Douluo Continent: The Book of Witness and Peerless Tang Sect

There's not much to say about absorbing spirit rings. Scientific tests have been conducted to assess the body's tolerance. As long as one's willpower is sufficient, there shouldn't be any problems with absorbing spirit rings.

Focusing on the preparation of the boiled fish, since the cooking method of making fish soup does not require large fish, Longyou used small boiled fish that were ten years old as the material for making fish soup.

Clean and scale the fish, fry them in oil until the skin is slightly crispy and golden brown, then put them into a special clay pot with water to stew.

A pot of milky white fish soup needs time to be imbued with its magical essence; after that, Long You doesn't need to worry too much about the casserole. He needs to debone the other hundred-year-old boiled fish after he finishes marinating the one-meter-long, thousand-year-old boiled fish.

Boiled fish fillets—this was a Sichuan dish in Longyou's past life. Its main characteristics are freshness, aroma, numbing spiciness, tenderness, and smoothness. It's fair to say that a chef's skill is extremely important to truly perfect this dish.

Unfortunately, Long You's culinary skills are only at the level of a home cook, and being from Shandong province, it's really difficult for him to make a perfect boiled fish fillet dish.

Fortunately, the Boiling Fish, a type of spirit beast, seems to be born to be used as an ingredient for boiled fish slices. Even if Long You's cooking skills are poor, as long as he can cut the fish slices, he can make a boiled fish slice dish that tastes quite good.

No marinating is needed, as the fish meat of the Boiling Fish naturally has a strong spicy flavor, which is the residue of fire-type soul power. There is no need to control the temperature of boiling water to cook the fish slices, because after the Boiling Fish dies, the residual fire-type soul power in its body will automatically cook the fish meat to the most suitable degree for eating.

With the skill of a Soul Master, which was in no way inferior to that of a surgeon, Long You easily completed the task of deboning and slicing the boiled fish. The glistening, slightly milky-white fish meat was evenly and beautifully arranged on a round ceramic plate.

Even without bean sprouts, Long You felt that the amount of fish alone was enough to make the dish satisfying.

There's no rush to fry the sesame oil; Longyou needs to give the large, boiling fish, which is being prepared for grilling, a full-body massage.

On the one hand, the seasonings need to penetrate the texture of the fish more quickly during this massage process; on the other hand, the fish meat of the Thousand-Year Boiling Fish is a bit too tough, and it would be a bit hard to chew if it were cooked by grilling, so Longyou needs to loosen its muscles and bones.

To be honest, this kind of work that loosens muscles and bones actually requires a certain level of technical skill, which Longyou happens to lack. But that's okay, the development of technology (soul tools) is definitely for one reason: to make people's lives more convenient.

In Longyou's previous life, many housewives in various countries used all sorts of seemingly unrelated appliances when preparing family dinners. Longyou decided to learn from them and use highly sensitive ultrasonic waves to break up the tendons in boiling fish.

The muscle-relaxing process is considered complete when the ultrasonic feedback becomes smooth. It's worth mentioning that the entire process will take place in a tightly sealed box, which was specially made by Long You for his purpose of enjoying a Soul Beast-level steak.

Dinner started promptly at six o'clock. There were only three dishes, so calling it a full fish feast was a stretch. However, just by looking at the amount of rice that the four people ate at the end, it was clear that the dinner prepared by Long You was quite popular.

It was only because He Caitou was still absorbing his fourth spirit ring that Long You might still be facing starvation. After all, if the cook doesn't have enough food, then the cook will have to go hungry.

To be honest, the absorption process of He Caitou's fourth spirit ring was not particularly smooth. He had already chosen the spirit ring's age limit at the limit of his body, and the process of capturing that boiling fish was quite unpleasant. The entire spirit ring absorption process was simply torture for He Caitou.

From the moment the spirit ring energy entered He Caitou's body, this robust man hadn't stopped trembling. Originally, He Caitou was supposed to have dinner with the rest of the group, but by the time Long You and the other three started eating, He Caitou was completely covered in scabs.

If it weren't for the soul tool monitoring He Caitou's physical condition showing that He Caitou's body was still stable and showed no signs of collapse, the four people from Longyou would not have been able to eat no matter what.

It wasn't until 9:30 p.m., after a full six hours of agonizing waiting, that He Caitou finally woke up in the temporary camp, which had fallen into a state of hibernation.

"Six hours, congratulations on breaking the record. Just now, the soul tool showed that the speed of soul power circulation in your body started to increase, so I felt that it was almost over. The hot water in the bathroom is ready now, so go and take a shower and change your clothes."

It was Long You who spoke, telling him not to worry about the night watch. However, He Caitou was still unable to wake up from the soul ring absorption process, so Long You still took the initiative to accept the first night watch duty.

Among the four-person team, Bei Bei and Tang Ya, who are a couple, have a closer relationship. As fellow disciples (referring to Fan Yu), Long You and He Cai Tou also have a closer relationship.

That's why, in order to prevent He Caitou from feeling neglected in the team and to avoid dragging down the team's energy during the day, Long You volunteered to be on the first shift at night so that He Caitou could feel his junior brother's care the moment he opened his eyes.

Of course, Shouye couldn't just sit idly staring at the images from the soul-guided detectors around the camp. Longyou was also looking for a fire-type soul beast that would suit him.

After it got completely dark, Longyou once again took off with a large stealth drone to begin a comprehensive search of the volcanic area, focusing on the camp and detecting any soul beasts within a ten-kilometer radius.

Whether it was He Caitou's awakening that brought good luck to Long You or not, when He Caitou, having washed away the blood scabs, was enjoying a freshly heated roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), Long You's long-awaited goal appeared on Bourne's screen.

"My target has appeared. (When there are only two people, Long You still calls He Caitou 'Brother He,' as it's easy to cause misunderstandings when there are more people.)"

"Help me wake up my senior brother; he'll be on night watch. You come with me to bring back my target."

What is the goal?

"Fiery Wolf, Wolf King."

"A pack? Are you crazy? How could the two of us possibly defeat a pack of Fiery Azure Wolves whose king is a seven-thousand-year-old soul beast?"

"Of course it's because other spirit beasts are drawing the fire of the Fiery Azure Wolves for us. We need to hurry, or I might miss the kill."