At first, Little Hua Ting felt that her teacher did not seem to have changed much.
Handsome was a feeling, and she felt that her teacher was very handsome.
But after taking a closer look, she was drawn to Wang Jixuan's eyes. They were as calm as a lake beneath a sapphire-blue sky, yet as deep as a summer night's starry sky, making one fall into them without realizing it.
Peony leaned over from the side and muttered softly, "Looks good, right? Hehehe."
Daoist Wang calmly placed a piece of roasted spirit beast meat onto his senior disciple's plate.
Little Hua Ting lowered her head and gave a soft acknowledgment. She raised a hand to smooth the mischievous strand of hair beside her ear, then answered with feigned composure, "Teacher is even more handsome than before!"
"Your Improvement in State of Mind has been quite good."
Wang Jixuan gave an objective assessment.
He continued placing dishes onto Little Hua Ting's plate, all of them precious ingredients unique to this secret realm.
Little Hua Ting ate happily, completely forgetting the dangerous situation she was currently in.
Over a hundred Mechs worked methodically nearby.
Little Hua Ting turned to look at the open stone door in the corner. Beyond it was a steel base under construction, more advanced and more "dense" than their First Base.
Peony explained from beside her, "The Second Base only began construction a little over ten years ago. Before that, we had no way to obtain external mineral deposits. But now, I've emptied out all the mines in this Small World. The Second Base covers roughly ten times the area of the First Base."
Little Hua Ting murmured in admiration, "That's so impressive."
"Mm... this is only the base we carry with us."
Peony gave a mysterious smile.