17: Chapter 17 The Eunuch Cook, Well-Fed and Well-Drinked

Immersed in the massive wave of experience points he had freeloaded, Su Yi failed to notice that the atmosphere in the room was beginning to heat up.

Yin Chaoge felt himself growing hot, with an urge to take off his clothes!

Swoosh!

Yin Chaoge stood up instantly, his breathing somewhat rapid as he turned and walked out the door.

Su Yi watched the suddenly standing and departing Yin Chaoge with a confused expression.

"What is wrong with this guy!"

But since Yin Chaoge had left and he was the only one left in the room, Su Yi could openly take out a Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

A fingernail-sized, crystal-clear stone lay quietly in Su Yi's hand.

The System prompt sounded right on cue:

"Ding, convert to experience points?"

"Yes!"

"Ding, experience + 1000!"

Hahaha, I just spent 3000 experience points, didn't expect to earn them back immediately!

Looking at the three remaining Low-Grade Spirit Stones in his Storage Pouch, Su Yi would not be polite.

He went straight to it: "Instant refinement!"

Looking at his attribute panel with satisfaction, Su Yi was in a great mood.

After the 4000 experience points arrived, Su Yi casually upgraded himself to Rank 2, saving 3000 experience points to use after he went to the Scripture Pavilion tomorrow to pick out a skill.

"Name: Su Yi"

"Rank: 2 (3000 / 2000)"

"Aptitude: 2 (Water)"

"Spiritual Power: 4"

"Physique: 4"

"Comprehension Ability: 6"

"Soul: 6"

"Talent: Born Alluring Talent (Red)"

"Cultivation Technique: Luoxia Qi Refining Technique Introductory (Blue)"

"Magic Treasure: None"

Changing into a clean set of clothes, Su Yi felt a bit hungry, so he walked out of the room, preparing to make himself something to eat.

As soon as he stepped out the door, he saw Yin Chaoge by the well in the courtyard, pouring buckets of cold water over himself.

"Prodigies really do have some weird quirks, not even taking off their clothes when bathing!"

Su Yi glanced at Yin Chaoge, pursed his lips, and walked straight into the kitchen.

Just as he entered the kitchen, he saw thick smoke billowing inside, and a small figure was squatting by the stove, puffing out their cheeks and blowing air into it.

Su Yi leaned against the doorframe, watching the figure, which was as familiar as could be, and asked with interest: "What are you doing?"

The sudden inquiry gave Ling Yao, who had been starting the fire, a start, and she whipped her head around to look at Su Yi.

Su Yi almost laughed out loud; the Empress he had desperately fawned over before his Transmigration now had a face covered in black and white smudges, looking like a little calico cat.

Looking at Su Yi, who was stifling his laughter, Ling Yao felt somewhat ashamed and fiercely bared her two little fangs at him, saying furiously: "What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen someone cooking?"

Like a little wild cat whose tail had been stepped on, Su Yi couldn't help but tease her: "I've seen cooking, but I've never seen someone wear smoky eye makeup while doing it!"

Ling Yao froze for a moment, touched her face, looked at the black smudge on her hand, and immediately let out a startled cry, running out of the kitchen like a cat with its fur bristling.

Running past Su Yi, annoyed by his mockery, she extended her little foot and stomped hard on Su Yi's foot.

Su Yi gasped, shook his foot, and watched her back as she walked away, her fluffy hair loosely tied up with a hairpin: "Hiss, was this little brat's temper this explosive when she was young?"

Su Yi walked into the kitchen, skillfully started the fire, took food out of his Storage Pouch, and began cooking with a clatter.

As the former number one lackey under Empress Ling Yao, Su Yi found cooking to be second nature.

If you want to capture a woman's heart, you must first capture her eyes, ears, and mouth.

Handsome, sweet-talking, and possessing good culinary skills.

Not only in the game could Su Yi make the Empress look at him with admiration, but even in reality, all kinds of older sisters looked at Su Yi with admiration.

If you ask if there were only older sisters?

Su Yi would only laugh at you for not understanding success.

Wealthy rich women are never too young; even if the other person was eighty, Su Yi would only call her "older sister."

You might say the other person is too old, and speaking like that would seem frivolous.

How could an older sister be old? It's just that I, Su Yi, arrived late.

After a flurry of clattering, a few signature dishes were fresh out of the kitchen.

They were perfect in color, aroma, and taste, all suiting Ling Yao's palate.

Su Yi also steamed a large pot of rice; the Empress, who cultivated the power of Qi and blood, had an appetite that was not just average!

Bringing the food to the stone table, Su Yi looked toward Ling Yao, who was peeking through the door crack, and could even hear her swallowing her saliva.

Su Yi waved at the peeking Ling Yao: "Come over, there's so much, I can't eat it all by myself, and if the food gets cold, it won't taste good!"

"Bang!"

Ling Yao, who had been staring at the food on the stone table, slammed the door shut. Su Yi thought she was just shy and embarrassed to come out.

The next second, Ling Yao came running out excitedly, carrying her rice bowl like a gust of wind.

Halfway there, she didn't forget to turn back and shout inside: "Sister Wen, come out quickly!"

The cold, mature, and elegant Wen Daoyi walked out with a slightly flushed face, raising her head with some embarrassment to smile at Su Yi.

Su Yi was stunned; he hadn't expected that Ling Yao wasn't the only one who couldn't cook. It turned out that Wen Daoyi, who looked like a mature, elegant woman, couldn't cook either.

Ling Yao, wolfing down her food like a little lion shaking its head, devoured the meal, immediately attracting the attention of others in the courtyard.

Before long, a few more people were at the stone table in the courtyard.

The smiling Gu Wanquan, the soaked and somewhat hesitant Yin Chaoge, the compassionate yet currently uncomfortable Shi Buran, and Xiao Tian, who was watching Ling Yao wolf down her food and was so hungry he was about to cry.

It had been nearly a day since they got off the flying boat, and none of them had eaten. At this moment, they couldn't care about decorum and all walked over, following the scent.

Seriously, are these Prodigies, aside from being awesome at Cultivate, practically zero in all other survival skills?

Su Yi looked helplessly at the crowd gathering around; he had originally just wanted to re-establish a good relationship with that future Empress, but hadn't expected to attract everyone else.

Forget it, might as well herd a flock if I'm herding one.

Su Yi stood up, returned to the kitchen, and continued clattering away as he cooked for everyone.

After everyone was fed and watered, the way they looked at each other was no longer so distant.

A single meal seemed to have made their relationship less rigid. After bidding each other goodnight, they returned to their respective rooms to Cultivate.

The carefree Ling Yao sat contentedly on the stone bench, while Su Yi stood behind her, using a comb to redo her hair bun.

While combing Ling Yao's hair, Su Yi said helplessly: "You really need to learn how to tie your own hair. How can a girl not even know how to tie her hair?"

Ling Yao said nonchalantly: "What's the big deal? In the future, I'll just appoint you as the Nine-Thousand-Year-Old!"

Su Yi neatly tied Ling Yao's hair into two buns and tapped her on the head, annoyed:

"What? Fed and watered, now you want to castrate the chef?"