Chapter 53: The Sleeping Beast

The greediness of the young beast made Li Ji laugh heartily. He himself was actually seduced by the fragrance wafting from the pot, but he seemed more reserved than the young beast, and did not show it.

Li Jian stretched out his head and glanced at the ceramic pot, although the water was steaming, it was not yet boiling. However, Li Ji found that the pieces of dried meat actually showed their color, and the water in the pot turned into an earthy brown soup.

Through the fragrance coming out of the pot, Li Jian guessed that it might be that a lot of condiments were added to the jerky during the production process, otherwise the taste of the meat alone would not have such a wonderful fragrance, even if it was the meat of the Saint-rank Demonic Beast. Li Ji boiled the jerky in water and released all the condiments that were originally hidden in the jerky, which caused the scene he saw in front of him.

After waiting a little longer, the water in the ceramic pot began to boil, and the color of the soup with the stewed meat became thicker. At this moment, Li Ji, who didn't pay too much attention to it, used a silver short knife to stick a piece of jerky from the pot and couldn't wait to send it to his mouth, he was now anxious to know if this boiled jerky would be stronger than raw nibbling.

The corner of the jerky was sent into the open mouth, and Li Ji's cheeks began to bite hard.

The jerky that was just fished out of the boiling water would definitely be a little hot, but it was still within Li Ji's acceptable range, and he expected these and didn't care very much. What really left him speechless was that although the jerky had been boiled in water, its toughness had not diminished in the slightest.

"Is this not boiling, or is it just because it doesn't take enough time to cook?" thought to Li Ji as he chewed vigorously.

"I, and me, give me a piece. Seeing Li Ji eating the young beast eating alone, he reminded dissatisfiedly.

Seeing the impatient look on the young beast's face, Li Ji threw most of the remaining jerky to it after taking a bite of the jerky, as for the pot, Li Ji also wanted to boil it again to determine if it could be cooked more easily.

Although the piece of jerky that was thrown over by Li Ji was bigger than the mouth that the young beast opened after it became smaller now, its head tilted up, and it caught the piece of meat firmly in one bite, and the part of the piece of meat outside the corner of its mouth was stuffed into its mouth, making its cheeks bulge outward, and it was stupid and cute.

Li Ji saw the wolfing appearance of the young beast, and reached out to stroke its dog head funny, who knew that the young beast that was enjoying the delicious taste still did not appreciate it, and tilted its head to the side, obviously dissatisfied with Li Ji disturbing it.

Seeing the young beast's reluctance to deal with people, Li Ji had no choice but to withdraw his hand and instead put it into the jerky that was being stewed in the ceramic pot.

Bending down to add another handful of wood to the fire, Li Ji observed that the boiling soup in the ceramic pot was getting thicker and thicker, as if it was still diluting the condiments in the jerky. Li Ji guessed that the jerky was made by boiling a thick soup filled with various ingredients and then drying, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why the dry and hard jerky tasted so good.

While waiting silently, Li Ji inserted a silver short knife into the meat from time to time, trying to sense whether the meat was cooked soft. Not to mention, through several comparisons, Li Ji found that with the passage of time, the jerky in the pot has softened slightly, although the change is not very obvious, but this is also a good sign, at least the days of endless gnawing and chewing seem to be coming to an end.

After continuing to simmer for half an hour, Li Ji also lost his patience a little, after all, it was also a kind of torment to smell the tempting fragrance but not be able to put his mouth down, which could be seen from the greed of the young beast under his feet, and the performance of constantly swallowing saliva.

Li Ji held a silver short knife, inserted a piece of meat from the ceramic pot, smelled the special and tempting fragrance, and he was about to bite it down. However, at the moment when he was about to bite down, Li Ji saw the expectant eyes of the young beast out of the corner of his eye, which made him a little embarrassed to bite down. The young beast's eyes made Li Ji feel a sense of guilt.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Ji threw the piece of meat in his hand to the young beast first, otherwise according to the speed of his meal, the young beast would definitely be uncomfortable to look at.

The young beast that opened its mouth to bite the piece of meat showed an expression of success in the "treacherous plan" on its face, and accepted the piece of meat with a smile.

The performance of the young beast stunned Li Ji for a while, making him feel that a high-IQ pet really couldn't afford to be hurt, because he didn't know when it would be put together.

Seeing that the young beast was eating very well, Li Jian picked another piece of meat from the ceramic pot.

Fortunately, after suffering for so long, Li Ji was finally able to eat another delicacy that he had dreamed of these days.

This piece of meat is fluffier than the one half an hour ago, and it seems that the boiling effect is still there. The piece of meat carried the soup, and as Li Jian took a bite, the fragrant juice overflowed.

Sure enough, the meat piece was much softer after boiling, and Li Ji took a bite from the meat piece without much effort, enjoying this rare moment with a happy expression on his face.

The piece of meat in the young beast's mouth under his feet had already entered its Five Organs Temple, and at this moment, he repeated his old tricks, staring at the piece of meat on Li Ji's silver short knife with a longing expression. That look, how sincere and sincere.

Li Ji, who had been fooled once, would not be fooled again, he directly chose to ignore it and eat slowly.

In this way, in the silent contest between Li Ji and the young beast, the meat pieces in the ceramic pot were wiped out by the two of them, and they didn't even let go of the remaining soup.

More than ten minutes later, seeing that the young beast was still licking the residual juice at the bottom of the ceramic pot, Li Ji, who had eaten and drunk enough, was lying on the big bed he had just built today, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

He still has a lot to accomplish in Li Ji's plan. For example, tomorrow, he will have to prove his strength, and he will also have to pick up the one-handed greatsword that was lost in the battle with the wind wolf. Today, when I was working with that two-handed giant sword with a thick hilt, I felt that I was not suitable for all kinds of things, and I felt that I was not comfortable with it, and I had a sense of déjà vu for children playing with adult toys.

Pillowing the robe taken out of the space ring, Li Ji, who had been tired for a day, fell asleep unconsciously.

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After a night without saying anything, Li Ji, who slept so comfortably that he woke up naturally, opened his eyes, and he sat up from his so-called big bed in a decent sleeping position, and then saw that there was still a sleeper on his big bed.

The young beast that was sleeping a little cute was also lying on Li Ji's side at this time, and was sleeping soundly, and it seemed that it would not wake up for a while.

Li Ji smiled, didn't care about the young beast, and got up and washed his face with water.

When he was ready to start making a fire for breakfast, Li Ji realized that without the young beast, he really couldn't make a fire. In the past few days, he has habitually naturalized the fire on the young beast, but now the young beast has not woken up.

There is nothing to do left and right, anyway, he is not in a hurry at this moment, Li Ji decided to learn from the ancients to drill wood for fire, this kind of thing he has never done before, and now he has a rare opportunity, and he can't help but want to try it.

After picking up some dry grass, Li Jian learned the tutorial he had seen on TV, and began to rub the wooden stick in his hand vigorously, I don't know if it was because his strength had improved too much after coming to this world, he didn't rub it twice, and the other wooden stick that Li Jian stepped on began to smoke, and then gradually, the smoke from the dead grass on the wooden stick became bigger and bigger. Seeing this, Li Ji felt that it was okay, so he stopped rubbing and leaned down to gently blow on the smoking hay.

The smoking hay slowly raised a little flame.

Seeing the flames, Li Ji knew that he had succeeded.

Li Ji himself didn't expect that what was originally full of technical difficulties in his impression (many attempts failed when watching TV) would be completed so easily by him.

Looking at the small flame in front of him, Li Ji excitedly picked it up carefully, put the burning hay into the stove he had piled up, and then added firewood, and the fire was really lit. After that, Li Ji cleaned the ceramic pot and put water on the fire, and cut the meat of the uneaten level of demonic beasts into the ceramic pot.

Li Ji thought that when he ate the meat of this level of demonic beast, the amount of food would be much larger, so the amount he put in was much more than last night, after all, even if he couldn't eat it, there was still the big stomach king of the young beast, so there was no need to worry about waste. Besides, Li Ji is going to verify his strength today, judging from the improvement of his strength, he will definitely hunt one or two first-level demonic beasts by the way, and it will not cause a shortage of food.

After all, the meat quality and rich nutrients of the first-level demonic beasts were not as good as the dried meat of the saint-rank demonic beasts, so after the water in the pot boiled for more than ten minutes, Li Ji, who had been using the silver short knife to test the maturity of the stew, felt that he was ready to eat, at least now it was much easier to pierce the meat with the silver short knife than it was last night.

Li Ji thought about cutting the chopsticks out, so that it would look more civilized, but considering that the pieces of meat that were stewed were not small, and it was difficult to hold them with chopsticks, he simply didn't do it, at least not for now, because it would be too hypocritical.

Eager to taste the difference between a stewed first-level demonic beast and jerky, Li Ji stuck a piece of meat in his mouth with a silver short knife.

The meat of that level of demonic beasts may be missing condiments, although it smells good, and the meat is delicious when eating, it always feels a little worse. Li Ji felt that it should be the most basic salt missing, which made him feel a little uncomfortable, after all, after eating salt for so many years, he couldn't change his taste habits for a while. Just like a person who must eat meat at every meal, one day finds that the table is full of vegetarian dishes, even if those dishes are beautifully made, when he eats them, he feels that they are indeed rare and delicious, but in the bottom of his heart, there will still be a trace of regret, because there is no meat.

Although it was a little regrettable that there was no condiment at all, Li Ji felt that the taste was okay, at least the meat was soft and easy to eat, and as for the lack of salt, he could only give up. Now he doesn't know where to get salt.

The meat of the first-level demonic beast in the ceramic pot was slowly half wiped out by Li Ji, and his stomach was also full.

Touching his stomach with satisfaction, Li Ji felt a little wrong, as if something was missing. When he saw the remaining meat in the pot, Li Ji reacted and patted his head: "Why did I say that this meal was eaten so calmly? It turned out that the trickster of the young beast was not there." ”

Looking back in the direction of the big bed, the young beast was still asleep.

Li Ji felt a little strange, according to the strength of the young beast, he should not be woken up after he tossed the movement early in the morning, this sleep seemed to be a little too dead, not at all what Li Ji had encountered before.

Li Ji got up and walked to the bedside, and saw the steady ups and downs of the young beast's body, and his heart was also relieved, so he pushed it with his hand.

The young beast that was pushed by Li Ji opened its eyes, and there was a kind of annoyance in its eyes that it was disturbing its sweet dream. When he saw that the culprit was Li Ji, he pouted in frustration. It seems that it also knows that Li Ji, who has mastered cooking food, cannot afford to offend.

Seeing that after the young beast woke up, its performance was quite normal, and Li Ji really relieved himself. As for the little expression of the young beast, Li Ji generously ignored it. So he patted the young beast and told it to hurry to breakfast, and it was up to it to complete today's task of leading the way.

A minute later, Li Ji, who was sitting on the side, watched the young beast slowly recall, and felt that the young beast's snooze seemed to be left over after eating half of the Lingzhi. Fortunately, apart from sleeping relatively deadly, no other problems have been found so far.

Just as Li Ji was still thinking, the breakfast in the ceramic pot quietly bottomed out under the frantic attack of the young beast.

His thoughts were interrupted by the young beast's seemingly unfed eyes. Li Ji smiled and tempted: "Don't worry, I'll hunt one or two first-level demonic beasts for you today, which is guaranteed to make you eat a lot and have fun." So you're going to have to lead the way later, you know?"

Li Ji, who thought that he would get an obedient answer from the young beast, didn't expect it to say: "I can also hunt demonic beasts, and there are many heads." You've only hunted one or two, how long is enough to eat?"

Li Ji, who was despised by the young beast, was a little annoyed and angry, "What's the use of hunting a lot? Do you know how to cook it?"

"Won't?" said the young beast angrily.

Seeing that the young beast surrendered and admitted defeat, Li Ji explained: "So, not everything is as much as possible, it depends on the situation." ”

"Oh"

"Okay, now that you're done eating, let's lead the way, it's not too early. Seeing that the young beast was no longer resisting, Li Ji commanded with satisfaction.