The main ingredient was ready.
Next came the supporting ingredients, naturally.
The Blazing Tree would be prepared the same way as before.
He took its flower crown, then cut it with his miraculous knife skills.
After all, the Blazing Tree's flower crown could be prepared any number of ways, and it was highly nutritious.
But ultimately, only exquisite knife work, cutting along its veins and in the proper proportions, could bring out its flavor to the fullest.
It was like that police-state country from his previous life that was on the verge of civil war: its electoral districts were divided up by neighborhood.
But those districts weren't laid out in straight lines. They twisted and turned!
In other words, whatever worked to their advantage was how they'd draw the lines!
If that example wasn't clear enough...
Then here was another.
Take a length of Nine-Turn Large Intestine.
One part still retained its original flavor.
Another part had been cleaned thoroughly.
Easy to cut, right?
One slice, and you're done!
But suppose-just suppose.
What if scattered patches elsewhere still retained that original flavor?
Wouldn't you have to cut around them?
Surely nobody actually enjoyed eating crap, right?
They'd be laughed to death.
So Jiang Yao cut with incredible precision, all to make the flower crown's flavor stand out more.
Of course, the bark also needed to be carefully selected.
Not every piece of bark on the Blazing Tree had the same properties.
Just as some people were fat and others thin.
The fat content determined the cooking method.
Of course, that was a dangerous line of thought. This was only an example.
So there was plenty to consider when choosing which part of the Blazing Tree's bark to use.
First, the most essential part, which was also the best piece.
Naturally,