Beginner's Mission Completed

"Well, it means mixing many types of food into a large pot and cooking them. Then, everyone will gather to eat together."

"You can do that? Then Qiaoqiao, let's go back to the tribe and cook hotpot now!"

When the other Beastmen heard that there was something better than the fungus bone soup, they also echoed.

"Ah?" Qiao Yan looked at Naki, who was so eager to eat hotpot that she didn't know what to do. She was just saying it casually. Moreover, if she wanted to cook hotpot, she wouldn't be able to do it with just mushrooms. She still lacked a lot of ingredients.

Chaucer turned to look at Xue Ran for help. "What's wrong, Qiaoqiao?"

"If we want to cook hotpot, we need more ingredients. It's not enough with just mushrooms and meat."

All the Beastmen instantly sighed when they heard this. Naki's voice was the loudest.

"How can this be? Wouldn't I be excited for nothing?"

Qiao Yan could not bear to see everyone so sad. After all, she was the one who had suggested eating hotpot. Now, she'd suddenly told everyone that there were not enough ingredients and that they could not cook it. She even made everyone feel so bad that they lowered their heads in sadness.

"Don't look so sad. Qiaoqiao only said that there aren't enough ingredients, but that doesn't mean that it can't be cooked. We can find something that we think is edible for Qiaoqiao to identify."

Qiao Yan looked up and met Xue Ran's eyes subconsciously. Xue Ran smiled back at her.

Xue Ran was so smart. Why didn't she think of this method?

Everyone looking for ingredients together was much faster than her wandering around the forest alone.

Now that there were so many Beastmen helping to find three ingredients, wasn't it just a matter of minutes? Moreover, everyone could enjoy a hotpot later. This was simply the best of both worlds.

Under Xue Ran's encouragement, the Beastmen began to forage for ingredients in the forest.

Qiao Yan did not idle around and pulled Xue Ran along to start searching.

Unknowingly, the two of them walked to a place where bamboo trees were intertwined. In the distance, Qiaoqiao suddenly saw a touch of green. When she approached, she realized that it was bamboo shoots!

She'd actually found bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots were much easier to store than fungi. Some fungi would spoil if they were not dried properly, but bamboo shoots would not. They could be stored for a long time.

However, why was this bamboo shoot so tall? It was even taller than her. Could it have mutated? Or was this not a bamboo shoot at all?

Ding-dong. New food ingredients discovered. Bamboo shoots. Beginner's mission 2/3 completed. Please continue to work hard!"

It was really a bamboo shoot. This bamboo shoot must have mutated. It was so big. At this rate, one bamboo shoot was enough for four people to eat for a week.

Moreover, this forest was filled with them. If they were all brought back, wouldn't there be another type of food in the tribe?

"Xue Ran, this can be eaten! This is called bamboo shoots. Let's pull them out and bring them back!"

Xue Ran reached out and patted Qiao Yan's head in agreement. Then, he immediately transformed back into his beast form and began to dig at the bamboo shoots with his claws.

The Beastmen's claws were extremely powerful. They were even sharper than blades.

In less than half an hour, Xue Ran had dug out all the bamboo shoots.

"Xue Ran, you're so awesome!" Qiao Yan immediately ran over and hugged him happily.

When Xue Ran, who had transformed into his beast form, heard Qiao Yan's praise, his wolf ears turned slightly red. If not for the snow-white fur covering them, Qiao Yan should have been able to clearly see Xue Ran's slightly red ears.

"Patriarch, Qiaoqiao, we're back. Qiaoqiao, quickly see if we can eat these things." With that, the Beastmen placed the pile of ingredients they had found on the ground.

Qiao Yan carefully observed the food on the ground and picked them up one by one to identify them.

"Ding-dong, new ingredient discovered, carrot. Novice mission completed. The novice gift bag has been sent to the host's backpack. Please take note!"

The novice mission was completed so quickly? How nice! She didn't know what gift bag the black charcoal ball System had given her.

"These are carrots. They're edible. These are potatoes, also edible. And these are…"

"Then can we cook the hotpot now? Let's go back quickly."

Naki was circling excitedly at the side, and Qiao Yan's mind subconsciously thought of Teddy Robin Kwan.

Was this idea a little dangerous? After all, Naki was a wolf-type Beastman. But he really seemed like… Please forgive her terrifying thoughts!

The b Beastmen returned with a series of prey and ingredients that they had spent a long time hunting.

As soon as they returned to the tribe, Xue Ran began to tell everyone about the method to differentiate the fungi and the new food items that the Beastmen in the tribe could eat.

Everyone gathered excitedly to eat the hotpot that Professor Qiao Yan had made. "Patriarch's wife, you must have been sent by the Beast God to protect our Snow Frost Tribe!"

"No, you all think too highly of me. I'm actually the same as everyone. These are all small tricks. If everyone likes it, I can teach you other things."

"Lord Beast God, protect us!"

Anna, who was sitting in the corner, was about to go crazy with jealousy. She had finally calmed down, but when she saw Xue Ran and Qiao Yan chatting happily, coupled with the fact that Qiao Yan had won the respect of the tribe, her expression was terrifyingly dark.

"Nana, don't be angry. We'll ignore that cheap female, Qiao Yan. Nana, you're so beautiful. There must be other males in the tribe fighting to be your partner," Anna's sidekick, Lidan, said carefully.

"Shut up, why are you so stupid!" Anna looked at Lidan mockingly.

Hearing this, Lidan felt extremely aggrieved. She clearly wanted to comfort her because she was unhappy. How could Nana treat her like this?

"Lidan, get lost. Don't be an eyesore here." The person who spoke was Anna's male. His name was Huang Yuan.

"Alright, Nana, stop being angry. Is there a need to be angry with an ugly person? Besides, don't you still have me?"

"You? Who do you think you are? How can you compare to Xue Ran?" Anna did not even look at Huang Yuan, and her tone was filled with contempt. At this moment, Huang Yuan felt extremely bitter in his heart. The seed of jealousy was growing desperately. Was Xue Ran that good?

Wasn't it because he was the Patriarch? But he wasn't bad either! Why couldn't Anna see the good in him?

"Nana, I may not be able to compare with Patriarch Xue Ran, but I love you more than anyone."

Huang Yuan looked at Anna with infatuation. If his desperate fight could make Anna look at him in a different light, he would do it without hesitation.

"Love? What can an idiot like you do with love?" Anna slapped Huang Yuan and kicked him to the ground. Anna still felt that her anger was difficult to dissipate, and she slapped Huang Yuan a few more times.

Huang Yuan hurriedly got up and looked at Anna ingratiatingly. "Nana, I'm willing to do anything for you, as long as you're happy!"

"You can do anything?" Anna began to ponder. Then, she smiled and looked at Huang Yuan frivolously. "Are you willing to die?"

Huang Yuan swallowed his saliva and nodded.