Lin Wu had been cultivating at the tomb of the Taiji celestial for about a week now since his battle with the Demon spine ape. The things at the millennium forest had calmed down by now and most of the conflict caused due to the territorial battles were also reduced.

The territory had finally been divided among the five rulers and a strange sense of peace was achieved in the forest. Even the Olive Viper King had been staying silent for a while and had not been seen.

Lin Wu's servants had also woken up by now and were now at the tomb as well.

"Greetings master!" All of them said together.

This was the first time the four of them were meeting each other officially. They all had met up outside of the tomb and had a conversation amongst themselves. Their ranks were also decided by them.

Right now the mole beast was at the top not only because he was the first one to become Lin Wu's servant but also because he was the only one who had successfully broken through to the Late stage of the Core condensation realm.

The next was the beetle beast who was at the very cusp of reaching the late stage of the core condensation realm. The third was the sparrow beast and the final was the swan beast. Both of them were at the mid stage of the core condensation realm.

All of them knew that the reason why they had reached their current cultivation bases was due to Lin Wu and they were grateful to him for that. If it were not for him, it was likely it would have taken them another hundred years to reach this point.

There was even a chance that they would have never been able to reach the peak stage of the core condensation realm and their life span would have ended. Most beasts in the core condensation realm had the same life span as that of the human cultivators, but some unique ones would live longer.

But these four beasts were not among those lucky beasts and thus would have ended up extinguishing their longevity, never having the chance at the Nascent Soul realm. They now knew, as long as they server Lin Wu diligently they may actually have a chance at something like this.

"Hmm… so you four finally woke up. And I see you all progressed quite a bit in your cultivation too." Lin Wu who was in his full sized form spoke.

This was the most comfortable form for him to cultivate and thus he stayed in this, unless he was going out when he would switch to a smaller form instead.

"It was all your doing master, we dare not take the credit." The mole beast boot licked quickly.

"Humph…" The beetle beast felt frustrated that she missed her chance again, but for some reason this mole was just too fast at things like this.

While the two bird beasts were simply bird brained and did not have thoughts like that. All they wanted was to stay safe, eat and cultivate. They had seen Lin Wu's strength and did not dare to protest about anything.

Lin Wu nodded his head as he liked their response. They were willing to serve diligently, which was something he was happy with.

"What is it that you wanted to ask us, master?" The beetle beast questioned.

"Oh yeah, do any of you have an idea about cooking." Lin Wu questioned.

"Cooking?" They all said in unison, confused looks on their faces.

~Sigh~

"I should have expected…" Lin Wu said as he shook his head.

"Take a look at this and tell me if you will be able to do this." Lin Wu said before giving each of them four jade slips that he had made.

All of these contained information about cooking that Lin Wu had gathered. It even included various ingredients descriptions and how they could be used. The four beasts took the jade slips apprehensively before reading them using their spirit sense.

It took them an hour before they were able to go through it and after they were done, sweat appeared on their faces.

"Master this…" The mole beast said as he gulped.

"I never expected humans had skills such as these…" The beetle beast said.

"I know, right? Food is just food, why do they need to do so many things to it?" The sparrow beast said.

"Umm… I once ate some of the things a group of humans left. It did taste better than what we usually eat…" The swan beast added.

"Exactly!" Lin Wu suddenly interrupted.

"The food cooked by humans is exquisite and can even enhance the quality of it which can help you speed up your cultivation." Lin Wu explained.

The four beasts did not think there would be an effect like this and they instantly perked up.

"I am interested in this master but then…" the mole beast said before looking at its crystalline green claws. "I don't think we will be able to use their techniques using our limbs." He added.

The other beasts took a look at their bodies and reached the same conclusion. None of them had the right dexterity to do things like that and there was no way they would be able to handle certain cooking utensils.

"Yeah… that's true. So, instead of that what I want you to do is to gather ingredients. You all should have the list in the jade slip, so if you find things resembling that, you can gather them. You all should also start to recruit your own underlings and put them on the task.

If you find interesting things you can also gather them. Oh, and don't forget the cultivation resources like spirit herbs, they can be used in cooking too and their effects can be multiplied by that." Lin Wu spoke.

"We understand master." They all spoke in unison.

"Though master, if you want someone to cook for you. Why don't you try getting one of the monkey beasts? They have limbs similar to humans and should be able to replicate all that." The mole beast suggested.