Divine Tang Era

After walking a distance away from the bloody wolf carcasses, Xu Dan felt a bit hungry, so he stopped to cook.

Actually, I haven't finished eating the food I prepared in the storage bag. But since I brought a bunch of cooking utensils, it wouldn't make sense not to start a fire and cook a meal.

So they found a spot near a mountain and dug out two earthen stoves, one large and one small. Then they took out the prepared charcoal, put it into the small stove and lit it, and then took out a soup pot and put it on top to prepare soup.

He prepared everything he needed for the picnic, including a cutting board, pot, spatula, spoon, knife, oil, rice, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, vegetables, and more.

He took out the wolf head and wolf leg from the storage bag, first using the Eight-Degree Sword to dig a hole in the wolf head and take out the wolf brain for later use. He then took out the chopped scallion slices (onion) from the storage bag and chopped them into small pieces. He also cut a piece of wolf leg bone and threw it into the soup pot to simmer, and cut a large piece of wolf leg meat into slices.

Once everything is ready, put the charcoal into the large earthen stove and light it.

Once the fire is lit, take out the washed iron pot from the storage bag and place it on the fire. Pour in oil, sauté the chopped shallots until fragrant, then add them to the soup pot to simmer. At the same time, add some of the radish and ginger that you prepared earlier. The radish absorbs the odor, and the ginger removes the fishy smell, effectively eliminating the gamey odor.

Keep cooking.

Without washing the wok I had just used to sauté the chopped shallots, I poured in oil, added the ginger slices, wolf meat slices, shallot slices, and radish that I had already chopped at home, and stir-fried them with seasoning.

Once the aroma is released, add the rice and stir-fry again. Add water, cover the pot, and simmer.

This is actually how you eat rice with your hands. He originally wanted to try eating rice with his hands and experience a unique, exotic flavor. But after what happened today, what's the point of eating it? Suddenly he remembered that he hadn't washed his hands, so he quickly poured water and washed them, even using dirt as soap to scrub them vigorously, before he felt he could get past this mental hurdle.

While the rice was cooking and the soup was boiling, Xu Dan took out an animal skin and lay down on the highland meadow, gazing at the sky and stealing a half-day of leisure.

The sky on the plateau is the closest place to the sky, so when the sky is clear, it is like a blue silk ribbon, so smooth, so bright, so beautiful, and so charming.

However, the ultraviolet radiation is undoubtedly extremely strong.

Fortunately, Xu Dan has good skin and doesn't get tanned no matter how much sun he gets, otherwise he would have turned into a little charcoal by the time he traveled from the underground cave to Jingning City.

"Coo coo coo"

The wolf bones were almost cooked, so Xu Dan took them out, added wolf brains, and seasoned them. The hand-pulled rice in the iron pot also emitted a fragrant aroma, indicating it was almost done.

When eating pilaf, you must be patient. Don't lift the lid as soon as the aroma fills the air; that won't do. You have to wait until all the moisture has evaporated and a thin, golden-brown crust (rice crust) has formed at the bottom before taking it out of the pot. When you take it out, use a spatula to lift the crust and mix it evenly with the rice.

At that time, the rice grains will be filled with the flavors of wolf meat, scallions, and radishes, along with the aroma of the crispy rice crust. Just thinking about it makes one's mouth water.

The rice was cooked in no time, but Xu Dan didn't rush to scoop it up. Instead, he took the iron pot out of the stove and put it aside to prevent the rice from burning under the pot.

The soup is ready. While you're at it, lift the soup pot and turn off the fire.

After waiting a while, until the rice cooled slightly, Xu Dan picked up the spatula, lifted the lid, and scooped up the golden-brown crust from the bottom, mixing it with the rice grains. A tempting aroma wafted out, and Xu Dan couldn't wait to scoop up a piece of crust, blow on it, and take a bite.

In an instant, my mouth was filled with the aroma of caramelized meat, crispy, salty, and with a meaty flavor—it was absolutely delicious.

Saliva kept drooling, and Xu Dan swallowed several times before speeding up his shovel-shoveling.

Once he had mixed the rice and the pancakes together, he couldn't wait to grab a bowl, scoop it into his mouth with a spoon, and then eat it. The rice, now infused with the essence of wolf meat and the flavors of scallions and radishes, instantly filled his mouth, bursting with an incredibly delicious taste.

He felt his soul had been elevated, a feeling that defied explanation.

It felt like I had found love.

He devoured the entire pot of rice in no time, and even drank every last drop of the soup.

Xu Dan lay on the animal-skin blanket, his belly protruding, not wanting to move at all. He had eaten too much and was a little stuffy. He didn't know what had gotten into him; once he started eating, he couldn't stop. It seemed he needed to be more careful in the future; he couldn't overeat like this, it wasn't good for his health. His mind was filled with random thoughts, and he drifted off to sleep without realizing it. When he woke up again, it was already afternoon.

I slept very well.

Xu Dan stretched and did some exercise, then packed his things and continued on his way.

The plateau terrain is undulating. When going downhill, he would slide down a stretcher tied with a golden yak; when going uphill, if no one was around, he would put the yak in a storage bag, and if someone was around, he would slowly drag it. Fortunately, he deliberately avoided populated areas, so he usually didn't have to be dragged.

The stretcher, with its bottom resembling a sled, glided swiftly across the meadow, even faster than when he arrived.

As they approached populated areas, Xu Dan dared not put the golden yak back into his storage bag and could only drag it slowly. Once they reached the hillside, he would ride on it and glide along.

"etc..."

As he slid down the slope, Xu Dan thought he heard someone call out, but when he reached the bottom, the person was gone. He figured it was probably just his imagination and continued on, dragging the golden yak along.

On the mountainside, Kuang Kui, clutching his long arrow, helplessly watched Xu Dan's departing figure.

He glanced down at the arrow and knew he would dig up this thing again; his premonitions were always very accurate.

This is an unlucky thing.

I was hoping to sell the items quickly to ward off the bad luck. Now it seems there's no hope.

Traveling swiftly without digging for spiritual herbs, Xu Dan moved quickly, gradually reaching the plains. Along the way, he made a surprising discovery: when he dragged the golden yak, the illusory image of the golden cauldron within his body condensed much faster. To test this discovery, he didn't glide for the rest of the journey, but simply dragged it slowly.

Step by step.

The golden yak is large and extremely heavy, so Xu Dan had to use his strength to drag it.

Within the young body, the muscles, bones, and skin were stretched and compressed by gravity, causing the blood and qi within the veins to surge violently. Within the meridians, condensed gas fragments fell, transforming into a powerful flow of energy that merged into the blood and qi. The blood and qi surged violently like waves whipped by a gale. Waves of blood overlapped, creating boundless billows that crashed into the illusory golden cauldron, gradually solidifying the image.

As Xu Dan walked, he sensed the changes within his body and unknowingly became immersed in them.

The speed underfoot increased rapidly, and the golden yak being dragged along by the rope on its shoulder seemed weightless as it was pulled into the air.

Those around stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the sight. Some who knew Xu Dan were used to it; they knew he had brought a flower-tailed snake into the city and killed a black yak with a single blow.

After a while, the illusory image of the golden cauldron solidified.

A loud bang rang out, and Xu Dan was immediately awakened. His internal energy and blood became even more powerful and concentrated.

One golden cauldron has the force of a thousand jin, two cauldrons would weigh two thousand jin.

Xu Dan hadn't expected to condense two golden cauldrons in just two days in the wilderness. If he stayed a few more days, wouldn't he be able to condense nine golden cauldrons quickly and cultivate the Nine Cauldrons Divine Transformation Technique? His intuition told him that this was unlikely; there must be something he didn't know.

For example, their qi and blood are already strong because they drink earth milk and dragon vein blood.

He hadn't practiced before, so his movements were quite loose. Now, the "Standing Cauldron and Sealing Furnace Technique" was simply condensing his loose qi and blood into a golden cauldron, but in reality, the total amount of his qi and blood hadn't changed; only the quality had improved slightly, just like flowing water turning into thick milk.

With this in mind, Xu Dan felt relieved.