CHAPTER 720: 【714】BEAST WORLD FARMING 24 (2 MORE)

Tangtang, upon hearing they were approaching the sea, couldn’t contain her overwhelming joy, "Jin Han, do you know what the seaside means?"

Jin Han, seeing her unrestrained excitement, sensed something good was about to happen. Indeed, her next words confirmed it.

"It means we can have a constant supply of salt, even better and purer than that from the salt-alkali lands."

No sooner said than done, the very next morning, Tangtang stewed the three fish left from the day before, added water to the remaining half pot of grains from last night to simmer into sticky porridge, woke Pan Lin and fed him some food. Jin Han came over for breakfast while it was still dark, and the family of three packed their cooking utensils and headed south in flight.

Pan Lin’s state was always somewhere between sleeping and not sleeping. It was only after eating that he would fall into deep sleep. Since Tangtang couldn’t keep him inside her clothes, she had to either wrap him around her wrist or turn him into a hairband, winding it around her head—whichever way made him comfortable.

With Jin Han’s speed, a day’s flight was indeed a long distance, even passing many tribal hunting groves on the way.

Once they reached the seaside, what they saw indeed were rows upon rows of orderly grains trees, but these were what would be called coconut trees in Tangtang’s past life, tall coconut trees.

The only change was that, in the past life, they contained coconut water, but in this life, they bore grains full to the brim. How miraculous is that?

She found it truly wondrous, and compared to her previous life, the coconut trees in this life bore more fruits and were more densely packed, bending under the weight of their bounty.

They weren’t as tall or as straight as in her former world.

As Jin Han had said, the place was very desolate, nearly void of any beasts, perhaps making it a safer area?

Knowing that Jin Han had his duties too, she suggested, "Why don’t you go back and attend to your tasks? I can slowly pick the grains here by myself."

Having just experienced an incident and with Pan Lin still not fully awake, how could Jin Han set aside his anxiety? Especially with the strong waves and sea winds, even without the threat from beasts, the sea itself posed danger.

"I’ll bring Yin Ye over to help you. None of us can rest easy with you alone here. Indeed, I have the duty of patrolling and ensuring the safety of our tribe, so I cannot leave. Since we are here to collect food, it doesn’t matter where Yin Ye is. You wait here; I will bring him over before dark. Be very careful in the meantime. I have already found a place for you to stay, in a cave by the seaside rocks. Let me show you."

Jin Han took Tangtang to see the cave, positioned high and not easy to access, but offering high safety. The cave could even catch water seeping through rock crevices, drop by drop. Although slow, they had containers to catch it, which alone was worth more than anything.

Tangtang was very pleased with the place. She immediately took out the two largest tile jars from her space to catch water, and fearing the waste of a single drop, she even fashioned a bamboo channel to ensure not a drop was spilled—of course, the bamboo too had been brought from home.

After settling her in, Jin Han left.

Tangtang stood on the sandy beach, facing the sea breeze and lay down in a sandy pit, looking up at the blue sky and white clouds, her excitement soaring through the sky.

She didn’t rush to pick the fruit from the trees, instead, she gathered firewood in the grove. After the rainy season, the weather had cooled down, and they needed firewood for cooking, so picking up firewood was far more important than harvesting fruit. After all, the weather by the sea changed in the blink of an eye!

The grove was abundant with firewood, and the grass was tall. Worried about snakes and insects, she carried a branch and tapped around as she went, little knowing that the Fine-Scaled Taipan Snake wrapped around her ankle ensured that any creature would instinctively keep their distance.

Although Pan Lin was in recovery, the aura he emitted as a powerful creature also had a deterrent effect.

During this time, she and Pan Lin ate and slept together, whether he was coiled on her head or wrapped around her wrist or ankle. Thus, the fear she faced when she first arrived had greatly diminished.

She gathered plenty of firewood and grass, spreading it out in their nest and topping it off with a layer of soft beast fur. Their simple home was ready.

When noon approached, she suddenly craved seafood. She glanced at the rocks along the shoreline and decided to try her luck.

Especially since the tide was receding, time was of the essence. Armed with a shovel made from stone, she set off excitedly.

The primordial seaside did not disappoint, boasting shells as big as her face and plenty of beautiful shells that made excellent kitchen utensils. She scooped them all into her space without hesitation—this one to use as a shovel, that one as a plate or dish. The variety was so great, it dazzled her and she picked fervently with excitement.

After collecting a sufficient quantity, she started picking various shellfish for food. She only chose ones that resembled those from her own world. Even if they were larger, as long as she recognized the look, she gathered them. Since they were living creatures, they couldn’t be thrown into her space, so she carried them in a bamboo basket on her back.

Finally, she found a large cluster of oysters, larger than her palm, and they were one of her favorite seafoods. In just fifteen minutes, she filled her bamboo basket, and seeing there was still plenty of ingredients left on the rocks and the stands, she could only soak her basket in the seawater and tie it to a rock.

Then she collected some kelp and nori, excellent ingredients for broth. She definitely couldn’t miss out on these during her trip to the seaside.

Until she was utterly exhausted, she carried her bounty and struggled up into the cave.

Looking at the sky, she estimated it was around two or three in the afternoon. After eating and resting for a while, perhaps Ayin would come.

Tangtang laboriously started a fire and took out the clay bricks she had made earlier, arranging them in the shape of a mouth minus one stroke. She placed a relatively flat and not so thick stone tray on top. After that, she arranged the oysters one by one on it. Once the stone heated up, it was like barbecuing, causing the oysters to pop open and reveal their pearly white flesh inside. The delicious fragrance instantly made her mouth water.

Pan Lin, who was still asleep, was attracted by the scent and crawled up from her ankle to her wrist.

Looking at his perked-up little head, Tangtang suddenly found him very cute. She stretched out her left hand, and he coiled up, raising his head to look at her.

Tangtang used chopsticks to take a cooked oyster, touching it with her fingertips once it cooled enough, then used the chopsticks to extract the meat and blew on it before feeding it to Pan Lin. The little snake swallowed it whole with an "Ah woo," and the taste was so delightful that he eagerly flicked his forked tongue.

Seeing how much he enjoyed it, Tangtang continued to grill over ten more for him. Even after the oysters were finished, he still seemed unsatisfied, licking his tongue as if he hadn’t had enough.