Chapter 153: The Barbecued Boar That Wants to Ascend into Heaven (2/2)

Ah Wei was holding five skewers on one hand and barbecuing spirit beasts covered in glistening oil with them. These spirit beasts appeared very adorable after getting processed.

Once the finishing touches were completed, Ah Wei handed the five skewers over to a eunuch.

”The emperor gets one skewer while others get one per table,” Ah Wei said as he lifted up his sharp chin.

The eunuch hurriedly noddded after recovering from his surprise and carefully carried the skewers over to Ji Chengxue.

After leaving a small and delicate skewered boar at Ji Chengxue's table, he divided the remaining four skewers among the empire's high ranking officials.

Everyone was looking at the spirit beast on the skewers. Even though a rich fragrance was continuously emanating from the skewers and the aroma was continuously enticing them… no one, including Ji Chengxue, attempted to start eating.

The main reason was Ah Wei's barbecued meat was simply too lifelike like they were covered with a layer of red and tender skin. Every single spirit beast appeared extremely cute. They were so cute that no one dared to start eating.

”Start eating, what are you people looking at? Food is meant to be eaten, don't tell me you're just going to look?” Ah Wei tauntingly said with a sneer when he saw no one was actually eating.

After he was done taunting them, he went back to his cooking stove and continued barbecuing the spirit beasts...

Ji Chengxue narrowed his eyes before grabbing a dagger and directly cutting open the barbecued boar that looked as if it wanted to ascend into heaven with its legs spread wide open.

The skin of the barbecued boar was very crispy and tender. As his dagger sliced into the boar with a crunching sound, it was like cutting through paper.

The stomach of the barbecued boar was actually stuffed with ingredients as well. When the boar was cut open, the steaming sauce-like ingredients spilled out and covered the entire barbecued boar.

”A dish within a dish?!” Ji Chengxue exclaimed in surprise. The mellow aroma of the sauce was making him even more eager to start eating.

The somewhat tangerine sauce was different from the sauce used in Ah Lu's dish. It seemed to be cooked using stock before simmering with spirit herbs and then poured into the stomach of the barbecued boar. Once it was cut open, the sauce would automatically spill out.

Ah Lu's sauce was a condiment while Ah Wei's sauce itself could be considered a dish.

Ji Chengxue used a porcelain spoon to scoop up the sauce before cutting off a slice of the barbecued pork and then shoved them together into his mouth.

The moment the spoon entered Ji Chengxue's mouth, the hair all over his body stood up and there was even steam slightly gushing out from his nostrils.

The barbecued pork was extremely smooth and tender in his mouth. There was not even the usual chewiness of barbecued meat in the slightest. However, when matched with the mellow sauce that was just like countless ingredients mixed together, it instantly caused Ji Chengxue to be captivated and intoxicated.

Slicing the barbecued pork, scooping up the sauce, shoving them into his mouth, getting intoxicated… Ji Chengxue consecutively repeated these actions multiple times and half of the barbecued boar was eaten by him in a single breath. The sauce was also drank to the last drop.

”Delicious! It's truly delicious!” Ji Chengxue praised with a bright smile while repeatedly nodding.

Hearing this, the corners of Ah Wei's lips curled up. With his eyebrows raised and chin tilted up, he turned his head and looked in Bu Fang's direction as if he was trying to provoke him.

However, Bu Fang was fully concentrated on kneading his dumplings and did not look up from start till finish.

Ah Wei's provocation resulted in failure in the end and it made him somewhat inexplicably furious. He put in so much effort to cook this dish just to avenge his humiliation and let Bu Fang know about his capability. However, it seemed… Bu Fang never saw him as an opponent in the first place!

”Hmph! Owner Bu, you shall soon experience the taste of defeat!” Ah Wei said with a snort.

As the chefs gradually completed their dishes, plates after plates of dishes were placed on the banquet tables and even the commoners had almost eaten all of the dishes. Although, everyone's progress rate might have been different.

Nevertheless, there were bright smiles on everyone's faces.

There were times when food had such magical powers that could make people feel happy and experience an indescribable joy.