4. What Can the Arrogant Young Master Do to Me?
! There were trees, streams, and a clear spring.
In the courtyard, there was a vegetable patch with various edible crops, seemingly left by the previous owner. However, it hadn’t been tended to for a while, and there wasn’t much left to harvest.
Gong Yiling examined the contents of the patch, contemplating what to eat—most cultivators beyond the Core Transformation stage abstained from food, but she, and the rest of her group, weren’t in that habit. They were quite the oddballs on this mountain.
As she was thinking, Yan Chuyue suddenly ran into the courtyard, holding something.
“Miss Lü, look what I found!”
“Crayfish?” Gong Yiling, seeing the two-clawed crustaceans in her hand, asked in surprise, “Where did you find these?”
“In the stream over there. There are quite a lot. I just caught two.”
Hearing about crayfish, Gong Yiling’s interest was immediately piqued. “Let’s go, let’s go! Take me there.”
The place Yan Chuyue mentioned was a small pool downstream.
Whether these crayfish were raised by the previous owner or native to this area, the shallow riverbed was teeming with them, their little claws waving menacingly.
“This is a great place.” Gong Yiling clapped her hands, smiling. “We can have a good meal tonight. Steamed crayfish it is.”
“Steamed?” Yan Chuyue waved her hand with a grin, then closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them again, various spices, chilies, and Sichuan peppercorns appeared in her hand as if by magic.
Right.
She had her Divine Physician’s space, which was a hundred times larger than any Universe Ring and contained the most perfect plantation, suitable for growing any rare herb.
However… judging by the freshness of these chilies… was the mercenary queen actually growing chilies and Sichuan peppercorns in her dedicated herb garden?
“Where are the scallions and garlic?”
“I have them!”
“And vegetables? Radishes?”
“Do you need those for crayfish? Though I have them too.”
“Then… you don’t happen to have rice, do you?”
“Rice? Of course!” Yan Chuyue puffed out her chest confidently. “And it’s a special variety bred by a very, very amazing old man. I wro—”
I wrote that I deliberately put this in the Divine Physician’s space!
She almost blurted it out.
Of course, Yan Chuyue wasn’t that careless. She quickly corrected herself, “I wro… I wrote a thank you note to him!”
Gong Yiling knew which old man she was talking about, but she still had to feign ignorance and say, “Rice is the foundation of the nation. When you have time, Chuyue, you must tell me about that old man.”
“Okay!”
Seeing her enthusiastic response, Gong Yiling suddenly thought of something perplexing.
—In the novel, the herb garden was perfectly utilized, filled with various rare herbs.
After all, the mercenary queen was a mature and thoughtful person. Even if many of the herbs she grew were never used, it was better to be prepared.
But this Yan Chuyue… why were all the things she took out… like this?
Growing these common ingredients in a superior herb garden that could drastically shorten their growth cycle… this woman’s way of thinking was… truly peculiar.
Of course, strange as it was…
This woman was a walking, talking granary, and a very well-stocked one at that.
So, their food problem was solved!
“Then I’ll make spicy crayfish.” Gong Yiling continued to fiddle in the pool. “The three girls can all eat spicy food. What about you, Chuyue?”
“The spicier, the better!” Yan Chuyue blinked happily.
Seeing her excitement, Miss Gong couldn’t help but smile, reminded of her younger sister.
That girl also loved spicy food.
Despite being from a region known for its mild cuisine, she had an unusual passion for spicy dishes.
So much so that before they parted ways, Gong Yiling had been forced to learn how to cook some decent Sichuan cuisine.
After all, their mother’s cooking was truly… indescribable.
The two then began a highly anticipated crayfish-catching competition.
However, before they could even fill half a basket, they heard rustling sounds from the bushes, followed by a man’s voice.
“Brother Lei, this is a really nice place, hahahahaha!” The man’s voice was boisterous, but with a hint of jealousy. “I’m not so lucky. That other cave is only slightly better than my old one.”
“What does it matter?” another voice replied. “My uncle beat him once, he can beat him again. If it weren’t for that old bastard Su Youde interfering, the cave next door would be ours too.”
“Hahaha, with this cave, Brother Lei’s cultivation will surely reach new heights. When you return to Qian Yue Academy this year, you’ll surely impress everyone.”
“What are you saying?” another voice chimed in. “Brother Lei isn’t just impressive at the academy. In our Ye Ao Daoist Mountain, he’s a prodigy of the younger generation. The future Sect Master position… Brother Lei is several times stronger than Nai Wohe, isn’t he?”
“Hahahaha!”
“Hahahaha!”
“Hahahaha!”
A burst of knowing laughter echoed through the forest, but Gong Yiling found it strange.
The Young Master of Ye Ao Daoist Mountain, Nai Wohe?
Ye Ao Nai Wo He!? (A pun on “Ye Ao Nai Wo He,” which sounds like “What can the arrogant young master do to me?”)
What a bizarre name.
After they finished laughing, three men appeared by the pool.
“Let me show you over there…” The man turned and saw the two women in the pool.
The afternoon sun shone on the splashing water, creating a rainbow. Bathed in this light, the two women looked stunning.
One had a charming smile, and the other, although veiled, had eyes that sparkled like stars. When the wind blew, it revealed a glimpse of a breathtakingly beautiful face.
“Who… are they?”
They hadn’t seen these women here before.
But their stunning beauty left a deep impression on them.
