What bad intentions could the original dragon have?

There was a woman who looked plump and was cooking in front of her stove.

Judging from the taste, it is barbecue.

"It smells so good." Xiangling looked at the sizzling meat, her eyes filled with desire to eat. "Hello, can I try your cooking?"

"Hmm?" The woman looked towards Xiangling. "I'm sorry, the portions for these few days have been reserved. If you want to eat, the order is already seven days later."

"Hmm? Seven days? If it's so popular, it must be delicious, right?" Paimon stroked his hair. "But I don't think there are so many people in 'Qingquan Town'?"

"Of course it's not just 'Clear Spring Town'." The woman glanced at Paimon. "A large part of it will be sent to Mondstadt."

"Oh, I see... Eh? There are already such great chefs in Qingquan Town, why did they specifically ask Xiangling to do the promotion?"

"Perhaps it's because Mr. Dulav feels that Qingquan Town can't compare to Liyue Harbor, the commercial hub of the entire continent." The woman spread her hands. "Compared to Wanmintang, my food is not popular enough."

"However, if we only talk about craftsmanship, I don't think I will lose to Xiangling."

"Hmm, judging by the taste, your cooking skills are indeed great." Xiangling licked her lips. "Can you let me taste it? Maybe I can give you some advice."

Barbecue is something that is easy to understand but difficult to master.

Basically, as long as you have a little bit of skills, anyone can do it like you.

But it is difficult to improve after reaching a certain threshold, and this chef’s barbecue smells so delicious.

Xiangling also believed that her cooking skills were indeed great.

"Alas, ordinary people would only say useless words like 'delicious'." She continued with her work. "Forget it, since you are all here, just wait a little longer. I have reserved a piece of the best quality meat today and will make one for you later."

"Wow, that's great." Paimon stepped on the air excitedly.

"Well, do you need help?" Xiangling asked her.

"Help... No need to help." The woman shook her head. "Wait for a while over there."

After being told this, they naturally walked away.

But Xiangling did not wait by the side, but stood beside the woman and observed her techniques.

Learning never ends. Although Xiangling is already a well-known chef, she is still very interested in various cooking methods.

This chef’s skills are amazing, and his barbecue skills might even be better than hers, so Xiangling needs to observe him carefully.

A.67 I want to go back to Liyue

"Hmm, hmm, although it would feel a bit greasy to eat like this without any side dishes, the steak is grilled to just the right temperature, giving it a rich texture." She cut a piece of steak and put it in her mouth. After chewing it several times, her teeth ground the fibers of the steak into pieces before swallowing it. Xiangling admired the craftsmanship of the chef named Brock.

"The rich seasoning and marinade don't make the steak tasteless, and the seasoning is just right, not taking away the meaty flavor of the steak, nor making the meat smell fishy or too heavy." Zhong Ling gave her own evaluation. "It's a pretty good dish."

"Um...delicious." After a little hesitation, Ying finally said what Brock called "useless words".

"It's so delicious! If you have another piece, I can eat it!" Paimon cheered.

"I heard your comments, and it sounds like you two are quite knowledgeable about food." Brock came over. "Is there anything that can be improved?"

"Well, as you said, the steak is indeed delicious, but because there are no side dishes, it is inevitably greasy." Zhong Ling glanced at Xiangling's plate. "Also, Liyue cuisine has always been about 'color, fragrance and taste'. Chef Brock's steak is indeed delicious, and it is hard to fault the 'taste'."

"The fragrance that permeates the entire Qingquan Town is not deceptive. The only thing missing is the color."

"The color is a bit dull, giving it a bare feel and the illusion of 'lack of weight'."

This steak is actually quite large, but after being served on a plate, it is not garnished with any other side dishes, making it look smaller in size.

"Seriously speaking, the only downside is that it's easy to get sick of it. Although you can alleviate that by drinking water or some other drinks that relieve the greasiness, it's still a downside after all."

"But adding fancy side dishes will cover up the flavor of the meat, wouldn't that be distracting from the main flavor?" Brock still holds his own point of view.

"...Well, it's not impossible to say that." After hearing this answer, Zhong Ling was too lazy to say anything else.

As for Xiangling's evaluation, Xiangling's evaluation is actually similar to what Zhong Ling wants to say.

"No, no, no, that won't do." Xiangling stood up. "The side dishes aren't anything fancy, and they won't steal the show."

"Let me, Xiangling, show you this!"

"Xiang Ling?" Brock looked at the girl in front of him. "Are you Xiang Ling?"

"Yes, I am Xiangling from Wanmin Hall." Xiangling said with her hands on her hips.

Seeing Xiangling with her hands on her hips, Guoba also ran to Xiangling and put his hands on his hips with her.

But his short and round body looks really funny.

Looking at Guoba's silly and dazed look, as if he could never feel sad, Zhong Ling pressed her forehead.

Just looking at the rice crust can bring back many memories of the past.

'Marcosius...'

Marcius is the most popular demon god among the children in many settlements of Guiliji.

In that era, human life was lost very easily. Even if there was no illness or disaster, the lifespan of ordinary people was extremely short compared to that of immortals.

The immortals all understand that time is cruel.

Even the ancient rocks will be worn away by the passage of time.

This is why, even with the existence of Guizhong, the "bond" between immortals and mortals, there is still a huge gap between immortals and mortals.

But Marcosius didn't care about this. He sneaked into thousands of households, became a companion of the children, and became a member of every family.

However, human lifespan is too short compared to that of the devil.

While enjoying the joy of being a family with ordinary people, one naturally also has to endure the pain from his family.

He lay in front of the delivery room waiting for the birth of his baby.

He personally brought hot soup to the woman in labor, then stared at the child with wide eyes, and then jumped and danced in front of the child's father.

He played with young children.

He watched the child grow up, marry, have children, and then continue to have children's children.

Until one day, the child finally grew old and He watched the child pass away.

It seems that little Marcosius is incapable of grief.

He ran around comforting the families of the deceased, making fire and cooking for them, just like usual.

As the [Demon of the Stove], what He is best at is naturally cooking.

So, after the children passed away, He would always prepare lots of delicious food and then let the family call relatives and friends to have a meal together.

For Marcosius, when his stomach is full, it is a new beginning.

This is also the origin of Liyue’s tradition that when a loved one passes away and all the ceremonies are over, people will organize a banquet.

However, most people understood Marcosius and knew that he wanted everyone to get rid of their sorrow as soon as possible.

But there are always some people who think that Marcosius, like those "high and mighty" immortals, is a guy who does not understand the sorrow of mortals.

But few people know that when the children who grew up under His care passed away, when little Marcosius was busy making fire and cooking.

Big Marcosius would always hide in the woods, curl up into a ball, and cry silently for a long time.

"What's wrong with Miss Zhong Ling?" Ying asked when she noticed that Zhong Ling suddenly became dazed.

"...I suddenly miss my friends in Liyue." Zhong Ling answered Ying's question truthfully.

"So, should we go to Liyue ahead of time?"

"There's no rush. There's still a month until the 'Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals'. Before that, we can play in Mondstadt for a while."

"However, this year's 'Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals' is an exception."

"Hmm? Exception? How do you mean?" Ying asked curiously.

"In previous years, during the 'Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals', generally only the [Emperor of Rock] would come and then give out oracles to guide the people in the direction of the year." Zhong Ling explained the purpose of the 'Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals'. "And this year's 'Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals' is said to have many more immortals present."

Zhong Ling knew without a doubt that if she suddenly ran out from Bailong Gorge, she would definitely alarm all her old friends.

By then, as long as she shows up at the 'Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals', several old friends will soon show up together.

So, this year's "Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals" will naturally be much more lively than previous years.

"Immortals...Speaking of which, what kind of existence are immortals?" Ying was very curious about this.

"Well, you just need to roughly regard the immortals as different forms of Tevarin. Tevarin is the [Follower of the Wind God], and most of the immortals are the [Follower of the Rock God]."

"Is that so?" Ying nodded.

A.68 Miss Zhong Ling is so cute

"Why do we have to run around too?" After Xiangling and Brock agreed on a cooking duel, Xiangling began to collect her own ingredients.

However, it is different from cooking for people, where you need a goal.

As for the food for the duel, Xiangling decided to use whatever she saw.

Although this method can easily make strange dark dishes, with Xiangling's skills, it is impossible to make it dark. At most, it will not be "super delicious".

After all, you can’t just add all the ingredients you see into the pot. If you do that, it will just be a hotpot rather than a dish.

"Isn't it interesting?" He controlled the water flow to dig out lotus pods and lotus roots from the pond, washed them with the water flow and put them into Xiangling's backpack, then picked a lotus pod at random and held it in his hand.

"Yeah, that's true." Collecting ingredients is boring, but inexplicably interesting.

"Eat one?" Zhong Ling peeled a plump white lotus seed and handed it over.

"Ah~" Ying was too lazy to respond and just opened her mouth, waiting for Zhong Ling to feed her.

Anyway, in this kind of thing, as long as you are not shy, the one who is shy is Miss Zhong Ling!

"You." Zhong Ling, unaware of Ying's sinister intentions, moved closer while holding a lotus seed.

Just as she was about to put the lotus seeds into Ying's mouth, Ying suddenly leaned forward and closed her mouth.

Bit the lotus seed together with Zhong Ling's finger.

"Ms. Zhong Ling's fingers are cool." He held Zhong Ling's fingers in his mouth and bit the fingers and lotus seeds lightly.

The tongue rolled away the lotus seeds and swept across Zhong Ling's fingertips at the same time.

"You..." After letting go of the lotus seed, Zhong Ling quickly withdrew her hand.

The tip of his finger even scratched Ying's not-so-noticeable canine teeth.

"It's so... so dirty." Zhong Ling didn't know what to blame Ying for, so she finally chose to start with hygiene.

My hands are from peeling lotus pods and seeds, they are very dirty, how could I do this!

"I think it's okay~ Yeah, so sweet." Ying licked her lips and glanced meaningfully at Zhong Ling's hand behind her.

The slight wetness on her fingers made Zhong Ling couldn't help but recall the feeling of being bitten just now.

It doesn't hurt, but now my fingertips feel swollen and hot, and a little itchy and numb.

"You..." Zhong Ling didn't know what to say. She knew that this guy was teasing her, but she had no evidence. "Just ignore her. Yes, ignore her."

Zhong Ling decided to...ignore her and turned around to start peeling lotus pods.

Peel a plump white lotus seed and put it in your mouth.

Suddenly, Zhong Ling saw her fingers.

Thinking about it carefully, the saliva from Ying on my fingers just now was not washed off, and now...

"Woo..." Zhong Ling quickly gathered a stream of water to wash her fingers.

"How should I put it... Miss Zhong Ling is really cute." Watching Zhong Ling's actions throughout the process, Ying tried hard not to laugh out loud.

Otherwise, if Miss Zhong Ling got angry and hit me, I would be beaten half to death.

"..." Glancing at Ying's funny look of trying not to laugh, Zhong Ling rolled her eyes at her viciously.

"Puchi." Ying couldn't help laughing in the end.

"..." Zhong Ling looked at Ying, bit her lip, and then quickly caught up with Xiangling and the others in front.

"Hey? Wait for me!" Seeing Zhong Ling running away, Ying waved and hurriedly chased after her.

Just as they were collecting food, a man with cat ears on his head suddenly came towards them.

The shape of the ears looks a bit like that of Duravo.