The warm breeze made for a slightly tipsy evening.
Black Lotus Lake Shore.
Ten Specialized Blue Soldiers took turns applying their Boiling Water Ability to the stone pot, simmering beef bones.
Black Cory directed Worker Ants to cut juicy beef into slices, hang them on hooked wooden sticks, and set them into the pot to be blanched.
Dragon Cypress, Ink Orchid, and White Willow sat around the pot, each with two wooden plates made from the remains of King-Level Mulberry Divine-Given Seed.
The plates were round, about twenty centimeters in diameter, engraved with intricate insect and orchid grass motifs.
One plate held ice cubes made from a mixture of fresh water, ant honey, and fresh fruit.
The other contained fragrant ant honey made by combining meat and dried fruit; blanched meat slices would be dipped in the honey.
This was Dragon Cypress's recent improvement—a brand-new way to eat, perfect for summer.
Eat a piece of piping hot meat.
Lick a bit of ice cube.
