"Let's eat first."
Shui Bing'er's voice came from beside him.
Only then did Chu Xiu notice that Ning Rongrong and the others had already prepared lunch.
Today's lunch still consisted mainly of Spirit Beast meat.
Most of the Magma Bear's carcass from last time had been chopped into chunks by Chu Xiu and the others and fed to the mutated crops as fertilizer.
Only a bearskin and two fearsome paws remained.
The paws had naturally been saved for eating, while the bearskin had been made into several mattresses.
Qian Renxue had a small piece to herself.
Chu Xiu, Ah Yin, Shui Bing'er, and Ning Rongrong shared one large piece.
Qian Renxue had previously suggested sewing the hide into leather jackets and skirts for added protection, but they had abandoned the idea because, although they had needles, they lacked sufficiently tough thread.
"You clean up. I'm heading out for a bit."
After eating and drinking his fill, Chu Xiu wiped his mouth and stood up.
"Where are you going?"
Ning Rongrong asked instinctively.
"To find somewhere quiet and work on a cultivation method."
Chu Xiu gave a casual, evasive answer, then turned and left the cave without giving the women a chance to ask any more questions.
Once he entered the woods and confirmed that no one was nearby, Chu Xiu stirred his will.
Concealment!
The next moment, his figure vanished into thin air.
When Chu Xiu opened his eyes again, his surroundings had changed completely.
Pure moonlight spilled across the land.
In the distance, Heaven Dou City's towering walls were reduced to a blurry outline beneath the night sky, with the torches carried by patrolling soldiers just barely visible atop them.
When it was night on the Deserted Island, it was day on the Douluo Continent.
Conversely, when it was