Everyone stood beneath the sun, their shadows drawn short. It was clearly already noon.
Zhang Ci looked up at the sky and broke the silence. "All right, it's noon. Eat something to recover your strength, then we'll get moving and leave this place."
Just then, a light breeze brushed past, carrying with it the fresh scent unique to the distant mountain woods.
Chen Xiaojun took a deep breath, feeling this gift of nature, then turned to Zhang Ci with a smile. "Teacher Zhang, look how spacious and warm this cave is. It really is a great place for a barbecue. After we eat, we can even rest here properly for a while."
Zhu Wuneng hurriedly chimed in, "Right, there's a cave here, so we can barbecue! A Fu, come here and suck back the poison you used!"
Chen Shurui could not help nodding as well. "These Blazing Winged Spirit Luans are all good stuff. Don't waste them."
When everyone heard that, they all nodded one after another.
After two or three days of dry rations, their mouths had gone completely bland.
That was the bad thing about these mountains—especially the Xie Luo Mountain Range. There were many birds and many wolves, so people generally did not dare light fires and let smoke rise, unlike in a forest where big trees could conceal it.
Zhang Ci looked at the few children staring at him eagerly, then looked around. This was near the Extinct Volcano, and there was already plenty of smoke to begin with. Lighting a small fire should probably be fine.
Zhang Ci thought it over, and in the end nodded cautiously. "Fine. But be careful. Don't let the smoke get too thick and bring unnecessary trouble."
The moment Zhu Wuneng heard they could barbecue, he immediately bounced up in