The Heartbeat of the Cruel Elves

After about ten minutes, with a loud splash, an astral construct that had disappeared underwater broke through the water and reappeared in the waves. The only difference from when it sank was that the fine gold spear in his hand was pierced with more than a dozen live fish of various sizes. Blood flowed down the spear and its wrist, dripping into the lake, rendering the dark water surface even darker. At the same time, the fish that were only left with their last breath were still waving their tails from time to time, making a snapping sound...

This astral construct carried a whole spear of live fish on its shoulder, broke through the waves, and swam hard towards the lakeshore.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of breaking water could be heard from all over the lake, and astral constructs rose out of the water one after another, with their shoulders all carrying a whole bunch of live fish.

After a while, an entire team of stellar structure fishing teams returned to the lakeshore in unison.

At the same time, another team of stellar constructs in black helmets and armors were already standing on the shore of the lake. While the fishing team was working hard underwater, they were doing another thing - they had erected more than a dozen blazing bonfires on the shore. On each bonfire, there was a simple grill made of a spear and a sword. Next to each bonfire, there were a dozen small boxes neatly placed in different categories.

Those boxes contained all kinds of seasonings - although Du Feiya's own things were all packed in storage bags and confiscated by the dragon, as they gradually settled down in this land, in their spare time, when they didn't need to play chess with the dragon or repair constructs, Li Yin and Du Feiya patrolled and explored the surrounding areas, and found the supplies left behind by the troops when they fled in a hurry. There were many daily necessities, dry food, and condiments for cooking, so they lived a "flavorful" life in this desolate underground ruins city.

What is particularly noteworthy is that Du Feiya, the dark elf princess who should have never had to do housework in Li Yin's imagination, is actually a hidden master of cooking. According to her, when she was in Nevre, her father would take her out of the city for a picnic when he had nothing to do. Her cooking skills were inherited from her father, who was known as the most powerful wizard and the best swordsman in Nevre. She didn't expect that he was so good at cooking.

In short, as his successor, with the help of a few simple seasonings, Du Feiya conquered Li Yin's stomach with just a few grilled mushrooms and a few small fishes, which made him admire him. So far, Li Yin's last flaw in survival in this isolated and remote place has been properly solved - although it is just simple ingredients, he does not think that these foods prepared by Du Feiya are inferior to the top meals he had enjoyed in Nefvel Tocasia's service.

But - fortune and misfortune go hand in hand, and the problem lies in this "interesting" life, which brought Du Feiya the first "formal job" in her elf career.

A giant dragon that happened to fly over their heads smelled the tempting aroma of Dufiya's grilled fish.

Li Yin still remembered that he was half full at that time, lying on his back on the beach, and sighed in shame that he couldn't do this. In the cheesy ballads sung by the bards he had heard in the tavern before, when the hero and heroine were stranded in the wilderness, the hero quickly captured the heart of the daughter of a rich noble family with his superb cooking skills and a few game. Unexpectedly, the situation was completely reversed for him - Li Yin had been focusing on arcane research since he was a child, and he had only one requirement for the food he made, as long as it didn't cause food poisoning; on the contrary, Du Feiya, the princess of the second largest family in Nevre, used her superb cooking skills to vividly explain to him what "beauty is a feast to the eyes" meant.

So, in addition to feeling ashamed, he secretly made up his mind that he couldn't go on like this. He wanted to learn cooking from Du Feiya. Even if he couldn't be on par with her, he couldn't be left behind by her. At least he had to be able to take on the cooking work in the future and not be raised by her unilaterally like a useless person...

Then, amidst a hurricane, the giant dragon Shaka fluttered its wings and landed. It first waved its four legs, pretending nothing had happened, and casually wandered around for a few steps. Then it wrinkled its nose and criticized the human and elf bugs for making fire and polluting the air in its territory. Finally, it pretended to appreciate the food and reluctantly tried the grilled fish that Du Feiya offered to it.

Later, that night, Du Feiya told Li Yin with red eyes that it was the most regrettable decision she had made since she came to this place.

As expected, the pretentious dragon had just put the first bite of the fragrant grilled fish into his mouth - and only one bite - in short, just like Li Yin before, he was quickly conquered by the delicious food melting in his mouth.

Then, it opened its mouth wide, drooling, its eyes shining brightly, and began to ask Du Feiya for more and more grilled fish.

At first, Du Feiya was very happy, after all, her cooking skills were recognized by a species beyond hers. But as the dragon ate voraciously, she soon realized that something was wrong - because compared to the appetite of her and Li Yin, the dragon's appetite was too big!

That night, the dragon, well fed and satisfied, lay on its back by the lake, shaking its four large paws, and vigorously announced a new appointment to the two men.

So, following Li Yin's position as the "chess player", Du Feiya also got his own new position - the "royal chef" of the dragon Saga.

However, unlike Li Yin's ease and leisure, when Du Feiya received the "favor" from His Excellency the Dragon, her originally fair and delicate hands had become red and swollen from constantly grilling fish. Her fair and beautiful face was also full of traces of smoke and fire, like a refugee who had just escaped from a fire scene.

Chapter 200 Deep Water

Tears left two clear traces on her dark little face, which looked funny and made people feel pity. This was not a solution, so Li Yin began to rack his brains to think of a solution.

The solution he finally came up with was the scene before him.

He changed the logical core of some of the astral constructs, and under the guidance of the culinary master Du Feiya, he implanted in their logical modules the knowledge of how to bake a fish that is crispy on the outside, tender, fragrant, and chewy on the inside.

Thus, the first brigade of astral constructs, the grilled fish squad, was officially established!

Of course, the help of the dragon Shaka was indispensable. Because Rein's current theoretical level was not enough to support his large-scale modification and filling of the logical core of the astral construct, he had to turn to Shaka for technical support. After learning that the work Rein was doing was so "vital", the dragon Shaka changed her usual vague attitude and provided him with unsparing support!

Not long after that, Li Yin had another sudden idea and continued his efforts to set up a fishing team, forming an one-stop automated assembly line operation from food collection and production to processing, further relieving Du Feiya and him of the burden.

A few days ago, Li Yin went a step further and upgraded the logic module of the grilled fish team for the second time, adding the functions of grilling Los beast meat and grilled mushrooms, and upgrading the grilled fish team to a barbecue team with more comprehensive business capabilities. It is worth mentioning that this upgrade even affected the diet structure of the sapphire dragon Saga - before this, it never ate mushrooms.

In addition, at every technical upgrade, Shaka also stood by very rigorously and carefully, paying attention to every little action of Li Yin at all times. Before he could speak, she took the initiative to point out his problems and provided meticulous solutions, as if she was afraid that Li Yin would accidentally blow up the Construct Chef she was thinking about so much. Her sincere mentality of seeking "virtue" was fully revealed...

In this way, with the cooperation of Li Yin and Du Feiya, the dragon Saga had a whole team of astral construct chefs serving it. The dragon Saga was very satisfied with this, but Li Yin was a little amused. His initial expectation of learning astral constructs was to have a serious army that would absolutely obey him and kill decisively. He didn't expect that the first place where this technology was really used was to cook for people.

In short, once again, under the command of Li Yin, the Astral Construct Chef Brigade, the First Barbecue Team, and the Second Fishing Team were busy in an orderly manner, preparing a sumptuous meal for their master, the lord of this place, the great dragon Lord Saga who had just awakened from his slumber.

But... at the same time, Du Feiya was not idle either. Because the great dragon Lord Saga, who was good at tasting food, tasted the food prepared by the Construct Chefs with his sensitive dragon tongue, and felt regretful that although the food processed by the automatic assembly line was edible, it was still slightly inferior to the food prepared by the royal chef of the palace, the Elf Princess Du Feiya.

However, after Li Yin's strong efforts, Shaka agreed to limit the number of grilled fish that Du Feiya needed to prepare for each meal to twenty.

A few hours later, Shagara, who had eaten and drunk enough, lay on the rocky beach, burping and dazed with a belly as big as a hill. Li Yin and Du Feiya waded into the shallow water, washing the kitchen utensils one by one - this part had not yet been automated. The last time he had just come up with this idea, Shagara, who had eaten and drunk enough, went to play chess. This bastard only wanted to make sure he had enough food and drink, and didn't care about the follow-up work at all.

But this time, Li Yin decided to let it help him complete the upgrade of the dishwasher module of the construct later.

After cleaning the guns and swords used for barbecue, the shields used as large containers, and some normal kitchen utensils confiscated from abandoned materials, Du Feiya moved to another place, scooped up a handful of clean water, and wiped his cheeks that were blackened by coal smoke.

She looked up and asked Li Yin if there was anything that had not been cleaned.

Li Yin looked at it carefully, then pointed to the spot on her left cheek near the corner of her eye, "Here."

"Is there anything else?" She followed Li Yin's instructions, cleaned it carefully and asked again.

Li Yin carefully examined her fair face and found no stains. However, the seriousness revealed by her wide-open eyes and slightly pouty lips suddenly gave rise to a teasing urge in his heart.

"Here," he said.

"Where?" Du Feiya's eyes were filled with a hazy mist. She only heard Li Yin say that, but she didn't see his hands indicate anything.

Li Yin slowly squatted down, put his hands into the water, and while she was stunned, he shouted, "Here!" At the same time, he raised his hands and splashed a lot of water towards her.

Du Feiya was unable to dodge and with a scream, she was splashed all over her head and face.

Li Yin put his hands on his hips and laughed triumphantly. However, before he could laugh for a few seconds, his eyes suddenly blurred and large areas of his body suddenly felt cold and wet.

"Okay!" At the same time, he heard Du Feiya shouting angrily.

Immediately afterwards, before Li Yin had time to open his eyes, there was a splash in his ears, and another large wave of water splashed towards him.

He tried to open his eyes several times, but the continuous water splashed around as soon as his eyelids opened. Finally, he simply closed his eyes and stopped trying to identify Du Feiya's position through sight. He adjusted his direction based on his memory and the sound, and plunged his hands into the water again, waving them vigorously, like two oars equipped with magic engines, splashing water forward.

After the two sides confronted each other for a while, perhaps because Du Feiya's physical strength was limited, unlike Li Yin who was tireless, her momentum of splashing water gradually slowed down. Li Yin finally opened his eyelids again, and through the dripping water, he looked at Du Feiya's miserable appearance and laughed out loud.

However, he only had time to laugh twice, and then his eyes widened and his mouth opened - a strange noise suddenly came from the shore where the two were playing. Li Yin heard the noise and turned his head to look, only to see a shield suddenly and strangely floating up out of thin air when no one was around.

In an instant, his whole body hair stood on end.

Then, he watched as the shield went straight towards Dufiya.

"Be careful," he shouted, raised his right foot, and was about to part the waves and rush forward.

However, the next moment, he was stunned again, with an incredible expression on his face.

Because Du Feiya actually caught the shield steadily in his hand.

He suddenly realized what was happening, a trace of indignation flashed across his face, and he shouted unwillingly: "Invisible servant!"

"You are so despicable!"

The corners of Du Feiya's ruddy mouth curled up slightly on her snow-white jaw. She plunged the shield into the water, then raised her arms, and a large wave of water covered Li Yin.

No wonder - at the same time, Li Yin was still recalling the cause and effect in his heart, and suddenly realized that he didn't see Du Feiya make any movements at the beginning, but he was suddenly splashed with water. He thought that he really relaxed his attention because of his complacency. It turned out that at that time, she had already summoned invisible servants to attack him in secret!

"Humble..." He reiterated, but just as he uttered a word, his throat was filled with water. The word "humble" turned into countless coughs, accompanied by Du Feiya's triumphant laughter.

"Who told you to be so stupid?" Du Feiya's clear and melodious voice penetrated the sound of the water waves, "This princess is called a good strategy, and she has a pearl of wisdom in her hands!"

As she spoke, she did not stop for a moment and used the shield as a basin, raising water all over the sky and splashing it towards Li Yin again and again, forcing Li Yin to retreat little by little without any ability to fight back.

"Stop, cough... cough cough," Li Yin shouted intermittently.

"You know how to beg for mercy now?" Du Feiya grinned, her teeth were like pearls, and her smile was as beautiful as a flower. "What did you do earlier?"

"You cunning little thief who only knows how to attack by surprise, I must teach you a severe lesson this time!"

As she spoke, she swung her shield and splashed water without stopping.

"I--" Li Yin wanted to say "I was wrong" and beg for mercy, but the next second the water poured into his mouth and turned his voice into a series of breathless coughs.

"What do you mean?" Du Feiya's clear voice came through the water waves.

"Now you know it was wrong?"

Li Yin nodded vigorously.

His eyes were blurred by the mist, and it was difficult to open them. His ears were surrounded by the sound of water waves, and he could not tell the direction. Even Du Feiya's ridicule and laughter seemed to come from countless places around him at the same time. He could only stagger and turn in circles. When he heard that Du Feiya wanted to stop the fight, he was immediately overjoyed and responded hastily.

"Maybe in the next life!" Du Feiya laughed and plunged the shield deep into the water, raising an unprecedented splash of water towards him.

Li Yin was caught off guard and was suddenly startled. He subconsciously stepped back with his left foot, but unexpectedly he stepped on empty air.

So, as Du Feiya shouted "Maybe in the next life", he suddenly disappeared into the water with a splash.

"Idiot," Du Feiya laughed. She lowered her body and plunged her shield into the water again. She narrowed her violet eyes and scanned the water like a cat searching for a mouse. She judged the corner where Li Yin would appear based on the turbulence of the water, ready to strike him as soon as he emerged from the water.

With a splash, ripples spread, water splashed, and Li Yin's pitch-black head emerged from the lake.

Du Feiya was ready to strike, ready to give him a full-strength blow after his upper body was exposed.

Who would have thought that the next second, Li Yin, as if he had predicted the future, dived back into the water with his head just exposed.

Du Feiya frowned slightly - this guy is quite smart, he hasn't lost his composure yet.

Her pupils shrank slightly, and she continued to wait with a sly smile on her lips.

After a while, Li Yin's head popped out from a slightly farther place.

I wanted to escape, but I couldn't get far. Du Feiya thought to himself. At the same time, he was ready to attack again.

"Help!" Li Yin opened his mouth wide and just shouted one word, then dived back into the water with a splash.

This guy is so cunning? Du Feiya frowned slightly at first, and thought with instinctive vigilance. But then, she felt something strange.

In the quick glance just now, the guy's expression - Du Feiya recalled the wet, pale, twisted, panic-stricken face - was he a little too frightened? He didn't seem like the kind of guy who couldn't afford to be played with?

And…what did he want to say just now, "Save—"

A thought flashed through Du Feiya's mind like lightning, and then his face turned pale.

"Help?!"

She straightened her head and looked ahead in surprise, her originally playful expression now showing a hint of panic.

"Li Yin?" she murmured and called out tentatively.

Gulp—another splash of water appeared on the lake, followed by Li Yin's dark head. Du Feiya noticed with some palpitation that the location of the splash was farther away than the last time.

Afterwards, she was even more horrified to see that this time Li Yin's head only popped up for a moment, without even showing his face, just black hair and a little bit of pale forehead. Then he sank back into the water with a rumble.

"Li Yin!" she screamed, and without thinking, she threw away her shield and plunged into the water.

On the lakeshore, Sapphire Dragon Saga, who had just eaten and drunk a nap, was awakened by the harsh sound. She turned over, gnashed her teeth, and murmured in a disapproving manner, "What are the two little bugs playing at? They are so excited."

At the same time, at the bottom of the dark water, Li Yin closed his eyes, opened his mouth, and a series of bubbles came out of his mouth and nose.

He felt that there was water everywhere, all around him, and every drop of water seemed to have consciousness, desperately drilling into every gap in his body, trying to completely isolate his body and soul from this world. His thoughts and ideas were like cotton soaked in water, becoming heavy and sluggish, no longer light, and gradually falling, falling, falling into the endless abyss under the pull of gravity...

Suddenly, a light and soft water grass fell on his arm, gently caressing and touching, and then - the "water grass" exerted force, and with a splash, Li Yin felt that the whole world became clear again. His breathing returned - he breathed in the fresh air through the water, and his vision returned - he opened his eyes, and the whole world came back!

And in front of him, the first thing he saw in the world was Du Feiya's beautiful face, and the first breath he took was her warm breath mixed with her cool fragrance...

Chapter 201 Learning to Swim

Li Yin was suddenly stunned, and felt that the world in front of him seemed real and illusory, as if he had indeed returned, but he did not return to the original heavy and cold world, but a more light and floating world, a wonderful dreamland where fairies flew.

"How are you?" Du Feiya asked with frowned eyebrows and full of worry.

"Wow--" Li Yin's chest swelled, his mouth opened, and a stream of water sprayed towards Du Feiya.

After this stream of water, he suddenly felt that the world became more real.

Then he gulped a few more times, and every time he choked out the water accumulated in his lungs, he felt that the world was more real. In the end, the water blocking his lungs was completely gone, and he finally felt that the world was completely real.

"Yes, I'm sorry..." He looked at Du Feiya, who was soaked by him, and apologized with a weak tone.

"Let's not talk about this for now." Du Feiya stretched out one hand to wipe her face, while the other hand was still holding Li Yin. Only by paddling with her legs did they stay above the water. She asked in surprise and fear, "Can't you swim?"

Li Yin's eyes widened slightly.

"swim?"

"In our area, the water used for washing faces has to be used to wash rice and cook, and the water used for washing feet has to be saved for watering flowers and vegetables - using water to soak your entire body, and leaving enough space for your limbs to move around, your body to come and go - what a decadent and rotten atrocity!"

Du Feiya angrily knocked on his head: "Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Li Yin felt a little aggrieved: "You didn't ask me in advance, and who would have thought that you would play so hard - and even use magic!"

Du Feiya pursed her lips and said nothing more.

For a moment, both of them fell into silence.

After a while, Du Feiya suddenly looked at him with bright eyes:

"How about I take this opportunity to teach you?" The corners of her mouth slightly raised, forming a very beautiful arc. Like an exquisite jade hook, pouring a cup of sweet and delicious wine, making people want to lean over.

Li Yin was not confused.

"What?" he asked.

"Swimming." Du Feiya smiled. After that, she splashed water on the surface with one hand, and with the other hand, she held Li Yin's waist and exerted a little force, bringing their bodies closer together.