Fungus

The next day, Qiao Yan followed the male Beastmen to hunt. Of course, it was mainly the male Beastmen who hunted. She was mainly going to find ingredients.

Qiao Yan looked at the Beastmen hunting as if she was watching a real-life version of Animal Planet.

Qiao Yan searched the dense forest, eager to find some ingredients.

However, she did not find any edible ingredients.

How unlucky! She knew that this dog System was not a good thing. How could it issue any proper missions? Furthermore, it looked like a black dust ball!

Just as Qiao Yan was at a loss, she suddenly walked into a bamboo forest.

The surrounding bamboo trees were green. Qiao Yan looked around and saw a pile of black things under the trees. When she approached, she realized that they were fungi!

Why didn't she think of this? Fungi would grow when it rained near spring!

This was a gift from nature.

This fungus should be considered a new ingredient, right?

Qiao Yan did not have time to think as she hurriedly lowered her body to pick up the fungus.

"Congratulations to the host for finding new ingredients, edible fungi. Beginner's quest completion rate: 1/3."

Qiao Yan heard the System notification as she hugged a pile of fungi in her arms. It really worked! That was great!

At the side, Xue Ran and Naki were also cleaning up the blood from their prey. Suddenly, Naki looked up in the direction of Qiao Yan. "Patriarch, what is Qiaoqiao doing? I think I saw her holding something strange."

Xue Ran stopped cleaning the wild boar meat and looked at Qiao Yan.

Not good! Why did Qiaoqiao pick the poisonous coal fruit?

Xue Ran immediately threw down the wild boar in his hand and rushed towards Qiao Yan. "Qiaoqiao, what are you doing? This is poisonous coal fruit! You can't eat it!"

What poisonous coal fruit? These were fungi. These were the ones she had chosen and were not poisonous.

Qiao Yan looked at the fungi she had spent a lot of effort to pick up being thrown to the ground by Xue Ran, feeling a little sad.

"Xue Ran, this isn't a poisonous coal fruit. It's called a fungus. You can eat it~ You don't have to be so nervous." Xue Ran squatted down and picked up the fungus and explained to Xue Ran.

"Fungus?"

"No, no, Qiaoqiao, this is a poisonous coal fruit. Someone in our tribe accidentally ate this thing and died! We couldn't even save him in time!"

Naki sighed with pity.

It was too terrifying. He remembered that those who had accidentally eaten fungus and were poisoned were all bleeding from their seven apertures. They were extremely miserable.

"Pfft, Naki, don't make it sound so scary! This fungus is really edible. Moreover, it's not completely poisonous. Some of it can be eaten, and it tastes especially fresh and delicious!"

Naki looked at Qiao Yan as if he was looking at a fool. Damn! This was a common problem with females. They always refused to listen to advice.

She had never seen anyone who ate this poisonous coal fruit and was poisoned. If she had seen it, she would have cried long ago.

How would she dare to say that it was edible?

In any case, he had already reminded her, so she could not blame him if she was poisoned.

Qiao Yan felt that Naki's expression showed that he did not believe her. She knew that if she did not prove that this fungus was edible, this group of people would probably not let her eat it.

"Xue Ran, just believe me. This fungus is really edible. It's like the fire yesterday. Just give it a try first."

Xue Ran looked at the firm expression on Qiao Yan's cute little face. Ahem, why don't he agree to Qiaoqiao's request first?

He felt that Qiaoqiao would not do anything she was not confident in. "Alright. What are you going to do, Qiaoqiao?"

When Qiao Yan heard that Xueran had agreed, she hugged him excitedly. "Xue Ran, you're really awesome! I like you so much."

Xue Ran's ears turned slightly red. "Yes, I like Qiaoqiao too."

Qiao Yan smiled brightly at Xue Ran. "First of all, I want a pot and a stove." With that, Qiao Yan picked up a wooden stick and drew on the ground. "Like this, please help me make it!"

When the Beastmen saw how firm their clan leader was, they thought of the use of fire yesterday. They felt that since Qiao Yan had said that it was definitely fine, why not give it a try?

Hence, the Beastmen began to get busy. After a while, everyone finally made the tools that Qiao Yan wanted.

"Qiaoqiao, are you sure this fungus is edible?" Xue Ran asked very seriously.

"I'm sure and certain that it's edible! Moreover, this fungus can be dried and stored. It can be taken out to be eaten in winter."

Qiao Yan simply told him what she knew.

"Is that really true?" Xue Ran was very excited. Any kind of food that could be stored was a wealth to the tribe because there was not enough food for the tribe every winter.

"Then how do we differentiate between poisonous and non-poisonous fungi?" Xue Ran asked curiously.

"Most of the poisonous fungi are bright-eyed or colorful, while the non-poisonous fungi are mostly this white or light gray and light yellow. However, it's best if I take them back to identify them."

Qiao Yan could not be sure that all the light-colored fungus was not poisonous, so the best outcome was to appraise it first.

Seeing that Qiao Yan had explained the types of fungus so clearly, it was obvious that she had done some research on them. She probably wouldn't lie.

"Alright, Xue Ran, if you don't believe me, I'll cook it for you to try now."

Qiao Yan let Xue Ran cut the clean wild boar meat into small pieces. Then, she filled a pot with water and placed the pork into the pot. Finally, she watched as a layer of foam appeared in the pot, and she proceeded to remove the foam and placed the fungus into the pot.

All the Beastmen watched Qiao Yan's actions and the soup in the pot intently. Could this really be eaten without poisoning people to death?

At this moment, the pork bone soup that Qiao Yan had brewed had already begun to boil, emitting waves of fragrance. With the spring breeze, the entire mountain slope could smell this fragrance.

Qiao Yan hurriedly took a sip of the soup and tasted it. It smelled so good!

"Xue Ran, try it quickly. It's delicious! But you have to be careful."

Xue Ran took a sip from Qiao Yan's spoon and hurriedly praised, "Delicious, Qiaoqiao!"

"Everyone, it's really fine. Come and try it."

At the side, Naki was in disbelief. Was it really that delicious? Would it poison him to death?

However, since the Patriarch said that it was delicious, forget it. I'll eat first. In any case, if they were to be poisoned to death, they would all be poisoned to death together.

Naki closed his eyes, his expression one of facing death.

It was too fragrant. What kind of delicious food was this! It was completely different from the usual meat he ate. If he could eat this, he would be willing to be poisoned to death.

"Is it good?"

"It's too delicious! I really can't believe that food can be eaten like this. Even if I'm poisoned to death now, I'm willing!"

Naki's reaction was too exaggerated. Although the taste was good, it shouldn't be like this.

Seeing that Naki was eating so happily, the other Beastmen also joined in.

"This soup is so fragrant. If I drink some in winter, it will definitely be very comfortable." Naki sighed as he ate.

"In winter? If it's winter, it's more comfortable to cook hotpot with meat and salt." Speaking of food, Qiao Yan was very interested and subconsciously agreed.

"Hot pot? What's a hotpot? What's salt?"