Early the next morning.
After a night of cultivation, Cao Jinxing's injuries had improved a little more. With qi-replenishing medicine and fish, along with wholehearted cultivation, he could now walk normally.
When it came to healing injuries, Primordial Chaos True Qi was no worse than Cold Toad, which shared its origins.
Qin Xuanji brought food and fresh medicine up to the Cloud-Swallowing Mist-Spitting Tower. She had to personally watch over anything Cao Jinxing drank.
"Is it a little bitter? I brought you my favorite pineapple cakes. They're really sweet."
Smiling, Qin Xuanji held up a cake and fed it to Cao Jinxing.
Cao Jinxing ate one and said, "Normally, shouldn't you bring something I like?"
"You don't like sweets, though."
Qin Xuanji grinned mischievously. "My eldest sister made these. How do they taste?"
"Hmm..."
Cao Jinxing lied through his teeth. "Pretty good."
"They're actually too sweet, right?"
Qin Xuanji smiled like a little fox. "They tasted exactly like this the first time she cooked as a child. That was the first time Father and I had eaten anything she made, and we felt too awkward to say they weren't good. We heaped praise on her to make her happy, so she hasn't changed the recipe all these years... Father and I have gotten used to them, too."
Cao Jinxing glanced at her. "You're certainly close."
"Of course," Qin Xuanji said. "She's my eldest sister..."
"All right."
Cao Jinxing said irritably, "You talk me up to your sister, then talk your sister up to me. Aren't you tired?"
"Uh..."
Qin Xuanji's eyes darted around. She stepped forward, hugged Cao Jinxing, and looked at him pitifully, her eyes shimmering, without saying a word.
Cao Jinxing was even smarter than her eldest sister. If her little string of tricks didn't work, she would