Beastmaster: I'm really just a forest ranger

Chapter 161 A Grilled Fish Meal at Night

The moonlight was like water, and its silvery-white glow outlined the contours of the trees. The mountains in the distance disappeared in the night, leaving only a deep shadow.

A gentle breeze blew by, stirring up sparks that danced in the dark night.

With the crackling flames reflected in their eyes, Chen Yuan and the little guys worked together to deal with the silver snow sturgeon.

After the revival of spiritual energy, the rule prohibiting open flames in the wild is meaningless.

After all, fire-type pets can easily spit out flames. If it is really banned, all fire-type pets should be imprisoned.

What's more, open flames are prohibited in the wild because once a fire occurs, the vegetation is continuous and it is easy to burn into a large area, making it difficult to put out the fire.

But now there are pets with various attributes in the wild, and once a fire occurs, they will help to put it out.

The conditions in the mountains are limited, as they are different from home. Chen Yuan had to resort to the most primitive cooking method - grilling fish.

When he was in college in Chongqing, he had eaten Sichuan-style grilled fish many times.

Sichuan-style grilled fish is significantly different from traditional barbecue. It adopts the unique method of "grilling first and then stewing", combining the essence of both cooking techniques, and tastes delicious.

In Chen Yuan’s opinion, one must try Sichuan-style grilled fish when visiting Yu City.

However, the conditions are limited at this time, so we can only remove the "stew" step.

With the help of Bear Dad, Chen Yuan first cleaned the silver snow sturgeon, removed the silvery-white scales, revealing the fish meat that was as crystal clear as ice and snow.

When touched gently, the fish meat was extremely elastic and had a cool touch, which was very different from any fish he had eaten before.

"Here comes the knife."

Chen Yuan stretched out his right hand, and Cola came to him with a small knife in his mouth.

Chen Yuan took great pains to cut several times on the back of the silver sturgeon. Then he sprinkled the salt, ginger powder, cooking wine, pepper and other seasonings he brought on the silver sturgeon's body. He stretched out his hands and gave it a full body massage to allow the seasonings to blend into its body.

These seasonings are all in small bottles and are easy to carry.

Chen Yuan had already considered that accidents were inevitable on the way into the mountains, so it would be great if the food could be improved.

It just so happened that it would take some time to pickle the silver sturgeon. Chen Yuan turned his head to look at the bear father with saliva dripping from the corner of his mouth and said, "I need some honey."

Light soy sauce and honey can be made into a sauce to make the fish more fragrant.

“Roar, roar, roar!”

The father bear immediately understood. He wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, grabbed the bear cub, and ran out of the cave.

"Ouch!"

Kele wanted to follow him to find honey, but was stopped by Chen Yuan: "Do you want to become a bee puppy again?"

"Ow"

Coke seemed to recall the past that he didn't want to recall and shook his head frantically.

Chen Yuan continued, "Go call the Flame-Tailed Fox and the Ice-Condensing Fox."

This silver snow sturgeon is about three and a half meters long. Although it is flat, it has a lot of fish meat. Even with the two little guys, they can't finish it.

"maybe."

"Both Fallenhorn Beast and Bear Dad are big eaters."

Simply put, Fallenhorn eats as much as all the little guys on the farm combined, minus the Coke.

Coke's appetite is pretty good.

Runrun duck is a type of duck that eats small but frequent meals. It doesn’t eat much at one meal, but it eats several meals a day, including early breakfast, breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, late dinner, midnight snack, reward meal for hard work, unhappy meal on cloudy days, and happy meal on sunny days.
Anyway, as long as you want to eat, there is always a reason.

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Chen Yuan said softly: "This spirit fish is level three, and it can also use cold skills. Maybe it will be of great benefit to the Ningbing Fox."

"Ow."

Coke responded first, then looked at the silver sturgeon reluctantly, and couldn't move his feet.

Chen Yuan saw through Coke's thoughts and smiled gently, "Don't worry, we won't eat it until you come back."

Hearing this, Cola forced himself to look away, turned around, and ran towards where the flame-tailed fox lived.

However, it still looked back every three steps, and it took a long time to walk just a few meters.

Fortunately, RunRun Duck and Diandian Flying Cat are not here, otherwise Coke would feel uneasy no matter what.

"Ow~"

In order to get back as quickly as possible, Coke used the [Wind Walk] without hesitation. A breeze rose under his feet, and his light brown hair flew wildly, and he launched a charge at the fastest speed.

It rushed along the way, like a ghostly figure moving through the dense forest. The breeze around it blew the golden leaves, and the crisp sound of rustling sounded by the ears.

As they moved forward, they saw some pets gathered together, sharing food with each other like they did at Crescent Moon Lake. Suddenly, a strong wind blew over, and these little guys were frightened. They didn't even have time to take the food off the ground and fled in a hurry.

"Ow!"

The barking of dogs gradually faded away, and the little ones poked their heads out from every corner. After making sure there was no danger, they gathered together again to enjoy their dinner.

In some places, a fierce fight is taking place. On one side is a huge, ferocious pet, and on the other side is a small, but agile pet. The battle is fierce, causing bursts of bombardment.

Coke didn't care and blew past them with a gust of wind.

Coke's powerful aura caused the two pets to retreat at the same time. They stared at the rapidly moving Coke with doubtful eyes, and the fierce battle came to a halt.

"Roar"

What a powerful guy.

"hiss"

Do you feel so too?

The two guys who were originally fighting fiercely looked at each other and suddenly felt bored.

In the eyes of this powerful pet that just passed by, our fight must be very boring, otherwise it would not have stopped.

After running at full speed, it didn't take long for Cola to return to the Yanyan fruit tree.

"Ouch!"

Coke called out twice, and when the two little guys appeared from behind the tree, it immediately explained its purpose.

"Hey?"

"Woo?"

Spirit fish?

"Ow!"

A very big spirit fish!
"Hey?"

How big is it?
"Ow!"

Bigger than the three of us put together!
Coke's description shocked the two little guys instantly. They stretched out their claws and gestured for a long time, but they still had no idea how big this spirit fish was.

Is it that big?

Still this big?
"Ow!"

Coke suddenly remembered something important, a hint of anxiety flashed in his eyes, and he urged the two little guys to set off quickly.

Hurry up!
If it's too late, the big fish will be eaten!

Under the leadership of Coke, the two little guys who had always been cautious in the forest finally experienced the joy of roaming the mountains.

Whether it was a passing pet or a group of pets, when they saw the majestic Wind Hound, they would choose to stay away.

At the same time, he cast envious glances at the two little guys who were following closely behind Coke.

"Ying ying."

The flame-tailed fox liked this feeling somewhat, so it raised its head high, its fiery red hair fluttering in the wind, like a ball of surging flame, very conspicuous in the dark night.

"Ow."

Cola looked back at the two little guys, feeling a sense of satisfaction in his heart, and his hair flew wildly.

Why don’t you join the Paw Patrol?

You're pretty much the same as us anyway.

Kela once heard his master say that foxes belong to the Canidae family, and even if they have evolved, they are more or less related by blood to canine pets.

With a simple conversion, the Flame-Tailed Fox and the Ice-Condensing Fox are actually both canine pets.

Since it is a canine pet, of course it can join the Paw Patrol.

"Ow?"

Cola began to think about what other animals belong to the canine family and whether he should let them all join the Paw Patrol?

As he was thinking, he felt a pang of hunger in his stomach. Cola shook his head and decided to leave these things for later.

The most urgent thing is to go back and eat fish as soon as possible.

At the same moment,

Father bear and his cub found a beehive.

However, under the hive, there were several servant bees hovering around, scanning the surroundings with their scarlet eyes.

It is not easy to get this beehive.

Father Bear thought about it seriously for a while, and suddenly he had an idea: "Roar, roar, roar."

The father bear pointed at the attendant bees with his paw, indicating that he would attract their attention first and lead them away, and then the cubs would take the opportunity to take away the beehive.

"Hoohoo!"

The bear cub nodded heavily and patted his chest, indicating that he would complete this difficult task.

"roar~"

Father Bear was proud of his perfect plan. He took a step forward, and his huge body instantly appeared in front of the servant bees.

"Hiss beer."

Servant Bee looked cold and issued an expulsion order to Bear Dad.

Father Bear paid no heed and continued forward, walking straight into the guard position of the attendant bees.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

Even though the attendant bees issued warnings, Dad Bear still ignored them. Finally, one of the attendant bees focused its eyes, and the poison needle on its tail glowed coldly, and it attacked Dad Bear! "Roar!"

Dad Bear remained unafraid, his dark eyes staring straight ahead. He raised his palms brazenly, and with a flash of sharp white light, he slapped the servant bee that had initiated the attack.

The powerful slap sent the servant flying backwards like a kite with a broken string.

"Sizzling beer!"

The actions of Dad Bear immediately angered the attendant bees. The thin wings on their backs flapped wildly, making a continuous buzzing sound as they attacked Dad Bear one after another!

The bear father smiled as if his plan had succeeded. Without any hesitation, he turned around to avoid the attack and quickly retreated.

Father Bear fled, and his attendant bees chased him.

In the blink of an eye, the figures of Father Bear and his attendant bees disappeared into the dense forest.

"Roar?"

The bear cub did not rush out, but carefully checked the surroundings to make sure there were no other servant bees. Then he took a step and ran towards the hive as fast as possible.

Compared to the last time, the bear cub's size and strength have made a qualitative leap. It doesn't need to hit the tree as hard as before, but directly hugs the trunk and uses all four limbs to climb up.

quickly,

The bear cub had come under the beehive and was within reach of it with its paws. Its eyes lit up and it licked its lips in excitement.

"Hiss beer."

However, the next moment, a familiar and cold voice sounded in his ears, bombarding the bear cub's mind like thunder, and frightened him.

The bear cub's expression became stiff, and he raised his head stupidly, and saw a servant bee flying in front of him, staring at him with a pair of scarlet eyes without any emotion.

Silence, still silence.

After a while, the bear cub forced a stiff smile on his face and waved his paw at the nearby attendant bee: "Roar~"

Hello~
have you eaten?
The only response it got was a cold poisonous needle.

When Cola brought the Flame-Tailed Fox and the Ice-Frost Fox back to the cave, they met the bear dad with a beehive.

"Ow?"

Cola looked left and right but didn't see the bear cub, and couldn't help but look confused.

How can I be a bear cub that big?

"Roar."

A strange smile appeared on the father bear's face. He reached behind him and immediately pulled out the bear cub hiding there.

Pulled it out forcibly.

The bear cub lowered its head and covered its cheeks with its paws, but Coke could clearly see the bear cub's swollen face. It was stunned for a moment, and recalled the past scene in its mind - the scene of being chased by a group of attendant bees and turned into a bee puppy.

"Ouch! Ouch!"

After a moment of daze, there was a series of dog barking.

The bear cub heard the undisguised laughter in the cry and waved his paws angrily, but suddenly realized that this action exposed his swollen face, so he covered his cheeks again.

"Hey?"

The flame-tailed fox tilted its head, looking puzzled.

Where's that little bear cub from earlier?

"Ugh."

Ningbing Fox stared at the bear cub with a swollen face for a while, thinking that this was not the same bear cub, so he shook his head.

"Roar"

The bear cub dropped his head and let out a sad roar.

"Roar."

The father bear grinned and stretched out his rough big paw to touch the bear cub's head.

Although the bear cub was stung by a sinister servant bee, he caught the beehive at a critical moment and successfully brought the hive back.

This task was successfully completed.

Fireworks illuminated the cave, and the crystal clear silver sturgeon was placed on a branch with a crackling bonfire burning underneath.

The silver snow sturgeon was very large, and it would be difficult to roast it in a short time just by relying on this bonfire, so Sparks stood aside, carefully controlling the flames and roasting it under the command of Chen Yuan.

Seeing the Flame-Tailed Fox appear, Chen Yuan waved his hand enthusiastically: "Come on, come and help too."

The flame-tailed fox's expression froze, and it knew that it had come here for no good reason!
But when it saw the gentle smile on Chen Yuan's face, its limbs moved forward involuntarily and it squatted obediently beside Chen Yuan.

"You have to control the heat when grilling fish, so it can also help you improve your skills at the same time. Come on, let's try it first." Chen Yuan said slowly.

The flame-tailed fox obediently followed Chen Yuan's command and tried to spit out flames to roast the silver snow sturgeon.

The night grew darker, the evening breeze blew gently through the forest, the leaves rustled, and occasionally a bird flew into the night, but was attracted by the fire in the cave, landed on a branch, and looked down.

Bright flames illuminated the cave. Chen Yuan leaned against the rock wall, turning the silver sturgeon over from time to time.

Sparks and the Flame-Tailed Fox were on the left and right, spewing flames from time to time, roasting the Silver Snow Sturgeon from all angles.

When honey is smeared on the silver sturgeon, the originally crystal clear fish fillets will glow with a layer of golden light, tempting the little guys in the cave all the time.

Although the grilled fish did not emit any fragrance, the hungry little ones smelled the most tempting aroma.

Dad Bear sat on the ground, staring at the silver sturgeon. Every time Chen Yuan turned the silver sturgeon over, it would blink and swallow its saliva.

The bear cub lay in the arms of its father, staring at the silver sturgeon and touching its belly from time to time.

I’m so hungry.
Coke lay at the entrance of the cave, his head tilted back, the starry sky reflected in his eyes.

One.

two.

……

Ten.

Coke blinked, with a gleam of confusion in his eyes.

It looked down at its two paws, then raised them up and looked back and forth several times.

How many will it be after ten?

"Ow..."

Coke, who couldn't come up with an answer, simply stopped struggling. He shook his big fluffy tail and turned to look at Chen Yuan: "Huh?"

Master, I'm starving.

It wasn't just Cola who was starving to death. The Falling Horned Beast had long been unable to bear the hunger and had to eat some rations to suppress its hunger a little.

The Twin Flower Concubine was not hungry. It just sat quietly on Chen Yuan's shoulder, staring into the dark night with its purple eyes, thinking about the scene when the Black-Striped Spider used its poison skills.

"All right."

The sudden sound made all the little guys look up, only to see Chen Yuan smiling slightly: "Sorry for the wait."

"Ouch."

Coke was the first to rush to Chen Yuan, crouched down, and looked at him impatiently.

Chen Yuan cut off a piece of fish with a knife, looked up at every corner, and finally his eyes fell on Bear Dad: "You are the hero, you eat first."

Dad Bear took the initiative to dive into the cold pond, lured the silver snow sturgeon to the surface, and engaged it in close combat.

It can be said that if Dad Bear doesn’t eat, all the little ones can’t pick up their chopsticks.

Father Bear took the fish without hesitation and swallowed it in one gulp under the gaze of all the little ones.

Gulu.

The cave was very quiet, with only the sound of swallowing saliva being heard.

For a long time,

"Roar!"

Dad Bear's eyes lit up and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Frankly speaking, due to limited conditions, the taste of the fish grilled in this way is actually average, but the quality of the silver sturgeon itself is enough to make up for it.

The fish itself is icy and cool. The moment you chew it is like gulping down a bottle of ice water on a hot summer day. The refreshing and cool feeling spreads throughout your body, and every pore expands.

The second time, the roasted flavor fills your mouth, mixed with the sweet aroma of honey, and blended with the cool feeling, just like eating a steaming hot pot on a snowy winter day.

Hot summer and winter, cold and heat, surge in the mouth.

Coupled with the already hungry stomach, this bite of fish became the most delicious food in the world.

"Ow!"

Seeing the reaction of the bear father, Coke bit Chen Yuan's trouser leg with his mouth and shook his tail hard.

Master, hurry up!

For a moment, Chen Yuan was surrounded by pairs of expectant eyes. He touched Kele's head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, everyone has it."

So Chen Yuan turned into a ruthless meat-cutting machine, dividing pieces of fish meat into each little guy.

Until Chen Yuan's stomach started to growl, he simply asked Bear Dad to help him cut the silver snow sturgeon into several large pieces so that the little ones could hold them and chew them directly.

Anyway, the silver sturgeons are big enough and every little one can eat their fill.

The night is dark, the gentle evening breeze blows through the cave, and the bright flames illuminate every happy face.

Chen Yuan and the little guys didn't say anything. They ate the fish quietly. For a while, only the faint chewing sounds echoed in the cave.

They enjoyed the delicious meal and the quiet night.

Until Chen Yuan touched his slightly bulging belly and showed a satisfied smile on his face: "I'm full."

"What about you?" he asked.

The only sound of the wind and some snoring answered him.

"Good night."

(End of this chapter)