The beastmaster stopped in his tracks under a huge tree.

The orcs in the sky flew back.

"Is everyone here?"

The culinary beast master spoke.

"Everyone's here."

“Hmm,” the beastmaster replied, looking up and pointing to the glossy green fruit growing on a nearby branch.

"That's a sour fruit, and the branches have thorns."

Then he led them to the other side.

Here, in the sun, there are many bushes, surrounded by grass, and a little further down is a small stream.

The beastmaster pointed to the bushes growing in the sunlight, "This one next to you is the thorny fruit."

After the beast master led them to several nearby locations to introduce the ingredients, he let them pick them freely.

Furthermore, when gathering at noon, the food for lunch must be something they picked themselves that day.

Moreover, they must be paired up with their partners.

Not long after they dispersed, the beastmaster saw many beastmen scratch their fingers on the thorns of the nearby thorny fruit while picking it.

The veterinarian added a reminder, "The stems and leaves of the prickly hemp fruit also have thorns, so be careful when harvesting them."

"yes."

The other orcs responded.

Seeing that the other beastmen had gone to pick fruit with their companions, Ling Yunxi looked up at the male beside her.

Are you going?

She was unsure to speak.

Qi Liyuan frowned slightly, his cold eyes revealing no emotion.

The beastmaster's pointed words from this morning still echoed in my ears.

After a moment of silence, he casually grunted an "Mmm."

Qi Liyuan's answer was something Ling Yunxi hadn't expected.

If he doesn't go, she can pick them herself.

And it's also more free.

She had been to this back mountain two or three times before, so she knew the way fairly well.

"Let's pick fragrant leaves first, then sour fruit, and then prickly fruit..."

Ling Yunxi talked on and on about her plan, while the male beast beside her glanced at her animal skin bag and frowned more and more deeply.

Before picking so many things, did this female even consider whether she could fit them all in that small bag?

"How about it?"

After Ling Yunxi finished speaking, she looked at him with a flicker in her eyes.

Qi Liyuan did not answer, so Ling Yunxi took it as a tacit agreement.

"If you have no objections, then let's go."

Then, Ling Yunxi walked ahead.

Qi Liyuan followed behind.

Seeing her picking them, he stood aside.

Ling Yunxi glanced at him and saw him standing there, assuming he didn't like the spices.

After she had collected enough, she moved on to another location.

Qi Liyuan simply stood aside, watching her pick the fruit.

Ling Yunxi frowned.

Is he planning to reap the benefits without sowing the seeds of success?

"Why didn't you pick them?" she couldn't help but ask.

"I don't like these."

Qi Liyuan gave a brief response.

His lunch must include meat.

Vegetarian? He's never been interested.

Ling Yunxi frowned slightly, her hand pausing as she was about to pick the thorny fruit: "Then you can pick whatever you like yourself."

When I turned around again, he was gone.

Ling Yunxi's lips twitched.

Wow... they run pretty fast.

She then continued picking the thorny fruits.

I held it to my nose and smelled it.

It tastes just like Sichuan peppercorns.

Plants thrive everywhere in the Beast World; even tiny peppercorns grow to enormous sizes.

Each one is about the size of a snow pea.

After Ling Yunxi skillfully put it into the bag, she noticed a pair of red eyes staring intently at her from the bushes not far away.

Her expression instantly became alert.

He secretly used his supernatural abilities to condense ice spikes.

Suddenly, a wild boar with long, upturned tusks charged towards her!

Without the slightest hesitation, Ling Yunxi immediately threw ice spikes in the direction the wild boar had emerged.

Caught off guard by the wild boar, it was thrown off.

He quickly got back on his feet.

Ling Yunxi then knocked it down again.

...

Until the wild boar lay down.

This wild boar wasn't very big, but it had quite a bit of meat.

Ling Yunxi picked it up and walked to the stream, preparing to cut it open and clean it with a bone knife.

The stream flows through a place where many wild vegetables grow.

Moreover, there are many slippery rocks nearby, which are soft, smooth, and emerald green.

Her eyes lit up. She put down the full animal skin bag and went to the side to pick up wild vegetables.

After picking up a bunch of things, Ling Yunxi, who was washing them by the stream, suddenly heard a soft sneer behind her.

"So what if I lose weight? So what if I look better? I'm still just a person!"

Ling Yunxi paused in washing the vegetables.

Her wonderful mood was completely ruined by this female named Pu Yueling.

Ling Yunxi stood up and glared at her eyes, which were filled with disgust.

"I don't recall ever offending you, Pu Yueling!?"

"Yes, I did hinder your pursuit of Mo Yanche in the past, and I also defeated you to enter the Beast Academy."

"However, only those who win the competition can enter the Beast Academy."

Ling Yunxi said firmly and forcefully.

When Pu Yueling saw Ling Yunxi get up, a sly glint flashed in her eyes.

She caught a glimpse of two males approaching from behind and suddenly fell backward.

"ah!"

He lay face down on the ground, looking at her with a pitiful expression.

Mo Yanche and his companion Sang An appeared from behind and witnessed this scene.

Her companions rushed over, helped her up, and asked with concern, "Yueling, are you alright? Are you hurt?"

Pu Yueling helped the orc up, her eyes red-rimmed, and she forced back tears, saying in a slightly trembling voice, "I'm fine."

"I just lost my balance... Ouch, that hurts..."

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