Zhao Yingying Broke Through After Eating Barbecue

"This... then many thanks, Young Master Mu."

Zhao Yingying suddenly recalled what her Imperial Father had said: some Old Monsters had very strange tempers. They disliked being called Senior and instead preferred others to make them sound as young as possible.

Zhao Yingying hurriedly changed her form of address, calling Mu Feiyang Young Master again, only adding his surname this time.

"Clean up this place first. I'll go get some medicine for your friend."

Mu Feiyang left after saying that. He remembered refining Healing Pills before, but he did not know where he had put them. He had to go back and look for them.

He certainly had no use for Healing Pills himself. The reason he had refined them was because Little Black had been beaten up badly by him before, so Mu Feiyang had refined some healing medicine for Little Black to eat.

Mu Feiyang returned to his room and searched around. At last, he found the Healing Pills he had refined earlier in a corner. Fortunately, there were still two left.

"Miss Zhao, there are two Healing Pills here. They should be enough to treat your friend's injuries. Feed her the medicine first!"

"I see that Miss Zhao probably hasn't eaten dinner either. I happen to have barbecue outside. After you feed your friend the Healing Pill, you can come eat something."

"Alright, thank you, Young Master Mu."

After giving the Healing Pills to Zhao Yingying, Mu Feiyang returned to the courtyard to continue eating barbecue. Such a huge wild boar could not be allowed to end up entirely in Little Black's stomach.

After Mu Feiyang left, Zhao Yingying, who was in the side room, curiously looked at the bamboo tube in her hand. Inside lay two pitch-black pills.

By the room's faint light, Zhao Yingying stared blankly at the two pills in the bamboo tube. If she could still accept using a bamboo tube to hold pills, then the shape of the pills inside was something she found hard to accept.

Normally, refined pills were about the size of longan fruit, round and smooth in appearance. If they were better-quality pills, there would even be rings of Pill Markings on their surfaces.

But what about the pills Mu Feiyang had given her?

Never mind their medicinal efficacy—just their shape alone was hard to accept. There was not the slightest hint of roundness; instead, they were full of pits and bumps, like clumps of mud kneaded by a child.

Moreover, they were far larger than ordinary pills, seemingly about the size of eggs. Zhao Yingying did not even know whether she should give one to her sister.

Zhao Yingying took out one pill and sniffed it. Though its appearance was not much to speak of, it smelled rather fragrant.

"This pill should be fine, right?"

Smelling the faint medicinal fragrance wafting from the pill, Zhao Yingying spoke uncertainly.

However, when she thought of how Mu Feiyang was likely a hidden old Senior living here, Zhao Yingying still decided to let her sister take the pill.

Zhao Yingying broke the pill in half and put one half into Zhao Shanshan's mouth, then fed Zhao Shanshan a mouthful of water to help her swallow it.

"Sis, how do you feel?"

"Yingying, I feel much better now. My injuries don't hurt as much either. After resting for a night, I should feel even better."

"You haven't eaten anything all day either. After you go out, you must properly thank that Young Master."

"Mm!"

"Then rest for now, Sis. I'll head out first."

Zhao Yingying got up and walked outside. She truly was hungry now. Along the way, she had been frightened out of her wits, and she had carried Zhao Shanshan for such a long distance.

Besides, the scent outside was simply too tempting. She truly wanted to try that barbecue. It smelled even better than the dishes made by the imperial chefs in the palace.

"Young Master Mu, thank you for your pills."

Zhao Yingying came outside and bowed to Mu Feiyang as she spoke, though her eyes kept darting toward the barbecue on the Grill Rack.

"Hehe!"

"Sit down and eat something first! They were only two Healing Pills. What is there to thank me for?"

Mu Feiyang had already prepared a stool for Zhao Yingying. He had even considered that, as a girl, she might feel embarrassed, so he had prepared a set of bowls and chopsticks for her as well.

"Alright!"

Zhao Yingying sat down and stared blankly at the roasted meat in the bowl before her. If her guess was correct, this should be the Porcupine Demon that had injured her sister.

Zhao Yingying picked up a small piece of roasted meat and put it into her mouth. At once, an unprecedented fragrance flooded her taste buds. It was simply too delicious.

The golden skin was fragrant, crisp, and appetizing. It crackled with every bite, while the meat inside was rich without being greasy, melting in her mouth without needing much chewing at all.

Having tasted its sweetness, Zhao Yingying could no longer care about anything else. She hurriedly picked up another piece of roasted meat and put it into her mouth. It was so delicious that she simply could not stop.

"Want to try this?"

Seeing Zhao Yingying wolfing down the food, Mu Feiyang handed her a bottle of chilled beer. How could barbecue possibly be without beer?

"Young Master Mu, what is this?"

Having never seen beer before, Zhao Yingying looked curiously at the beer Mu Feiyang handed her. Why were there so many things here that she had never seen before?

"This is called beer. It's the perfect match for barbecue. Taking a bite of barbecue and a sip of beer is the proper way to eat it."

Mu Feiyang smiled and demonstrated for Zhao Yingying. It was normal for these people not to know about beer, after all—it was not a product of this world.

"Mmm..."

Zhao Yingying copied Mu Feiyang's movements. After taking a bite of roasted meat, she drank a sip of beer. Sure enough, it felt different from before.

"How is it? Isn't it even more delicious than before?"

Seeing the look of enjoyment on Zhao Yingying's face, Mu Feiyang said with a smile. Having others appreciate his barbecue was definitely something deeply satisfying.

"Delicious! It's simply too delicious! I've never eaten anything this good before."

"If it's good, then eat more. There's still plenty of roasted meat here!"

Looking at Zhao Yingying with her mouth full of oil, Mu Feiyang suddenly found the girl a little cute. He continued enjoying the barbecue as well.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, while Zhao Yingying was eating with relish, she felt a vast surge of spiritual energy emerge within her body and rampage everywhere inside her.

Moreover, Zhao Yingying felt that her Vajra Triple Layer cultivation had actually loosened. She hurriedly put down her chopsticks and sat down cross-legged.

She circulated her cultivation technique to refine the spiritual energy within her body, slowly guiding it toward her dantian. Once the spiritual energy completed a full circulation through her body, it charged toward the barrier of the Vajra Triple Layer.

Once...

Twice...

Again and again, the spiritual energy crashed against the barrier. After Zhao Yingying struck it five or six times, the barrier of her Vajra Triple Layer finally broke open.

Zhao Yingying's cultivation naturally rose to the Vajra Realm Fourth Layer, yet the spiritual energy within her body had barely been depleted. Zhao Yingying continued cultivating.

Mu Feiyang saw that Zhao Yingying had stopped eating after only a few bites. Just as he was feeling puzzled, he discovered that her cultivation had broken through, leaving him somewhat surprised.

"Was this wild boar meat really that powerful?"