The King of Black Fog

The departure for the year 1928 was on October 28, a Saturday, and October 29 was a Sunday.

With no classes to attend, the trio gathered in the morning and "finally" admired the morning in the "Honey Pot World".

Because they had followed Li Changzhou back to the past, even though it couldn't be opened, more than a month had passed in the "Honey Pot World".

Chicken eggs, duck eggs, and goose eggs that hadn't been collected in time had hatched into chicks, ducklings, and goslings. These little creatures were already chirping and running to the vegetable garden to find food—before leaving, Yang Qinglan had opened the fence to let the livestock roam freely in and out of the garden.

The vegetables in the garden were mostly "trees," very robust, so there was no worry about them being eaten by cattle, sheep, and pigs.

And with abundant and delicious food, they didn't seem to have the intention to cause destruction either.

The rabbits had given birth to another litter... Since entering the "Honey Pot World", this was their second reproduction, yet their numbers were starting to show a trend of becoming a problem. How were they proliferating so easily?

Because they were eating well, sleeping well, the air was good, and there were no natural predators, none of these animals died young; their bodies were all very healthy and they grew rapidly.

Not only that, the dairy cows, which normally are pregnant for the better part of a year, had given birth to calves in just one month.

"Ah," Li Changzhou sighed, "and here I was, making an effort to read up on 'domestic cows', ready to play a temporary doctor."

Yang Qinglan and Li Qianxia couldn't keep their hands off the newborn calves, whose heads slightly resembled those of little deers.

Speaking of which, the real deers in the "forest" were also about to give birth, as were the goats, and the pigs, the problems and pressure were mounting... When would it be a human's turn?

Li Changzhou had been strong from a young age, even swimming competitively against dogs, so he absolutely didn't want to lose in breeding!

"Are you up?" Radish, riding on a butterfly, swooped down from the tree shade.

"Good morning, Radish, little butterfly," Li Qianxia greeted, "do you like it here?"

"I love it here!" Radish spread his arms wide, very happily exclaiming, "There's so much tasty food! The tree sap is also very drinkable! And it's so safe! So safe! Safer than a train!"

"Woo~" Butterfly also seemed very happy.

"Glad you like it, but I didn't let you stay here for free," Li Changzhou said.

"See that?" He pointed at the chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cows, sheep, rabbits, and little deer occupying the vegetable garden. "Drive them back to the fence and then each day, pick an appropriate amount of food for them. That's your job, very simple."

Radish tilted his head: "Everyone is doing well like this, why lock them up?"

Li Changzhou stepped forward, his figure flashing out, and he grabbed a "piglet" by the hand.

A typical piglet could grow about 20-45 pounds in a month, but in the "Honey Pot World", this fellow had already reached nearly 90 pounds in a month, completely missing the chance to eat roasted suckling pig.

Li Changzhou's Emerald Bee Sword sliced through, and pig blood spurted.

"Uh!!!" The pig kicked and convulsed a few times, then died.

"Do you understand now?" Li Changzhou asked Radish.

"Under-understood."

"Uh—" The sow, seeing her piglet killed, charged at Li Changzhou full of rage.

"Noo! Big pig! You'll die!" Radish jumped down from the butterfly's back, pushing the sow backwards with his small, thin arms, "Run, run, don't get eaten!"

Under his hands, the sow's massive body was like a balloon.

The pig's blood was quickly absorbed by the tree trunk, the useless innards buried in there absorbed as well.

"Why are you slaughtering pigs?" Li Qianxia walked over, leaving the calf behind.

"To prevent forming attachments with these creatures, we need to treat them as food from the start; incidentally it also serves as a lesson for the monkeys," Li Changzhou explained.

Li Qianxia frowned, reluctantly nodding after two seconds: "Alright, I'll go get some honey, we'll roast it later."

...It seems there's no need to worry about her.

They also picked tomatoes, potatoes, onions, corn, bell peppers, which they roasted with the pig.

They picked cucumbers, lettuce, peas, and other vegetables that could be eaten raw as a salad.

Eating the pork ribs, covered with honey, sprinkled with green onions, golden crispy, and deliciously juicy, Li Qianxia licked her fingers and said:

"Bro, I think we need to speed up eating the chickens, ducks, geese, and also the rabbits, sheep, deers, and all, or they'll get old."

"Eat them all?" Radish looked pitifully as he bit a piece of pig's ear as big as himself, "They are so pitiful."

It was evident she was truly sad; while salivating, tears were flowing out of her eyes as well.

"Woo~" The butterfly was sipping on the honey.

"Why eat these in the morning?" Yang Qinglan had only a few slices of bacon, focusing mainly on the vegetables.

"The cows, the ewes, and the hens, we can spare these three, but the rest we must treat as ingredients from the start, otherwise, if we start treating them like pets, how will we be able to go through with it later," Li Changzhou explained again.

"I am not saying you did anything wrong by killing it, what I mean is—why not marinate them properly, and wait to eat at noon or dinner?"

"Oh, I misinterpreted you guys," he admitted.

This breakfast took some time, but while waiting, they toured the "Honey Pot World" properly and taught Radish all the responsibilities she would need to handle in the future, so it wasn't a waste.

After breakfast, they started practicing the "Divine Fire Map."

The trio sat in the vast plains of the bird's nest.

The late October sun came down, casting mottled shadows, the leaves still as green as in midsummer, but the air had the scent of autumn.

"Before starting, you two can already get a sense of it," Li Changzhou suggested.

"Get a sense of it beforehand?" Li Qianxia didn't quite understand what he meant.

"I managed to learn it in one minute, thanks to Zhu Xiongjie sparring with me at full strength, letting me experience the essence of the 'Divine Fire Map'. Hereafter, he is my master, and I am his successor of the next generation."