Qian Qi raised his hand to grab the slender fish from his mouth, his voice finally clear, "This isn’t a Magic Beast."
It’s an ordinary fish from the instance. Although it looks different from the fish in this world, it can be eaten.
The surface of this river is pitch-black, making it impossible to see anything. You need to stick your head down to see the faintly glowing Little Silver Fish inside.
She originally intended to catch it with her hand, but when a Little Fish swam past her mouth, she decided it was easier to chomp it with her teeth.
"See, these fish don’t even attack." Qian Qi laughed, showing the Little Silver Fish to Han Li.
Han Li looked at the shiny Little Fish. Indeed, the Little Silver Fish was lively and had no attack power. However, he wasn’t sure if this thing could be eaten since the instance strategy didn’t mention such creatures...
Han Li was about to ask how she was sure the Silver Fish was edible when he looked up and saw Qian Qi’s grinning, twisted face, almost frightening him into a heart attack. "Q-Q-Qian—"
Qian Qi, why are you smiling at me so terrifyingly? You, you, you—
Wait, why does this face look so familiar?!
Qian Qi realized she had just removed her mask when she went into the water, quickly stowing away her expression, and said blankly, "Han Li, could you help me put my mask back on?"
Han Li, shivering, picked up the mask from the ground and put it on Qian Qi’s face.
He remembered he had seen on the forum that Qi Qian looks just like that famous Qian Qi!
Qi Qian... Qian Qi...
Qi Qian is actually Qian Qi!
But isn’t Qian Qi a student of the Magic Plant Department! How can she be taking the instance exam!
Han Li really wanted to ask but remembered Qian Qi’s terrifying face just now and silently swallowed his question, deciding to act as if he knew nothing.
Sometimes, playing dumb is the wisest choice...
Qian Qi, holding the lively fish, returned to the campfire, placed the slender fish on a sack, and then "swoosh" disappeared.
Han Li, Zhang Yun, and Xu Jinghong, each holding a pack of self-heating rice, squatted in front of the sack, watching the struggling Little Fish seeking survival.
Zhang Yun: "Poor Little Fish."
Xu Jinghong: "Hmm, why are there bite marks on this one?"
Han Li: "Qian... Qi Qian bit it."
Zhang Yun: "Well, at least his teeth are well-aligned."
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After a while, little Qian with well-aligned teeth came back with a bowl-shaped stone in hand, didn’t even need a knife, and directly used his claws to tear the bite-marked Little Fish in half.
Zhang Yun, Han Li: Hiss—
These Little Silver Fish have no blood. Qian Qi removed the bones and skin and threw it into the small stone bowl, bumpy inside; it seemed newly carved by a novice.
As for how this bowl was made?
The system, holding the corners of its panel nearby, couldn’t stand it and knocked on the back of Qian Qi’s head again.
For goodness’ sake, had I known this, I wouldn’t have told her there were edible fish in the river!
"Ouch." Qian Qi rubbed her head, too guilty to pay the system any heed. She placed the stone bowl on the fire, and as the temperature spread, the Little Silver Fish gradually released pale yellow fish oil, emitting a faint fishy aroma. Qian Qi picked up a cup of water and poured it in, then took a small medicine bag from her pocket and sprinkled a little inside.
Han Li, watching curiously, asked, "Q-Qi Qian, why are you adding Magic Potion?"
Qian Qi: "That’s not a Magic Potion; it’s table salt."
Han Li tasted it, and sure enough, it was extremely salty—table salt.
"And that..." Han Li pointed at another medicine bag, shocked, "Isn’t that white sugar?!"
"As expected of Commander Han! You’re so smart!" Qian Qi gave a thumbs up, "Even the security didn’t catch it, but you figured it out!"
If you mix it in a medicine bag, of course, the security won’t catch it! And who else would bring condiments into the campus instance!!!
The fish soup quickly heated up to a boil, the milky rich fish soup exuded a light, pleasing aroma of meat, faint small yellow oil circles floated on the surface of the white soup, leisurely spinning like fish. Two halves of tender Little Silver Fish meat peeked out, if only a bit of green onion were added, the appearance would be almost perfect.
This made the few eating self-heating meals slightly envious, but cooking fish soup required water, and they weren’t willing to use their precious mineral water for fish soup, which seemed a bit extravagant.
Qian Qi lifted the mask edge, blew a few breaths, took a couple of sips of the fish soup, and the taste was pretty good, very fresh and hot entering the stomach, making her feel energized all over.
This scene, which Fan Jinghai witnessed right after watching other students’ performances and switching back to see Sheng Qing’s situation, nearly took his breath away.
This so-called Qi Qian, how can he have no sense of safety at all!
Although some experienced Awakeners might know what in the instance is edible, this group of novice rookies who just entered the instance, how dare they casually eat anything from the instance!
Even outside the instance, in the wild, you can’t just eat fish casually like that!!!
"Invigilator! Invigilator!" Fan Jinghai was so angry that he started shouting again, "Record him for me; it’s driving me mad! What kind of fool would be stupid enough to eat randomly in an instance! Not afraid of poisoning?!"
Fan Jinghai had just finished speaking when he saw Qian Qi offering the fish soup to Sheng Qing, kindly asking, "Sheng, would you like some? It’s good for your health."
Sheng Qing lowered her gaze to the fish soup in front of her, the hot mist steaming over her icy cool eyes, melting them into a layer of winter water, she blinked her eyelashes, gazing at the fish soup in silence.
Fan Jinghai got even angrier, "This is harming a classmate! He thinks my student would be as foolish as he is!"
Fan Jinghai had just finished speaking when he saw Sheng Qing accepting the bowl of fish soup, her sakura pink lips gently sipping the hot fish soup.
The principal chuckled, internally overjoyed, "Dean Fan, why aren’t you continuing to scold?"
What’s going on here? What the hell is going on! Why would Sheng Qing actually take the fish soup? This kid is usually very cold to outsiders, and difficult to make friends with. Why would she share a bowl of fish soup with someone else?
Especially when that someone else is a newly acquainted male classmate!
Fan Jinghai felt very distressed, a distress not unlike seeing his precious little granddaughter being porked by a pig, and it’s a wild boar at that!!!
Even Xi Mingde is at least a Guardian Beast Master, with looks, wealth, and status. But what does this Qi Qian have?
A 1.65m height that’s shorter than Sheng Qing’s height? Or a thin and weak build that’s like a skinny dog, not presentable at all? Or perhaps the largest pig-headed brain inside the whole instance?!
Fan Jinghai felt utterly hopeless, a hopelessness a hundred times more than when Qian Qi beat the Skill Department’s student a month ago!!!