CHAPTER 521: CHAPTER 512 THE GREAT LEADER 30

Then, in a moment of carelessness, everyone ended up chasing after this creature out of the usual hunting area. It wasn’t until they had killed the prey that the Hunting Team realized they had unknowingly entered an unfamiliar valley.

Originally, upon realizing they had entered such a place, Ben and Tie planned to immediately lead everyone back. After all, in a new area, no one knows what kind of formidable prey might be lurking, or which top predators might control the area; a wrong step and they might encounter animals they couldn’t handle.

No one expected that just as they were about to retreat, a recent occasional alert in Yan Shuangshuang’s mind—reminding her of the slight presence of fresh, edible plants—suddenly flared up crazily!

The only other time she had received such an exciting alert was when she discovered the White Stone Fruit Forest. This made Yan Shuangshuang’s heart leap!

With her heart pounding faster and faster, Yan Shuangshuang couldn’t help but speculate: could this mean the package detected another large area of fresh edible plants? Even if these aren’t a new species, as long as they’re edible, that’s enough!

Stopping the others who felt unsettled by the unfamiliar surroundings and were about to turn back, Yan Shuangshuang took the lead, her Scale Armor Knife in hand, capable of being wielded effortlessly, as she carefully ventured forward.

Although the others didn’t understand why Yan Shuangshuang was heading forward, it didn’t stop them from following closely to protect her. No one expressed dissatisfaction or questioned Yan Shuangshuang’s decisions.

Because of Yan Shuangshuang’s abilities and the benefits every one of her recent decisions brought to everyone, they held a genuine trust and belief in her, not merely out of respect because she was the Divine Favored.

Following closely behind Yan Shuangshuang, Ben and Tie felt even more excited, as they hadn’t forgotten that whenever Yan Shuangshuang exhibited such a state, the tribe would gain a lot, like the discovery of salt fruit and the White Stone Fruit Forest.

The package’s alert sounded loud and clear, indicating that this vast patch of edible plants wasn’t far from everyone. Sure enough, Yan Shuangshuang didn’t walk much further. After rounding a small hill in the valley, she was greeted with a massive expanse of green-leafed plants covering most of the hillside and valley floor!

No need for further explanation, Yan Shuangshuang immediately looked at the images in her mind’s package. This time, the images were browsable. The first image showed the very plant in front of her, with the description noting it was entirely edible, with crisp and tender stalks.

Besides this image, there was another one depicting a round, child-head-sized object resembling a big dirt ball. The data indicated that this was an underground fruit, crisp when raw and soft with a mildly sweet taste when cooked.

Yan Shuangshuang was taken aback for a moment. Upon seeing this, her first reaction was that an edible fruit and leaves suggested this was most likely a Sweet Potato, not because she was inexperienced, but because Sweet Potatoes are simply too famous.

Sweet Potatoes have a huge yield, and in most people’s eyes, they taste quite delicious. Moreover, they’re invaluable during times of famine as they thrive in various soils and are easy to grow with high yields.

If it really was Sweet Potatoes, then this vast area could be harvested, and a portion could be brought back to the cave for consumption while another part could be stored away.

Yan Shuangshuang remembered that the cultivation method for Sweet Potatoes was extremely simple, similar to planting potatoes. Just find the parts with buds to cut and grow seedlings, then plant them. They could wait until the weather warmed up next year to grow seedlings from these Sweet Potatoes and find a flat area to plant them.

If they managed to cultivate it, it would be great. If not, there’d be no loss. But if they were lucky and succeeded, the tribe’s vegetable problem would be instantly solved.

The tender leaves and flesh of the Sweet Potato stir-fried together would be especially delicious. If paired with roasted, slightly overdone White Stone Fruit, it was mouth-watering just thinking about it. As she imagined, Yan Shuangshuang couldn’t help but feel a bit greedy, thinking it would be even more wonderful if they could find white rice to go with it in the future.

Swallowing her saliva, Yan Shuangshuang snapped back to reality from her daydreams and was the first to move forward, grabbing the root of a plant and pulling it up forcefully. Fortunately, the roots of this plant were very sturdy, and even with Yan Shuangshuang’s rough tugging, they didn’t break. Instead, she successfully pulled out a large cluster of dirt-covered spheres.

Sure enough, they were identical to the picture. Despite their dirty appearance, slicing into the flesh and taking a bite revealed it was undoubtedly a Sweet Potato.

In her excitement, Yan Shuangshuang grabbed several more Sweet Potato vines and uprooted several others in succession. As she dug through the soil, more Sweet Potatoes that had fallen into the ground were found. Noticing Yan Shuangshuang’s actions, the Hunting Team naturally understood that there was a new source of edible food!

Although the Power Tribe no longer lacked food, whether plant-based or meat-based, food remained the sweetest and most enchanting word to them.

Upon seeing this vast area of edible Sweet Potatoes, the members of the Hunting Team burst with unparalleled enthusiasm, rushing forward to start digging them up. After Yan Shuangshuang mentioned that the vines were also edible, the team members who initially planned to discard the vines immediately gathered them up and bundled them to take back to the cave for consumption.

Overjoyed after finding the Sweet Potatoes, Yan Shuangshuang suddenly missed a pot, this divine artifact for cooking. Although occasionally using bamboo tubes to boil soup was possible, bamboo tubes couldn’t stir-fry or prepare many foods; they simply couldn’t satisfy Yan Shuangshuang’s foodie heart.

With roasted meat for every meal, no matter how delicious it was, she’d grown tired of it. Although Yan Shuangshuang had found a stone slab to grill on, it was still the same old dish. Now, she just wanted to eat stir-fried dishes, as food lovers from the Great Heavenly Dynasty primarily eat stir-fried food.

However, there was no iron for crafting a pot in this place. Even if she did find iron, Yan Shuangshuang didn’t possess the skill to smelt it into a pot.

Without an iron pot, and not even any clay for making a ceramic pot, Yan Shuangshuang was at a loss. Although she had never independently made pottery, she knew the theoretical process.

In modern society, it’s fashionable to experiment with pottery under the guidance of ceramic artists. After listening to a ceramic class, few young girls haven’t tried their hand at sculpting and made a clumsy ceramic piece as a souvenir.

If she could find some clay for pottery and experiment several times, while she wouldn’t aim for the artistic porcelain of later generations, making a few ceramic pots for stir-frying and clay jars for storing water would be feasible.

Since making a ceramic pot wasn’t possible, Yan Shuangshuang eyed the stones around her, planning to find a suitably dense large stone to carve into a stone pot. Without ceramic or iron pots, stir-frying in a stone pot might just work, she uncertainly mused.