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While everyone was eating vegetarian dishes in the dining hall, Song Jixue stared intently at Song Jiyun and Yuan Yunzhong, but neither of them gave her an extra glance.

Song Jiyun whispered to Yuan Yunzhong about one of the dishes, "It's called cherry meat. It's a signature dish of the Nameless Temple, but I've had it several times and still can't figure out what it's made of. Wheat gluten isn't this crisp, dried tofu isn't this fluffy. Yuba? Bean bubble? Old tofu?"

Yuan Yunzhong tasted it carefully and whispered back, "Could it be made from bean dregs?"

Song Jiyun was startled.

Yuan Yunzhong quietly said, "I know a method. Mix the bean dregs with flour and then add a type of mushroom powder. At first taste, it's just like meat."

Song Jiyun knew some people used king oyster mushrooms as a meat substitute in vegetarian dishes.

She tasted it carefully, and it really was somewhat as Yuan Yunzhong had described.