Late at night, the back mountain.
Big Stupid Deer was howling as it cooked, having recently developed a new culinary technique.
It involved stacking rubble to form a makeshift stove on flat ground. Then, placing a mana-smoothed slab of stone atop the stove. The stone slab didn't need to be too thick. After lighting a fire beneath the slab to heat it, oil was evenly spread across the surface before placing the chosen ingredients on it for cooking. The resulting food turned out to be exceptionally delicious.
For this, Big Stupid Deer howled proudly, asking his elder brother whether he was a little genius.
Ning Daoran couldn't even muster a decent rebuttal, thinking silently to himself that if there were ever a chance, he'd bring Big Stupid Deer back to his previous world and show this inexperienced kid what real teppanyaki was all about.
After three rounds of drinks.
The Old Dragon Head's face had turned slightly red.
