Recaps

Xie Juanhan helped Telingewei seed a rope with magic oyster larvae, then taught him and the Companion Beasts to swim. When a magic squid that had been stealing Telingewei’s oysters captured one of the little ones, Xie Juanhan transformed into a white dragon and rescued it.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei lowered a long rope into the sea for magic oyster larvae to settle on, and Xie Juanhan used Dragon Power to speed up the process.
• Xie Juanhan played with the Companion Beasts and taught Telingewei and the little ones how to swim.
• A wave swept two Companion Beasts away, but Telingewei caught them before they were carried off.
• A pale red tentacle lured in and seized one of the Companion Beasts, prompting Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to rush to help.
• Xie Juanhan transformed into a white dragon, severed the magic squid’s tentacles, and lifted the captured Companion Beast to safety.

Xie Juanhan killed a Demonic Squid, collected its three Demonic Cores, and cooked its meat for Telingewei and the Companion Beasts. As they ate, Telingewei revealed that rice could sometimes be obtained at Teme Port and that he had once disguised himself as a knight to join adventurer parties.

• Xie Juanhan pursued the fleeing Demonic Squid, killed it, and recovered one Primary and two Auxiliary Demonic Cores.
• Telingewei carried Xie Juanhan, the Companion Beasts, and the squid meat back to their campsite, where he cooked the meat until the little ones struggled to chew it.
• Xie Juanhan cooked a quick stir-fry of Demonic Squid meat, which the Companion Beasts and Telingewei enjoyed.
• Xie Juanhan wished he had rice to eat with the dish, and Telingewei told him rice was sometimes available through the Adventurers' Association at Teme Port.
• Telingewei told Xie Juanhan that he had once disguised himself as a knight and joined adventurer parties, but found their employers' demands unreasonable.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei raised Demonic Oysters on a rope at the meeting point of ocean currents. After noticing the currents carried debris, Xie Juanhan realized they might also gather magic cores and set off with Telingewei and the little ones to follow them.

• Xie Juanhan woke beside the little ones on Telingewei’s dragon form, and they watched the sunrise together.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei thinned the crowded Demonic Oyster spat on their rope and tied it to a reef where ocean currents met.
• While tying the rope underwater, Xie Juanhan noticed the Demonic Squid skin drifting with the currents and realized they could carry other things, including magic cores.
• Xie Juanhan turned into a white dragon, gathered the little ones and Telingewei, and urged them to chase the currents.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took the Companion Beasts out to sea, where they found a cape with a seabed rich in naturally drifted magic cores. After a day of searching, they agreed that Xie Juanhan would keep the magic cores while Telingewei took the whale oil.

• Xie Juanhan rode the white dragon across the sea with Telingewei and the Companion Beasts, letting them dive and play in the water.
• Xie Juanhan brought them to a sheltered cape where the currents had deposited debris and magic cores on the seabed.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei searched the silt while the Companion Beasts struggled to dive, then played with magic cores Xie Juanhan gave them.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei searched through sunset and collected six level-four cores, nineteen level-three cores, and many level-one and level-two cores.
• Telingewei offered Xie Juanhan the magic cores in exchange for taking the whale oil, and Xie Juanhan accepted.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei gathered sea silt and returned to the Magic Forest, where Xie Juanhan began desalinating it for fertilizer. After trading damaged magic cores for six level-four cores, Xie Juanhan went with Telingewei to buy rice, but the only local seller told them it had sprouted and been fed to his horse.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei filled seven sacks with seabed silt and flew back to the Magic Forest with the little Companion Beasts and whale oil.
• Xie Juanhan soaked the silt in the river to desalinate it while he and Telingewei took the little ones to Teme Port.
• Telingewei traded Xie Juanhan's damaged magic cores for six level-four cores, bringing Xie Juanhan's total to seven.
• Xie Juanhan treated Telingewei and the little ones to lunch, then followed him to a trading house to buy rice.
• The fat shopkeeper told Xie Juanhan and Telingewei that the rice had sprouted after a broken protective array and that his horse, Little Sally, was eating it.

Xie Juanhan bought sprouted rice seed and began preparing a paddy beside the hot spring, where he spotted a fleeing dwarf. After contacting the dwarves to build three houses, he discovered Resentment Moss on them and used Dragon Power to make it wither, prompting them to praise him as a benefactor.

• Xie Juanhan bought a bag of sprouted rice seed from the fat shopkeeper after the Companion Beasts stopped the horse from biting him.
• Xie Juanhan cleared a plot by the hot spring, raised rice seedlings, and prepared a water-filled field by hand.
• Xie Juanhan noticed a dwarf flee across the river, then asked Orfrey how the dwarves had learned he planned to build a house.
• Xie Juanhan contacted the dwarves through Arnold and negotiated with three visiting dwarves over the cost of building three houses.
• Xie Juanhan identified Resentment Moss on the dwarves and used Dragon Power to make it complete its life cycle and wither.
• The dwarves mistook Xie Juanhan's action for purification or a blessing and thanked him for removing their odor.

Xie Juanhan helped the dwarves remove their Resentment Moss, then agreed to let them build his house on the riverbank. The dwarves began construction, while Xie Juanhan tended his rice paddy and hunted.

• Three dwarves paid Xie Juanhan in gold coins to remove their Resentment Moss, and he warned them it could grow back.
• Several hundred dwarves arrived the next morning, and Xie Juanhan removed their Resentment Moss before burning the discarded moss to prevent its spores from spreading.
• Xie Juanhan told Telingewei that he had contracted with the dwarves to build his house and asked permission for them to enter the Magic Forest; Telingewei agreed and offered to lend him magic cores if needed.
• The dwarves began building Xie Juanhan's house, digging a foundation pit and laying gravel and protective rune stones.
• Xie Juanhan inspected the construction, tended his rice paddy, and went hunting before hearing the dwarves sing as they ate lunch.

Xie Juanhan learned about underground mushrooms and received a magical mushroom field guide that Telingewei had bought for him, so he suggested they go picking together. As they set out with the Companion Beasts, the eager little ones rushed them along, and Telingewei asked whether they actually liked playing with him.

• Xie Juanhan helped the dwarves remove magical mushroom spores and warned them to avoid breathing spores into their lungs.
• While gathering Budemi Tree seeds, Xie Juanhan discussed underground mushrooms with Telingewei and shared stories about mushrooms from his hometown.
• Telingewei bought Xie Juanhan a magical mushroom guide, which included three-dimensional images and scents compiled by forest fairies.
• Xie Juanhan suggested that he and Telingewei take the Companion Beasts underground to pick mushrooms, and the little ones eagerly agreed.
• As the group walked through the Magic Forest, the Companion Beasts hurried Xie Juanhan and Telingewei along, prompting Telingewei to ask whether they liked playing with him.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei entered a sinkhole in the Magic Forest to gather mushrooms, with the little Companion Beasts accompanying them. After discovering mushrooms growing on the little ones, they harvested those and edible Alyxia Mushrooms before finding poisonous glowing mushrooms to sell.

• Telingewei led Xie Juanhan and the little ones to a sinkhole, and the group descended into the lava caves with torches.
• The little ones found magic mushrooms ahead, and Telingewei read one Companion Beast's memories to learn about them.
• Xie Juanhan discovered Alyxia Mushrooms growing on the Companion Beasts, and he and Telingewei picked them into their basket.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found a patch of Alyxia Mushrooms and gathered more than half a basketful.
• The group found glowing poisonous mushrooms that they could sell to a potion maker.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei searched the underground caves for Alf Mushrooms, which could improve saline-alkali soil, and found a thriving patch guarded by goblins. The goblins attacked and cursed them for trespassing, and Telingewei restrained Xie Juanhan as he grew angry.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei gathered many kinds of mushrooms while the little ones grew tired, and Xie Juanhan explained that he wanted Alf Mushrooms to treat the silt they had brought back.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei cooked mushroom and meat broth in a cave, where Telingewei told Xie Juanhan and the little ones about underground creatures.
• Xie Juanhan proposed searching for saline-alkali soil, and the little ones led the group to a thriving patch of Alf Mushrooms.
• Several goblins appeared, threw dirt clods at the group, and accused them of stealing mushrooms from their fenced mound.
• Xie Juanhan defended Telingewei’s restrictions on the Magic Forest, but the goblins continued cursing them, and Telingewei held Xie Juanhan back as he prepared to retaliate.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei collected spores from escaping Alf Mushrooms and started cultivating them in a protected grove. Later, Xie Juanhan approved the nearly finished house plans, and the dwarves prepared to install its windows.

• Xie Juanhan secretly sent the Companion Beasts to beat up the goblins, and Telingewei's whistle scared the goblins into fleeing.
• Alf Mushrooms sprouted legs, escaped through a gap in the goblins' fence, and left spores behind.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei gathered the spores and prepared silt for growing mushrooms in a cool, damp grove.
• Telingewei made a magic circle around the mushroom bed, and Xie Juanhan set traps to stop the goblins stealing from it.
• After more than half a month of construction, Xie Juanhan approved the house plans, and the dwarf foreman said the dwarves would install the windows the next day.
• The dwarves packed their tools, left the forest, and began singing as they walked.

Xie Juanhan watched Dragon Companion Beasts secretly deliver pots to his unfinished house, then discovered Telingewei had come to replace them with custom-made mithril pots. He thanked Telingewei and the little creatures and promised to invite them for a meal once the house was finished.

• Xie Juanhan admired his newly built stone house but returned to his temporary shelter because the house was still unfinished.
• Xie Juanhan woke at night and watched Dragon Companion Beasts carry two golden pots into the kitchen and fit them into the stove openings.
• Telingewei arrived with two pots and replaced the golden ones with custom-made mithril pots while Xie Juanhan watched from the roof.
• The Companion Beasts confronted Telingewei, and they all began fighting until Telingewei spotted Xie Juanhan hovering nearby.
• Telingewei explained that he had replaced the unsuitable golden pots with mithril ones, and Xie Juanhan thanked him and the Companion Beasts and promised them a meal.

Xie Juanhan celebrated moving into his new house with friends, while the Dragon Companion Beasts worried they had no housewarming gift. They picked berries and, with Telingewei’s help, made candied fruit for Xie Juanhan; after learning the berries were only in season for ten days, he went to find Telingewei’s golden rune tablet.

• Xie Juanhan welcomed his friends into his new house, where the dwarves showed off their handiwork and guests admired the rooms.
• The Dragon Companion Beasts felt glum because Telingewei had taken back their golden pot, leaving them without a housewarming gift.
• The little ones brought Xie Juanhan flowering berry branches, and Telingewei teased them that the berries would spoil quickly.
• The little ones made Telingewei bake their berries into candied fruit, then delivered a golden jar of it to Xie Juanhan.
• Xie Juanhan learned the berries were in season for only ten days, so he went to find the golden rune tablet Telingewei had given him.

Xie Juanhan invited Telingewei and the Companion Beasts to pick Yuri Berries, using Dragon Power to ripen the patch so everyone could gather plenty. The next evening, he served them homemade ice cream topped with wine-soaked berries, and Telingewei and the little ones enjoyed it.

• Xie Juanhan invited Telingewei and the little ones to pick Yuri Berries, and they found the Weaving Fairies already gathering fruit.
• Xie Juanhan released Dragon Power across the berry patch, rapidly ripening the remaining berries for everyone to pick.
• The Weaving Fairies thanked Xie Juanhan for the berries and left, while Xie Juanhan invited Telingewei and the Companion Beasts to try ice cream the next day.
• Xie Juanhan prepared berries in dry white wine and made ice cream with egg yolks, milk, cream, and powdered sugar.
• Telingewei arrived with the Companion Beasts, and Xie Juanhan served ice cream topped with cookie crumbs, nuts, herbs, and wine-soaked Yuri Berries.
• Telingewei told Xie Juanhan the ice cream was delicious as the little ones eagerly ate their servings.

Xie Juanhan refused to give the Companion Beasts more ice cream after they ate too much and got diarrhea, leaving them dejected. When cow's milk became unavailable, Telingewei suggested trying Tata Fish milk and offered to catch some for the little ones.

• Xie Juanhan found the Companion Beasts asleep outside his house, covered them with blankets, and served them a plain dinner instead of ice cream.
• Xie Juanhan told the little ones they could not have ice cream until their stomachs recovered and explained that he could not get milk to make more.
• Telingewei examined the dejected Companion Beasts and refused their request to take them out to milk Tata Fish.
• Xie Juanhan discovered that cows were producing little milk and declined Telingewei's suggestion of goat milk.
• Telingewei offered to get Tata Fish milk, saying he wanted to cheer up Harper and the other Companion Beasts.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei lured Tata Fish to shore with liquor-soaked fish so they could milk them, with Xie Juanhan hoping to use the milk to make double-skin milk. They filled fifteen waterskins before the Tata Fish woke and began spraying water at them.

• Xie Juanhan agreed to help Telingewei make liquor-soaked fish and learned that Tata Fish milk was used to nourish the little Companion Beasts.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei set out the bait and fishing rods while the Companion Beasts gathered on the reef.
• A school of Tata Fish arrived, sprayed the Companion Beasts with water, and then eagerly ate the liquor-soaked fish.
• The Tata Fish grew tipsy and passed out, allowing Xie Juanhan and Telingewei to milk them into fifteen waterskins.
• The Tata Fish began waking while the Companion Beasts threw stones and traded water jets with them, and some Tata Fish turned their spray on Xie Juanhan and Telingewei.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei escaped the Tata Fish, brought their milk home, and made sweet treats for themselves and the Companion Beasts. When the little ones asked for fish-milk ice cream, Telingewei found a butter churn that could make the laborious churning easier, and they prepared to try it.

• Xie Juanhan transformed into a dragon and carried Telingewei out of the Tata Fish’s water jets, while Telingewei and Xie Juanhan drove the fish away by pelting them with stones.
• Telingewei carried Xie Juanhan and the Companion Beasts back to the cabin, where Xie Juanhan boiled and tasted the fish milk, finding it rich, creamy, and sweet.
• Telingewei bathed the Companion Beasts, and Xie Juanhan served them double-skin milk before they begged him to make ice cream.
• Xie Juanhan prepared the fish-milk ice cream base, and Telingewei took over churning when Xie Juanhan’s arm grew sore.
• Telingewei had the Companion Beasts fetch a butter churn given to him by Meiruidisi, and he and Xie Juanhan washed it and poured in the ice cream base.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei let the little ones churn their own ice cream, then Xie Juanhan received lemon seeds from the Weaving Fairies by messenger bird. Later, the Weaving Fairies arrived at his cottage and asked him for help, leaving him curious about their request.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made the little ones pedal the ice cream churn, and the exhausted little ones each received a small serving.
• Xie Juanhan tended his rice field and Alf Mushrooms, then received a letter and fresh lemon seeds from the Weaving Fairies.
• Messenger birds began visiting Xie Juanhan regularly and fought the Companion Beasts in his garden without damaging the plants.
• Xie Juanhan ended the fighting by feeding the birds and Companion Beasts, and Telingewei noticed how peacefully they ate together.
• Luli and the Weaving Fairies arrived riding messenger birds and told Xie Juanhan they had a request for him.

Xie Juanhan realized his treats had made the little messenger birds and Dragon Companion Beasts fat, so he promised to feed them less and turned to cultivating a vegetable garden. As friends and acquaintances arranged to send him seeds from afar, he prepared a resting place for the visiting birds, and a magical owl arrived with a letter.

• The Weaving Fairies asked Xie Juanhan to feed their little messenger birds less because they had grown too fat to fly comfortably.
• Xie Juanhan discovered that the Dragon Companion Beasts were also chubby and decided to cut back on rich foods for both groups.
• Xie Juanhan built up a deep vegetable garden beside his rice paddy, and Orfrey brought him seedlings and seeds.
• Xie Juanhan asked Telingewei to help find good seeds, and the Weaving Fairies and dwarves arranged to send seeds from their friends.
• As little messenger birds arrived with seeds, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei built shelters and other facilities for them by the fence.
• A magical owl flew into Xie Juanhan's courtyard, and he reached out to receive its letter.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei took the little ones to the snowy mountains to gather fragrant wild berries for fruit wine. After tasting the berries, Xie Juanhan decided their aromatic skins made them promising for brewing.

• Xie Juanhan met Orfrey and villagers from Ailan Village, learned where Evelyn honeyberries grew, and sampled the berries they had gathered.
• Xie Juanhan served Telingewei berries, then learned Telingewei rarely picked them and ate them whole without spitting out the seeds.
• Telingewei offered to take Xie Juanhan to the snowy mountains to gather the berries elves used for Elven Holy Wine, and they agreed to go with the little ones.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei flew to the snowy mountains, where they found berries growing near the snow line.
• Xie Juanhan tasted the berries and explained to Telingewei that their richly aromatic skins should make them suitable for wine.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei made berry wine with the little ones, who had sour berries set their teeth on edge after deliberately eating them to get treats. The little ones became fascinated with the fermenting wine, and Xie Juanhan caught them sneaking away from the kitchen after a suspicious noise.

• The little ones’ teeth became sore from tasting sour berries, and Xie Juanhan realized they had done it on purpose to try to get cakes and ice cream.
• Xie Juanhan explained how he would air-dry some berries for a second fermentation, and the little ones cheered up at the promise of tasting the finished wine.
• Xie Juanhan washed and crushed the berries with help from the little ones, then left the mixture to ferment in a covered vat.
• The little ones began visiting in the mornings to watch Xie Juanhan stir the fermenting berry wine.
• While Xie Juanhan read in the study, he heard a noise from the kitchen, warned Harper not to paw at the wine, and watched a group of little ones sneak away.

Xie Juanhan learned that the Companion Beasts had been visiting shy sprites and brought the sprites cake, honey water, and berry wine to request a blessing. After the sprites blessed the wine and played with their friends, Xie Juanhan returned to check the jars.

• Xie Juanhan learned from Telingewei that the little ones might be visiting sprites, who could bless crafted goods and plants.
• Xie Juanhan caught the Companion Beasts checking the wine jars and asked them to arrange for the sprites to bless the berry wine.
• Xie Juanhan baked a cream cake and packed it with honey water, then carried the offerings and two wine jars into the forest with Telingewei and the Companion Beasts.
• The sprites appeared, shared the offerings with the Companion Beasts, and blessed the wine jars with their wands.
• After the sprites vanished, Xie Juanhan and Telingewei came out of hiding and approached the jars as the sleepy Companion Beasts greeted them.

Xie Juanhan and Telingewei joined the Companion Beasts for a visit to the water nymphs’ seasonal lake restaurant. They paid with polished gold coins, and the water nymphs served them spring wine and gave Xie Juanhan a flower wreath.

• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei found that the little sprites’ blessing had improved the berry wine, and Xie Juanhan added Dragon Power to help it ferment.
• The Companion Beasts excitedly told Xie Juanhan about the water nymphs’ lake restaurant and invited him to go with them that evening.
• Telingewei heated and polished gold coins for Xie Juanhan and the Companion Beasts to use as payment.
• That night, Telingewei and the Companion Beasts led Xie Juanhan through the forest to the restaurant on the lake.
• The Companion Beasts and Xie Juanhan paid the water nymphs with gold coins, and the water nymphs brought them spring wine and gave Xie Juanhan a flower wreath.

At a water nymphs’ feast, Xie Juanhan revealed that he preferred men, leaving Telingewei shaken as he realized he could be a potential partner. The two became more reserved with each other, and by July Telingewei was still distracted and asking a Companion Beast why it no longer visited Xie Juanhan as often.

• A water nymph offered Xie Juanhan a wreath as an invitation for sex, and Telingewei explained what it meant.
• Xie Juanhan accepted the wreath but declined the nymph’s invitation, then told Telingewei that he preferred men.
• Telingewei was deeply shaken by the possibility that he could be within Xie Juanhan’s range of potential partners, and he remained distracted through the meal.
• Telingewei absentmindedly used Dragon Flame on the water nymphs’ boat of gold coins, setting it ablaze and blowing it apart; Xie Juanhan rescued the coins with water.
• Xie Juanhan and Telingewei became more reserved with each other, and by July Telingewei asked a Companion Beast why it had stopped visiting Xie Juanhan daily.

Telingewei learned that demonic beasts were damaging Xie Juanhan’s crops and devised a way to help protect them. The next morning, he suggested inviting a Meli Demonic Wolf to guard the fields, and Xie Juanhan showed interest in going to look for one with him.

• Telingewei paid the Companion Beasts to keep Xie Juanhan company, and they reported that demonic beasts and birds were ravaging his fields.
• Xie Juanhan explained to Orfrey that he wanted to protect his crops rather than use them as bait for hunting or raise his prices.
• After hearing the Companion Beasts’ report, Telingewei considered how to keep the demonic beasts away from Xie Juanhan’s fields.
• Telingewei visited Xie Juanhan early the next morning and suggested inviting a Meli Demonic Wolf to live near the fields and defend its territory.
• Xie Juanhan asked whether the wolf might hurt nearby farmers, and Telingewei offered to help arrange a contract.
• The Companion Beasts urged Xie Juanhan to catch a wolf, and when he asked if Telingewei was free to go with him, Telingewei said he was very free.