In the cave abode, Gao Qi obediently and sensibly cooked some millet porridge.
As for Empress Gao Ya, she dutifully prepared several small dishes.
A fragrant aroma filled the air, stirring the greedy worms in Lin Fan's belly.
All these ingredients had been bought casually by Lin Fan at the market a few days earlier.
The Grain Abstinence Pill meant people no longer needed to eat, but after a long time, even cultivators would find life dull and tasteless. Thus, occasionally savoring the flavors of the mortal world was still quite necessary.
Lin Fan stared at the food on the table, but his mind had wandered. Gao Qi called him several times, yet he seemed not to hear her.
"What's wrong?"
The Empress furrowed her delicate brows and said, "You've been distracted ever since you returned. What exactly are you thinking about?"
She raised her fair jade-like neck, nearly pressing her entire pretty face against the bridge of Lin Fan's nose.
Her puffed-up appearance looked both adorable and beautiful.
Lin Fan came back to himself and said, "Nothing. I was just wondering what sort of creatures Ghostly Creatures actually are."
"They aren't creatures."
The Empress shot Lin Fan a glance and said, "I once learned about them from an ancient book in the Great Jin Imperial Palace. Ghostly Creatures can seize other bodies, and their methods are exceptionally strange and terrifying. They're also skilled at disguises. Even cultivators find it difficult to distinguish their true forms upon encountering them."
She did not know why Lin Fan was interested in Ghostly Creatures, but after spending these days with him, the Empress was no longer as resistant toward him. Thus, she was willing to tell him more of what she knew.
"Skilled at disguises?"
Lin Fan fell into thought.
"Could it be