"I think that even if he wanted a delicious meal, he wouldn't kill all living beings. If you lose and he wins, I'll have to find a way to make the cubs taste better in order to prolong their lives."

Food that tastes good will be preserved so that it can multiply.

Isn't this the logic behind raising chickens, ducks, fish, pigs, cattle, and sheep?

"It can also become extremely unpalatable, just to survive in this world."

The Water God has probably seen too many lazy bums; he's very good at hiding his true nature.

Zhao Xi rested her chin on her hand and said, "That would be too difficult. How about I teach them how to cook..."

Lin Che: "Learn to raise chickens!"

They are now facing a great demon who will destroy the world.

But Zhao Xi thought she wouldn't be afraid of the future.

Lin Che was also a little anxious, but since she woke him up at the Kangnan Demon Sect's stronghold, he felt much calmer and wouldn't easily pass on his anxiety to others anymore.

They could so easily and casually joke about the possibility of defeat.

If this happened to someone else, with a Star Gate lurking nearby, they might already be completely flustered and feeling extremely uneasy.

What I was just chatting about casually turned out to be a real solution after careful consideration!

Even skilled workers won't be laid off.

As long as Hoshino still has a need and hasn't completely executed the plan to kill all life, Zazai has a chance to survive.

We can't lack skilled workers!

Inspired, Zhao Xi thought, "I'll learn to farm, raise fish, brew vinegar, brew soy sauce, and make sauerkraut, kimchi, and tofu! I'll raise silkworms, weave cloth, make paper, and build houses!"

Fortunately, she taught the cubs to be human, which gave Hoshino a life!

Where there is life, there will be needs.

As a last resort, being a slave is better than becoming food; at least it saves my life.

Lin Che sat quietly in the sea anemone, weaving a dreamcatcher with seaweed. He watched Zhao Xi eat crabs while chatting with him, lost in thought. He replied, "Alchemy, weapon crafting?"

Zhao Xi wanted to second the agreement: "Yes! We absolutely have to learn this!"

The crab roe and crab fat are plump, fresh, and tender. Dipped in a special sauce, every bite is bursting with sweet and savory flavor.

She ate the whole pot of crabs.

Lin Che pulled out a handful of grass stalks from somewhere, counted them carefully several times, then placed the stalks on the table, muttering incantations.

Zhao Xi wiped her mouth, ran behind him, wrapped her arms around his arms, and rested her chin on his shoulder.

After a satisfying meal, we were full and had plenty of food and drink.

When you're well-fed and warm, you start to think about something else...

Without turning his head, he said quietly, "I'm still hungry."

"You're a deity, and deities don't need to eat!"

Lin Che chuckled lightly, but did not reply.

Zhao Xi looked at the pole on the table and asked, "What's this?"

Yarrow.

"What's it for?"

"They're telling fortunes."

Zhao Xi, who knew nothing about metaphysics, said, "Isn't that something that can be done by simply calculating with your fingers?"

"Before we part, let's do something more meaningful, like teaching you how to draw lots and ask for divination."

He lightly flicked her forehead.

Zhao Xi rubbed her eyes, then her eyes lit up. She moved a small bamboo stool over and sat down next to Lin Che.

But that's not enough.

Lin Che pulled her into his arms.

She looked down at the yarrow stalks on the table.

The yarrow was picked from the wild, its outer skin unpolished, leaving only the stalks, which were cut to the same length. Years of divination had worn the outer skin smooth and its color a dull yellow.

Having just finished casting a divination, the yarrow stalks on the table were stacked in neat rows of four. A quick glance revealed a total of fifty stalks.

How do you play this?

He said: "The Great Expansion Number is fifty, and its use is forty-nine. It is divided into two to represent the two yin and yang, and one is hung to represent the three yin and yang. It is divided into four to represent the four seasons. The remainder is returned to the yin to represent the leap year. There is a leap year every five years, so the yin is hung again after the leap year."

"...Please speak like a human being."

Lin Che sighed helplessly and actually changed it to human language, "The yarrow stalks have spirits, live a long time, and are knowledgeable, so I used them for divination..."

"And what about the turtle?"

"Turtles don't actually live long."

"ginkgo!"

He compromised: "Okay..."

Zhao Xi thought: "Toothpick!"

He said, "...If there is really nothing, it is not impossible."

Zhao Xi looked at the unfinished crab shells and asked, "Where are the gnawed crab legs?"

Lin Che pinched the woman in his arms, gritting his teeth: "Do you still want to learn?"

"think!"

“There are fifty yarrow stalks in total, symbolizing the number of the Great Expansion. One of them represents the heavens…” Lin Che paused, then sighed, “In short, remove one of them, leaving forty-nine stalks, and divide them into two bundles.”

Zhao Xi nodded and did as instructed, holding one in each hand.

“Take one from your right hand and place it at the bottom as the ground. Take out the remaining four into groups and look at the remainders. If the remainder on your right hand is one, then the remainder on your left hand must be three; if it is two on your right hand, then it is two on your left hand; if it is three on your right hand, then it is one on your left hand; if it is four on your right hand, then it is four on your left hand. Add the remainders together and add them to the remainders that represent the ground. The result of the first change is nine or five.”

Zhao Xi was a little confused, so she fumbled around for a moment and simplified it: "First, take one out of the fifty sticks and put it aside so you won't need it. After dividing it into two bundles, take one stick from your right hand and put it at the bottom. You'll need to add it back later. If the remainder on your right hand is four, the result is nine; otherwise, it's five. And then what?"

“…That’s too simplistic.” Lin Che was silent for a moment, then sighed helplessly and continued, “Put five or nine yarrow stalks aside. Repeat the process for the rest.”

The process was simplified in a straightforward manner: "After dividing into two bundles, take out one yarrow stalk from the right hand to represent the ground. In the second bundle, if the remainder on the right hand is four or three, you get eight. If the remainder is two or one, you get four. Set these four or eight yarrow stalks aside."

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