Killing Intent in the Food

"You... you can cook?"

Xiao Wu's eyes widened as she instinctively took a step back.

Tang San's expression turned strange as well.

They had known Lin Xi for so long, yet they had never once seen her enter a kitchen.

Back at Nuoding Academy, she had been too lazy even to wash a bowl.

And now she was saying that she wanted to cook herself?

Had the sun risen in the west?

"What? You don't believe me?"

Lin Xi glanced at them.

"N-No..." Tang San hurriedly explained.

"It's just a little... unexpected."

"Then look forward to it."

After saying that, Lin Xi ignored them and walked into the woods by the roadside.

Before long, she returned.

She carried two plump wild rabbits in her hands.

There were also some unknown mushrooms and wild vegetables she had casually picked.

Tang San skillfully started a fire.

He had intended to prepare the ingredients as usual.

But Lin Xi stopped him.

"I'll do it."

Lin Xi took the rabbits from his hands.

She did not use a knife. She merely extended two jade-white fingers.

Soul Power flickered from her fingertips, transforming into invisible blades.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

A few soft sounds rang out.

The rabbits' fur was peeled off completely intact.

Their innards were cleaned out thoroughly as well.

The entire process was smooth and flowing, so fast it dazzled the eye.

Tang San stared in a daze.

He asked himself whether even the Tang Sect's Ox-Cutting Saber Technique could achieve such precision and elegance.

How was Lin Xi preparing ingredients?

She was clearly creating a work of art!

She placed the prepared rabbit meat over the fire.

Then she washed the mushrooms and wild vegetables with clean water, cut them into evenly sized pieces, placed them in the small pot she carried with her, added water, and began stewing them.

Every movement she made carried an indescribable rhythm.

As though she was not cooking.

But refining a peerless divine pill.

Very soon, an indescribably domineering fragrance drifted from the roasted rabbits and the soup pot.

The aroma seemed alive as it burrowed into Tang San and Xiao Wu's noses.

Gulp.

The two of them swallowed at the same time.

"It... it smells so good..."

Xiao Wu stared fixedly at the golden, glistening rabbit, practically drooling.

Tang San's appetite was stirred as well.

He dared swear that across both his lives, he had never smelled anything so enticing.

At last, Lin Xi spoke.

"It's ready."

She tore the roasted rabbit in half, handing one half to Xiao Wu and the other to Tang San.

Then she served each of them a bowl of milky-white mushroom soup.

Xiao Wu impatiently grabbed a rabbit leg and took a huge bite.

The next second, her eyes lit up!

"Mmm! Delicious! It's so delicious!"

She cried out indistinctly through a mouthful of food.

The rabbit meat was crisp on the outside, yet tender and juicy within.

With one bite, the rich aroma of meat mixed with an unknown seasoning and exploded across her mouth!

Xiao Wu felt as though her tongue was about to melt from the deliciousness.

Tang San took a bite as well, and his reaction was even more shocked than Xiao Wu's.

He discovered that the rabbit meat was not merely delicious.

After he swallowed it, a warm, pure energy actually radiated from his stomach and spread through all four limbs and every bone in his body!

The blood vitality and Soul Power he had depleted in battle that day were recovering rapidly!

He took another sip of mushroom soup.

The soup was exquisitely fresh.

After drinking it, he felt completely at ease, and even his spirit was invigorated!

"Lin Xi... this..."

Tang San stared at Lin Xi in astonishment.

"They're just ordinary ingredients."

Lin Xi herself slowly ate a small piece of rabbit meat.

"With a few little tricks added in."

Inwardly, she gave the Culinary Mastery skill high praise.

How was this cooking?

This was clearly the Nutritional Supplementation Technique!

The meal left Tang San and Xiao Wu with mouths full of oil and hearts full of satisfaction.

After eating, they even felt their Soul Power improve by a trace.

"Lin Xi, can you cook for us every day from now on?"

Xiao Wu hugged Lin Xi's arm and pleaded coquettishly.

"Dream on."

Lin Xi mercilessly refused.

This skill only lasted for one day.

After resting for the night.

The next day, the three of them set off again.

They traveled for another two days.

At last, the outline of a vast and majestic city appeared at the edge of the horizon.

Suotuo City!

They had arrived!

The closer they came to Suotuo City, the more travelers filled the official road.

All kinds of luxurious carriages traveled north and south in an endless stream.

"Wow! What a huge city!"

Xiao Wu looked at the city walls, dozens of meters tall, and the ceaseless crowd at the gates, letting out an amazed cry.

This place was more than ten times as prosperous as Nuoding City.

Just as they were about to reach the city gates.

A group of young men riding tall horses galloped past them from the side.

When they saw Xiao Wu's delicate, adorable appearance, their eyes immediately lit up.

One of them, a young man with a face full of flesh, whistled.

"Yo, where did this little beauty come from? You're really fresh and lovely!"

"How about big brother takes you into the city for good food and drink?"

His companions also burst into malicious laughter.

Tang San's expression instantly darkened.

He was about to act.

But Lin Xi moved first.

She did not even turn around.

She merely casually picked up a small stone from the ground.

Then she flicked it with her finger.

Whoosh!

The stone became an afterimage and shot through the air!

It struck the whistling young man precisely on the knee.

Crack!

A crisp sound of bone breaking rang out.

"Aaaah!!!"

The young man screamed and fell from his horse, clutching his leg and howling in agony.

His kneecap had been smashed to pieces by that tiny stone!

The sudden turn of events stunned his companions.

They stared in horror at the little girl who continued walking ahead without even looking back.

Lin Xi's voice drifted over faintly.

"A mouth gets dirtier more easily than eyes do."

"Next time, it won't be your leg."

The several young men nearly lost their souls upon hearing those words.

They recalled some terrifying rumors about the Soul Master world.

They did not dare linger at all. Supporting their injured companion, they fled into the city in a miserable state.

Tang San watched the scene without the slightest ripple in his heart.

He had gotten used to it.

Used to Lin Xi's way of doing things—her utter disregard for life.

The three of them arrived at the gates of Suotuo City.

Two vigorous, powerful characters were carved above the towering gates.

Suotuo.

Lin Xi raised her head and looked at those two words, a strange glint flashing through her eyes.

"Shrek Academy."

"I hope you won't disappoint me."