Icy Realm

For dinner, the players received energy bars and a bag of dried fruits, nuts and seeds for each of them. Though unappealing, this kind of food was high in vitamins and minerals, and was very suitable to replenish their lost energy. It was only then that they could force themselves to chew and swallow.

Jin Jiuchi, on the other hand, found them utterly unpalatable in the face of beef jerky Shen Nianzu had promised him. 

Alas, Shen Nianzu could not just whip it out in front of the other players lest they would get suspicious of him, and thus he could only try to appease Jin Jiuchi in a low voice, "Later. I will give you when we're alone later. For now, eat this." He nudged the chocolate energy bar to Jin Jiuchi's mouth, silently urging him.