Chapter 32: Ingenious First Aid

The hemp sticks that can replace the hemp pepper, the red pepper that is slightly spicier than the chili pepper, the white spirit fruit with a sweet and sour taste...

The plan was to crush them all, put them into the hollow of a tree stump, and start pickling the small fish.

Liang Shixian told Ji Ruo not to be so arrogant, but when he was looking for "seasonings", he still found some fruits that could be used as substitutes for onions, ginger and garlic.

"Meow meow meow~ (Master, are you still not okay? Hurry up, hurry up~)"

Luo Xi lay on top of Ji Ruo, looking longingly at the twenty or so small fish that had turned colorful in the hollow of the tree stump, and she was getting a little impatient waiting.

A strange smell rushed into Rosie's nose, and she couldn't wait any longer.

"Don't worry, it will taste better after being pickled. It is definitely a delicacy you have never tasted before." Ji Ruo said happily.

No one knows how these small fish grow, but the bones inside their bodies turn crispy under high temperatures. Ji Ruo had observed this just now when Luo Xi finished eating the first fish. After the small fish is roasted, the bones are so crispy that they can be crushed with a pinch of the fingers. It must taste very good.

He cut cuts on each of the small fishes to make it easier for these delicious... no, cute little guys to absorb the flavor when marinated.

“Marinate it for about half an hour,” Ji Ruo said, looking at his watch.

This thing is a device specially made for the military examination. It was originally used to record scores and send distress signals.

But now the secret realm of Wanshou Mountain has changed, and the basic network built by humans for the secret realm has long been scrapped, so this watch is also half scrapped.

I can only check the time and so on - if I record the scores, there is no network to upload the data. If I record too many scores, it will easily fill up the memory of this thing, so I will just use it to check the time for the time being.

Taking advantage of the waiting period, Ji Ruo continued to teach Liang Shixian with a flash of inspiration.

The Thunderbolt Flash is essentially just an ordinary sword-drawing move, but when used in conjunction with a special breathing technique, its power cannot be underestimated.

Apart from anything else, if Liang Shixian could learn and apply the breathing method in a short period of time, the survival rate of the two of them in this secret realm would definitely increase significantly - although in this case, even if it increased significantly, the overall survival rate would still be very low.

"Meow~Meow~ (Master, please go by yourself. I want to be with my fish!)"

"Okay, don't eat it secretly. Eating raw food can easily give you diarrhea." Ji Ruo warned and put Luo Xi down.

Rosie squatted beside the tree stump, looking at the twenty or so small fish in the hole. They were colorful and looked delicious. Rosie was drooling.

"Gulp~"

It turned its head to look at Ji Ruo and Liang Shixian who were teaching seriously, and suddenly thought: "There are so many fish, it should be okay to eat a little secretly... No! The master said not to eat secretly... Just eat a little, to taste it..."

After confirming again that Ji Ruo and the others were not looking at it at the moment, Luo Xi carefully stretched out her claws, hesitated for a moment, and did not take the fish, but grabbed a piece of red pepper.

"I just wanted to taste it first, it doesn't count as stealing..."

It convinced itself and swallowed the red pepper - "Hmm~ This taste..."

Rosie jumped off the tree post and ran around in panic. She ran to the bottom of each tree monster and meowed anxiously, as if she was telling others what was going on.

“Meow! Meow! Meow! (Spicy! Spicy! Very spicy!)”

…

Half an hour later.

Ji Ruo timed it perfectly. When he came back, he saw Luo Xi lying on the ground with a look of despair on her face. He immediately laughed, "I told you that eating raw food will give you diarrhea, right? Okay, it's almost marinated. Wait a moment, and you can eat it right away."

Luo Xi said weakly: "Meow~ (I don't want to eat anymore, it's too spicy.)"

Ji Ruo smiled, ran to the stream to wash his hands, came back and grabbed a small fish from the hole in the stump, placed it in his palm, and clasped his hands together.

A scarlet light lit up on Ji Ruo's palms, and the temperature suddenly increased.

The temperature of the Iron Sand Palm at the integrated level is extremely high, and theoretically it is not something that a martial artist at the apprentice stage can control.

If Ji Ruo had already reached the Qi Mai stage at this moment, this Iron Sand Palm could even ignite a raging flame, with astonishing killing power.

But it's not bad now. Putting your palms together can be considered a double-sided frying pan in a sense...

“Shh~~~”

The pickled fish were sandwiched from both sides, and the high temperature forced the fish meat to be cooked. The tempting aroma slowly wafted in the air, and even Liang Shixian couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

He never dreamed that he could eat grilled fish in this secret place of Wanshou Mountain!

Ji Ruo grilled one for Luo Xi first.

The little guy was a little scared at first, but he couldn't resist the tempting aroma and took a careful bite.

Its eyes sparkled. It sat up and pointed at the grilled fish, gesticulating with its upper limbs: "Meow meow meow! (Master, this is so delicious!)"

Ji smiled, and then the grilling speed increased a lot. The two people and the cat ate with their mouths full of oil, and even the fish bones were not left out.

Luo Xi lay on the ground, rubbing her round belly, and said comfortably: "Meow~ (So comfortable~)"

Ji Ruo took a look and thought, hmm, it was a female cat - he didn't know if he could raise it into a cat girl.

After eating and drinking to their heart's content, they picked some spiritual fruits as dessert. Then Ji Ruo asked Liang Shixian for help and they stood up the tree monster that he had chopped down earlier and put it back on the tree post.

Liang Shixian: "...Do you really want to put it back?"

You've emptied out all the inside of this thing, why are you putting it back?

"We can't let our tree demon brothers sleep on the ground, right? They'll catch a cold easily if they sleep on the ground."

“…”

The two of them worked together to put the trunk back in place.

Liang Shixian looked at the obvious knife marks on the tree trunk and asked, "If it wakes up at night, I'm afraid it won't be able to walk away, right?"

The feet of the tree demon are the roots of the tree. The so-called rising from the ground refers to the migration of the tree demon.

Ji Ruo touched his chin and said, "This is indeed a problem."

After thinking for a while, Ji Ruo picked up some mud from the ground, ran to the stream to wet it, ran back, and smeared the mud on the wound on the tree trunk. He clapped his hands and said, "That's it."

It's a bit regrettable that such a sophisticated first aid method did not trigger success.

“…”

"What are we doing now?" Liang Shixian asked.

Ji Ruo thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we take a nap? The tree demons will be migrating all night. If we don't take a nap, we might not be able to hold on."

"Indeed." Liang Shixian believed it: "Then you go to sleep first, I will help you keep watch, and you can take over my place later."

"That's so troublesome."

Ji Ruo suddenly picked up Luo Xi and asked, "Little Luo Xi, we are going to sleep now. Can you please keep watch for us? You can sleep after we wake up at night."

Little Rosie patted her chest and said, "Meow! (Master, rest assured, I'll take care of it!)"

Ji Ruo looked at Liang Shixian and said, "That's enough. Go to sleep."

Liang Shixian: “???”

He glanced at Rosie thoughtfully.

This cat seems to be quite intelligent...

“Boom!”

suddenly!

There was a burst of explosions coming from the distant forest. Ji Ruo quickly climbed to the tallest tree monster and looked in the direction of the sound.

His current location was at least dozens of miles away from where the explosion came from, and the explosion actually came from the direction of the top of the mountain.

Thick smoke billowed up, and terrifying evil spirits and demonic auras swept in, bringing with them waves of oppression.

"Quack! (Damn humans)"

…

(This monster quacked all day long.)