Chapter 44 - 44: Taotie Restaurant!

After patrolling for three hours it was then other's turn for patrol. Robert wanted them to be alert all the time for two reasons.

First, they are in an unknown place where danger lurks everywhere. 

And the second reason is the safety of brine springs. He did not wish that some ignorant beast would venture inside the cave and destroy the precious natural treasure. 

Robert did not rest immediately but opened the system panel he wanted to explore new functions now.

Since that unknown man attacked he never had a chance to see new skills.

Host: Robert

Species: Giant Panda(Soul of a human)[Low-Level Spiritual Creature]

Energy Points: 10,000.

Upgrade: 1)Evolution(+)

2)Technique(+)

System Synthesis(Available):

1) Awakening potion(Material Acquired: 0/20)

2) Healing potion(Materials Acquired:0/10)

Innate Talent: Hell Furnace(+), White Blow(+), Soul Ignition(+)

Cultivation: 1st layer of Foundation Realm(+)[10/5000]

Missions: None.

Universal Store(+)

….

Robert did not look at others but clicked on the plus sign beside the new talent Soul Ignition.

After opening, he saw the description of the talent and was dumbfounded. 

This is a godly skill for Robbery! 

He became ecstatic after the shock. This talent is amazing. Why?

Because with this talent he can knock others unconscious. This is just the most basic function he can make his soul stronger with this skill.

And most importantly he can now use Spiritual sense!

With Spiritual Sense, he can observe the surrounding area with a radius of 5 without any problem and this range can be expanded as long as his soul power increases. 

Within this radius, he can monitor everything and know every movement.

He knew that White Fang did not have anything like this but to make sure he will ask about this tomorrow. 

But this talent is special; it needs 1,000 Energy points to activate.

Now he only has 10,000 Energy points he wanted to save some but he only hesitated for a moment and decided to activate it. 

With this talent, his self-protection ability will go to a whole new level. 

"Ding... Talent Soul Ignition is activated successfully… "

After the system prompt new information appeared in his mind. This information is a method to utilize the Talent. 

After skimming through all the information he finally understood how to use Spiritual Sense. 

According to the method he used the spiritual sense and sure enough he was successful to see the surroundings with his eyes closed. 

It is magical but remembering that this is a fantasy world he felt this is normal. 

Slowly his Spiritual Domain expanded one meter…  two-meter… three-meter… 

Within this domain, he saw White Fang sleeping in an awkward position and Celli Sleeping while she floated all around the cave. 

Slither and Snowball were not inside as it was their turn to night patrol. 

Slowly his Spiritual Domain reached the entrance of the cave and he saw the situation outside. Slither was alert and was looking around vigilantly. 

Robert nodded with satisfaction after seeing this. Slither is doing his job properly. He scanned around trying to find Snowball but strangely he was not present with Slither. 

After looking around for a while he finally saw Snowball who was sleeping in the cave on the left. Robert was speechless seeing this that's an important place and you are sleeping? 

'How dare you slack off? ' Robert thought to himself angrily. Strangely after he thought this Snow Ball jumped from the ground and looked around vigilant and mumbled something but Robert could not understand what he was saying. 

Because the surveillance of the Spiritual Sense is only limited to the vision and not the sound. 

Robert was puzzled but suddenly he felt a pang of pain in his head and the vision disappeared. After opening his eyes he was still inside the cave. 

'It must be because spiritual power is exhausted' Robert thought to himself spiritual power and spiritual energy are different. Spiritual energy is absorbed from heaven and earth and Spiritual Power originates from the mind itself. 

It's a bit confusing but it's all he knows from the information in his mind. His mind became drowsy as he had an urge to sleep. 

'Not bad, The function of this Talent is beyond my expectations' Robert thought to himself as he decided to call it a day. 

It's time to sleep. 

… 

Next Morning.

Robert called everyone for a meeting and told them his plan to build his force and he told them White Fang's idea.

"I Concur!" Celli was the first one to agree with White Fang's plan. She felt this should be exciting.

"I Concur too!" Slither felt he learned a new word today so he agrees with the proposal in the celebration.

"Me too! Me too! I Concur." Snowball didn't want to be left behind so he said anxiously. He didn't know the meaning of the word but felt it must be something delicious.

Robert was speechless seeing their immediate agreement. He expected them to propose their ideas and express their thoughts but it looked like he thought too much.

If he knew their reason for agreement then he would bang his head in frustration. 

He looked at White Fang smug face and saw her looking at him with a look of a winner.

'There was no competition in the first place? Why are you acting like a winner?'

He ignored her antics and said to others, "Since you agree with the plan we have to start the preparation Slither you will be in charge to collect salt I will tell you the method. I will be collecting materials for cooking and White fang and Snowball will be in charge of cutting the trees in the surroundings and assembling them in one place."

Robert told the division of labour to others he knew the strength and weaknesses of others so he gave tasks which is most suitable for them.

Slither is calm and composed which makes him the best candidate for salt extraction. If White Fang or Snowball do this task then it would surely be a mess…

Only he knows what is edible and what is not so he will take the task to collect the ingredients.

White Fang is a bit stupid but has monstrous strength so she can take the job to cut the tree and with Snowballs space talent they can transport in one place easily.

"What about me? What is my task?" Celli asked somewhat anxiously. She didn't want to remain idle.

"You will protect them with the help of your talent." Robert looked at her and said seriously. This is an important job with White Fang cutting trees; it would create a disturbance that can call uninvited guests. 

With her talent, she can intercept the intruders and dispose of them easily.

Celli understood and nodded solemnly, "Don't worry I will protect everyone." 

Robert nodded with satisfaction after looking at everyone he said, "Go do your task." 

After everyone left he brought Slither to the cave on the left in front of Brine Spring.

After he spent one hour demonstrating and explaining how to extract salt. Slither is a quick learner so he understood.

Seeing that Slither can work on his own, Robert left the cave and arrived outside.

A scene appeared in front of him that made his jaw drop. He saw White Fang carrying a log on her back and placing it near the cave which was exactly the entrance of the cave on the right.

He looked at the forest in the front and saw Snowball cutting the tree with his teeth. It was rather embarrassing and a weird sight to see a rabbit cutting a tree with his small teeth.

Robert didn't know whether to laugh or cry seeing this situation. Looks like he overestimated their intelligence.

No point in scolding them now he should explain their roles properly.

After this, he spent an hour explaining the process of cutting the trees and explaining their roles.

Both of them showed enlightened expressions after hearing him.

After this, he wanted to leave but hesitated these two were not doing their job properly so what about Celli?

He decided to see what she is doing before going out to collect the materials.

Inside the forest near the cave, he saw Celli patrolling the area with vigilance. There were a few corpses of beasts near her who tried to invade.

He was satisfied with her work but there was still a mistake in leaving the corpse open so the blood could attract other beasts.

He explained to her and said to send every corpse in the cave after killing the beast.

After seeing that everyone was working according to his instruction he left to explore and find ingredients.

….

After 10 days a new sight appeared in the forest.

A huge crude house was constructed in the forest. Surrounding areas were cleared and there were no trees present on the radius of 20 meters.

At the entrance of the cave, there was a plaque with the word 'Taotie Restaurant' written on it.

From this day onward a mysterious restaurant appeared in the Dream Maple Forest which would cause a lot of confusion…