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Bian Chunchou: ...Suddenly, Chen Zui-Zui seemed unexpectedly reliable.

He could not help rising onto the toes of each foot in turn. The difference in length was still quite obvious, but Wen Xu-Xu had said it too—when something happened, first suspect the external objects. So the stairs had to be the problem. These stairs were truly too strange. They could not actually be some living creature, could they?

Even as he made this bold guess, the sensation beneath his feet suddenly changed. It was as though something were throbbing through the "blood vessels" beneath him, and he abruptly felt as if he had stepped on someone's carotid artery.

"Wen—"

"Chunchou."

"Wh... what?"

"Have you finished all the Jade-Scented Yuan Cakes I bought you in Langyuan City last time?"

Jade-Scented Yuan was a spirit fruit from the cultivation world. It smelled sweet, and eating it left behind a unique fragrance. Combined with the exclusive cooking methods of food cultivators, it was not only richly sweet-and-sour in flavor, but also made one's Spirit Platform as clear as the Qingming Festival. Since ordinary people could eat it as well, its price was not particularly high, yet it had always been in short supply. Though merely a low-grade spirit food, it sold at the price of a mid-grade one.

"Huh? Why are you suddenly asking about that? There are four and a half boxes left. I've already been very frugal." After all, he had overspent rather badly this month. Eating them all in one go would certainly feel great, but he had to think about sustainable development too.

Wen Xu deliberately lowered his voice, making it sound deep and magnetic. "You seem a little nervous. Didn't you say food could soothe the heart? Take one out and eat it. It's very fragrant and sweet, isn't