Chapter 245: Can't Finish Eating?

In my previous life, a dish of delicious frogs, yet it made countless foodies flock to it.

Moreover, speaking of this delicious frog, it is actually an alien species, the American frog.

When it first entered the country, no one paid any attention at first, but later it was directly farmed, and its price kept rising.

So seeing the river full of spirit frogs, Ye Zhangqing felt it wasn't a big deal.

Of course, we still need to determine how these spirit frogs taste; if they're like the wood worms............

Turning his head to look at the people behind him, Ye Zhangqing felt there was nothing to worry about.

"Junior Brother Changqing, what are you doing?"

Seeing Ye Zhangqing lost in thought, Xu Jie stepped forward and asked.

"No, just checking if these spirit frogs can be as tasty as the wood worms."

This time, even Xu Jie had a strange expression.

"Impossible, the appearance of this thing is really.........."

Even veteran foodie Xu Jie didn't think these spirit frogs would taste good; after all, their appearance is just disgusting, and they're poisonous—can this be eaten?

Zhao Rou and the several girls from Zhong Ling shook their heads repeatedly; just thinking about eating this, they felt ten thousand refusals in their hearts.

It was the first time seeing everyone show such an expression; Ye Zhangqing didn't say much, but instead went to the riverbank to collect spirit frogs.

Compared to the wood worms, spirit frogs are much easier to catch; they basically don't try to flee, you just need to watch out for their poison.

The simplest method is naturally to isolate them, wear gloves, use spiritual power, etc. —these methods all work.

Watching Ye Zhangqing start collecting spirit frogs, Xu Jie and the others, though reluctant, still came forward to help; only Zhao Rou and the few girls absolutely refused, truly not wanting to touch this thing.

"Junior Brother Changqing, maybe that's enough; we already have quite a few."

Xu Jie actually spoke up to indicate Ye Zhangqing had enough; in the past, that would have been unthinkable.

Hearing that, Ye Zhangqing glanced at him, nodded, and then stopped.

Everyone collected about half a sack of spirit frogs, then they returned.

Meanwhile, inside the Tongtian River, a dark river-bottom cave, with muddy water all around.

However, in this underwater cave, there were several spirit frog demons with frog heads and human bodies, each about a meter tall, sitting together.

As Ye Zhangqing had guessed, these spirit frog demons were far more than a pair; there were exactly five of them.

The leading one was a female spirit frog demon, while the remaining four were male spirit frog demons.

These four male spirit frog demons were likely its male consorts.

"Have the people from the Dao Yi Sect arrived?"

Seated on a high stone step, this female spirit frog demon asked in a deep voice.

Hearing that, the four male spirit frog demons seated below nodded in reply.

"Madam, quite a few have come."

"They won't find this place, will they?"

The four male spirit frog demons were somewhat worried, after all, facing a sect whose fame spreads far, these few little demons naturally trembled with fear.

On the contrary, this female spirit frog demon said with a look of contempt.

"As long as you don't leave this stone cave, those people from the Dao Yi Sect will absolutely not be able to find this place—how vast is the Tongtian River? Even if their Shèngjìng experts act, they couldn't find it."

"As for us, we just need to keep breeding; I want to see whether, relying on those Dao Yi Sect people, they catch more or we produce more offspring."

As long as the Dao Yi Sect doesn't find its hiding place, it has nothing to worry about.

As for catching its own offspring, that's even more of a joke; it has absolute confidence in its reproductive ability.

Moreover, it has four male consorts; as long as they cooperate, it can keep reproducing—if the Dao Yi Sect catches ten thousand a day, it can produce twenty thousand a day; let's see what they can do.

She gave the four male spirit frog demons a glance; they instantly understood and obediently came to her side.

For a moment, an unsightly scene appeared in the stone cave.

Then, as the four male spirit frog demons continually spasmed, groups of tadpoles swam out from the stone cave.

These tadpoles are the spirit frogs' young; although they seem effective now, within at most a day they can become adult spirit frogs, their size and appearance completely different from now.

This is the terrifying reproduction and growth speed of spirit frogs.

Tadpoles kept swimming out of the stone cave, soon filling the nearby waters.

Meanwhile, in Ling City, Ye Zhangqing also succeeded in skinning the spirit frogs and removing their organs, leaving only the delicious frog meat.

Once the skin was removed, the spirit frogs gave a completely different impression.

White and tender, the meat texture became extremely fine.

Xu Jie and the others beside him stared dumbfounded, each saying in disbelief.

"Is this a spirit frog?"

Damn, the skinned spirit frog looks like this; for a moment, everyone felt it wasn't so hard to swallow.

Even a disciple involuntarily swallowed his saliva.

"Senior Brother, you just said you'd never eat it, right?"

So far, this spirit frog is no different from the delicious frog of my previous life; in fact, its meat is even fuller and finer, although its appearance is even uglier.

But once the skin is removed, it's fine.

In high spirits, Ye Zhangqing also made a teasing remark; hearing it, the few senior brothers who had just swallowed their saliva gave an embarrassed smile.

"Hehe, we didn't expect that skinning the spirit frog would turn out like this; it's really just wearing a disguise, we don't even recognize it."

"By the way, Junior Brother Changqing, how do you plan to cook these spirit frogs?"

Someone asked curiously, and Ye Zhangqing gave a slight smile.

"There are many methods—hot pot, dry pot, with ginger, with garlic fragrance; anyway, the flavors are endlessly variable."

Hearing Ye Zhangqing's introduction, the disciples' eyes lit up involuntarily; so many ways to eat it, and it seems quite tasty.

For the first time making it, Ye Zhangqing planned to make a clear soup, after all he wanted to try the taste of this spirit frog, and the original flavor is naturally the best.

He heated the pot with water, added salt and other seasonings, plus spirit scallion white, tomato slices, ginger slices, red dates, lotus seeds, goji berries, etc.

After bringing it to a boil to release the aroma, he immediately added the spirit frog, and after a brief wait it was ready.

In an instant, within the Spirit City kitchen, a fragrance wafted forth, and the disciples who had harbored a last shred of doubt were now completely convinced.

What a fragrant aroma! Under the eager gazes of the disciples, Ye Zhangqing first picked up one, and tasted it carefully.

Not bad, it's tastier than the beautiful frog from his previous life, the flavor is fresher and sweeter, and the texture is even better.

He took another sip of the soup; the soup was purely sweet and mellow, delicate and delicious, another rare delicacy.

Actually, in order to try the spirit frog's flavor, Ye Zhangqing didn't add too many seasonings; it was already a very simple preparation.

Even if needed, one could also add a fish head, which would make the soup's flavor even fresher and sweeter.

Nevertheless, even so, this soup right now also brightened Ye Zhangqing's eyes.

He turned his head to see the disciples already drooling, and Ye Zhangqing said with a smile.

"Would you senior brothers also like to have a taste?"