Looking at these strange "stones", the three of them fell silent.
"This is… what?" Ke Chongzhen's mouth twitched.
He knew his younger brother had a wild imagination and often bought all kinds of strange things.
But this was a bit too strange, right? What exactly was this?
"There's a letter here." Wen Yan quickly found a letter.
Very soon, she finished reading its contents.
Her expression turned strange, "Little Bo says these are… 'steamed buns' for spirit beasts."
"Steamed buns?!" Ke Minglu sucked in a sharp breath. "Are you sure?!"
Could it be that their son's letter had been switched?
Or that these so-called "steamed buns" had been swapped out?
He picked up one of the round balls, feeling the hard texture in his hand, then couldn't help grabbing another and knocking the two together.
Looking at the two "steamed buns," completely intact and without even a bit of residue falling off, his expression twisted uncontrollably.
These are steamed buns?
These are stones, right?!
"Yes," Wen Yan nodded. "He bought them from Sect Master Mu."
She emphasized, "They were personally made by Sect Master Mu."
"Personally made?"
The doubts at the tip of Ke Minglu's tongue instantly collapsed, "I see, then they must be good things!"
If they were personally made by Sect Master Mu, then this appearance… wasn't strange at all anymore.
Ke Minglu's expression lost control from bitterness every day, to the point of questioning life itself, and precisely because of that, he understood that Mu Shiyue was different from others.
—At the very least, no one else could stir-fry tea leaves this bitter.
"Neigh neigh~"
Chang Kong came over, its large head moving close to one of the round balls.
"Wait a moment..."
Ke Minglu was just about to push Chang Kong's head away when he saw it lower its head and take a bite out of one of the smaller steamed buns.
"Don't eat it yet!" Ke Minglu immediately panicked. "We haven't figured out the dosage standards!"
But Chang Kong ran off to the side, leisurely beginning to chew what was in its mouth.
Ke Minglu: "..."
"No need to worry," Wen Yan stopped him. "Little Bo said it's for spirit beasts to eat, this is exactly how it's eaten. The spirit beasts on Sect Master Mu's side all like it very much."
She just hadn't expected Chang Kong to like it this much as well.
Ke Chongzhen also picked up a steamed bun, curiously examining it for a long while. He knocked on it, listening to the dull sound, and asked with interest, "What is this made of?"
"Who knows." Wen Yan shook her head. "Little Bo didn't say. This is probably someone else's exclusive secret."
Ke Chongzhen nodded and didn't pursue it further.
Then he felt a wave of hot breath rush toward him.
He sharply pulled his hand back and looked up, only to meet Chang Kong's wide-open mouth.
At some point, Chang Kong had snuck back again, opening its mouth to try to eat what was in his hand.
When it saw that it had been discovered, Chang Kong snorted loudly and glared at him.
"Neigh neigh~"
Give it to me!
Ke Chongzhen looked at the huge face right in front of him, completely speechless.
Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, Chang Kong ignored him and simply lowered its head to eat the other steamed buns.
Watching its great appetite, all three of them were very surprised.
Chang Kong is very picky.
Aside from carefully cultivated spiritual herbs and beast feed sticks bought from Myriad Beast Sect, it rarely ate anything else.
Oh, these past few days, it had become interested in spirit tea.
But they hadn't expected it to like these strange-looking steamed buns so much.
Fortunately, Ke Minglu quickly came back to his senses and hurriedly collected all the steamed buns from the ground.
"You can't eat so many at once!" he said seriously. "Save them and eat them slowly!"
"Neigh neigh~"
Chang Kong was very unwilling.
But Ke Minglu's attitude was firm, "If you eat them all at once, what will you eat later?"
Hearing this, Chang Kong was clearly unhappy, but still reluctantly agreed.
"Alright, I'll give you some beast feed sticks!"
After all, it is his contracted beast, Ke Minglu naturally had to take good care of it.
He took out some beast feed sticks and fed them to Chang Kong.
However, after eating one beast feed stick, Chang Kong didn't want to eat any more.
Ke Minglu was very puzzled, "Eat them! Don't you like these the most?"
"Neigh neigh~"
Chang Kong shook its head, the meaning of refusal extremely clear.
It preferred what it had eaten just now.
Ke Minglu was instantly astonished, "You like those… steamed buns?"
"Neigh neigh!"
Chang Kong nodded.
Not only did it nod, it also clearly transmitted its attitude to Ke Minglu's mind through their contract.
What it ate just now was tastier, it liked it!
Not only Ke Minglu, but Wen Yan and Ke Chongzhen were also shocked, "Wasn't Chang Kong the one who liked beast feed sticks the most?"
"Neigh neigh~!"
It had changed its mind.
The three of them were a bit dazed.
Previously, they had prepared many kinds of snacks for Chang Kong, but none of them could compare to the beast feed sticks produced by Myriad Beast Sect.
Who would've thought it would now like other food?!
This is too incredible.
This Wanxuan Sect really did have some ability!
Or rather, Mu Shiyue, that Soul Transformation ancestor, was simply too formidable!
"Neigh neigh~"
Since there's nothing left to eat, Chang Kong ran off.
"There's another letter here." Ke Chongzhen's eyes were sharp, and he quickly picked up another letter from among a pile of leaves.
Yes, Ke Chongbo had also sent back a pile of tea leaves.
They just hadn't been stir-fried yet.
Ke Chongzhen opened the letter and skimmed through it at a glance. After reading its contents, his expression changed as well.
His hand holding the letter trembled, "This is the tea-leaf stir-frying method!"
"What?!"
The couple were shocked by his words and immediately rushed over.
When they saw the tea-leaf stir-frying method written on it, they were stunned, "Has he gone mad?! How can he steal another sect's secret technique and bring it back?!"
Wen Yan's face turned pale.
This kind of secret technique was an absolute secret of each sect, never to be passed outside.
Many people made their fortunes relying on these techniques.
If such things were stolen, it would create mortal enmity!
Although many clans and sects did many underhanded things, stealing, robbing, abducting, and cheating were not uncommon.
The Ke family didn't do such things.
Although they did not have formal ties with Wanxuan Sect, their goal was peaceful coexistence and friendly development.
For Ke Chongbo to do something like this, wasn't that courting death?!
What if Mu Shiyue, that Soul Transformation ancestor, became angry?
Both Wen Yan and Ke Minglu couldn't help becoming anxious.
Fortunately, Ke Chongzhen saw the later part of the letter and quickly calmed them down, "Little Bo says this was taught to him proactively by Sect Master Mu, and that she said there was no need to conceal it."
"Ah?"
"Look, it's written right here."
The two of them looked over, Ke Chongbo had indeed written exactly that.
"Sect Master Mu is probably just being polite. And him, he really doesn't treat himself like an outsider at all!" Wen Yan still didn't quite believe it.
"Mother, if Sect Master Mu didn't want it spread, she wouldn't have let Little Bo watch and learn in the first place," Ke Chongzhen said, reacting quickly and thinking it through. "Besides, for Little Bo to send these tea leaves back, he would've had to get their consent first. If they didn't agree, he wouldn't have been able to do it."
After hearing this, Wen Yan's anger gradually subsided.
That did seem reasonable.
"Sect Master Mu is really generous," Ke Minglu couldn't help sighing.
Ke Chongzhen smiled slightly, then his gaze fell to the next page of the letter.
Then his eyes froze.
"Spirit beast contracts?"