Chapter 15: Level-3 Rock Tortoise

"We're moving. Hurry up and gather your stuff."

"Don't move those useless things. Just take food, clothes...."

Before dawn, the hunting team urged everyone to move.

"Bang, Bang, Bang!!!"

The hunting team knocked on the door of the wooden shed and started shouting without asking to come in.

"The Bloodbeard Bandits are going to attack us, so we're going to take refuge in the Moon Lake Tribe."

After saying that, the hunting team left.

Mino woke up, looked at the wolf skin on her body, and her heart felt warm.

"They're quite early."

She grinned and let out a sleepy yawn.

"Get up and have breakfast." Mu Liang woke up rather early.

"When did you sleep last night?" Mino asked curiously.

When she went to bed last night, she saw that Mu Liang was still awake. He had been writing and drawing with charcoal by the fire pit.

Mino was still feeling shy, and she was wondering if she should let him sleep with her.

"Around midnight." Mu Liang whispered while stirring the broth in the steel wok.

Today's breakfast was stewed dried meat and soup.

"It smells good." Mino wrinkled her nose and sniffed.

She came to the edge of the fire pit and looked at the boiling broth in the steel wok with her gleaming blue eyes.

Then, Mino frowned heartily and said, "Let me cook breakfast in the future."

"What's wrong?" Mu Liang froze.

"You cook too much. We should save some food." Mino placed one hand on her waist, raised a finger, and wiggled it.

"Don't worry. There's enough dried meat to last us for twenty days."

Mu Liang handed the metal lunch box full of food to Mino.

Last night, she insisted on only eating small lizard jerky and she was about 30% full.

According to the young girl's thoughts, everyone would be satisfied if they ate a third of their meal.

"This is too much. We should save some of it for the evening." Mino said with her mouth, but her hands couldn't help but take the lunch box.

"We'll eat the barbecue tonight." Mu Liang smirked.

"Awwww~~"

Mino put a spoonful of hot soup into her mouth, but it was so hot that she had to open her mouth and exhale.

"Be careful, it's hot." Mu Liang slowly started to eat his meal after blowing cold air.

"Delicious." Mino swallowed the soup, and her blue eyes narrowed at once.

The rich smell of meat opened her palate, and the warm soup moistened her throat.

A mouthful of soup filled the young girl's hungry stomach.

"It's been a long, long time... since I've had broth." Mino pursed her lips, and her blue eyes were flooded with a watery mist.

In the past, when her sister was with her, they would often make broth.

"Drink as much as you want in the future." Mu Liang raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes.

Mino instantly shook her head and pouted. "That's not okay. Having broth all the time is too extravagant."

"We usually drink water, right?" Mu Liang asked gently.

"Hmm." Mino sniffled her pretty nose.

"If you make broth, you will have water to drink and meat to eat."

The corners of Mu Liang's mouth curled up, and he asked softly, "Do you think it's more worth it?"

"Huh? It seems to be the same thing."

Mino tilted her head in confusion because she felt that something was wrong.

Mu Liang smiled, waved his hand, and urged her, "You should drink the broth while it's hot. It won't taste good if it becomes cold."

"Mm." Mino's eyes curved into a smile as she drank the broth one gulp at a time.

The inside and outside of the wooden shed were like two different worlds.

While the two of them were leisurely eating breakfast, everyone else in the camp was hurriedly packing their things.

"So full." Mino finally didn't hold back and finished the whole broth.

She bit her lower lip and looked at the iron lunch box in his hand.

Mino originally wanted to save half of her food for the evening, but the more she ate, the more she craved.

One more bite and then no more, one more bite and then I won't eat... and then nothing was left.

"How does it feel to have a full stomach?" Mu Liang gently asked.

"Very comfortable. It's just... too extravagant," Mino said with slightly red cheeks.

The meal they had eaten was equivalent to ten small lizards.

"Don't worry, let me take care of the food." Mu Liang got up and touched her head.

She had saved his life, so he couldn't let her stay hungry.

"..." Mino blushed. She opened her mouth to say something, but she did not know how to respond.

Mu Liang clenched his hand and pretended to be dissatisfied. "Take off the scarf. I can't even touch your rabbit ears."

"What the heck, I'm not a pet." Mino pouted with dissatisfaction.

She hesitated for a moment and raised her hand to untie the cloth wrapped around her rabbit ears.

Mu Liang saw her action, and he couldn't help but smile.

Mino saw his smile and her face turned red once again.

She twisted her head and tilted her chin proudly. "I just let my ears out to get some air, not for you to touch."

"Yes, yes." Mu Liang forced himself to hold back his smile.

"Hmph!" Mino snorted.

She shyly changed the topic and asked in anticipation, "Are we moving to Little Xuanwu's back today?"

She had been longing for a new home, a mobile home.

"Let's not rush to move. We haven't even built a house yet."

Mu Liang wanted to upgrade the Rock Tortoise to level-3 before moving so that the tortoise's back would be more spacious. Then he would be able to build a decent house.

Of course, he had to see how big the level-3 Rock Tortoise was before he could plan to build a house.

"So we're going to build the house now?" Mino's blue eyes glittered.

"Let's go." Mu Liang led the way outside the wooden shed.

"Wait... What about the stuff at home?" Mino thought of the items that the Tricolor Lizard had brought last night.

Everyone in the camp was leaving today, so someone might come here and steal something.

"I'll tell Xiao Motley to stay at home." Mu Liang pointed at the corner of the wooden shed.

Mino turned her head to look and saw a two-meter-long Tricolor Lizard emerging from stealth.

She nodded relievedly. "Then I can rest assured."

The two of them exited the wooden shed and went into the desolate wilderness by leaving the camp from a remote area.

At this time, the Rock Tortoise was foraging for food. A mouse hiding in a hole popped out with an "Earth Spike".