Zhao Xi stirred the pot a few times, picked out a few red vegetable leaves, and threw them at her feet: "You guys can eat this."
As if it could understand human speech, the Firelight Beast moved closer to her feet, lowered its mouse-like head, and began to nibble on the vegetable leaves.
In no time at all, they had finished eating all the vegetable leaves.
One of them ate slowly, with half a piece still hanging from its mouth, which was then snatched away by the others.
It paused for a moment, then turned and started fighting with the others. Their round bodies writhed together, and the sparks from their tails turned into flames, scorching their orange-red fur.
"Don't fight, let me eat a few bites, I'll find you some more after I'm done eating." Zhao Xi thought to herself that this mortal wasn't afraid at all, and casually gave him this order.
But with just that one sentence, the group of fire beasts actually stopped fighting, whispered to each other for a few moments, and then filed back into the cave.
Before she could finish her bowl of rice, they came back.
This time, dozens of them came at once, crowding around her feet.
Looking down, Manager Qian saw that the ground was all red and shiny.
Upon closer inspection.
He was stunned!
They held it up with their tiny paws as if making an offering.
The little paws actually contained fragments of fire crystal ore!
Fire element crystal ore is not a rare resource in the Immortal Realm, but it still takes the young immortal child quite a while to dig underground. Once the fragments are gathered, they must be placed in the refining furnace to be refined and condensed into fire element crystal ore.
Inside the mine, the little fairy boy hated the firelight beast the most.
These low-level monsters give birth to a whole pack, digging holes everywhere. They will tear the clothes and shoes of the little immortal children who are mining, steal their elixirs, and even steal the shiny ore and carry it back to their nests.
If you go underground to explore and find their lair, you'll become rich.
Zhao Xi thought, "He only gave me a few vegetable leaves, and I got so many fragments of fire elemental crystal ore? This fragment is worth at least a few high-grade spirit stones, right?"
"Wait a minute, I haven't finished eating yet."
Zhao Xi remained unmoved and continued eating, picking up a few pieces of meat and chewing them heartily.
The fire beasts huddled together, gazing up at her expectantly, quiet and obedient like domesticated animals.
Just as Manager Qian was about to go downstairs to inquire about the situation, a gust of wind carrying moisture brushed past him.
Good heavens, two cloud-born beasts have flown in from the sky!
Their bodies resemble large tigers, with enormous heads and cloud-like wings. Their colors are blue and white, making them easy to camouflage in the sky.
This is a legendary monster born from the clouds, possessing incredible speed. It can control torrential rain, boasts immense combat power, and can easily break through the restrictions of its cave.
Any monk who wants to subdue them will risk getting soaked to the bone and being knocked down from mid-air by them.
The Firelight Beasts were good food for them, but they stared at Zhao Xi's pot, opened their blood-red mouths, and summoned a huge rain cloud.
Dark rain clouds loomed over Zhao Xixiang's head.
This isn't ordinary rain; it's rained down by a demonic beast.
Although he disliked this ordinary girl, he couldn't just stand by and watch her die in the rain!
Shopkeeper Qian took out his magical artifact and landed beside Zhao Xi, intending to fan away the rain clouds.
The rain bypassed her and drifted to a corner, showering the innocent flowerbed with its downpour.
(The shopkeeper is in a bind: My flowers!)
"What are you doing? Can this still be eaten after adding water?" Zhao Xi waved her hand casually to clear away the rain clouds, then sat steadily, still holding her bowl and chopsticks.
She picked two pieces of meat out of the pot and tossed them to the Cloud Beast, saying, "Here, you two can have a bite."
The two cloud-born beasts, like big dogs, immediately sat down obediently at the table, chewed the meat several times before reluctantly swallowing it, wagging their tails, waiting for the next feeding.
But Zhao Xi only cared about cooking for herself.
Impatient and unable to fight back, they lowered their heads, bit off a tuft of cloud-silk beast fur from their arms, placed it on the table, stretched out their paws to push it to the edge of her bowl, and wagged their tails vigorously.
"Okay, here are a few more pieces for you." Zhao Xi picked up a few pieces of meat from her bowl and tossed them to them.
The cloud-born beast started nibbling on its fur again, as if it wanted to gnaw itself bald.
Shopkeeper Qian could no longer contain himself. He coughed lightly, dispelled his invisibility spell, walked up to Zhao Xixiang, and asked in surprise, "How did you do that?!"
Fragments of Fire Crystal Ore are incredibly valuable; they are treasures of the Firelight Beast.
The battlefield of the Cloud Beasts is in the sky, and it's hard to find such a complete mass.
Why would a monster obediently offer up its treasure?
Before Zhao Xi could speak, several more demonic beasts flew in from the sky, screeching and circling outside the protective array, unable to get in. Several smaller demonic beasts crawled in from the hole made by the fire beast, cautiously observing the large pot.
The pot was surrounded by the lowest-level fire spirit talismans, but the beasts dared not approach it. Instead, they came to Zhao Xixiang's side and waited cautiously behind the fire beast.
Zhao Xi smiled and took out a clean bowl, serving Manager Qian a bowl of rice: "Because demonic beasts have a more sensitive sense of smell than cultivators. They grow up wild, and only by being more perceptive can they find food that helps their cultivation. If Brother Qian can't smell it, why don't you try it yourself?"
Manager Qian sat down at the small table with a complicated expression.
How could a Nascent Soul Realm immortal be eating spirit pet food here?
But he was really curious about something terrible.
He took the bowl and chopsticks that Zhao Xi wanted to hand him, glanced at the plain rice grains, and put a piece of spiritual fruit into the pot.
Immortals occasionally eat immortal fruits such as peaches of immortality, which have relatively few impurities and are sweet and sour.
Eating a stewed fairy fruit is better than eating spirit pet food, right?
The food touched his tongue.
"this……"
Shopkeeper Qian's eyes widened, and a look of surprise, unlike anything he had seen in hundreds of years, appeared on his fat face. He coughed lightly and said in a hoarse voice, "I didn't get the taste right away. I need to eat a few more bites to savor it."
"Please go ahead." Zhao Xi glanced up at the demon beasts present, took another large bowl, scooped a bowlful from the pot, and gave each demon beast a mouthful.
In the time it takes to eat a meal, she acquired a pile of crystal ore fragments, a large clump of beast fur, spirit stones and fruits given to her by the little beast, and even some magical treasures she found.
These are all rare treasures in the celestial realm.
But Zhao Xi didn't take it.
These were all obtained in exchange for ingredients provided by Manager Qian.
She picked up the empty vegetable basket next to her, took out the treasure, and put it on the table.
Wait until we return to the table.
Shopkeeper Qian: *burp*
The pot was empty, and the rice bowl was gone.
Zhao Xi feigned shock and teased, "This pot is for five people, Brother Qian actually ate it all?"
"This is indeed... burp... the taste is really good... I need to go into seclusion to digest it!" Shopkeeper Qian praised, clutching his stomach as he left the table. He took a few unsteady steps, then suddenly clutched his stomach again, "Ouch, no, I need to digest now... young friend, please wait a moment, it will only take the time it takes to drink a cup of tea..."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com