Chapter 365: Urgent (1/2)

Chapter 365: Urgent

Translator: Subudai11 Editor: Chrissy

The endless sea voyage was like a boundless dream.

Waking up from the dream, the silhouette of Nine Regions could already be seen from afar.

w.a.n.g Lu stood on the side of the s.h.i.+p, thinking that the fifteen days journey across the endless sea seemed long but it actually pa.s.sed by in a twinkling of an eye, which made him somewhat unwilling.

Of course, if he had to endure another half a month of drifting on the sea, no matter what, he would not be able to endure it.

The s.h.i.+p's condition was impeccable, with the finest hull design and the most exquisite decoration. Its cabin was filled with luxury goods of Western Continent, more than twenty charming and affectionate maids, as well as a number of silver and gold jewelries. Such an extravagant treatment was really not something a common king in the Western Continent could enjoy. w.a.n.g Lu has really enjoyed the hero's treatment from the Eastern City States.

The only thing that was unbearable was that, the food on the s.h.i.+p was too tragic… This was purely the mistake of the ghost cook Aya. She had confidently said that during the voyage, all the meal would be cooked by her. However, after that first day of braised chicken with wine, she wasn't able to cook another qualified dishes—the reality was, it was the only dish that she was able to cook decently, and after the first time, the mead has been used up, so she could not make the second.

Purely on her ability to decently cook that braised chicken with wine, Aya thought that she has already comprehended the essence of cooking, thus she was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with self-confidence. However, w.a.n.g Lu also didn't check her for a while. The result was, on the second day, he saw the improved look up at the starry sky version I, improved look up at the starry sky version II, and so on, which simply 'broadened' the people's view.

w.a.n.g Lu repeatedly praised Aya that she should not be a knight but become a country's alchemist. Give her a kitchen and enough ingredients and sooner or later she would be able to synthesize the philosopher's stone 1 .

Towards this, Aya was deeply frustrated, but how could she become dispirited just because of a little setback? On the contrary, she became inspired and courageously marched forward.

For w.a.n.g Lu, by the third day, the situation was only getting worse. After a few attempts, Aya simply began to use the trial and error method to find the feeling of cooking. After wasting half of the food reserve in the cabin, her alchemy skill has once again refined something.

When it was several steps away from the human subject, driven beyond his limits of forbearance, w.a.n.g Lu put up his three feet sword defense using his chopstick, isolating Aya's dozens of unknown substances outside. At the same time, he angrily rebuked her, ”Aya, if you have the ability, why don't you taste your own ghost matters? Your ingredient pick is not proficient, your seasoning is tyrannical, your heat control is subpar, and your spoon flipping is powerless! It's not even technically presentable, you're just going to spoil the good cooking materials in the s.h.i.+p! You're just indulging yourself in wishful thinking!”

Aya remained indifferent to this scolding, the perseverance in her eyes not reducing in the slightest.

Therefore, w.a.n.g Lu's tragedy could only continue. Logically, if anyone else encountered this situation, at worst, they would just change the person who cooks for them. There were more than twenty maids in the s.h.i.+p. Not only were they charming and affectionate, all of them also knew how to cook. One could just pick out randomly, even closing one's eyes, and the choice would be ten thousand times better than Aya. However, w.a.n.g Lu must not change her.

Because he was the one who proposed her to go back to Nine Regions! For this, Aya has given up the Knight King's ident.i.ty and her sword Caliburn to go back with w.a.n.g Lu. If a woman has done these things for you, so what if you have to eat several of her philosopher's stones?

Fortunately, w.a.n.g Lu finally found a way to survive, because even if Aya was useless in many things, at least she was always reliable in one thing: her sword skill, which was master cla.s.s. Of course, how could a legendary level swordsman have a poor level of sword skill? Thereupon, w.a.n.g Lu simply changed the recipe into grand sas.h.i.+mi feast. In addition to the variety of fresh fish sas.h.i.+mi, the s.h.i.+p's other ingredients could also be made into sas.h.i.+mi. Such as ham sas.h.i.+mi, sausage sas.h.i.+mi, pumpkin sas.h.i.+mi, broccoli sas.h.i.+mi… all of these has given a way of life for w.a.n.g Lu.

However, after eating sas.h.i.+mi every day for several days, w.a.n.g Lu eventually grew bitter. Therefore, when he saw the land in the distance, in his eyes, the silhouette of Nine Regions has turned into a pot of fragrant pork stew. Even though there seemed to be a mistake in the route—there was no harbor to be seen—w.a.n.g Lu was still filled with joy. In any case, for a quasi Jindan like him, harbor supply replenishment was not that important.

And as the s.h.i.+p continued to approach the land, w.a.n.g Lu seemed to really able to smell the meat fragrance, but also the degree of cooking the dog meat was just right! A moment later, standing on the deck of the s.h.i.+p, w.a.n.g Lu was surprised. Because he saw that on the beach, there was a woman in a simple dress with a heroic posture stirring a pot. From inside it came the seductive aroma of a large piece of boiling meat. It was a pot of braised dog meat. And the woman was actually...

”Zen Master Dog Meat, Xiao Qi?”

Although he was just murmuring to himself, the still miles away Xiao Qi actually looked up to him and smiled. ”I've been waiting for you for a long time. Finally, you came.”

While speaking, her figure moved. The next moment, she and the pot were already on the s.h.i.+p with the speed that made people click their tongue.

”Although I wasn't too early in coming here, you came just at the right time. I've been waiting for you for half a month, but when I just caught a black dog and cooked it, you actually appeared. Since you're here, then help me finish it. And after that, you can go back with me. Your Master has been waiting for you like crazy.”

While saying that, Xiao Qi put the pot on the deck and fished out eating utensils from her mustard seed bag. After handing over a pair of chopsticks to w.a.n.g Lu, she also offered one for Aya who stood behind w.a.n.g Lu.

”You're Aya, right? I have heard so much about you. Today we finally met. Do you want to taste my craft?”

Aya was stunned for a moment, furrowed her brows, and actually beckoned her hand to refuse.

With Aya's temper, it was rare for her to display such a n.o.ble and elegant gesture. In w.a.n.g Lu's view, her rejection to the offer this time was simply because this peer was her enemy. Compared to her alchemy products, this dog meat was enough to turn her worldview upside down from her obviously distorted small head.

Xiao Qi didn't care too much. After setting the tableware, she began to munch the meat heartily while at the same time said to w.a.n.g Lu, ”In view of the fact that both of our eating speed is quite fast, I'll just cut the long story short. When you previously asked for a marriage leave in Western Continent, your elders empathized with your toil in Western Continent that they allowed you to do so.”

”However, you can also guess that after finis.h.i.+ng the business in the Western Continent, once you return, there would be a mountain-like pile of things that need to be done. And since you played an indispensable role in the Western Continent affair, there are a lot of things that you need to partic.i.p.ate in. Dragging from ten days to half a month is alright, but you actually dragged things out for a whole month, inevitably people in Nine Regions would wait for you anxiously. There are many people waiting for you at the harbor where your s.h.i.+p would dock, luckily, you b.u.mped into me, and just when I was cooking the dog meat.”

With that, she and w.a.n.g Lu had already finished cleaning up the pot. After putting the utensils back, she stood up and said, ”We should be going now, I think it should be about time.”

w.a.n.g Lu curiously asked, ”What do you mean by it should be about time? And what about my s.h.i.+p?”