Capítulo 948: Chapter 947: Divine Beast Cuisine (Part 2)

Esophagus, trachea, two major veins, all severed!

Singh hissed as he inhaled, stood up, and gave Xia Yu a look, “You, you have quite the guts, boy.”

The veteran hunters around also had exaggerated expressions.

The ‘Rock Alpaca’, at any rate, was considered a food ingredient. No matter how tough its body was, once it was deemed an ingredient for slaughter, it acquired the fragile attributes of being food.

Severing four tubes with one cut, is it difficult?

The hunters present, almost all possessed strength beyond the ordinary, with some being able to dismember a ‘Rock Alpaca’ with a single punch. However, when the ingredient is shattered, the quality of the meat becomes unsightly.

Therefore, strength needs to be harnessed with skill.

And Xia Yu demonstrated such exquisite slaughtering skills publicly, proving his control over strength, limbs, and even kitchen utensils had reached the pinnacle.

Jintan Shun also clicked his tongue, examining the bloody opening on the alpaca’s neck. This cut was located just below the Adam’s apple, not far off, very close.

Because the trachea and esophagus are below the Adam’s apple, if the knife deviated even a centimeter when cutting, striking the Adam’s apple, the ‘four-tube sever’ would be impossible to achieve. At the very least, if the trachea and esophagus weren’t cut, the animal would struggle, quite painfully.

Looking down at the alpaca lying limp on the ground, without a cry or struggle, yet still staring at him, Jintan Shun couldn’t help but give a thumbs up, “Your slaughtering method is quite halal!”

The Mongolian woman Urina asked in surprise, “Is this an Islamic slaughter method?”

“One strike to grant the animal mercy…” Tulip nodded, “A swift cut severs the pain nerves under the skin, equivalent to anesthesia. Then, severing the neck veins, cutting off the blood supply to the alpaca’s brain leads to oxygen deficiency, naturally causing it to lose sensation of the external world.”

She squatted down to touch the alpaca’s head. The alpaca that previously glared at everyone now appeared dazed, its wide eyes making no reaction to the hand patting its head, quite adorably silly.

Halal slaughter method? What the heck…

Xia Yu was lamenting the ‘Seven Stars Knife’ losing 20 points of durability, when his ears caught a bunch of professional-sounding discussions.

Ahem, struggling not to laugh, he thought, what is this, what Islamic slaughter method, he never understood.

The current slaughtering method was naturally developed and refined over accumulated experience. At least compared to the method of stabbing the heart to bleed, Xia Yu was confident that his slaughtering approach was more merciful and humane to animals, while also maximizing the bloodletting of livestock!

It’s known that regardless of livestock type, blood carries a large amount of bacteria.

Moreover, the cleaner the bloodletting, the fresher and higher quality the meat!

“Give me a hand—”

Xia Yu turned to Jintan Shun and said, without any politeness.

The two worked together to hang the Divine Beast, made adorably dazed by brain hypoxia, on a steel frame, placing a basin on the ground to collect the blood.

The Divine Beast wasn’t dead yet. In mid-air, its limbs were twitching, the muscles still contracting and moving, thus causing more blood to continuously flow out from the opening along the neck during this muscle activity.

Compared to the other steel frame, where the alpaca had fainted and lost consciousness like a stiff corpse, the bloodletting efficiency on Xia Yu’s side was significantly higher.

The smile vanished from Singh’s face.

Female Qilin Chef Maria cast a glance, her facial lines taut.

She felt threatened and started getting nervous!

Soon, the blood was drained, and the hot water was also boiled.

At this point, Xia Yu understood how to dissect the Divine Beast, which was not much different from slaughtering a sheep.

First, he used a small knife to completely slit the alpaca’s throat, digging out the tubes leading to the intestines. Xia Yu carefully tied a knot; otherwise, when moving the carcass later, the undigested food and feces in the intestines would spill out—how disgusting that would be.

For skinning, starting from the alpaca’s legs, it was done entirely by hand, then a whole sheet of hide was obtained and hung on a rack. The bloody process needs no further elaboration.

Breaking open the chest, removing the organs.

Decapitating it.

By this point, the slaughtering process was essentially complete. Xia Yu wiped away a layer of sweat from his forehead, glanced over at the Female Qilin Chef, noting she was slightly slower and currently removing the organs, trailing about 5 minutes behind. He then turned and picked up the large chopper-like ‘Seven Stars Knife’, and asked Jintan Shun, “Help me make charcoal fire—”

Since this was a private exchange and competition, having an assistant was naturally allowed. On the other side, Singh had actually rolled up his sleeves and was focusing on making a charcoal fire himself.

Seeing the size of the furnace, it was evident it couldn’t be for roasting a whole sheep; the recipe was close to grilled lamb ribs. Seeing this, Xia Yu heaved a sigh of relief, “Looks like she also can’t present a ‘whole roast sheep’ recipe!”

“By the way!”

He called out again to Jintan Shun, who was carrying the sack of charcoal, and instructed, “Don’t use alcohol blocks to light it, use wood shavings, and they should be fruit wood shavings.”

Upon hearing this, Jintan Shun slipped and cast a resentful glance, “Again with the fruitwood charcoal, and now fruitwood chips… I got you the charcoal, but where am I supposed to find the chips? There’s not enough time.”

“Then…”

Xia Yu hesitated for a moment, turning around to rummage through his own box. There were several essential items for travel, and “Morse Oil,” a superb magical material, was a must. Handing over a bottle of golden oil, he said, “Use this to ignite it.”

“Oil?” Jintan Shun’s eyes widened, “Fruitwood charcoal smoke is already thick, and now you’re throwing oil on it? Aren’t you afraid it’ll become smoked meat?”

Xia Yu shook his head, “Trust me!”

Oily smoke? When Morse oil burns, it doesn’t produce excess smoke or fire.

Swish!

With a large cleaver in hand, he chopped down on the Rock Alpaca carcass spread out on the table, obtaining four fresh, large mutton legs.

Seeing Xia Yu take the mutton legs and ignore the rest of the alpaca meat, the hunters exchanged puzzled glances. Was he planning to roast leg of mutton?

Roast leg of mutton was a grand dish for guests.

Not to mention the inherent toughness of the ‘Rock Alpaca’ meat, even ordinary mutton legs, if not punctured with a knife to make small holes and marinated with salt, Sichuan pepper, and other spices for one to two days, would be not only tough to chew but also difficult for flavors to penetrate deep into the leg meat!

“Why did he choose the mutton leg…” Tulip took a breath, eyes filled with confusion. “The leg meat of any livestock is the most resilient, and the sinews within are harder to handle than in other parts. And this is the leg of a Rock Alpaca, arguably the toughest area of the entire body!”

The chefs and hunters present knew that mutton leg was delicious, but it required proper handling.

The simplest way…

How would he manage to counter the ‘tough’ attribute of the meat?

As everyone’s thoughts were turbulent, Xia Yu revealed a small pointed knife he had never shown before, called “Giant Gate.”

Among the two Seven Stars Knives newly acquired after defeating Ye Feizhou, one was “Giant Gate,” the other, “Wuxu.” “Wuxu” was a bone-cutting knife, while “Giant Gate” had a strange design, even smaller than a carving knife. Xia Yu spent some time studying it and finally managed to wield it.

Holding the knife, he abruptly stabbed the mutton leg on the cutting board!

Slash, slash, slash!

Amid a series of sparks, the surface of the mutton leg gradually distributed with small holes, and Xia Yu, with a single breath, punctured the leg completely. After stopping, he looked again at the small pointed knife in his hand, his mouth curling up, “Its purpose is indeed right.”

The knife appeared to be stabbing stone, yet remained undamaged, shining as before.

Now it’s time to marinate the mutton leg!

Xia Yu rubbed Sichuan salt into the leg with both hands while pondering, “Countering the tough attribute of the meat isn’t enough with just puncturing holes. As for mutton leg, techniques akin to pounding steak to break sinew are excluded, so the only options are to focus on ‘knife’ and ‘marination’!”

A glance at the mutton leg, its internal resilient sinews were captured by Xia Yu’s keen eyes.

“Then—”

The hands rubbing the salt abruptly stopped, and the right hand once again wielded the “Giant Gate” knife. This small culinary blade, entirely contrasting in name and shape, pierced deeply into the mutton leg.

Splash, a hint of fishy liquid seeped out.

Jintan Shun, preparing charcoal and fire, looked up, startled by Xia Yu performing what seemed like a meticulous surgical operation.

Before long.

The surgery slicing through the mutton leg sinew completed, the tough leg meat had softened. Xia Yu wiped his sweat, internally thankful for the effectiveness of the method, when suddenly a burst of unbearable sourness emanated nearby, making his heart tremble.

“It’s vinegar!”

Xia Yu sniffed, instantly turning his head to see Female Qilin Chef Maria spreading vinegar over several bloody lamb chops on a plate.

An obvious transformation occurred.

The stone-hard lamb chops softened, and Maria picked one up and gently tapped it against the plate—not the crisp sound of stone striking ceramic, but the splashy, wet sound of meat.

“King Vinegar—” Tulip’s face was filled with amazement.

King Vinegar?

Clearly, this was Maria’s central theme in marination. She then sprinkled coarse salt over the softened lamb chops, without adding any spice powder, but directly placed the lamb chops on the metal grid of the grill. As the charcoal fire roasted the lamb chops, a trace of vinegar essence evaporated, making Xia Yu feel his gums soften.

Singh stood by the grill and said to Xia Yu, Tulip, and Jintan Shun, boastfully, “That’s right, King Vinegar is Maria’s resonance ingredient!”

“This is her strongest weapon, condiments—”