It was almost noon. Mu Feiyang had already planned to head back when Zhao Shanshan and her sister appeared.
The reason Mu Feiyang told them they were in for a treat today was because he was planning to make hot pot for lunch. He had tried all sorts of ways to prepare the Seven Treasures Fish, and hot pot was by far the most delicious.
After saying that, Mu Feiyang reeled in his fishing rod, put everything away into his System Space, and then picked up his daughter to head back.
"Let's go!"
"What are you two standing around for?"
After walking a few steps, Mu Feiyang didn't hear any sounds from behind him. He turned his head to take a look and saw that the Zhao sisters were still standing there, frozen. He had no choice but to call out to them.
After Mu Feiyang's reminder, the Zhao sisters snapped back to reality and quickly followed his footsteps.
"Young Master Mu, your daughter is..."
As they walked back with Mu Feiyang, Zhao Yingying, unable to contain her curiosity, asked him.
However, she didn't know how to phrase the question, so she just stared at Mu Feiyang, hoping he would explain.
An Innate Realm cultivator at around one year old – not only had they never seen it before, they hadn't even heard of it. Even if someone started cultivating from the womb, they couldn't possibly advance this quickly!
The Innate Realm was the third stage of cultivation and also a watershed moment. Many people never managed to break through to the Innate Realm in their entire lives.
In any case, with the sisters' knowledge, they had never encountered anything like it. Their entire Xiling Empire didn't have such a prodigy, which was truly astonishing to them.
"What's wrong? Is there something the matter with my daughter?"
Mu Feiyang looked at Zhao Yingying strangely, not understanding what she meant. Was there something wrong with his daughter?
Mu Feiyang looked at his daughter in his arms but found nothing unusual.
"No, Young Master Mu, I meant to ask about your esteemed daughter's cultivation. This... this..."
"Oh, so you're talking about her cultivation!"
"My daughter has a special constitution, so her cultivation is different from that of ordinary children. You don't need to worry about such trivial matters."
Zhao Shanshan: "..."
Zhao Yingying: "..."
Hearing Mu Feiyang dismiss something like this as a trivial matter left the sisters utterly speechless. If this was considered trivial, then what would be considered a major issue!
However, the two of them didn't dare to ask any further. They were afraid that if they continued, their Dao hearts would shatter.
Mu Feiyang, on the other hand, was unaware of the sisters' speechless state. He himself felt it was nothing, after all, his daughter possessed the Devouring Dao Body.
As long as she could devour things with Spiritual Energy, her cultivation would increase. If his daughter's cultivation wasn't so low, Mu Feiyang would have even considered feeding her immortal medicine.
"Could you two watch my daughter for me? I'm going to prepare the ingredients. I'm treating you to a feast today."
After returning to his courtyard, Mu Feiyang handed his daughter to Zhao Shanshan and walked towards the kitchen.
Back in the kitchen, Mu Feiyang took out the three Seven Treasures Fish he had caught that morning. This was his entire haul for the morning, with each fish weighing about three to four pounds.
With Mu Feiyang's skilled hands, the Seven Treasures Fish were cleaned in just a few minutes, and all of them were sliced into thin pieces.
After slicing the fish, Mu Feiyang took out a plate of ice from his System Space and poured it over the fish slices. Only ice-chilled fish slices had the best texture.
However, as Mu Feiyang finished preparing the fish slices, he felt that plain fish slices were a bit too monotonous. If it were just for himself, it would be fine.
But now that he had two guests, just a plate of fish slices really wouldn't do. Mu Feiyang put the fish slices back into his System Space and walked outside.
"Little Black, go catch two wild chickens from the mountain. Hurry up."
Mu Feiyang came out of the kitchen and said to Little Black, who was playing with the little girl, telling him to go into the mountain and catch two wild chickens.
After instructing Little Black, Mu Feiyang went to his vegetable patch to pick some vegetables. How could hot pot be complete without vegetables!
However, when Mu Feiyang arrived at the vegetable patch, he was troubled. He didn't know which kind of vegetables to pick, as he had only planted three types.
Chives were definitely out of the question. He had to choose between water spinach and Shanghai bok choy. In the end, Mu Feiyang chose Shanghai bok choy.
Mu Feiyang picked a basketful of Shanghai bok choy. After washing the vegetables, he went into the courtyard and placed a large pot and a large stove on the table.
He set the large pot on the stove, poured in water, and then snapped his fingers. A flame rose from beneath the stove.
Then, Mu Feiyang took out a pile of homemade seasonings and began to mix them. This was the most crucial part of making hot pot; the seasonings were the soul of the dish.
While Mu Feiyang was preparing these things, Little Black lived up to expectations and returned with two wild chickens. Mu Feiyang instructed Zhao Shanshan to help watch the pot of water, and when the water was almost boiling, she was to add the ingredients Mu Feiyang had prepared.
Meanwhile, Mu Feiyang grabbed the two wild chickens and went back to the kitchen to process them. Only then did the two sisters, who had been watching Mu Feiyang prepare the ingredients, snap out of their daze, completely astonished.
Because of the items Mu Feiyang had taken out, Zhao Shanshan could sense a powerful aura from all of them, including the large pot and the large stove.
Even the basket of so-called vegetables he picked were rare treasures!
Take the large pot and stove on the table, for instance. According to Zhao Shanshan's senses, both of these were at least Dao Artifact level magical treasures, yet Mu Feiyang was using them to cook food.
Was he really wasting Dao Artifacts like this? Even the highest-grade magical artifact in her Xiling Empire was only a mid-grade Spirit Artifact.
Furthermore, there was only one such artifact, and it was in the hands of their royal ancestor. Her Imperial Father, a Sky Soaring Realm expert, only used a top-grade Treasure Artifact.
This showed how precious Dao Artifacts were, yet Zhao Shanshan was witnessing a scene that completely overturned her worldview here with Mu Feiyang.
And then there was the basket of top-grade Spiritual Medicine on the table. That was Yangshuo Grass, the main ingredient for refining the Holy Sun Pill, a rank eleven pill.
The Holy Sun Pill was the pinnacle of rank eleven pills, capable of helping cultivators break through to the Great Saint realm without any obstacles. Even some ancient beings would fight to snatch a Holy Sun Pill if they found one.
But for Mu Feiyang, even such a top-tier spiritual medicine was being used as a vegetable for hot pot. Zhao Shanshan was completely astonished.
She also looked at the clear water bubbling in the large pot. If she wasn't mistaken, that so-called clear water was also a rare treasure in the True Spirit Realm.
The clear water in the large pot was Innate Spirit Liquid. Innate Spirit Liquid only had a chance of appearing in top-grade spirit veins, and the probability was pathetically low.
There was only a one percent chance of it appearing, meaning only one out of a hundred top-grade spirit veins would contain Innate Spirit Liquid.
However, top-grade spirit veins were extremely rare in the True Spirit Realm, only controlled by super-powers. Small countries like their Xiling Empire had never even seen one.
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