Poison Genius Consort - Chapter 436

Chapter 436: A fellow friend and His Excellency Original and most updated translations are from volare. If read elsewhere, this chapter has been stolen. Please stop supporting theft.

Teaser:

The scent of rice!

Jun Yixie felt energized as soon as he caught whiff of it. He followed his nose until it led him to the depths of the forest. There on the ground was a black-robed man in the middle of cooking. This fellow looked like he came prepared, because there were multiple bags of things by his body. He had set up two stone stoves with a pot on each, with one boiling water while the other cooked his rice. Those snow-white kernels and fine round grains were a mouth-watering sight. Hot steam rose from the pot, making Jun Yixie swallow his drool.

Three months, ah. Three months without a single grain of rice!

Despite how much he wanted the meal, how could a man like him bow and scrape to get a share? Despite his sore straits, Jun Yixie held himself back and gulped a few times before reining his emotions in check.

Then he walked over and greeted, “This younger brother looks exceptionally refined.”

Gu Qishao surveyed him before he laughed. “I expect that you must be Northern Li’s Duke of Kang, Jun Yixie?”

Jun Yixie started feeling awkward at those words. The news that Long Feiye had moved the entire Tianning Navy just to blockade him on Fishery Island had long spread across Cloud Realm continent. It wasn’t strange for visitors here to recognize him. But the embarrassment only lasted for a moment. The presumptuous Jun Yixie admitted it openly.

“It’s exactly your lord. I don’t know how I should address you in turn?”

“Just another idler in the jianghu,” Gu Qishao replied vaguely, seemingly uninterested in Jun Yixie’s status.

“Fellow friend, this isn’t the season for fishing, is it?” Jun Yixie asked next. Although half his soul had already floated away with the scent of rice, he could still keep a cool head. Wasn’t it strange for this black-robed man to run over here and cook?

“Hehe, this is the perfect time to visit. The Illusory Sea Lake’s lobsters are fattest during the cusp between spring and summer,” Gu Qishao explained.

“I see, I see…” Jun Yixie had heard of the Illusory Sea Lake’s lobsters, but it wasn’t easy fishing them up without extreme patience. That was why few people bothered trying. He’d met with two people who tried last month before giving up out of sheer difficulty.

By now, the water in the pot had come to a boil. Gu Qishao took out a packet of powder and poured it into the pot, sending up another cloud of delicious fragrance. Unlike the fresh scent of rice, this smelled like meat and was absolutely irresistible. Jun Yixie sucked in a deep breath, unable to hide his pleasant surprise.

“This is Northern Li’s fatty lamb hotpot stock from Rong City! It has a reputation as the world’s finest hotpot.”

“Your Highness Duke of Kang can tell the taste just by a hint of its scent? It may not be a bad idea for you to have a taste,” Gu Qishao grinned.