The Mighty Dragons Are Dead

Chapter 0438 Braised Abalone in Oyster Sauce (Second Release)

Tridacna and sea snails brought a large number of pearls, but the greatest contributor was actually Sea Sprite Ake.

At the Sea View Villa during the night, Liszt patiently listened to Ake's endless tales of the sights at Black Pearl Lake, how the tridacna and sea snails fought over their territories.

He first redefined a new name for the tridacna and sea snails—"Hei Chequ" and "Fen Hai Luo"—and classified both types of shells as sea monsters.

The reason was simple, the largest Hei Chequ actually brimmed with magic power and could cast magic—a Water Bullet.

On its own, it battled the strongest among the three Fen Hai Luo, clashing Water Whirlpools and Water Bullets. The seabed rocks shattered and splashed, darkening the water hazy. In the end, when all four sea monsters were utterly exhausted, Ake effortlessly rushed out and ended their lives. On other battlefields, the Fen Hai Luo and Hei Chequ also determined a victor.

Indeed, the Hei Chequ managed to repel the Fen Hai Luo's attack, but it was gravely damaged and had to cede half of Black Pearl Lake's territory to the Fen Hai Luo.

"Brother, Ake discovered that Hei Chequ and Fen Hai Luo are very smart. When they saw Ake hunting many large Hei Chequ and Fen Hai Luo, they stopped fighting voluntarily. The Hei Chequ left behind many small Hei Chequ, and the Fen Hai Luo left behind many small Fen Hai Luo, then they both retreated."

The young Hei Chequ and Fen Hai Luo had little value when harvested.

"So, Black Pearl Lake is actually more like a nursery for young shells?" Liszt was curious about this behavior.

The large Hei Chequ and Fen Hai Luo obviously didn't live in Black Pearl Lake; they survived in the surrounding deep sea, leaving their offspring to breed in Black Pearl Lake—the place was once the Hei Chequ's breeding ground, but now it had obviously lost half to the Fen Hai Luo.

Thus, continuing to call it Black Pearl Lake was no longer suitable.

"Ake, what do you think we should call this marine lake, Hei Fen Lake or Pearl Lake?" Liszt inquired.

Ake tilted her head and thought about it: "Brother, Hei Fen sounds so unpleasant. Let's call it Pearl Lake, both Hei Chequ and Fen Hai Luo can produce beautiful pearls." She held a black pearl as big as a sea bowl and a pink pearl as big as an egg, with stars twinkling in her eyes.

Women always seem to have no resistance to pearls and gemstones—even though they were just materials Liszt provided for her to study magic arrays.

As a Grand Magician, studying magic had become secondary, but researching magic arrays was the real deal.

After confirming the name of the marine lake formed by the coral reef as "Pearl Lake," Liszt took his leave, reminding Ake to frequently check on the situation at Pearl Lake regarding the Hei Chequ and Fen Hai Luo. One was to determine the breeding times of the two shell sea monsters, and the other was to await their next battle.

The territory conflict was far from over, and the next time, it might be another brilliant harvest.

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The story of the shell sea monsters at the Coral Reef and Pearl Lake comes to an end.

But the work related to seafood was not over yet, as Liszt visited Oyster Village every day, identifying the shallow water seafood that the fishermen brought up.

The species of shallow water seafood were obviously richer than those of the beach.

Not only were there more shellfish, shrimps, and crabs, but there were also many novel creatures.

There was a strange fish with a very good texture, which Liszt named "Xia Chan," and it had already become one of the castle's daily dishes; a strange black bump covered with soft spikes, named sea cucumber, also became a daily dish; and a squishy, eight-legged little thing with its legs and head joined together, named squid, became yet another daily dish.

Mrs. Abbie was now busy figuring out how to cook these seafood delicacies every day.

And the fishermen of Oyster Village were figuring out how to quickly catch these shallow-water seafood.

Unfortunately.

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Liszt called for the Smoke Mission several times but did not see it completed.

It was still the original Serpent Script content: "Mission: The fishermen of Oyster Village are no longer afraid of the shallow waters near the shore and dare to dive into the seabed to gather seafood. However, they do not recognize all the seafood. As a seafood enthusiast, why not guide the fishermen in identifying the delicacies of the sea? Reward: Mutated Rubber Tree."

Until today.

On September 5th, right after a torrential rain, the fishermen of Oyster Village couldn't wait to go out to sea to fish. At dusk, they brought back new seafood.

They came to the Castle to have Liszt identify it.

Liszt saw an ugly shell.

At first glance, the shell seemed like just a shell with flesh attached to it, very unattractive. Yet, he was excited, for he had seen and eaten this kind of seafood on Earth. It is a very precious delicacy, known as "the gold on the table, the crown of sea treasures" — to put it plainly, it is abalone.

The value of abalone on Earth is indescribable.

As for whether the abalone in this world has such rich nutritional value, one only needs to taste it a few times to find out. After completing the toxicity test for the abalone, Liszt immediately had Mrs. Abbie focus on cooking abalone — he roughly provided some ideas, such as frying the abalone with oyster sauce and seasonings, and mixing it all to cook.

Soon, a fragrant dish of oyster sauce braised abalone was freshly prepared.

The butler served the oyster sauce braised abalone on the table, and the butler poured Liszt a glass of wine from the estate's Brewing Workshop. Then, he could start eating.

His utensil was a pair of chopsticks; he always used chopsticks when eating privately.

He disliked using a knife and fork.

Picking up a tender piece of abalone meat, he placed it in his mouth and chewed for a moment: "Not bad, the texture is smooth and delicate, although the oyster sauce flavor is a bit strong. Next time, we should use less to let the natural flavor of the abalone come through." After consuming several pieces of abalone, he announced with lingering enjoyment that abalone would become a regular dish at the Castle.

Lobster, crab, clams, mantis shrimp, razor clams, oysters, sea cucumbers, squid, pawn, conch, abalone, dried fish — and occasionally soft-shelled turtles and geoducks — these had all been added to the Castle's menu.

Currently, the estate could essentially rely on the sea for sustenance.

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When abalone officially made it onto the dining table,

the long-awaited Smoke Mission finally changed.

"Mission completed, reward: Fruiting Mutated Rubber Tree."

The new mission was also promptly released: "Mission: Two secondhand sailboats will soon join the estate's fleet, taking on the cargo transport task between Black Horse Island and Fresh Flower Town. Consultant Goltai, who purchased the sailboats, seems to have brought some very good news. Please seize this information. Reward: Mutated Variety Corn Grass."

"The fruiting mutated variety of the Rubber Tree, if things go as expected, should be a rubber tree bred by the new Cordyceps, a rubber tree that bears fruit — the Rubber Fruit Tree."

Liszt speculated in his mind: "As for the mutated variety of Corn Grass, this time, it should be the turn of the corn cobs, right?"

First, there was the corn similar to sorghum, followed by the oil-rich corn. The direction of the evolution of Corn Grass obviously still includes corn cobs. Stay tuned with empire

"Actually, I suspect this is a chain mission about the Corn Grass Elf Bug, could it be that the Corn Grass Elf Bug is about to evolve?" he suddenly thought but then quickly denied himself, "It probably isn't, the Corn Grass Elf Bug hasn't been around for long, and there is no 'restlessness.' What's restless are the Rubber Bug triplets."

Conveniently, this time's fruiting mutated Rubber Tree also seemed to be a part of a chain mission: "Could it be that what's really about to evolve is the Rubber Bug triplets?"

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