As soon as they heard there was food, the ten foreign girls became incredibly excited.
"Mr. Cheng, thank you, thank you!" Ruth, along with her nine sisters, bowed deeply to Cheng Xiaofan again.
Facing these ordinary women, Cheng Xiaofan waved his hand and said, "I naturally have a benevolent appearance and a compassionate heart. I can't stand to see people go hungry. You don't need to thank me!"
He then took out some firewood from his spatial storage, lit it, and threaded the river monster's meat onto a large iron skewer, roasting it over the fire.
While roasting, he took out seasonings from his spatial storage and applied them.
After the barrier's seal disappeared, the Gobi Desert at noon in early winter was no longer scorching. The scene of heat waves rolling and capable of roasting a person to a crisp felt like a lifetime ago.
Before long.
A fragrant aroma emanated from the river monster's meat.
Having not eaten or drunk anything for three days, the ten foreign girls stared intently at the river monster's meat, devoid of any pretense. A chorus of sounds of them swallowing their saliva could be heard.
Seeing their pitiful state, Cheng Xiaofan cut off a large piece of roasted meat, divided it into ten portions, and handed them to Ruth and the others.
"Look how hungry you are, you're almost like hungry spirits. Eat while it's hot, this delicious river monster meat won't be available after this village!" Cheng Xiaofan muttered.
Cheng Xiaofan cut off another piece of river monster meat and threw it to the Sky-Breaking Eagle.
He then said to Zhou Zhizheng, "You all have knives on you. Cut as much as you want to eat, don't be polite with me!"
Everyone else was too busy to respond to Cheng Xiaofan.
One by one, they gnawed on the river monster meat in their hands, their mouths slick with grease.
"Mr. Cheng, I want to discuss something with you!" At this moment, Ruth spoke to Cheng Xiaofan.
Cheng Xiaofan quickly replied, "Anything can be discussed except asking for a mobile phone or borrowing money!"
"..." Ruth looked embarrassed. Couldn't they just not mention the mobile phone issue?
If you're not embarrassed, I am!
Ruth pouted and said, "Mr. Cheng, my sisters and I want to join your team, can we?"
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiaofan was slightly taken aback.
He naturally understood that the "team" Ruth was referring to were the members under Zhou Zhizheng.
Cheng Xiaofan said, "These special warriors are all masters carefully selected from lone cultivators in the Chinese martial arts world. You are now ordinary people, so it doesn't seem suitable for you to join, does it?"
Ruth said, "Mr. Cheng, although my sisters and I have all broken our cores, as long as we work hard, we can still repair them."
Cheng Xiaofan's gaze shifted from Ruth to the other nine women.
Ruth, leading the nine young women, immediately knelt on the ground and said in unison, "We sincerely wish to join this team, and we will pledge our loyalty to China until death!"
These women had already confirmed that the tribulation-crossing dragon they saw that day was Cheng Xiaofan.
They felt that following the Chinese Dragon was the most promising path.
Those who opposed this Chinese Dragon were simply born with flawed minds.
At this moment!
Cheng Xiaofan could also see their sincerity.
Moreover, he could tell from their auras that these non-human cultivators were all highly educated intellectuals.
Unlike cultivators in the Chinese martial arts world, very few of them were highly educated.
He nodded and said, "I can agree to you joining Captain Zhou's team, but Captain Zhou will still need to get approval from the higher-ups upon his return."
"With Mr. Cheng's word, I will do my best to persuade the leaders to agree when I get back!" Zhou Zhizheng thought to himself, my leader is your mentor Zhang Heng. If you agree, what can I say?
In principle, the special warriors of the Martial Arts Affairs Bureau headquarters do not accept foreigners.
However, Cheng Xiaofan was Zhang Heng's most prized ace. Zhang Heng would certainly heed his words.
As a mere Zhou Zhizheng, how could he dare to disagree?
"Thank you, Captain Zhou!" Ruth said happily.
From Zhou Zhizheng's tone, she could tell that this matter was settled.
More than two hours later, the helicopter sent by Zhang Heng had arrived.
"Xiaofan, I'm here!" As one of the helicopters landed, Zhang Heng leaped down with great vigor and ran towards Cheng Xiaofan.
Seeing this, Cheng Xiaofan was startled. Why did this old guy come personally?
Had he drunk rooster's blood? A man of his age had made himself into a strutting rooster, jumping down from the helicopter like that.
Wasn't he afraid of breaking his third leg!
"Teacher, why are you here?" Cheng Xiaofan reluctantly stepped forward.
Zhang Heng didn't answer Cheng Xiaofan directly. He sniffed the air around Cheng Xiaofan and Zhou Zhizheng and the others, his face full of confusion, "What immortal meat did you eat? It smells so fragrant!"
Cheng Xiaofan quickly replied, "I encountered a suicidal river monster at a desert oasis and preserved its meat. I just made some roasted meat for everyone to eat!"
Zhang Heng stomped his foot, full of regret, "That was a prehistoric river monster! How precious it was! Why would you just eat it instead of making it a specimen?"
Cheng Xiaofan said, "Teacher, I'm truly sorry. Everyone was starving to death. I couldn't neglect human lives for the sake of a specimen!"
Zhang Heng nodded and said, "Hmm, what you said makes a lot of sense. Did you leave any river monster meat for your teacher?"
Cheng Xiaofan said, "Teacher, don't worry. I saved ten pounds of river monster meat for you. Oh, and in the desert oasis, I also killed a prehistoric sika deer, and I left you a hind leg of that sika deer too!"
"What? You actually killed a prehistoric sika deer?"
Zhang Heng roared at Cheng Xiaofan in extreme anger, "Cheng Xiaofan, if this gets out, you'll become an enemy of the world!"
"That was a prehistoric sika deer! How precious and how valuable for research it was, and you killed it just to eat it!"
Cheng Xiaofan chuckled.
He said, "Teacher, do you know that if I didn't kill it, it would have killed me and eaten me? So, I decided I had no choice but to eat it!"
Zhang Heng shook his head.
He said, "How is that possible? Sika deer are gentle by nature and timid. How could it have attacked you and tried to eat you?"
"I beg you to speak humanly. This is common knowledge. No one would believe such a lie!"
Cheng Xiaofan said with a serious expression, "Teacher, I can swear to you, I am not telling a single lie. That sika deer had become a demon, filled with malevolent energy and a particularly violent temper. If I hadn't been skillful, I would have been eaten by it long ago!"
Zhang Heng looked closely at Cheng Xiaofan's expression.
Uh, this really doesn't look like someone lying!
"Teacher, I can tell you this, the animals in this desert oasis spirit realm have basically become demons and spirits. Not only can they speak human language, some of them openly transform into human form and walk around in the spirit realm!"
"Fortunately, I have a benevolent heart. As long as they don't oppose me, I won't destroy them. If I have time, I'll write my experiences into a new Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio."