Chapter 62 (1/2)

Chapter 62: Fire Orchid Dew Carp Soup

The guards took their silver tickets and went to the market to purchase some food in high spirits. Given that the ninth guard Guan Juxiong was protecting Hong Xiaobao and the rest, they did not worry in the slightest that anyone would dare to attack them. Even if Guan Juxiong himself were to wish to harm the ninth prince, with how dumb the bear is, there’s no way he would be able to escape the prince’s keen senses!

“Little Sis Qingqing, are you hungry?” asked Hong Xiaobao smilingly. He took a few of the fish up from the floor and put them into a wooden bucket before saying, “Come, let Brother Xiaobao make you some delicious fish soup!”

“Alright!” said Qingqing excitedly as she set out to follow Hong Xiaobao to the kitchen. Now that Guan Juxiong had taken Hong Xiaobao as his master, he also followed behind in their path.

Quickly, they arrived at the kitchen and Hong Xiaobao patted Qingqing’s head before saying, “Alright, wait outside for me as it will get a little smoky in here. It’s not good for children to inhale smoke, so leave it to me. I’ll be sure to let you try it first!”

“Oh… okay…” Qingqing gave it a little thought before nodding and said, “Then I’ll wait outside for you.”

Now that everything was settled, Hong Xiaobao entered the kitchen.

He started boiling the water and cleaning up the innards from the fish all in one go. Hong Xiaobao had been doing things like this back in his past life as well.

“Hehe, little b.a.s.t.a.r.d…” Meng Xianji’s voice rang out by his ears. “I suddenly thought of a dish that is rather great. It’s called the Fire Orchid Dew Carp Soup. Do you want to give it a try?”

Fire Orchid Dew Carp Soup? The name sounds pretty cool!

Hong Xiaobao quickly asked, “If there’s such a great thing then let’s go ahead and cook it! What do I need to cook this? What’s the effect of consuming it?” Given that Meng Xianji was a Divine Chef, no matter what he brought up, it definitely wouldn’t be inferior.

“0.5 jin of True Fire Orchids, 2 jin of Tiger-eyed Dew as well as 3 carps,” said Meng Xianji as he smiled. “Well, you already have the carp here, so you only need the True Fire Orchid and the Tiger-eyed Dew. Usually, these can be found being sold at normal magical beast material shops or medicine shops. True Fire Orchid can readjust the hidden fire in the body while Tiger-eyed Dew can help to reenergize a person, but that’s just common knowledge. What most people don’t know is that when these two ingredients are mixed together, it can cause a person to be filled with True Qi to abundance for up to half a month and accelerate one’s recovery speed, which is exceedingly helpful to martial cultivation.”

As expected of the Divine Chef, Meng Xianji! He knew almost everything there is about food!

Hong Xiaobao quickly called out to Guan Juxiong. “Big dumb bear, come here quick. I need you to buy some ingredients for me!”

“Your Majesty, did you summon me?” Guan Juxiong could be seen to be extremely obedient to all Hong Xiaobao’s words. He asked, “You need me to buy some stuff? I’ll do it right away! I promise I’ll come back quickly.”

“En. Get me half a jin of True Fire Orchid which can be found in medicine stores.” Hong Xiaobao took out a silver ticket worth 1000 silver taels and said, “Get me another 2 jin of Tiger-eyed Dew which can be bought from magical beast material stores. Make sure you don’t get them wrong. Otherwise, I won’t be able to properly cook the dish.”

“Hehe, no problem! I got it,” said Juxiong as he took the silver ticket and vanished from the kitchen like a gust of wind. As expected of a 7-star martial artist, his running speed was nothing to look down upon!

Hong Xiaobao suddenly felt like forming a delivery company. He believed that Guan Juxiong definitely had a great potential to be a first cla.s.s delivery man.

“Brother Xiaobao, what would you need the True Fire Orchid and the Tiger-eyed Dew for?” asked Qingqing as she entered the kitchen. Seeing the already prepared carp, she was surprised and asked, “You can prepare fish even though you’re a prince? Brother Xiaobao, it seems like you know how to do everything!”

Isn’t that natural? I’m a person who has experienced various things you know!