Li Fan sat beside the table, with a cooking tripod before him. Inside the tripod, a slow-simmered broth, already well-cooked, bubbled away, steaming as it cooked what looked like large, succulent ribs, their glossy red hue making one drool at the sight. The broth was also brimming with a variety of precious ingredients and medicinal foods such as ginseng, lingzhi mushrooms, and juniper berries, making the soup thick and rich, like premium cream, with bursts of fragrance wafting through the air that could make one's mouth water.
'Li Fan felt a slight lift in his mood'
Li Fan swallowed his saliva, then composed himself, turning his head expressionlessly to look at the Kun lying flat with its fins spread out on the table beside him.
