"This is Demon Wood City."

In the empty foster care store, Xu Ran spread a large piece of paper on the table, held a pen in his hand, and quickly drew a circle in the middle of the paper.

"According to yesterday's search, the location of the Dream Chaser Apostle and the Thunder God Silent Dragon's Eternal Resting Place should be here." Xu Ran touched his chin, and quickly made a mark somewhere outside Demon Wood City based on his memories of yesterday's journey.

"Sigh~" (This location is in the southwest of Demon Wood City.) ）

Xingchen looked up at the faint starlight that appeared in the sky as the sky darkened outside the storefront, and quickly judged the spatial relationship between the location of Xu Ran's big mark and Demon Wood City.

"Meow..." (so it's southwest...) ）

A cautious look appeared on Ziyun's face, and his gaze moved southwest along the marked position, and soon touched a shallow line.

That was what Xu Ran had originally drawn on paper, the boundary of the Demon Wood Domain.

"If what the Thunder God Silent Dragon looked at before it fell was really the location of the existence of the Extermination Thunder Channel, then the Extermination Thunder Attraction was very likely to be outside the scope of the Demon Wood Domain." Xu Ran's expression was quite complicated.

The good news is that there has been new progress in the clue of the extinction thunder.

The bad news, where the extermination mine leads, is likely to be fraught with crisis.

The stability and tranquility outside the Demon Wood City only exist within the Demon Wood Domain.

Walking out of the Demon Wood Domain and leaving the sphere of influence of the Beast Emperor Motian Xuanmu, Xu Ran and the three little ones will enter the dangerous Beast Domain.

Such a danger, even for them who are already at the rank of generals at the moment, must be dealt with cautiously.

"Cha?" (Why don't we be careful and take a look?) ）

Cancan's little heart couldn't help but thump.

The originally silent explorer's heart seems to be ready to move under a new goal at this moment.

"Nope." After a short period of thought, Xu Ran rejected Cancan's proposal without hesitation.

Looking at Cancan, who was instantly drooping his head, he stretched out his hand and rubbed the other party's head, "The place outside the Demon Wood Domain is too dangerous, and if you want to go, you need to make a lot of preparations, so you need to figure it out slowly." ”

"Before, we had one more important thing, did you forget?"

"Cha?" (More important things?) ）

Cancan tilted his head, a look of thought and curiosity appeared in his eyes.

"Sigh~" (It's a battle of all races.) ）

Xingchen hissed softly and reminded.

In an instant, a sudden look appeared in Cancan's eyes.

That's right! It almost forgot about it!

Calculating the time, the battle of all races is only ten days away from now.

And once you go to explore the place outside of Demon Wood City now, you will inevitably be stumped by a lot of energy.

"Meow~" (Let's prepare for the battle of all races first.) ）

Ziyun spoke softly, a little more cautious in his eyes.

Compared to the extermination thunderbolt that is only a guess so far, the battle of all races, which is related to the crystallization of the extreme source veins of another evolutionary main material, is obviously more important.

After all, this is a relatively clear clue.

"Cha~" (Okay~)

Cancan shook his head and became honest all of a sudden.

Although it is playful, it can still distinguish which is more important.

The battle of all nations is obviously more important.

"Alright, today's business is almost over." Standing up, Xu Ran quickly closed the door of the store, "It took most of the afternoon to wash and care for the Dream Chaser Apostle once. ”

"Let's go eat, by the way... Look at the situation of the Fighting Badger. There was a smile in Xu Ran's eyes, thinking of the Han Dou Badger who was fostered on the second floor.

After learning about the other party's experience, he couldn't help but care a little more about the Han Fighting Badger.

It's decided, let's give each other a little more food tonight.

"Meow?" (What happened to the Fighting Badger?) ）

Sensing a hint of unusualness from Xu Ran's tone, Ziyun jumped lightly, jumped onto Xu Ran's shoulder, and asked curiously.

"Hmm... That's a long story. Xu Ran smiled, and while taking the three little ones into the elevator to the second floor, he briefly told the experience of the Han Fighting Badger.

When Xu Ran entered the preparation room to prepare food for the Han Dou Badger and the three little ones, the Han Dou Badger's experience happened to be finished.

Stopping outside the door of the preparation room as usual, the three little ones watched Xu Ran slowly close the door, and then glanced at each other.

"Cha~" (I seem to eat quite a lot?) ）

Cancan couldn't help muttering, looking a little embarrassed.

From birth to the present, it has eaten food prepared by Xu Ran himself every meal, which not only changes its flavor in different ways, but also has incomparably sufficient nutrition.

This has made it gradually accustomed to the current life, and some of it is used to it.

Hearing the way Han Dou Badger and Kang Cheng got along, it suddenly realized that eating so much by himself might also be a big burden for Xu Ran.

"Meow~" (yes.) ）

Ziyun nodded in agreement, and couldn't help but recall the past in her mind.

In the beginning, it was just an ordinary stray cat, only able to rummage through the trash can for food every day, and sometimes it was a great happiness to meet a kind person to feed some food.

After meeting Xu Ran and being taken in by Xu Ran, the quality of its food has been greatly improved, first the nutritious cat canned food, and after it awakens into a transcendent creature, it provides food for various transcendent creatures.

When Xu Ran began to foster other pet beasts, it also upgraded again with the food.

It can be said that meeting Xu Ran is the beginning of its happy life.

"Sigh~" (We should also do more things for Xu Ran.) ）

The stars hissed, and there was a little more feeling in their eyes.

Xu Ran has done so much for the three of them, and even endured humiliation for them, and had to bear the reputation of "improper" for other pet beasts...

It's time to repay the promise!

"Cha!" (I have an idea!) ）

Cancan's eyes blinked, and he quickly had an idea.

It stole a glance at the door of the still-closed preparation room, then leaned over to Ziyun and Xingchen, muttering something in a whisper.

Xingchen and Ziyun listened as they listened, and their expressions gradually became expectant.

It sounds... Seems like a good idea!

"What are you talking about?" Xu Ran, who pushed the dining cart out of the preparation room, saw this scene and asked with a smile.

The three little ones only quickly separated by tacit understanding, shaking their heads to indicate that nothing had happened.

"Okay."

Looking at the mysterious three little ones, Xu Ran smiled indifferently, and then shook the bell on the dining car, making a crisp sound that resounded throughout the foster care area.

Soon, the Han Dou Badger walked briskly and rushed to Xu Ran's approach.

It seems that the exchange in the morning did not affect it in any way.

It's still the same carefree and silly look.

"Badger, try this." Xu Ran smiled and handed the food bowl to the Han Dou Badger, "I gave you a new taste today." ”

"Huh?"

The Han Dou Badger's eyes were a little more curious, it carefully took the food bowl, sniffed it, and there was excitement in its eyes.

With a keen sense of smell, he sensed a faint smell of fish from tonight's food, and fish was added to it!

It's a new flavor that hasn't been tasted before!

It quickly places the bowl on the ground, then grabs some with its claws and quickly puts it into its mouth.

"Whew!"

With a slight chewing sound, the happy look in the eyes of the Han Dou Badger became more and more intense.

This new, wonderful taste made it a little fascinated for a while.

Looking at the happy appearance of the Han Dou Badger, Xu Ran's eyes also had a little more smile.

He specially added to it a transcendent creature called the manjiao, which is delicious, delicate and nutritious.

However, it has already exceeded the meal standard of the Elite Rank Pet Beast, and normally does not appear in the food raw materials of the Elite Rank Pet Beast.

But, who made the Han Dou Badger so cute?

"Let's eat too." Looking at the appearance of the Han Dou Badger happily cooking, the one person and three pets who were already hungry suddenly felt even hungrier.

Xu Ran took out the food prepared for the three little ones, and then brought out two dishes, one soup and rice prepared by the way from the bottom of the dining car, put them on the top floor of the dining car, and then pulled out a small folding chair.

In an instant, the dining car becomes a dining table.

In a relaxed and happy atmosphere, the dinner of one person, three pets and the Han Badger was quickly served.

"Fighting badgers." When he was cleaning up the dishes for him, Xu Ran suddenly thought of something and called out to the Han Dou Badger, who was about to turn around and leave.

"Huh?"

Han Dou Badger turned his head and looked at Xu Ran curiously with a pair of small eyes.

"Have you ever thought about leaving your current beast master?" Xu Ran pondered for a moment, and then asked.

When Zhou Rong and Xu Zhou made their decision, Han Dou Badger was not present.

Well, it probably didn't know at the moment that there were two staff members of the Beast Master Association who were working hard to help it break the beast contract.

"Huh?"

Hearing Xu Ran's words, Han Dou Badger was unexpectedly stunned.

After a moment of silent thought, it nodded slightly, then shook its head slightly.

Cannes is indeed not very good to it.

But where can it go without Cannes?

It's nothing more than being contracted by another beast master again.

And it didn't want to fit in with the third beast master anymore.

That's it, so be it.

After 10 days of foster care here, it returned to Cannes.

Thinking of this, Han Dou Badger's expression became a little more lazy, and he turned around and walked towards his comfortable living area.

The more this is the case, the more it must cherish the time of the past few days.

When you are full, sleepy, sleep!

"Don't you want to?" Looking at the action of Han Dou Badger shaking his head and turning around, Xu Ran was wrong for a while, and his face was a little more surprised, "Since that's the case, then I have to tell Zhou Rong and Xu Zhou as soon as possible, so that they don't have to find a way to cancel the contract for you." ”

"Originally, they planned to let you stay here at the expense of the Beastmaster Guild."

The Fighting Badger's footsteps paused slightly.

Immediately after, its originally slightly sluggish body seemed to turn into an afterimage, and it instantly came to Xu Ran's face, its eyes full of excitement and excitement.

"Tss

Is this human being telling the truth?

After leaving Cannes, it won't have any new Beast Master?

Not only that, but can it stay here forever?

Thinking of the comfortable environment and delicious food in the Starfire foster care store, Han Dou Badger couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and a look of excitement appeared on his face.

If you want to say this, then I'm not sleepy!

"Looks like I'm still willing." Xu Ran was dumbfounded, and then realized that the other party might have misunderstood what he meant just now, "You should rest early, I hope the staff of the two associations can bring good news as soon as possible." ”

"Tsk!"

Han Dou Badger nodded heavily, watching Xu Ran and the three little ones leave, and then turned around and walked back to his living area.

Changing the lazy appearance just now, the Han Dou Badger at this moment seems to exude vitality and hope from head to toe.

On the other side, Xu Ran, who returned to the living area on the thirteenth floor, chatted with the three little ones as usual, and then sat cross-legged on the bed, contemplating the acceleration effect of the double meditation accelerator card, and trying his best to improve himself.

And the three little ones who were supposed to fall asleep soon after Xu Ran's meditation as usual, did not sleep obediently as in the past.

After making sure Xu Ran was asleep, they looked at each other and walked out of the room lightly.

Soon, as if remembering something, Ziyun quickly returned, quietly grabbed Xu Ran's mobile phone on the bedside table with light steps, and disappeared again.

The room fell silent, only deep meditation, unaware of Xu Ran.

Outside the room, Ziyun, who got the mobile phone, quickly re-met with Xingchen and Cancan at the elevator entrance.

"Meow~" (got it!) ）

Ziyun shook the mobile phone in his hand and lowered his voice to speak.

"Cha?" (With this thing, can we make human food?) ）

Cancan's eyes widened in curiosity and asked.

"Sigh~" (The practice that mobile phones can search for human food.) ）

The stars nodded calmly.

"Cha!" (Then let's go!) ）

Cancan silently waved his paw into the air and walked into the elevator with an excited face.

Ziyun and Xingchen glanced at each other, followed closely behind.

At dinner, after hearing the story of the fighting badgers, they immediately felt how thankful they were for the food they were accustomed to.

So, they also wanted to do something for Xu Ran.

And Cancan, who has always had a lot of whimsical ideas in his brain, suddenly thought that they could also cook a meal for Xu Ran.

A meal, a human meal.

This idea, which seemed a little hasty, was recognized by Ziyun and Xingchen, so they had their actions at the moment.

Soon, the three little ones walked out of the elevator, came to the foster care area on the second floor, and went straight into the preparation room.

In the area where the badger lived, the ears of the sleeping badger moved, as if sensing something, but turned over and slept sweetly again.

In the preparation room, the three little ones began to work in an orderly manner.

"Meow~" (Leave the matter of checking the information to the stars.) ）

Ziyun shook it casually, and the mobile phone in his hand flew in front of Xingchen.

Among the three little ones, Xingchen is the most literate, and it also proposed to use a mobile phone to check recipes, so this task is naturally deserved.

"Sigh the law..." ）

Xingchen looked at the phone in front of him, then at his own hooves that were hard enough to cover the phone screen, and fell into deep thought.

But soon, the clever one came up with a solution.

Xingchen's size has shrunk again, and his height has shrunk from two meters after the previous reduction to a super compact body of only about 30 centimeters.

Then, looking at the hooves that were about the same thickness as Xu Ran's fingers, Xingchen nodded in satisfaction and operated on the mobile phone screen.

After skillfully pressing Xu Ran's unlock password, the screen on the phone appeared.

"Whew..." (The search seems to be used... This one? ）

Xingchen muttered quietly, with a little uncertainty, and opened a software called "Thousand Degrees" on his phone.

Soon, a familiar interface appeared and made it shine in the eye.

That's it!

Before, it had seen Xu Ran operate, and it still had an impression at the moment.

Slightly rusty, Xingchen began to type "how human food is prepared" in the search box.

However, the content that popped up made its expectant expression slightly sluggish.

"Is this food really human-friendly?"

"Count twenty foods that exceed the limits of human imagination."

"Proceed ahead! This food is not what humans should eat! ”

“…”

What is this?!

The stars that were originally full of grasp had a humanized and confused look on their faces.

What it searches, is there anything wrong with it?

"Meow?" (What's wrong?) ）

Sensing the strangeness of the stars, Ziyun leaned over to take a look, and then his expression became a little more helpless.

"Meow~" (You have to ask in a human tone.) ）

The stars suddenly.

Yes, the questions and answers on the mobile phone are all humans, and the question of "human food" is naturally not the answer you want.

With an idea, Xingchen deleted the text just now and searched for "food practices" again, and this time, the content that popped up was much more normal.

But...

Looking at the dazzling array of dish names, it was difficult again.

"Huh?" (There are so many types of food for human beings, what do we do?) ）

Hearing this, a look of thought and memory appeared on Ziyun's face.

A fragment from the depths of the memory emerged, and its heterochromatic eyes lit up.

"Meow!" (Look for braised pork!) ）

In my impression, Xu Ran likes to eat this kind of food very much, and has been in front of it several times.

Choose this, Xu Ran will definitely like it!

"Sigh~" (No problem.) ）

Xingchen nodded, no objection.

Among the three little ones, Ziyun and Xu Ran have lived the longest, and it is the one who knows Xu Ran's preferences the most.

Soon found the method of braised pork, and looking at the dense text that came into view, Xingchen suddenly became a little silent.

It's literate, but I know every word in front of me, so why is it so hard to understand when I put it together?

What boiled sugar color... Smoulder...

In desperation, it had to start from scratch and search for the specific meanings of unfamiliar words.

"Meow~" (I'll leave this to you.) ）

After just one glance, Ziyun gave up the struggle and decisively handed over the job to Xingchen, and then turned his head to look at Cancan, who had come to the side of the stove to study carefully.

"Meow?" (Cancan, how's your preparation?) ）

"Cha..." (Human kitchen utensils, it looks so complicated.) ）

On Cancan's face, the expression was quite deep.

As the one who made the suggestion, when it actually started to do it, it realized that what it was thinking seemed to be a little simpler.

The human kitchen utensils in front of him are more complex than it expected.

It's quite a challenge to cook food with it...

"Meow~" (This is the pot, you have to put it on the table and light the fire...) ）

Ziyun stretched out his claws, searched his memory to see Xu Ran's action of stir-frying, and pointed to the iron pot hanging on the wall.

But immediately after this step, it got stuck.

Because of the specific how to light the fire, it seems to be unimpressive.

Fortunately, Cancan is clever enough.

After placing the pot according to Ziyun's command, it quickly found the switch for the stove to ignite, and after several attempts, it found the trick of pressing down first and then spinning.

"Cha!" (Done!) ）

Looking at the stove that spewed flames and burned the bottom of the pot, Cancan excitedly turned off the fire and made an excited sound.

The first step is complete!

"Sigh~" (I sorted out the ingredients I needed.) ）

The stars hissed, and their faces regained their calm and calm expression.

After unremitting efforts, it has found the corresponding meanings of all the unfamiliar words before.

In this way, the practice of braised pork is no longer a secret in its eyes!

Just braised pork, my stars have already understood!

Skillfully reporting the various ingredients needed, Xingchen looked at Ziyun.

The job of finding ingredients is left to Ziyun.

"Meow~" (Wait for me.) ）

Ziyun nodded, and the next moment his figure flashed and disappeared in place, leaving only an afterimage of thunder and lightning converging.

After a long while, the afterimage reunited into Ziyun's body, and in its mouth, an extra bag full of ingredients appeared.

Looking at the logo on the bag, the ingredients come from a nearby store that is open 24 hours a day.

Although it was the middle of the night, the ingredients Ziyun took out were quite fresh.

"Meow~" (You can get started!) ）

"Cha!" (I'm ready!) ）

Cancan grabbed the spatula and nodded.

(Then let's take the first step...) ）

Xingchen glanced at his phone, and then began to command.

After some scrambling work, a plate of shapeless black objects appeared on the small table next to the stove.

The three little heads came together, looked at their masterpiece, and fell into deep thought.

"Cha?" (Does Xu Ran like to eat?) ）

Cancan put down the spatula in his mouth, grabbed a small piece and put it in his mouth, and swallowed it silently after a moment.

"Cha?" (Am I feeling okay?) ）

Hearing this, Xingchen and Ziyun's eyes suddenly became strange.

Of course you think it's okay.

The soil pet beast eats the soil and is fragrant.

Something is obviously wrong with this thing, okay!

"Sigh~" (I already smell the smell of burnt, this thing definitely doesn't meet Xu Ran's appetite.) ）

"Meow~" (Indeed, braised pork doesn't look like this.) ）

Ziyun nodded affirmatively, agreeing with Xingchen's words.

It had seen the braised pork made by Xu Ran himself, the dark reddish-brown meat was extremely soft and rotten, and when the dish was served, it would gently shake with the plate, reflecting an attractive crystal luster under the light, which was not at all comparable to the black thing in front of him.

So...

"Meow~" (Do it all over again.) ）

Ziyun couldn't help but glance at the ingredients next to him.

Considering that it needed to practice a few more times, it bought ten servings of ingredients.

But now it feels... Maybe not enough...

Ten times, can you really make delicious braised pork?

"Cha!" (Again!) ）

was denied by Ziyun and Xingchen, but Cancan still seemed full of energy.

It ate its masterpiece without disgust, then picked up the spatula with a war in its eyes.

Today, it is the Emperor of Heaven who will conquer the braised pork! ——

The next morning.

Xu Ran slowly opened his eyes, detached from the meditative state, and returned to reality.

Subconsciously, he twisted his head to the side and looked at the position where the three little ones slept on weekdays, and then his expression froze slightly.

The three little ones are not in the room.

"Purple Cloud? Stars? Cancan? ”

Xu Ran tentatively made a sound, but did not get a response from the three little ones.

"It's weird." He muttered something in a low voice, and then quickly got up to change his clothes, "These three guys, what are you doing today?" ”

After hurriedly washing up, Xu Ran carefully checked the living area on the thirteenth floor to make sure that the three little ones were not there, and then a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

"Could it be... Got to training early in the morning? ”

Thinking of this possibility, Xu Ran's face was a little more suspicious.

Under normal circumstances, the three little ones will start training after breakfast, which is an important energy supplement for the three little ones, and it is also the motivation to wake up the vitality of the day.

Skipping breakfast and going straight to training doesn't fit his understanding of his own three little ones.

"Forget it, let's go to the training area first." Xu Ran gave up thinking, walked into the elevator, and went to the training areas of the thunder system, the fighting system, the dark system, and the earth system in turn.

In the training area, there was still no familiar figure in sight, he stood in the elevator and sensed it with a contract, and then pressed the second floor without hesitation.

Soon, as the elevator door opened, Xu Ran saw the figures of the three little ones.

But...

"You guys, you don't stay awake all night, do you?"

Xu Ran looked at the three little ones who approached excitedly, but couldn't hide their tiredness in their expressions, and suddenly sniffed, "What kind of smell is this?" ”

"Meow!" (We've got a surprise for you!) ）

Ziyun jumped onto Xu Ran's shoulder and motioned for Xu Ran to enter the preparation room to take a look.

"Surprise?" There was a hint of surprise in Xu Ran's eyes, "Why did you prepare a surprise for me?" ”

Xingchen and Cancan on the side didn't answer, but their expressions looked quite expectant.

"Okay, let's go check it out." Looking at the mysterious appearance of the three little gods, Xu Ran smiled dumbly, raised his feet and walked towards the preparation room.

Pushing open the door of the preparation room, a burnt smell came to his face, making Xu Ran's expression condense slightly.

Then, he saw a plate of familiar food quietly placed on the table.

"You guys did it?!"

Xu Ran subconsciously asked, but he already had an answer in his heart in an instant.

Except for the three little ones, who else will secretly cook for him?

As you can tell from the mess in the preparation room, they must have tossed and turned all night and failed quite a few times.

Looking at the mobile phone that was put aside and turned off automatically when it ran out of power, Xu Ran could even imagine the appearance of the three little ones learning to make braised pork according to the mobile phone.

For a while, he felt a little funny, but he couldn't help but feel a warm current in his heart.

"Cha!" (Try it!) ）

Cancan urged excitedly.

Taste the craftsmanship of my Emperor Cantian!

"How can anyone eat braised pork early in the morning!" Xu Ran smiled dumbly, but without hesitation, he picked up the plate, picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.

"It smells so good!"

(End of chapter)