Chapter 399: This is a Cursed Fish (1/2)

Chapter 399: This is a Cursed Fish

Translator: CatatoPatchEditor: Vermillion

Prepare a kitchen?

Were you a comedian invited by that black dog?

The Serpentine Sovereign and the others were all shocked at Bu Fang's sudden request. They stared at him speechlessly.

Wu Mu awkwardly smiled. He didn't expect that Bu Fang would make such a strange request the moment he came back. Even he was slightly caught off guard.

”Owner Bu... We should talk about important matters first...”

A slight trace of embarrassment flashed through the Serpentine Sovereign's beautiful face. Could it be that Bu Fang wanted to carry out their discussion in the kitchen? That would truly be weird, wouldn't it?

”Owner Bu, if you want to have a meal, I will order my imperial chefs to prepare it. First, let's go to the main hall of my imperial palace and have a nice chat about the matter about Yu Fu.” The Serpentine Sovereign didn't want to delay their discussion any longer and she kept pestering Bu Fang to enter the imperial palace.

Bu Fang shot a look at the Serpentine Sovereign as the corners of his mouth curled upwards. There was a trace of disdain as he looked at the Serpentine Sovereign.

”Imperial chefs? Are the dishes made by them edible?”

The Serpentine Sovereign slightly furrowed her brows. She felt as though Bu Fang was looking down on her imperial chefs. No matter what, she was the Serpentine Sovereign. Although she was already a peak Supreme-Being expert and seldom ate, the imperial chefs in the imperial palace were the best of the best. They had been meticulously chosen from the countless serpent-men.

”Owner Bu, you can be at ease. The imperial chefs are people who were carefully chosen out of all the serpent-men. Their culinary skills won't disappoint you in the slightest.”

”Oh? If they are as amazing as you claim them to be, can they cook this ingredient?”

Bu Fang calmly said and covered his hand with true energy. He took out a plump and big fish which was covered in countless stripes.

When Wu Mu and the others looked at the hideous fish in Bu Fang's hand, they were astonished.

”What kind of spirit beast is that?”

”It seems like a breed of fish. However, I have never seen anything like it.”

”That fish is too ugly! I'm pretty sure it tastes nasty as well...

...

Everyone around Bu Fang started to whisper among themselves. When they were all discussing the fish in Bu Fang's hand, the Serpentine Sovereign's complexion became slightly ugly. That was because even she was incapable of recognizing the spirit beast in Bu Fang's hand.

Yu Fu was also astonished. Even though she had been his apprentice for a long time and practiced the culinary arts with him for quite some time now, she was unable to identify the fish. If even Yu Fu was not able to recognize the ingredient in Bu Fang's hand, the Serpentine Sovereign would definitely not be able to.

”The most important thing right now is to take me into the kitchen. I want to cook a dish using this ingredient. After I'm done cooking it, you can have a taste. After tasting the dish, you'll know that the imperial chefs in your palace are nothing compared to me.” Bu Fang grabbed the Darkmoon Thorny Pufferfish and he said with barely concealed arrogance.

The golden mantis shrimp on his shoulder slightly moved and its compound eyes stole a glance at the pufferfish in Bu Fang's hand. It felt as though it had seen it somewhere before.

Bu Fang naturally didn't care about the golden mantis shrimp. Instead, he fixed his gaze on the Serpentine Sovereign.

In the end, the Serpentine Sovereign and the others gave in and brought him to a kitchen.

Yu Fu cheerfully followed behind them. As she was confined to her own home by the Serpentine Sovereign for a month, she wasn't able to cook. There was no opportunity for her to come into contact with a kitchen knife. She was extremely eager to be able to cook again.

When they entered the kitchen, the Grand Serpentine City's imperial chefs respectfully greeted the Serpentine Sovereign.

”Can anyone of you recognize what ingredient this is?”

The Serpentine Sovereign had a cold voice as she asked the imperial chefs about the ingredient in Bu Fang's hand. She didn't believe Bu Fang and she also didn't believe that none of the chefs would be able to identify the fish.

However, she was bound to be disappointed. After all of the imperial chefs looked at the fish in Bu Fang's hand, they were unable to identify it. Although some of them found it familiar, none of them were able to accurately identify the fish.

”This... This ingredient looks like it came from the northern region of the Grand Serpentine City. It looks like that demonic fish which lived in the river there.”

A young imperial chef said in a grave tone ”However, that fish contains a deadly poison and there is no way to eat it without getting poisoned. It can't be considered an ingredient.”

Bu Fang was slightly startled as he didn't expect that there would truly be someone who recognized it. Although he was surprised that there would be someone who made a correct guess, Bu Fang didn't reveal the name of the fish to everyone. Were there really different kinds of pufferfish living in the area?

”You are right. This ingredient contains a deadly poison. This Thorny Pufferfish has a poison which can kill even a Supreme-Being,” said Bu Fang.

When everyone heard Bu Fang, chaos broke out. He actually wanted to cook an ingredient which could poison a Supreme-Being to death?

”This... This is a cursed fish! Even if it was cooked, the dish would be poisonous. It can't be eaten...”

That young imperial chef was trembling and shaking his head as he cried out.

”This is because all of you have no idea on how to cook a fish like this. Now, tell me where is that river.” Bu Fang looked at that young serpent-man and asked with excitement in his voice.

If there was really such a river, Bu Fang would take a trip there and capture lots of pufferfish. He would bring them back to his store and create a new dish out of them.

”That is a cursed river… All of the demonic fishes in it were killed by the experts from our serpent-men race. However, the blood of those demonic fished contaminated the water and they could only seal the place up. The experts filled the river in order to stop the poison from spreading.” That young imperial chef proudly raised his head in the air and proclaimed.

Bu Fang had an expressionless face when he looked at the young imperial chef. When he saw that the young imperial chef raised his head with pride, Bu Fang felt like smashing his face with the Black Turtle Constellation Wok.

Those demonic fishes were pufferfish! They were all excellent ingredients...

Bu Fang restrained himself and he pulled Yu Fu into the kitchen.

The Serpentine Sovereign and Wu Mu were startled by Bu Fang's actions. The imperial chefs wanted to follow Bu Fang into the kitchen and watch him cook the demonic fish.

Before they could enter, Bu Fang who was carrying the Black Turtle Constellation Wok, blocked the kitchen. He looked at the imperial chefs calmly.

”What do you think you are doing? All of you should distance yourselves from the kitchen. Other than my apprentice, no one is allowed to take half a step into the kitchen when I'm cooking. Anyone who disobeys will be battered to death by my wok.”

After Bu Fang was done speaking, he closed the door of the kitchen with a loud ”bang”.