"Here, a gift."
Qi Fei tossed the honey he'd portioned out to the three men: Xun Yu, Jia Xu, and Li You.
The paper wrapping couldn't keep the sweet aroma in, let alone conceal the conspicuous Heaven and Earth Essence.
The moment Qi Fei walked in, all three of them had noticed it.
"Thanks, Zihong."
Jia Xu cheerfully took the honey. He used his mental energy to pierce the Internal Qi sealing in the Heaven and Earth Essence, then dropped the honey straight into some water and stirred.
The other two did the same.
Qi Fei hadn't brought much, just enough to satisfy a craving.
So all three decided to enjoy it right then and there.
"Nothing much. Have you eaten?"
Qi Fei asked a pointless question.
He just didn't want to deal with work yet.
"We have. We ate quite the grand feast."
Xun Yu took a sip of honey water and answered.
A grand feast, in this context, meant the sacrificial offerings of a pig, an ox, and a sheep.
"It's just a stew. It's not a sacrifice."
Qi Fei knew as soon as he heard that that the three had eaten the army camp's communal stew.
People called those offerings a grand feast because of the sacrifices and rituals they were associated with. It had nothing whatsoever to do with the army camp's stew.
"But now that you mention it, why is it stew again? Didn't I have my cook teach the camp cooks?"
Qi Fei asked, puzzled.
It was different from the dry pot dishes of later generations, where all kinds of ingredients were cooked together but each retained its own flavor.
A stew like this was clearly just a lazy shortcut.
"So your family taught them. I was wondering why they were so generous with