In order to make this dish, Qi Yuan was very prepared.
Not only did I dig up a thousand-year-old jade ginseng plant, I even cut a few pieces of the antler of the sika deer.
The most indispensable thing on Jin'ao Island is all kinds of elixirs. Thousand-year-old jade ginseng is nothing, but this deer antler is somewhat precious.
This was the advantage he got after the Antarctic Immortal's mount died.
Although cooking with this turtle seems a bit luxurious, Qi Yuan still decided to use it in order to take this crucial step forward in his cooking skills.
Even ordinary deer antler has the effect of strengthening kidney yang, replenishing essence, and strengthening muscles and bones, not to mention this treasure obtained from fairy deer.
Qi Yuan first boiled a pot of hot water and set it aside, then turned the two-foot-round turtle over and placed it on the ground with its belly facing up.
Although the spirit turtle shook its body twice and tried to turn over, its small mung bean-sized eyes seemed to sense the danger after seeing Qi Yuan and did not stick out its head.
Qi Yuan was helpless, it seemed that these turtles had learned to be smart.
He took out a Huanghuali that was fragrant and full of spiritual energy, held it in his hand, and shook it a few times in front of the turtle's head.
After a while, the turtle, which had not yet developed its intelligence, finally couldn't bear the temptation and stuck its head out.
I have to say that the spirit turtle is quite a magical creature. Even though it looks like a small body, its head can actually reach out so far, which amazed Qi Yuan.
However, sighing with emotion, Qi Yuan did not move slowly. He picked up the kitchen knife and cut off the turtle's head, which stretched its neck out far.
Then use a knife to cut along the shell, pull the two halves of the shell and body apart, remove the internal organs and other contents, clean them, and blanch them in hot water.
The spirit turtle is different from the turtle. The spirit turtle's shell is hard and has no membrane. However, Qi Yuan thought about it and cleaned the turtle shell and put it into the pot to cook together later.
Anyway, he has firewood in hand, so he is not afraid that it will not be cooked.
Moreover, the most powerful thing about this turtle is its shell. It would be a pity to just throw it away.
After cleaning the pot, put the spirit turtle neatly into the pot again, then put in jujube, green onion, ginger, jade ginseng and deer antler in sequence, then draw a stream of extremely pure spiritual spring water, pour it into the pot and cover the pot
Cover, put out the fire and simmer carefully.
Since he couldn't find wolfberry, Qi Yuan used jujube instead.
In fact, this is also a kind of spiritual fruit, which tastes sour and sweet, and is extremely delicious.
Although jujube is only the size of a fingernail, it contains abundant spiritual energy and has the function of strengthening qi and blood.
After putting everything in, Qi Yuan focused all his energy on harmonizing the spiritual energy of the several ingredients in the pot.
From time to time, he used his hands to play magic tricks, mobilizing the spiritual energy in them to fuse them together, and was careful not to let the ingredients change.
He had tried this dish more than ten times before, and at first it was just a normal cooking method.
Later, as he learned more and more various techniques and became more and more proficient in performing them, he gradually figured out the trick to combine the effects of these ingredients.
After many summaries, he felt that he should succeed this time.
That is to say, he has a good master and a wealthy master. Otherwise, who would dare to let him waste so many good things just to practice his cooking skills?
As time passed bit by bit, he not only carefully controlled the temperature of the fire, but also kept playing various magic tricks to test the fusion degree of the several elixirs and ingredients in the pot.
After all, it is still in the research stage, so it is inevitable to be cautious.
If we can succeed today, we will have experience in the future and we won’t need to be so cautious.
As the heat in the pot slowly rose, an extremely alluring aroma gradually spread out.
This aroma is different from the aroma of spiritual fruits or elixirs. It seems to arouse people's most instinctive appetite, making people salivate over it and wish they could devour it immediately.
"Not okay yet?"
Qi Yuan was paying full attention to the movement in the pot. He was frightened by the sudden sound in his ears. The technique in his hand trembled and he almost made a mistake.
Looking back, Bixiao didn't know when he came to him. Smelling this alluring smell, he couldn't help but ask.
Qi Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed his mind, and complained: "Uncle, can you not show up so suddenly next time? My nephew, I finally felt a little confident today, and I almost got scared by you.
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Bixiao hit him and said: "This is not the first time you have made mistakes. I am used to it."
"This time is different from before."
Qi Yuan said seriously: "I feel that I will definitely succeed this time."
"You've said that several times before."
Bixiao curled up the corners of her red lips and sneered at his words.
However, she still couldn't help but sniffed: "Are you okay yet?"
She didn't know why, but she felt that the taste Qi Yuan made this time was a little different from before.
In the past, she only ate out of interest, but this time the aroma wafting from the pot aroused her appetite.
"It's quick, it's quick, just wait a little longer."
While dealing with Bi Xiao, Qi Yuan once again focused his attention on the pot, carefully maintaining the fusion of medicinal power in the several ingredients.
Finally, after another quarter of an hour, Qi Yuan put away the magic formula.
This dish is done.
Of course, he didn't know whether it had the same effect as Pei Yuan Dan. He still needed to taste it himself.
"alright."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Bixiao had come to the Ruyi pot with a small jasper bowl and reached out to lift the lid of the pot.
Suddenly, a large amount of steam faintly formed into a cloud and rose.
At the same time, a strong but not greasy smell of meat also spread far away, attracting He Ling'er and Qi Yi who were playing in the bamboo forest in the distance.
Bixiao focused on looking at the food in the pot and ignored them. She picked up a spoon and made a few spoons for herself.
This small jasper bowl was specially made for Qi Yuan because she often cooked. Although it looked small and cute, the space inside was so large that even a lake of water could not fill it.
Finally, Bixiao was not a greedy person. After adding a few spoonfuls to herself, she went to enjoy the meal on the big tree pillar that Qi Yuan used as a dining table.
After taking a bite and chewing it a few times, Bixiao suddenly squinted her eyes in satisfaction.
After being simmered for a long time, the turtle meat becomes soft, tender and smooth, with a full texture that leaves you with a long aftertaste after eating it.
After Qi Yuan served a bowl to each of the two children, he couldn't wait to take a bite.
Well, this tastes really delicious.
And after taking it, you can clearly feel a wave of heat rising up, spreading throughout the limbs and bones, and the power of qi and blood in the body has slowly increased.
Qi Yuan was overjoyed that it was a success.
In fact, if you really want to make dishes with the effect of Peiyuan Dan, you don't need these good ingredients, it's just that good spiritual ingredients are easier to make.
This also results in the effect of this dish being much stronger than that of Pei Yuan Dan.
More importantly, how can elixirs taste like food?
Nowadays, in the monastic world, there are only a few people who are really dedicated to practicing hard and eating the wind and drinking the dew.
Even the Heavenly Court would often hold large banquets. Banquets were even more essential when the Qi Refiners of other races, especially those powerful figures who dominated one side and dominated the other, came and went with each other.
If friends from the same profession come over, would it be more elegant to place a few spiritual fruits and elixirs on the table, or would it be more dignified to place a large table of delicious food?
As the saying goes, if there is demand, there will be a market. Those powerful people don't care whether some spiritual items will be wasted. Instead, the most important thing is the issue of face.
As long as Qi Yuan develops more dishes in the future, he will truly be able to form his own line outside of Alchemy and create a line of spiritual chefs.
When all the forces in the world have the lineage of Lingchu, and some people even become immortals because of it, their gains will definitely not be as simple as the power of merit.
He has been imagining in his mind that countless years later, many people in the monastic world who have learned spiritual cooking will respect him as the Patriarch. That feeling is so cool!
At this moment, a ray of light flying over the bamboo forest suddenly turned around and fell down.
"I've met Senior Sister Bixiao."
The visitor was a short, fat, middle-aged Taoist. After landing, he greeted Bixiao with a smile.
Bixiao raised his head, glanced up, and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Junior Brother Gao Yan. Junior Brother is not practicing cultivation in the cave, why are you here?"
"hehe."
Gao Yan smiled softly and said: "Senior sister, I don't know. Junior brother, I have a group of divination turtles that are kept in Tianxing Lake not far from the cave. For some reason, they keep getting lost recently. I am not planning to look for them along the river.
Did you follow the river and swim somewhere else?"