Beast World: The Ferocious God Xiang Liu is So Gentle

When Tianwu and Luyao arrived at the cave, they saw Xiangliu anxiously waiting for them at the entrance.

Xiang Liu: "Where did you guys go? Didn't we agree that you had to wait for me to come back before we went out together to be safe?"

Lu Yao grabbed Xiang Liu's hand and said coquettishly, "We didn't leave the Misty Forest, we just picked some mushrooms nearby. I wanted to pick more to make soup for you during the cold season, so we were out for a while. Don't be angry."

As expected, women who know how to be charming have the best lives. Xiang Liu not only stopped being angry, but also hugged Lu Yao and coaxed her gently, "I'm not angry, I'm just worried about you. You must be starving. I'll cook for you right now."

At this moment, Lu Yao noticed that there were many prey at the entrance of the cave, one of which was still alive.

Lu Yao: "Why did you hunt so many prey?"

Xiang Liu: "The cold season is coming soon, and the weather is getting cold. If we leave the prey outside now, it won't spoil. We won't go out in a couple of days."

Tianwu: "Is this the only one that's still alive?"

Lu Yao: "Isn't this a sheep?"

Xiang Liu: "Look closely, it has no mouth, and it won't die even if it doesn't eat. It survives by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so it's an extremely nourishing spirit beast."

Tianwu: "You all go back and rest first, I'll handle the beast."

Lu Yao and Xiang Liu arrived at the cave, where Granny Wu was boiling filtered mineral brine.

Niannian squatted to the side, her eyes fixed on the roasted chestnuts next to the fire.

Upon seeing Lu Yao return, Niannian quickly said, "Master, the chestnuts are roasted, come and eat them quickly."

Xiang Liu realized that Niannian was craving chestnuts, so he brought a small bowl, picked up the chestnuts and put them in the bowl, and gave them to Lu Yao and Niannian to eat.

After the two finished a small bowl of chestnuts, Tianwu brought out some prepared meat from outside, moved the salted turtle shells aside, and started grilling the meat for everyone.

Lu Yao: "Let's make another pot of bone broth, and add some freshly picked mushrooms today."

Xiang Liu: "I'm going!"

Tianwu placed the meat on the fire, came to Lu Yao, took out a crystal core from his pocket, and placed it in Lu Yao's palm.

Tianwu leaned close to Lu Yao's ear and whispered, "Keep it safe. I'll feed it to you when the cold season comes."

Lu Yao's face flushed red instantly, and she quickly turned her head away: "Go and grill the meat, I'm hungry."

After the meat was roasted, Lu Yao took a bite while it was still hot. The meat was incredibly tender and juicy, and Lu Yao ate it with great relish.

After Lu Yao finished eating the roasted meat, Xiang Liu's bone broth was almost ready, and he served a bowl to everyone.

Niannian: "This soup tastes really good."

Tianwu: "Yaoyao is really amazing, finding such delicious food. But the weather is getting colder, so I guess it won't be able to dry it."

Lu Yao: "It's okay, I have room in my space, I can store it there."

After everyone finished eating barbecue and bone broth at noon, Tianwu prepared to go out.

Lu Yao: "Are you going hunting so early?"

Tianwu: "The cold season is coming soon. After this rain, you'll know how cold it is tonight. I need to hurry up and hunt; I won't be going out for the next couple of days."

Granny Wu continued boiling the brine, while Xiang Liu began curing the meat.

Lu Yao sat down at the table and began sewing snakeskin bags.

Nian Nian had no friends, so she sat dejectedly at the cave entrance, gazing into the distance.

Lu Yao came to Niannian's side: "What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"

Niannian: "Everything is fine here, but I don't have any friends, no one plays with me, and I can't go out freely."

Lu Yao touched her bulging belly and said, "Niannian will have a little sister soon, and she can play with her little sister then."

Niannian clapped her hands happily and said, "That's great! When we have a little sister, Niannian can take care of her."

Lu Yao patted Niannian's head and said, "Let me wash some apples for you to eat. Niannian hasn't eaten much fruit today."

After Lu Yao washed the apples, she invited everyone to eat them.

However, Xiang Liu was busy marinating the meat, so he said, "You guys eat, I'll marinate the meat first."

Lu Yao offered the apple she had taken a bite of to Xiang Liu's mouth. Xiang Liu's lips curled up slightly as he took a bite of the apple: "The one Yao Yao ate is so sweet!"

Lu Yao shyly stuffed the apple into Xiang Liu's mouth and then walked away.

Fortunately, the apple wasn't very big, only about the size of a ping-pong ball. Xiang Liu chewed it a couple of times and swallowed it easily.

The character ? (huàn) comes from the *Classic of Mountains and Seas*: "There is a beast that looks like a sheep but has no mouth; it cannot be killed, and its name is ?."