Chapter 36
“Master, while you may have already emptied its blood, this thing’s body is highly nourishing if cooked well.” Lu Zhishen pointed to the dead monster. “We should carry it back and make a dish for our comrades. That will help with their training at the beginning.”
In ancient stories, only rich people were able to go down the path of martial arts because they needed a lot of supplements and nourishment to satisfy their bodily needs. A simple way for doing this was to consume high-quality food.
In regular conditions, the occasional beasts around a mountain settlement were not enough to support hundreds of warriors. But here, it was possible to find enough monsters for this purpose. And it wasn’t like the entire clan needed them; at this moment, only a small portion of the population was able to actually follow Lu Zhishen’s training. The Mandrill would surely keep a lot of people going for a long time, as long as they knew how to preserve it.
The settlers could have already eaten the Black Serpent to get a head start in their early stage of training. But they were soon discouraged when they thought that the serpent had also devoured some of their friends.
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“Wait a moment, chief.” Ji Ye shook his head and pointed to a certain direction. “I just noticed something. The ape was escaping down this way as if it knew where to go… All these trees in the way weren’t enough to make it turn. I believe powerful monsters like this one tend to build nests in their territories where they keep food or interesting objects they found. Perhaps we should try searching for them?”
Ji Ye said that since he had read enough stories containing such a plot. It was very likely in this case, like discovering a “treasure chest” after defeating a boss.
Lu Zhishen agreed without much of a thought. That made a lot of sense.
As for how to find this monster’s nest, it wouldn’t be so difficult with Ji Ye’s survivalist expertise.
“Here.”
“I guess that’s where the monster found so much blood,” Lu Zhishen looked around the area and saw piles of bodies scattered about. Wolves, boars and leopards that were way bigger than common sense dictated… None of them seemed to be part of the common wildlife.
Apparently, the Mandrill did this to help the tree grow. It might have even used its own blood in the process.
“The ape was smart. Thank goodness it wasn’t too smart,” Ji Ye commented.
The incident had reminded him not to regard high-rank monsters as common beasts again.
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“Two of them look good to eat. Chief Lu, let’s each have one.” Ji Ye picked two fruits from the tree and handed one over. They looked almost like drops of fresh blood.
The rotten corpses nearby had truly ruined his appetite, though he wasn’t going to reject such an obviously valuable item merely for this reason. Besides, eating thoroughly-cooked rotten meat was one of the essential tricks of a survivalist. Those fruits sure looked better compared to that.