"What's wrong, Fellow Daoist Yang?"
The strange fish and Yang Zhenling's strong reaction made Gu Zheng feel that something was wrong. Could it be that he had touched some taboo or custom of Foggy Wind Island?
"This fish can't be touched or killed!"
Yang Zhenling looked at the dead fish in Meow Meow's hands helplessly.
"What do you mean by can't be touched or killed? I've already touched it and killed it. Aren't I still fine?" Meow Meow said disdainfully.
"Shut up."
Gu Zheng glared. "Fellow Daoist Yang, why can't you touch or kill this fish? What kind of fish is it? "
"This kind of strange fish is called 'Resentment'. It's very, very rare. According to the old people, if you touch it, bad luck will happen. If you kill it, a disaster will come. Let's stop fishing and go ashore first!"
Yang Zhenling looked very scared and kept looking at the water surface.
"Okay!"
Gu Zheng originally wanted to console Yang Zhenling with a few words, but things like taboos and customs were deeply ingrained. It wasn't something that could be resolved with just a few words. Thus, he didn't say anything else. In any case, today's harvest wasn't small. If they went back, then so be it!
Because Gu Zheng and the others went back early, the sky was not dark yet, and the bonfire party on the beach had not started yet.
As soon as they went ashore, someone came to ask if they had caught any strange fish.
Because of the resentment, Yang Zhenling was in a very bad mood. This made him, who had a good temper, not treat the people who came to ask him nicely.
After they went ashore, Yang Zhenling told Gu Zheng that he was going to tell the sect leader that he had accidentally killed the resentment, and hoped that the elders in the sect could resolve the resentment.
"Mister, why didn't I notice it yesterday? Why is he making such a fuss over nothing?" Meow Meow said unhappily after Yang Zhenling left.
"You touched on his taboo, and you're blaming him for making a fuss over nothing? Moreover, he said it out loud, and didn't snitch. What if it were you? If someone touched on your taboo, what would you do? "
Gu Zheng smiled and flicked Meow Meow's forehead, causing her to yelp in pain.
"If anyone else touches my taboo, I definitely won't let them off!"
Meow Meow clenched its fists as if someone had really touched its taboo.
Gu Zheng was amused by Meow Meow's reaction. He smiled and asked, "Tell me, what is your taboo?"
"Sir is my taboo! If anyone dares to offend you or do anything harmful to you, I won't allow it! "
Meow Meow stared at him with big, watery eyes, a serious expression on his face.
Gu Zheng was taken aback. Although he could sense that Meow Meow was treating him as a taboo, he was still touched when Meow Meow said those words.
"Meow Meow, you didn't recognize me as your master. That's just a verbal relationship. Before you transformed, we didn't spend much time together. I'm really curious, why do you have such special feelings for me? "Gu Zheng stroked Meow Meow's hair and said gently.
"Aren't you ashamed? What are you doing? Hugging yesterday and touching today! "
The weapon spirit's slightly angry voice sounded in Gu Zheng's mind.
I just treat her like a child. What's wrong with hugging her and twirling her around and stroking her hair? Besides, it's not like you don't know that I don't have any distracting thoughts in my heart. I just asked because I was curious! Gu Zheng thought.
"Hmph." The weapon spirit snorted.
"What's wrong? Are you envious? It's a pity you can't come out. If you come out, I'll hug you and stroke your hair too! "
"You …"
Gu Zheng was stunned. Originally, his words were a little smug after winning the argument, so he didn't think too much about it. But as soon as the words left his mouth, he felt that it was inappropriate. Why did it feel like he was rubbing salt into someone's wound? Sure enough, the weapon spirit's voice sounded very aggrieved.
"Mister, you're the first human I've gotten close to. I treat Emei as my home and Mister as my family. This has nothing to do with the length of time, the distance between us, transformation and ignorance."
Meow Meow smiled and stuck out her tongue playfully at Gu Zheng, who was in a daze again.
Gu Zheng was in a daze. He never thought that Meow Meow, who still needed to be honed in the ways of the world, would say such words.
"One by one, you're all shameless. Don't you feel disgusted saying such words? Disgusting, too disgusting, ugh … "
The weapon spirit's voice sounded openly, and the sound of vomiting was so long that one of the people who had just walked to Gu Zheng's side looked around in confusion.
"Sister, I'm telling the truth."
Meow Meow lowered her head, her voice full of grievance.
"Alright, pay attention to your image!"
Gu Zheng felt helpless and looked at the weapon spirit's current appearance.
Sensing Gu Zheng's gaze, the weapon spirit immediately turned around, snorted with slight grievance, and squatted on the ground to draw something.
Gu Zheng felt a headache coming on, but in an instant, he couldn't help but laugh. The weapon spirit's current actions were really like a child's. Squatting on the ground and drawing circles? Was it cursing him?
Unknowingly, the sky gradually darkened. Gu Zheng, who had already returned to the tree house, was looking at the bonfire on the beach from the window.
"Bang, bang, bang."
There was a knock on the door, followed by Yang Zhenling's voice. "Fellow Daoist Gu, are you going to the bonfire party?"
"Of course! If we weren't waiting for you, Meow Meow and I would've gone long ago. "Gu Zheng opened the door.
"Mister is still waiting for you to eat fish. Otherwise, we would've eaten long ago!"
Meow Meow poked her head out from behind Gu Zheng and smiled at Yang Zhenling. Gu Zheng's teachings on the ways of the world were not useless.
Yang Zhenling also knew that Meow Meow was a little unhappy about reporting the matter of "resentment"! In his heart, when he saw Meow Meow at night, it was already good enough that Meow Meow didn't glare at him. As for smiling at him, that was something he didn't even dare to think about!
"I'm really sorry, both of you. I could've come earlier, but I was delayed by other things and couldn't get away until now." Yang Zhenling hurriedly apologized.
"Let's go, we'll talk as we walk!"
Gu Zheng patted Yang Zhenling's shoulder.
"Fellow Daoist Yang, what did Sect Master Yang say about the matter of" resentment "?" Gu Zheng asked.
"Sect Master told me to tell Fellow Daoist Gu that since the matter has already happened, you don't have to blame yourself too much. However, for the sake of Fellow Daoist Gu and the residents of the island, during the Golden Scale Tide, Fellow Daoist Gu shouldn't go out to sea again! "Yang Zhenling smiled bitterly.
"It's fine. If you don't go out to sea, then don't go out to sea. In any case, going out to sea is just for fun."
Although it was a little regretful, since it was a taboo, Gu Zheng couldn't insist. However, what made him depressed was that when he came to the island, the reception disciple talked about the taboos and secular customs of Foggy Wind Island and didn't mention this rare "resentment". Otherwise, this matter wouldn't have happened.
"Thank you for your understanding, Fellow Daoist Gu! My Sect Master also said that it was a pity that he couldn't let Fellow Daoist Gu go out to sea to fish. After the Golden Scale Tide is over, he will give Sect Master Gu five Silver-Horned Fish as compensation. "
The Silver-Horned Fish was ranked third among the five types of strange fish, so its value was naturally not cheap. In order to compensate Gu Zheng for not being able to go out to sea to fish, Sect Master Yang's decision could be considered a special preferential treatment.
"No need, no matter what, we have violated the taboos."
Having already determined that Sect Master Yang's enthusiasm was not pure, Gu Zheng naturally wouldn't accept such preferential treatment.
In the face of Gu Zheng's rejection, Yang Zhenling didn't insist. He only told Gu Zheng that Sect Master Yang would personally visit him tomorrow morning.
He was a guest in someone else's territory, and as the host, he had to pay a personal visit. Such a high standard of treatment made Gu Zheng feel that perhaps the purpose of Sect Master Yang's enthusiasm would be known tomorrow!
A normal bonfire party would be a large bonfire, and a group of people would gather around it to eat and drink, talk and laugh, and sing and dance.
The bonfire party on Foggy Wind Island also had a large bonfire, and similarly, a group of people would gather around the bonfire to sing and dance. However, this group of people were mostly residents of the island, and only a small number of outsiders who were curious about the novelty would participate.
In addition to the large bonfire, there were many small bonfires on the beach made by the outsiders. Almost all of the outsiders gathered around these small bonfires had gone out to sea today. What they did around the bonfire was basically to roast the day's harvest.
Although the golden scales harvested during the day belonged to Foggy Wind Island, the Tianxin Sect would also give out some free golden scales to each bonfire for roasting in order to liven up the atmosphere of the bonfire party at night. They would even send out Tianxin Sect disciples to roast the golden scales for the outsiders.
Furthermore, during the annual bonfire party, the Tianxin Sect would also give out a bottle of Foggy Wind Island's specialty, "coconut milk wine" to everyone around the bonfire. This kind of wine was cold, sweet, and refreshing, and had a strong aftertaste. It was very popular among the outsiders. However, this kind of wine was only available during the annual bonfire party and the Fish Catch Festival. Moreover, it was free to taste and not sold to the public.
Laughter echoed in the night sky, and the aroma of roasted golden scales was especially strong.
Yang Zhenling was in charge of the bonfire, Meow Meow was in charge of handling the golden scales and strange fish, and Gu Zheng was preparing to cook.
"Fellow Cultivator Gu, actually, there's a small award during the bonfire party," Yang Zhenling said.
"Oh? What kind of award? "Gu Zheng asked.
"This award is a tradition. During the annual bonfire party, the outsiders who roast the best fish will be given a gift bag by the Tianxin Sect, which contains the specialties of Foggy Wind Island! Although this gift bag isn't worth much, it's still a token of our Tianxin Sect's sincerity, "Yang Zhenling said.
"Although the gift isn't much, it can still liven up the atmosphere. Not bad!" Gu Zheng laughed.
"Mister, are you not going to participate?" Meow Meow asked.
"Nope. If I participate, it'll be meaningless," Gu Zheng said lightly.
"That's true. Let them compete! If Mister participates, you'll definitely win this award, "Meow Meow laughed.
"Actually, this award is a passive participation. Regardless of whether Fellow Cultivator Gu participates or not, you'll definitely win today's award. After all, I'm the only judge for this award," Yang Zhenling laughed.
"Don't tell me Sect Leader Yang only gave you this glorious mission after you reported it to him?" Gu Zheng shook his head.
Yang Zhenling naturally understood Gu Zheng's meaning. He laughed bitterly and said, "Actually, even if Sect Leader Gu didn't give me this mission, I'll still win this award. With Sect Leader Gu's cooking skills, it'll be strange if the aroma of the fish doesn't attract the judges when you start roasting it."
Gu Zheng was only going to cook three kinds of fish today.
Yang Zhenling gave him a few golden scales for roasting, the silverhorn fish for stewing, the bonefish for frying, and the starry eel for braising. As for the most precious fish, the Dragon Whisker Fish, Gu Zheng had already placed it in the pond in the Chaos Space.
"Is this the immortal cooking utensils that Fellow Cultivator Gu won in Kunlun Mountain?"
Yang Zhenling's eyes widened as he looked at the pot floating above the flames.
"That's right!" Gu Zheng nodded.
With this set of immortal cooking utensils, Yang Zhenling had eaten the food cooked by Gu Zheng more than once, but this was the first time he saw Gu Zheng use this set of immortal cooking utensils.
"Immortal cooking utensils are good, this pot doesn't even need to be set up."
While Yang Zhenling was sighing, Gu Zheng had already poured oil into the hot pot.
To cook the silverhorn fish, Gu Zheng's method was to fry the fish first, and then add water to stew the soup.
After the oil was hot, the processed silverhorn fish was poured into the pot by Gu Zheng, and suddenly there was a sound of frying.
"It smells so good!"
After all, the silverhorn fish was a strange fish. As soon as it was put into the pot, there was a different fragrance, which attracted Meow Meow's nose.
"The Silver Horned Fish contains a special fragrant substance. This substance will completely spread during the stewing process. Then, with the effect of my internal force, the fish soup that is boiled will taste very delicious." Gu Zheng said.
"Sir, don't say it, if you say it again, I will drool, this fragrance is definitely not comparable to yesterday's Green Striped Cod!"
Among all the meat, Meow Meow has always had a special preference for fish.
"Then you should be prepared to drool! After all, I have a total of four kinds of fish to cook today! "
Gu Zheng smiled slightly, and in the pot with the dual effect of fire control and water control, there was immediately a thick water vapor rising, and the fragrance of the fish soup became more and more rich.
If you just drink the soup, the fish soup will take a long time to stew. If you also want to eat the fish meat inside, the stewing time will be reduced, otherwise, the texture of the fish meat will be stewed and lose its taste.
Under the action of Gu Zheng's immortal power, the stewing time of the silverhorn fish was even shorter.
The moment the milky white fish soup and fish meat were poured into the soup bowl and covered, Yang Zhenling and Meow Meow let out a sigh at the same time. Although they can eat it in a while, in the face of the delicious food close at hand, a moment of waiting is torture.
After stewing the silverhorn fish, Gu Zheng's next step is to make braised starry eel, which has been cut into pieces, first into the water, and then with the specialty of Foggy Wind Island, 'Purple Skin Single Head Garlic', the smell is called fragrant.
After the braised starry eel is ready, Gu Zheng's next step is to make fried bonefish.
The processed bonefish has already been cut into pieces and marinated, the hot pot cooled the oil, and the fish pieces slowly rose in the oil pot until the color became golden, the unique charred smell made several people around the bonfire in the distance couldn't help but stand up and look over.
In fact, it is not the first time that the bonfires closest to Gu Zheng and the others have been attracted by the fragrance here, but before, they just looked and didn't stand up like this time.
Yang Zhenling swallowed her saliva and said, "Fellow Daoist Gu, it's not just me and Miss Meow Meow who want to eat it. Even they want to eat it!"
"They can only think about it if they want to eat it, but if you want to eat it, it will be soon. Right now, only the roasted golden scales are left."
As he spoke, Gu Zheng put the roasted golden scales above the bonfire. Roasting six golden scales at the same time is a piece of cake for him.
A pinch of fine salt, not even a brush of oil, and the fragrance of Gu Zheng's roasted golden scales made Yang Zhenling smile very flatteringly.
"Fellow Daoist Gu, after the golden scales are roasted, you have to give me one. I want to take it to the largest bonfire and announce the winner of tonight's prize."
"Okay! But I won't be going myself. You can help me get the prize, right? "Gu Zheng asked.
"Of course, of course," Yang Zhenling said.
The largest bonfire was actually quite far away from Gu Zheng's group. In addition, they were by the sea, and the sea breeze was quite strong at night. Even with Gu Zheng's hearing, he couldn't hear what was said over there clearly.
After the golden scales were roasted, Gu Zheng gave one to Yang Zhenling. Yang Zhenling excitedly took it and ran to the largest bonfire.
"Looking at him, I really don't know if that roasted golden scale can make it to the largest bonfire in one piece," Meow Meow said vaguely as she chewed on the delicious fish.
"You're still talking about him! Look at yourself. You just gave Fellow Daoist Yang one and didn't even say anything to let you eat it, but you're already eating it. What a greedy little cat! "Gu Zheng scolded jokingly.
Meow Meow wrinkled her cute nose at Gu Zheng. "It's all because Mister's roasted fish is so delicious. Meow Meow loves it!"
"Since you like it, I'll roast a few more. Anyway, we have to wait for him to come over. I have nothing better to do."
Gu Zheng started cooking again. Meow Meow, who had hurriedly finished the fish, hurried to help out.
"Eh?"
Gu Zheng, who was roasting fish, made a curious sound. Something unpleasant seemed to have happened by the largest bonfire. It was quite noisy.
Indeed, by the largest bonfire, something unpleasant had happened! And it had to do with Yang Zhenling's announcement of the winner.
Yang Zhenling firmly believed that Gu Zheng's roasted golden scale was worthy of being the best of the night, so he immediately made the announcement by the bonfire.
Outsiders didn't care who the winner of the prize was, so this announcement wouldn't have been worth mentioning in previous years. But this year was different. Yang Zhenling, who had originally thought that he was just going through the motions, ran into trouble.
Some people said that Yang Zhenling hadn't even come to the bonfire to watch, nor had he tasted his roasted fish. Why should he give the prize to someone else? Yang Zhenling expressed his deep dissatisfaction with this.
Originally, it was just a formality, but someone had actually raised a protest. This caused some of the outsiders by the bonfire to become rowdy. After all, they didn't mind watching a show.
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