Chapter 292: Fresh Chicken

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“SO…”

Zhou Tianhao stroked his chin, looking at Qin Lang careful set alight the firewood in the pit before placing in the mud-wrapped wild chicken and sealing the pit, leaving only a small hole. His face showed confusion, “Why not use open fire?”

“This way, the heat can last longer and spread more evenly,” Qin Lang replied, dusting off the mud from his hands with a smile.

“With Dan Bao’s flame control, you really don’t have to worry about uneven heating, right?” Shen Qian, who had just secured the hanging rabbit cage, asked curiously while waiting with her chin in her hands.

“Gurgull!”

Exactly!

With its sunny-side-up appearance, Dan Bao nodded in agreement, not too happy about Qin Lang choosing a special cooking method that left him out of the help.

“Of course, Dan Bao can do it, but…” Qin Lang noticed this and cheerfully tweaked its big ears before changing his tone, “The cooking time for Beggar’s Chicken isn’t very short. The Spicy’s Cooking Acceleration technique and Dan Bao’s flame control cannot be used concurrently.”

Full Firepower’s control of fire is different from the flame of regular cooking. It requires control by Dan Bao, and the cooking process is interfered with by external forces so it cannot be speeded up.

“Chaka?”

The previously idle Spicy blinked, apparently not expecting to be needed in the cooking process of the Beggar’s Chicken.

“Cooking Acceleration, go all out!”

Qin Lang patted Spicy’s head, giving the order.

“Chaba!”

Got it!

Spicy got excited right away.

An invisible force burst out from its body, covering the buried pit on the ground that was still smoking.

“Just wait a little while more before we can eat,” Qin Lang said cheerfully, cross-legged on the soft grass, using meditation to speed up the recovery of Spiritual Power in his Star Vein. This will allow Spicy to use Cooking Acceleration for longer.

As time passed by the minute, the pit used by Qin Lang was still smoking evenly from the small hole, apparently unchanged. On the other hand, there was a magical transformation happening to the hanging wild rabbit that Shen Qian was roasting.

Under the flame, the peeled branches of the Cherry Red Blood Tree began to shrink. During this process, red sap seeped out from the inside of the branches, flowing over the surface of the wild rabbit.

An odd, unique aroma specific to the Cherry Red Blood Tree gradually grew strong during the process, and the aroma of meat started wafting from the rabbit under the flames.

These two smells intertwined tightly, each seeming to elevate the other, weaving a new and even more wonderful aroma.

Simply smelling this aroma made everyone and all the Food Spirits swallow uncontrollably.

This aroma… extraordinary!

Noticing Qin Lang also swallowing, a triumphant smile appeared on Shen Qian’s face, “The ‘Caged Rabbit’ isn’t even ready yet!”

When it is completely cooked, the caged rabbit will break through the cage. The moment the rabbit’s belly is cut open, the aroma will completely explode.

Although Qin Lang’s Beggar’s Chicken cooking method is more unique than her own, it’s still uncertain who has the upper hand in terms of taste!

“Oh?” Qin Lang mysteriously smiled, seeing Shen Qian’s confident look. “Your ‘Caged Rabbit’ is not finished yet, but my Beggar’s Chicken is ready.”

“That fast?!” Shen Qian was first startled, then appeared to realize something. “You mentioned before, the first one to finish is at disadvantage!”

“The full phrase is ‘the strong eat first’!”

Qin Lang took a shovel to dig open the covered pit and with the help of Dan Bao, pulled out three lumps of mud.

At this point, only a few spots of light remained in the pit. The wood previously added was long gone, turned to ash. A heat wave greeted their faces as the mud lumps were extracted.

The mud wrapping the wild chicken has undergone a great change. The once moist mud that could easily be indented is now fully dried, and several cracks appeared on its surface, making it look like parched land.

Its color changed from dark brown to yellow brown, and a hint of alcohol could be detected in the heat.

“Let me try!” Zhou Tianhao hurried to Qin Lang’s side, about to take a lump of mud.

“Brother Zhou, be careful, it’s hot!” Qin Lang quickly reminded him.

After spending some time with him, he noticed that the seemingly steady Brother Zhou always stumbled when it came to delicious food.

“Alt, right!” Zhou Tianhao stopped his hand in mid-air, and then looked towards Lark.

“Clara-”

You really give me a headache!

Lark shook its head helplessly, then used its Thought Waves to catch a mud lump from Dan Bao.

“How should we eat it? Just crack it open?” Looking at the mud lump before him, Zhou Tianhao was eager to try. If a passerby were to see this, they might think he had some bizarre obsession with eating dirt.

“Just crack it open,” Qin Lang agreed.

At his words, the cracks on the surface of the mud lump Zhou Tianhao was holding quickly grew and deepened. Following a dull thud, the chunk of mud easily broke apart, revealing a corner of a Shore Lotus Grass.

The once vibrant Shore Lotus Grass, after the cooking process of Beggar’s Chicken, was now a brownish-green. It was soft like soaked seaweed, easily crumbling under a little pressure.

But that wasn’t the key point.

The key point was the sudden eruption of a unique and long-suppressed scent the moment the mud came off.

Just as a dancer gracefully approaches, her fragrance precedes her presence, even from a distance. The aroma of the Beggar’s Chicken, unobstructed by the three layers of Shore Lotus Grass, widened Zhou Tianhao’s eyes instantly, revealing a look of astonishment.

At that moment, Zhou Tianhao could no longer smell the aroma from the Caged Rabbit cooking nearby. The brownish green of the Shore Lotus Grass in front of him became the only thing in his world.

He had the urge to peel off the Shore Lotus Grass right away and check on the chicken inside.

But at the moment he was about to take action, Qin Lang spoke again, a hint of helplessness in his voice, “Brother Zhou, you should put a plate under it.”

“Oh, right, right!” Zhou Tianhao quickly found a plate, shaking off all the mud on the Beggar’s Chicken before carefully placing it on the plate.

After cutting off the hemp rope that still tightly bound it, he carefully unwrapped the Shore Lotus Grass layer by layer, revealing the tightly curled, light yellow wild chicken that had been hiding inside.

An unprecedented rich aroma burst forth from the Beggar’s Chicken, spreading in all directions.

Shen Qian, who was curiously watching Zhou Tianhao’s eager actions, finally smelt the aroma emitted by the Beggar’s Chicken.

Her expression froze.

This scent?!

(There’s one more chapter to go, writing it now)

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