Gourmet of Another World

After the Empress and the High Priestess tried this dish, they both revealed shocking intoxicated faces.     

Everyone went crazy. The remaining thirteen people at the spirit gold dining table could not wait to pick up their chopsticks, all moving towards the Jadeite Sugar Taro Spirit Fruit as its wings constantly moved.      

Each chopstick descended, all picking up the taro spirit fruit wrapped in sugar strips. The strips were thin and exquisite, bringing along a wave of sweetness.      

Along with the sugar strands being stretched, the phoenix also constantly flapped its wings.     

The audience seemed to even hear the sound of a phoenix cry.     

However…      

With the Jadeite Sugar Taro Spirit Fruit being swept finished, those phoenix wings also slowly began to fold as it withered. They turned into a puddle of sugar strands, covering the blue-and-white porcelain plate.     

Many people were still a little unwilling for it to end, sticking out their tongues to lick their lips.     

In particular, Lin Damei reached out her chopsticks while licking her lips, constantly rummaging through the sugar threads to find a piece of taro spirit fruit.     

However, it was a pity that… there was no more taro spirit fruit.     

The number of taro spirit fruits was strictly controlled by Bu Fang. There were eighteen in total, one piece for one person, so it was just right.     

The first dish had already made so many people shocked. Now, everyone involuntarily sucked in a deep breath, looking forward to the next dishes.     

There were still seventeen dishes to go, and three of them were sacrificial dishes.     

According to the rules, the sacrificial dish should be served after the third dish.      

Jing Yuan let the maids take away the blue-and-white porcelain bowls on the round dining table, then turned her body, stepping into the kitchen.      

She was preparing to take out the second dish.     

At this moment, along with the sounds of the harps, the diners on the small tables received the dish.     

Everyone's plate had a piece of taro spirit fruit.     

Of course, these newly distributed taro spirit fruits were only one, so the sugar threads did not have the appearance of a phoenix.      

Although it lacked the stunning appearance, its taste remained unchanged.     

While the surrounding diners ate the taro spirit fruit, Jing Yuan once again came, walking slowly from a distance.     

She held a flat blue-and-white porcelain plate that was covered with a silver lid.      

Jing Yuan's mouth was curved into a smile as she slowly walked.     

Everyone's eyes fell on her. No matter if it were the high officials on the spirit gold dining table or the surrounding diners, they were curious about what the second dish was.     

Jing Yuan did not leave any suspense. With everyone's eyes all focused on the covered plate, she placed the dish onto the dining table.      

"The second dish of the imperial feast, Cola Flying Phoenix Divine Wings."     

Jing Yuan's voice was gentle, as if there was a trace of excitement within it.     

That's right, it was excitement.     

This time's imperial feast, whenever she opened the lid, she would feel excited for some reason, and her figure seemed to slightly tremble.     

Because her heart was filled with expectations, she was excited and agitated.     

"Cola Flying Phoenix?"      

When Empress Bi Luo heard Jing Yuan say the dish's name, her drawn eyebrows slightly furrowed together. When it came to bird species, she did not like it very much.     

Also… what's more important was that there seemed to be no such dish in the previous imperial feasts.      

Could it be that Bu Fang that man had changed the recipe again?      

Just when the Empress was pondering, a wave of dense fragrance spread out. That fragrance had a sweet and meaty aroma, rushing towards their noses.      

It seemed to surge into everyone's hearts in an instant.     

When Empress Bi Luo smelled this slightly broiled meat fragrance, her eyes instantly shone. Slightly tilting her head, she looked at the lid that Jing Yuan was slowly lifting.     

A glazed color shot out from the blue-and-white porcelain plate.     

As the fragrance wafted out, it seemed to form into a substance. Along with a phoenix cry, the aroma seemed to turn into a divine phoenix, rushing out from the lid's crevice, revolving around the spirit gold dining table.      

Everyone's eyes were drawn over to it.     

The High Priestess' eyes slightly shrank, and her red lips gently opened as she said, "This is fragrance turning into a substance? The most simple display of the will of the Great Path…"      

Everyone naturally understood.     

However, at this moment, the onlookers did not chase after the reason of this fragrance forming into substance. Instead, they stared at that blue-and-white porcelain plate in a daze.     

The fragrance lingered in the air, causing them to constantly gulp.      

"This smell… is too attractive!"     

"It feels like everyone is looking forward to it more than the Jadeite Sugar Taro Spirit Fruit!"     

"It feels like I've seen a huge pile of broiled phoenix…"      

As the audience expressed their own feelings, the corners of Jing Yuan's lips slightly turned up. She opened the lid while retreating a step.     

In the next instant, the light scattered, and the steam rose to the heavens.     

Everyone's eyes shrank, and they all sucked a breath of cold air.     

On that blue-and-white porcelain plate were neatly arranged phoenix wings.     

These phoenix wings were deep brown. There was a layer of thick sauce on top of it, and as it rolled down, it reflected the light.      

Those phoenix wings were fat and juicy. They were arranged in a circle with surging steam in the middle, turning into a phoenix that spread its wings to fly.      

Everyone could tell what kind of ingredient it was. It should be a mixed-blood Green Phoenix raised in Goddess City.      

Everyone was incomparably shocked. They had never thought that the Green Phoenix could be cooked like this.     

However, many people's faces suddenly became a little awkward.      

Everyone in Goddess City knew…. that what the Empress did not like to eat the most was the phoenix.      

In the previous imperial feasts, the phoenix in the menu would all be changed into Papillion wings.      

But in the end, the head chef had actually chosen phoenix…      

Was this purposely offending the Empress?      

"The second dish of the imperial feast, Cola Flying Phoenix Divine Wings. This dish is Head Chef Bu's secret recipe. Please eat and enjoy it." Jing Yuan then retreated a step, slightly bowing as she spoke.     

Empress Bi Luo's eyes turned, giving Jing Yuan a glance.     

This girl knew pretty well that she did not like to eat phoenix, because the meat of the phoenix had a certain taste that she hated.      

Of course, this differed for each person. Some people loved that taste.     

"Hmph! If it doesn't taste good, that little chef can forget about his chance to enter the God Vanishing Mountain!"      

Empress Bi Luo raised the corner of her arrogant red lips, then grabbed the chopsticks. She reached towards the deep brown phoenix wings with sauce drizzled all over it.     

Initially, she did not manage to pick it up. That wing seemed to know how to fly as it was extremely slippery.      

It was because of the thick sauce. There was a little sweet and fragrant smell to it, causing one's appetite to bloom.      

She picked up a Cola Phoenix Wing into her bowl.     

The Empress gently pursed her red lips, revealing a little curiosity in her eyes.     

The cola in this dish's name… What exactly did it mean?     

Picking up the wing, the Empress's red lips gently opened.      

"Mhmmm….."     

With a bite, the taste spread out from that wing.     

The Empress's red lips rubbed on the top of the wing, causing the deep brown sauce to smudge onto her lips.     

Her teeth bit on the soft and tender meat of the wing. The skin of the phoenix was smooth and soft. With a bite, a hole was instantly bitten off.     

The meat seemed to turn into strands as each strand entered her mouth.     

After that bite, the bones of the phoenix wing could actually be seen.     

Mmmmmmm…      

Empress Bi Luo's eyes instantly shone!     

This is phoenix meat?     

Why is it completely different from her memories?     

That hateful taste seemed to have completely disappeared… What replaced it was a type of sweet and buttery juice. It had a meaty flavor that made one's heart go limp.     

Steam appeared from the hole that was bitten.     

After Empress Bi Luo swallowed the meat, her gaze greedily looked at the remaining phoenix wings.      

Opening her mouth, she began to chew again.     

The surrounding people were in a daze, their faces shocked. It was hard to imagine Empress Bi Luo chewing a phoenix wing so eagerly.      

It had to be known… that it had been around four or five years since the Empress had eaten phoenix meat.     

That time, she had only taken a bite, then spat it out.     

She had hated the phoenix meat to the extreme…      

But now…      

Hiss!     

The onlookers all sucked in a breath of cold air. This time, everyone understood.      

This imperial feast… is quite something!     

Nether King Er Ha had long opened his mouth, drool constantly leaking out of it.      

"Bu Fang young man is biased… Such nice dishes... He actually did not take it out earlier!"     

Nethery nodded her head, agreeing with Nether King Er Ha.     

The High Priestess looked at the Empress chewing so happily and pursed her lips, involuntarily showing a trace of curiosity on her cold face. A moment later, she reached out her chopsticks to pick up a phoenix wing.     

In the next instant, many pairs of chopsticks fell, all picking up the Flying Phoenix Wings.     

Every high official took a bite excitedly.     

With a bite, the tender texture erupted, and the sweet fragrant juice seemed to set off a bomb in their minds.      

Jing Yuan was satisfied with everyone's reactions. She did not say anything, turning her body to enter the kitchen once again.     

When she entered the kitchen this time, she held the third dish.     

And behind her, three maids wearing fabulous sacrificial robes all respectfully held three similar blue-and-white porcelain plates with a lid on top.     

These three dishes were obviously the sacrificial dishes.     

The entire imperial hall rang with the sound of the harp, as the ringing sound of the bell rang out ceaselessly.     

The sound of metal hitting metal lingered in the ears. Paired with the crazily chewing high officials on the spirit gold dining table… the scene looked extremely unusual…      

Empress Bi Luo had already finished her wing. Her mouth pouted, and with a gentle spit, a thin bone was spat out, falling on the table. After that, she stuck her tongue out to lick around her red lips.     

With a satisfied sigh, Empress Bi Luo narrowed her eyes.     

The High Priestess raised her hand, her palms tightly covering her mouth as she lowered her head to spit out the bone of the wing.     

Then, learning from the Empress, she left no remains as she licked the sauce around her mouth. After licking everything clean, she picked up the clean white cloth to press on her red lips, her temperament cold and proud.     

Lin Damei was not that refined. This woman was so excited that her entire body was trembling. While eating, she let out a peal of loud laughter like ringing copper bells.     

It caused the surrounding people to look at each other involuntarily.     

After spitting out the bone, Lin Damei then stood up, holding up the empty blue-and-white porcelain plate.     

Then, she poured the remaining sauce into the small bowl in front of her until it was half full.     

"Hehe…. There should be rice later, right? This sauce is so tasty. It will definitely be even better mixed with rice!" Lin Damei exclaimed, scratching the back of her head as she opened her mouth to laugh foolishly.      

The surrounding people all gently laughed.     

Chi Si rolled her eyes.      

This stupid glutton. Would there be rice in the imperial feast? Could she use her head?     

And… could she just… leave her a little bit?     

At this moment, Jing Yuan walked over, placing the dish in her hand onto the dining table.     

Behind her, many people noticed the three maids wearing the sacrificial robes. Looking at the dish in their hands, everyone's eyes shrank, letting out a divine light.     

The sacrificial dishes… had finally appeared!     

However, before that, Jing Yuan's pleasant voice made everyone's attention focus on her.      

"The third dish of the imperial feast, Flying Great Lobster."      

Once again, her voice was filled with excitement.     

Then… raising the other hand to hold her sleeve, she reached out to slowly lift the lid off.     

Sizzle. Sizzle.      

Steam burst out from where the lid opened. It wafted up and gathered, just like clouds!