Fish Sauce (Continued)

Jian Mo stretched her neck on the giant wolf's back and looked carefully for a while before she saw a slightly darker pattern on the fish's forehead, right between its two eyes, like a third eye.

The big cat saw it clearly too. Its ears drooped, its tail swayed weakly, and it muttered, "How lucky am I?"

He's already lost, as long as he finds even one fish.

Qing Kuo patted the big cat's thigh. "Tonight, you'd better just go and catch the Arrow-Bone Beast."

Giant Wolf: "No rush."

Qing Kuo: "What's not urgent?"

The giant wolf didn't answer. After throwing the fish from its mouth into its own basket, it carried Jian Mo on its back and continued down the road.

The big cat exclaimed in surprise, "No way? You found a second fish?"

The giant wolf didn't answer again, and instead carried Jian Mo downstream.

A short while later, he dug open the second hole and pulled out the Three-Eyed Fish.

The Three-Eyed Fish was thrown into the basket, and everyone looked at it carefully and confirmed that it was indeed Three-Eyed Fish.

The giant wolf continued its descent without stopping, and before anyone else could react, it had already grabbed a third Three-Eyed Fish.

Then came Article 4, Article 5... Article 11, Article 12, and Article 13.

Everyone was stunned to see him slicing through melons and vegetables, pulling out one Three-Eyed Fish after another from the cave.

Seeing that he was still searching, the big cat couldn't take it anymore and pounced, grabbing the giant wolf's right foreleg with its paw. "Chief, how did you find so many? Were you here before? Did you know there were Three-Eyed Fish here? Meow!"

The giant wolf looked down at him condescendingly. "Do I need to cheat to bet with you?"

The big cat rolled on the ground and yelled, "How come you're so good at finding them? And you catch them every time! I can't even smell the Three-Eyed Fish!"

Giant Wolf: "Three-Eyed Fish are hard to find, and it's difficult to track their scent individually. However, the presence or absence of the fish in a certain area will result in a subtle difference in their scent. Just carefully search for its burrow in the areas where the scent is different."

The big cat was dumbfounded. "You can do that? Eliminate the places that don't exist and only look for the places that do exist?!"

The giant wolf nodded.

Di Ya came over and patted her son's leg. "Did you learn it? Use this method to find the Arrow-Bone Beast tonight."

Everyone burst into laughter.

The big cat rolled over on the spot and lay there dejectedly, unwilling to move.

Wu Jiong transformed back into human form and ceased his search.

He rummaged through his basket and found the female fish that could lay eggs, then threw them back into the river.

With these female fish around, there will be new Three-Eyed Fish in this river next year.

They caught Ambus Fish for a while longer, and returned to the tribe with a full catch as the sun went down.

Big Cat Ban Ming still remembered the bet, and he was listless the whole way.

As they parted, the giant wolf said, "Remember our Arrow-Bone Beast? There are thirteen in total. You can send them all at once, or in batches."

The big cat muttered, "I know, am I such an untrustworthy orc?"

Giant Wolf: "That would be best, but hopefully you won't wait until winter to send it to us."

Big Cat: "I'll go catch it tonight!"

Jian Mo smiled and waved, "Then we'll wait."

Back home, Jian Mo poured herself some water, still remembering Wu Jiong's heroic performance that day. "You were amazing! I think everyone's jaws dropped in astonishment."

Wu Jiong touched the back of his neck. "I only bet when I'm sure."

Jian Mo looked up and smiled, "I figured it out."

I've brought the Three-Eyed Fish back, and I need to process them tonight, otherwise a batch might die tomorrow, and the gallbladders won't be as fresh and usable.

Jian Mo didn't know how they were going to handle it, so she squatted down and watched Wu Jiong deal with it.

Wu Jiong took out a shell knife and deftly removed the fish gallbladder.

The gallbladder of the Three-Eyed Fish is exceptionally large, much larger than that of a regular fish, and when taken out, it resembles a small lychee.

Jian Mo examined the heavy fish gallbladder in her palm, then brought it to her nose and smelled it, feeling a strong fishy odor rush to her head.

It's hard to imagine that fish gallbladders could be such a good fever reducer. I wonder how the first person to discover this actually found out?

Wu Jiong instructed Jian Mo to put the fish gallbladder on a plate, "I'll take it out to dry. Go wash your hands. Three-Eyed Fish is very fishy, so wash it with some leaves, otherwise the smell will linger for a long time."

Jian Mo: "Washing with soap doesn't help either?"

Wu Jiong: "You give it a try."

Jian Mo washed her hands with soap several times after entering the house, but they still smelled fishy, so it seemed that washing with soap really didn't help much.

He went outside to pick some strongly scented leaves to rub his hands with.

As soon as I came out, I saw Jiujiu sniffing the Three-Eyed Fish whose gallbladder had just been removed. Its expression clearly showed disgust, and its nose was wrinkled.

Jian Mo laughed immediately, "You can accept innards, but you can't stand the taste of Three-Eyed Fish?"

Jiujiu looked up at Jian Mo, then snuggled up to rub against him. "Jiujiu."

Jian Mo suddenly smelled a strong fishy smell, probably because Jiujiu's chin had gotten some blood from the Three-Eyed Fish.

I have to say, this smell is really awful.

Jian Mo quickly pushed Jiujiu's head away. "Don't rub against me."

Jiujiu like a puppy, Chiu Chiu thought Jian Mo was playing with it. When Jian Mo refused, it immediately moved to the other side to rub against her.

The other side was covered in blood, Jian Mo was shocked. She quickly reached out and pushed it away again.

One tried to push, the other to rub against it, and the two chased each other in the yard.

Jiujiu chirped, its wings flapping excitedly, its eyes shining, and it ran around with its chubby body running as fast as it could.

Jian Mo was in decent physical condition, but the small courtyard really limited his performance. After running for a while, he was panting heavily.

When Wu Jiong returned and saw them like this, he separated them, one in each hand.

Jiujiu hopped around a few times, but couldn't break free from Wu Jiong's iron grip, so it could only obediently squat down and chirp.