Yefutidaolu

Chapter 221 As expected
In the kitchen corridor of the flying boat, Dansha's eyebrows moved, and those extremely attractive eyes blinked: "What did you say? Are you targeting me?"

"Don't you think you're very conspicuous? I thought before that someone was picked randomly, but just now when I was outside the deck, I found that no one else came to meddle. Now that I think about it, maybe the other party's purpose is actually very straightforward, and they just want to lure you into the game." Gao Jian said.

Dansha pointed at herself and said, "Why me? Because I am a dragon?"

Gao Jian spread his hands and said, "Isn't that enough? You have exposed your identity openly. Now everyone on the ship knows that you are a genuine dragon, and I have become famous as well. In this state, it is normal for someone to secretly target you, right?"

"I don't understand...what exactly are you talking about?" Dansha thought about it, but didn't understand, so she asked Gao Jian to explain.

Gao Jian did not hide it, gathered the sounds into a line, and began his own explanation.

A very simple guess.

If someone asks for help and this person has access to food ingredients, it means that this person has a certain degree of freedom. At least he has his own job and is not subject to much surveillance during working hours.

In this case, the person only put a note on a fish, and this fish happened to be delivered to Gao Jian's table.

You know, that fish is the 'East China Sea Ooalid'.

There are four seas between heaven and earth. The East China Sea is the vastest and largest ocean among them. The other three seas are slightly inferior, but they are closer to the capital of God.

The origin of cinnabar is the East China Sea.

"I guess this is to attract you to eat it. Do you like East China Sea ooids?" Gao Jian asked.

"No, I like eating land food. I'm tired of eating fish, so I ordered that fish for you." Dansha said.

"Thank you so much, it's delicious." Gao Jian had a subtle expression.

Dansha looked a little happy: "I'll give you some next time."

"Let's talk about it next time. Let's continue talking about the note." Gao Jian changed the subject, not really caring about it: "So, this note may not be a coincidence. It should be directed at you."

"Why isn't it directed at you?" Dansha asked.

"Haha, why should I be targeted? People here know me only because of you. Simply speaking, I am much less noticeable than you." Gao Jian shook his head.

As the two were talking, Dansha suddenly looked into the corridor.

Gao Jian reacted immediately and realized that Dansha was sensing the aura that she had deliberately left on the mirage bead, which meant that the chef had arrived.

The man and the dragon immediately shut up.

Then, Dansha's body shrank and turned into a small silver loach, hiding in Gao Jian's sleeves.

Dragons can be big or small, can rise or hide. When they are small, they can hide between the palms of your hands. There is nothing special about them. This is their innate magical power.

Then he saw the cook who had just come running over in a hurry: "Sir, I heard someone say that you wanted to eat one more time before you leave?"

"Yes, I'm going to take it away. Can you make it for me again?" Gao Jian nodded: "Your fish tastes delicious. I want to take it away and invite my friends to taste it together."

"I'm afraid that's not possible. The fish I cook must be eaten while hot to enjoy its flavor. If you take it away, even if you put it in a mustard bag, once it cools down, it will have a fishy smell and will be inedible." The chef shook his head quickly.

"Of course I know that, but I have my own magic weapon to keep it fresh. Just do it, sir." Gao Jian said.

"Keep fresh? I see. Then please wait in the restaurant for a moment, sir. I'll bring it right away." The cook immediately lowered his head, then turned and left.

The moment he turned around, cinnabar had silently entered his sleeves.

Gao Jian then went back and sat on the table, with one hand in his sleeve, as if he was stroking something inside his sleeve.

Obviously, this is pretending that the cinnabar is still up his sleeve.

The maids passing by couldn't help but glance sideways. It was obvious that they had undergone professional cram school and knew the characteristics of real dragons and how to deal with them. So when they saw Gao Jian touching his sleeves, they couldn't help but shiver.

This is too... what the hell.

Gao Jian looked at their performance and suddenly seemed to think... was he going too far?
However, there is no other way, I have to pretend and act in front of others to make them feel that they have been cheated.

While Gao Jian was pretending, at the same time—

As for Dansha, she hid in her sleeves, and couldn't help feeling a little excited.

Admittedly, what she and Gao Jian were doing now was a trivial matter. With their cultivation level, if they really wanted to save people, they would just take out the note and then mobilize the crew on the ship to find people with lightning speed. If there were no special circumstances, the problem would basically be solved in an instant.

So why do this?

In fact, for Dansha, it is just interesting. The problem with doing this is not what it is useful for, but that it is interesting. Isn't this kind of plot similar to solving a case very interesting? And you can also see Gao Jian using his brain.

To be honest, Dansha really likes this kind of situation. When Gao Jian is fighting, he also uses his brain to think about various scenarios, and when he explains these ideas to Dansha, she finds it very interesting.

Maybe it’s because she herself doesn’t like to think about these things, so it’s quite interesting when she just listens while someone else is thinking about these things.

The chef walked into the kitchen.

The kitchen of Feizhou is naturally very luxurious. This kitchen certainly cannot be something like "an old stove made of blue bricks, the life track of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, thirty years of oil pooling in the cracks of the bricks, an iron pot as big as a wheel, and the bottom of the pot is so black that it seems to absorb light".

Here are white jade stoves, bamboo steamers, mahogany floors, carved window lattices, copper kettles, blue and white porcelain bowls. The large ginkgo wood table in the center is as wide as a door panel, and the edges and corners are polished to a shine.

The three-foot-wide pot had a copper rim, and large and small iron spoons and copper shovels were hung on the back wall, with sandalwood handles arranged in a fan shape facing outwards.

There was a sandalwood knife rack on the desk, with more than a dozen different knives on it, including cutting knives, small knives, ox-ear knives, square-headed bone-cutting knives, and fruit-carving knives. The blades flashed different levels of green light, and were also magic weapons.

The most eye-catching place is probably the east side of the entire kitchen. Above the stove, there is a shrine for the Kitchen God. This is an indispensable part, as sacrifice to the Kitchen God is of utmost importance in the entire Divine Dynasty.

On the bluestone ground in front of the stove stood a bronze water jar more than ten feet high, with Taotie patterns cast on the jar.

There was more than one person in the kitchen. Although it was past mealtime, there were still several chefs working in there. I guess the reason was similar to that of the chef who steamed the fish.

Suddenly, a woman in an indigo jacket came in with a red lacquer food box in her hand, and she shouted, "Be careful with the steamer! It will take at least 35 minutes to cool down the fire! When it's done, put it in the box. I have to send it to the adults quickly!"

Before she finished speaking, a girl with double buns ran in, holding a lotus leaf bag, and panted, "These are the dried mushrooms stored in the warehouse. Which master wants to use them?" There were also two fire servants squatting under the stove. One of them was fiddling with the firewood with tongs, and the sparks were crackling, while the other was blowing the fire with a purple bamboo tube. Although there was a fire-control formation next to it, it was probably because the accuracy of the fire-control formation was not as good as her blowing directly. Therefore, when ordering dishes privately, she would do it herself.

Dansha looked at the scene with some curiosity.

The way humans do things is really strange. Real dragons don’t have so many exquisite things.

She has loved observing the humans in the sea since she was a child. Everyone says that she is worthy of her surname Shun as she cares so much about the humans.

But Dansha didn't care about that. When she was a child, she often watched humans chasing the tide and going to the sea.

When I was there, every time there was a high tide, a bunch of people would go to the mudflats to dig for various things. However, it was difficult to walk to the mudflats without someone to lead the way. When the tide was about to rise, a bunch of people had already turned back and were calling for others to join them.

Dansha really likes that scene.

However, there are always people who think they can find the way, so they refuse to go on and try to pick up more seafood at the last moment. Many of these people want to go back when the tide rises, but it is too late. As expected, when they go back, they get stuck in the mud and cannot move. The tide has risen above their heads, and they can't find anyone to help them. So these people just stand there until the tide goes out the next day, and they are still standing there.

Later, Dansha would save such people and was even worshipped by humans for this incident. They would offer a lot of cooked food on the beach to thank Dansha for his help.

This is why Dansha fell in love with eating human food.

In fact, most real dragons eat raw food. It is probably because they couldn’t make fire in the sea in the past, so they are used to it and don’t like to eat cooked food now.

But what about Dansha... As expected of the dragon of the Shun family, she still likes to eat cooked food in her heart. That's why she often comes to the Divine Dynasty to play. But the last time she came here, she was killed by the Zuo family.

This time she was more careful and decided to only trust Gao Jian. Since Gao Jian was the only one who accepted her trust, she had been staying with Gao Jian all these days.

It was not until now, because of this incident, that she finally acted alone and separated from Gao Jian.

But the fish steaming chef said to the maid next to him, "Go find Aunt Liu for me and ask her to fish. I need to give a private request to the distinguished guest."

"Aunt Liu?" Dansha muttered to herself.

The bronze water jar in front of him, the one with the Taotie pattern engraved on it, doesn't look anything special. Taotie patterns are also common patterns on tableware. With the chef's cultivation level of the third realm, he shouldn't have to hire someone to catch the fish. There must be something hidden inside that he hasn't seen.

Is there anything special about other places? Dansha looked around.

The statue of the Kitchen God had long since been turned brown by the smoke from cooking oil, but his mustache looked even more lively. Three incense sticks were offered beneath the portrait, and the green smoke curled up to the beams of the house, mingling with the white steam coming out of the steamer.

It seems that the incense here never stops burning and there are always people keeping it burning.

However, the Kitchen God is a god in heaven, and these incense sticks are actually of no use because the god has long gone.

There are a dozen ceramic jars lined up under the west window, all sealed, with labels such as "Chen Huadiao", "Qiuyou", "Laozao" etc.

There were several jade boxes painted with gold on the low table next to the desk. When they were opened, they were found to be filled with cinnamon, star anise, nutmeg, pepper and other ingredients. The fine spices gave off a strange smell, but if it was a specific dish, these things could serve as the finishing touch, and judging from the aura inside, these spices were obviously spiritual materials.

Hmm... everything is normal.

Then let’s wait and see what happens to Aunt Liu.

Gao Jian said that it would be solved within an hour. There was still about half an hour left. If it could not be solved after half an hour, she would be able to make fun of Gao Jian.

Dansha thought so.

After a while, a fat middle-aged woman came over, waving a folding fan.

It can be seen that she wanted to walk properly, but her waist was too big, so she twisted and swayed when she walked.

"Aunt Liu, come and help me catch the fish. You are the only one who knows how to use this fish tank." said the chef.

"You asked me to help you with work, but you didn't even say thank you? It's my break time now. You got tips from some big shots and used the money to do private work. So I deserve to work overtime with you?"

"Hey, don't say that. There will naturally be profits to be shared later. As for thanking you, we're in the same kitchen. It's boring to thank you verbally. Wait until I cash the things and I'll give you 10%!" The chef immediately said, patting his chest.

After saying this, Aunt Liu stretched out her hand and began to make hand gestures and perform magic.

Dansha listened to their words in boredom and just felt bored.

Many things about the human race are good and new, but she really finds these things boring.

Doing things not because you like it, not because you feel happy, but just to pursue benefits that you don't even know why, is really boring for ordinary mortals.

However, although she was bored, after spending a few days with Gao Jian and talking a lot about the destruction of the Zuo family, she could almost understand this behavior.

If you don’t give it, the other party can’t get it. Such things are called chips.

If the other party wants it, they can take it from your pocket. This thing is not called.

How to use chips, how to turn things that are not chips into chips, are the key points of these things. Unfortunately, Dansha still can't muster up the interest.

After receiving the promise, Aunt Liu happily used her magic to drive the bronze vat.

Dansha lost interest and shifted his attention elsewhere.

That bronze vat is nothing more than something for raising fish. The cinnabar is really...

The next moment! Dansha was suddenly startled from behind!
The Taotie pattern on the bronze vat suddenly came alive, and the entire vat suddenly opened its mouth and pounced towards the chef!
The one who pounced was the chef, but Dansha realized that the chef was going to eat him!
And... the suppressing force was so strong that Dansha felt as if her whole body was restrained by something and she couldn't move at all!

This is a magic spell specifically designed to target real dragons? !

A glutton eating dragons? And a blood restriction? They knew I was going to sneak in? So this water tank was actually a prisoner made specifically for cinnabar?

"Bad - help..." Dansha was about to shout, but found that he couldn't speak. He could only watch Taotie Wen swallowing him.

But the next second, there was a loud bang!
A long knife forcefully pushed open the bronze vat.

"See, I knew it was coming for you." Gao Jian came down and lightly stood in front of Dansha.

(End of this chapter)