai said excitedly
.
Xiong San was no stranger to Qiao Bai. He patted Qiao Bai on the shoulder: "Boy, wait until you pass the test."
In the front hall of Jixiang Xiaozhu, there were only Lingzhu and Jinyan in the hall. Master Yunqing was practicing in the room, and Gu Zheng went back to the room to refine the inner elixir.
"I'm really looking forward to it. I don't know what the three dishes Brother Qiao Bai will use as a test." Jin Yan said.
"I'm also looking forward to it, but depending on what the gentleman wants, he will definitely pass the test," Lingzhu said.
"That's why I'm looking forward to it even more!" Jin Yan added.
After refining an inner elixir, Gu Zheng practiced a little longer. He felt that when Xiong San and Qiao Bai started to leave the kitchen, he also started to go downstairs.
The three dishes have been placed on the table, and Gu Zheng has also taken his seat.
"Qiao Bai, since you don't have any basic knowledge of food, I will give you a score based on your actual situation for the next three dishes. The score is divided into three aspects: color, flavor, and flavor. The full score is ten points, and five points is a passing grade.
.If the color, aroma, and taste of the three dishes are all above five points, you are considered to have passed the test. If any of the dishes is less than five points, your test is considered to have failed. Do you understand?" Gu Zheng said seriously.
"Senior, junior understands!" Qiao Bai said.
If ordinary people listen to it, they will think that the rules of ancient warfare are very harsh, but this is not the case.
For the way of eating, color and aroma are two items that are easy to score. Taste is relatively difficult to score, but it is also the most important. It is the real soul of delicious food. If the taste of a dish can get five points, then the color and aroma will be the most important.
It is also absolutely passing. And, out of ten, five points is considered to be in the middle, and getting five points is considered to be passing. This really cannot be considered very strict. Of course, passing five points cannot be regarded as strict, but it is not easy, after all, the scoring
The person is Gu Zheng. Even if he scores based on Qiao Bai's actual situation, the actual value of this five points will be very high.
Like any other diners, Gu Zheng opened the lid on the first course.
There is a fragrance that spreads as the lid is opened, but it is still far from being fully fragrant.
The first dish Gu Zheng opened was the 'Charcoal Grilled Black Dragon Scorpion' made by Qiao Bai.
I saw five palm-length black dragon scorpions neatly stacked on the plate. The red shells exploded evenly, looking like flowers blooming on the black dragon scorpions. Through the exploded flowers, you can see the tight white flesh.
Scorpion meat.
"The main ingredient is black dragon scorpion, a medium-grade ingredient."
Gu Zheng glanced at it and said something.
"call……"
Taking a deep breath at the black dragon scorpion, Gu Zheng spoke again: "This black dragon scorpion is grilled over charcoal fire. The charcoal fire used is desert date fruit firewood. Before grilling, the black dragon scorpion is marinated in Saya wine for three minutes. The Saya wine is filled with
Ning Qing Ye, Pearl Flower. The barbecue oil used in the baking process is the heart-protecting oil of the desert snake. In the process of boiling the oil, three spices, Tianqi, Stoneberry and Dita, are added. During the baking process,
The Fire Control Technique was used to stimulate fire, and the Water Control Technique was used to lock water."
Qiao Bai's eyes widened. He knew that Gu Zheng was powerful, but he didn't expect that Gu Zheng just looked and smelled it, and what he said was accurate.
"Senior, I admire you!"
Qiao Bai originally planned to tell Gu Zheng about his ideas, but now he couldn't bring up such interest at all. He felt that his ideas were really not worth mentioning in Gu Zheng's eyes.
"The black dragon scorpion is a very regional food. It is produced in only a few deserts in the entire prehistoric era. In the eyes of ordinary people, the black dragon scorpion is an inedible poison. However, the poison of the black dragon scorpion can be eliminated after special treatment.
It is no longer poisonous, but a natural seasoning that can enhance freshness. However, this seasoning is only effective for black dragon scorpion meat and black dragon scorpion shells, but not for other foods. You will bring charcoal grilling
The black dragon scorpion is an unconventional dish, and it is cooked well, which is beyond my expectation."
After giving Qiao Bai a small compliment, Gu Zheng picked up the kuaizi and picked up a charcoal-roasted black dragon scorpion.
Instead of trying to peel off the shell like Qiao Bai did when he ate the grilled black dragon scorpion for the first time, Gu Zheng started eating it directly.
There was a crunching sound, and Gu Zheng began to chew the food in his mouth.
Similarly, Gu Zheng was not like Qiao Bai. When he ate grilled black dragon scorpion for the first time, he only ate a scorpion claw. Then he stopped eating because he thought the food was dirty, and almost missed the grilled black dragon scorpion.
The best part about it is the huge tail of the black dragon scorpion.
The first thing Gu Zheng ate was the tail of the charcoal-grilled black dragon scorpion, and the second thing he ate was the scorpion claws. This was not an accident, but the most correct way to eat the charcoal-grilled black dragon scorpion. After eating the scorpion's stomach first,
The whole mouth will be surrounded by a subtle fragrance, so that when you taste the scorpion meat next, it will feel even more delicious.
After just eating the two best parts of the charcoal-grilled black dragon scorpion, the scorpion tail and the scorpion claws, Gu Zheng put down the tachyon.
"Charcoal grilled black dragon scorpion, five points for color, six points for aroma, and six points for taste."
Gu Zheng rated the grilled black dragon scorpion. When he said, "Five points for sex," Qiao Bai's heart almost jumped out of his chest.
Color, which I thought was the best to score, actually only had five points. Flavor, which was more difficult to score, actually had six points. This really made Qiao Bai's mood go up and down in an instant.
"The shell of the black dragon scorpion is another delicacy that is no less delicious than the scorpion meat. It will change color when grilled, first from black to red, and then from red to black! As black as precious jade, this is the charcoal-grilled black dragon scorpion.
The most authentic color! However, considering that this is a very unsophisticated ingredient, do you have any foundation in diet, so I give you a barely qualified five points. If it is Xiong Sanhe Lingzhu, even if it is
It was also the first time for them to cook a black dragon scorpion, but they failed to discover through the subtle changes in the scorpion shell that the red color was not perfect during the cooking process, so their score would be lower than three points, and this is the difference required of you."
Gu Zheng's words shocked Qiao Bai and made Lingzhu and Xiong San sweat. At least when they looked at the finished product of Qiao Bai's charcoal-roasted black dragon scorpion, they didn't find any clues from the scorpion shell.
