Just thinking about snakes made Shen Haoxuan feel even more nauseous. He covered his pale lips and almost spit out all the rations he had just eaten.
"Princess, why must you torture us like this?" Shen Haoxuan said weakly, his face pale white.
Xie Qingrong's gaze swept across Shen Haoxuan, Xuanyuan Chen and Shang Zhiqing. The three of them had a displeased expression on their faces as they squinted their eyes, and said mysteriously: "How can it be called torture, you will know when the time comes."
The three of them looked at Xie Qingrong's mysterious expression. Although they were extremely curious in their hearts, they managed to restrain their curiosity and wanted to ask more.
The four of them continued forward, deeper and deeper inside.
Only now did Xuanyuan Chen understand why Xie Qingrong had covered her legs and arms with a thin layer of cloth strips before she left.
The Misty Mountain was filled with Snake Worm Ants. The air was moist, the environment was dark and cold, and the legs and hands were the easiest places to corrode. With an extra layer of protection, it was equivalent to having an extra layer of protection.
He walked forward and pulled Xie Qingrong's small hand, and Xie Qingrong obediently held him back.
Xie Qingrong found an empty land and cleaned it up together with Shang Zhiqing. Shen Haoxuan and Xuanyuan Chen found some logs to burn from not too far away.
After igniting the firewood, Xie Qingrong took out the retractable stick that she had prepared earlier and inserted the dead little black snake into it, then placed it on the fire to roast the snake meat.
Seeing Xie Qingrong's actions, Shen Haoxuan subconsciously moved backwards, and nervously swallowed his saliva, and asked: "Esteemed wangfei, have you really made up your mind to eat the snake meat?"
Xie Qingrong curled her lips, and the smile on her lips seemed to carry a bit of malicious intent: "If not, do you think that I was joking? If it was just a joke, then I wouldn't have the leisure to do so. I spent my time specially cleaning up the internal organs of a snake. "
Shen Haoxuan pursed his lips, wanting to retort, but the words stuck in his throat, in the end he did not say it.
Ever since he was young, he had lived in the rivers and villages. Although he had seen many snake species before, no one had ever made snake into snake meat. Even if they did, he would not be willing to eat them.
Shen Haoxuan, who was trained as a young master of a noble family, had never come into contact with these things before.
Even after he roamed the Jianghu, he had never truly experienced hardships.
Thus, she kept her distance from the snake meat on Xie Qingrong's hand.
However, as the snake meat was slowly roasted by the fire, its skin started to become brittle, and it started to exude a fragrance.
Xie Qingrong deliberately turned the snake body, turning the roasted side up, the barbecue fragrance slowly filled the air.
Even Shen Haoxuan, who was resolute just now, when he smelt the fragrance of the meat, couldn't help but to sniff. He stared at the snake meat in Xie Qingrong's hands with eyes that were filled with yearning yet suppressed desire.
Xuanyuan Chen didn't have that much misgivings. Although he had always kept his distance from snake meat, living with soldiers in the army camp for a few years and sometimes living in half cooked meat was a type of luxury.
When he smelt the fragrance, he subconsciously wanted to swallow his saliva, but he felt that this action was extremely indecent. He suppressed the thirst in his heart and asked curiously: "A Rong, why is this snake meat so fragrant when it's roasted?"
It was so appetizing. However, he didn't say the last sentence.
Xie Qingrong slightly smiled and explained: "Snake meat is fresh and delicious, it is fragrant and smooth, and is a rare delicacy to begin with. Furthermore, the wild snakes that were bred in this natural forest have even increased the quality of its meat. "
"However, I am a bit curious. Have none of you eaten the snake meat? You must have heard of the Snake Soup, right? "
Shang Zhiqing nodded her head and said: "I know about snake broth, it can improve one's appearance, but there are not many people who can eat snake meat, and the chances of ordinary people seeing snakes are also very low. Moreover, in the hearts of many people, snakes are a type of dirty thing, and no one would touch it, not to mention treat it as food. "
Xie Qingrong pursed her lips, feeling helpless. The people here treated snakes as dirty things, but in some places in the modern world, snakes were totems, symbols of gods.
"We only brought enough dry food for five days. If we don't leave the Misty Mountain after five days, we will have no choice but to think of ways to get more food here."
Xuanyuan Chen fell into deep thought upon hearing Xie Qingrong's words. In order to lighten the heavy burden, they had deliberately not brought too much rations with them. They had originally thought that they could very quickly obtain metazoan flower s, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
Although the Misty Mountain covered the sky, they had wasted too many hours on the weeds and man-eating flower, and the sky was about to darken.
The Misty Mountain at night was clearly more dangerous than during the day.
For now, he would first fill his stomach. Not to mention, A Rong seemed to be extremely knowledgeable about everything here and it would be very easy to make use of him.
After sprinkling some salt on the snake meat, the entire snake was roasted.
Shen Haoxuan smelled the fragrance and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva. His previous thought of not eating the snake meat without hesitation had already been completely thrown to the back of his mind. He couldn't help but reach out to tear off a piece of the snake meat.
Xie Qingrong saw Shen Haoxuan's hesitant look, and laughed coldly: "If you don't eat snake meat right now, just wait to starve. It's going to be dark soon, and I'm not going to look for food. "
With that, he gave the snake meat to Xuanyuan Chen and Shang Zhiqing. However, there was still a bit of snake meat on the wooden stick, as if he was trying to lure Shen Haoxuan.
Indeed, Shen Haoxuan was provoked by Xie Qingrong's cold words. Closing her eyes, she snatched the wooden stick away, steeled her heart, and bit into the snake meat.
However, just as he was about to swallow it, he unexpectedly felt that the snake meat was so tender and delicious. He could not help but open his eyes as a look of surprise flashed across his eyes.
"Princess, this snake meat is simply delicious!" After Shen Haoxuan praised the snake meat, he did not hold back anymore and finished off the remaining snake meat in a few seconds.
He then took out a few leaves from his robes and gave them to Xuanyuan Chen and the other two.
Xie Qingrong looked at the leaf in her palm and couldn't help but feel that it was a little funny.
These leaves were the ones that she had given to them just now, they were extremely effective at quenching and lubricating thirst, but she never thought that Shen Haoxuan would be so meticulous to pick a few more leaves.
"Princess, I'm actually very curious. You've obviously been living in the General's Estate the entire time, but you clearly know everything. There's almost nothing you can't do." Shen Haoxuan asked.
Although Shen Haoxuan was usually careless and seemed to be casual, in truth, he was extremely meticulous. Not even the slightest change could escape his eyes, it was just that he chose to not ask about it.
This was also the problem that Xuanyuan Chen wanted to know the most, but he chose to believe in Xie Qingrong. He believed that one day Xie Qingrong would tell him everything.