Chapter 399

Chapter 399: This is a Cursed Fish

Translator: CatatoPatch Editor: Vermillion

Prepare a kitchen?

Were you a comedian invited by that black dog?

The Serpentine Sovereign and the others were all shocked at Bu Fang’s sudden request . They stared at him speechlessly .

Wu Mu awkwardly smiled . He didn’t expect that Bu Fang would make such a strange request the moment he came back . Even he was slightly caught off guard .

“Owner Bu . . . We should talk about important matters first . . . “

A slight trace of embarrassment flashed through the Serpentine Sovereign’s beautiful face . Could it be that Bu Fang wanted to carry out their discussion in the kitchen? That would truly be weird, wouldn’t it?

“Owner Bu, if you want to have a meal, I will order my imperial chefs to prepare it . First, let’s go to the main hall of my imperial palace and have a nice chat about the matter about Yu Fu . ” The Serpentine Sovereign didn’t want to delay their discussion any longer and she kept pestering Bu Fang to enter the imperial palace .

Bu Fang shot a look at the Serpentine Sovereign as the corners of his mouth curled upwards . There was a trace of disdain as he looked at the Serpentine Sovereign .

“Imperial chefs? Are the dishes made by them edible?”

The Serpentine Sovereign slightly furrowed her brows . She felt as though Bu Fang was looking down on her imperial chefs . No matter what, she was the Serpentine Sovereign . Although she was already a peak Supreme-Being expert and seldom ate, the imperial chefs in the imperial palace were the best of the best . They had been meticulously chosen from the countless serpent-men .

“Owner Bu, you can be at ease . The imperial chefs are people who were carefully chosen out of all the serpent-men . Their culinary skills won’t disappoint you in the slightest . “

“Oh? If they are as amazing as you claim them to be, can they cook this ingredient?”

Bu Fang calmly said and covered his hand with true energy . He took out a plump and big fish which was covered in countless stripes .

When Wu Mu and the others looked at the hideous fish in Bu Fang’s hand, they were astonished .

“What kind of spirit beast is that?”

“It seems like a breed of fish . However, I have never seen anything like it . “

“That fish is too ugly! I’m pretty sure it tastes nasty as well . . .

. . .

Everyone around Bu Fang started to whisper among themselves . When they were all discussing the fish in Bu Fang’s hand, the Serpentine Sovereign’s complexion became slightly ugly . That was because even she was incapable of recognizing the spirit beast in Bu Fang’s hand .

Yu Fu was also astonished . Even though she had been his apprentice for a long time and practiced the culinary arts with him for quite some time now, she was unable to identify the fish . If even Yu Fu was not able to recognize the ingredient in Bu Fang’s hand, the Serpentine Sovereign would definitely not be able to .

“The most important thing right now is to take me into the kitchen . I want to cook a dish using this ingredient . After I’m done cooking it, you can have a taste . After tasting the dish, you’ll know that the imperial chefs in your palace are nothing compared to me . ” Bu Fang grabbed the Darkmoon Thorny Pufferfish and he said with barely concealed arrogance .

The golden mantis shrimp on his shoulder slightly moved and its compound eyes stole a glance at the pufferfish in Bu Fang’s hand . It felt as though it had seen it somewhere before .

Bu Fang naturally didn’t care about the golden mantis shrimp . Instead, he fixed his gaze on the Serpentine Sovereign .

In the end, the Serpentine Sovereign and the others gave in and brought him to a kitchen .

Yu Fu cheerfully followed behind them . As she was confined to her own home by the Serpentine Sovereign for a month, she wasn’t able to cook . There was no opportunity for her to come into contact with a kitchen knife . She was extremely eager to be able to cook again .

When they entered the kitchen, the Grand Serpentine City’s imperial chefs respectfully greeted the Serpentine Sovereign .

“Can anyone of you recognize what ingredient this is?”

The Serpentine Sovereign had a cold voice as she asked the imperial chefs about the ingredient in Bu Fang’s hand . She didn’t believe Bu Fang and she also didn’t believe that none of the chefs would be able to identify the fish .

However, she was bound to be disappointed . After all of the imperial chefs looked at the fish in Bu Fang’s hand, they were unable to identify it . Although some of them found it familiar, none of them were able to accurately identify the fish .

“This . . . This ingredient looks like it came from the northern region of the Grand Serpentine City . It looks like that demonic fish which lived in the river there . “

A young imperial chef said in a grave tone “However, that fish contains a deadly poison and there is no way to eat it without getting poisoned . It can’t be considered an ingredient . “

Bu Fang was slightly startled as he didn’t expect that there would truly be someone who recognized it . Although he was surprised that there would be someone who made a correct guess, Bu Fang didn’t reveal the name of the fish to everyone . Were there really different kinds of pufferfish living in the area?

“You are right . This ingredient contains a deadly poison . This Thorny Pufferfish has a poison which can kill even a Supreme-Being,” said Bu Fang .

When everyone heard Bu Fang, chaos broke out . He actually wanted to cook an ingredient which could poison a Supreme-Being to death?

“This . . . This is a cursed fish! Even if it was cooked, the dish would be poisonous . It can’t be eaten . . . “

That young imperial chef was trembling and shaking his head as he cried out .

“This is because all of you have no idea on how to cook a fish like this . Now, tell me where is that river . ” Bu Fang looked at that young serpent-man and asked with excitement in his voice .

If there was really such a river, Bu Fang would take a trip there and capture lots of pufferfish . He would bring them back to his store and create a new dish out of them .

“That is a cursed river… All of the demonic fishes in it were killed by the experts from our serpent-men race . However, the blood of those demonic fished contaminated the water and they could only seal the place up . The experts filled the river in order to stop the poison from spreading . ” That young imperial chef proudly raised his head in the air and proclaimed .

Bu Fang had an expressionless face when he looked at the young imperial chef . When he saw that the young imperial chef raised his head with pride, Bu Fang felt like smashing his face with the Black Turtle Constellation Wok .

Those demonic fishes were pufferfish! They were all excellent ingredients . . .

Bu Fang restrained himself and he pulled Yu Fu into the kitchen .

The Serpentine Sovereign and Wu Mu were startled by Bu Fang’s actions . The imperial chefs wanted to follow Bu Fang into the kitchen and watch him cook the demonic fish .

Before they could enter, Bu Fang who was carrying the Black Turtle Constellation Wok, blocked the kitchen . He looked at the imperial chefs calmly .

“What do you think you are doing? All of you should distance yourselves from the kitchen . Other than my apprentice, no one is allowed to take half a step into the kitchen when I’m cooking . Anyone who disobeys will be battered to death by my wok . “

After Bu Fang was done speaking, he closed the door of the kitchen with a loud “bang” .

A trace of embarrassment appeared on the Serpentine Sovereign’s face . This was really embarrassing . She snorted at Bu Fang in her mind and she swayed her tail toward the kitchen door . She really wanted to see how Bu Fang prepared his so-called exceptional delicacy .

Wu Mu warmly smiled and said, “Owner Bu is a capable and talented person . He has exceptional culinary arts . It isn’t strange for him to have a weird temper . “

The Serpentine Sovereign shot a gaze at Wu Mu before snorting coldly . She eventually turned her head sideways .

. . . . .

The kitchen was pretty decent and it was quite magnificent . It was tidy and spotlessly clean . There were countless ingredients inside the kitchen, waiting for the chefs to cook them . There were even some spirit beasts in a cage staring at Bu Fang .

Those were spirit beast ingredients which would be butchered shortly .

Bu Fang didn’t pay attention to them . After he entered the kitchen, he started to make changes to the entire place .

He conveniently took a kitchen knife which was lying on a table and he waved it around . After some consideration, he threw the knife at Yu Fu .

“Wield this kitchen knife . Since you haven’t touched a knife for a month, you should familiarise yourself with it . Watch how I cook carefully and you should be able to learn many things . ” Bu Fang advised Yu Fu .

After Yu Fu took the knife from Bu Fang, she nodded her head earnestly . She was extremely happy that she finally got the chance to cook again .

Bu Fang nodded his head at her and he replaced the wok in the kitchen . Of course, Bu Fang wanted to use his Black Turtle Constellation Wok compared to the random wok used by the imperial chefs .

Carrying Blacky who was sound asleep, Bu Fang threw it into a random corner of the kitchen . After getting rid of Blacky, he poured Heaven Alps Spirit Lake Water on the wok . Then, he took a step back and he opened his mouth . A ball of golden flames emerged from his mouth .

Yu Fu, who was observing him, stared at Bu Fang in shock . As it turned out, spitting fire had its uses .

After the Ten Thousand Bestial Flame made its way to the bottom of the wok, it started heating up the wok . In just a short while, the Heaven Alps Spirit Lake Water within the wok started boiling .

Bu Fang earnestly washed the Black Turtle Constellation Wok before putting it aside . Afterwards, he started to process the Darkmoon Thorny Pufferfish .

If Lord Dog saw that Bu Fang cleaned the wok, it would definitely slap Bu Fang till he died . This Bu Fang actually cleaned the wok because Lord Dog slept there .

It was just a nap! Why would you need to clean it with Heaven Alps Spirit Lake Water?

However, despite everything, Bu Fang’s earnest attitude affected Yu Fu . Even her hair white skin on her arm had goosebumps on it . Bu Fang could see that she was extremely nervous . It was her first time seeing Bu Fang this earnest and serious .

After taking out the Darkmoon Thorny Pufferfish, green smoke twirled around Bu Fang’s hand . He summoned the Golden Dragon Bone Knife and waved it in the air once . Afterwards, he started to cut up the Thorny Pufferfish .

Although the Thorny Pufferfish’s skin was tough and hard, it was easily sliced apart by the Dragon Bone Kitchen Knife . The knife went through the skin like it was tofu .

With a wave of his hand, a find line appeared on the Thorny Pufferfish’s body . He turned his knife over and raised the skin of the Thorny Pufferfish .

His hand slightly trembled as he pushed the knife deeper into the Thorny Pufferfish . He lightly severed the joints which were between the skin and the meat .

When Yu Fu saw how Bu Fang processed the Thorny Pufferfish, her eyes couldn’t help but widen . She felt as though there was a ray of light coming from Bu Fang which lit up the dim kitchen .

The skin on the Thorny Pufferfish was quickly opened up and Bu Fang peeled it off .

Owner Bu’s cutting skill advanced to a greater level and it was reaching perfection .

As his chef’s apprentice, Yu Fu was practicing her cutting technique daily . However, it was inferior and lacking compared to Bu Fang’s Meteor Cutting Technique .

Therefore, Yu Fu was astonished when she saw Bu Fang’s cutting skills . Every time she saw him cook . It was like he was making a piece of art . It was truly pleasing to watch Bu Fang cook .

Bu Fang slightly shook his kitchen knife and he placed the skin on a porcelain tray which was located above the kitchen stove .

After the skin was taken care of, Bu Fang focused on the rest of the fish in front of him .

Bu Fang held on firmly to his knife and he slightly squinted his eyes . In the next moment, his knife flickered like lightning as he slashed down toward the Thorny Pufferfish . His movements were so swift that it would be able to dazzle everyone .

Every time he lifted his knife, some fine poison sacs would be removed . Those sacs were capable of creating the poisonous needles which it used to attack Bu Fang . Those sacs contained deadly poison as well as a strange liquid substance . Bu Fang knew that if the liquid contaminated the meat, the entire Thorny Pufferfish would become inedible .

This was a task which required patience as well as precision . Bu Fang knew that there was no room for mistake .

Splat! Splat! Splat!

After he took out each poison sac, he would throw it in a porcelain tray . It would make a ‘splat’ sound which caused Yu Fu to hold her breath as she was becoming more and more nervous . Her face started to flush and beads of sweat flowed down her forehead .

She widened her big eyes until they become round, which made her look really adorable .

However, Bu Fang was too busy right now and didn’t have the time to admire how adorable and lovable she was .

“Process those poison sacs . Bear in mind that you can’t come into contact with them, otherwise, you’ll be infected,” Bu Fang said calmly .

After Yu Fu came back to her sense, she nodded at him . She carefully took the porcelain tray which was filled with poison sacs . She looked at the tray and found out that there was some yellow liquid flowing inside those sacs .

Bu Fang only started the next step after he inspected the Thorny Pufferfish and found out that there weren’t any others poison sacs on it .

He gouged out the Thorny Pufferfish’s eyes as even the eyes of this creature had a virulent poison .

He waved his kitchen knife and scraped off some fine spikes from the surface of the meat . Those spikes were not big nor sharp . They didn’t even contain poison . However, Bu Fang took them off as they would numb one’s mouth and affect the taste of the dish .

He opened up the Thorny Pufferfish’s and carefully gouged out its heart . He also took out its air bladder before washing them with Heaven Alps Spirit Lake Water . He carefully processed the fine membranes which were inside the Thorny Pufferfish .

It took him a long time to completely process every single part of this Thorny Pufferfish, as it was extremely poisonous .

He waved his knife and started slicing the remaining meat which had no poison in it . The meat of the Thorny Pufferfish was quite soft . Just by lightly drawing his knife across the meat, the meat opened up .

After he was done processing the meat, Bu Fang started to prepare to cook it .

He was slightly excited as in his previous world, pufferfish meat was considered the most delicious food in the world . Although it was slightly exaggerated, it was enough to prove that pufferfish meat was extremely delicious .

Since he was about to cook such a delicacy with his own hands, Bu Fang was naturally quite excited . However, he was still prudent and careful when cooking the Thorny Pufferfish .

With a wave of his hand, the Ten Thousand Bestial Flames became stronger . The temperature of the Black Turtle Constellation Wok instantly rose .