Chapter 17 One sentence breaks down the defenses of the three brothers
The "smoking method" is not as simple as putting the meat in the smoke. A lot of preparations must be done in advance.
Li Xiuchang was just trying his hand, so he kept it simple. He smeared some auxiliary materials on the surface of the yellow beef, marinated it briefly, and then smoked it in the thick smoke.
It takes some time to smoke the spirit meat, but while smoking the meat, it does not delay him from continuing to practice the blanching method. One uses fire and the other uses smoke, and they do not interfere with each other.
"Maybe I can get double the 'length'." Li Xiuchang thought to himself.
He is practicing the smoking method and the blanching method at the same time, so he should get double the experience.
Time passed little by little. After Li Xiuchang failed several times in the blanching method, he paused and summed up his experience in his heart.
His "length plug-in" only increases the "length" according to the proficiency of each skill, and it does not help improve the skill level.
It is not like the so-called "proficiency panel". As long as you practice a certain number of times, you will definitely reach a certain level.
Therefore, the improvement of the skill level still requires Li Xiuchang to comprehend and summarize it himself.
Practice without thinking is inefficient, half the result with twice the effort, and is not conducive to the growth of "length".
After summarizing the experience, Li Xiuchang took off the piece of meat that had been smoked.
The meat was already stained with a layer of smoke, and it smelled of some fruit wood aroma.
More importantly, the spiritual power in it has not been lost, but it is not as active and violent as before, and has become more gentle!
The weak toxins in the smoke did not invade the meat.
It works!
Li Xiuchang's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that his charcoal attribute magic power could actually be used to smoke spiritual meat.
This is not a development and application of charcoal attribute magic power.
At the same time, Li Xiuchang's mind became active, and many ways to earn spirit stones emerged in his mind.
"Helping others smoke spirit meat is definitely the most profitable way, but I don't know if the smoke produced by my cultivation can smoke those monster meats? If I fail, I have to pay for the meat, which I can't afford."
"It's safer to smoke some dried meat and sell it first."
This is definitely not as simple and crude as him using "length" to earn spirit stones, but it is safer and has no risk.
While smoking meat, you can also practice and save some length.
Li Xiuchang threw away the half-smoked meat slices in his hand that were only twice as thick as a cicada's wing, and cut off a two-finger-thick piece of yellow beef, smeared it with spirit salt and various seasonings and spices, and put it in a basin beside to marinate.
He took a bigu pill and continued to practice the blanching method.
After a day, the spirit meat was marinated and Li Xiuchang took it out, dried the water, and placed it above the stove with a rack, and smoked it with thick smoke first.
After a day, he switched to light smoke and slow smoking.
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In the midst of the hustle and bustle, it was the day for Li Xiuchang to take part in the apprenticeship test.
Li Xiuchang slept for less than ten hours in total these days, and spent the rest of the time practicing the blanching method.
By now, he has basically mastered the blanching method and rarely fails.
In the next five days, perhaps because of the concurrent practice of the smoking method, the length value increased faster than before.
Li Xiuchang glanced at the lower left corner, and the number there had become "1.49".
In five days, it increased from 1.28 to 1.49, an increase of 0.21!
At this rate, it won't take long for him to save up two inches of length.
Li Xiuchang took the smoked meat, and after a few days of smoking, the beef had been smoked.
The smoke and grease on the surface of the smoked meat were mixed, shiny black, and the meat aroma was mixed with smoke and fruit wood aroma, fresh and not greasy.
The spiritual power in the meat was stable, not only did it not lose, but it became more sufficient under the spiritual smoke.
"It's done!"
Li Xiuchang looked delighted, knowing that the smoked meat was basically successful.
The meat processed by the smoking method is equivalent to a semi-finished product, and it can be eaten after simple processing.
Li Xiuchang cleaned the smoked meat and steamed it in a pot. He cut a small piece and put it in his mouth to chew it for two bites. His lips and teeth were fragrant and satisfied, and the hunger in his stomach was swept away.
"This spiritual meat is really not comparable to ordinary dishes." Li Xiuchang smacked his lips, and the aftertaste was endless.
"Eat a few more bites, the effect is comparable to a bigu pill, and it also has a slight effect of replenishing mana."
Li Xiuchang's eyes lit up, smelling a business opportunity.
There are two most important points for the spiritual dishes made by spiritual chefs.
One is the effect, and the other is the taste.
If there is no effect, it is just an ordinary dish.
If the taste is not good, it is better to eat pills.
This smoked meat has the effect of bigu pills, and it can even replenish mana. As a spiritual dish that does not enter the level, the effect is acceptable.
The taste is also quite good.
It is already a qualified product.
Next, let's see if there is any profit margin.
Li Xiuchang counted on his fingers.
The Bigu Pill is a low-grade pill. A bottle of Bigu Pill contains ten pills, and the market price is about one low-grade spirit stone.
He only spent one spirit stone to buy this big piece of yellow beef, and the smoked meat made from this big piece of yellow beef is enough to be worth fifty Bigu Pills.
Even if it is sold at the same price as the Bigu Pill, it is still five spirit stones, a full four times the profit!
In fact, the taste bud enjoyment brought by this smoked meat, the kind of satisfaction of eating meat, is something that Bigu Pills cannot have, not to mention that there is an additional effect of replenishing mana, although it is very small, but it is better than nothing.
Therefore, the value of smoked meat is definitely higher than Bigu Pills, this is beyond doubt.
"If we sell it at 1.5 times the price of the Bigu Pill, it should be easy to sell. This means a profit of 6.5 times. Even if we exclude the cost of auxiliary material loss, it is not difficult to maintain a profit of 6 times."
There is a way!
Usually, a spiritual chef apprentice can't create any value. At this time, the materials for training are basically pure losses, but Li Xiuchang actually made smoked spiritual meat during the apprenticeship stage.
In this way, he can earn spiritual stones, practice spiritual chef skills, and accumulate length. Kill three birds with one stone, and make a lot of money.
"Let's go to the top of Wangping Mountain to participate in the apprenticeship test. After it's over, go to the market to buy some goods. Well, buy more spiritual meat, more stoves and kitchen utensils to increase production."
"This time, we can also buy some first-level monster meat to try. If we can smoke first-level monster meat, we will really make a lot of money, the kind that makes you feel numb all over!"
As Li Xiuchang planned, he put the remaining smoked meat into the storage bag and extinguished the flame in the stove.
He walked to the gate of Donggeng District and looked up at the sky. He didn't see Senior Brother Wang Long falling from the sky. It seemed that he was going to walk to Wangping Mountain.
Good news, Wangping Mountain is not far away.
Bad news, it snowed for a few days ahead, and the snow on the road was knee-deep.
Although the registered disciples have been organized to shovel snow in the sect in the past two days, there are still many sections of the road covered with snow.
This has no effect on most of the disciples of Xianchen Sect, and can only affect new disciples like Li Xiuchang who can't fly.
This also allows a large number of first-level talisman masters in the outer sect to see the opportunity to earn spirit stones, and they all take advantage of this time to work part-time as "taxi drivers".
Li Xiuchang didn't walk for a while, and three flying boats landed beside him.
"Junior brother, where are you going? I'll take you there. The sect only needs four spirit sands!"
"I only take three spirit sands!"
"I'll take five spirit sands for pick-up and drop-off."
The three of them actually rolled up in front of Li Xiuchang.
Li Xiuchang asked calmly, "Are you all first-level talisman masters?"