Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Not long after, Gu Ziyu dragged the bear behind him and re-joined them. The bear looked the same as before. Its eyes were still peacefully shut.

Gu Ziyao looked at Gu Ziyu's face and shook her head. Her brother was so naïve. Why did he feel so strongly for a pet?

He picked up an ordinary black bear from the wild and thought it could turn into a demon? How would it be so simple? If so, would there not be demons everywhere by now? Did he think he was an Immortal who could turn animals into demons?

Turning an ordinary animal into a demon required many cultivational resources and a lot of time. It was fine for him to fool around on most days, but now that the expert wanted to eat bear meat, why did he hesitate after being handed such a huge opportunity? What a fool!

Gu Ziyao could not help thinking of the Liu Family and her neck shrunk a little. The Liu Family was now destroyed, all because of their young master! It seemed that she had to keep an eye on her brother!

It was good that the bear was now dead. Cut off his thoughts!

Li Nianfan did not know how many thoughts had gone through Gu Ziyao's head. He took out a bunch of cookware from the System s.p.a.ce, causing a ruckus as he slowly tossed them on the ground.

All kinds of pots and pans laid on the ground, dazzling everyone.

An expert was indeed an expert. He even brought all of these with him! His thinking was indeed way beyond everyone's imaginations. Antic.i.p.ating this was impossible!

“Mr. Li, do you need us to do anything?” Gu Ziyao asked.

Li Nianfan smiled. “I'll make you a dish called the Pearl in the Palm. The paw belongs to the bear, and the Pearl is supposed to be a fish ball, but due to the lack of time, I'll subst.i.tute it with fish instead. Let's call it… Bear Fis.h.!.+”

Gu Ziyao instantly understood the expert's implication. She said to Gu Ziyu, “Ziyu, I remember you have a red carp in the tank that's fully grown. Go and get it right away!”

Gu Ziyu protested, “Sister, all of our fish here are fully grown. We can use any fish. Why'd you pick my fish?”

“Just do as you're told. Why the fuss? Do you think your carp will turn into a dragon? All you do is daydream!” Gu Ziyao's expression darkened as she scoffed at her brother.

“Oh.” Gu Ziyu's face turned sour. He almost cried.

“Right, I remember you have a parrot as well,” Gu Ziyao said. She looked at Li Nianfan expectantly. “Mr. Li, does your dish need a parrot?”

Li Nianfan's lips twitched. “I'm not…sure.”

He could tell that Gu Ziyao was trying to sell her brother out. This was good, though. He should grow up from being spoiled.

“You might need it at some point!” Gu Ziyao's eyes sparkled. She said to Gu Ziyu, “Did you hear that? Kill the parrot as well.”

Gu Ziyu walked away like a dead man as he said in sorrow, “Brothers, I'm sorry for not taking good care of all of you. I'm sorry!”

After a moment of silence, Li Nianfan picked up a knife by the side and made a fancy gesture before walking to the giant black bear.

He did not look elsewhere as his gaze was firmly fixed on its paws. A bear had two beneficial parts—one was its paw. The paw was not only delicious but also very nouris.h.i.+ng and could be used as medicine. The other part was its whip, which was not the most delicious but still very nouris.h.i.+ng.

Li Nianfan's eyes remained calm as he held onto the knife. The knife seemed ordinary, as if it was made of ordinary iron with no glow, no sound of roaring dragons, and not even a pattern. Somehow, everyone felt their hearts skip a beat when they glanced at the knife.

It seemed that anything was merely a dish in front of the knife.

Clas.h.!.+

The knife effortlessly landed on the bear. As if nothing was in the way, the bear paw was easily cut off like tofu.

This bear was merely a wild bear, so its defense was unlike a demon's. What with Li Nianfan's top-notch culinary skills, any animal would appear like a piece of paper in front of Li Nianfan, no matter how huge it was.

Li Nianfan chopped off the right hind paw of the bear. This bear was huge. In addition to a carp, it would be enough.

Since Azure Ville treated him as an important guest, he definitely had to give something back. The best way to do so was to cook them a nice meal.

To improve their friends.h.i.+p, he explained as he was cooking. “Bears like to lick their paws. Therefore, the center of the paw is extremely rich in nutrients and tasty. And because bears lick their right hind paws more than the others, it's particularly fat and more plump compared to its left paw. Hence, the right is always better than the left.”

Swiftly after, Li Nianfan placed the bear paw into the ca.s.serole pot and poured in some Spiritual Water.

Glug! Glug! Glug!

The Spiritual Water poured out from the bottle and into the pot, dazzling his audience. Just by looking at the amount of the Spiritual Water, this meal was definitely worth it!

However, what Li Nianfan said next shocked them thoroughly and made them feel ashamed.

“This is just the first rinse. I'll soak it in here and leave it to boil for a while. Then, I'll repeat this process another three times.”

“Three…three times?” Gu Ziyao asked, trembling. How much Spiritual Water was he going to waste?

Luo s.h.i.+yu and Qin Manyun were slightly less shocked. After all, they had seen how Xiao Bai used the Spiritual Water to wash the Abalone Demon the other day. They had seen more of the world.

Meanwhile, Gu Ziyu came back with the dead parrot and carp. Seeing this, he could not help mumbling with tears in his eyes, “Little bear, did you hear that? You get to bathe in Spiritual Water three times! Who else has this privilege in this Immortal Realm? Bro, I didn't do you wrong after all.”

“Although the bear paw makes a good dish, it wasn't born to be one. If the cooking technique is wrong, the dish will end up inedible. So, to bring out all of its flavors, more effort is needed.”

Li Nianfan smiled at Gu Ziyao. “After rinsing it and boiling it in soup three times, the meat of the bear paw will loosen up and all its flavors will be unleashed.”

Following that, he looked around and frowned. “Is there fire?”

Vroom!

As he spoke, Luo s.h.i.+yu, Qin Manyun, and Gu Ziyao made a gesture in unison. Flames ignited from their paws.

“Sigh, it's so convenient being a cultivator. Not only can you fly, you can even make fire! How admirable!” Li Nianfan said in awe.

The three of them felt their hearts sink a little.

'You admire us?'

'I don't think we can keep talking if you want to say things like this.'

The flame burned under the ca.s.serole pot. Meanwhile, Li Nianfan started prepping other ingredients.

Phew!

'I haven't made such a complicated dish in a long time. Xiao Bai, I really miss you!'