Jiayin first found a spacious stone by the pool and placed a fire plate, a magic weapon used for alchemy. It was also suitable for cooking and barbecue.

This is what I use when I'm stationed. I don't have to collect firewood or burn it with smoke. It's clean and convenient.

Jiayin carried the chirping bird to the waterside to clean it up, while Tingtong looked at the fire plate and condiments, saving the attention of those who were ready to move next to it.

Jin Yuanbao walked around to see if there were any varieties he wanted to eat.

However, Jiayin told Jin Yuanbao not to let it hunt near the waterhole, otherwise the monsters would run around and not be able to eat well. If you want to hunt, go far away.

It can be said that there are monsters everywhere in this valley. Most of the ones staying here at the water pool are larger and more ferocious, while the docile and small ones are all drinking water by the stream.

Jiayin was plucking the bird's feathers when a beast that looked like a cow and a horse came slowly over.

First, he snorted tentatively. Seeing that the two-legged beast in front of him showed no reaction, he opened his big mouth and headed towards the bird.

Jiayin didn't even raise her head, and slapped the bird into the water. Even though it was ugly, it still had such a bad mouth, and it actually wanted to steal her bird!

The monster that was fanned into the water did not come out of the water for a long time. There was a monster next to it that was also about to move. Seeing that Jiayin had easily pushed the guy several times bigger than himself into the water, he subconsciously stepped back.

Retreat.

Regardless of their reactions, Jiayin lowered her head and continued the movements in her hands.

Jin Yuanbao heard the sound and ran over and asked worriedly: "Boss, what's going on? What was the sound just now? Are you okay?"

I just heard a big "bang". I don't know what hit the water. Could it be a rock from the mountain that fell into the water?

You must know that there is a waterfall not far away. The sound of the flowing water is very loud, but it does not cover up the sound. It can be seen that the size of the fall is huge.

Jiayin shook his head and replied: "He was just a stinky guy who didn't want his life. He wanted to steal our dinner, so I slapped him into the water."

Jin Yuanbao was stunned, "It turns out it was the boss who did it, then it'll be fine."

He looked at the calm surface of the pool and asked, "Boss, is it a monster in the water?"

Jiayin thought for a moment and shook her head, "They probably don't live in the water."

Then he looked up, pointed at the other end that was exactly the same and said, "Hey, that's it. It looks like a cow and a horse, and is as fat as a ball."

Jin Yuanbao looked at the monster and tilted his head, "Boss, I found that none of us seem to recognize the monsters here. They are all not found outside."

"Yeah, I think so too. I don't know if it's unique to this secret realm, or if ordinary monsters have mutated." Jiayin nodded in agreement.

Jin Yuanbao stopped wandering around and simply squatted aside to watch Jiayin clean up the birds, while chatting with her.

However, Jin Yuanbao would look at the water surface every now and then, and until all the birds were gone, there was no movement on the water surface.

Finally, he couldn't help but said: "Boss, you won't slap it to death, will you? How about I go down and fish it out? We will also have food for tomorrow morning."

Jiayin thought about her strength. She shouldn't have used it. Otherwise, she wouldn't have fallen into the water, but would have flown out.

Is there something strange under the water?

He stopped Jin Yuanbao from jumping into the water and said, "Don't jump into the water rashly. I'll investigate first to see what's in the water."

My consciousness reached the bottom of the water, thinking that the monster might be unconscious, but I found that there was no figure of the monster in the water, and it had disappeared out of thin air!

I continued to use my spiritual sense to explore downwards, and found that there was no bottom under the water. Instead, there was a big hole under the rock where they were!

The entrance to the cave was irregular and very deep. A larger hole was found about ten feet away!

There were many living creatures in the water inside. Jiayin used his spiritual consciousness to look at them one by one. He saw a monster beast that looked like a big gecko, with its body covered with scales and spikes. It was closing its eyes to rest.

There is also a monster with a snake-like head, a short and thick body, and fish fins on its body.

Swim around in the cave.

The one closest to the entrance of the cave is a huge clam. Its shell opens and closes, as if it is chewing something.

Could it be that the monster beast was eaten by it just now? How did it get the monster beast into the hole?

Thinking in his mind, he directly used his spiritual consciousness to get the clam out.

With a bang, it was thrown on the stone ground by the water. The clam couldn't react for a moment, and its shell was still half open.

Sure enough, inside the clam shell, I saw a hoof of the monster beast, as well as tooth-like spikes on the clam shell.

Unexpectedly, this river mussel also eats monsters, and even eats them whole!

Jiayin asked Qingzhu to transmit messages to the river clam and ask it how it got the monster into the hole.

If Jiayin asked him in person, he would be afraid of inadvertently enlightening the other party and destroying the balance here.

After all, the monsters here are all ignorant and just rely on instinct to survive.

It doesn't mean that monsters that don't have wisdom are stupid. Just like the wild animals in the forests of the mortal world, even if they don't have wisdom, they still have their own way of survival. They know how to drive good luck and avoid evil, and they are very sensitive to danger.

After a while, Qingzhu said to Jiayin: "As soon as it senses that a monster has fallen into the water, it will open its clam shell, and the other two will go out of the cave. One is responsible for stunning the opponent, and the other is responsible for dragging it into the hole.

When they get to the hole, they will eat the tender parts of the meat, and the rest belongs to this clam."

Jiayin raised his eyebrows, they eat like this, they seem to be quite cooperative!

I don’t know how many years this clam has been here.

Jiayin guessed it right. The clam didn't know how many years it had lived at the bottom of the pond.

Ever since it became conscious, it has been at the bottom of the water and began to feed on fish and shrimps at the bottom. Later, all the fish and shrimps were eaten.

He just ate some monsters in the water, and now he and two others are the only ones left at the bottom of the pond that he can't eat.

One of the two has scales and spikes that cannot be put into the mouth, but one has the power of thunder and lightning, and his mouth is numb when he touches it, so they can coexist peacefully.

They are currently feeding on some land monsters that have fallen into the pool.

This pool is not small, but there are also many monsters who come to drink water. Sometimes there is not enough drinking water, and they will fight among themselves.

Where there is competition, there is fighting, and where there are winners, there are losers. The losers are often forced into the water, which makes it easier for the three underwater animals.

"Qingzhu, ask if it has pearls?"

A clam this big is almost as big as a house. If there are pearls inside, how big would it be?

After a while, Qingzhu replied: "It said it didn't know what a pearl was, and I guess it didn't even know if there were any."

Jiayin thinks about it. It can't see inside, so how can it know what's in its body?

So I directly probed into the river clam with my spiritual consciousness, and found three giant pearls about the same size as a wooden basin in the clam meat below it!

The surface actually exuded a golden light! I liked this good news so much that I took out the pearl without saying a word.

The river clam moved as if it was relieved, and then chewed faster.

Pearls are good-looking, but for clams they are pathological changes.

Think about the fact that you have a few hard beads inside your body, and they will grow bigger and bigger. It’s not surprising that it’s not uncomfortable.

Seeing that Jiayin did not take its life, the river clam helped it take away a few hard beads in the flesh. It was very happy and spit out the half of the beast's leg that it was chewing, preparing to give it to Jianyin as a thank you gift.

Good news: No need!

Now that I had solved my puzzle and obtained three big pearls, I put the river clam and the monster leg back into the water.

After that, Jiayin and the others returned to Tongtong's place with the packed Qiangqiang birds, and the surrounding monsters did not come to provoke them again.

After that, there was no need for Jiayin to do anything. The three little birds divided their labors and cooperated. The bird was ready to eat barbecue.

Fortunately, the size of the magical fire plate can be changed, otherwise a bird as tall as a person would not be able to be roasted.

The green bamboo transforms the magic weapon

Changing it into a long bar shape, Jin Yuanbao put a stand on it, which can be rotated, so that it can be baked on it and heated evenly.

Tongtong was responsible for brushing the sauce and seasonings on it, while Jiayin took out the table and chairs and sat aside, drinking tea and eating fruit, waiting.

"Turn down the heat, otherwise it will burn if it's too big!" Tongtong said to Qingzhu.

"You turned it too fast. You turned it over before I finished brushing the sauce. I brushed it twice!" He shouted to Jin Yuanbao again.

"Your movements are too slow. You are still at level eight, and you can't keep up with me, who is at level five..."

Jin Yuanbao's movements slowed down, and he still said a few words.

Tongtong rolled her eyes at Jin Yuanbao and was too lazy to argue with it, otherwise she would be the one who would be pissed off.

Fortunately, this fire plate can change the size of the fire at any time, so you don't have to worry about it being burned, and the aroma will gradually come out.

The huge bird was roasted to a golden color and was sizzling with oil. The sauces brushed on it and the barbecue powder sprinkled on it were baked into the meat, giving it a rich and overbearing flavor.

The monsters lying on the ground next to them started to get restless again, mainly because the smell was so fragrant that they couldn't control their legs at all.

Look over first, then slowly move this way to test, they are still a little afraid of the good news.

The slap before, slapping the monsters into the water was very intimidating, and the big clam shell that appeared and disappeared out of thin air later made those monsters only dare to watch from the sidelines, and no longer dare to take action.

Just like now, although they moved slowly, they did not dare to get too close, and finally formed a large semicircle.

There was a distance in the middle, surrounding Jiayin and the others, and the other side of the pool was empty.

Jiayin and others glanced at them and ignored these monsters. As long as they didn't come to snatch them, Jiayin wouldn't be too lazy to take action and would be busy grilling meat after all.

After it was baked, they ate some quickly. Jiayin and the three little ones felt a little hungry.

After about another quarter of an hour, the meat was finally roasted. Qingzhu extinguished the fire plate, and Jiayin took out a boning knife and began to divide the meat.
To be continued...