Xu Yi nodded. "I really can't compare with you. You can even order around quasi-emperors, so gathering these things must be a piece of cake. What I don't get is, you can find me whenever you want, so why didn't you ever send some resources my way? Could've saved me a lot of suffering."
Auspicious Duck flashed a smug smile. "At least you know how to appreciate it. You finally understand how your old flames managed to improve their cultivation over the years. But I could help them, not you. I've never been able to figure out your fate. Back in Great Yue, when your cultivation was still low, I could make a few rough calculations and help you out time and again. Later, I couldn't even pinpoint your location. Otherwise, why would I have waited for you here at Farmer's Mountain?"
"Anyway, you have to walk your own path. If I meddle, I'll throw the heavenly secrets into disarray, and that might turn into a deadly calamity. Look at you—you got back on your feet even without my help. So I never doubted you'd make it to the Xuanhuang World. Eat up. Don't just stare at the food. Back then, I ate plenty of your buns, so consider this repayment. Fill your belly; there's plenty."
Xu Yi was certainly a gourmet, but his tastes had long been set. In his previous life, he'd loved meat buns with thin porridge and pickled vegetables, and he still liked that combination in this life. As for delicacies like dragon liver and phoenix marrow, no matter how fancy and exquisite they looked, he still didn't care for them.
The feast Auspicious Duck had laid out was naturally made up of the finest delicacies, but Xu Yi couldn't work up much interest. Still, after