Chapter 154

Xue Lingyun spread the ingredients Ling Luochen had prepared across a stone slab, took a handful of iron skewers from his Storage Soul Tool, and began threading the meat. The wild rabbit leg meat had been cut into evenly sized chunks. The wild chickens had their heads, necks, and claws removed, then were threaded whole onto thick skewers. The fish segments were pierced crosswise with thin skewers, with several cuts made along both sides to help the flavor seep in. He worked neither quickly nor slowly, leaving nearly identical gaps between every piece of meat—not so crowded that they would cook unevenly, nor so far apart that they wasted the heat.

He Caitou leaned over for a look, then withdrew. Wang Dong wanted to help, picked up an iron skewer and tried twice, but the meat she threaded came out crooked and uneven. Compared to Xue Lingyun's neat skewers, the contrast was too brutal, so she silently put the skewer down.

Xiao Xiao squatted nearby with several thin skewers in hand, copying Xue Lingyun as she threaded several pieces of fish. Though she was nowhere near as skilled as he was, she was at least better than Wang Dong. She set the skewered fish by the edge of the stone slab, glanced up at Xue Lingyun, and, seeing that he was not paying attention, lowered her head and continued.

Huo Yuhao was setting up the pot nearby. He moved several large stones from the riverbank and stacked them into a sturdy stove, then placed the iron pot Xue Lingyun had pulled from his Storage Soul Tool on top.

The iron pot was large enough to stew an entire wild chicken along with several fish.

Wang Dong froze for a moment when she saw the pot, but said nothing. She had