Chapter 4 Braised Meat in a Large Pot

  Lai Shu and others looked at the corpse of the Flame Wolf, then looked at Ji Ran, still with an incredulous expression. However, since Ji Ran had taken charge, they couldn't say anything else.

  Ji Ran is now busy cutting the rabbit meat into small pieces, then stringing these pieces and a type of mushroom alternately onto thin branches. Then he takes out salt, puts it in a wooden bowl, mixes it with water. Not finished yet, he also takes several wild vegetables and leaves, crushes them together, and mixes the juice with the salt water.

  For cooking, Jiran is very confident. His hometown is in a small town, and after graduating from junior high school, his parents left the world due to an accident. Leaving behind a half-grown child, life was naturally extremely difficult. Relatives were not absent, but most of them were not rich either, their own lives were ordinary, and it was hard to support another child's education.

  Ji Ran was also a tough kid, at that time he refused the help of those relatives who were true and false, and he single-handedly supported his own life. He applied for a student loan, worked part-time everywhere, and managed to finish high school in three years, and even got into a good university. Then, still following this path, he finished college. It was only when he was about to graduate from university that the gaming headset suddenly appeared, and online games became a huge hit overnight.

  Through a classmate's introduction, Ji Ran tried to join the ranks of professional players. Unexpectedly, he had some talent in this area and managed to do quite well in two games, at least clearing his loan and earning a decent income. His original plan was to earn some startup capital by playing games and then start his own business when he couldn't play anymore. But unexpectedly, an accident caused him to cross over into this world.

  Children work, at the beginning, naturally do some odd jobs, and inevitably intersect with some small restaurants and catering industries. Under the influence of ear and eye, they also learned a lot of things. Although not to become a big chef, doing some home cooking, that's really handy.

  Then, in "Xian Xia Xiang Yang", he also learned cooking skills and cultivated them to a considerable level. In this world that he crossed over into, many basic things were similar to the two games he played before. With his own craftsmanship and cooking skills from the game, it was only natural that he had confidence.

  The rabbit meat is going to be used for barbecue, and the two pheasants are going to be used to make the legendary "beggar's chicken". The cleaned pheasant was smeared with seasoning sauce, stuffed with some wild vegetables, mushrooms, dried fruits and other things in its belly, wrapped in mud, and the preparation work is done.

  Lai and others came out to adventure, they must have brought some necessary tools, such as a large pot for cooking soup. To say, at the beginning, Ji Yan was a bit strange, several people did not see anyone carrying a large package, how could they go out empty-handed?

  It wasn't until later that he found out this world had a magical pouch, fixed by mages with enlarge and shrink spells, which could hold many things. The items placed in the pouch would have their volume reduced, as well as their weight, making it very convenient for adventurers to carry around.

  It's just that this thing is expensive to the point of being lethal, and according to them, even ordinary adventurers who work for a few years may not be able to save up enough money for a magic pouch. They have one, but it was at the expense of Uncle Lays.

  Moreover, it is said that there are also spatial tools of that kind, which are convenient and quick, without the restrictions on item size and weight like magic bags. But those things are extremely expensive, ordinary people don't even have a chance to take a look at them.

  At that time, Ji Ran was secretly delighted in his heart. He had a backpack provided by the system! Although it only had 36 basic grid spaces, he could still put quite a few things in it. Later on, after finding materials, he could even refine spatial equipment to increase the number of grid spaces!

  That's right, he also learned alchemy in "Xian Xia Xiang", and it was even his destined technique, not to mention a living skill. But now there is nothing to be had, so let's not think about this for the time being.

  The pheasant and rabbit had been dealt with, leaving only the red-tailed wolf's meat. The meat was carefully cut down, washed clean, and set aside. Then the pot was hung up, a fire was lit, and some of the red-tailed wolf's fat was melted into oil in the pot. The meat and some roots and stems were then stir-fried, with various seasonings added - except for salt, all were wild flavorings found by Ji Yan in the forest - finally adding water, waiting for the meat to be cooked.

  Take advantage of the time to bury the mountain chicken wrapped in mud balls into the fire heap, and then take over the rabbit meat strung with mushrooms and put it on the fire, roasting while brushing seasoning water on top with a homemade small wooden brush.

  "This looks quite novel, but it seems simple? Why don't we also lend a hand?" Beside Beike and the others watched Ji Ran's movements, some of them were eager to try. Barbecuing was a way of cooking that adventurers were most familiar with.

  Ji Ran smiled and handed the meat skewers to the crowd: "No problem, just keep brushing these seasonings on the meat skewers... As for when the meat is cooked, I believe your experience is rich enough."

  The meat was handed over to this group of old hands, and Ji Ran took a pine branch, stripped off all the bark, and then held it, starting to stir in that big pot.

  In the game "Xian Xia Xiang Yang", cooking is not just about selecting a skill and using it, but also requires players to take action. For example, what Ji Ran is doing now is called "Big Block Stew Meat", which can be considered a basic cooking formula. The key to this formula is stirring.

  Ji Ran stirred the pot of meat and vegetables, and slowly, a fragrance wafted out of the pot. This aroma was completely different from ordinary meat-based soups, rich and mellow, making everyone's mouth water uncontrollably. The few people who were initially skeptical about Ji Ran's cooking now stared at the pot with wide eyes.

  And no one noticed that, with Ji Ran's stirring, a primordial energy of heaven and earth - in this world, it might be called magical energy - was being infused into the meat soup. This primordial energy changed the texture of the Red Tail Fire Wolf meat, releasing its magical energy. Gradually, these pieces of meat underwent a qualitative change.

  After stirring for about ten minutes, Ji Ran took out that cedar stick.

  "Almost done! By the way, how's your barbecue going?"

  Others, after hearing his words, suddenly reacted and looked at the roasted meat in their hands, only to find that more than half of it had been charred. Only the hooded woman Aileen seemed unaffected by the stewed meat, her roasted meat was already cooked to perfection with a crispy outside and tender inside. The oil had penetrated into the mushrooms that were alternately threaded with the meat slices, emitting a fragrant aroma.

  Ji Ran smiled and shook his head, not expecting the aroma of braised meat to make these people so flustered. If they had tasted the flavor of this braised meat and experienced the effect of "big chunk braised meat", wouldn't their eyes pop out in surprise?

  At this moment, in Ji Ran's eyes, there was a pot of braised meat with a name on top.

  Braised Meat: Medium-grade. After consumption, it slightly increases the speed of physical strength recovery and adds a small amount to the maximum physical strength limit for 12 hours. During the effective time, the increase in physical strength is increased by an additional 20%. Consuming it can gain a small amount of experience, and long-term use can slightly improve physical fitness. It only takes effect when consumed on an empty stomach; consuming it on a full stomach has no effect.

  That's right, using the flesh of monsters as ingredients will give the food special effects! And this large stewed meat, as a primary cooking product, actually doesn't have too strong an effect. But after coming to this world, it seems that this culinary art has undergone subtle changes. The current large stewed meat, all other effects are fine, but that "within the effective time, physical strength increases by an additional 20%" attribute, didn't exist before.

  And this attribute, roughly speaking, means that during the duration of the stewed meat effect, if you perform exercises or other actions that increase physical strength, the effect will be increased by an additional 20%. It doesn't sound like much, but if it accumulates... This is a considerable boost!

  There's also that slight improvement in physical fitness... it doesn't sound like much, but the effect is terrifying when you think about it carefully. It's just that this effect takes too long to manifest, and on average, it's not that shocking after all.

  For someone with a low rank like Ji Ran, this big chunk of braised meat is a good thing that can increase attributes. And I believe others won't be indifferent to the special effects of this food either?

  "Come on, everyone, let's have a bowl of meat and try it. The roasted meat is fine, but there's also some rabbit meat that we'll roast later. If this stewed meat gets cold, it won't taste good." Ji Ran enthusiastically held a ladle to serve the meat soup for everyone.

  Although it is acknowledged among adventurers that ordinary monster meat is generally hard to swallow, the stewed meat made by Ji Ran is really too delicious. The others are fine, but Beck, the younger brother of the two brothers, can't help himself. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and handed over a small bowl in his hand, letting Ji Ran scoop out a large spoonful of stewed meat for him. After taking it to his face, he immediately couldn't wait to use a spoon to send a large piece of meat into his mouth.

  "Heavens! This stewed meat..." Bek's eyes widened in surprise after taking a bite of the meat: "It's really, too delicious!"