On the morning of the tenth day, the Sea Serpent Soup that had simmered for nine days and nine nights was finally ready, and its refreshing fragrance immediately filled the entire palace chamber.
But Su Jinxiu, Qin Yulian, and his other wives whose cultivation remained at the golden core stage dared not enjoy such a delicacy. Otherwise, the tremendous energy contained in the spirit cuisine would leave them wishing they were dead, severely damage their meridians, and might even make their bodies burst.
Thus, whenever Liu Changxu prepared fourth-tier spirit cuisine, Su Jinxiu and the other women usually dared not try it, however much they liked it.
After ladling some serpent soup from the Ruyi Purple-Gold Pot into a Jade Basin, Liu Changxu and his wife Yang Qingxue sat around the jade table in the Small Dining Hall and began enjoying this rare delicacy to their hearts' content.
After nine days and nine nights of cooking, the formerly tough, hard-to-swallow serpent meat had become wonderfully tender. The moment it entered their mouths, it dissolved into fragrant, savory juices. It tasted superb!
"It tastes wonderful! Husband, your cooking has improved quite a bit again!"
After eating a piece of serpent meat, Yang Qingxue could not help praising him:
Seeing how much his wife liked it put Liu Changxu in an excellent mood. He took a treasured bottle of fourth-tier low-grade Golden Wine from his Storage Bracelet, poured them each a small cup, and said:
"Have some more if you like it. I happen to have a bottle of fine wine here. Come, let's have a drink first!"
When Yang Qingxue saw her husband bring out the fourth-tier Golden Wine he was ordinarily reluctant to drink, her lovely face blossomed like a flower!
Although she was a female cultivator, she was also