CHAPTER 57: CHAPTER 57

The children carried the food out, while Chen Muxue and her dish were still hesitating in the kitchen, causing everyone to feel a sense of eager anticipation.

"Don’t stare, it’s just a meal. If she wants to eat and stay at the Foundation Establishment Stage, don’t you want to reach Core Formation?"

"My elixir is taking forever to form. Smelling this aroma... If I could have a bite, it should be nice..."

"No wonder you can’t form the elixir!"

The elder who previously spoke stroked his beard and sighed, "The path of cultivation is long, how can it be delayed by a mere bite of food! Alas, it’s sad, truly sad!"

Cen Lizhui had already swallowed several times, thinking, it’s so sad, how can it not be sad? Wanting to eat but can’t, it’s too miserable to cultivate like this!

Chen Muxue used her own spiritual power to clean the pot thoroughly and only then slowly carried the chicken wings out.

Is it her imagination, why does it feel like everyone is staring at her chicken wings? Hmm, it must be a misperception, these cultivators surely disdain this bite of food, nothing to see.

The children had already served rice for Chen Muxue as well and were waiting for her.

Without hesitation, she took a piece of chicken wing, and with one bite, the skin was slightly crispy from frying, yet the inside was very tender, the texture was delightful. The scorched scent of chili powder combined with this texture gave the feeling of a barbecue, while the soy aroma made it much better suited with rice than barbecue.

Because the chicken wings were cut directly in half, although they looked smaller, it perfectly compensated for the lack of marination, it was completely flavorful.

The children enthusiastically gnawed away, Xiaohua couldn’t use chopsticks well, directly grabbing with hands and gnawing, her cheeks were all stained. Xiaohu and Changfu had spirit roots but no guide for fasting, so their appetite was no different from ordinary people. They had already passed the usual eating time, and the kids were hungry, each devouring ravenously.

Seeing them, even their plain rice in the bowls seemed extremely sweet!

"What fragrance is this?" Fei Ying rushed out of the room, ran downstairs, and saw the few from Qian Ding Sect eating deliciously.

"Miss Chen, may I—"

"No." Chen Muxue kept her head down, focused on eating. Unlike the children, her eating style couldn’t be called elegant, but it always made people feel that she highly respected these dishes.

Actually, when she was young, she gobbled her food too. It was because of her childhood experience she wanted to be a chef. Later, when she could eat to her fill daily, she slowly changed that habit, but she developed an attitude of treating each meal seriously.

Fei Ying was rebuffed at first, but he had sampled cuisines from all over the world; what kind of difficult cook hadn’t he encountered? One refusal could not make him give up easily.

"Miss Chen, how about I buy it from you?" Fei Ying negotiated.

"See, I told you, she uses her cooking to win over Liuyun Sect..."

"Shh!"

The elder who saw Fei Ying’s stance was even more disdainful, "As an elder, you can’t even lead by example! You yourself obstruct your cultivation due to desire, yet don’t advise this young lady! Have you given up on your mid-grade spirit root? If you forgo this food, why would you be stuck at the Foundation Establishment Stage?!"

The crowd echoed the elder, "Exactly! As an elder, can’t you see her sinister intentions? Liuyun Sect is not to be trifled with by such people!"

Suddenly, the clouds outside started swirling, a rumbling sound hovered in the air.

"Tribulation cloud? Who’s about to face a tribulation?"