"All right, the soup base is ready. Time to add the ingredients!"
No one noticed Xiruan sneaking a taste of the broth in the corner. She quietly let out a sigh of relief.
With everyone working together, the imposing Red-armored Fire Crab had been chopped into eight pieces. Its enormous legs and claws were piled up like a small mountain.
The Green-backed Lobster had also been cleaned and prepared. Its glistening, tempting meat was neatly arranged to one side.
The Eight-Clawed Rage Beast had suffered the worst fate of all. Its eight enormous tentacles had been cut into sections, making them look like a pile of giant rice cakes.
"Come on, toss it all in!"
Xiruan directed everyone as they dropped the prepared premium ingredients into the pot, one piece at a time.
"Plop!"
"Plop!"
As more and more ingredients went in, the rainbow-colored broth in the Qiankun Cauldron began to boil furiously.
An indescribably wonderful aroma drifted from the cauldron, instantly filling all of Zixiao Palace.
The fragrance combined the delicate scent of immortal pills with the freshness of spiritual herbs, along with the immense spiritual energy contained in the flesh of ancient, exotic beasts and the briny savor of the sea.
Just one breath of it soothed the damaged True Spirits of all the Jie Sect Disciples present. They couldn't help swallowing.
"S-so fragrant!"
"I feel like my cultivation is about to break through just from smelling it!"
"As expected of a soup personally prepared by Little Senior Sister! It's simply an unparalleled delicacy!"
The disciples praised it enthusiastically, gazing at Xiruan with boundless admiration.
Master Tongtian caught the aroma too and thought to himself, I have to admit, it really does smell good.
No, no, no!
Tongtian, oh, Tongtian! You've fallen!
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