Chapter 20
The yellow sky gradually faded, leaving only the scorching temperature in the air.
Bai Xia was wearing a simple black vest, sitting cross-legged beside the campfire, holding a white towel in his hand, and wiping his wet hair while roasting the game he had hunted.
The marinated deer leg made a sizzling sound. The golden oil spots flowed down along the deer leg meat, dripping down to the fire below and causing the red flame to instantly surge a little higher. Then it recovered in an instant, swaying back and forth.
The rich spicy flavor of the roasted deer meat, accompanied by the ups and downs of the fire, kept wafting outward, drilling into the nasal cavity, stimulating the taste buds, and making people salivate.
"Every time I come here for the exams, it feels like I’m living a year in a day. During the half month of the final exams last semester, I really didn't dare to eat even a little cooked meat, for fear that some smell would attract mutated beasts. Every day, I was like a rabbit, either chewing wild fruits or eating raw wild vegetables. When I went home, my eyes almost glowed green! It was so miserable for me. Especially in this hellhole of planet K-0218, where there are 32 hours in a day. More difficult than ordinary planets!" Bai Xia complained while smiling as he turned the roast meat over and brushed a layer of special roast meat seasoning on it.
As Bai Xia brushed the already-fragrant roasted venison with the special seasoning, the smell instantly exploded as if a certain activation button was pressed. The people, who were hit head-on by it, almost couldn't open their eyes. They just wanted to drool and wolf down the whole roasted leg into their stomachs.
This aroma was truly amazing!
"Hehehe, but now that I smell this, I hope that this exam can last longer and longer! These undeveloped primitive planets are completely free of pollution. Even ordinary wild deer can be cooked to its stunningly best taste. This is much better than the beef and mutton that our family ordered from the livestock planet!"
Smelling this wonderful aroma, Bai Xia's expression on his face became more and more blissed and intoxicated. He stared at the roast meat in front of him without blinking, trying to suppress the action of swallowing.
However, this bright expression fell into Pan Mu's gaze. Pan Mu’s eyes twitched and he turned his head away. Still, Pan Mu's breathing rate was obviously slightly faster than before. The aroma of the roast meat was just too good. As a caine beastman, Pan Mu's pursuit of meat was much higher than that of a hamster beastman like Bai Xia.
Pan Mu swallowed his saliva calmly and admonished with a stern face: "Bai Xia, as a soldier, you should learn to endure hardships. Isn't it normal to eat wild fruits and vegetables in the wild? What's there to complain about? What's more, I remember there was only two cooking in the last actual combat assessment."
"Just putting some salt on the boiled meat counts as cooking?!" Bai Xia opened his eyes wide, his face full of disbelief.
"Ahem, why doesn't it count? Aren't they all cooked?"
Pan Mu coughed awkwardly twice and changed the subject: "Anyway, we have to thank Classmate Ye this time. If it weren't for Classmate Ye, we would probably have died here today."
"Of course! So I’m making a delicious meal to repay my lifesaver... Hmm? But Old Pan, why don't I see Classmate Ye?" Bai Xia turned the roast meat over again, sniffing the fragrance, and said with a puzzled look on his face: "I remember that Classmate Ye was refining the potion over there just now..."
Not far away, there was no one at the place where Ye Wenya originally refined the potion.
Pan Mu rolled his eyes, "By the time you know, the roast meat is cold... Classmate Ye took her cat to take a bath. Who knows how many germs and parasites are hidden in this kind of wild animal. It should be washed well lest that we bring these germs and parasites back to the imperial capital and be detained by port inspectors."
The land area of the Beastman Empire was extremely vast, with hundreds of life planets alone. The living environment of each planet was different. Therefore, any animal that was found to be potentially harmful to local species will be detained by the port. Wild animals and plants were the most strictly controlled among them.
“En, that's right. Have to wash the black cat well. I saw that it had blood scabs on its body earlier. It must have not taken a bath for a long time... What’s more, it’s a cat that doesn't like to be clean. It can't even lick its fur. Truly a failure as a cat!" Bai Xia sighed with an expression of why this cat was so lazy. It looked particularly funny....
At this time, on the other side. Ye Wenya was holding the cat in one hand and a torch in the other, walking forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow. She was finding a slightly more secluded place to take a bath with the black cat.
The black cat instinctively wanted to struggle and resist when his two front paws were grabbed and held in an embrace. How could a grown man take a bath with a girl?
But when Ye Wenya saw the black cat's behavior, she immediately held the cat tighter and locked it in place.
One should know that cats hate taking a bath the most. Even her magical pet black panther would avoid taking a bath every time. Every time, it would only take a bath reluctantly when she dragged its tail and went into battle. With the experience in dealing with black panther, Ye Wenya would not let go at this time.
"Xiao Hei, I told you not to move. Even if you want to run, I won't give you this opportunity... You must wash yourself clean today before you can sleep in the tent with me. Otherwise, I will never put you in the tent. Who knows if you have fleas or other parasites on your body." Ye Wenya walked and said earnestly.
However, the struggling black cat suddenly felt two soft lumps on his back. They were plump and frightened. He screamed miserably.
"Meow!——"
The black cat sounded so frightened and panicked. Its round eyes were full of panic. Coupled with its trembling appearance, it was really pitiful!
"Puchi——" Seeing this, Ye Wenya couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Her cat was indeed a gentlemanly and reserved little cutie!
Xiao Chen was trembling in his heart at this moment. His whiskers were shaking instinctively, his limbs were stiff, his tail was straight, and his ears and cheeks were about to burn.
Who, who wanted to be in the same tent with you?
No, that wasn’t right...he didn't have fleas on him.
The faint fragrance of the girl, accompanied by the breeze, gently brushed over Xiao Chen's nose. Xiao Chen only felt a crisp snap in his mind. Something was breaking...
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