Chapter 61: The Game of Melaleuca

The sky is clear, the sun is shining, the sea breeze is roaring, and the waves are rippling.
Today is a good day.
It is also a good day for barbecue.
Ok……
No matter how tired life is, I can’t treat my stomach badly...
Zhang Yun and Lucina were sitting on Leviathan's back, and a dark gray stone basin was placed in front of them, on which coals were piled up, burning on fire, and bursts of black smoke.
And on the top of the stone basin, there is a sturdy and stable barbecue rack with a few iron sticks on it, and a few scorched sea fish.
"Finally, just sprinkle this on it." Zhang Yun held the book of food in one hand and a cup in the other hand, which was filled with light yellow special cooking wine.
After speaking, Zhang Yun raised his left hand and poured the cooking wine in the cup on top of the sea fish that was about to be grilled. Suddenly, the flames under the grill burst, and a faint fragrance filled the air along the burning black smoke.
"What is this? It smells so good!" Lucina couldn't help closing her eyes, immersing herself in the fragrance floating in the air.
"Cooking wine." Zhang Yun said casually.
He didn't explain carefully, but turned the sea fish on the iron stick over and sprinkled the special cooking wine on the other side, so that the essence of the cooking wine was evenly incorporated into the fish.
"Okay, it's okay, pick it up and eat!" Zhang Yun put away the book of food, picked up one of the iron sticks with sea fish in it, put it to her mouth, and took a sip.
Ok……
It is indeed the cooking wine provided by the gourmet book...
Really invincible...
Zhang Yun admired in her heart, but her mouth did not stop, she directly bit a piece of meat from the belly of the sea fish and swallowed it into her belly.
Fresh and delicious fish meat, chewy charred fish skin, and cooking wine that exudes a unique taste, the three blend together and churn in the mouth, making people linger.
On the other side, Lucina looked at Zhang Yun, then carefully picked up a bunch of grilled fish and took a sip as Zhang Yun did.
As the fish lowered her mouth, Lucina instantly straightened her back, with an incredible face: "This fish!?"
"The color is golden, the fragrance is overflowing, the outside is crispy, the inside is tender, the skin is green, the meat is juicy, the color and fragrance are full..."
"Fragrant!"
"It's so fragrant!"
Zhang Yun smiled: "How is it? I'm right? Isn't it delicious?"
Lucina nodded excitedly: "Yes!"
Zhang Yun smiled: "Then eat slowly, if you don't remember to say, I will bake a few more and I will definitely be full!"
"If we are lucky, we can catch a few marine monsters, maybe I can make something more delicious..."
After listening, Lucina tilted her head and asked curiously: "Can you also do monster meat?"
Zhang Yun stood up confidently and said without blushing: "Of course, don't question my strength, I'm an expert in food research!"
Yes!
I can do it too!
I can make even those cooks’ dream recipe "Island Stone Rabbit"!
As for the gourmet book?
It is just a magic item that I use to record the food production process. The food production methods recorded above are all researched out by me, and the condiments it changes are all prepared by me in advance!
Ahem, the above are all excuses that Zhang Yun came up with temporarily. She intends to move out when Lucina asks herself, otherwise the bug props like The Book of Gourmet will not be able to explain its origin...
However, Lucina did not have the slightest doubt about what Zhang Yun said, nor did she question the usefulness of the book of food, which made the explanation in Zhang Yun's heart useless.
She is even more curious about what Zhang Yun said earlier.
"In this way, the island stone rabbit cuisine you discussed with me earlier was actually made by you?"
"Yes."
"Can I make it again? I want to eat it!"
"..."
I went, but I couldn’t think of it. On the surface, this princess was worried about the country and the people. She looked like I was going to serve the country, but she was a big foodie behind her back?
Uh.
This is also true.
Almost discussed the food for the night with her that day.
If it is not a top foodie, who can reach this level of ordinary people, talk about a rabbit meat for a few hours, opening and closing is the dream of a gourmet?
After thinking about it, Zhang Yun agreed: "This? Yes, at night, there is the corpse of the island stone rabbit in my space ring, and I will use it to make dinner."
"Great!"
...
The two of them ate the grilled fish, then extinguished the flames, retracted the barbecue items, and leaned on the upright scales of Leviathan's back, squinted and took a nap.
However, Zhang Yun deliberately left a few grilled fish, prepared to give his meditating brother to eat the grilled fish when he finished his "Void" practice, and fill up the one that he was set to eat normally for three meals a day. belly.
There is also Lily, because she is a demihuman race, her setting is to directly eat the creatures in the sea, so Zhang Yun did not grill her extra fish, but let her go to the water to find food by herself.
It’s not that Zhang Yun is lazy and doesn’t want to spend time feeding Lily, but Lily herself doesn’t catch a cold with cooked food and feels as annoying as flames, so after asking her opinion, Zhang Yun canceled the portion that she originally wanted to prepare for her. Up.
If Lily wants to eat it, Zhang Yun will definitely make it for her. Anyway, I am idle in this sea. It is better to grill a few more fish...
Leaning on the scales with her back, Zhang Yun looked at the blue sky and white clouds, and casually reminded: "Lucina, if you are tired, you will take a nap. I will let Leviathan move slowly and not bother you."
Lucina shook her head and said: "No... let's hurry up. The sooner we get to the holy city, the sooner we can escape from Archid's pursuit."
"Yeah, too, but I haven't slept all night and I can't stand it anymore. Let's wait until I speed up later!" Zhang Yun raised her hand, took out a sun hat, and covered her face to block the dazzling sunlight .
"Let me squint for a while."
"Call me if you have anything."
"Don't worry about bothering me."
After all, Zhang Yun closed her eyes and turned her vision to the body of a certain ocean follower, before her eyes turned into a fog.
rest?
I'm sorry, it's not the time yet, because the monster hanging behind hasn't been dealt with yet. After I figure out a way to deal with it, I will slowly make up for it...
When leaving Lolo Island in the early morning, Zhang Yun not only destroyed the ship, but also arranged some extras.
He left two or three marine entourages near the port of Lolo Island and the sea area he passed through, and ordered them to hide in the sea and secretly pay attention to the conditions on the water.
Once you find an unknown creature, regardless of whether the opponent is flying in the air or floating on the sea, as long as you come in your direction, you will immediately follow the opponent and never lose the opponent's vision.
And after Zhang Yun left the port, he has been looking at the perspective of his followers.
Ever since, he found the black-robed man hiding in the private house for the first time, and saw the whole process of transforming it into a monster...
Because the ocean followers move fast, they are not inferior to the sailing ships in this world. As long as they don't move for a long time, they can keep up with most creatures.
So after they found the black-robed man Archid, they immediately chased him and followed him, hanging behind each other secretly, and was not found by the black-robed Archid.
And Zhang Yun has been observing this Archid at other times except for the time when he was grilling the fish, and estimated its general situation.
Especially its flight speed and flight direction, as well as how long it will land on the sea to rest, what is the body's endurance value and so on.
After all, know yourself and your opponent, and win every battle...
According to Zhang Yun's observation, this Archid's flight speed is not slow or fast, almost the speed of a raging shark swimming in the sea.
Compared with the Leviathan that he was riding in, its flying speed was far lower than that of the Leviathan, but Zhang Yun deliberately slowed the speed of Leviathan in order to take a good rest, so that it was getting closer and closer to him.
As long as the black-robed man keeps driving in a straight line, he can catch up with Zhang Yun in another hour or two at most.
And it's flying direction is not sure, it will drift left and right while tracking itself, but if it gets too far, this guy will re-align its direction.
From this point of view, there should be some way to track Lucina, but it cannot locate the exact location of Lucina. It can only figure out the approximate location of Lucina.
As for the frequency of rest, it's fairly stable. It flies at full speed all morning, and takes about three or four breaks in the middle. It flies for an average of one and a half hours, and will rest for half an hour. The error in the middle is not large.
Therefore, if you want to do it yourself, you can just pinch it when it is exhausted and ready to go to sea to rest.
That is, when it has the lowest endurance, give it a surprise attack...
"Hey, this is the game of puff pastry. Do you think you are stable on the third floor? Sorry, I was on the fifth floor and ate you to death."
"Ok?"
"Zhang Yun, what are you talking about?"
Zhang Yun recovered and quickly explained: "Huh? It's nothing, I'm just sighing, the weather today is really good."
"If there is no such thing as Archid, maybe I'm still shopping on Lolo Island."
Lucina sighed: "Indeed, today is a good day for traveling, but it's a pity..."
Zhang Yun interrupted: "Hey, wait, my fault, I shouldn't mention it."
"Don't even think about it. With such a good sun now, instead of wasting time thinking about the annoying things, it is better to close your eyes and enjoy its warmth."
"Empty your brain, take a good rest, get some sleep, and cultivate your energy."
"After all, the environment of the sea is unpredictable. Now that it is so calm and the waves are so calm, you may encounter violent storms in the next second... If you don't have a good rest and your mental state is not good, you will be in trouble."
"Maybe you will stumble and fall into the sea because of this, just like a hapless person who stumbled and fell into a stinky drain."
Lucina smiled faintly: "How is it possible?"
Zhang Yun asked, "How is it impossible? The world is impermanent and everything is possible. No one can say whether he will be the next hapless person."
"Of course, maybe it's not you, but me, or Micott."
"We can all be unlucky."
"Maybe neither."
After listening, Lucina turned to her side, a pair of white jade hands propped her head, staring at Zhang Yun with interest, like a mermaid lying on her side.
She asked: "I'm very curious, how did you learn these theories from that, actually speaking of a very small probability accident like a life disaster that everyone will experience?"
Zhang Yun replied: "No one teaches, no place to learn, I rely on my own understanding, it is my life experience."
Lucina smiled slightly: "Is your life experience based on accidents?"
Zhang Yun shrugged: "Don't tell me, you are right. Most of my life experience is made up of accidents. For example, our current encounter is a very small accident, but it still happened."
"What's more surprising is that when I was on the boat, I never thought you were a woman. What happened?"
"You are actually the Princess of Alberia!"
"Isn't this unexpected?"
Lucina agreed: "Indeed, it's surprising. I didn't expect that there would be inheritors on the same boat as me. This is lower than the probability of an ancient evil god."
"What I didn't expect was that a princess from the Kingdom of Alberia, who was a magnificent princess, had no confidence in front of you, and I didn't even hear you yelling for the basic title."
"Being someone else, I'm afraid I would have saluted me long ago, calling me the princess."
"Accident... indeed an accident..."
Uh?
Suffering, modern society is used to it, and I didn't think of the honor and inferior status of ancient society for a while, and this Lucina was unassuming, making people totally unable to feel the status gap between the two.
As a result, I became familiar with it, so I forgot about it, and kept calling her Lucina instead of her Royal Highness...
He asked with a little embarrassment: "Then I call your Royal Highness Princess? To show respect?"
Lucina waved her hand: "Stop, I'm joking. I don't care about this kind of identity. If you want to call me Lucina, just continue to call it, don't change your words."
"Of course, if you want to call me Util, you can."
"Anyway, I often use this name when I go out. People who know me well will also call me Util. I've long been used to it, but those people don't know my princess identity..."
After listening, Zhang Yun was very curious, and asked: "You used to go out dressed as a man?"
Lucina tilted her head: "What? Is it strange?"
Zhang Yun nodded: "I am a little curious. Although your status is honorable, I don't think many people have seen your true face. Coupled with your strength, there should be no danger in going out with your true body."
Lucina smiled slightly: "Well, yes, you are right, most people can't hurt me."
"but……"
"There will be many people with bad intentions who come to my troubles every day. If I spend my energy to deal with each of them, wouldn't it be very tiring?"
Zhang Yun wondered: "Huh? Do it yourself? Don't you go out without a guard?"
Lucina shook her head: "No, after all, traveling is about going to unknown places alone, feeling mysterious and new things, and experiencing feelings like never before."
"If I bring a group of guards to follow me and let them arrange everything for me, I won't be able to experience many things."
Zhang Yun scratched her head: "For example?"
Lucina lightly tapped her chin with her finger, and recalled: "For example...the underground arena, where there are many different kinds of places, there will be many interesting things happening, and sometimes I can participate in it."
"But if a guard follows me, they will definitely follow the order and not allow me to go to that place."
"Even if I are forced to go, they will definitely go directly to warn the boss there, let him deal with the possible problems, so that those accidents do not happen in front of me."
"This way I lose a lot of fun..."
Zhang Yun frowned: "Hey! No way? Do you still like this tone? I don't think you are this kind of person?"
"Of course not, I just give an example to prove that the nosy of those guards will affect my travel."
"I'm not interested in seeing the chaotic place like the underground arena..."