Si Yan arrived at her assigned spot, but it was empty; there was nothing there.
This was her first time participating in such a competition, and she was a little confused.
The orcs from the City of Ten Thousand Beasts greeted Si Yan with a very polite smile, saying, "Miss Si Yan, this is your first time participating in the competition, so you may not be familiar with the rules. Let me explain them to you."
Si Yan nodded and said, "Go ahead."
The orc said, "During the Sages' Competition, no tools will be provided to the participating sages. They may leave the venue and find the items they need themselves. However, the crafting process must take place here."
Si Yan asked, "If it lasts for seven days, can I go back to sleep during that time?"
The orc replied, "Yes, that's fine. As long as you're present when it's being made, it's all good."
Si Yan nodded. That's good.
After all, Xi Qing's facial injuries hadn't healed yet.
Si Yan asked again, "Shall we start now?"
The orc replied, "Yes, the Great Contest of Wise Men has begun."
After explaining, the orc left, and Golden Boy and Tyson stood in front of Si Yan, asking nervously, "Si Yan, have you thought about what we're going to do?"
Si Yan nodded: "I've thought it through."
She has a lot of food ideas in her mind that she can store, and there's one she's wanted to make for a long time.
Si Yan: "Since we're going to help the weak beastmen stockpile food, we need to make food that's best suited for them. What I'm going to make isn't too difficult; the main ingredient is Red Earth Fruit."
In the Beast World, Red Earth Fruit is considered a relatively easy-to-grow food with a high yield.
Si Yan: "Tyson, help me dig up a lot of red ground fruit later."
Tyson wagged his tail excitedly, his face slightly flushed, and said, "Okay."
Jin Tong asked Si Yan, "Si Yan, are you planning to do the bonus question?"
Si Yan smiled and said, "Of course we'll do it, why not?"
The bonus questions were the ones she was most interested in.
"On the way back from the Beast God Temple, I found quite a few black stones on the mountain, and some clean yellow mud."
Si Yan smiled and said to the two of them, "In a little while, we will not only dig up a lot of red ground fruit, but also collect black stones, yellow mud, and dry branches to bring back."
Si Yan rattled off a long string of things, leaving Tyson and Golden Boy completely bewildered. They couldn't understand what Si Yan was trying to do.
However, Si Yan's emotions were completely stirred up. She was very excited, and the competition, which started from scratch, was very interesting.
Si Yan led three people to start searching for something. Several orcs who were interested in their group followed along.
Gray Witch was also preparing his own exam questions. He looked at the orcs who had left with Si Yan with envy.
He wanted to go see it too, but unfortunately he couldn't.
Jin Yao, Jin Yang, and an ordinary beastman also arrived at their positions, and they saw that Si Yan and the others had already set off.
Jin Yang's gaze remained fixed on Si Yan.
He couldn't understand why the sixth brother treated him so badly, even though they were blood-related siblings.
Treat Yao Yao well, be considerate of her, can't she do this little thing?
After all, for the past twenty-odd years, it has always been Yao Yao who has taken care of her parents and brothers in her place, hasn't it?
Jin Yao looked at Jin Yang, then followed his gaze to Si Yan, and her heart skipped a beat.
Although Jin Yang said he didn't care about Si Yan, he would still keep an eye on her, wouldn't he?
Jin Yao felt a sense of crisis once again.
Only after Si Yan's shadow disappeared did Jin Yang come to his senses and ask Jin Yao, "Yao Yao, do you have any thoughts on the Great Sage Competition?"
Jin Yao said, "Yes."
The elders of the tribe had taught us how to prepare supplies and store them. And there were tools—
Make one or two, just enough for those weak orcs.
...
When Si Yan arrived at the foot of the sacred mountain, all the beastmen who had followed her also arrived at the foot of the sacred mountain.
Si Yan used her wood-type ability to sense the area and then said to Tyson, "Tyson, there are a lot of red earth fruits here."
Without saying a word, Tyson started digging up the red berries, and sure enough, he dug up a huge pile of them.
A kind orc tossed out a large animal hide, which Tyson caught and stuffed all the red ground fruit into.
"It seems that the lord's wife's group is planning to use the Earth Fruit as a food reserve."
"I've also heard that there's a way to make dried ground fruit."
"I've heard of it too, and I think it's amazing, but I've never seen it."
Hearing everyone's discussion, Si Yan turned around and smiled, "Earth Fruit can indeed be made into dried Earth Fruit, and it can indeed be stored. It is one of the methods for weak beastmen to store supplies. However, this time, what I want to make for you is not dried Earth Fruit, but another very delicious food."
When the orcs heard the beautiful female, who looked like a celestial being, speak to them, they blushed and excitedly asked, "Lord's wife, what are you going to do? Can you tell us in secret?"
Si Yan smiled and said, "I'll keep you in suspense for now. You'll see later."
The beastmen said expectantly, "Alright then, we can only wait and see."
Next, Si Yan found the black iron ore she had seen before, which was rich in iron.
The gecko in her head popped up and said, "My dear grandson, you really intend to make ironware. But ironware isn't as simple as you think. First of all, iron has a melting point of over a thousand degrees, and the burning temperature of ordinary firewood is far below that. Secondly, you need to get a container that can hold things that exceed a thousand degrees."
"Yes, I know."
Si Yan pointed to a piece of iron ore and had Jin Tong carry it on his back.
Then, she found the clean and fluffy yellow soil she had seen when she passed by earlier.
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