The food they had bought in the small town was mostly dry rations, meant only to fill their stomachs. As for pots, bowls, ladles, and other things used for outdoor cooking, no one would actually use them in the Star Dou Great Forest. Flames and the scent released by cooking food would attract the attention of soul beasts.
Most soul beasts had an extremely keen sense of smell. Once food was cooked in the forest, its aroma could very easily lure some soul beasts over. That was absolutely not a good thing for soul masters hunting spirit rings. If they were unlucky enough to attract a powerful soul beast, they would be finished.
But that only applied to ordinary people. To Ye Cheng, every soul beast in the entire Soul Beast Forest, aside from the Silver Dragon King hiding in the Core Area who might make him somewhat wary, was nothing more than livestock he could kill with a turn of his hand. There was nothing to fear.
So, he boldly let the two girls buy a huge pile of seasonings, while he bought a great deal of raw ingredients for cooking and stored them in his Storage Ring. The three of them thus began cooking outdoors in the perilous Soul Beast Forest.
First, they set up a pot and poured water into it. Then they added seasonings, fresh meat, and vegetables that looked as though they had just been pulled from the ground... Ye Cheng's Storage Ring was extremely special. As a product of his Persona, the space inside it was not only vast, but time also stopped for anything placed within it. Whatever state something was in when it went inside was exactly how it would be when taken out. It had permanent preservation capabilities!
Once everything was