"Please look, Senior. This is how you process an Eel-Tailed Toad."
Swordwave Garrison, the kitchen.
After processing the Eel-Tailed Toad on the chopping board, Bao Chao showed it to Wang Ba.
Wang Ba quickly memorized Bao Chao's techniques and the key points of his explanation.
Compared to the first step, the processing methods of the second step were considerably less difficult.
He only needed to memorize the processing methods for different ingredients, then apply them proficiently to complete the second step.
Birds and beasts, fish, insects, herbs, and fruits-even different grades required different processing methods.
The more troublesome part was preparing the processing materials for each ingredient.
Take the Eel-Tailed Toad, for example.
An ungraded Eel-Tailed Toad contained toxins in the poison sacs in its skin, but those toxins also contained a great deal of essence. This required a specially prepared processing solution to perform an initial detoxification while preserving the essence.
These processing solutions were concocted using different spiritual materials according to the ingredient's type, grade, attributes, and other factors.
Wang Ba needed to familiarize himself with preparing the corresponding solutions for each ingredient through repeated attempts.
Bao Chao soon left, while Wang Ba began preparing a processing solution according to his instructions.
"Three qian of daylily leaves, two liang of spirit willow seeds, five scarlet fruits..."
Sure enough, when he soaked the dismembered Eel-Tailed Toad in his prepared solution, bubbles immediately rose from it.
"It failed."
Wang Ba shook his head, feeling no particular fluctuation within.
Instead, he settled down and carefully considered which step had gone wrong.
"The solution is reddish... I probably added too many scarlet fruits."
"There's a lot of foam. That should be because I added ironbone grass."
He quickly recorded the results on paper.
At the same time, he conducted comparative experiments based