Transmigrating to the Beast World and Raising Cubs with a Black Panther

Outside the cave, Jue and Xi were bent over, sticking their bottoms out, and huffing and puffing as they continued to make a large snowball. The two little ones felt that the snowman was too lonely and wanted to build another one to keep it company.

Bai Ze placed a few sweet potatoes around the edge of the fire, then set up a stone pot and began to slowly simmer honey sugar over a low flame. Because it was cold, the orange-yellow syrup was poured out and placed outside, where it quickly solidified into blocks.

Xi squatted down beside him, drooling, and Jue's movements slowed down.

Bai Ze said with a smile, "There will be even more delicious food later."

Xi's eyes lit up: "Really?!"

"However, you two have to help me."

"Okay, okay!"

After the two children finished building the snowman, they gathered around Bai Ze, who assigned them a task—to whittle wooden sticks with a bone knife.

Bai Ze was responsible for washing all kinds of fruits, cutting the larger ones into pieces, and putting them on a plate so they would be easy to skewer later.

Jue and Xi worked quickly, and in the blink of an eye they had whittled a small handful of wooden skewers. Although they weren't very fine, they were already quite good.

Bai Ze first demonstrated how to skewer the fruit, and the two cubs immediately took a skewer in one hand and fruit in the other, imitating him quite well.

While Xi and Jue were skewering the fruit, Bai Ze started boiling the syrup. Once the syrup in the pot was bubbling, he put the skewered fruit in, rolled and tossed it, and then took it outside to cool.

Xi Hejue stared intently at Bai Ze's movements, completely mesmerized.

Bright red hawthorns, yellowish-white apples, and colorful berries are strung together, coated with a bright yellow, crystal-clear honey syrup, and stuck into snowballs—it's incredibly beautiful.

Xi circled the candied hawthorn as if guarding a precious treasure, and soon trampled the snow flat.

Bai Ze gave each of them a skewer: "These are called candied hawthorns."

The candied hawthorn was so beautiful that Xi stared at it, hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't bear to take a bite, only taking a small lick. Jue did the same, carefully holding it in her hand and only nibbling on the outer sugar shell.

"Eat up, there's plenty more," Bai Ze said with a smile, seeing what the two children were thinking.

Upon hearing this, Xi Hejue lowered his head and took a bite. The slightly sour taste of the fruit pulp mixed with the crispy, caramelized syrup on the outside, making it sweet but not cloying, and sour but not astringent, leaving one with an unforgettable aftertaste.

Xi squatted down like a little hamster, her cheeks twitching and her eyes squinting.

Jue, too, lowered her head slightly, her eyes fixed on the candied hawthorn in her hand, eating very seriously.

Bai Ze went back to the cave, dug out two roasted sweet potatoes, and after eating them, he started fiddling with the things that Mo had exchanged for him from the merfolk.

He caressed the two luminous pearls repeatedly before carefully placing them on the table by the wall, supported by seashells and adorned with pink and white pearls, along with several very beautiful seashells.

Previously, Bai Ze felt that the cave was too empty, so he made a simple table frame by inlaying wood, covered the surface with woven rattan, and placed it against the wall. It looked quite nice.

The main way to clear snow in the tribe was along the usual paths. Mo and Yan started from the center of the tribe and headed west. Some people used their claws to dig, some used logs to push, and some used branches to sweep. In short, they used different methods.

The last stretch of road happened to be near Mo's cave. Yan, with his sharp eyes, spotted something bright red and shiny stuck in front of the cave entrance. As he worked, his legs quietly moved towards it.

"Hey, what's that?" Kun straightened up and said. Li and Chen looked over and saw that Yan had already appeared there at some point.

When Xi Hejue heard the noise, he came out of the cave and saw that the snowman they had built and the candied hawthorns made by Bai Ze were surrounded by people.

Mo shook the snow off his clothes and went inside. He saw Bai Ze sitting cross-legged on a leather mat by the fire, head down, doing something.

Feeling the chill in his outer robe, Mo opened it, leaned down from behind, and hugged Bai Ze, pressing his face against his neck: "What are you doing?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Bai Ze turned around, revealing a beige animal hide in his hand: "It's getting cold, make another coat for Jue."

Mo kissed the corner of his mouth without saying a word.

Bai Ze touched Mo's hand; it was a little cold. He then took it and held it up to the fire: "Did you just come back from the clan leader's?"

"Clearing snow in the village."

Mo buried his face in Bai Ze's collar and nibbled on the tender flesh of his neck.

It was a little itchy, and Bai Ze tried to dodge, but was pressed back down.

He heard a sound from outside and turned his head: "Yan and the others are here?"

"We just happened to clean up here."

Mo pressed down on him, preventing Bai Ze from standing up. He patted Mo's hand and said, "I'll go out and take a look."

Outside the cave, Yan and Li, who were originally only responsible for clearing the road, were now diligently sweeping the snow in front of Mo and Bai Ze's door.

He just kept glancing at the candied hawthorn.

When Bai Ze came out, he swung his tools so fast that they left afterimages. The scene was so moving that anyone who saw it would be deeply moved.

Bai Ze smiled and invited them to come and rest for a while. He took down the candied hawthorns and brought out some dried persimmons from the house.

Four tall, burly orcs squatted in a row by the door, holding persimmons in their left hands and candied hawthorns in their right, looking both amusing and hilarious.

Mo looked at the sugar crumbs on Bai Ze's lips and suddenly wanted to try a different way of eating it, but due to the large number of people around, he had to regretfully put it aside.

After clearing the snow, Bai Ze wrapped several strings of candied hawthorns in leaves and asked Yan and Chen to take them back to Qing and Xing.

Then, he wrapped some dried persimmons and a few strings of candied hawthorns to express his gratitude to the shaman.

Zhao was very happy to see Bai Ze arrive.

Bai Ze smiled and said, "I made something, please try it."

"Thank you, Bai Ze." Zhao smiled, feeling very happy. After tasting the delicious food, she even hummed a little tune.

Si was also there and was fortunate enough to receive a portion.

Zhao led Bai Ze to see the medicinal soup he had just brewed and invited him and Mo to try it.

Having eaten their food, Fan, out of conscience, tried to signal to Bai Ze and Mo with his eyes, waving his hands left and right and making an extremely painful expression of sticking out his tongue.

Bai Ze and Mo exchanged a glance.

Mo calmly said, "Great Shaman, we have some matters to attend to at home, so we'll be leaving now."

Zhao: "So rushed?"

Bai Ze immediately chimed in, "Yes, it's very urgent."

Zhao said with some regret, "Alright then."

Bai Ze and Mo breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Si with sympathy, and quickly left.

For dinner, I cooked a pot of seaweed and egg drop soup, which was fresh and fragrant. Xi and Jue drank until their stomachs were bulging. After washing up, they were "chased" back to the cave next door by Mo.

Mo was cleaning up the pots and pans, while Bai Ze ate candy and squatted down to watch.

Mo suddenly asked, "Is it delicious?"

"I'll get it for you." Bai Ze said, getting up, but the next second, Mo suddenly pulled him into his arms.

As Mo kissed him, a nimble tongue pried open Bai Ze's teeth and snatched the candy from his mouth.

After separating, Bai Ze, panting, looked at him incredulously: "You..."

"It's delicious." Mo tasted it carefully and answered his own question.