Chapter 245: A Cooking Beast? (1/2)

The sight in front of Lin Mu was something that would shock most people if not all. What he was seeing right now was a beast cooking something, or rather attempting to cook something as the fish being cooked seemed to be charred in some places.

~Clack~

The fish skewer fell into the fire as the beast finally noticed Lin Mu, who had approached it. The beast seemed shocked and dropped the skewer into the fire. But this led to small embers from the fire being kicked up, which then landed on the foot of the Brown Shrubby forest cat.

~Meooow~

The Brown Shrubby forest cat growled in pain as it flinched. It then took a step back and looked at Lin Mu as it froze in surprise.

”Umm, hi?” Lin Mu spoke.

The Brown Shrubby Forest cat seemed to be startled by this and ran away in the next instant. Lin Mu thought of running after it, but then decided to let it go. He instead came to stand in front of the bonfire, which had now stopped burning.

”Am I wrong or was that beast really trying to cook this?” Lin Mu said as he picked up the skewered fish.

The stick was crudely skewered into the fish from the middle of its body, and the fish was not gutted either.

”This is strange… very strange,” Xukong replied.

”Isn't it? This is the first time I'm hearing… or rather seeing a beast cook.” Lin Mu said with a perplexed tone.

”Indeed, beasts don't cook their food. At least not beasts of this level. They have no need for cooking food.” Xukong affirmed.

Lin Mu picked up Senior Xukong's words and a new question formed in his mind.

”Oh, you mean some beasts cook, senior?” Lin Mu questioned.

”Of course. Some beasts can transform into a human form when they reach a high enough cultivation. While there are some that simply like food cooked by humans more so they steal from the humans. But it's rare to see a qi refining realm beast trying to cook.” Xukong answered.

Lin Mu nodded in response and thought about why the beast would cook. But soon the pieces started clicking together.

”Hmm, it took the burning stick before, and now it was cooking here. There's no doubt that its aim was to make fire from the start. And now that I think of it, every time that I encountered it before, it was always around the time when I cooked something.” Lin Mu thought out loud.

Xukong too was now intrigued by this beast and was thinking of all the possibilities.

”I have to say, this Brown Shrubby Forest cat has intelligence which does not match its species. Sure, Brown Shrubby Forest cats are slightly more smarter than other beasts, but this kind of intelligence is beyond that.” Xukong spoke.