Cafeteria

Soon, the door opened and Su Zhiyuan walked out in her signature golden-white dress, clinging to her body and making it hard for Lei Kongming to look away.

Su Zhiyuan's hair was still wet probably because she had just taken a bath and her majestic mountains were more obvious than ever because of her wet dress clinging to her body. Then his gaze lingered on her slender waist and round butt, and Lei Kongming couldn't help but imagine wrapping his arms around her waist and giving her a playful smack.

'This brat is still looking at me with those lustful eyes. I don't know when he will learn.' Thought Su Zhiyuan but before she could tease him, Lei Kongming quickly handed her a stone slab.

"Elder sister, please taste this grilled eel," he said respectfully, cutting off her chance to make a remark.

"Xiao Ming, why are you so polite now?" said Su Zhiyuan as she picked up a small piece of eel and under Lei Kongming's hopeful eyes she put it in her mouth.

Lei Kongming blinked as he looked at Su Zhiyuan peacefully eating the eel without any problem.

After eating the eel, Su Zhiyuan narrowed her eyes and smiled at Lei Kongming.

"Xiao Ming, do you want to see me embarrassed?" she asked.

"No! Elder sister, no!" Lei Kongming's survival instincts kicked in as he quickly shook his head. "I was waiting for the elder sister to express her thoughts on the grilled eel."

"Really? Then I would say that it's very delicious. Xiao Ming, from now on you will be responsible for the cafeteria of the 8th peak."

"Eh? Does the 8th peak have a cafeteria?" asked Lei Kongming, slightly puzzled.

"It does now," Su Zhiyuan replied with a grin. "You'll need to make something delicious at least once a day. We're all cultivators here, so eating three times a day isn't necessary. Just make sure to use at least foundation-building materials; anything less is unacceptable."

"..." Lei Kongming's eye twitched as he looked at Su Zhiyuan, dumbfounded. He felt that Su Zhiyuan was trying to take revenge on him, but he had no proof.

"Elder sister, can I refuse?" Lei Kongming asked hopefully.

"No," Su Zhiyuan replied firmly. "Do you think all the inner door disciples just sit in their courtyards and cultivate? They need to complete all kinds of missions, and some of them are even life-threatening."

"Elder sister, fishing in the lake of the 8th peak is not peaceful. I can say that it is even more life-threatening than going on missions. After all, here I can't tell what type of mutation has occurred in the fish unless I experience it myself."

Hearing this, Su Zhiyuan felt a little guilty. She said, "I can give you my token, and you can crush it when you are in danger. I will come to rescue you."

"…Okay.."

Lei Kongming accepted the token with some reluctance but stopped complaining.

"Elder sister, what about Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia? What kind of work are they responsible for?"

Lei Kongming happily tried to drag the Mei sisters into his trouble. After all, who wants to suffer alone? It would be good if someone accompanied him, especially if it was the twin beauties like the Mei sisters.

"They are still in the Qi refining realm, and according to Purple Cloud Palace rules, if an inner door disciple is still in the Qi refining realm, they don't need to complete any missions and should focus on their cultivation," said Su Zhiyuan with a mocking smile.

"This is the reason why I didn't give you any missions when you first came to the 8th peak."

"Eh?" Lei Kongming felt dumbfounded once again, realizing that Su Zhiyuan had been waiting for this moment.

He gave up on dragging the Mei sisters into his troubles because Su Zhiyuan's smile told him she was waiting for him to cause more trouble so she could have an excuse to reduce his reward.

"Elder sister, what if an inner door disciple stays in the Qi refining realm for a long time?" asked Lei Kongming curiously.

"If an inner door disciple stays in the Qi refining realm for more than three years, they will be demoted back to the outer door."

"By the way, elder sister, Lei Meiying and Lei Meixia are both still in the Qi refining realm. Can they even survive after eating a foundation-building realm beast like this eel?" Lei Kongming pointed at the bunch of fish bones lying on the stone slab he had handed to Su Zhiyuan.

'I never knew elder sister was such a foodie; she ate that big eel so quickly.'

Su Zhiyuan also felt a little embarrassed, but she showed her skill as a vixen and quickly ignored it.

"Don't worry, I will help them. Besides, although eating these fishes is dangerous, they are also very beneficial for cultivation. Xiao Ming, carefully look at your cultivation."

Previously, he was too shocked when the eel he had cut, cleaned, and cooked with his own hands gave him an electric shock after eating it. He forgot to think of anything else, and his only thought was to make Su Zhiyuan experience the shock of the mutated fish she had created.

As Lei Kongming looked at his body, the first thing he noticed was that the strength of his physical body alone was now equal to the 1st level of the Qi refining realm. Although it was a small improvement, it was significant considering it was the effect of eating just one piece of eel meat.

Lei Kongming felt a little embarrassed because he had blamed Su Zhiyuan for the mutated fish without considering its benefits.

"Xiao Ming, if you have nothing else to ask, then please leave. Also, get someone to build a proper house. Those huts make the 8th peak look like a bandit stronghold," Su Zhiyuan instructed.

After leaving Su Zhiyuan's courtyard, he looked at the three huts belonging to him, Lei Meiying, and Lei Meixia, and felt that Su Zhiyuan was correct.

'It really looked like bandits had created some cheap, temporary shelters in the mountains that could be discarded whenever they want,' he thought, shaking his head.