Special effects: Starting with Ultraman Tiga

Shen Yun pounded the glutinous rice dough in the stone mortar with a wooden pestle, one stroke after another, but he didn't pound it very fast.

This is mainly to give Tidom time to adapt, so that he doesn't fall behind and get hit on the hand by the wooden pestle.

Fortunately, the two of them worked together quite well, and Shen Yun gradually increased the speed at which he pounded the rice cakes.

Under Shen Yun's guidance, Oga Sae sprinkled water on the glutinous rice dough in the stone mortar to prevent the rice cake from hardening.

Watching Shen Yun pound the rice cake with a mallet, seemingly without any difficulty, Tidom felt a little eager to try it himself.

"Shen Jun, let me try too!" Tidom said.

"Okay." Seeing Tidom's eager look, Shen Yun chuckled and agreed immediately.

Making rice cakes is far more complicated than it looks.

You should know that freshly steamed glutinous rice balls are very sticky; it's easy to break them down, but difficult to lift them up.

"You hit it, I'll flip it over." Shen Yun handed the wooden pestle to Tidom, switched places with her, and squatted in front of the stone mortar.

"Watch me." Tidom chuckled, gripped the handle of the pestle with both hands, swung it, and slammed it against the stone mortar with a dull thud.

"This doesn't count, this doesn't count~" Seeing that she had hit it off-center, Tidom blushed and quickly waved her hand.

"Yes, yes, yes~"

"I'm going to get serious this time!" Tidom's expression was serious. She slowly raised the wooden pestle, aimed at the glutinous rice balls in the stone mortar, and slammed the pestle down hard.

"Bang!"

The wooden pestle struck the very center of the glutinous rice dough, causing it to dent.

"Great!" Tidom cheered inwardly, then tried to lift the wooden pestle with both hands, but failed.

"What's going on?" Tidom asked, puzzled. He suddenly tightened his grip on the wooden pestle handle, and then his hands suddenly felt lighter.

"Ouch!" Tidom fell to the ground with a thud, rubbing his sore bottom.

"Doctor, the mochi flew... flew away!" Sae Taiga looked up at the mochi stuck to the wooden pestle and flew away with it, and said.

"A miscalculation..." Shen Yun was also stunned for a moment.

He truly hadn't expected this situation.

The child may be slow-witted, but he's incredibly strong.

As the priestess of Gao, Tidom can't fight like the Gao Rangers, but her physical abilities and strength far surpass those of ordinary people, so it's not surprising that she can throw mochi.

At this moment, the Gaorenzha, who had replaced the shimenawa (spirit ropes) all over the shrine, also returned carrying ladders.

The mochi that Tidom had accidentally thrown also fell towards the direction of the Gaorangers.

"Everyone! Quick, save the rice cake!" Sae Taiga shouted urgently.

"Rice cake?" Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked up and saw a glutinous rice ball stuck to a wooden pestle falling towards them along with the pestle.

"Watch this!" Washio Gaku quickly pulled out his Fang Hand and transformed, leaping into the air and grabbing the wooden pestle.

However, by sheer coincidence, the glutinous rice balls that were originally stuck to the wooden pestle slowly slid off the pestle after Washio grabbed it.

"Ah! Rice cake!" The others exclaimed as they saw the rice cake sliding off the wooden pestle.

"Gao Access! (Gao Link)"

Seeing this, Lion quickly pulled out his barking phone and rushed out. Then, with a leap, he caught the rice ball in his hands before it hit the ground.

"It's so hot and it hurts!" Lion quickly got up from the ground and threw the scalding hot glutinous rice ball back into the stone mortar.

"Doctor, what's wrong with you guys? How come you managed to make the rice cake fly out of the ground while pounding it?" Washio Gaku teased as he put the wooden pestle into the mortar.

Tidom blushed slightly, turned his head away guiltily, and echoed, "Y-yes, why?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about that." Seeing this, Shen Yun found it somewhat amusing and tried to smooth things over, asking, "Would you like to give it a try?"

"Physical work is Black's forte, right, Black?" Samezu Kai turned to look at Ushitatsu Sotaro and laughed.

"Yes, that's right." Ushida Sotaro nodded.

Shen Yun smiled without saying a word, but simply handed the wooden pestle to Niu Da Cao Taro.

Although pounding rice cakes is hard work, brute force alone is not enough.

Ushida Sotaro took the wooden pestle, then swung it down hard, and then lifted it up with force.

Shen Yun wet his hands with cold water and turned the glutinous rice dough in the stone mortar over.

Then, Ushitatsu Sotaro swung the wooden pestle and brought it down again.

After hitting the ground more than twenty times, Ushida Sotaro was already panting heavily, his movements were getting slower and slower, and his arms were getting sore and difficult to lift.

"I can't do it anymore, I can't fight anymore." Niu Da Cao Taro sat down on the ground with a thud, panting heavily, and waved his hand.

"Let me do it." Shen Yun chuckled as he took the wooden pestle and began to swing it again.

In just over ten minutes, the glutinous rice dough in the stone mortar was shaped, and the rice cake had a smooth surface, white with a hint of yellow, and a texture like jade.

Shen Yun tore off a piece of rice cake from the stone mortar, coated it with roasted soybean powder, and handed it to Tidom, saying, "Tidom, have a taste."

"Okay~" Tidom took the rice cake from Shen Yun's hand, took a bite of the soft and chewy rice cake, and the salty aroma of soybean powder and the sweetness of rice cake burst on the tip of his tongue, making Tidom squint his eyes.

"Oh, I see!"

"You should all try some too," Shen Yun said, turning to the crowd with a smile.

"Oh!" The Fangmengmen didn't stand on ceremony and each cut a piece of steaming hot rice cake and stuffed it into their mouths.

"The taste is a little different from the usual rice cakes," Washio Gaku said, chewing on a rice cake.

"It doesn't seem as sticky as regular rice cakes, and the texture is very delicate and chewy, with a sweet and fragrant taste," Niu Da Cao Taro exclaimed.

"This is the way the professor makes rice cakes from his hometown," Sae Taiga said with a grin.

"Alright, let's cut these rice cakes and store them first, then we'll make the rice cakes needed for the mirror cakes," Shen Yun instructed.

Yes~

Under Shen Yun's guidance, everyone lifted the pounded rice cake from the stone mortar onto the table, rolled and flattened it with bamboo tubes, and then cut it.

Seeing Tidom take out a kitchen knife, Shen Yun quickly stopped him, saying, "Tidom, you can't use a kitchen knife to cut rice cakes, you have to use cotton thread."

"Cotton thread?" Tidom asked, puzzled.

"That's right. If you cut freshly made rice cakes with a knife, they'll stick to the knife and ruin their shape. The best way is to cut them with cotton thread," Shen Yun nodded and explained.

Oga Sae hurriedly ran back to the commune office, took out a cotton thread, and handed it to Shen Yun.

Shen Yun pulled on both ends of the cotton thread, tightened it, and demonstrated to the Fanglings how to cut rice cakes with the cotton thread.

The cuts made by the cotton thread were all very smooth.

"Oh, there's another way to do this?"

Everyone picked up cotton thread and cut the rice cakes on the table into strips about the length of a finger, then piled them up on a plate.

"Alright, once the rice cakes have hardened, we can soak them in water to preserve them." Shen Yun placed the pile of rice cakes in a cool place and added, "Next, let's make another batch of rice cakes to make mirror cakes."

"oh!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately sprang into action, and amidst the commotion, the atmosphere inside the shrine gradually became lively. (End of Chapter)