[Through] Delicious Journey

The three worked harder and went to the location of the snow-line salt forest.

It was a protruding rock formation, surrounded by a platform along the snow line, clearly dividing the upper and lower snow peaks.

The sky was dark, and Kenley found wooden branches in the surrounding jungle and set up a fire, and took out a simple tent to build a residence for tonight.

Ying Cui walked around and found that the light was too dark and the visibility on the mountain was too low, so she sat down by the fire with intense interest in her heart, staring at the leaping flames in a daze.

The crescent moon sprinkled with silver light, and the translucent light reflected on the mountains and rivers, covering the white snow field with a plain veil.Far away, you can also see animals running across the thick snow, mostly pheasants and hares.

"Here you are." Yi Nie came out of the darkness, raised her hand and threw a bottle, and the contents inside made a crisp sound.

Ying Cui took it, and from the transparent wall of the glass, irregular crystals could be seen inside, with different sizes of particles. She asked in surprise, "These are snowline salts?"

"The cherry blossoms bloom around 6 in the morning. That's the best time to catch the snow-tailed marten. After this time, it will go back to the snow and it will be difficult to catch." Yi Nie kicked the firewood with a branch and said, "Tomorrow we will Hurry up early, there is no time to stop here to collect."

"Oh." Ying Cui responded and put away the glass bottle. He originally planned to get up early tomorrow morning to collect it. Now that someone has helped to do it, why not do it.

After tidying up the backpack, when I turned around, I saw Yi Nie pushing the firewood, digging out a few dark things from the ground, and asked puzzledly, "What are you doing?"

It just so happened that Kenley also came back with a cleaned hare in his hand, probably for today's dinner.

Yi Nie picked the dark things aside, used branches to build a fire to give Kenli the place, wrapped the dug things with leaves, took two of them, walked over to Ying Cui and sat down.

"When did you put things in?" Ying Cui took one, and found that the thing in her hand was cylindrical, hot, and the heat was transmitted through the skin covering the leaves.

"When you were visiting the snowy salt forest." Yi Nie's words were full of overt.

Should be embarrassing.

Well, he was really curious about this snow peak, so he spent a little longer wandering around before sunset.

It was really just a little bit longer, although it was already dark when he came back to his senses, and no matter whether he was collecting snow-line salt or looking for ingredients for dinner, he could no longer do it in this towering snow-capped peak with his fighting power.

"Is this for food?" Ying Cui lowered her head and looked at the things in her hand.

It looks like corn, but it is twice as big as corn. One side of the husk is scorched, and the other side may be because it was buried in the ground with a fire on its back. Beige in color.

There was no way to start, and the black fruit in his hand was replaced by the peeled one.

Layers of shells are peeled off, revealing the fragrant "flesh" inside, which is in the shape of a cone of bamboo shoots, and the aroma is also like bamboo shoots, but it is not a bamboo shoot. The particles the size of soybeans are densely packed, firm and full.

Ying Cui took a bite at the slightly pointed top.

The softness of the glutinous rice, the freshness of the bamboo shoots, and the strong taste compressed by being buried in the ground and baked, all burst out at the moment of entrance.

Wild game from the mountains and forests, the jade dish is ashamed, this mouthful seems to wrap all the fresh food of the mountains and rivers in it.

"What is this?" Ying Cui took another bite, "It looks like bamboo tube rice, but this should be called bamboo shoot rice?"

"Jiuxin rice bamboo shoots." Yi Nie looked at Ying Cui's rice bamboo shoots that were missing a corner at the top, and said with a smile, "That's not the way to eat them. Give me yours." She said and passed the one in her hand.

"I've eaten this before, eh, what's in it?" Ying Cui was attracted by the rice bamboo shoots that were broken in half in Yi Nie's hands, so she didn't realize that the one in her hand had been replaced.

Soybeans and glutinous rice seem to surround a thick wall, wrapping the essence of bamboo shoots in it, and when it is broken apart, it looks like a wine glass, holding the contents inside.

"Sake?" Ying Cui sniffed, then took a bite of the juice that flowed out.

Mixed with a little wine aroma, the blend of glutinous rice and bamboo shoots is more harmonious, which makes people feel comfortable and a little buoyant.

This feeling is like traveling in the forest on a rainy night, meeting people by chance, and having guests come from afar, having a good time with wine.

"Delicious?" Yi Nie turned her head, keeping Ying Cui's confused expression in her eyes, and asked with a smile.

"Hmm." Ying Cui nodded sharply, her mouth bulging and chewing, like a little hamster stealing food.

"I have another one here, do you want it?" The peeled bamboo shoots waved in front of someone.

"Yes!" Flying forward.

In the distance, Kenli drove the hare to the fire, squinted to see the two of them making a fuss, stroked the boss who was lying lazily by the side, and said with emotion, "I'm lonely."

That night, Yi Nie and Kenli, who had finished watching the first half of the night, came in and saw Ying Cui, who had eaten too much wine heart rice bamboo shoots, was so drunk that he got into his sleeping bag and felt stuck. Oil.

Before going to sleep, he muttered, "It's better to hold more meat."

……

Ying Cui was dragged out of her warm sleeping bag early in the morning.

The snow peak was extremely cold in the morning, the three of them washed up and continued on their way.

The root systems of plants that can take root above the half-waist of Xuefeng are extremely developed. Along the way, the land is almost covered by strong tree roots on both sides, which also makes walking more difficult.

The higher you go, the closer you get to the top of the volcano, and the temperature gradually rises.

Stumbling and stumbling, the three people and three beasts arrived at the target point - the wetland with cherry blossoms.

Cherry blossoms are one of the snow-tailed ferret's favorite foods. They bloom and condense at 1:[-] a.m. every day, and close their petals half an hour later. The best time to collect them is within [-] minute after they close their petals. At that time, the dew is not easy to drip. There is no waste, and the reduction has not yet begun to be transmitted to the rhizome.

"Can cherry blossoms be used as ingredients?" Ying Cui asked in a low voice after everyone had ambushed.

The cherry blossoms not far in front of the eyes have already opened, and the red petals are bright and ready to drip. On the six-petaled flowers, large and small water droplets are densely gathered, and under the action of gravity, they flow towards the center of the bud.

Such a large area of ​​flowers, it would be a pity not to pick some.

"Yes." Kenley said, "The flower dew can be eaten immediately, the petals are dried into dried flowers, and the soaked juice can be used to make cherry blossom cakes, which taste very good."

"Cake with cherry blossoms." Ying Cui immediately became interested, turned to Yi Nie and blinked.The latter looked back helplessly after receiving the message, and said in a long voice, "I know..."

The sky is getting brighter and brighter, and the humidity ahead finally has a movement.

First, a small mouse-like head popped out, with two dark eyes, it looked around, stared at the flower that was about to close completely for a while, and slowly swayed out of shape.

Then, at least 30 snow-tailed martens sprang out from the grass in all directions.

Their bodies are similar to ordinary minks, the only conspicuous thing is their white fur and big fluffy tails, and their shiny white fur. Once they get into the snow, it must be quite a headache to find.

"Walk."

Just as the snow-tailed martens picked the flowers and retreated quickly, Yi Nie and Kenli launched an offensive, attacking the remaining three snow-tailed martens who fell behind.

"Squeak." The snow-tailed marten was not stupid, and when it saw any movement, it let out a short whistle, trying to attract the attention of its companions who hadn't gone far.

But Yi Nie and Kenli's method was faster. Of the three snowtailed martens, one was killed on the spot by a dagger through its throat before it could make a full sound, and the other two were strangled by the two respectively. Kicking in the air, there is no longer any resistance.

In the blink of an eye, by surprise, three snow-tailed martens were in hand.

This is the gap in strength. Chabei’s grandfather almost killed himself when he went up the mountain to collect it accidentally. The world unfolds this fact only for the powerful.

"Give me the flowers!" Ying Cui hurriedly said.

The collection time has passed, only the ones between the paws of the three snow-tailed martens are still intact, and one flower was completely wasted when the dead snow-tailed marten fell to the ground, leaving only two flowers, which cannot be lost anymore.

Yi Nie didn't talk nonsense, and handed over Han Yinghua with flower dew, "Pour the dew into a bottle, store it in an ice box, tear up the petals, and put them directly in ice cubes."

Ying Cui knew that this was the best way to preserve this kind of food, so she was taught to take it. When she saw the twitching snow-tailed marten in their hands, she asked, "What should I do with them?"

Yi Nie and Kenli looked at each other, smiled, and showed white teeth, "One is reserved for anesthesia as a medicine, and the other two, I heard that the tenderloin of snow-tailed mink is the best for soup, so we have enough for breakfast."

Ying Cui started cooking, and Yi Nie went to pick some white mushrooms and wild vegetables. The seasoning was processed miso spicy fruit powder, which is a must-have artifact for home and travel, and snow line salt just collected last night.

Everyone had a full meal and headed towards the top of the mountain.

With the two masters in charge, the journey was safe and sound. Not only did they harvest garlic, which is a seasoning for cooking salted seashells, but they also got some unexpected ingredients, which was quite fruitful.

Finally, at noon when the sun was high, they arrived at the strange canyon—Steamdandan Canyon.Ahem, the periphery of the.

In order to get from the seventh snow peak to the sixth snow peak, the unique natural phenomenon in this canyon caused by the transpiration of volcanic magma and the confrontation of cold air from the snow mountain has become the springboard for this main passage.

"It's so hot." Ying Cui took off her clothes and only a short shirt remained.

As they walked forward, the temperature was still on the rise. The surrounding land was no longer a jungle landscape, and even the dwarf trees were less. The yellowed soil seemed to have been steamed, and only traces of life could be seen on some tenacious grasses. .

"This is the side peak." Kenli didn't let the two snow wolves follow, and led the boss ahead, saying, "The seventh snow peak is a piggyback peak with two volcanic eruptions. We are now at the junction of the two humps. At the top of the col, below is the magma layer, if you hold on for a while, you will be there soon.”