Chapter 69: Brewing and Candied Haws
In the past few days, loud noises have often been heard from the direction of Blackwood Forest.
There are also an endless stream of people in the Cultivator Square in Roushui Town and in Fang City.
It’s been a long time since it was so lively.
These monks who travel between the Cultivator Square and the market basically gain something in the black wood forest.
Some of them sell the parts of the demonic beasts that they cannot use, such as fangs, fur, blood essence, bones, etc., to some merchants who specialize in purchasing these things.
These merchants are basically second-hand dealers in surrounding towns and cities. They collect materials at low prices and resell them at high prices.
In addition to merchants, there are also some weapon refiners, alchemists, spiritual chefs, etc. who come here to purchase heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
The parts on some monster beasts are used as materials for refining magic weapons, elixirs, and even good cooking.
Even Tian Xiaobao wrote several ingredients on the notice board of his canteen. They are all medicinal ingredients he often uses, and he also added an extra one, which is the essence and blood of the demon ape.
To prepare for his next refining of the Violent Spirit Pill, the Violent Spirit Pill requires the blood essence of demonic beasts, among which the essence blood of demonic apes at the third level of Qi training and above is the best.
Tian Xiaobao bought it for three days in a row and stored a lot of materials that will be used next.
The lights in Roushui Town have been brightly lit recently, and there are many people walking around in the market at night.
You know, in a small place like Roushui Town, except for Duobao Pavilion, which is open 12 hours a day, most shops close before Youshi (7 p.m.) in the evening.
However, the time reporting tower in Tian Xiaobao Town has already announced the time of Haishi (11 p.m.), and looking at the monks in the market, there is still an endless stream.
But Tian Xiaobao could only reluctantly close the door because he had important things to do tonight.
I had a quick dinner, then lay on the bed, and my consciousness entered the space.
He threw the few hundred spiritual stones he had earned recently into the spiritual field, and then quickly came to four fruit trees.
In sight, several fruit trees were covered with red fruits, and the other two fruit trees were covered with green fruits.
They are ripe vermilion fruits and green-skinned fruits.
Not long ago, Tian Xiaobao's cultivation reached the middle stage of the fourth level of Qi training due to the ripening of these fruits. It was already one step away from reaching the middle stage before and was stuck unable to rise.
Now it’s finally come true.
Since these fruit trees were saplings not long ago and are no longer as thick as a bowl now, there are not many fruits on the branches. After careful counting, there are less than 100 red fruits in total.
There are a bit more green-skinned fruits because they are fruits that are clustered. Tian Xiaobao did not count them in detail, but there are probably more than 300 in total.
Of course, not all of these fruits will ripen at once, and this is impossible.
Based on my life experience in previous lives, these fruit trees do not violate some growth laws, and the fruits will mature one after another.
At present, only about 20 vermilion fruits have matured, while about 100 green peel fruits have matured.
Tian Xiaobao picked all the ripe fruits and neatly stacked them in a basket made of special rattan.
Looking at these fruits, I remembered the time when I was a child in my previous life and went to my grandfather’s orchard to pick peaches. I was really carefree at that time.
Right now, growing these fruits is just a way to make a living in the world of cultivation.
It’s probably just a comparison of myself as a child and myself as an adult running around for life.
Tian Xiaobao took one of each of the two spiritual fruits and symbolically wiped it on the corner of his clothes.
In fact, spiritual plants in space are free from insect pests and pesticides, which is why Tian Xiaobao did not learn the magic of catching insects.
But the ritual before eating freshly picked fruits is indispensable.
Wiped it on the corner of my clothes.
First, he picked up the vermilion fruit and took a bite.
The overflowing juice filled its mouth, and the sweet and crisp taste once made Tian Xiaobao think it was chewing an apple.
In fact, this kind of spiritual fruit is somewhat similar to the apple in the previous life, but there are some differences in taste.
Smash it in your mouth, the taste of this spiritual fruit is really unforgettable, especially after it enters the belly, the aroma of the pulp is mixed with the effect of spiritual energy, fermenting in the belly.
I took another green peel fruit. The size of the green peel fruit was about the same as the apricot in my previous life, but the skin was that shiny green peel.
When you take a bite, you will find that unlike the sweetness of the vermilion fruit, the taste of the green peel fruit is sour and sweet, a bit like the plums in the previous life.
Tian Xiaobao decided to use part of the first batch of spiritual fruits to make candied haws and make wine from the rest.
He has made fruit wine several times in his previous life, and he still has some impressions of it, but whether he can still make it in the world of cultivation needs to be verified.
He first divided the selected fruits into three piles.
One pile is made of vermilion fruits, one pile is made of green-skinned fruits, and the other pile is a mixture of two kinds of spiritual fruits.
Find three closed clay pots, clean the pots and these spiritual fruits, chop them into pieces and put them into the pots respectively.
Then he added the koji made by World Brewing, which he had bought at the distillery in Fangshi before.
Finally, add an appropriate amount of spiritual spring water and seal.
Next is a long waiting time. In the previous life, it took about a month to brew this simple fruit wine, so Tian Xiaobao decided to use his previous experience.
In addition, since the time flow rate in space is twice that of the outside world, he decided to wait for about ten or twenty days to see if the brew was ready.
After sealing all three cans, Tian Xiaobao thought about it and did not bury them in the ground. In his memory, it seemed that grain wine needed to be buried in the ground, and the longer it took, the better it tasted.
But it seems that the fruit wine will go bad if it is buried for a long time...
Wait! Grain and wine?
There seems to be no liquor in this world...
There are some rice wines made from spiritual rice, but there is no high-quality liquor.
Tian Xiaobao looked at the spiritual rice in his spiritual field that had grown to the height of his calf, and wondered if he could refine some high-quality liquor.
These bland fruit wines taste really tasteless.
After completing this work, Tian Xiaobao took out the materials for making candied haws that he had prepared before, and found a pan-like utensil among the pile of clay pots.
I recalled the method of making candied haws in my previous life.
First wash the spirit fruits, then take a chopstick and thread the spirit fruits together. In order to match the colors, Tian Xiaobao inserts the two kinds of spirit fruits into the chopsticks in alternating order.
Then activate the stove, add a small amount of spiritual spring water to the "pan", and add the rock sugar of this world.
It was a big fire at first, but soon it started to bubble.
Then turn to low heat and slowly simmer it into small bubbles, gradually turning into bubbles as delicate as soap bubbles.
The sugar is slightly boiled until it turns slightly yellow, and it will feel a little sticky when dipped in with chopsticks.
Tian Xiaobao put the chopsticks in cold water and it immediately solidified into crispy candy. He was overjoyed, it must be ready
Then he took a skewered candied haws, swirled it a few times in the sugar foam, and immediately pulled it out.
After letting it cool, it was done.
Tian Xiaobao looked at the otherworldly spirit fruit version of the candied haws in front of him. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. The red and green colors and the icing covered with yellowish syrup looked very appetizing.
Chapter completed!