Jade Cuisine Hall

"Senior Brother Shen, Ruo Lan," Fang Xuan said with a smile.

"Haha, that's more like it. It's getting late. Let's go find Qing Xue and then go to the Jade Cuisine Hall together for dinner. The various courtyards will likely be assigning sect missions in the next few days, and we'll need to train together!" Shen Hao said.

"Alright, let's go!"

Fang Xuan didn't have anything to pack. He had already changed into his sect robes, and there was no need to bring weapons within the sect. The three of them walked together towards the courtyard where Fang Qingxue resided.

Fang Qingxue had just finished her cultivation and stabilized the realm she had just broken through to.

Her expression remained cool and detached, without much emotional fluctuation due to the breakthrough.

"The food at Yuhua Sect is all immortal dishes, something you can't even eat in the imperial palace. They are made directly by a Dao Item called the 'Five Qi Immortal Cauldron' within the Yuhua Heavenly Palace. It's equivalent to the most top-tier medicinal cuisine, actively nourishing the body."

Shen Hao spoke without concealing his envy. As the dignified Third Prince of the Great Li Dynasty, he had always held a noble status, yet he never expected that the treatment of an outer disciple in an immortal sect would be incomparable.

Shen Ruolan also said excitedly, "I've also heard my father talk about the 'Five Qi Immortal Cauldron'. It's said that the immortal cauldron is very large, dozens of acres in size, and it directly condenses the True Sun Fire to cook endless delicious food. Even an ordinary chicken, after being cooked by the Five Qi Immortal Cauldron, will have the same great nourishing effect as ginseng black chicken."

Hearing the two of them talk also piqued Fang Qingxue's curiosity.

Before long, they arrived before a palace. Three large characters were written on the palace: "Jade Cuisine Hall".

This was where the hundreds of thousands of outer disciples and inner disciples of Yuhua Sect ate. The area was vast, equivalent to two or three imperial palaces.

Within it were countless spacious seats, totaling three to four hundred thousand. Many outer disciples were moving through it, either chatting, sitting at tables eating, or in groups of three or five, discussing martial arts cultivation and various sect missions.

Even Fang Xuan was shocked by the scene before him.

"So many people!" Shen Ruolan exclaimed, her cherry-like mouth wide open in shock.

Shen Hao also said with a look of shock, "Our Yuhua Sect is indeed one of the Ten Great Immortal Dao Sects. Putting aside how powerful the Dao methods are, just the food, clothing, housing, and transportation are enough to show a thing or two."

As a prince, Shen Hao had been exposed to the knowledge of how to govern a country since childhood. The strength of a country was not only judged by its military power but also by its food, clothing, housing, and transportation.

"There's an empty seat over there, let's sit there!" Fang Xuan pointed to an empty seat not far away.

"Okay."

This empty table was square, extremely long and wide, neither stone nor wood, with an antique charm. It was carved with various patterns, and a fragrant scent wafted over.

"Underwater Agarwood? So big?" Shen Ruolan said, her eyes wide.

Shen Hao said with a smile, "Alright, stop looking at the immortal sect with mortal eyes, otherwise there will be shocking things everywhere. What do you want to eat?"

"I want to eat Crystal Pork Knuckle."

Shen Ruolan called out, then from a white jade sign holder on the dining table, she drew out a paper talisman sign with "Crystal Pork Knuckle" written on it and threw it into a crystal pool not far away.

The next moment, a golden fish surfaced from the bottom of the water, bit the paper talisman, and dived back into the water.

After a while, a water lily bud as large as a washbasin rose from the bottom of the crystal pool.

Shen Ruolan happily picked the water lily and placed it on the dining table. She tore open the flower bud petal by petal, and immediately the Crystal Pork Knuckle she had just mentioned appeared inside.

A rich aroma instantly assailed them, crystal clear like jade, like a work of art. It had risen from the bottom of the water, but it was still steaming hot. Because it was wrapped in the water lily, it wasn't wet, but instead had absorbed the fragrance of the water lily, making one's appetite soar and saliva flow.

Shen Hao said, "If you want to eat something, throw the Food God Talisman into the crystal pool, and a water lily will naturally float up later. The food you want to eat will be inside the water lily."

"It's truly magical." Fang Qingxue nodded and also drew out a Food God Talisman and threw it in.

In a short while, four dishes and one soup were placed on the dining table.

"The Yuhua Sect's recipes are inherited from the immortal path, and they are the most nourishing, especially after being cooked by the Five Qi Immortal Cauldron, a Dao Item. The vital energy is not lost, but the impurities are burned away, without harming the stomach and intestines. It's extraordinary. That's why becoming an outer disciple in Yuhua Sect is something many noble children dream of."

Fang Xuan also sighed, "The separation between immortals and mortals is true."

The four of them stopped talking and began to focus on the delicious food on the table.

"Fang Xuan, Qing Xue, have you thought about which force you want to join?" Shen Hao suddenly asked.

"What?"

"It seems you really don't know."

Fang Qingxue also showed a look of confusion.

"Please enlighten us, Senior Brother," Fang Xuan said.

Shen Ruolan put down her white jade chopsticks and explained, "There are hundreds of thousands of outer disciples in Yuhua Sect, and the competition is very fierce. In the future, we will have to complete various sect missions assigned by the sect. Otherwise, do you really think the sect will support us like this? Tens of thousands of disciples are striving for the inner disciple spots. The Pine Crane Longevity Fist, Flying Spirit Supple Bone Body, and Dragon Form Flying Tiger Step we are currently cultivating are just basics. We can't cultivate divine techniques with these three basic martial arts. Only by becoming inner disciples earlier will we obtain the three great martial arts passed down by the sect: Chaotic Cavity Breathing Technique, Primal Star Spirit Art, and Heaven and Earth Grand Righteous Qi. These are the true inner sect ultimate techniques, the supreme methods for developing divine abilities."

"What does this have to do with joining a force?" Fang Qingxue couldn't help but ask.

Shen Hao said with a smile, "The most important thing to become an inner disciple is strength. It's good to have a big tree to shade under. Joining these forces allows you to better receive missions, exchange for elixirs, and improve your strength. To give a simple example, you should have come to Yuhua Sect from the Great Li Dynasty by horse, right? How long did it take?"

"A month."

"Then do you know that if you ride an immortal crane, it only takes three days to make a round trip? And only true disciples are qualified to raise spiritual beasts like immortal cranes. If we join these forces, we can borrow them, which can save a lot of time for cultivation.

These forces are established by true disciples, and their purpose is naturally to compete for those potential new recruits. Like you two siblings, you are the targets they are vying to win over."

Fang Qingxue remained silent.

Fang Xuan said with a smile, "In that case, it's understandable. Where there are people, there is a martial world, and even cultivation is no exception. What we can do is advance bravely and cultivate diligently. If we don't want trouble, we must quickly become strong, become independent, and establish our own mountain. When you have enough strength, any schemes, tricks, demons, and monsters are just jokes."

"Good, Fang Xuan, I really didn't misjudge you. Such ambition is the correct mindset for cultivation. Perhaps one day you will also step into the Mystic Divine Realm."

"Haha, I'll take your auspicious words, Senior Brother Shen."