Chapter 967: This thing is really ugly

I don't know why, but people's fear of the demon race has greatly diminished these days.

Even when facing the demon race again in battle, they show no fear at all, and even seem quite relaxed.

"Don't kill it; look for a chance to capture it alive."

"Yes, yes, yes."

The only trouble is the demon race's myriad strange abilities.

Some have astonishing defenses, some are covered in venom, some are extremely fast.

Actually, despite that barrage of talisman seals and formation disk bombardment just now, the number of demon casualties isn't that high.

Don't look at these guys being reckless; their defense is genuinely strong.

Low-level talisman seals thrown at their faces with the formation disk? That's nothing to them.

But now, with formations, the human side also has plenty of ways to capture demons alive.

As the battle was about to break out, Ye Zhangqing surveyed the situation, saw that the humans had the upper hand, and then went down from the city wall.

As for those demon race ingredients just brought back, the Spirit Chef Alliance took them over right away.

By the time Ye Zhangqing arrived at the kitchen, the spirit chefs were already busy processing them.

Because right now the people of the Three Holy Lands are eating, and if the mess hall continued to be set up in the Dao Yi Shengdi's garrison, the Yaochi Holy Land and Yunluo Holy Land would hardly get anything to eat.

So everyone discussed it and directly found a large compound in the city, converting it into a kitchen.

Ye Zhangqing had already taught everyone the common methods for handling demon race creatures.

Therefore, for the spirit chefs, simple processing poses no problem for them.

Upon entering the compound, one sees the spirit chefs: some slaughtering pigs, some butchering sheep, some scraping fish scales, all busy and enjoying themselves.

"Hold it down."

"Okay, okay, okay."

"Don't let it move, you bastard."

Five spirit chefs gathered together; four of them firmly held down a big white pig, while one held a long wide-blade dagger, constantly searching for a spot.

In Haotu Shijie there are no pig-killing knives, but the wide-blade daggers the spirit chefs use work just as well—as long as they can stab in.

But even with the four spirit chefs straining to hold down that big white pig, there's still a feeling that they can't quite keep it restrained.

"First tie up the legs, using the demon-binding rope."

As he passed by, Ye Zhangqing casually remarked; hearing it, the four spirit chefs finally reacted.

"Oh, right, right, right."

They immediately took off the demon-binding rope and bound the limbs; at last it was much easier to hold down.

As the wide-blade dagger went in white and came out red, the big white pig quickly lost its breath.

"Quick, get a basin to catch the blood."

Walking around the courtyard, Ye Zhangqing felt a bit like he was back in his previous life, as if this were like setting up a big feast in a village—what's going on?

Just as he was walking, he suddenly heard someone say.

"What is this thing? It's so ugly."

Following the sound, he saw a spirit chef holding a strangely shaped demon race creature.

This spirit chef had never seen such a demon before, and reached out to wipe the back fin.

"Don't move."

Ye Zhangqing saw this and shouted at once, but he was still a step too late; the spirit chef let out a miserable cry, feeling a sudden sharp pain in his arm.

The miserable cry quickly drew the crowd; seeing his face rapidly turn dark, someone said in a low voice.

"This demon is poisonous."

"Quick, quick, send him to the Pill Master Alliance."

Not daring to delay, two of them immediately took the spirit chef racing to the Pill Master Alliance; nobody knew whether this poison would be fatal.

Meanwhile, the others curiously examined the ugly fish that had been thrown onto the ground.

"What kind of demon is this? I've never seen one like it before."

"Same here, first time; but looking like this, can it be eaten?"

Many spirit chefs showed expressions of disgust.

Even these cooks judge by appearance—what a damned world that judges by looks.

With such ugly ingredients, one look tells you they won't be tasty.

The spirit chefs all thought with disgust, but only Ye Zhangqing's eyes lit up; he quickly stepped forward and reached out to grab the ugly fish.

Seeing this, everyone shouted in alarm.

"Food Ancestor, be careful."

"Don't worry, it's fine."

Only Ye Zhangqing steadily picked up the ugly fish, curiously examining it; seeing that he was unharmed, everyone froze, but after coming to their senses they still gave him a round of praise.

"Truly worthy of being the Food Ancestor."

"Food Ancestor, mighty."

"Food Ancestor, invincible."

Hearing the crowd's cheers and praise, Ye Zhangqing's mouth twitched, but after so long he's grown used to it.

His attention remained mostly on the ugly fish in his hand.

This fish is truly ugly—its mouth isn't a mouth, its nose isn't a nose; isn't this just the stone fish from my previous life?

Ugly as it is, it's absolutely a top-grade delicacy.

Although it carries deadly poison, after being handled by a skilled chef its flavor can rival that of premium shark's fin and abalone.

However, this thing is ultimately poisonous; in my past life there have also been cases of people dying from poison.

Although not many, it still makes most people wary, so quite a few haven't eaten it, or rather they don't dare to eat it.

But no matter what, this thing definitely counts as a truly top-tier ingredient.

"Food Ancestor, this thing is ugly as hell; should we just throw it away?"

"Throw it away? They went to the trouble of bringing back so much."

Huh???

Following the finger of a spirit chef, good grief, a huge pile of such ugly fish is stacked in the corner of the courtyard.

"You brought back this much?"

These were all brought back by people from the Three Holy Lands earlier.

Seeing this much, everyone felt a bit troubled; this thing is poisonous and ugly, obviously it can't be eaten.

"This is actually a good thing."

But just when everyone was hesitating, Ye Zhangqing spoke up; hearing this, many spirit chefs were startled, all turning their heads to look at Ye Zhangqing, then at the ugly fish in his hand, and asked doubtfully.

"Food Ancestor, can this thing really be eaten?"

"Yes, not only can it be eaten, but it also tastes excellent."

"But it's poisonous."

"Isn't it enough to just deal with it? As spirit chefs, isn't that what we do?"

Huh???

All the spirit chefs were dumbfounded; it's poisonous, so how are we supposed to handle it?

In their minds, if an ingredient itself is poisonous, it absolutely cannot be eaten, no matter what cooking method you use; poison remains poison, and even if the flavor is great, if it's harmful to people it can't be considered a delicacy.

Even if perhaps some cultivators with strong cultivation aren't afraid of ordinary toxins, this still goes against the original purpose of spirit chefs.

Making poisonous ingredients, what's the difference from harming people?

Therefore, spirit chefs of Zhongzhou have always, when encountering poisonous ingredients, preferred to discard them rather than take the slightest risk.

But at this moment, Ye Zhangqing can eat it, and it still tastes quite good, without the slightest concern about the poison.

Many spirit chefs hesitated, opening their mouths.

"Food Ancestor, even if the taste is better, after all it's poisonous."

"Yeah, we can't possibly make poisonous stuff for people to eat."

"Food Ancestor, maybe we should just throw this thing away; there are plenty of demons, and they wouldn't care about this little bit."