Chapter 246: The More They Are Born, the Fewer They Become

What they had been waiting for was this sentence; Xu Jie, without hesitation, took the lead and came to the pot's edge, first ladling a bowl of soup and taking a small sip.

The surrounding disciples watched Xu Jie, full of anticipation, wanting to see his evaluation.

What a great soup, fresh and sweet, delicious........

Under everyone's gaze, Xu Jie's eyes lit up, he sincerely praised it, then without another word, he directly drank the soup in front of him down to the last drop.

Seeing this, the disciples hesitated no longer; even Zhao Rou, Zhong Ling and the other Jade Maiden Peak disciples stepped forward one after another, wanting to taste the spirit frog's flavor.

Although spirit frogs are unusually ugly in appearance, once made into a dish, their aroma is truly irresistible.

All the disciples were like that; and since not many spirit frogs had been gathered to begin with, they were almost instantly divided up and taken by everyone.

Most disciples didn't even get a chance to taste it.

But those who managed to grab some were all full of praise, this taste is absolutely superb.

Who would have thought that the spirit frog, which everyone had always despised, could actually be this delicious.

Merely enough to fill a gap between the teeth, after eating this bit of spirit frog before them, the disciples exchanged glances, everything already understood without words.

Immediately, everyone unanimously headed toward the riverbank.

Seeing this, Ye Zhangqing smiled faintly; it seemed just as he had thought, the spirit frog was also a delicacy, and thus the matter of the Heaven-Reaching River should be considered settled.

What spirit frog overpopulation? To the fellow senior brothers, it's completely nothing; with such a delicious spirit frog, how could there still be a chance for it to overrun?

Not long after, the disciples who had come to the riverside saw the river teeming with spirit frogs, and each of their eyes lit up.

If there had been any disdain before, now these spirit frogs, in everyone's eyes, are a rare delicacy; and for a delicacy, how could the disciples possibly dislike having too much?

Brothers, go!

At Xu Jie's command, the disciples all began their operation to catch spirit frogs.

Even the Jade Maiden Peak disciples who had always been unwilling to touch spirit frogs now took the lead, completely free of their previous aversion.

Junior sister, weren't you previously absolutely unwilling to touch these spirit frogs?

How could it be the same? Before, I didn't know these spirit frogs were so delicious.

Useless spirit frogs are naturally disgusting, but delicious spirit frogs are completely different.

On the river surface, tens of thousands of Dao Yi Sect disciples eagerly caught spirit frogs.

And the number of spirit frogs was also rapidly disappearing at a visible-to-the-naked-eye pace.

For the disciples, catching spirit frogs was almost too easy; these frogs were clueless and wouldn't dodge, a casual scoop could net several at a time.

After an afternoon's hard work, by dinnertime the disciples brought back more than ten space rings filled to the brim, each packed with spirit frogs.

Ye Zhangqing first taught everyone how to skin and remove the entrails, and how to clean them.

With so many spirit frogs, handling them alone would be troublesome, but the senior brothers were all happy to help.

What's the trouble in handling these spirit frogs if we get to eat something delicious?

With everyone's busy effort, the spirit frogs were quickly cleaned, and then came the cooking.

This time Ye Zhangqing planned to make a dry pot, with a stronger flavor and even more delicious.

Because there were so many ingredients, Ye Zhangqing simply made enough for twenty thousand people at once, so the disciples no longer needed to scramble for positions.

Upon hearing this, the disciples cheered with delight, even developing some fondness for the spirit frog essence they had never met.

Without the spirit frog essence, they might not have been able to enjoy such a delicacy—and they wouldn't have needed to fight for positions.

You should know that such unlimited supply events are rare, having happened only a few times at the Jinhai Camp.

Now, again being able to eat without fighting over it, enjoying Ye Zhangqing's meals, how could the disciples not be happy?

Soon pot after pot of dry-fried spirit frog came out of the pot, and the disciples ate with great enjoyment.

Disciples who had never tasted spirit frog before wore looks of surprise; the flavor of the spirit frog was truly beyond expectation.

Even some disciples sighed.

"If we had known this earlier, would cities still have been slaughtered by spirit frogs back then?"

Obviously impossible; with such a delicious treat, we can't even eat it fast enough—how could we give it a chance to overrun?

Anyway, this afternoon the disciples caught all the spirit frogs in a small stretch of river, but now it still seems not enough to eat.

Even after finishing dinner, the disciples didn't bother to rest, but went back to the riverside to continue catching spirit frogs.

As for the other side, in the underwater stone cave, five spirit frog essences had labored hard all day, panting.

Those four male spirit frog essences were already exhausted, out of breath; after barely managing to breed many offspring, upon turning around they discovered, damn it, the numbers were still decreasing.

The leading female spirit frog essence had her eyes wide open; her already huge frog eyes seemed about to pop out.

"Impossible, unscientific."

She and her four male consorts had toiled all day, yet the result was that the spirit frog numbers were rapidly decreasing.

Even on a certain stretch of river, spirit frogs had completely vanished from sight.

"How could this be? Where have my offspring gone?"

She never expected this result; she had been struggling to give birth, yet why does the more she gives birth, the fewer there are? This isn't right.

She let out a roar, then immediately sent a male spirit frog essence out to investigate what was going on.

The lady spoke; this male spirit frog essence, although fearful in his heart, nevertheless had to leave the stone cave cautiously.

Soon he arrived at the river surface, hidden in the water; this male spirit frog essence cautiously poked his head out and immediately saw the Dao Yi Sect disciples constantly flying back and forth above the river.

"There are none here."

"Give me another space ring, fill it up."

"That should be enough, we already have over twenty space rings."

"We've only just begun; fill another twenty before we leave."

Don't you guys feel that this spirit frog isn't very filling? I feel I could eat as much as I want.

The disciples were so busy that just watching made the male spirit frog essence's scalp go numb.

It turns out their offspring are just gone like that.

But why are they catching so many spirit frogs? In such a short time, from their tone, it seems they've already caught dozens of spirit frogs equipped with Space Rings.

How many is that? Over a hundred thousand? Or several hundred thousand?

"Could it be that they want to simply catch all the spirit frogs?"

Normally, cultivators dealing with an overabundance of spirit frogs would directly strike at the source, find the mastermind spirit frog essence, and slay it.

Without the source, these spirit frogs that haven't yet transformed into monsters would naturally collapse on their own.

But how come the disciples of the Dao Yi Sect aren't following the usual pattern? Instead of seeking the whereabouts of those behind-the-scenes spirit frog essences, they're enthusiastically catching these ordinary spirit frogs—what do they intend to do?