Don’t Put Coriander

Time came to midday.

After settling Su Yuan into her residence, Lin Huaian finally left the guest room under her grateful gaze.

Outside the cave, the peak was enveloped in a three-thousand-mile aura of purple, a sign that spiritual energy had materialized, symbolizing an extremely rare level of abundance in the area.

A sudden wave of weakness washed over him, and Lin Huaian realized he hadn’t eaten anything since returning with Ji Xin yesterday morning.

The spiritual energy in this body was almost completely depleted, hence the hunger.

He stroked his chin, waved, and summoned a crane strolling by the river in the distance, writing a note for the little guy to carry.

The crane tilted its head.

Lin Huaian gently stroked the rich feathers on its back, and the crane emitted a contented coo.

But just as it was about to leave, Lin Huaian had another thought and took the note back, modifying its contents.

Su Yuan had just stepped out of her room when she saw the crane flying away.

She had already changed into the long robes of an inner disciple, looking completely refreshed compared to before.

Her very aura had ascended by more than three levels.

The small, form-fitting robes suited her perfectly, cinching at the waist and outlining the beautiful curves of the young woman’s figure.

She slowly walked behind Lin Huaian, bowing her head in greeting: “Greetings, Eldest Brother.”

Lin Huaian turned around, momentarily stunned by the transformation, but quickly recovered, saying calmly: “Remember not to leave at noon.”

Su Yuan tilted her head in confusion, looking as cute as a small animal.

Lin Huaian turned and walked towards the maple courtyard inside the cave, saying as he went: “I ordered a meal for two, the crane will deliver it soon.”

“Eh, eh?” Su Yuan’s eyes suddenly sparkled.

“R-really? Dining with Eldest Brother?

This… I, I’ll just eat plain rice, and I’ll eat away from the table, so I won’t disturb Eldest Brother…”

The more she said, the quieter Su Yuan’s voice became, and her expression changed from initial excitement to dimness.

Because how could Lin Huaian possibly agree to let a good-for-nothing like her dine with him, let alone eat the same food?

Eldest Brother was Eldest Brother, and a servant was a servant.

It was enough for her to get even a little something from Eldest Brother.

Lin Huaian felt a headache coming on.

He walked up to Su Yuan and gently patted her head.

Only after she looked up did he continue: “What are you thinking? Let’s go, let’s wait in the main hall.”

He continued towards the main hall, while Su Yuan was stunned for a moment, then hurried to follow behind Lin Huaian:

“Eldest Brother, is this really okay?”

“Your Senior Brother never lies,” Lin Huaian said, with his hands behind his back, strolling leisurely.

“And don’t forget, you little girl is still growing.”

Su Yuan was a bit confused after hearing this, because how was she a little girl?

Besides, how could she still be growing?

Where exactly did she need to grow?

Up in the Purple Forbidden Pavilion, Ji Xin was pondering the matter of the Holy Land Assembly.

Li Tao had already reached the Nascent Soul stage, and Si Qingxue had also awakened the Innate Sword Bone.

Most of the sect’s other leading disciples were also ranked high in the Holy Land rankings.

With these people, plus the invincible Lin Huaian leading the team, the Tianming Sect was sure to secure first place in the Holy Land Assembly.

He heard that the Holy Son of the Dragon Martial Holy Land was ridiculously talented, a reincarnation of the Holy Dragon, and had reached the upper stage of Nascent Soul at a young age.

But we have the invincible Lin Huaian, so it shouldn’t be a big problem!

As Ji Xin was thinking this, a crane flew in from outside the window, gently placing a note it was carrying on the table in front of Ji Xin.

This was the first time in half a year that Lin Huaian had used a crane to send a message to Ji Xin.

Ji Xin was immediately excited, wondering what his disciple would say.

Would he be grateful to him, saying that he had indeed found a powerhouse in the making, or would he ask him to find another junior sister?

Ji Xin hummed a little tune, opened the note, and only saw a short line of large characters that caught his eye—

[Two servings of food, the best, no cilantro]

“Huh…”

Ji Xin was a little dumbfounded.

When did cultivators need to eat?

Leaving aside the matter of abstaining from grains, just one Qi Refining Pill was enough for a cultivator to last a whole day.

Food was usually only to satisfy the appetite.

Only outer disciples who were low in cultivation and had no money would go to the dining hall to snatch food every day.

Of course, the inner sect also had dining halls like this, and the chefs were all selected from thousands of miles away from the mortal world, but usually there were not many patrons.

“This…” Ji Xin still hadn’t reacted, but after noticing that it said two servings, Ji Xin suddenly understood, “That disciple was kept by Lin Huaian!”

Yi, good, as expected, his eye for talent was accurate!

So these two servings were for this girl, good, good, if you’re a genius, then eat more, the sect leader will provide!

What is food, if you need it, this sect leader can even directly replace all the rice in your bowls with pills, okay!

“Someone!” Ji Xin transmitted his voice, shouting, “Tell those people in the dining hall, the time has come to show their skills, Lin Huaian wants to dine!”

Just then, Ji Xin realized that since the Holy Land Assembly was going to be held in half a month, why not let Lin Huaian give a sermon first?

Lin Huaian had just helped Si Qingxue awaken the Snow Embracing Sword Intent, why not strike while the iron was hot and let him continue to help more people in the sect?

Thinking of this, Ji Xin couldn’t help but sigh.

Although he was old, his brain was still as sharp as ever.

So he immediately bent down and wrote a note—

[My dear Huaian, after this meal, you have to come to the Purple Forbidden Pavilion to hold a Dao discussion conference in two days, and bestow the Dao Dharma to the entire Tianming Sect inner sect]

He put this note at the bottom of the basket and had the crane carry it to the dining hall.

As long as he did this, Lin Huaian would definitely find out halfway through the meal, and then he would have to come whether he wanted to or not.

As for why two days later, the answer was of course because of Si Qingxue and Li Tao.

The former would probably be back tomorrow night, and Li Tao would not be released from confinement in the back mountain until the day after tomorrow.

“Alas, as expected of me,” Ji Xin stood up and watched the crane fly away, suddenly feeling that he was so clever, he couldn’t help but sigh,

“Old and strong, willing to move the heart of the white head? Poor and strong, not falling into the ambition of Qingyun!”

Although this sentence was stolen from Lin Huaian, but, he didn’t say it, Lin Huaian didn’t say it, then who else would know?

He liked this sentence so much not for any other reason, but because it was too pretentious.

Ji Xin continued to hum, while continuing to comprehend this ancient saying.

The more he comprehended it, the more he liked it.

He didn’t expect Lin Huaian to have this ability.

Although he had heard before that this child had participated in some Confucian Sage Conference in the mortal world, this kind of thing was obviously not very important, so he didn’t care.

“Alas, how can he be so handsome, he has already reached the point where he can use it to brag to Nantian and the others,”

Ji Xin sighed, “It seems that I will have to get more things from Huaian in the future.”

He sighed like this, sat down again, and was already looking forward to the Dao discussion conference in two days, wondering how much wool he could fleece from Lin Huaian.