Chapter 92: Oyster Pork Ribs Pot
The ensuing battle was lackluster.
Even if the leader sea otter was able to reduce its body to the hardness of metal rock after severing the unspeakable organs, that didn't stop the steady stream of blood from pouring out, and it was apparently incapacitated.
Then again, who else can?
After Ian's condescending slash, he did not fight, he took advantage of the momentum to dive to the bottom of the sea, and successfully returned to the shore amid the panicked screams of the sea otters.
In fact, this is the most dangerous part, because Ian is now just a sublimator apprentice who has not yet reached the first energy level, and he is facing the other two Warcraft level sea otters in the sea, and the result cannot be said to be happy, but can only be said to be miserable.
But after all, a beast is also a beast, and after seeing the leader howl miserably and suffering a heavy blow at the moment of fighting, the first reaction of the two demonic beast sea otters was to directly take their respective beasts and turn their heads and run away!
If they encounter other monsters to grab territory, or encounter giant predators like ironclad sharks, the sea otter colony may fight to the death against the attackers...... But the speed with which Ian Teng dropped his knife and disappeared was so swift and direct that they didn't even know where the attacker was.
The unknown is the greatest horror, especially the injury of the leader is the horror of the horror, in order to avoid suffering the same ending themselves, they are a little clever but not particularly smart, they naturally run first.
Of course, Ian actually knows another reason.
The Mirage Labyrinth Reef Group is a huge coastal ecosystem inhabited by a variety of magical beast communities, and even the natives are reluctant to approach it, calling it the 'Sea of No Return'.
Here the wounds and bleed, and the howls are not so simple.
Shaking his head and shaking out the vast sea water, Ian could already hear the faint hiss of other monsters, as well as the unusual turmoil in the sea not far away.
In the Foresight Horizon, it was only an instant, and the original body was only surrounded by a layer of light blood, which might not be dead, and the most disabled leader sea otter was immediately surrounded by the black qi that was certain to die.
Colonies of sea otters that have lost their leaders must retreat - their enemies are not just Ian, but also a host of other reef monsters.
But how could Ian possibly give away his potion materials?
Therefore, while the other party was still struggling, causing the scarlet blood to spread in the sea, the boy, who had already retrieved his handmade short gun from the shore, began to aim at his target and began to throw it one after another.
In normal times, this kind of roughness, just sharpened wooden spear, no matter how strong the impact is, at most it will pierce the skin of the leader sea otter, and I am afraid that blood will not come out...... But now, as the leader of the sea otter continues to lose blood, its body has become weak, and the strong 'Pure Rock Body' cannot be maintained for a long time, and the weakness of the wound on its back has become more and more obvious.
As Ian threw his thirteenth wooden spear, Furious struggled to fight back, but was stabbed and killed, the sea otter, the leader of the stabbing group.
After a week of observing, preparing and waiting, it was finally time to harvest.
"This is the Crystal Bone?"
Ian's movements were quick, and he immediately entered the sea, dragging the corpse of the leader, the sea otter, back to shore, and then detached and cut.
The leader sea otter weighs more than 200 kilograms, and the reason why it can float on the surface is because it stores a large amount of hydrogen gas isolated from the activity of metal-based cells - the reef-eating sea otter can break down water into oxygen and hydrogen through cellular electrolysis, so it can regularly dive for food, gnaw on coral reefs, and keep itself afloat.
After the sea otter died, the hydrogen in the air bag did not leak for a short time, and Ian began to deal with it.
Warcraft, especially low-level Warcrafts of the first and second energy levels, can't all have sublimation materials on them. Generally speaking, first-level demonic beasts only have at most one or two potion materials, and a part of flesh and blood that contains a large amount of essentia.
A giant sea otter more than two meters tall, aside from the inedible parts, contains a large amount of heavy metal toxins in the internal organs, which can probably leave thirty or forty pounds of meat, as well as key sublimation materials.
Ian had already done his homework, skillfully slicing through the prey's back through the wound of the spear, his steady and dexterous hand controlling the knife to fly and cut, quickly finding his target at the spine.
It was a vertebrae that shimmered with a pale silver glow and took on the characteristics of a metallic lattice.
It is only a small segment, but it has a tendency to spread, and perhaps in the future, when the entire vertebrae and even the bones of the whole body become like this, it will become a second-level reef-eating sea otter.
This lattice spine allows the reef-eating sea otter to completely transform into metal-based life, and can obtain hydrogen and oxygen by splitting water, absorbing metal to strengthen itself.
In terms of attributes, it is a magical beast of the second system of water and soil, and when used in potions, it can allow people to obtain the ability to dismantle water similar to the body of pure rock and control.
But now, Ian easily detached the magical metal spine, then picked a rib bone chop, threw the remaining corpse to the shore, and quickly retreated in the direction of Port Harrison.
- The voices of the other monsters in the reef group are already very close, and they have taken the best parts, and the rest is left for those who come to pick up the leaks to sacrifice their teeth.
Otherwise, when a group of demonic beasts catches up, it will be more than worth the loss.
"Little Ian, how was your harvest today?"
When he returned to Port Harrison, the residents and city guards he met along the way greeted the small but kind psyker with a smile: "If you pick up another snail, can you sell me a piece?" ”
Because of the shape and telescopic characteristics of conch meat, coastal fishermen have always believed that it has that kind of exciting function, and it is quite popular in the market, and it has always been priceless.
"The harvest is good, next time!"
Ian's psyker status is now not unknown, but it can also be said that everyone is well known, especially the hero of the indigenous siege battle, the young city guard Scott has repeatedly reiterated that if Ian hadn't repaired the alchemy cannon, everything would be a lie.
Now, almost everyone in Harrison Harbor knows that Ian of the White People is a brilliant genius who has mastered the art of rough inscriptions and psionic powers at the age of nine.
And this genius is also very approachable, no matter who can say a few words, it is comforting.
In fact, Ian didn't do anything, he just responded to others when they greeted him, and listened carefully when others were talking, showing that he was very interested.
What's more, he was really interested in the first place.
At this moment, Ian came home with his usual bucket of seafood, and theoretically the city guards would check it no matter what it was, but who would really be so idle? Under Ian's obedient greeting, the guards guarding the door were easily released.
And just like that, he took home the crystal bones and sea otter steaks that were covered at the bottom of the barrel.
Opening the door, Ian had planned to dispose of the potion ingredients, then pack up the sea otter meat and make some food for the evening to celebrate.
"Well, what's wrong?"
But when he heard a strange noise in his brother Elan's room, he put down the bucket he was holding and opened the door to see what was going on.
There wasn't anything out of the ordinary, it was just that Elan woke up when he noticed someone entering the room.
"Brother, brother......"
After seeing Ian, the white-haired and purple-eyed toddler still looked a little stunned, but showed obvious joy.
He waved his little hand and gestured to the smiling Ian, and snorted.
"Looks like I'm hungry."
Ian stretched out his hand and pinched Elan's little face, listening to the other party giggle, the already quite good mood became even happier: "The screaming is so smooth, don't you just remember to eat?" ”
"Eat!" Elan was firm this time.
Ian laughed and went back to prepare the ingredients.
I have to say that the condensing herb given by Viscount Grant is very effective, and after two courses of treatment, Elan, who was originally stunned, is much more agile in both thinking and expression than at the beginning.
Although two-year-old Elan can only say a few simple words because of no one to teach and sleep fans before, it is difficult to say a whole long sentence, but this can't be helped, at least the current situation is better than being stupid.
The future will wait for the future, slowly recuperate, and it will always return to normal.
Today, Ian was going to make an oyster rib pot - he wanted to make a hot pot, but unfortunately he couldn't force himself because he couldn't find a hot sauce like chili.
You can't have a full spicy pot bottom, the mandarin duck pot is already the limit, even if it's a seafood mushroom hot pot!
Oysters, oysters, these things are cheap for the people of Harrison Harbor who haven't fully developed yet.
He can pick up a lot of them by going around the coastal reefs by himself, and they are all high-quality products, but the sea otter ribs need to be dealt with.
The ribs of the reef-devouring sea otter are firm and tender, with a large amount of essentia, which is very different from the limb muscles that have begun to be metal-based, and belong to the category of ordinary humans who can also eat.
It is pale blue from the foresight of the horizon, and even ordinary charcoal grilling tastes absolutely delicious, and Ian plans to marinate it for a while with Port Harrison's specialty Byson rock salt, shrimp paste and fish sauce, and finally add the rhizome juice of the awakening grass to remove the smell and fragrance, and heat the pot to boil water while marinating it.
Obviously, there is no casserole in Harrison Harbor, but there is a similar alchemy crucible, which Ian usually uses for separation experiments, the heat conduction is even, and it is large enough, he boils a crucible of hot water, and then adds some refined salt that he has separated and purified by alchemy, burns the fire, and puts the processed oysters in it to soak for a minute before fishing.
After the pot is processed, the marinated ribs are fried with their own fat, and when they are ripe, they are placed in a crucible and heated, and then a spoonful of lard is poured in.
Ian has already put a layer of Nanling's unique yellow berry crushed at the bottom of the pot, a kind of sour and spicy, similar to plum fruit, it is very refreshing to eat alone, and the mouth will be particularly astringent, but if you add oil and simmer together, the taste is unexpectedly okay, there is a taste almost garlic and onion.
The flavors of the oil, the berries, the sea otter ribs themselves blended in the crucible, and a peculiar aroma lingered around the house, while Ian placed the previously processed oysters on top of the tumbling gravy and ribs, covered the pot, and waited.
Gollum...... Sauces, grease and sauce are tumbling in the pan.
Every ten minutes, Ian adds some salt water to it, and every time he lifts the lid, there is a strong aroma, the meat of the pork ribs has been completely flavored, and the oysters are also dyed with the color of the sauce, a familiar and unfamiliar, appetizing and appetizing pot fragrance has been formed.
Hilliard had just come to the corner of the street, some distance from home, when he smelled the scent.
“…… He really wasn't lying to me in the first place. ”
The old knight's expression was subtle: "Is the psyker really so magical?" Or is it that someone is born to cook? This taste...... You can really be a chef. ”
"Forget it."
After pausing and thinking for a while, Hilliard shook his head: "Anyway, it's a good thing, the matter of cooking doesn't need to be as clear as I think." ”
With a happy mood, he opened the door.
"I'm back."