In a small corner of the cave, Mo Hua found an open patch of ground, drew a Blazing Fire Array, lit it, and was roasting meat for Big Tiger.
Flames licked at the tender meat, making it sizzle as fat dripped out.
Big Tiger drooled at the side, its pair of Bronze Bell-like eyes fixed firmly on the roast, utterly focused.
When the meat was seventy percent cooked, Big Tiger let out an "Awoo!" to remind Mo Hua:
"It's done roasting!"
Mo Hua stopped the fire and "offered" the roast to Big Tiger.
Before such delicacies, Big Tiger was not afraid of getting burned in the slightest. In three strokes and two swipes, it swallowed the entire slab of meat whole. Its huge eyes narrowed into slits, as though it were enjoying itself immensely.
Having accepted Mo Hua's "offering," Big Tiger's resentment over Mo Hua not coming to see it for more than a year dissipated along with the fragrance of the roast.
Only then did Big Tiger officially "forgive" Mo Hua.
Nothing was beyond forgiveness, so long as Mo Hua roasted meat for it.
Even living off others was not as tasty as the meat Mo Hua roasted.
Although the "meat" Mo Hua roasted had itself been Big Tiger's freeloaded meal.
Seeing Big Tiger eat so sweetly, Mo Hua could not help feeling a little tempted himself. Curious, he cut off a small piece of meat, put it into his mouth, and chewed slowly. Naturally, he was not a monster beast and did not dare eat meat that was only seventy percent cooked.
The piece he ate was fully cooked. The meat was not as tender, but at least it was bloodless, and the demonic aura had been thoroughly burned away. Its charred fragrance was even richer, and it