49: Chapter 49 Training Mission? Tianyu Sect Beauty Liu Jinrui?

Lin Kuang and the others flew towards their next stop, which was Luoye City.

It was a paradise for the grass attribute, and Lin Kuang was just thinking about how strong his immunity was.

However, a strange mist rose during the flight, blocking their Divine Sense and causing them to lose their way.

Left with no choice, they could only stop and recover their strength on the spot.

"Ah! What is this! Are you trying to poison me? It's so bad!" Lin Kuang took a bite of the food Yu Xiaotang made and complained.

This feeling was just like the first time he ate that low-level spirit pill—no! That thing was actually better! At least he could force it down; this was completely inedible.

"Huh? How is that possible? The ingredients you bought must have been spoiled! I told you, cheap goods aren't good!" Yu Xiaotang immediately found an excuse, refusing to admit her poor cooking skills.

"Huh? No! This was the most expensive stuff there. How could Master let us go hungry?" Lin Kuang had spent quite a few of Pei Yuhan's Spirit Stones, and these were all things he had eaten before under Li Shuang's recommendation.

It wasn't this bad when eating at the restaurant back then!

"Didn't you say you were great at cooking? To think I actually fantasized about you making that kind of flavor!"

"I... I'm an expert at grilled fish! What is this stuff you bought anyway?" Yu Xiaotang took a bite of her own cooking and felt like she was drinking bitter tea with a plastic aftertaste. For the sake of her Face, she could only endure it in silence.

"Forget it! Let me do it! We can't let these ingredients go to waste!" Lin Kuang scooped out the ingredients, added some hotpot base, and started boiling them.

Gurgle gurgle—

Before long, the water in the pot began to bubble, and a fragrant aroma wafted out. Lin Kuang took a bite; the taste couldn't compare to authentic hotpot, but it was much better than Yu Xiaotang's dark cuisine.

At least it was edible!

Smelling the aroma, Yu Xiaotang leaned in too: "What's this? Can stewing everything together really be called cooking?"

At home, Yu Xiaotang mostly ate pastries and grilled fish; she had never seen this kind of one-pot stew. But after just one taste, she fell in love: "Wow! This is delicious! It's so fragrant and numbing!"

Slurp slurp—

Yu Xiaotang and Lin Kuang started eating hotpot in a Family's back garden.

Yes! That's right! This was the back garden of a cultivation Family.

"Quickly! What is this thing!"

Not far away, a group of youths in white robes were learning about wild Spirit Beasts.

"A Magic Bat?" a short youth said while looking at a portrait.

"Wrong, a Magic Bat isn't that small!"

"Hmm? What's that? Blaze Beast? What's that smell? It's so fragrant!" the short youth said.

"Don't get distracted! A Blaze Beast is only delicious when braised!" The flat-topped youth who asked the question was also led astray by the sudden aroma.

"Braised Blaze Beast? Huh? What?" Distracted, the short youth fell off his Flying Sword.

The flat-topped youth immediately reacted, awkwardly using the Void-Splitting Palm to blow away the surrounding mist, and shouted towards the source of the aroma: "Who's there? How dare you interfere with our studies!"

Lin Kuang and Yu Xiaotang, sitting on the ground, looked at them blankly, but their mouths didn't stop as they continued eating the freshly cooked fish balls.

"How can there be people in the middle of these deep mountains and old forests?" Lin Kuang said while eating a fish ball.

"I don't know! Looking at their clothes, they're all dressed the same. Maybe they're Disciples of some Sect training here?" Yu Xiaotang also spoke between fish balls.

"You hicks! We are the Geniuses of the Liu Family!"

"Where did you two come from! Why are you cooking food in our Family garden!"

The flat-topped youth was furious about his earlier embarrassment and summoned his Flying Wheel as he walked toward Lin Kuang.

The short youth who fell to the ground immediately scrambled up and appeared in front of Lin Kuang, blocking the flat-topped youth, and said apologetically: "It's fine, it was my fault for not recognizing the Liehong!"

"Punish me if you must, don't involve innocent people!"

"Move aside, Liu Tao! It's been so many days and you still haven't mastered basic Spirit Beast information, which already makes me furious! Now these two irrelevant people have come to cook food while we're training!"

"This is our Liu Family's back garden! If I don't teach them a lesson, I'm not a member of the Liu Family!"

"This..." Liu Tao was momentarily put in a difficult position by the flat-topped youth's words, not knowing which side to help, but he still didn't move.

"What? Do you want to have a hearty session of free sparring with me?" Lin Kuang stood up, bowl in hand.

Lin Kuang was a full head taller than the flat-topped youth, and his cultivation had reached around the Middle Stage of the second realm. The youth immediately chickened out, and his tone became gentler.

"Haha! Resorting to fists when things don't go your way is too barbaric!"

"Fighting someone like you would damage our Liu Family's reputation!"

"Hmph! Liu Tao, you're so protective of outsiders! You really don't have any of our Liu Family's style. I'm done with you!"

After saying that, the flat-topped youth slunk away with the others.

"The Liu Family estate? This is your Family's territory?" Lin Kuang watched them leave and started eating again.

He hadn't expected someone to build their home in the middle of the deep mountains and old forests.

The Liu Family was a Family subordinate to the Yin Yang Pavilion. They didn't even need to compete with other Schools for a chance to participate in the Xuanyuan Grand Tournament; as long as they reached the Third Realm, they could go straight to the field.

Many cultivation families had no backing and could only send one or two Family Geniuses to the tournament at a time, but the Liu Family could enter as long as they passed the Third Realm!

With such a privileged background, these Young Masters were arrogant! They thought they earned the opportunity because of their own strength, so every one of them was high and mighty.

"I'm sorry! Because of me, you've... been drawn into our conflict!" Liu Tao hurriedly apologized to Lin Kuang and the others.

That mist was their Family's protective array, designed to interfere with people's Divine Sense so they wouldn't find this place, but Lin Kuang and the others had stumbled in by mistake.

"It's... it's fine, *hic*—" Having eaten her fill, Yu Xiaotang stood up and comforted him: "Don't mind them, they're just bullies who pick on the weak!"

"Well, you can't blame us! Your Family just puts up some mist as a protective array without even building a wall!" Lin Kuang stood up after finishing the last fish ball.

"Sigh, tomorrow we have to study in a simulated snowy field! I'm going to turn into a popsicle again!" Liu Tao shook his head as he looked at the information on his Jade Slip.

"What? Is your Family abusing people? First heavy mist, then studying in the snow!" Yu Xiaotang said indignantly.

"No, the Family assessments have always been strict! We also want to become stronger! Only by becoming stronger can I take better care of my sister!" Liu Tao took out a portrait and said helplessly.

Lin Kuang glanced at the portrait, which depicted a girl with exquisite features, long white hair, and clothes resembling a Lolita outfit.

[Ding! Mission triggered—Train the Liu Family Young Miss, Liu Jinrui]

[Mission Reward: Obtain Spirit Beast Biscuits, which can be used to increase Pink Nine's Rank!]

Training the Liu Family's Young Miss? Could it be using the Whip of True Love to train her?

Good, good, good! I've finally reached a Domain I'm good at! Lin Kuang looked at the haughty girl in the portrait and licked his lips.