Chapter 28: I’m Going to Break My Promise Tonight…
After Luo Chuxue left, Su Lingxi eagerly opened her task list, only to see a scene that made her break down.
Luo Chuxue’s Favorability (49/50)
Su Lingxi: “…”
“Xiao Bai, what’s going on? Why is it just one point short?”
“Fifty favorability is a stage. You just need a catalyst now,” Xiao Bai reminded her.
“Sigh, so close.”
The main problem was that Su Lingxi had already let Luo Chuxue experience all the fun things she could think of.
“Wait… experience?” Su Lingxi’s eyes lit up.
“Xiao Bai, do you know… the three sacred places for a date?” Su Lingxi suddenly asked.
“Of course! The Ferris wheel, the movie theater, and the aquarium!”
“But this is a cultivation world. I don’t think you can use these to increase Luo Chuxue’s favorability.”
Xiao Bai was very direct, but Su Lingxi didn’t think so.
Because in Xiao Bai’s mall interface, she had seen a projector, priced at exactly three hundred points.
Su Lingxi decided to take a gamble. After all, these three hundred points would do little to improve herself. But if she completed Luo Chuxue’s mission, she would get two thousand points.
And she had to go to the Immaculate Pool again.
First, complete Luo Chuxue’s mission, and then find a way to enter the Immaculate Pool again.
Two days later.
Luo Chuxue’s complexion had improved a lot. Only then did Su Lingxi feel relieved. At least the medicine was working.
“Senior Sister, you just need to take the medicine one last time tomorrow.”
“Just one more time?”
For some reason, Luo Chuxue was a little disappointed.
“Yes. To celebrate Senior Sister’s recovery, I’ll prepare some good things for you tomorrow!”
“What good things?”
“I’ll tell you when you come tomorrow!”
Luo Chuxue didn’t press further, just nodded.
**
The next morning.
Luo Chuxue was about to go to the Immaculate Pool to cultivate when Luo Yunxuan suddenly appeared and blocked her way.
“Brother, what are you doing sneaking around?”
Luo Chuxue’s mind was still on what kind of surprise Su Lingxi would give her tonight when Luo Yunxuan suddenly appeared.
Luo Yunxuan made a shushing gesture. “Shh!”
“Imperial Sister, I’ve recently invited some great chefs. Their culinary skills are truly amazing. Come with me!”
Luo Chuxue was stunned. “Brother, since when did you become obsessed with food?”
“It’s a recent thing. Let’s go.” Luo Yunxuan awkwardly rubbed his nose.
“But I still have to cultivate…”
“Aiya, there’s no hurry. Let me tell you, if you want to break through to the Nascent Soul realm, you need a fortuitous encounter…”
And so, under Luo Yunxuan’s persistent pestering, Luo Chuxue had no choice but to go to Luo Yunxuan’s hall.
Luo Yunxuan’s hall was filled with smoke from cooking. Several maids were bustling in and out, looking very busy.
Luo Chuxue didn’t know what Luo Yunxuan was up to, but she still went in.
Upon entering the palace, Luo Chuxue saw a dazzling array of delicacies on the table.
All of these dishes were clearly inseparable from chili peppers, such as sour soup fish, mapo tofu, spicy chicken, and so on.
Luo Chuxue: “This…”
“Hey, I’ve had too much of the Canglan imperial family’s food. I need to change my diet once in a while.”
“These are all made from ingredients sent from the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation day and night. Sister, you should try them.”
Luo Yunxuan said as he picked up a piece of tofu coated in chili oil and placed it in Luo Chuxue’s bowl.
Luo Chuxue felt that Luo Yunxuan was acting strangely. He had never been like this before.
An unsolicited display of affection is either from a traitor or a thief.
But out of courtesy, she still tried it. The moment the food entered her mouth, a stimulating sensation came from the tip of Luo Chuxue’s tongue.
She felt that this was not food, but a bomb.
A stream of fire-type spiritual energy rushed into Luo Chuxue’s body, and she coughed violently.
Luo Yunxuan thought she had choked and gently patted her back.
“Brother, there’s something wrong with this food…”
Luo Chuxue’s face was flushed, but it was a sickly red.
“What’s going on?”
Seeing his sister like this, Luo Yunxuan immediately grabbed the chef and questioned him.
“Weren’t you the one who used to cook for the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation’s imperial family? How could this happen?”
“This lowly one doesn’t know either. I did indeed follow the standards for the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation’s imperial family, and the ingredients are also top-notch.”
The chef’s legs were trembling, and his voice was shaking. He didn’t seem to be lying.
“There must be something wrong with the food you made.”
Luo Yunxuan threw the chef out in a fit of anger. The chef crashed into several ice pillars outside and fell unconscious.
Luo Chuxue’s originally fair skin was now slightly red.
Luo Yunxuan realized he had caused trouble and quickly took out his spiritual crystal to call his master.
Luo Yunxuan’s master was the Great Elder of the Snowfall Sect, with strength at the peak of the Tribulation Crossing realm, only a step away from the ultimate cultivation in the Mortal Realm.
After receiving the call, the Great Elder instantly appeared beside Luo Yunxuan. “What is it?”
“Master, please save my sister. She just ate a little food and became like this.”
The Great Elder’s expression was grave as he turned to look at the dishes on the table. These dishes were clearly not from the Canglan Nation.
The Great Elder dipped his finger in some chili oil and put it in his mouth. The next second, his expression changed drastically, and he spat it out.
“These foods are all from the Vermilion Bird Divine Nation. The ingredients have been nourished by the local fire element and have long since acquired fire-attribute spiritual energy.”
“After Chuxue ate these things, I’m afraid the ice-elemental power and fire-elemental power in her body have begun to devour each other.”
“More importantly, her spiritual energy is already on the verge of a breakthrough, and it’s already unstable… If it’s invaded by mutually destructive elemental spiritual energy, I’m afraid it will be dangerous!”
Hearing this, Luo Yunxuan plopped down on the ground.
“It’s over… Sister… It’s all my fault…” Luo Yunxuan was instantly lost.
“What are you still standing there for? Take her to the Immaculate Pool. It can purify the fire-elemental power in her body,” the Great Elder reprimanded, sending a gentle stream of ice-elemental power into Luo Chuxue’s body to stabilize the fire-elemental power within her.
“Oh, oh, right!”
Luo Yunxuan, as if waking from a dream, picked up Luo Chuxue and headed for the Immaculate Pool.
Along the way, the news of Luo Chuxue’s predicament spread throughout the inner court. Everyone said that Luo Chuxue was in mortal danger.
Luo Chuxue lay in Luo Yunxuan’s arms, her body temperature constantly rising.
“Sister, don’t be afraid. Brother will cure you. It’s all my fault.” Luo Yunxuan was filled with self-blame.
Luo Chuxue’s vision gradually blurred. “Su Lingxi… I’m going to break my promise tonight…”
At the same time, a bewildered Su Lingxi, who still didn’t know what had happened, received a notification that the mission was complete.
“Congratulations!”
Luo Chuxue’s favorability has been obtained (50/50). Reward: Two thousand points.
