CHAPTER 270: CHAPTER 261: NOT COOKED YET? _1

And so, all eyes focused on Jin Yao.

Jin Yao glanced at Si Yan. With just two vats, she had made so much food for the Beastmen.

She couldn’t fall behind.

Thus, she said to the wise Beastmen of Water City, Wasteland City, and White Tiger City, "I’ll be ready very soon too."

Boiled meat was the simplest dish; she decided to make that.

Jin Yao, trusting her instincts, began to work.

After the males on Si Yan’s side finished eating, they naturally helped her clean up.

Hui Wu was very interested in the food Si Yan was preparing for the weaker Beastmen. He looked left and right for quite a while but eventually shook his head.

"Wise One Si Yan, I don’t understand what you’re trying to do."

Si Yan smiled. "You’ll find out."

For some reason, Jin Yang was paying close attention to Si Yan’s side.

Jin Yang scoffed. "Si Yan, you’ve turned those Red Earth Fruit into so much liquid and then discarded all the pulp. So many vats of water. Is this really food for the weaker Beastmen? Keep up your brave front. I’m just waiting for you to fail."

Before Si Yan could reply, Jin Tong couldn’t hold back. "You talk too much! We’ve finished our meal, and you haven’t even started eating. I’m quite curious to see what kind of preserved food you can come up with for the weaker Beastmen."

Jin Yang said with sarcasm, "Fifth Brother, just stick with Si Yan. You’ll definitely regret it."

Jin Tong retorted, "Heh, me, regret it? Just you wait and see!"

Seeing this, Jin Yao, channeling her inner ’white lotus,’ called out loudly, "Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, don’t fight over me!"

Jin Tong was speechless. "Over you? PAH! Who do you think you are?!"

Jin Yao looked aggrieved, as if she were about to cry again.

"Fifth Brother, I know you like Si Yan, so it’s right for you to be good to Sister Si Yan."

Jin Yao didn’t want to expose the fact that she was not the true Dragon Princess, so when she spoke, she deliberately misrepresented the relationship between Jin Tong and Si Yan.

Her words immediately sent the crowd into an uproar.

"Is Jin Tong, the fifth son of the Golden Dragon Clan, planning to join Si Yan’s household?"

"If you ask me, Wise One Si Yan is truly impressive. She can brew alcohol, do arithmetic, and make food we’ve never eaten!"

"Aren’t all members of the Golden Dragon Clan said to be outstanding, proud, and arrogant? Would that Jin Tong really be willing to join Si Yan’s household?"

"PAH! How great is Wise One Si Yan? If she would just glance at me, I’d gladly go without meat for three days!"

"But for Jin Tong to abandon his own sister for a female... that doesn’t seem right."

"True. He’s not only harsh with his brother but also mean to his sister. He’s casting aside his family for a female. I don’t think much of this Jin Tong."

Jin Tong’s face turned livid.

Here we go again. This female, she’s at it again.

Si Yan walked up to Jin Tong. Jin Tong looked down and saw his twin sister’s fluffy head.

After all, Si Yan and Jin Tong were dragon-phoenix twins, so there was a natural resemblance in their features. Both were exceptionally attractive, and they looked harmonious standing together.

Indeed, Si Yan and Jin Tong appeared far more harmonious together than Jin Yang and Jin Yao.

Si Yan said, "Jin Yao, who your Fifth Brother treats well is none of your damn business."

Jin Yao faltered, then looked even more aggrieved by the rebuke. "I... I’m just concerned about Fifth Brother."

Si Yan directly exposed her act. "You’re concerned about your Fifth Brother? Is this how you show concern? Must all your brothers revolve only around you? Can they not care for other females?"

Jin Yao stammered, "I... I didn’t!"

Si Yan chuckled. "Oh, really?"

In Si Yan’s dream, Jin Yao had kept a very tight rein on her Jin Family brothers. Constant hugs, embraces, and kisses. Was that truly a pure sibling relationship?

Fortunately, Jin Tong had already seen through Jin Yao and kept his distance, so Si Yan didn’t need to remind him. As for the other males of the Jin Family—that was none of her concern.

Si Yan turned, and as she did, she shot Jin Yao an indifferent glance laced with warning and killing intent. Protectively, she added, "Don’t mess with Jin Tong."

Jin Yao was taken aback.

Jin Yang immediately stepped forward. "Si Yan, what do you mean?!"

Si Yan just silently walked towards her own area.

Tai Seng glared fiercely at Jin Yao and her group, only relaxing when Si Yan returned.

Si Yan said, "Let’s continue. Make some more."

Tai Seng and Jin Tong immediately replied with vigor, "Okay!"

Over a dozen vats of Red Earth Fruit liquid were prepared. They were then covered with stone lids and left to settle.

Tai Seng, who had been working diligently, asked curiously, "Si Yan, what are we making?"

Si Yan explained with a smile, "This liquid needs to settle overnight. Tomorrow, we’ll pour off the clear liquid on top, and what remains at the bottom will be Red Earth Fruit starch. Tomorrow, after we dry it, we can use the Red Earth Fruit starch to make Red Earth Fruit noodles. Dried Red Earth Fruit noodles are easy to preserve."

"Noodles?" Tai Seng didn’t understand what noodles were and asked again, "So, the food we’re submitting is Red Earth Fruit noodles?"

Si Yan nodded and smiled. "Yes."

Again, it was a food he had never heard of or seen. But he trusted Si Yan implicitly, knowing that whatever she set out to make would undoubtedly succeed!

Around the time Si Yan’s Red Earth Fruit liquid was nearly ready, Jin Yao’s lunch was also done.

The sages from Water City, Wasteland City, and White Tiger City went to get some meat, feeling rather embarrassed.

However, the moment they took a bite, these sages’ eyes widened.

Raw meat had its own flavor, and cooked meat had its. But the swine beast itself was fatty. This undercooked meat, with its greasiness, combined with the bland, boiled-in-water taste, was exceptionally unappetizing.

To think such fine swine beast meat could be made so unpalatable!

The sages from the various cities furtively glanced at Jin Yang and Jin Yao.

They would have preferred to eat it raw, they thought.

"Delicious," the sage from White Tiger City forced himself to say, though he only took small bites.

The sage from Wasteland City remained expressionless. He said nothing but still gave face by eating the meat in small nibbles.

The sage from Water City looked at Jin Yao, then at Jin Yang, feeling a pang of regret.

If he had known, he would have cooked his own food. Why bother trying the Golden Dragon Clan’s, hoping to learn something? All they got was undercooked meat.

Jin Yao looked expectantly at Jin Yang. "Fourth Brother, try some."

Jin Yang smiled gently. "Alright."

As he spoke, Jin Yang took a bite.

"..."

Undercooked? Never mind seasoning, it seemed like even salt hadn’t been added.

Jin Yang looked at Jin Yao.

Something was off; her cooking skills shouldn’t be this poor.

Jin Yao asked with a sweet smile, "Fourth Brother, how is it?"

Jin Yang looked at his delicate younger sister, Yao Yao, whom he had doted on since childhood, and smiled.

He forced down the greasy mouthful and said, "Anything Yao Yao makes is delicious."

The sages from the other three cities paused.

He could call this delicious and even eat it in big mouthfuls? If he wasn’t acting, then the Golden Dragon Clan truly had peculiar tastes.