Chapter 1134

"Yes, Mr. Lin Cheng, because something happened and the whole city is under lockdown now. Vegetables and bread are still sufficient, but meat just can't be bought right now." Aunt Okashi showed a troubled expression — if Lin Cheng demanded meat, she'd really be in a bind.

"That won't do. Qianhui and I can't go without meat at every meal. I have some hunted magical beast meat here. Aunt Okashi, please help me cook it, and whatever's left over, just give it to you all."

Aunt Okashi had just been in a dilemma, because she knew Lin Cheng and Miss Qianhui both loved eating meat, and there was also a battle pet that ate meat. Just when she didn't know what to do, Lin Cheng pulled an entire magical pig's corpse out of his spatial ring — a good two or three hundred jin in weight.

"Mr. Lin, this is way too much. We couldn't eat that much either, and we don't have any tools to preserve it." Aunt Okashi usually liked to take small advantages, but only small ones — such a heavy wild boar bargain, she wouldn't dare take.

"Then what should we do? How about cutting it in half for cooking?" Lin Cheng suggested.

"Just half of this pig should be enough to cover the meat consumption for the next few days." Aunt Okashi roughly estimated and felt it would work.

"Then that's settled — cut half for cooking. Aunt Okashi, help me process this pig first. The innards, hide, fur — none of it, whatever, just do as you see fit."

"Alright, Mr. Lin Cheng." Aunt Okashi's smile returned.

For a guest like Mr. Lin Cheng, the hide and innards and such naturally weren't wanted, but for poor folk like them, even just the innards could be used in cooking, as ingredients.

Mr. Lin Cheng really was a very good person. With no idea when the city lockdown would end, Aunt Okashi decided to waive their lodging fees going forward.

"And there's still one Young Lady?" Aunt Okashi asked, puzzled.

She was probably referring to General Ji Xia.

Indeed, General Ji Xia had been eating with Lin Cheng and the others before, but now she had already been dispatched by Lin Cheng to Yongjicheng to deliver a message.

"General Ji Xia still has things to do. She's already left the city."

"The city was sealed off this morning, wasn't it?" Okashi was somewhat puzzled. "When did Miss Ji Xia leave the city?"

"Last night Ji Xia received a letter from home — it seems her father fell seriously ill, so she rushed back overnight." Lin Cheng casually made up an excuse.

"I see."

Aunt Okashi didn't think too much of it, only feeling it was a pity she couldn't let them taste her cooking — this was carefully prepared, exquisite cuisine.

Honestly, even when she got married back then, she had never made such exquisite cuisine.

"No idea when the lockdown will be lifted either."

Miss Qianhui ate her lunch, mouth beginning to complain — unable to go out shopping, staying home all day, what was the point.

"Bear with it. In no more than two days it'll be lifted."

Once the Yongye Corps arrived, perhaps the public anger below couldn't be suppressed, and the City Lord of Beast Pen City would naturally lift the lockdown.

At first, he had thought some high-ranking official had secretly signaled it, but now it seemed the laboratory and the beastification potions should be related to the City Lord of Beast Pen City. Without his tacit approval, who would dare carry out some unspeakable inhumane experiments inside Beast Pen City?

"Then what do we do now?"

"Go back to the room to cultivate. You've been slacking off a lot lately. You too — break through your bottleneck soon, so I can feel safe." After speaking to Miss Qianhui, Lin Cheng turned his gaze to Xiao Hong.

Xiao Hong was stuck at the peak of sixth-tier. Last time she was clearly close to breaking through, but now supposedly she no longer felt the sensation of breakthrough.

"What is this? Giving up halfway?"

"Relying on spirit pets and women — Lin Cheng, do you even count as a man?" Xiao Hong, ever quick-tongued, pointed straight at Lin Cheng.

Other spirit pet masters were all tall and mighty, their combat power unmatched under heaven — why was it that with her, Lin Cheng needed her to protect him?

"Whether I'm a man or not — want to try it?" Lin Cheng decisively turned a cold gaze toward Xiao Hong.

Xiao Hong instantly fell silent, pretending she didn't understand.

Lin Cheng didn't want it to be like this either, but wasn't there simply no other choice?

Combat really wasn't his forte. Fighting others was even more impossible — probably wouldn't be possible in this lifetime either. It looked like only blacksmithing could keep him fed.

General Ji Xia, face full of emotion, rode her mechanical wolf back to Yongjicheng once more. It hadn't even been three days. After returning to the city, she didn't even acknowledge her comrades' greetings — the Meiyouli Society.

She went straight to the City Lord's residence, requesting an audience with the Corps Commander, saying she had important secret intelligence to report. Lord Xuan Wuji, upon learning the situation, immediately had General Ji Xia brought to see him.