202: Chapter 202 A Feast of Spirit Rice! A Superstar Overeats, and a Billionaire Kneeling Outside!

Half an hour later, in the dining room of No. 44 Courtyard in Locust Tree Alley.

A huge Huanghuali round table was covered with a sumptuous feast.

But no one's gaze lingered on those delicacies; instead, they were all staring fixedly at the steaming blue and white porcelain bucket in the center of the table.

As the head housekeeper Ye Yuqing lifted the lid of the bucket.

"Boom—"

A surge of Spiritual Qi, so dense it almost solidified, accompanied by an exotic fragrance that made the Soul tremble, instantly permeated the hall.

Every grain of spirit crystal rice in the bucket was as plump as if carved from top-grade mutton-fat jade, crystal clear, and even emitting a faint white glow.

"Gulp."

Zhou Mingyue swallowed hard, her saliva nearly dripping onto the table.

"Is... is this really rice? I feel like I'm eating night-luminescent pearls!"

Not just her, even the big star Reba, who was used to all kinds of top-tier luxury banquets, had eyes shining at this moment, clutching her chopsticks like an impatient little glutton.

"Don't just stand there, let's eat."

As the head of the house, Su Yang sat in the main seat and gave a wave of his hand.

Ye Yuqing immediately served everyone a large, full bowl.

Liu Waner picked up a grain of spirit crystal rice and put it in her mouth.

There was no need to chew; the moment the rice touched the tip of her tongue, it turned into a pure and warm current, sliding down her throat into her stomach, then rapidly spreading to her limbs and bones.

"Mmm... so hot..."

Liu Waner let out a soft cry. Her already fair cheeks instantly flushed crimson, and a faint white mist even rose from the top of her head.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound was heard.

On Zhou Mingyue's side, it was even more exaggerated. Relying on her big mouth, she shoveled nearly half a bowl in. As a result, in less than three seconds, a series of popping sounds like crackling beans came from within the young girl's body, and a surge of Qi Refinement Stage level one spiritual power fluctuations erupted directly from her Mortal body!

"Oh no! So smelly! Why is black mud coming out of me!" Zhou Mingyue smelled the Impurities seeping from her arms and covered her nose in disgust.

"What's the fuss? This is top-grade spirit rice helping you with Cleansing the Tendons and Cutting the Marrow."

Su Yang smiled and shook his head.

This spirit crystal rice wasn't some genetically modified rice from the secular world, but a top-grade staple of the Cultivation World produced by absorbing the earth vein dragon core.

A Mortal eating one mouthful could cure all diseases and prolong life; it wasn't unusual to step directly onto the threshold of cultivation after eating a bowl.

In contrast, Reba's reaction was much more elegant.

Having previously eaten the nine-thousand-year flat peach, she already possessed an Innate Dao Body. Now, after eating this spirit crystal rice, she didn't expel any Impurities; instead, her skin became even more translucent and lustrous, with a faint treasure-like light flowing over it.

"Su Yang, this rice is so delicious!"

Reba picked up a mouthful of rice and actually leaned in close to Su Yang, parting her alluring red lips and bringing the chopsticks to Su Yang's mouth.

"Try it, it's really fragrant."

Because Reba was so close, her stunningly full curves inevitably pressed against Su Yang's arm, conveying a surprising softness and elasticity.

Su Yang raised an eyebrow and unceremoniously ate the rice Reba fed him, casually flicking her perky nose.

"Take it easy. This stuff has too much Spiritual Qi. If you eat too much, you won't be able to sleep tonight. If you start going crazy and taking off your clothes like last time, I won't be responsible for putting out the fire."

At the mention of the embarrassing incident where she got "drunk" from the flat peach, Reba's face instantly turned red to the roots of her ears. She gave Su Yang a coy, reproachful look, drawing light laughter from the other women at the table.

Bai Li sat on Su Yang's other side. As a Nascent Soul Stage great demon, this level of spirit rice was merely a decent snack to her.

She ate with elegant movements, but a fluffy white fox tail involuntarily peeked out from behind her, swaying contentedly in the air, clearly in a great mood.

"By the way, Hubby, Chu Ling and Sister Mary aren't eating. Aren't you going to prepare some food for them?" Bai Li reminded him considerately.

Chu Ling, who had been floating by the ceiling watching everyone eat, and Mary, who was lying on the sofa rolling her eyes in boredom, immediately looked at Bai Li with gratitude upon hearing this.

"It's still Sister Bai Li who cares about us!" Mary pouted pitifully. "The boss is biased, eating and drinking the best for himself while letting the zombie go hungry."

"Stop acting pitiful."

Su Yang flipped his hand and took two items out of the System space.

One was a top-grade Magical Artifact, the 'Yin-Gathering Banner', snatched from the Dragon Tiger Mountain treasury, which he tossed directly to Chu Ling.

"This banner Seals the Origin Yin Qi of over a thousand century-old evil ghosts. It's enough for you to absorb for ten days to half a month."

Next, he took out a red liquid in a Spirit-Sealing Jade Bottle and threw it to Mary.

"The heart's blood of an eight-hundred-year-old Black Water Mystic Snake, a guardian Spirit Beast from the back mountain of Mount Shu. Drink it sparingly, don't down it all at once."

"Wow! Thanks, Boss! Boss is the most handsome!"

Mary caught the jade bottle, pulled the stopper, and took a sniff. That extremely pure power of blood and qi instantly turned her eyes an excited scarlet, and her huge bat wings even popped out uncontrollably.

If she weren't wary of Su Yang's presence, she would have wanted to perform an intimate dance for him on the spot.

The dinner was full of harmony throughout No. 44 Courtyard.

After everyone had their fill, Ye Yuqing arranged for Liu Waner and Zhou Mingyue to wash up and rest, and incidentally consolidate their newly Breakthrough Realms.

Su Yang held a cup of hot tea and walked slowly into the courtyard to aid digestion.

The earth vein dragon core buried earlier had completely integrated with the earth qi of Locust Tree Alley.

At this time, the courtyard actually glowed with a faint golden light in the night, like a fairyland.

The evolved Da Hei had coiled dozens of scale-covered vines, thick as water buckets, on top of the wall. The eerie human face in the center of the flower head had its eyes closed, greedily inhaling and exhaling the moonlight.

Just then.

Su Yang's keen Divine Sense suddenly detected a very noisy engine sound coming from outside the alley.

And it wasn't just one car, but a motorcade.

"Hiss—"

Da Hei on the wall suddenly snapped its eyes open, and a look of extreme cruelty and ferocity appeared on that human face.

It could feel strangers approaching the territory it guarded.

"Be quiet, don't scare the passersby."

Su Yang patted one of Da Hei's hanging vines, and his Divine Sense instantly penetrated the thick courtyard wall.

He saw that the outskirts of the narrow Locust Tree Alley had been blocked by over a dozen identical black Rolls-Royce Phantoms at some point.

Dozens of elite bodyguards in black suits and sunglasses, with obvious bulges at their waists, quickly got out and set up a cordon for dozens of meters around.

The door of the stretched Rolls-Royce in the middle opened.

A young woman wearing a high-end black professional suit, her legs wrapped in ultra-thin black stockings, with a cold and stunningly beautiful face that was almost aloof, walked down quickly.

Her brow was furrowed, and her eyes were filled with deep anxiety as she turned to help an old man in a Tang suit out of the car and into a wheelchair.

The old man's face was as pale as golden paper, his breath was as weak as a thread, and a mass of pitch-black Death Qi, invisible to the naked eye of ordinary people, even lingered between his eyebrows.

"Grandpa, this is the place. Director Li said that this Master Su is currently the only person in China who can save you."

The cold beauty pushed the wheelchair and took a deep breath as she looked at the ancient vermilion gate before her.

She, the dignified richest person in Jiangnan Province and the Sect Head of the hundred-billion-dollar Qin Group, Qin Xueji, actually had to come to this dilapidated alley in the western suburbs of Jiangzhou to seek medical help.

Qin Xueji walked to the gate and was about to raise her hand to knock.

"Boom!"

The gate slammed open to both sides.

Before Qin Xueji could react, a terrifying vine as thick as a thigh and covered in black metallic scales shot out from the courtyard like a venomous snake. Its sharp tip stopped directly in front of her snowy-white neck, less than a centimeter away.

The terrifying, foul wind emanating from that vine instantly made the dozens of elite bodyguards behind Qin Xueji feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, losing even the courage to draw their guns.

"It's the middle of the night, so noisy."

From inside the courtyard came the lazy and impatient voice of a young man.