"You … Why didn't you say so earlier …"
Josh held his throat as tears streamed down his face. He felt as if he had just drunk a mouthful of molten iron. The taste buds in his mouth exploded instantly, and his soul ascended to the heavens!
Compared to the insanely spicy grilled fish, this insanely spicy hot pot soup was even more unbearable. It violently ravaged his mouth.
"Hot pot … It's supposed to be boiled. You didn't ask, and I didn't have time to tell you …" Connie looked innocent as she quickly helped Josh up from the ground. She scooped another bowl of hot pot soup from the pot and handed it over.
"What are you doing?" Josh, whose expression was still distorted due to the extreme spiciness, leaned back a little and stared at her.
"Fighting poison with poison." Connie said with an experienced expression. "As long as you drink fast enough, the spiciness won't be able to catch up to you. You can even experience the special pleasure brought by the insanely spicy. Keep drinking, keep feeling good."
"Is it really that insanely spicy?" Josh took the bowl of hot pot soup skeptically. He desperately wanted to relieve the spiciness in his mouth.
"Yes, it's that insanely spicy." Connie nodded affirmatively. "Otherwise, how can it be called insanely spicy?"
Connie shouldn't be lying to me, Josh thought to himself. He tilted his head back and gulped down the hot pot soup.
As he drank the soup, the burning sensation in his throat did subside. However, it was not because the fire was extinguished. Instead, it was suppressed by an even more intense spiciness. After the stacking, it brought about a sense of spiritual pleasure.
How should he put it … It was like extreme pain, but also a little pleasure.
This … was indeed insanely spicy.
Sweat trickled down Josh's cheeks, and his clothes were soon drenched, making him look rather disheveled.
"This is a werewolf."
"I didn't expect Edward's son to have some guts despite looking so gentle and weak."
At that moment, the various representatives looked at Josh with admiration. If they were in his shoes, they would not have the courage to drink the first bowl. However, Josh had already started on the second bowl.
"This brat …" Auster, who had just recovered a little, glared at Joshua. As the first person to drink the soup, he thought his contribution was enough to shock everyone. He did not expect Joshua to start drinking the second bowl.
"Patriarch, we can't let a brat from the human race overwhelm us." A clansman beside him whispered.
Auster was also a little frustrated. The orcs had been fighting with the Roth Empire for many years. They didn't have much of an advantage on the battlefield, but they had never lost in terms of morale.
"Fill it up!" Auster said straightforwardly. He picked up a bowl full of hotpot soup and gulped it down.
"Awesome …" Meg, who was standing in the kitchen, couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. It was the first time he had seen two bowls of hot pot soup before eating.
"I often feel like I don't fit in with them because I'm not crazy enough." Connie took a sip of the soy milk she had just served to calm her nerves.
On the other side, Josh had already finished his second bowl of soup. However, when he stopped, the burning sensation in his throat quickly surged up again. It was not any weaker than the first time.
"Another bowl?" Vanessa asked as she looked at Joshua, who was clutching his throat.
"Mm-hmm." Josh nodded crazily.
Vanessa quickly scooped another bowl for him. She clicked her tongue in wonder as she watched Josh drink from the bowl. "I didn't expect Royal Brother to like spicy food so much. There will be someone to eat hotpot with me in the future."
"Again?!" Auster put down the bowl, and looked at Josh, who had already started on his third bowl. He wanted to cry but had no tears. He picked up the third bowl of soup that his underling had scooped for him.
"Is this how hotpot is eaten?" Louis asked Jinx softly as he looked at the two of them drinking happily.
"Could it be a new way of eating?" Jinx was also a little uncertain. He looked at the soup in front of him, and hesitated if he should give it a try.
The various representatives were in a dilemma. They wanted to drink it, but they could not bring themselves to do so. However, if they did not drink it, they would feel a little weak.
Just then, Mia and the rest pushed out a dining cart filled with various ingredients. They stopped beside the various representatives, and came with a hotpot guide.
"Guests, please refer to the hotpot guide when eating hotpot," Yabemiya reminded them warmly before leaving with a smile.
Everyone picked up the guide and started reading it. The guide was simple and easy to understand. It clearly stated the method and time to cook each ingredient. As long as they followed the method written in the guide, they would be able to cook a delicious hotpot.
"So this is how hotpot is eaten."
The various representatives were deep in thought as they solved the riddle in their hearts. However, when they looked at Josh and Auster, who had just put down their bowls, their expressions were filled with pity.
Josh and Auster could not help but pick up the guide to take a look when they felt the gazes from the surroundings.
"Cough, cough …" Auster started coughing violently. The feeling of choking on the insanely spicy soup was not a pleasant one.
Josh's breathing also quickened. However, in order to protect the empire's reputation, he could only force a smile. "Drinking soup before eating is a tradition of our empire."
"There's such a thing?" Vanessa was a little surprised.
"Cough, cough …" Josh also could not help but cough.
The hotpot guide was already in their hands, but the various representatives' gazes were attracted by Dracula and Camilla, who were eating their steaks.
Dracula had a knife in one hand and a fork in the other, and cut the steak into small pieces. The sharp steak knife slid across the beef, and the black pepper juice slowly seeped in along the knife's edge. The plump meat juice overflowed, and there were traces of hemoglobin in the meat. The alluring aroma of meat accompanied by the faint aroma of red wine slowly wafted over, making one salivate uncontrollably.
"This steak looks pretty good." Dracula picked up a piece of beef with his fork and put it into his mouth.
With a gentle bite of his teeth, the fresh meat juice overflowed from the tender beef. The aroma of the black pepper was just right, and the wonderful taste danced on the tip of his tongue. In this delicious meat aroma, there was actually a sweet wine aroma hidden. It was like a sweet attack that made him sink into it all of a sudden.
As an exquisite vampire and the most famous wine collector in the Boundless Sea Realm, Dracula had an extraordinary understanding of wine.
The best wine in the world was naturally the V-grade wine produced by the Buffett Winery. It was a good wine that couldn't be bought with money. Even with Dracula's status, he could only get a small bottle of it once in a while.
However, the wine in this beef was even more mellow and delicious than the Buffett Winery's V-grade wine.
And a wine of such quality was actually used as a condiment to cook the steak.
"This is really a waste of God's gift!" Dracula lamented in his heart, but he had to admit that under the enhancement of the wine's aroma, the tender beef did indeed have richer layers. There was nothing to nitpick about, and it had completely overturned all of his expectations of beef.
After swallowing a mouthful of beef, Dracula could not help but praise, "So fragrant."
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