The weirdness of the little strange fish and the strong reaction of Yang Zhenling made Gu Zheng feel that something was fishy. Could it be that he had touched some taboo or custom of Wufeng Island?
"This fish, this fish cannot be touched, let alone killed!"
Looking at the little strange fish that had died in Miaomiao's hands, Yang Zhenling looked very helpless.
"What can't be touched or killed? I've already touched it and I've already killed it. Aren't I still fine?" Miao Miao said disdainfully.
"Say less."
Gu Zheng glanced at it and said, "Fellow Daoist Yang, how come this little strange fish can't be touched or killed? What kind of fish is this?"
"This kind of little strange fish is called 'Resentment'. It is very, very rare. According to the old people, if you touch it, something bad will happen. If you kill it, a big disaster will happen. Let's stop fishing.
Let’s go ashore first!”
Yang Zhenling looked very scared and looked at the water from time to time.
"All right!"
Gu Zheng originally wanted to comfort Yang Zhenling with a few words, but taboos or customs were deeply ingrained, and more than a few words could relieve his heart, so he didn't say anything more. Anyway, today's harvest is not small.
Just go back!
Because Gu Zheng and the others returned early, it had not yet darkened, and the bonfire party on the beach had not yet started.
As soon as we landed, someone came to ask if we had caught any strange fish.
Yang Zhenling was in a bad mood due to his "resentment", which also made him with a good temper have a bad look on those who came to ask questions.
After landing, Yang Zhenling told Gu Zheng that he was going to tell the leader about the unintentional killing of Resentment, hoping that the elders in the sect could resolve Resentment's resentment.
"Sir, why didn't you notice yesterday? Why is he making such a fuss out of a molehill?" Miao Miao said displeased after Yang Zhenling left.
"You touched someone's taboo, and you blame them for making a fuss? What's more, they said it openly and didn't report it. What if it were you? If someone touched your taboo, you would
What will you do?"
Gu Zheng smiled and reached out to flick Miaomiao's forehead, causing her to cry out in pain.
"If someone touches my taboo, I will definitely not let him go!"
As if someone had really touched a taboo, Miao Miao clenched her little fists seriously.
Gu Zheng was amused by Meow Meow's appearance. He smiled and asked, "Tell me, what are your taboos?"
"Sir, this is my taboo! If anyone dares to offend you or do anything detrimental to you, I will never agree to it!"
Meow Meow stared at her big watery eyes with a very serious expression.
Gu Zheng was stunned. Although he could feel that Miaomiao did treat him as a taboo, when these words came out of Miaomiao's mouth, he was still deeply touched.
"Miaomiao, you don't recognize me as your master. The so-called master relationship is only verbal. Before you transformed, we didn't spend much time together. I'm really curious about why you treat me like this.
Do you have such a special feeling?" Gu Zheng touched Miaomiao's hair and said softly.
"Are you ashamed? What are you doing? Yesterday I hugged you, today I touch you!"
Qi Ling's slightly angry voice sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.
"What's wrong with me just treating her like a child, holding her in circles and touching her hair? Besides, it's not that you don't know, I don't have any distracting thoughts in my mind. I just asked her, it's just normal.
Just questioning!" Gu Zheng thought.
"Hmph." Qi Ling snorted coldly.
"What's wrong? Are you envious? It's a pity that you can't come out. If you come out, I will hug you and touch your hair!"
"you,"
Gu Zheng was stunned. Originally, what he said was a bit of a showdown after winning a quarrel, and he blurted it out without thinking too much. But as soon as the words came out, he felt something was wrong. Why did it smell a bit like exposing someone's wounds?
What? Sure enough, Qi Ling, who only said one word, sounded very aggrieved.
"My husband is the first human being I have been close to. I regard Emei as my home and my husband as a relative. This has nothing to do with the length of time, how many times we have been together and how many separations we have, or whether we have transformed or been ignorant."
Miaomiao smiled and playfully stuck out her tongue at Gu Zheng, who was in a daze again.
Gu Zheng was in a daze. He never expected that Miaomiao, who still needed to be refined in terms of human sophistication, could actually say such a thing.
"Every one of them is not ashamed. Don't you feel disgusted when you say such things? It's disgusting, it's so disgusting, um..."
The voice of Qi Ling rang openly, and the last sound of vomiting was even longer, so that a person who had just walked beside Gu Zheng and the others looked around inexplicably.
"Sister, everything I said is true."
Miaomiao lowered his head, his voice filled with grievance.
"Okay, pay attention to the impact!"
Gu Zheng was helpless and looked at the current appearance of the weapon spirit.
Feeling Gu Zheng looking at him, Qi Ling immediately turned around, snorted slightly aggrievedly, and squatted on the ground without knowing what to draw.
Gu Zheng originally felt that his head was heavy, but he couldn't help laughing for a moment. What Qi Ling is doing now is really like a child. Squatting on the ground and drawing circles? Is this a curse?
Unconsciously, the sky has gradually darkened, and Gu Zheng has already returned to the treehouse, looking out the window at the bonfire lit on the beach.
"Bang bang bang."
There was a knock on the door, followed closely by Yang Zhenling's voice: "Fellow Taoist Ancient Daoist, do you want to attend the bonfire party?"
"Of course! If I hadn't waited for you, Miaomiao and I would have gone there long ago." Gu Zheng opened the door.
"My husband is still waiting for you to eat fish, otherwise, we would have started eating it long ago!"
Miaomiao poked her head out from behind Gu Zheng and smiled at Yang Zhenling. Gu Zheng's teachings on human relations and sophistication were not without effect.
Yang Zhenling also knew that Miao Miao was a little unhappy about reporting the 'resentment'! In his mind, when he saw Miao Miao at night, it would be great if Miao Miao could not glare at him. As for smiling at each other, that was
Things he didn't even dare to think about!
"I'm really sorry for you two. I could have come earlier, but I was delayed by other things, and I couldn't get out until now." Yang Zhenling apologized quickly.
"Let's go, let's talk while walking!"
Gu Zheng patted Yang Zhenling's shoulder.
"Fellow Daoist Yang, regarding the matter of 'resentment', what does Master Yang say?" Gu Zheng asked.
"The leader asked me to tell fellow ancient Taoists that since what happened has happened, there is no need to blame yourself too much. However, for the sake of friendship with the ancient Taoists and for the sake of the residents on the island, fellow ancient Taoists should not go to sea again during the golden scale tide!"
Yang Zhenling smiled bitterly.
"It's okay. If I don't go to sea, I won't go to sea. Anyway, I just go to sea for fun."
Although it was a bit regretful, since it was a taboo for others, it was difficult to persist in the ancient struggle. What made him depressed was that when he went to the island, the receptionist told the disciples about the taboos and worldliness of Wufeng Island, but did not mention this rare thing.
Resentment', otherwise this kind of thing wouldn't have happened.
"Thank you, fellow Taoist Gu, for your understanding! My head also said that it is a pity that fellow Taoist Gu cannot be allowed to go out to sea to fish. After the golden scale tide is over, I will give you five silver-horned fish as compensation."
Silverhorn fish ranks third among the five kinds of rare fish, and is naturally worth a lot of money. In order to compensate for Gu Zheng's regret of not being able to go fishing at sea, Head Yang's decision can be regarded as a special preferential treatment.
"No need, no matter what, we have violated a taboo."
It has been determined that Master Yang's enthusiasm has an impure purpose, and Gu Zheng will naturally not accept such preferential treatment from him.
Faced with Gu Zheng's rejection, Yang Zhenling did not insist. He just told Gu Zheng that Head Yang would visit him personally tomorrow morning.
Being a guest on someone else's property, with the host even visiting in person. Such high-standard treatment made Gu Zheng feel that maybe the purpose of Master Yang's enthusiasm will be known tomorrow!
A general bonfire party is to light a large bonfire, and a group of people eat, drink, talk, laugh, sing and dance around the bonfire.
The bonfire party on Wufeng Island also has a large bonfire, and there is also a group of people singing and dancing around the bonfire, but most of these people are residents of the island, and only a small number of outsiders who feel new and curious
, will participate in it.
In addition to the big bonfires, there are many small bonfires set by outsiders on the entire beach. The outsiders surrounding these small bonfires almost go to sea today, and what they do around the bonfires are basically barbecues.
Today’s harvest is the main thing.
Although the golden scales harvested during the day belong to Wufeng Island, the Tianxin Sect will also distribute some free golden scales to each bonfire pile for barbecue purposes in order to celebrate the bonfire dinner in the evening, and even send out some from the Tianxin Sect.
Disciples, help the outsiders grill the golden scales.
Moreover, at the annual bonfire party, the Tianxin sect will also give out a bottle of "coconut milk wine", a specialty of Wufeng Island, to everyone around the bonfire. This kind of wine is sweet and refreshing, but has full stamina, and is very popular among outsiders.
However, this kind of wine is only available at the annual bonfire party and fish festival, and it is free for people to taste and is not sold to the outside world.
Laughter and laughter echoed in the night sky, and the scent of roasted golden scales was particularly strong.
Yang Zhenling was responsible for raising the bonfire, Miao Miao took care of the golden scales and strange fish, and Gu Zheng was preparing to cook.
"Fellow ancient Taoist, there is actually a small award at the bonfire party." Yang Zhenling said.
"Oh? What award?" Gu Zheng asked.
"This award is a tradition. Every year at the bonfire party, any outsider who grills fish by himself, and whose grilled fish tastes the best, will receive a gift bag from Tianxin Distribution, which contains the specialties of Wufeng Island!
Although this gift bag is not worth much, it can be regarded as a piece of our Tianxin Sect’s heartfelt wishes.” Yang Zhenling said.
"Although the gift is light, it can also liven up the atmosphere, which is great!" Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Sir, don't you plan to participate?" Meow Meow asked.
"I won't participate. It would be pointless for me to participate." Gu Zheng said calmly.
"That's right, let them compete! If sir, if you participate, you won't lose this award." Meow Meow chuckled.
"Actually, this award is a passive participation. Regardless of whether the ancient Taoist friends participate or not, you will definitely win today's award. After all, I am the only judge of this award." Yang Zhenling said with a smile.
"Isn't this a glorious mission that he only gave you when you reported it to Master Yang?" Gu Zheng shook his head.
Yang Zhenling naturally understood what Gu Zheng meant when he shook his head. He smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, even if the master doesn't give me this mission, I won't be able to win this prize. With Master Gu's cooking skills, when you start grilling fish
, it would be really weird if the smell of grilled fish doesn’t attract the judges.”
Gu Zheng only cooks fish today, and he cooks three kinds of fish.
The few golden scales given by Yang Zhenling were used for barbecue, the captured silver horn fish was used for stew, the bone fish was used for frying, and the conger eel was used for braised. As for the most precious dragon fish, it has been released by Gu Zheng.
Entering the pond in the prehistoric space.
"Is this set of kitchen utensils the same set of immortal kitchen utensils that ancient Taoist friends won in Kunlun Mountain?"
Looking at the heating pot suspended above the flames, Yang Zhenling's eyes widened.
"Yes!" Gu Zheng nodded.
Owning this set of fairy kitchen utensils, Yang Zhenling has eaten food cooked by Gu Zheng more than once, but this set of fairy kitchen utensils is indeed the first time he has seen Gu Zheng use it.
"Xianqi kitchen utensils are so good, you don't even need to prop up the pot."
As Yang Zhenling sighed, Gu Zheng poured oil into the hot pot.
The ancient method of cooking silverfish is to fry the fish first and then add water to make the soup.
After the oil was hot, Gu Zheng poured the processed silverfish into the pot, and it immediately made a frying sound.
"smell good!"
Silverhorn fish is a strange fish after all. As soon as it was put into the pot, an unusual fragrance immediately wafted out, causing meows to twitch their noses.
"Silverfish contains special aromatic substances. This substance will spread completely during the stew, and then through the action of my internal force, the fish soup made will taste very delicious." Gu Zheng said.
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"Sir, please stop talking. If you keep talking, my mouth will water. This smell is definitely not comparable to yesterday's blue cod!"
Among all meats, Meow Meow has always had a special preference for fish.
"Then get ready to drool! After all, there are four kinds of fish I'm going to cook today!"
Gu Zheng smiled slightly, and in the pot with the dual functions of the Fire Control Technique and the Water Control Technique, thick water vapor immediately rose, and the aroma of the fish soup became more and more intense.
If you are just drinking soup, the stewing time of the fish soup will need to be longer. If you also want to eat the fish in it, the stewing time will be shortened. Otherwise, the fish, which is already tender in texture, will be stewed and lose its taste.
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Under the influence of Gu Zheng's immortal power, the stewing time of silver horn fish is shorter.
The moment they poured the milky white fish soup and fish meat into the soup basin and put the lid on it, Yang Zhenling and Miaomiao sighed at the same time. Although they would be able to eat it after a while, they were faced with the delicious food so close at hand.
, waiting for even a moment is torture.
After stewing the silver horned fish, the next thing Gu Zheng will do is to braise the conger eel. The conger eel has been cut into sections, and is boiled in the water first, and then paired with the 'purple-skinned single-headed garlic', a specialty of Kirifaze Island. The smell is so good
Call it a fragrance.
After the braised conger eel is ready, the next thing Gu Zheng will do is deep-fried bone fish.
The processed bony fish has already been cut into sections and marinated. The fish sections are heated in a hot pan and cooled with oil. Let it rise slowly in the oil pan until the color turns golden. The unique burnt aroma makes the bonfire in the distance,
Several people couldn't help but stand up and look here frequently.
In fact, it was not the first time that someone was attracted by the scent of the bonfires closest to Gu Zheng and the others. However, they just looked at them before and did not stand up like this time.
"Fellow Ancient Taoist, it's not just Miss Miaomiao and I who want to eat it, but they also want to eat it!" Yang Zhenling swallowed his saliva and said.
"They can only think about it if they want to eat it. If you want to eat it, it's quick. Now all that's left is the roasted golden scales."
While he was talking, Gu Zheng placed the golden scales he had worn on top of the fire and roasted six golden scales at the same time. It was a piece of cake for him.
A pinch of fine salt, no oil required, and the aroma of roasted golden scales made Yang Zhenling smile very flatteringly.
"Fellow Ancient Daoist, after the golden scales are roasted, you have to give me one. I will take it to the biggest bonfire and then announce the winner of tonight's award."
"Okay! But I won't go there myself. It should be okay for you to collect the prize for me, right?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Yes, of course." Yang Zhenling said.
The largest bonfire was actually quite far away from Gu Zheng and the others. In addition, it was on the beach and the sea breeze was strong at night. Even with Gu Zheng's hearing, he couldn't hear clearly what was being said there.
After the golden scales were roasted, Gu Zheng gave one to Yang Zhenling. Yang Zhenling excitedly took it and ran towards the largest bonfire.
"Looking at his appearance, I really don't know if those roasted golden scales can survive to the biggest bonfire intact." Miao Miao mumbled while chewing the delicious food in his mouth.
"You're still talking about others! Look at yourself, you just gave one to Fellow Daoist Yang, and you've already eaten it before I even asked you to eat it. You're really a greedy little cat!" Gu Zheng scolded with a smile.
Miao Miao wrinkled her lovely nose at Gu Zheng: "Who made Mr.'s grilled fish so delicious? Miao Miao loves it very much!"
"Since you like to eat it, I'll bake a few more strips. Anyway, I have to wait for him to come over, so I have nothing to do."
Gu Zheng started cooking grilled fish again, and Miaomiao, who had finished eating one grilled fish in a hurry, hurriedly helped.
"Huh?"
Gu Zheng, who was grilling fish, made curious noises. Something unpleasant seemed to be happening next to the largest bonfire, making it a bit noisy.
Indeed, something unpleasant happened next to the biggest bonfire! And this incident was related to Yang Zhenling's announcement of the winner.
Yang Zhenling decided that the roasted golden scales made by Gu Zheng deserved to be the best tonight, so he immediately made an announcement as soon as he arrived at the big bonfire.
Outsiders almost didn't care who the winner of the prize was, so this announcement was not something worth mentioning in previous years. But this year was different. Yang Zhenling, who thought he was just going through the motions, ran into trouble.
Some people said that Yang Zhenling didn't even come to watch his bonfire, let alone taste the grilled fish he cooked, so why should he give the prize to others? He expressed deep dissatisfaction with this.
Originally it was just a formality, but someone actually raised a protest, which made some outsiders who were originally around the bonfire suddenly start to make a fuss. Anyway, it was not a big deal to watch the fun.
