The moment Qi Han completed Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb, the system began providing him with the corresponding ingredients. As he entered the kitchen now, his gaze quickly settled on the primary ingredient of Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb: Dragon Scale Fish.
Being chosen by the system as a three-star recipe ingredient, Dragon Scale Fish naturally wasn't an ordinary fish.
This fish carried a trace of dragon blood, so its scales resembled those of a dragon. Thus, the name Dragon Scale Fish. The fish had a long lifespan, living for one thousand and one years. The first thousand years were when its essence was at its peak. Its length would shorten by over half during this year, and its essence would be highly concentrated. In the following year, it would rapidly age and die, returning its essence to the world.
Naturally, the system selected the best ingredients. Each piece of Dragon Scale Fish was exactly one thousand years old. Such demanding requirements could probably only be met by a system with the ability to adjust the flow of time.
And this was just part of Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb. Don't forget, the main ingredient of this dish was lamb.
The lamb used in Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb came from a specially designated pasture within the system, where a naturally blessed grass was watered by spirit springs. The lamb was a hundred-year Xihua Plateau lamb.
This kind of lamb-type Spirit beast had weak offensive capabilities and a gentle temperament. Its meat was incredibly delicious by itself, and due to the natural spring watering and year-round nourishment without regard for cost, its meat was tender and not fatty. It contained less fat, had much less gamy flavor, but its freshness wasn't diminished in the slightest; in fact, it was even better.
In addition to this, the other ingredients used in the dish were equally extraordinary. For example, the shiitake mushrooms were replaced with the extremely precious mushroom, Changling Mushroom, from the Douluo Continent. The winter bamboo shoots were substituted with the bamboo shoots of the thousand-year plant Spirit beast, Dragon Bamboo. The pig net fat was sourced from a specially fed Honey Badger
Dragon Scale Fish that was a thousand years old fell into the category of natural treasures, rather than Spirit beasts. Despite containing the essence of heaven and earth, it still hadn't evolved strong attacking power. Qi Han's strength at the second rank of Spirit Master was enough to deal with it.
Skilled in catching a Dragon Scale Fish from a tank filled with spirit water, Qi Han lightly tapped the fish's head with the back of a knife, causing the fish to faint instantly due to the fluctuation of his Spirit power.
Immediately after, Qi Han's hand moved at an incredibly fast rhythm, the tip of the knife dancing on the fish's body. With just a few moves, all the scales on the Dragon Scale Fish's body were completely removed.
If one looked closely, they would notice that as these gold-colored fish scales, resembling dragon scales, fell off, the pale gold fish skin on the surface of the Dragon Scale Fish's body wasn't damaged at all.
This was simply unimaginable. In the process of removing scales, the fish skin would inevitably be scraped and damaged by the knife edge. However, Qi Han's knife seemed to have eyes, removing only the scales without harming the fish skin.
This was the knife technique that Yi Ya's remnant Spirit had demonstrated to Qi Han in the training space. Now, Qi Han was flawlessly replicating it and demonstrating it on the Douluo Continent.
Knife technique, Proficient Level!
Following that, Qi Han quickly removed the gills and internal organs of the fish, then proceeded to debone the entire fish.
The entire process was completed in one go. Other than a smooth crack on the belly of the fish, there were hardly any differences from before. Even the fish bones that were separated were very clean, without any attached meat fibers.
Who could have imagined that a fish that still looked so alive had already been completely deboned inside, leaving only the head and skeleton? Qi Han marinated the fully deboned Dragon Scale Fish with ingredients like cooking wine for a while, then turned around and started working on the lamb.
He diced the Xihua Plateau lamb, Changling Mushroom, and Dragon Bamboo shoots into small pieces, stir-frying them in a wok until they emitted a tantalizing fragrance before removing them from the heat. He then stuffed the cooked mixture into the belly of the marinated Dragon Scale Fish.
Next, Qi Han took out the hedgehog pig net fat, quickly slashing the fat's surface dozens of times with his knife. When he opened the fat again, it unexpectedly transformed into a fishing net the size of a plate.
Each hole in the fishing net was the size of a finger, and upon closer inspection, the size of each hole was exactly the same.
To achieve such precision on the soft pig net fat was truly astonishing.
Qi Han carefully wrapped the Dragon Scale Fish, which was stuffed with fillings, tightly with the pig net fat. Then, he wrapped it in a lotus leaf and covered it with aluminum foil before placing it in the oven for roasting.
With the help of the advanced oven technology, the roasting was completed in just a minute. Opening the aluminum foil, a peculiar fragrance instantly wafted into Qi Han's nose and mouth.
This aroma contained a hint of lamb's gamy flavor, the sweet freshness of fish meat, the unique aroma of Changling Mushroom, the fresh fragrance of tender bamboo shoots, the faint aroma of the lotus leaf, and the scent of hedgehog pig net fat.
Despite the multitude of aromas blending together, they harmoniously merged into one, creating a seamless fusion without any conflict.
Just from the smell, Qi Han couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva.
Carefully placing the Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb on a plate, Qi Han unwrapped the outer layer of lotus leaf, then placed a fresh lotus leaf on top for decoration. With this step, the dish was completely finished.
At the moment when Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb was completed, the elemental forces of the surrounding world began to rapidly fluctuate and converge towards the direction of the dish.
The converging elemental forces were so dense that they solidified into a tangible form, transforming into milky-white mist.
Elemental forces of the world were usually invisible. To achieve a visible state, their concentration needed to be at least a thousand times higher than normal.
At this moment, the Tang Sect, Shrek City's Great Spirit Arena, Shrek City's Auction House, and half of the outer courtyard area of Shrek Academy all sensed the decrease in elemental forces of the world around them.
And all the Title Douluo-level experts within the affected range immediately directed their spiritual power towards Qi Han's shop.
Having reached the level of a Title Douluo, their mastery of elemental forces had advanced even further. Large-scale fluctuations of elemental forces like this couldn't escape their perception.
However, any attempts to investigate were futile under the protection of the system. Nobody could breach the blockade of the shop.
Inside the shop, Qi Han anxiously stared at the space above Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb. Above this dish, the gathered elemental forces of the world transformed into a mist that shaped itself into a massive archway. Carved into the stone pillars on both sides of the archway were countless dragon forms. On the archway itself, the words "Dragon Gate" were etched with an iron-like robustness, radiating a dignified aura as if gazing at a true dragon, exuding an indescribable majesty.
Beneath the archway was a waterfall, and beneath the waterfall lay a golden-scaled fish. Ascending against the waterfall, the fish soared through the Dragon Gate.
Splash!
With a light sound, the fish exerted force and leaped over the archway. The moment it descended from the other side of the archway, its body elongated. Horns sprouted from its head, and five-clawed dragon claws grew from its belly. It transformed into a majestic five-clawed golden dragon, soaring into the sky after a deep gaze at Qi Han, followed by a resounding dragon roar as it flew into the boundless sky.
Carp Leaping Through the Dragon Gate!
Everything else vanished, leaving only Qi Han standing still in his place.
Wow. This phenomenon. Isn't it as impressive as the glowing egg fried rice?
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