Chapter 37: The Lucky Honey Badger

In this continent, the Feng Clan Convoy still held significant power.

It was said that there were more than one Titled Douluo-level powerhouses in this escort bureau. Anyone who dared to provoke the Feng Clan Convoy would face endless pursuit and assassination.

Therefore, when the convoy set off, displaying the exclusive flag of the Feng Clan Convoy, they encountered no obstacles along the way. No bandits dared to court death.

As the evening of the second day approached, the convoy arrived at Kalei City. This city was built near the Kalei Forest, and its name was derived from it. Upon reaching this city, Qi Han had arrived at his destination.

The convoy rested at the post station, awaiting the next day to continue their journey to their final destination, Leiz City. Qi Han bid farewell to the convoy and left the post station alone.

It was getting late, so Qi Han found a decent inn to stay for the night, awaiting the next day to head to the Kalei Forest.

The night time in the Spirit Beast forest was more dangerous than during the day. Although he wanted to enter the Kalei Forest earlier, Qi Han made the sensible choice to wait a little longer.

...

"Wait, stop right there!"

The morning light filtered through the sparse leaves, casting a tranquil scene on the forest path. A dark figure dashed through the trees, breaking the serene ambiance.

To evade the man chasing behind, the figure used every trick in the book, zigzagging through the forest.

Swish!

A sound of breaking wind came, followed by a dull metallic sound as it struck a tree trunk.

The Flying God Claw retracted, instantly pulling Qi Han's body into the air.

A cold blade gleam burst forth from the kitchen knife clenched in Qi Han's hand, swinging toward the position ahead of the dark figure.

From a god's-eye view, it seemed like the dark figure had collided head-on with the blade edge swung by Qi Han. It let out a miserable scream before falling silent.

It was a small black quadrupedal beast, about half the size of a person. It resembled a honey badger in appearance, but its fur was pure black. Its nostrils were larger than those of a honey badger, giving it a slight resemblance to a pig.

This was a unique Spirit Beast species found in the Kalei Forest called the Honey Badger.

Due to the species' lack of inherent strength and powerful Spirit Skills, the potential of the Honey Badger Spirit Beast species was quite low. The strongest among them could only reach the hundred-year level, with ten-year Spirit Beasts being the main population. Few people took interest in hunting Honey Badger to acquire them as their Spirit Rings.

For the Honey Badger, this could be considered a stroke of luck.

But now, with Qi Han's arrival, their happy lives are likely to come to an end soon.

According to the Douluo Continent Ingredient Encyclopedia, the Honey Badger feeds on honey and supplements its diet with various fruits. Its meat naturally carries a slight fruity aroma. Due to its constant climbing and running in the forest, the muscles in its limbs have extremely low levels of saturated fatty acids, resulting in tender and juicy meat.

Therefore, the Honey Badger was fortunate to become one of the selected ingredients in Qi Han's self-created recipe.

Honey Badger: You call being turned into some food as fortunate?

"Finally caught you." Qi Han released the hooks of the Flying God Claw and landed gracefully on the ground. He looked at the body that had been cut in half and the slowly emerging white Spirit Ring on the corpse. With a smirk, he approached and grabbed one of the legs of the corpse.

After confirming that there was no one around, Qi Han made the next instant disappear with the Honey Badger's corpse.

Snap!

With a strong throw, he threw the Honey Badger's corpse onto the chopping board. Qi Han took out a kitchen knife, his eyes gleaming with eager anticipation.

At this moment, he was naturally in the training space.

Since the 3 Star Recipe, Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb, was far from complete, the training space had remained open. Qi Han unexpectedly discovered a bug in the system.

Even if he didn't practice Fish Belly Stuffed with Lamb in the training space, the flow of time in the training space would not change. It still maintained a ratio of 1 : 30 compared to the outside world.

In other words, Qi Han could try his self-created recipes in the training space, saving him a lot of time.

There was also another benefit.

In the forest, the conditions were rudimentary, and the kitchen utensils in the Small Shop couldn't be taken out. In order to successfully experiment with recipes, Qi Han had prepared various kitchen utensils in advance.

But how could the kitchen utensils of the Douluo Continent compare to the system's futuristic technology kitchen utensils?

All the utensils in the training space were set according to the system's advanced technology, rendering the pots and pans Qi Han bought useless.

A small money-saving trick each day, how wonderful.

As the kitchen knife swung, Qi Han began the dissection of the Honey Badger.

Although the Douluo Continent Ingredient Encyclopedia provided a simplified diagram of the Honey Badger's body structure, it was still too concise. Only by personally dissecting each part of the Honey Badger could Qi Han truly understand this ingredient.

Soon, Qi Han dismantled the entire black short-haired Honey Badger skin.

The Honey Badger skin was similar to pigskin, but thicker and more elastic. It would be chewy and satisfying when stir-fried over high heat.

However, when Qi Han saw the fine black short hairs on the surface of the Honey Badger skin, a pained expression appeared on his face.

Removing the hair would probably be a troublesome task. He would deal with it later.

After removing the skin, a thin layer of subcutaneous fat was exposed in front of Qi Han.

In the Kalei Forest, where the seasons were like spring, the Honey Badger didn't need thick layers of fat for insulation, so Qi Han expected the subcutaneous fat to be thin.

Carefully using the kitchen knife, he removed this layer of subcutaneous fat and collected it in a small bowl.

This was a good thing. Not only could it be used for oil refining, but it could also be fried into crispy oil residue.

The fragrant oil residue sprinkled with chili flakes...

Qi Han couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

He wondered how the fried oil residue from the Honey Badger would taste.

After removing the subcutaneous fat, Qi Han extracted the internal organs of the Honey Badger. According to the encyclopedia, the Honey Badger's internal organs were also non-toxic, but as for the taste, Qi Han would have to try it himself.

However, considering that the Honey Badger mainly fed on various fruits and honey, could its internal organs be any worse than pig offal?

It should be something to look forward to.

After Qi Han's preliminary processing, only the flesh and bones of the Honey Badger remained. The other parts had been completely separated by Qi Han.

Dissecting the muscles was a discipline of its own.

Qi Han's knife moved slowly over the muscles. Without much experience, he had to be cautious in his attempts to avoid damaging the texture of the Honey Badger's meat.

After all, even though he was in the training space, if he ruined this Honey Badger, the system wouldn't conjure up a new one for him.

In the end, he would have to go out and capture another one.

Fortunately, Qi Han had processed many meat dishes in the training space, so he had some experience. He skillfully sliced through the Honey Badger's meat, following the grain of the muscle, and separated the different cuts.

Intercostal meat, flank meat, thigh meat, backstrap meat, shoulder meat...

The different cuts were sorted and placed aside by Qi Han. Soon, the Honey Badger on the chopping board was reduced to a skeleton and a relatively intact head.

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