57: Is this spiritual food really that effective?!

Stuff it in my mouth and savor it?

System, what kind of person do you take me for!

Would I, Wang Ming, be the kind of pervert who steals socks from someone's doorstep?

However, this Golden Left Kidney did make his heart flutter a bit.

Zero cooldown, high endurance, never stopping!

Is this freaking like having a permanent Sildenafil implanted directly into the kidney?!

"Revered Master, then don't blame me; I didn't want things to develop this quickly either."

Wang Ming's smile gradually became strange, indicating that the System had simply given too much.

He put the sock back, sat down at the table, and waited quietly.

Soon, the Palace Master walked out from the inner room carrying a bowl of steaming noodles.

In an instant, the entire room was filled with an extremely rich aroma.

"Have you been waiting long? Come, eat while it's hot."

The Palace Master glanced toward the doorway inconspicuously.

Seeing that the surprise she had specially prepared for Wang Ming was still there, she couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.

Did he not like it, or was the 'benefit' she provided not enough?

You little rascal, not very big, but you certainly have quite an appetite.

A single sock actually isn't enough to satisfy you.

The Palace Master hummed in her heart and sat down opposite Wang Ming.

"This isn't ordinary noodles; it's Spirit Food I brewed using various precious Materials. It's highly nourishing; eat more, it will benefit you greatly."

"Aren't you eating?" Wang Ming asked, seeing only one bowl on the table.

"Just eat. Since my Core Formation, I have practiced Inedia for many years and have no need for food," the Palace Master said with a wave of her hand.

"Either we both eat, or neither of us does."

Wang Ming pushed the bowl to the middle of the table, sticking to his stubbornness to the end.

"Fine, just this once."

Seeing Wang Ming's look of being ready to stand his ground against her, the Palace Master didn't insist and got up to go to the inner room for a bowl.

While she was away, Wang Ming moved his Divine Sense and took out an 'immortals also go mad' pill he had previously refined using the corpse Qi of the Mating Flood Dragon.

With a sharp jolt, he crushed it into powder and mixed it into the bowl of noodles.

Except for the one used against Ye Chen, the remaining ones had all been meticulously improved by Wang Ming.

Colorless and odorless!

Unless one was an expert in the Dao of Medicinal Pills, even an ordinary Nascent Soul powerhouse might not notice anything unusual!

The Palace Master returned with a smaller bowl in her hand.

"This was specially prepared for you; as your Revered Master, I will just have a small taste."

The Palace Master took a small bite, sensed nothing wrong, and began to eat in small mouthfuls.

"Revered Master, this Spirit Food is indeed powerful. Even without eating it, just smelling the aroma makes me feel my Bottleneck loosening. I seem... to be about to Breakthrough!"

Wang Ming picked up a mouthful with his chopsticks, and just as it reached his lips, his expression suddenly changed.

"I need to enter Seclusion!"

"Ah?"

The Palace Master looked at the noodles in the bowl with a stunned expression. "Is it really that powerful?"

She had learned this Spirit Food recipe from an ancient book.

But she had practiced Inedia for years and never ate normally. In the entire Qingxin Palace, no one would dare demand she cook for them like Wang Ming did.

Today was actually her first time cooking it.

The effect was actually this good?!

But now was not the time to think about that. She quickly put down her chopsticks and stood up. "Follow me!"

Wang Ming followed the Palace Master to an elegant and simple room.

A faint fragrance permeated the air.

Wang Ming immediately recognized it as the scent from the Palace Master's body.

"This is where I Cultivate. There are Formations all around that can block out all disturbances."

"Breakthrough here; I will act as your Protector."

Wang Ming nodded and slowly closed his eyes.

Meanwhile, the Palace Master sat down not far from him.

Time passed minute by minute, and the aura on Wang Ming's body grew stronger and stronger, faintly approaching the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer.

"For a true Genius, a Breakthrough is as simple as eating or drinking. This saying is indeed true."

The Palace Master looked at Wang Ming with a face full of admiration.

But this admiration seemed to be gradually becoming strange.

In the Palace Master's eyes, Wang Ming's appearance, temperament, and physique... were all being infinitely magnified!

"Why have I suddenly become so hot?"

The Palace Master glanced at Wang Ming. Seeing that he still needed some time to finish his Breakthrough, she simply took off her outer robe.

She was wearing a sleeveless garment underneath.

As the outer garment slipped off, a pair of fair, jade-like arms were instantly exposed to the air.

But just removing her outer robe didn't solve the problem.

It was still hot!

"Does this Spirit Food really have such a great effect? Even with my Core Formation cultivation, it can still have such a significant impact?!"

The Palace Master's willow-like brows furrowed slightly; the first thing she thought of was the bowl of noodles she had just eaten.

"A rare opportunity!"

She quickly sat cross-legged and circulated her power to refine the medicinal strength of the Spirit Food.

But it would have been better if she hadn't; once she started refining, she completely succumbed!

A hand quietly reached out toward Wang Ming.

"Revered Master, you..."

Wang Ming wanted to speak, but he couldn't get the words out... it started raining.

Even a butterfly flying by was drenched by the rain.

The Palace Master stood at the edge of a cliff, looking down into the abyss, her gaze indescribably complex.

After an unknown amount of time, she gave a long sigh.

"What a sin!"

She had actually, inexplicably, with Wang Ming... Moreover, her memory was very clear: from beginning to end, Wang Ming hadn't taken any initiative at all!

It was entirely out of helplessness; he had been forced by her!

The only thing that gave her some relief was that she possessed an Extreme Yin Physique. If she shared a bed with someone, they would receive feedback from her primordial yin power.

Wang Ming likely couldn't withstand her primordial yin power yet and needed time to refine it.

Thus, she wouldn't have to face Wang Ming immediately.

However, the 'ugly daughter-in-law must eventually meet the in-laws'; she and Wang Ming were Revered Master and Disciple, and they would have to face each other sooner or later.

"If I had known it would come to this, I shouldn't have taken him as a Disciple."

The Palace Master smiled bitterly.

Qingxin Palace was a prestigious Righteous Path Sect.

And she was the Revered Master of the palace.

A romance between Revered Master and Disciple like this was an absolute taboo that must never be touched!

Once this matter was exposed, both she and Qingxin Palace would become the laughingstock of other Righteous Path Sects!

"Revered Master!"

Just then, a joyful voice called out.

Ouyang Yaoxi walked over quickly and bowed respectfully. "On the day of the apprenticeship ceremony, I was unable to serve tea to Revered Master due to being in Seclusion. Now that my Seclusion has ended, I have come specifically to pay my respects to Revered Master."

"With your talent, you will surely reach Core Formation within ten years. Keep working hard."

All of the Palace Master's thoughts were currently on her situation with Wang Ming, so she gave a few casual words of encouragement and prepared to leave.

At that moment, Ouyang Yaoxi suddenly said, "Revered Master, do you know where Wang Ming went? I went to his quarters but didn't see him."

"Wang Ming!"

The Palace Master's footsteps paused, and she turned to look at Ouyang Yaoxi. "Your relationship with Wang Ming..."

"We are married. I... am his wife."

Ouyang Yaoxi's face turned slightly red as she spoke in a low voice.

She had completely broken things off with Ye Chen, and now she had calmly accepted her identity as Wang Ming's woman.

"Wang Ming's... wife?!"

The Palace Master's pupils constricted sharply, and a hint of guilt suddenly appeared in her eyes as she looked at Ouyang Yaoxi.