Zhao Xi blinked, then threw herself into Lin Che's arms and gazed at him.

His face was plain, his long, narrow phoenix eyes were slightly downturned, and his lips were lightly pursed.

Even with a bitter and resentful expression, a beauty is still a beauty, always so beautiful.

Zhao Xi just didn't like that expression. She reached out and rubbed his cheeks upwards, forcing a fake smile onto his handsome face.

Lin Che stared at her helplessly, then casually tapped her on the forehead.

"Ouch~" Zhao Xi wanted to cover her head and roll on the ground.

Lin Che smiled.

It looks much better now.

Zhao Xi thought, "You prepare the water formation, and the demon cultivators prepare the array. That way, we'll have a Plan B! Better safe than sorry!"

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It took about a week to develop a strategy, designing tactics based on the habits and characteristics of each type of monster, while also guarding against the possibility of a fake map. Facing a large group of monsters, using Shan Shan's method was the fastest and safest approach.

The formation couldn't be prepared in advance; it had to be set up on the spot. However, the speed of setting up the formation could be increased. They cleared a space at the junction of the Five Spirits Hall and the Hundred Beasts Garden to practice setting up the formation as quickly as possible.

In addition, equipment needs to be upgraded.

During an attack, unexpected events can happen at any time. They need to be flexible and adaptable. A single magic weapon is definitely not enough. Elixirs are faster than food and are indispensable.

This requires a large amount of crystal ore, spiritual plants, and monster materials.

Unfortunately, the magic mirror given by Manager Qian broke, plunging the Beast Garden into a financial crisis.

It's time to sell self-heating hot pot to the celestial realm!

The fat from the yak demon beast was poured in, filling more than a dozen wooden buckets at a time. Soybean oil followed, filling about seven or eight buckets as well. The spices were stir-fried separately, including common spices such as cardamom, fennel, and star anise, as well as the petals of seven-colored fruits such as the spirit herb, vermilion fruit, and others.

Baijiu (Chinese liquor) is indispensable, and ginger and garlic are also essential.

Zhao Xi thought she couldn't stir such a big pot.

The solution was to transform Xiao Ding back into his giant dog form and have him carry a large spoon in his mouth.

Xiao Ding is inherently of the fire element. Encouraged by Saliya, after forming his core, he also mastered the three elements of fire, wind, and lightning magic. Some white and purple stray hairs have grown on his thick orange fur. Although he is still young, he has the imposing aura of a big brother who is not to be trifled with.

Standing here in the mountains, it's about half the size of a mountain.

It smells so good!

As he stirred, the oil in the pot began to boil, releasing a fragrant aroma that mingled with the protective array around the mountain gate and drifted to every corner of the Beast Garden.

The children were excited, clamoring for dinner. The demon cultivators went to the teahouse and bought several meals' worth of rations.

The fragrance continued to drift and drift, eventually reaching the Five Spirits Hall.

Just then, the alliance was electing its deacons and elders, and the long street was bustling with people looking around to see where the aroma was coming from.

The spicy and savory flavors blend together, along with the unique buttery aroma of yak monsters from the snowy plains.

The hot pot broth smells so good. If you cook meat in this broth and dip it in the principal's special sauce, it would be so delicious!

He almost drooled in it, but Atu reacted quickly, stretching out a long vine and stuffing a large bunch of flower petals into his mouth.

The spiritual herb Qing that A-Tu planted in her body came to life, retaining the unique spiritual energy of the snowfield. These snowfield spiritual herbs Qing could be used to make healing ointments with faster effects and higher purity. To make this trip to the Abyss Volcano safer, she planted hundreds of them every day, so that each participating demon cultivator would have more than ten boxes of healing medicine.

For this, she expended a lot of earth elemental energy and ate a lot of fried mudfish demons.

As for the little ginger buried in her head, it did come back to life, but she showed it to the plant spirits of the Cuiyun Sect. They said that after the little ginger was transplanted, its spiritual root was broken and it could no longer continue its cultivation.

A-Tu regretfully continued to plant it, reluctant to part with it. This time, while making hot pot broth, he sacrificed it all to the hot pot.

She felt several pounds lighter all of a sudden. Maybe when she returns from the underground volcano, she'll be able to find some rare spiritual plants to cultivate.

The oil boiled in the large pot is poured into a square mold, cooled and frozen using a wind talisman, then cut into thin bricks and placed in a box made of water spirit talismans. After attaching the fire spirit talisman, there's no need to worry about it burning.

After Zhao Xi selected the pre-cleaned vegetables, she found they all had a high spiritual energy. The remaining vegetables were left for the kitchen helpers to process, minimizing impurities. The monster meat, however, required her personal inspection and processing instructions. Some needed marinating with cooking wine, others needed soaking in water to remove the blood and fishy smell, and then drying before being packed into boxes.

Fortunately, these tasks can also be shared by the cultivators of the Five Spirits Hall.

They only worked for two days, hunting many edible monsters near the mountains and purchasing a lot of monster meat from other sects in the alliance. Those sects practiced abstinence from grains, and monsters were easily overrun, so they were basically in a state of indiscriminate hunting.

Even so, after producing over 100,000 boxes of self-heating hot pot, all the spirit stones in the Beast Garden were spent in one go.

Luo Haiqing named this "Spiritual Energy Hot Food," and put some of it in the Wulingtang Teahouse for dine-in, especially recommending it to the Qixia Sect and other sects in the cold, high mountains. He limited the supply and then placed a few boxes on the long street, using scarcity marketing to try to drive up the price.

This mini hot pot is convenient; cultivators can infuse it with a little spiritual energy and enjoy a hot meal anywhere. They also won't lose control of the heat and turn the hot pot into charcoal.

However, selling it this way requires waiting for the brand to spread before someone takes advantage of the loophole and buys it at the alliance's internal price, so it takes a while to break even.

Given the tight schedule and the large volume of goods, Zhao Xi decided to price these spiritual hot foods and sent twenty boxes to each of the Five Spirits Hall cultivators.

"How can this be allowed?" Old Luo was stunned, his heart aching so much he could hardly breathe.

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