The Angry Beast was so furious at this treatment, his nose was practically crooked.

’Just as I’d expect from beastmen from some backwater tribe. Hmph!’

At noon in the Snow Tiger Tribe, waves of loud sneezes echoed throughout the entire cave. The Beastman and Half beastman Warriors, all with sensitive noses, plugged their nostrils with tufts of animal fur, their eyes watering as they watched the small figure bustling before the large cooking platform.

Wu Yue was quite embarrassed. All she’d wanted to do was stir-fry some seasoning base, yet she had caused such a huge commotion.

She could only shoot apologetic looks toward the Half beastmen and Beastman Warriors huddled in the distance, forcing an awkward laugh as she sped up her work.

She ladled the stir-fried base into a large stone bowl and covered it with a wooden lid.

It was the middle of the great rainy season, and ingredients were hard to come by. These spices weren’t exactly filling food, so it was only natural that the tribe had a small supply.

That was why she stir-fried it all at once for storage; that way, she could just add a little whenever she cooked.

She placed the Beast Oil she’d specifically asked Yuan Lang to set aside into a stone pot to render out the fat. After sprinkling in a little salt, she added the prepared Sharp-toothed Fish.

The aroma of the Beast Oil mingled with the fragrance of the searing fish, and the mouths of the surrounding tribe members instantly began to water.

The tufts of animal fur that had been stuffed into their nostrils were long forgotten. The Beastmen and Half beastmen now stood around the cooking platform with shining eyes, gulping audibly.

Even the Angry Beast, who had sworn he’d never lay eyes on a Sharp-toothed Fish again, had snuck in with his kinsmen. He stood at the back of the crowd, eyes glowing with a green light as he twitched his nose incessantly.

At that moment, a bold thought surfaced in his mind.

’The witch sent us to capture this little female... Could it be because she knew this female could make so many different kinds of delicious food?’

’Oho! So deceitful! Sending us to capture someone without telling us the truth... That witch is really something else.’

Of course, the Angry Beast only dared to ramble on like this in his head. He’d never openly bad-mouth his own witch. If she found out what he was thinking, she’d sic her insects on him in a heartbeat.

The Snow Tiger Witch shot the Snow Tiger Tribe Leader a meaningful look. "Be ready to run later."

The Snow Tiger Tribe Leader’s face wrinkled in a frown. Him, scrambling for food with a bunch of youngsters? How utterly undignified!

Once the fish was seared, Wu Yue poured in some water, added a portion of the seasoning base she’d made earlier, then covered the pot and let it all stew.

The fragrance of the seared fish mingled with the salty, savory, and spicy notes of the seasoning base, instantly creating an aroma the likes of which no one there had ever smelled.

"I... I don’t even know how to describe it."

"I want some..."

These Sharp-toothed Fish were quite large, so Wu Yue let them stew for a while longer. When she felt enough time had passed, she finally lifted the lid, and a strange, wonderful aroma instantly flooded the entire cave.

This caused the surrounding tribe members to drool even more freely. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Wu Yue didn’t immediately distribute the food to the tribe members. Although she knew that this type of fish was edible if its head was removed while it was still alive, the tribe members did not.

She picked up a stone bowl, placed half a fish inside, and was just about to find a beastman from the Scorpion Tribe to be her guinea pig when the Angry Beast himself charged forward.

His face wore the same expression as when he’d taste-tested the Iron Claw Worms. "Let me try it. If the Sharp-toothed Fish is safe to eat, then your tribe can have some."

But the beastmen of the Snow Tiger Tribe had already seen how shameless this outsider was. There was no way they were going to fall for that.

Teng Qian took his hand off his rear, snatched the stone bowl from the Angry Beast, and deftly picked up his chopsticks to stuff a piece of fish into his mouth.

The fish meat was tender and smooth, its salty, savory, and spicy flavor a shock to his taste buds that made his mouth water even more. In a flurry of chopsticks, he devoured the entire half-fish in moments.

His greedy, glowing green eyes then turned to the covered stone pot. "Half a fish is a bit on the small side. I’m not sure I can tell if it’s poisonous or not. Why don’t you give me the other half, just to be safe?"

Only the Angry Beast and Teng Qian were capable of saying something so shameless. The surrounding tribe members instantly shot them looks filled with contempt.

"Don’t give me that nonsense. You finished eating that a while ago. If it were poisonous, you’d already be dead."

Qingcao stepped forward with a cold snort and pointed to a chicken pecking at a piece of fish on the ground. "Besides, Yue already gave a piece to the chicken. It ate it and it’s perfectly fine."

With that, to the astonishment of the surrounding tribe members, she actually pulled a stone bowl out from her Beast Skin Skirt and, grinning cheekily, had Wu Yue fill it with fish for her.