Chen Luo returned to the courtyard and called out, "Sister Yu, make some dishes to go with drinks tonight."
Ma Yu was cooking for the puppies and answered him.
Chen Luo's expression darkened. Sister Yu, are you cooking crap? Why does it stink so much?
Why does it smell even worse than before?
Does it get stinkier with every experiment?
It seemed there really was no way to make mutant creature meat palatable.
Ma Yu had put a few leaves from a black-leaved plant into the large iron pot. She hadn't expected the shark meat to stink even worse.
Ma Yu wanted to cry, but no tears came.
The puppies, however, waited in front of the pot with even greater excitement. It smelled even better now.
Once it was nearly ready, Ma Yu served it in large bowls for the puppies.
The puppies tasted it and barked a few times. It smelled foul, but it didn't taste as good as before.
But Ma Yu had gone to prepare the dishes for that evening and didn't notice their barking.
The puppies could only eat reluctantly. Being picky would get them a beating.
The next day, Chen Luo had no choice but to make another trip.
The three branch bases had amassed quite a few Advanced Crystals. They had obtained a small portion themselves, but the vast majority were Advanced Crystals that other Independent Awakeners had been lucky enough to pick up.
They had reached their level caps and couldn't use the crystals themselves, so they could only come to Dawn City to trade them.
One Level Eight Crystal could be exchanged for three hundred jin of rice and some vegetables.
That was far too cheap.
Although supplies were scarce at other bases, they could still scrape together three hundred jin of