"Continue with your plan. I await the moment the Swarm arrives, the Ambrosial Arbor sprouts, and the body of [Abundance] is born.
Don't disappoint me.
"The Door."
Chapter 256: Thinking of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water Again
Lingchen left. Where he had been sitting, wisps of white steam still rose slowly from the tea.
Phantylia, who had just thought the tea smelled lovely, now found it utterly revolting.
It nauseated her like swill left to ferment in the sun during the hottest days of summer.
She sat there in a daze, her hands unconsciously clenching and relaxing in repetitive, mechanical motions. Her ample breasts kept trembling too, like a married woman who had been cruelly threatened but was powerless to resist, left with no choice but to lower her little mouth toward the villain in the end.
"What meat is that? It smells so good!" "This? Grilled pufferfish. These things are great at puffing up, like balls."
"I know those. Supposedly, they're pretty poisonous."
"Oh, these aren't native to the Xianzhou. They're imported. Their poison would give people like us a stomachache for a few minutes at most. Besides, our chefs prepare them properly.
If they weren't poisonous and didn't puff up, this dish probably wouldn't even exist. Plenty of fish taste better."
"True, but they're cheap. Xianzhou natives who like fish know the difference between getting one skewer and dozens for the same price."
The two Xianzhou natives strolled past Phantylia.
Phantylia's expression gradually darkened.
Poisonous, puffed up, cheap.
Wasn't that all describing her?
One moment she had been scared to death, and the next she had been plotting to escape Lingchen's control, even believing her escape plan was flawless. Who would have thought he had noticed long ago, and had told her to keep going right to her face, mocking