The Martial Soul Skeleton, in Douluo Continent's Bone-Changing Susanoo

Chapter 9 Ten-Year Whale Glue?

The second advantage of working part-time at a fish-shaped rice restaurant is that the chef positions include meals; every chef can enjoy a free lunch or dinner provided by the restaurant.

This is a delicacy made from the leftover meat of a soul beast. Although it tastes like gnawing on a chicken carcass, the nutrients it contains can still help strengthen the body.

After having dinner with a forty-year-old chef at the fish-shaped rice restaurant, Xia Liang put on his chef's hat and went into the kitchen to begin his day's work.

Because a six-year-old's body is not even as big as a fish-type spirit beast, the task of killing fish is handled by other chefs.

With Boss Cui's permission, Xia Liang was only responsible for preparing various seasonings before the kitchen opened.

Some of his seasonings can only be found on Earth, and it is precisely because of these special seasonings that his fish dishes are different from those of other chefs, novel and delicious.

Inside the large kitchen.

There were eight chefs in total; some were cleaning fish, some were heating up pots, and some had already started cooking.

Six-year-old Xia Liang stood on a high stool, dressed in a chef's outfit. He used his soul power to enhance the strength of his hands and began to toss the wok. Fish pieces seasoned and colored with vinegar and wine flew in the wok, accompanied by sparks and a fragrant aroma.

Although they had already witnessed Xia Liang's cooking skills a week ago, the surrounding chefs were still dumbfounded. They were all ordinary people without soul power, so they all thought that children with soul power were as capable as Xia Liang.

"Ah Liang, did you learn your cooking skills from your family?" the old chef who was cleaning fish couldn't help but ask.

The sizzling sound of the oil in the wok was too loud, and Xia Liang didn't hear what the old chef was saying. He seemed to be cooking very seriously, but he was actually thinking about how to make money to buy cultivation resources.

Teacher Mo once said that soaking in a high-grade medicinal bath can cleanse the impurities in a Soul Master's body to varying degrees, which is more conducive to the circulation of meridians and enhances the cultivation effect of Soul Power.

However, Notting Junior Soul Master Academy primarily provides students with the basic knowledge required to become a Soul Master and how to acquire Soul Rings. It does not offer cultivation resources such as advanced medicinal baths.

To obtain similar cultivation resources, one must either join a Soul Master family or save up money to buy them.

Xia Liang could only choose the latter, because he had no intention of joining any faction.

You can earn fifty copper soul coins a day by working part-time as a chef.

Based on this calculation, the maximum annual income, including salary and bonuses, is only twenty gold soul coins.

However, the market price for a high-grade medicinal bath is at least one thousand gold soul coins.

It's clearly not enough to save money by working part-time as a chef.

From the moment he decided to work part-time at the fish-shaped rice restaurant, Xia Liang had envisioned whether he could research and develop unique seasonings and braising sauces found only on Earth, so that he could create various recipes unique to Earth.

Reselling the recipes to upscale restaurants in major cities should earn more money.

At that time, we will have the money to acquire various cultivation resources.

At this moment, Xia Liangcai heard voices from the side. He put the pot on the stove, turned down the fire, and then turned to look at the old chef behind him who was cleaning fish.

"Uncle Chen, did you call me?" Xia Liang asked, puzzled. "Is something wrong? The sound of the oil pan was too loud just now, I didn't hear what you said."

"No, it's nothing. You're quite diligent at work." The old chef asked in surprise, "Are you really only six years old? My child is the same age as you, but he awakened his martial soul without any soul power. He's still playing in the mud with other kids in the village."

"I used to play with mud too," Xia Liang smiled. "But I lost interest in it after my parents were killed by a Soul Master."

Upon hearing this, the chefs around exchanged glances, all of them seeing the shock and sympathy in each other's eyes.

Having had his parents murdered, and by a Soul Master no less, his mentality is bound to differ from that of his peers.

"I'm sorry. I didn't know about this," the old chef said apologetically.

Xia Liang shook his head, then his attention was drawn to the large fish that the old chef had placed on the table.

This is a fish that is at least three meters long. The fish that appear in the fish-shaped rice restaurant are basically ten-year-old soul beasts.

It is said that the fish were caught by water-type soul masters in coastal cities using soul skills to create water nets, and many restaurants that specialize in fish source their catch from these water-type soul master families.

The large fish the old chef was killing was called an Iron-skinned Whale, a young whale that had just entered its tenth year of cultivation.

The skin of the iron whale is covered with a layer of iron-like scales, which can only be completely melted by burning it with high temperatures.

Without the protection of its scales, the skin of the iron whale naturally wrinkles, creating a crispy texture. Frying it makes it a signature dish at fish-shaped rice restaurants; the crispy fish-shaped rice cakes are crunchy and delicious.

Having spent a week in this kitchen, Xia Liang had seen the old chef clean the iron whale's internal organs, but this time it was different from before.

After splitting open the iron-skinned whale's skull, the old chef dug out all sorts of strange-looking organs. He threw some of the unwanted organs, along with the fish's entrails, into the trash can at his feet.

It was this action that caught Xia Liang's attention.

Among the entrails and organs that were thrown into the trash can, there was a crystal-like substance.

The old chef said that the crystals contained an extremely fishy smell, and like the internal organs of a mollusk whale, they could not be used as food.

Xia Liang jumped down from the high stool and retrieved the discarded crystal from the trash can.

This is a crystal stained red with blood, only about the size of a baby's thumb, and it emits a strong smell of blood.

After being cleaned, the crystal in my hand had faded from red to light yellow.

Is this it?

Gazing at the pale yellow crystal in his hand, Xia Liang felt a surge of joy.

This light yellow crystal, a special substance produced from the brain of a whale-type spirit beast, should be the whale glue mentioned in the original work.

With exceptional culinary skills, Xia Liang is not only adept at cooking fish, but also has extensive experience in cooking chicken and duck.

But why did he choose to work part-time at a restaurant that specializes in fish?

The initial reason was that Uncle Meng had business dealings with the restaurant owner, and being introduced by an acquaintance would save him a lot of trouble.

One of the most important reasons is that these restaurants specializing in fish purchase various types of fish from coastal cities.

The fish-shaped rice restaurant imports mainly sea fish from ten-year-old spirit beasts.

Among the many types of sea fish, the iron-skinned whale is naturally the top choice as the signature dish of fish-shaped rice restaurants.

The original work states that whale glue is produced in the brain of whale-type soul beasts and has a very good nourishing effect on soul masters, enhancing the endurance of muscles, bones, and meridians.

This is definitely one of the best resources for improving physical health.

Lacking the funds to purchase whale glue, Xia Liang could only try his luck at a shop associated with whales. This was Xia Liang's initial motivation for taking a part-time job at the fish-shaped rice restaurant.

In the past week, the old chef killed no fewer than five iron-skinned whales, but unfortunately, no whale glue-like substance was found.

I originally thought that a whale-type spirit beast with ten years of cultivation wouldn't be able to produce whale glue, but I didn't expect to encounter it today.

The method to test whether this light yellow crystal is whale glue is very simple.

The original text states that whale glue must be heated with a high-temperature flame to soften it before it can be consumed, and that whale glue was primarily known as an aphrodisiac during the Douyi period.

If this light yellow crystal requires high temperatures to dissolve and can cause burning sensations after consumption, then it is most likely whale glue.

(End of this chapter)