After smoking all the bats out, Yan Xianchang helped to clean up.

The bones and feces of bats that have accumulated in the cave for hundreds or thousands of years cannot be cleaned by manpower. He directly evokes a whirlwind-like demonic wind, rolls the accumulated filth inside into the distant forest, and then condenses the pool water into a high-pressure water cannon to flush the cave. The water flowed down the cave and down the mountain, filling it with dirt at first, but it became clear after several rinses.

When Yan Hanjiang cast a spell to clean the cave, Shao Zongyan opened a small piece of clean land by the waterhole, picked up some dead branches to build a small cone-shaped fire, burned a handful of wormwood, and drove away the mosquitoes and flies around the pool.

The place where they lit the fire happened to grow a few thin bamboos, but they were solitary, not forests, and there were no new bamboo shoots underground. However, he did not cut the bamboo to eat, but took a few tender bamboo tubes, cut off the bamboo knots on both sides, and burned the bamboo drain after splitting.

Bamboo draining water can clear the heart and moisten the dryness, and it can be more shocking. After a day and a night's hard work, he even felt unbearable for a person who had already entered the gate of the Immortal Gate, Master Shi Nian was just an ordinary person, and he was always worried that the vampire would catch up and drink some medicine to calm his nerves.

The roasted bamboo drain drip down the two ends of the bamboo into the bowl, the color is light yellow, the taste is as clear as water, with a slight burnt aroma of roasted bamboo, and it tastes good as a tea. The master took the bamboo drain and drank it all, his heart seemed to be clear, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and sighed: "I haven't been able to drink such nectar for a long time, and after meeting the Taoist, I seem to have returned to the world." ”

In front of me was a clear pool, with a warm and sweet tea soup in my hand, and someone I could trust sitting next to me, and my body was full of soreness—not the shameful and painful tiredness that followed every joy, but the muscle aches that were full of life and peculiar to work. In those days in the castle, he had almost forgotten what it was like to be in the sun, forgot his life, and only when he was reciting the scriptures could he temporarily forget the environment in which he lived. He couldn't even keep the Buddha beads, and lived a life as depraved as a vampire day after day......

If he hadn't mustered up the courage to ask for help yesterday, he might have been a ghost by now.

Shi Nian rubbed the wall of the bowl, quietly looking at the customer service in front of him who brought him back into the sun from the boundless night, smelling the faint smell of bamboo and fireworks in the air, and his eyes gradually filled with brilliance.

The flames burned high, and the bamboo roasted on top of it became charred and turned into part of the fuel. Shao Zongyan no longer roasted the bamboo drain, and only cut one end of the remaining bamboo tube, poured in the fried Mabo mushroom grains, rice and water, blocked the mouth of the tube with bamboo leaves, and threw it into the fire for barbecue.

The fresh bamboo knots lose water in the fire, making a sound of peeling and peeling, and the fragrance of the bamboo itself is simmered into the rice with the bamboo drain during the barbecue process. Shao Daochang made a few vegetarian ones in a row, blanched those fresh shellfish, squeezed out the mud and sand after removing the meat, stuffed them into the remaining bamboo tubes, and roasted them for the grass carp essence that likes meat to eat.

Because he had just eaten grilled fish in the morning, he didn't rush to make boiled fish, but took the bats to the water's edge and cleaned them up. Bat wings only have a thin layer of skin, and when the soup is boiled, it can be put in to make a pot of fresh soup as thick as jelly, which is fried but has no taste. He simply tore off his wings, bled and threw away his head, claws, and internal organs, chopped the rest into small pieces, and grabbed and pickled them with soy sauce and cooking wine.

When the chopped bat was brought back, it became a neat piece of meat, covered with a layer of oily sauce-colored light, and looked a little like a black chicken nugget. Even the Master of Liberation, who once regarded the bat as the incarnation of the vampire duke, and felt fear every time he saw it, could not associate it with the original form when he saw this pot of meat, and naturally lost the fear and disgust he had before.

He didn't detest anything, and he had nothing to fear. From love to sorrow, from love to fear...... Shi Nian closed his eyes vigorously, put down the teacup and sat down, put his hands together, and silently chanted the sutra for the food that died because of them today.

The three of them were quietly preparing dinner, but suddenly a human voice came from the wind. A series of rough and harsh invectives came from afar in the wind, as if they were scolding someone upstream for dumping sewage and dousing each other's bodies.

Shao Zong's ears were strict, and when he heard the words "dirty water" and "bat feces", he knew that he had created a sin, and he was a little weak-hearted. Because they also have to use the pool water to cook and wash, the water washed by the Yan Han River in the cave is not led downstream, but directly down the mountain wall......

Shao Daochang coughed lightly and quietly took out a change of clothes from his backpack, hoping that the man would not be too angry for the sake of the clothes after he came up.

Yan Hanjiang leaned on the edge of the fish tank, patted his tail and snorted coldly: "You don't need to bring them clothes, those people are thick and can't wear your clothes." ”

Shao Zongyan's figure is actually by no means short, and he has a thin waist and slender legs, which is a standard clothes rack figure. But the man who walked and scolded at the foot of the mountain was a stout man full of muscles, and his thighs were as thick as his waist, and even the fattest robe could not cover the man's chest.

The big man carried a box that resembled a small coffin, and beside him there were two people who were also covered with sewage: one was a thin young man in a white robe, holding a glittering cross in his hand and reciting scriptures; The other is a beautiful woman with a long □□ on her back.

No matter which one is not suitable to wear Shao Zongyan's clothes, let them wash themselves in the waterhole and dry them on the fire.

As the voices grew louder and louder, Master Shi Nian also heard that someone was coming up, and his face suddenly became pale and ugly, and he was restless, wishing that they would never come up.

Will the group recognize him as the monk who was captured by Duke Selen? Even if he doesn't recognize it, at night the vampire comes after him and says to his face that he is committed to the Duke of Seren, what will this group of people think of him? Will he be considered an accomplice of vampires?

What will Daochang Shao and his little fish fairy think of him? Although they were all good men, and they did not look down on him when they heard about his past, the Duke of Salem liked to describe such things very openly in front of people, and used some obscene things to compare him, and every time he heard it, he wanted to cut off his ears......

Alas, how could they listen to that kind of thing!

As soon as he remembered the vampire's unbearable words, which he would rather not understand at all, his ears turned red with shame, and he trembled on the ground with his shoulders folded, until a chaotic and harsh grinding sound came into his ears, and he slowly raised his head.

After marinating the bat pieces, Shao Daochang grabbed the few remaining crabs from the basket and threw them into the steamer to steam. Those live crabs kept struggling in the cage, the tips of their claws stabbing on the cage wall, and the harsh sound seemed to scratch the bottom of Shi Nian's heart, and the person who was trapped in the cage and suffering seemed to have become him.

He memorized the familiar scriptures one by one, without the need to use his brain, and the contents of these scriptures did not enter his heart, his ears were filled with the sounds of the crabs struggling, and his mind remembered the dark and oppressive, but full of twisted joyful castle.

"Why don't you want to?" How can he stop thinking about the obsessions that make his body uncontrollable, but his heart wanders between darkness and pain? How can we not think about the sins that we cannot free ourselves from or wash away?

"It's good when it's cooked." Shao Zongyan thought that he was scratching the crab loudly, so he turned around and smiled: "Master is compassionate, I shouldn't have killed in front of you, but the environment is too difficult, and if you don't eat meat, you can't accumulate your body, so eat it when you eat it." ”

I thought I was thinking about it in my heart, but I didn't know when it came out, and someone answered, and I couldn't help but be shocked and ashamed. He raised his head sharply, and saw that Shao Zongyan was still squatting there seriously to stir up the fire, and he didn't care what he was talking about at all, so he touched his chest and replied in a low voice: "What the Taoist chief said is extremely ......."

If you think about it carefully, this life is actually like these crabs tormenting in a cage. When the crab is fully cooked, it will be able to live in bliss and will no longer struggle in pain; And as long as people can extinguish love, greed, hatred, and ignorance, there will be no more pain in their hearts, right?

The sound of crab claws scratching the bamboo cage gradually disappeared, the white mist on the steamer steamed, Shao Zongyan opened the cage lid, and a fresh fragrance came to his nose.

Master Shi Nian smelled the umami smell with the unique fishy smell of aquatic creatures, and his irritable and tangled heart seemed to gradually calm down. Those shady memories and joys are like the live crabs in the cage being tormented by the fire until they are extinguished, but the expectation and courage to live are hooked out from the bottom of my heart by the light aroma of steamed crabs.

Even if he is spurned and despised, he wants to get out of this dark cage full of ghosts and go back to the sun. To this end, even if he wants to cut off half of his body that has fallen into the mire, and if he wants to cut open the heart carved by the vampire that is bloody and no longer in its former shape, he will not hesitate to do anything.

Shi Nian recited the Buddha's name, his expression became more and more solemn, and he looked at the steamed red crabs on the table without sadness or joy - Shao Daochang just broke one open, revealing the white crab meat that was not very fat inside, cut the shell with a sharp knife, and cut the meat out bit by bit.

The noisy voices under the mountain were getting closer and closer, and the figures of the three of them emerged from the bottom of the slope, and they also saw the two masters who were looking at them on the edge of the pool. Yan Hanjiang didn't want to meet outsiders, so he lowered his head and jumped into the water, turning into a palm-sized grass carp, with two golden lines shining on his side, showing off his outstanding fish.

Shao Zongyan looked good at him, because he was worried that those people would affect his cooking, so he was hungry for grass carp, so he threw the fresh shellfish that he hadn't used up just now into the fish tank, and asked Yan Hanjiang to eat a few bites to pad his stomach when he was hungry.

The three men finally climbed up the hill, looked at the cave where the water was still flowing, and rushed straight to the fire. However, to Shao Daochang's surprise, they were not here to fight, the big man who scolded them all the way was full of smiles at this time, and asked kindly and gently: "Are the two of you also going to Seren Castle to hunt those vampires?" ”

The woman beside him looked enchanting, walked up to Shao Daochang with a gun, turned around to reveal a strange tattoo on her waist, and said with a smile: "I'm the vampire hunter Binnie, these two are my companions, Layton and Ben, what do you call the two magicians?" ”

Shao Daochang put on a service smile and replied politely: "My name is Shao Zongyan, and I am a soothsayer, and I came to see this castle when I felt that something big was going to happen. This is my honored guest Master Shakti, a scholar of ghosts. If you don't dislike it, the cave is very big, why don't you live together? ”

The three vampire hunters exchanged glances, not believing that they were as ineffective as Shao Daochang himself said. However, according to the custom of this world, vampires and fallen humans who turn to vampires regard bats as a symbol of the blood family, and will never do anything to cleanse a hole of bats. Although Shao Zongyan never admitted that he was a magician, he must have the same heart for killing vampires as they did, enough to be a temporary companion.

In addition to their position, they also have a little selfishness.

Dahan Layton leaned over to the table and sniffed the picked crab meat deeply, blinked his blue eyes, and asked sincerely, "What are these things, can you eat them?" We had climbed the mountain all afternoon without eating, and we had been doused with so much stinky bat dung that we would not have time to hunt or cook after a bath. You know, when it gets dark this mountain is a hunting ground for vampires, and it's very inconvenient for humans to be outside......"

nagged for a long time, with only one goal, that is, to falsely accuse these two people and rub them off for a meal. Shao Daochang was already a little guilty about them, and wanted to use their power to prevent the attack of vampires at night, so he happily replied: "The three of you just go, I have my own way to get food." ”

Layton and Binnie were overjoyed, and even the white-robed hunter, who had been silent and looked a little strict, had a smile on his lips, and after a few polite words, he ran to the lake farther away to take a bath.

Leaving Shao Daochang alone to face the arduous task of making dinner for six people.

There were all the fish and mushrooms, but the crabs were so thin that there were not enough crab caps for five crabs, and there were neither seeds nor paste in them. Although it is born in the clear and cold water, the crab meat itself is sweet and firm, but the meat is too small to eat, and it is not enough for six people.

If only the two of them were there, all the crab meat would belong to Brother Yan. But the master has been thinking about the crab since just now, and he can't let him watch it, and the vampire hunter has come up to smell the crab meat, and he has to leave a little ......

There are not enough real crabs, so you can only make do with fake ones. Fortunately, he caught a lot of fish, and then fried the leftover Ma Bo, plus bamboo rice...... While he wanted to make a chop, he gave Yan Hanjiang a small plate of the picked crabs, with ginger vinegar in a small porcelain spoon, which was delicate and exquisite, and asked him to come out first to eat some to cushion his stomach.

The rest dialed a little more to the master, and said with an apologetic smile: "This crab meat is less, you taste it first, and I'll get some fake crab meat and eat it happily in a while." ”

"Dao Elder doesn't have to take care of me, I don't want to eat this crab, I just watched it from life to death and figured out some things." The master clasped his hands together, firmly rejected the crab meat, lowered his eyes and recited the scriptures, and recast his heart with the Dharma.

Shao Zongyan nodded, then put down the crab meat and began to process the fresh fat pond fish. He was already a skilled fisherman, and in a few clicks he chopped off the head and tail, removed the backbone, and attached two thick pieces of fleshy pink fish steak to the bottom of the fish skin slices. This time, he didn't need to cut the butterfly slices, as long as the slightly wide and even strips of meat, he cut them like the wind, and he held the knife in his wrist up and down, making it difficult to see how he moved.

After cutting, the fish sticks are simmered with cooking wine and salt, boiled in an iron pot with boiling oil, and the fish sticks are rolled down, and the snow white and delicate fish are fished up, and the fresh fragrance comes out of the trembling fish. The master's gaze involuntarily fell from the crab to his dazzling movements, and he took the iron pot and gently turned it in the air, and the whole pot of fish and meat slid out of the bottom of the pot, but it did not fly out as if it was controlled by some divine power, but drew an arc, and the whole lump of meat fell on the colander together.

The freshly fried fish is white, and the golden oil keeps slipping down the sticks and dripping onto the stainless steel pan under the colander.

Taking advantage of the dripping oil of the fish sticks, he cut Ma Bo into thin strips, marinated them with the rest of the fish sticks, grabbed the water starch and poured them into the boiling oil to scatter, fried them into a plate of golden and crispy crispy crispy noodles that could not tell whether they were mushrooms or fish, and sprinkled with salt, cumin, and cumin powder to taste.

Taking advantage of the fact that the bathers did not come back, Yan Hanjiang turned into a mermaid and enjoyed this hot and freshly cooked dinner first. Master Shi Nian very consciously stood in front of the little mermaid, with a sense of excitement to keep it secret, and looked at the three undulating black dots on the lake from a distance.

When the man came out of the lake, he turned his head and reminded Yan Hanjiang that he had become a small fish.

At this time, the grass carp essence was almost full, so he jumped back into the fish tank and quietly loaded the fish. The master sat back in his place, only to find that the fish in the colander was long gone, and the crab meat on the plate was gone, but there were five more fried red crab lids on the plate, which were full of snow-white and golden things.

He has been a monk since he was a child, and he has never eaten these aquatic products, so he doesn't know that this yellow is specially imitating the egg liquid scrambled from crab roe. Inside, the fish and crab meat are mixed with the soft, delicate scrambled egg yolk, and the aroma is richer than that of the fish that was fried separately.

These are the same eggs they picked up in the morning. The eggs are slightly fishy, and they are stir-fried with fish sticks and crab roe, and then cooked with ginger rice and vinegar, but they are completely dyed with the unique flavor of crab meat.

The whites of the bird's eggs were not added here, but were poured into a basin and beaten separately. When Shi Nian saw it, the transparent and yellowish egg whites had already been stirred white, and they were piled up in the basin like a small snowy mountain, and he used chopsticks to evenly distribute them to the crab shells, pasting a cover full of golden white things underneath.

It's really exquisite, not to mention eating, just looking at it makes people love it. Shi Nian couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and watched him carefully stack the stuffed crab shells into the plate and continue steaming.

The mountain breeze blows from the waterhole, blowing the remaining fresh fragrance of crabs to the lake, and also brings a touch of refreshment to this hot and humid mountain forest.

The sound of Leiden echoed in the lake opposite, and I could vaguely hear words such as "grilled fish", "crab" and "fragrance", as if I had smelled the aroma of fake crab meat. His companions whispered a few words in response, and a string of laughter erupted on the lake.

Shao Zongyan also laughed and said in a low voice: "They are so happy now, I hope they can be happy after knowing that they are eating bats." ”

As he couldn't say whether it was sarcasm or sincerity, the oil pan churned again, and the sound of boiling oil continued to explode, and the oil smoke came out of the pot, but it was the pot of pickled bat meat that was out of the pot.

The smoke was blown by the wind onto Shi Nian's body, and the smell of meat wrapped in it naturally hit his face.

He never imagined that the bats he had always hated and feared would blow up so fragrantly. This is different from the light and slightly fishy sweet aroma of crabs, which is an extremely strong and direct meat aroma. As the smoke on the pot became heavier and heavier, the aroma of oil and meat from the fried bats became stronger and stronger, and even the wind blowing behind him could not dissipate the smell condensed on the tip of his nose.

There is also not a few taels of meat on the bat's body, and it is a little crispy after frying for a while. Then use wide oil to fry the crisp, add a lot of dried chili peppers and sesame peppers to taste, and the aroma has a kind of fresh and exciting spicy.

Shi Nian was so choked by the spicy smell that he sneezed, but he couldn't help but put one in his mouth when Shao Zongyan pinched the meat and fed the fish.

Bite into the salty and crispy outer layer that has been fried, and there is a trace of tender and juicy meat inside, and he also eats small pieces of crispy bones, which squeak when he bites. After tasting the fresh aroma of the bat meat itself, the mellow spicy spicy burst out of his mouth, so spicy that the tip of his tongue stabbed, and he hurriedly drank cold tea and pressed it.

Spicy, but extra fragrant. Unlike the half-baked meat in the castle that exudes a strong smell of blood, the real meat dish is actually like this, which makes people can't help but taste it after eating it, and want to eat another piece...... Lots of blocks.

The thought that these tender and crispy pieces of fried meat were actually bat meat gave him the illusion that what he was eating was actually a vampire.

However, in ancient times, Song Dingbo spit on ghosts as fat sheep, maybe the vampires in this world can really eat them. The master couldn't help but put another piece of bat meat into his mouth, slowly tasting the strange spicy taste, and laughing at himself in his heart: If vampires can really have such a fragrance when cooked, I am afraid that the people of this world have already eaten it cleanly, how can they still be allowed to live until now?