Braised Rabbit

He casually caught a rabbit and won a match, earning Jiang Feng his fourth consecutive victory in the Round-Robin Tournament.

"Beep. The battle has ended. The host has defeated a Level Two Softbone Rabbit. The reward is being calculated."

"Beep. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1 System Coins."

"Huh? 1 System Coin." Jiang Feng was instantly dumbfounded. He had thought he easily earned 100 System Coins, but he was dumbstruck on the spot.

Could it be that the system's recognized battle target was this little rabbit?

Yet the person who had clearly competed against Jiang Feng was Chen Ying'er of the Fourth Order.

Jiang Feng quickly turned to look at Chen Ying'er's retreating back, genuinely wanting to grab this girl and give her a beating.

Another damn 100 System Coins gone.

Jiang Feng felt a slight pang of heartache in his chest. He looked at the little rabbit in his hand and said fiercely, "Alright, no one can save you this time. Braised rabbit meat, spicy rabbit head-I'll arrange it for you as soon as I get back."

With a fierce expression, Jiang Feng grabbed the little rabbit and walked straight out of the Trial Arena, having no heart left to watch the subsequent matches.

Along the way, Jiang Feng suddenly realized that the system had seemed to say this was a Softbone Rabbit just now!

Today Jiang Feng did not wait for Jiang Xinran; instead, he returned directly to the hotel because he was going to properly cook this rabbit.

Near evening, Jiang Xinran returned, and the sound of knocking on the door rang out-knock, knock, knock.

Jiang Feng opened the room door and indeed saw Jiang Xinran standing outside with an angry look on her face.

Before Jiang Xinran could speak, Jiang Feng interrupted first, "Come on, I'll take you to see something good. I specifically came back early today to prepare it for you."

Jiang Feng grabbed Jiang Xinran and brought her to the hotel dining room, shouting toward the direction of the back kitchen, "Uncle, is it ready yet?"

"Ready, I'll bring it out right now," a hearty voice called from the back kitchen.

Jiang Xinran looked at Jiang Feng in utter confusion. Her original grievance vanished before it could even be vented, and she asked, "What is wrong with you? Did you prepare something delicious for me?"

"Mn, just wait. You can eat it in a moment," Jiang Feng smiled.

Soon, a waiter brought out two dishes. Before they even got close, Jiang Feng and Jiang Xinran caught an enticing aroma.

"Spicy rabbit head, braised rabbit meat. Here are the two of you's dishes." With a warm smile on his face, the waiter gently placed the two dishes in front of Jiang Feng and Jiang Xinran.

"Hurry and try some." Jiang Feng took out a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Jiang Xinran, then picked up a pair himself and picked up a piece of braised rabbit meat.

"Mm, it's quite good." Jiang Xinran took a bite, and her eyes immediately widened as a smile appeared on her face.

"Of course it's good. This is a Softbone Rabbit, a very rare kind of Magical Beast. Although it has almost no combat power, when it comes to the tenderness and richness of the meat, absolutely no soul beast can compare to a Softbone Rabbit."

Jiang Feng continued, "Moreover, the higher the level of the Softbone Rabbit, the more delicious it is. The one we're eating is only a Level Two Magical Beast. Originally, I wanted to raise it for a while to see, but I couldn't help myself and still wanted to taste something fresh."

"A Softbone Rabbit-I've heard my father mention it. It truly is a very precious ingredient that is usually impossible to see. Although my family's financial situation is good, I've never eaten it either," Jiang Xinran said.

"Of course it's rare. This Softbone Rabbit has no combat power and finds it very difficult to survive in the Magical Beast Forest. Coupled with the fact that humans love to eat them, thousands of years of this have almost hunted the Softbone Rabbits to extinction," Jiang Feng explained.

"Then how did you get this Softbone Rabbit?" Jiang Xinran asked with some confusion.

Jiang Feng chuckled and said, "My opponent in the match today was a very unreliable Summoner."

"That girl can use the Gate of Life, which can only be released by an eighth-tier Spirit Emperor. The reason I say she's unreliable is because the Magical Beasts summoned by the Gate of Life she releases are random and out of control—she might summon a Level Eight Green Dragon, or she might summon this: a Level Two Softbone Rabbit."

"There's a Summoner like that, and she even entered the Final Round?" Jiang Xinran's chopsticks didn't stop as she asked in surprise.

"Good luck, you see. In the first match of the Preliminary Round, she directly summoned a Level Eight Green Dragon, scaring her opponent into forfeiting without even fighting. The opponents she met afterward decisively conceded, and then she entered the Final Round," Jiang Feng explained.

"You can do that too!" Jiang Xinran was somewhat surprised, her chopsticks still not stopping.

Only after Jiang Feng finished speaking did he notice that more than half of the two dishes on the table had already been finished, and he hurriedly shouted, "Hey, your speed is so fast; you didn't leave any for me."

"Hehe, it's quite delicious. I just couldn't stop." Jiang Xinran took out a tissue to wipe the corners of her mouth and laughed sheepishly.

"The rest of these are mine." Jiang Feng moved the two plates in front of himself, holding chopsticks in one hand and blocking with the other.

Seeing Jiang Feng act this way, Jiang Xinran's eyes widened directly and she froze.

"You-you are amazing." Jiang Xinran was so angry she was speechless.

Normally if she didn't eat, she didn't eat and it was no big deal, but seeing Jiang Feng act like this just made her blood boil.

She turned her head away, too angry to pay any attention to Jiang Feng.

"Haha, look at you looking like a wronged little wife. I was joking." Jiang Feng laughed heartily and pushed the two plates in front of him back toward Jiang Xinran.

"I'm not eating. I have no appetite." Jiang Xinran was still angry.

"There are a lot of people here, you know. If you don't eat, I'll feed you, so don't be shy when the time comes." Jiang Feng leaned in a little closer.

"You little scoundrel." Jiang Xinran gave him a sideways glance, picked up her chopsticks, and continued to eat in small bites.

"That's more like it." Jiang Feng smiled.

Jiang Xinran cast a reproachful look at him. "I remember you weren't like this before."

"Like what?" Jiang Feng asked.

"Before, you would never pull these little tricks on me." A slight flush crept onto Jiang Xinran's pretty face.

"If you like it, I'll pull more little tricks from now on," Jiang Feng said happily.

"Get lost. Who wants you to be like this?" Jiang Xinran's ears turned red as she put down her chopsticks and quickly stood up.

"I'm full, I'm heading back first." Jiang Xinran left with hurried footsteps.

Jiang Feng watched Jiang Xinran's figure disappear, then turned to face the small bit of rabbit meat left over. He suddenly chuckled and said, "These are all mine."

After eating the rabbit meat, Jiang Feng ate some other food as well, and only then did he return to his room to rest with satisfaction.

The taste of the Softbone Rabbit was truly beyond reproach; he wanted a second meal the moment he finished the first.

It was just that it would be hard to encounter one again next time, seeing as Chen Ying'er was truly unreliable.

The next day, Jiang Xinran recovered her usual demeanor, ate breakfast with Jiang Feng, and then headed to their respective Trial Arenas for their matches.

Today would mark the fifth round of the Round-Robin Tournament, meaning the round-robin stage was roughly halfway through.

Jiang Feng arrived at the Trial Arena, greeted a few people he knew, and then sat down to quietly wait for the matches to begin.

However, when the referee called out the match roster, Jiang Feng and Lin Xin froze at the same time.

"First match of the fifth round of the Round-Robin Tournament: Jiang Feng versus Lin Xin. Take the stage."

Jiang Feng and Lin Xin exchanged a glance, seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes. Although they both knew they would run into each other sooner or later, Lin Xin had always been looking forward to Sima Xian meeting Jiang Feng and getting beaten to a pulp, but he hadn't expected to run into him first.

Jiang Feng stood up and walked toward the Trial Arena.