A Savory Revelation is a Wandering Tale in Where Winds Meet that mixes light combat, ingredient hunting, and a small punchline about misplaced romance. The whole thing plays out around Peace Bell Tower on Moonveil Mountain in Qinghe and ends with a generous payout of Echo Jade, coins, and stored EXP.
Where to start A Savory Revelation (quest location)
Everything begins at Peace Bell Tower in the Moonveil Mountain area of Qinghe. The tower sits above a mountain path dotted with martial NPCs and a hunter’s stall. Cai Cai waits near the tower and serves as the quest giver.
Walk up to Cai Cai and talk to him to start the Wandering Tale. He explains that he wants to cook a special dish for his “wife” and needs your help to gather three things: a firestarter, fresh pheasant, and fresh mushrooms.
A Savory Revelation quest steps
Step 1: Talk to Cai Cai at Peace Bell Tower. Exhaust his dialogue so the Wandering Tale properly starts and the three ingredient objectives appear. Once the quest is active, you are free to move away from the tower to look for each ingredient.
Step 2: Find Cai’s Firestarter near Heaven’s Pier. Follow the path toward Heaven’s Pier, higher up the mountain from Cai Cai’s position. You will come across a small camp occupied by militiamen. Defeat them, then search the camp area near the campfire to pick up the item labeled Cai’s Firestarter.
Step 3: Buy a Fresh Pheasant from the hunter on the mountain path. Head back down toward Peace Bell Tower along the same road. On the way, you will see a hunter with a stall and a large box beside him. Speak to the Hunter and purchase the Fresh Pheasant for 250 coins. This fulfills the pheasant requirement.
Step 4: Collect Fresh Mushrooms near the Peace Bell Tower cliffs. This ingredient is the easiest to miss and is what trips most players up. Start at Peace Bell Tower, then do the following:
Step 1: Stand at the tower and face away from its entrance so that your character looks south. You should be looking toward the cliff edge rather than back along the approach road.
Step 2: Climb or drop carefully down the cliff directly south of the tower until you reach a narrow ledge below. You are looking for a spot that is only a short way down, not the very base of the mountain.
Step 3: On this ledge, look for a distinctive tree. Players describe it as either a single tree that splits into three main trunks or a tree marked by a rabbit at its base. The Fresh Mushrooms sit on the ground near this tree, among a small cluster of trees and a red mushroom oddity nearby.
Once you interact with the mushrooms on the ground, the quest objective for Fresh Mushrooms updates.
Step 5: Return to Cai Cai with all three items. Go back up to Peace Bell Tower and speak to Cai Cai again. Hand over Cai’s Firestarter, the Fresh Pheasant, and the Fresh Mushrooms when prompted. The dialogue will advance to the final reveal.
Step 6: Learn who Cai Cai’s “wife” really is. After you deliver the ingredients, Cai Cai finally explains that his beloved “wife” is not a person at all but his cat. He uses high-quality ingredients to spoil the animal with elaborate meals. Once this scene plays out, the Wandering Tale completes and the rewards drop into your inventory.
A Savory Revelation rewards
| Reward | Amount |
|---|---|
| Echo Jade | ×40 |
| Qinghe Exploration | ×10 |
| Coins | ×5000 |
| Stored EXP | ×5000 |
The Echo Jade and exploration points feed directly into broader progression in Qinghe, while the coins and stored EXP offer a quick boost after what is essentially a small side errand.
Why the Fresh Mushrooms are so hard to find
On paper, “search near the Peace Bell Tower outskirts” sounds straightforward. In practice, the Fresh Mushrooms sit on a narrow cliff ledge below the tower, hidden among several similar-looking trees and environmental details. Players often wander around the road and forest around the tower without ever looking over the cliff edge.
A few landmark cues help narrow it down. From the dead tree where a nearby NPC calls for help, face south and check your minimap for an oddity icon to the south, tied to a red bug you can jump for. The mushroom location is just a little west of that marker, under the distinctive tree. If you instead roam around at the base of the mountain or only in front of the tower, you will likely miss the ledge entirely.
How A Savory Revelation fits into Where Winds Meet’s world
Where Winds Meet leans heavily on the idea of the jianghu — a roaming martial world where wanderers, sects, and drifters cross paths. A Savory Revelation takes that broader backdrop and shrinks it down to something intimate. Instead of cosmic stakes or faction drama, the story focuses on a man, his pet, and the small rituals that matter to him.
The twist that Cai Cai’s “wife” is a cat plays as quiet comedy rather than slapstick. The quest structure reinforces that tone: a simple mountain road, a brief skirmish with militiamen, some light exploration, then a reveal that reframes the whole errand. The rewards are practical, but the main payoff is the sense that even in a world of martial heroes, someone is pouring their savings into feeding a pampered animal.
Clearing the tale also nudges you to explore the vertical space around Peace Bell Tower, exposing you to nearby oddities, puzzles, and NPCs on Moonveil Mountain. If you are working through Wandering Tales in Qinghe or simply want an easy batch of Echo Jade and EXP, it is worth detouring long enough to help Cai Cai cook for his not-so-mysterious companion.
