Du Ming suddenly appeared out of thin air with a tent-like object, and the other four people couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

  Yun Cai got up from the bitter midst of things with a smile, lifted the curtain of clothes on the frame, and crawled in to lie down.

  After a while, Yun Cai smiled and poked her head out, "To be honest, this is quite comfortable. Du Ming, you're really amazing."

  Du Ming smiled complacently and said, "Alright, you've praised me many times before, no need to praise me every time."

  Bai Mei heard Yun Cai say that and also followed into the tent, "Really quite comfortable?"

  Yun Cai said helplessly, "It's just talk, after all. It's better than being on the muddy ground. Let's just pretend we're camping."

  Du Ming poked his head in and said, "You two get some rest, I'll set up another tent."

  Yun Cai was taken aback for a moment, "This tent is quite big, we can squeeze in."

  Du Ming said, "How is it possible? My wife, how can I allow another man to live with you in the same house?"

  Yun Cai cursed him and Du Ming smiled and left the tent.

  Afterwards, Du Ming set up a frame with branches, covered it with clothes and pitched a tent.

  After setting up the tent, Du Ming walked to the pile of withered branches that Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue had brought back, and used the same method as at noon to drill wood for fire, start a fire, and set up a rack.

  Du Ming let Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue watch the flames, he himself sat down on one side, picked up the snake's body, pulled out the Swiss army knife from his waist, stripped off the snake skin, and cut the snake meat into segments.

  Du Ming chose a good place to stay, with a small river nearby. He used the leftover snake meat from setting up his tent to clean it by the river and then brought it back to the fire pit, stringing it onto branches to roast.

  At noon, Du Ming used salt to roast fish, and there was still a lot of salt left. He cut open the mouth with a small knife and sprinkled in the salt grains.

  Soon the first batch of snake meat was roasted, and Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue both reached out to grab it eagerly, completely forgetting the terrified look they had when they saw the snakes in the woods that afternoon.

  Du Ming's hands were quick, and he slapped away both of their hands. "What are you doing! Ladies first, you two wait for the next wave!"

  Du Ming brought the roasted snake meat into the tent, where Yun Cai and Bai Mei were already asleep.

  Du Ming smiled and patted the two people awake, "Wake up, wake up, it's time for dinner, fresh meat."

  Two people had just woken up and smelled the fragrance. Bai Mei Gui hesitated for a moment, "This...this is roasted snake meat, right?"

  "Don't worry, it's non-toxic and tastes quite good. It doesn't look as disgusting as it did when it was alive."

  As Yuncai and Bai Meigui, the two had never eaten snake meat before, but after following Du Ming for a whole day, they were already starving. At this time, smelling the aroma of roasted meat, they couldn't help themselves and took over to eat.

  Yun Cai tentatively took a bite, chewed twice and swallowed, saying "Honestly, it doesn't taste bad."

  Bai Mei Gui heard Yun Cai say this and carefully took a bite, "Okay, it's actually pretty good."

  Du Ming smiled and walked out of the tent to the bonfire, continuing to roast the snake meat.

  Soon another batch of snake meat was roasted, Du Ming handed it to Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue, and the two men also took it without hesitation and started eating with big mouthfuls.

  Du Ming rolled his eyes and roasted the remaining ones, eating them himself.

  It was already late and the sky had darkened.

  On the deserted island, as soon as the sun went down, the temperature dropped quickly. Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue both sat by the fire pit to warm themselves up.

  Du Ming again used branches to pile up a small fire next to the tent, and lit it with the previous fire to prevent the people inside the tent from getting cold. Then he rushed to Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue and said, "You two are tired, go to sleep in the tent first, I'll be on duty for the first half of the night, and at 4 o'clock, I'll come to wake you up."

  Qian Hongwen said, "Let's take turns keeping watch, and each of us can sleep a little longer."

  Du Ming rolled his eyes, "I don't dare trust you two, you have to take turns keeping watch and keep an eye on each other, or else one of you will fall asleep during the night watch."

  The two people had nothing to say to each other and could only nod before walking towards the tent.

  "Hey!" Du Ming shouted unpleasantly, "Where are you going? I specially set up another tent for the two of you, why did you crawl into someone else's tent?"

  Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue were somewhat embarrassed by Du Ming's words and walked into another tent.

  Du Ming sat alone beside the fire pit, with his legs crossed and hands placed on his knees, closed his eyes and began to meditate.

  His body's internal true energy had circulated several cycles, Du Ming opened his eyes, let out a sigh, feeling that he was only one step away from reaching the next level, yet always got stuck at this bottleneck and couldn't break through. Since returning to the mainland for so long, he hadn't made any progress.

  Du Ming sat on the ground for a long time, then got up and stretched his muscles. He looked at the time and it was almost time, so he walked into Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue's tent and patted the two people awake. "Hey, get up, it's your turn to keep watch."

  Two people opened their eyes in a daze, looked at Du Ming, and seemed to have no reaction to where they were. Zhao Tianxue said vaguely, "Huh? Am I on duty today?"

  Du Ming slapped him, "Wake up! This is on a deserted island, what's with the shift work, it's your turn to keep watch!"

  At this time, the two people finally came to their senses and sat up dizzily.

  Du Ming drove them out of the tent, "Take turns keeping watch tonight, be serious and don't slack off. You two keep an eye on each other, whoever dozes off the other one will wake him up, otherwise when danger comes, you two will be the first to die!"

  Du Ming's tone turned cold as he spoke his last sentence, and Qian Hongwen and Zhao Tianxue both felt a sudden chill run down their spines. They straightened up hastily and said in unison, "Yes, yes, we'll definitely keep watch tonight."

  "Yes," Du Ming said, "if there's anything wrong, hurry up and call me. You two don't have to pretend that you can handle it... Forget it, with your two temperaments, even if nothing happens, you'll still be scared out of your wits."

  Du Ming turned around and walked towards the tent where Yun Cai and Bai Mei were sleeping.

  "Hey," Qian Hongwen said discontentedly, "didn't you say earlier that a special tent was set up for men to live in? Why did you let us two go and live there, but you yourself went into the women's tent?"

  "Huh? When did I say that?" Du Ming said, "I said I set up a special tent for you two, but I didn't say all men have to live there. My wife lives here, can't I live here too? You two just stay on night watch and stop thinking nonsense."

  Du Ming finished speaking and slipped into the tent with a sly smile.

  Qian Hongwen did not dare to provoke Du Ming, and could only follow Zhao Tianxue to say indignantly, "This kid, only allows the governor to set fires, but doesn't allow the common people to light lamps!"