Douluo: The Adventures of King Skin

"The shield is fine, young man; but it is better for the Romans to place their hope in the right hand than in the left."

——Scipio Aemilianus

Alexis Crates is very satisfied with his current job.

Until the end of last year, he thought that his life would be preparing banquets and military rations for King Pyrrhus. Unexpectedly, he now became the chief chef in charge of the meals for tens of thousands of teachers and students.

"Hurry up! The ice is about to melt!" Alexis urged loudly.

The Lamians used a cave in Mount Othrys to build a large icehouse. Throughout the winter, people kept pure ice cubes in the cave. Now it is the month of "Shooting the Deer" when the weather is slightly hot. Use rails to move them out.

The kitchen workers were busy going up and down around the crane and the track, lifting the ice cubes from the track and placing them layer by layer between a large mixing pot and the stove.

When all the ice cubes are in place, a flame will rise in the stove.The temperature continued to spread, causing the ice cubes to fuse; at the same time, the ice cubes began to absorb heat, causing frost to condense on the inner wall of the large mixing pot.

"Now! Lift the puree pot over!"

Under the order of Alik Sicrates, the kitchen workers pushed a gantry crane along the track. In the pot hanging above was the puree mixed with fresh milk and eggs that had been cooled.

The milky white liquid poured down, and the stirring blades began to rotate rapidly. The puree deposited on the bottom of the pot was gradually beaten into foam, and became fluffy and bulging at the low temperature.

Pot after pot of puree is poured in, and the liquid sinks to the bottom of the pot, while the half-finished ice cream is concentrated on the wall of the pot. The kitchen worker scoops it out with a clean large wooden spoon, pours it into a laminated wooden barrel, and sends it to various kitchen counters. for processing.

In the square in the center of Lamia Academy, hundreds of children who are helping cooks are wrapped in white kitchen clothes, standing on scaffolding, stacking fruits, bases, cheeses layer by layer, and coating them with honey, cream and yogurt; the kitchen workers They gathered around and poured ice cream into the reserved gap with a long tube...

After half a day of work, a huge three-layer cake took shape and the final decoration process has begun.

Prefabricated decorations and shapes were continuously delivered, and the kitchen workers carefully placed them on the surface of the cake, and then began to dismantle the scaffolding layer by layer.

Tens of thousands of students have gathered around and started arranging seats and benches.

Alexiscrates was satisfied to see that the work was nearly completed.

He turned to a child who was helping the cook and said:

"Xenophon! You will let the last deer go."

"Am I coming?"

"You are the best student this semester, and you deserve this honor!"

Xenophon was actually just his nickname; his real name was Alexander.He is not the oldest among all the students, nor does he have the best foundation, but he is indeed the fastest learner. In just a few months, he has already begun to study the advanced and top classes at the same time. Ten thousand students, 99% of them have to call him senior when they meet him.

Moreover, he was energetic and often helped the Lyceum bachelors with their research, and was highly praised by the teachers. He was also very talented in cooking, and Alexis had already regarded him as a key training target.

At the school quarter summary meeting a few days ago, I was awarded the five-stripe armband by the school. At such a young age, I have become the leader of the Lamia student community!Because of his unique mixed-race appearance, both teachers and students respectfully call him "Xenophon"...

Xenophon put the strap on his back, stepped on the cloth mat and put on the foot muffs, and a kitchen worker hooked the hook on his back.

"Remember, the deer's antlers are made of sugar, and that's the only place you can catch them!" Alexis Crates personally brought over a tray containing a butter deer and finally warned him.

Xenophon carefully held the two antlers, and the kitchen workers shouted in unison. The child and the deer slowly rose into the air together, and gradually approached the small garden on the top of the cake amidst the creaking sound of the crankshaft twisting...

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Pyrrhus walked with his family for a month and finally arrived at the city of Lamia.

In order to take care of the ladies, Pyrrhus specially prepared tall camels.The camel walks smoothly and steadily, carrying a soft sponge chair on its back, and can even put a small table on it. After the women have overcome their fear of heights, they don't know how comfortable it is. Therefore, they don't feel tired along the way, but become more and more interested. exuberant.

Pyrrhus and the guards had no choice but to ride horses. The good guys had been riding hard saddles for a month, and their eggs were almost in their stomachs.

Now I have to work hard to introduce the scenery of Lamia to the guests.

Everyone walked along the canal under construction and arrived at the Independence Square in the Lamia Port area.

Many buildings and large tents have been built in the business district of Nancheng, where merchants from out of town have gathered; smoke is constantly rising over the workshop area of ​​​​Dongcheng, and cars and horses are flowing at the entrance, between the port and Beicheng. Back and forth.

Four large temples have begun to erect pillars, and many small temples around them have also begun to build foundations.

The foundation construction of the huge Lamia Arc de Triomphe facing Independence Square has been completed, and craftsmen are carving the stone on the scaffolding. It is expected to take several years...

Pyrrhus and his party simply tidied up in the port area and entered the inner city on foot.

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Tens of thousands of people gathered around and were stunned.

On the square in the middle, with ice as the base, there is a huge three-layer cake, with a snow-white slide on the front of the cake.

Under the slide is a creamy child howling loudly, and on the slide a deer pokes its head as if it is laughing at him...

This was what Pyrrhus saw when he came in.

Finally, a teacher came to his senses and started shouting "Hello, principal!" with his students.

Some were fast, some were slow, and tens of thousands of people shouted out, creating a buzz.

Pyrrhus didn't know whether to laugh or cry. In his previous life, he often saw this kind of flattery session, but he didn't expect that he could experience it once.

He waved everyone to stop, then walked forward to the cake in front to see what was going on.

Alexiscrates was at a loss what to do. When he saw Pyrrhus coming, he quickly said to Xenophon: "Stop crying, the director of the garden is here..."

Xenophon stopped crying as soon as he heard this. He rubbed the cream on his face and vaguely saw a figure in front of him. He sobbed and said: "Yuan...Yuan...Yuan...Hello, Director... "

"Hahahaha... I am not your principal, I am his mother!"

Xenophon quickly rubbed his eyes and saw that it was not the principal, but the principal's mother, Fotiya, who often came to the academy.Pyrrhus was still beside her.

Knowing that he had called the wrong person, he quickly said: "Hello, sister, sister, sister!"

When the Queen Mother heard this, she beamed and said, "That's so well said!"

He raised Xenophon and kissed Creamy's face, "Come! Tell me why you are crying, sister?"

Pyrrhus: "..."

After Xenophon's intermittent narration, we found out that when he went up to release the deer, the hook suddenly came off. The deer was released instead, and he slipped directly off the top of the cake.

"I said it wasn't his responsibility, or the hook was detached, and I should be responsible..." Alexis Xicrates also spoke up and said good things.

Of course, Pyrrhos will not argue with children, and if the shape is broken, it does not mean that it cannot be eaten.

However, messing up everyone's work in front of tens of thousands of people, even if it is not his own responsibility, is indeed too much of a burden for a child.

What a child!

Looking back at my incompetent sister, alas...

Pyrrhus comforted him with kind words and encouraged him to study hard and become his friend after graduation.

The little guy finally burst out laughing and returned to his class happily.

After coaxing the children, Pyrrhus called Maria and his disciples to the front, and then loudly announced to the students:

"This is the teacher I invited from Egypt for you! - Maria - Professor! - Cleopatra - Teaching Assistant! Welcome everyone!"

Immediately, greetings sounded like a roaring tsunami from all around:

"Hello, Teacher Maria! Hello, Teacher Cleopatra!"

Maria could no longer maintain her usual cold expression of "Yeah, that's okay."

She panicked!

It was as if he saw the Red Sea parting in front of him. He was so shocked for a moment that his face was just blank; the blood on his skin faded, but in the blink of an eye he was covered with sweat. All he could do was mechanically wave his hands around...

Her disciple Cleopatra was very idol-like, and she raised her hands in the air and responded generously, "Hello friends of Lamia!"

"Smile! Leave a good impression on the students!" Pyrrhus gloated and did not forget to give instructions.

Maria was in a panic and could only obey.

She tried her best to grin and gave the students a big smile.

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About 30 cubic meters of cake is only a small piece among tens of thousands of teachers and students.

This thing is indeed very luxurious in today's era. Cream, ice cubes, and eggs are all relatively expensive things. Not to mention that they are not available outside. According to the school's system, they can only be eaten during the annual Deer Shooting Festival.

But just this small piece of food made people like Cleopatra, who were accustomed to delicacies, intoxicated, not to mention these children who were helpless not long ago.

The students ate each piece in small pieces until the ice cream almost melted before they hurriedly swallowed it.

As for what was left on the ice cubes and kitchen utensils, nothing was wasted. Even Xenophon, who returned to class, was licked all over by his classmates...

I guess after a few years of this, who will still remember Artemis? The Deer Shooting Festival may not turn into a Cake Festival!

The students followed the class to other festivals, and Pyrrhus took Maria on a tour of the academy.

Large dining hall, amusement park, lecture theater, longhouse dormitory...and then to the zoo under Lamia Hill.

Although there are not many animals now, it does not prevent King Pi from bragging in the air.

"That's the Ostrich Garden, that's the Hippo Garden, that's the Elephant Garden, that's the Elephant Garden..."

“Why are there two elephant parks?”

"Because there are two kinds of elephants in Africa and India! Of course, if more are found, they will be expanded..."

It’s delicious and fun. Is there any better place in the world than here?

Have it?

Seeing the dreamy and demented expression on Maria's face, Pyrrhus almost tilted his mouth to the sky.

Another high-quality labor force is available!

Wait until I get coffee from Africa, sugar from India, chocolate from America... huh? !

Are all the heroes in the world still not allowed to join Lao Tzu?

Seeing that the heat was almost done, Pyrrhus decided to show off!