329: foodies

Only then did Chen Xuan notice there were two other spectators nearby.

"I almost forgot about the two of you."

He spoke indifferently; his voice wasn't loud, but it exploded like a clap of thunder in the ears of Mo Chenzi and True Person Cang Ling.

"Senior, spare—" True Person Cang Ling's plea for mercy had just reached his lips, and before he could even finish, Chen Xuan had already moved.

Without shifting his body, he casually raised a hand, and two palm winds containing terrifying power burst through the air, fast as lightning, heading straight for their faces.

In an instant, Mo Chenzi and True Person Cang Ling felt an overwhelming disaster suddenly descend; before the thought of resisting could even arise, the Spiritual Qi throughout their bodies was shaken into dissipation by this power.

"Bang! Bang!"

Two crisp yet piercing sounds suddenly echoed through the sky.

In the next second, blood splattered.

Mo Chenzi and True Person Cang Ling didn't even manage to let out a scream before their bodies exploded under the palm winds, turning into a sky full of crimson mist that drifted down.

Leng Yimei then said with a solemn expression, "You were suppressing your Realm before; you aren't in the Void Refining Realm at all."

Chen Xuan smiled indifferently. "Now, it's time for you to hand over the Chaos Void Jade."

The moment his voice fell, Leng Yimei blinked her eyes and without hesitation reached out to bring out a Talisman shimmering with a faint green light from her storage ring.

Their previous exchange had already made her understand that she was no match for the person before her.

Her Revered Master had once instructed that if the opponent's cultivation base was below the Integration Realm, she should seize the Chaos Void Jade and bring the person back to the Sect. If they were above the Integration Realm, she should leave it to her Revered Master to handle.

With a sudden jerk of her wrist, she was about to activate the Talisman's power, but at that critical moment, Chen Xuan's figure approached like a ghost, so fast that his movements were impossible to see clearly.

With a soft "zheng" sound, that green Talisman was actually caught firmly between Chen Xuan's two fingers; no matter how the green light on the Talisman flickered, it couldn't break free in the slightest.

At the same time, Chen Xuan flicked his finger, and a strand of condensed spiritual power, like a fine needle, entered Leng Yimei's Dantian and Qi Sea with absolute precision.

"Ugh!"

Leng Yimei felt a sudden sharp pain in her abdomen; the spiritual power surging within her body was like a river whose source had been instantly cut off, coming to a sudden halt. The ripples of Spiritual Qi around her dissipated at a visible rate; no matter how she tried to mobilize it, she could no longer stir even a bit.

Chen Xuan casually put that Escape Talisman into his storage ring.

Leng Yimei was both shocked and angry, her pretty face flushing red. She glared at Chen Xuan and threatened with feigned bravado:

"Don't be too arrogant! So what if you can beat me? Once my Revered Master arrives, you'll still only have one path to death! You'd better honestly let me go and hand over the Chaos Void Jade. I can even pretend I don't know anything and give you a way out!"

Chen Xuan ignored these words and moved his mind.

The storage ring on the girl's wrist trembled slightly, then broke free from her restraint and slowly flew toward Chen Xuan, landing steadily in his palm.

"Wait!"

Leng Yimei grew anxious instantly. "There are no treasures in that storage ring at all, and the Chaos Void Jade isn't in there either! Give it back to me quickly, or else... or else I'll really be angry!"

Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow and tapped the storage ring lightly with his fingertip; his Divine Thought surged in like a tide.

In the next moment, he was slightly stunned.

The space inside this storage ring wasn't small, yet there wasn't a single Magic Treasure or Medicinal Pill, nor any Secret Manuals or Spirit Stones. What met his eyes was actually a space packed full of food.

Glossy lotus-leaf eight-treasure chickens were neatly stacked, golden crispy Roasted Suckling Pigs still radiated residual heat, and rows of tightly sealed jars of Osmanthus Wine emitted a sweet fragrance, not to mention those categorized exquisite pastries.

Layered pastries, Pea Flour Cakes, Rose Cakes, and several large bags of Candied Fruits carefully wrapped in oil paper—each piece plump and translucent—made for a dazzling sight.

Chen Xuan couldn't help but twitch his lips.

How gluttonous was this brat? Coming out to hunt and seize treasure, yet her storage ring was stuffed with these things; no wonder she had mentioned small soup buns earlier.

He suddenly remembered the System's evaluation of the girl's Aptitude.

Chen Xuan casually took out an oil paper bag, took a piece of Candied Fruit from it, and tossed it into his mouth.

Leng Yimei's eyes widened as she watched this; her whole body froze.

Then her eyes slowly turned red, the stubbornness and anger on her face fading away, replaced by a kind of dead-hearted despair. Her watery eyes blinked twice; it looked like she was about to cry from being wronged.

Chen Xuan coughed lightly, cleared his throat, and spoke unhurriedly: "Where is the Chaos Void Jade hidden? Hand it over quickly. Otherwise..."

"I'll help you eat all of this delicious food."

"Don't!"

Leng Yimei let out a startled scream like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. Just imagining the scene of those delicacies being devoured made her heart ache. The girl's expression was conflicted for a while, her pretty face wrinkling like a bitter melon, before she reluctantly reached into her inner garments and pulled out a simple-looking storage ring.

"You have to give my things back to me first!"

She gripped the storage ring and glared at Chen Xuan warily, looking like a little hedgehog protecting its food.

Chen Xuan had no time to bicker with the girl; with a flip of his wrist, a wave of spiritual power swept through the air, snatching the storage ring directly. He tapped the ring's surface lightly, sent his Divine Thought inside, and within an instant, found a dark jade stone.

It was indeed a Chaos Void Jade fragment!

Besides that, a palm-sized Stone Mirror lay in the storage ring—another heaven-rank magic treasure.

There were also several stacks of Talismans and a few bottles of well-preserved Medicinal Pills, none of which looked ordinary.

Chen Xuan wasn't polite; he swept all these things out in one go and casually tossed them into the System space for safekeeping. After finishing this, he picked up the storage ring filled with food and tossed it back to the eagerly watching Leng Yimei.

Leng Yimei caught the storage ring and hugged it tightly to her chest, her heart finally settling. Her face immediately rippled with the relief of having survived a disaster. Then, her gaze became glued to the oil paper bag of unfinished Candied Fruit in Chen Xuan's hand, looking on longingly.

Before she could speak, a strong sense of dizziness suddenly swept through her mind, and the scene before her eyes turned upside down.

The Integration Realm Experience Card only had a thirty-minute duration. Since this girl could follow the Magic Treasure's aura to find this place, there was no guarantee her Revered Master or other helpers wouldn't arrive one after another; he couldn't stay here for long.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Xuan took Leng Yimei and the unconscious Chu Haotian, and with a flash of light beneath his feet...

...the three figures broke through the sky and instantly appeared above Yunxi City.