Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

Chapter 21 Gazing at the Stars - Double Kill!

Knowing she couldn't escape, An Yingji shouted at Cao Meng:

"Cao Quede, you're truly despicable! You actually harmed me!"

An Yingji regretted it. She only wanted to trick Cao Meng, but she didn't expect him to drag her into it too. How despicable!

Cao Meng saw that An Yingji did not repent and even blamed himself.

So he quickly suggested to Xia Yulan:
"Uncle-Master Xia, my senior sister is one of the most respected figures in the Hehuan Sect, as she is a saintess of the sect. She should eat more and be given more nourishment!"

"Makes sense!"

Xia Yulan now finds Cao Meng pleasing to the eye no matter what, and naturally agrees with his opinions.

"Uncle-Master Xia, I've been a member of the sect for a long time; you've watched me grow up. Please, let me go!"

Seeing that Xia Yulan had been bewitched by Cao Meng, An Yingji began to play the emotional card.

"Yingji, it's precisely because you've been in the sect for so long, and I've watched you grow up, that I'm so disappointed in you!"

Xia Yulan finds Cao Meng very agreeable, but she is extremely disappointed in An Yingji. This can be seen from her self-reference as "this humble one" from the beginning!

There's nothing we can do; love doesn't disappear, it just moves on.

"Yingji, you eat first!"

Xia Yulan directly ordered An Yingji to eat first, so that this senior sister could set an example for Cao Meng.

"I will not eat!"

After An Yingji finished speaking, she tightly shut her mouth; she was determined to fight back with her life on the line.

Every second counts; who knows, someone might come to rescue me at any moment.

"hiss!"

Seeing how terrified An Yingji was, Cao Meng couldn't help but gasp.

He now roughly knows just how terrifying Xia Yulan's cooking skills are.

Xia Yulan's face was already extremely embarrassed because of An Yingji's uncooperative behavior, and she was on the verge of losing her temper.

When a mature woman gets angry, she can escalate into a queen, and then she'll get a beating.

Seeing that Xia Yulan was about to become Her Majesty the Queen, her gaze suddenly softened as she looked at Cao Meng and said:
"Nephew Cao Meng, why don't you eat first?"

Xia Yulan no longer expects An Yingji, as her senior sister, to set an example; she now hopes that Cao Meng can take the lead!
"Forehead!"

Cao Meng was embarrassed. Why was it him?

"Uncle-Master will feed you!"

"what!"

Xia Yulan, transformed into a friendly older sister, picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful of fish and soup, and handed it to Cao Meng.

"Uncle-Master, will I get a reward if I eat first?"

Cao Meng knew he couldn't escape his fate today, so he wanted some benefits as compensation!
"Have!"

Xia Yulan nodded, then said:

"Junior nephew, from now on, you can eat one second-grade spiritual dish for free every day in the sect's dining hall, and ten first-grade spiritual dishes as you please!"

"Uncle-Master, can you give me spirit stones?"

Cao Meng felt that he probably wouldn't want to come to the cafeteria again, so he wanted spirit stones.

"I'll give you ten thousand low-grade spirit stones later!"

Xia Yulan agreed. After all, ten thousand low-grade spirit stones were just a drop in the ocean for a Nascent Soul cultivator like her.

"Ah, open your mouth!"

"Uncle-Master will feed you!"

While Xia Yulan was coaxing Cao Meng, she once again held the spoon to his lips, and Cao Meng had no choice but to open his mouth.

The moment the fish and soup touch your mouth, they create a crazy explosion of flavor!

Like a volcanic eruption, it poured out of Cao Meng's mouth!

Cao Meng's first reaction was to feel nauseous, which saved his life.

Xia Yulan didn't give him that chance, silencing him with her slender finger and whispering:

"Don't vomit!"

Cao Meng had no choice but to swallow it down, and then his consciousness began to blur.

"Good boy!"

Cao Meng seemed to see a blurry figure again, praising him and rubbing his head. Then the blurry figure began to dissipate, and he saw a volcanic eruption and an ice storm...

"May the world be destroyed!"

At the last moment, Cao Meng's consciousness had gone numb and he was no longer lucid!

……

Meanwhile, Cao Meng, sitting in his chair, had lifeless eyes, was foaming at the mouth, and looked like a dead dog.

Seeing that Cao Meng had been poisoned, An Yingji quickly said:

"Uncle-Master Xia, my junior brother has already been poisoned, please spare me!"

A single bite of fish and soup was enough to poison Cao Meng, who was at the first level of Foundation Establishment and possessed the Ten-Day Sacred Body, demonstrating just how terrifying this culinary monstrosity was.

An Yingji couldn't help but feel afraid when she thought about this!
“Yingji, don’t talk nonsense. It’s clear that Junior Nephew Cao Meng’s cultivation is too weak to withstand the medicinal power of this fifth-grade spiritual food.”

Xia Yulan angrily rebuked An Yingji, saying that even with the facts right in front of her, she would not admit that Cao Meng was poisoned by the spirit food.

This was her last act of defiance, and her last shred of dignity!

Xia Yulan stared coldly at An Yingji and said:
"Yingji, you are at the sixth level of the Golden Core stage, you can definitely withstand the medicinal power of this fifth-grade spiritual food!"

Xia Yulan felt that Cao Meng might be an accident, so she wanted to try and prove it!
Accident?

An Yingji almost pointed at Xia Yulan's delicate nose and cursed:

The facts are already laid bare: Cao Meng has already been poisoned. Is this still an accident?
"Master Uncle, please let me go!"

"I promise I'll bring Cao Meng over for you to try the dishes next time!"

In order to save herself, An Yingji has already begun to betray her brother and beg for mercy.

"Yingji, do you really not trust your martial uncle at all?"

Xia Yulan's eyes were incredibly cold, and only then did An Yingji remember.

My seemingly kind senior uncle is actually a Nascent Soul cultivator, a ruthless female demon!
Xia Yulan stopped wasting her breath and directly pried open An Yingji's mouth.

Cao Meng had only taken a bite of "Looking Up at the Stars," which he then forced into An Yingji's mouth.

"Ugh~"

After An Yingji forced herself to eat "Looking Up at the Stars," she felt completely out of sorts and began vomiting violently.

Is it really that bad?

When Xia Yulan realized that she had poisoned another person, she began to have some doubts.

However, Xia Yulan was somewhat relieved that she hadn't personally tasted the food, but instead had brought over two lab rats.

Xia Yulan snapped out of her daze and decisively took action to save them, channeling her spiritual power into Cao Meng and An Yingji to forcefully detoxify the two siblings.

An hour later, Cao Meng, who had been unconscious, was the first to regain consciousness.

As for An Yingji, although she stopped vomiting, she fell into a coma.

There are two reasons why Cao Meng was able to wake up early: first, he ate very little, only one bite.

Secondly, Cao Meng has a special constitution. His Ten-Day Sacred Body is extremely yang, strong, and powerful, and he has a relatively high resistance to poison.

As for An Yingji, she was pitiful. She ate almost the entire plate of Stargazing. Even though she was a Golden Core Stage 6 cultivator, she was still poisoned terribly.

"Junior Nephew Cao, this time your uncle has wronged you. You won't blame your uncle, will you?"

When Xia Yulan saw that Cao Meng had woken up, she felt a little apologetic and embarrassed.

Of course, if Cao Meng really dared to blame her, she, as his senior, wouldn't mind teaching that disrespectful junior a lesson.

Extremely weak, Cao Meng bowed and replied:

"Disciple dare not!"

Cao Meng dared not blame Xia Yulan; he didn't want to get beaten up!
"Ugh!"

Xia Yulan sighed, then said:
"Perhaps I am truly destined to never reach the fifth rank of Spirit Cuisine Master, and can only stop at the fourth rank!"

Has Xia Yulan really given up?

Do not!
Giving up is impossible!
She just wanted Cao Meng to encourage her and cheer her on!

"Beep, based on the special situation faced by the host, a reward selection task is issued:"

Option 1: Tell Xia Yulan loudly that she is not worthy of being a spiritual chef, and that she is an outright poison chef!
Task Reward: One random Xuan-rank cultivation technique!
Option 2: Comfort Xia Yulan and help her regain confidence.

Task Rewards: First-Tier Spiritual Cuisine Master (100% chance of obtaining a top-grade exquisite spiritual dish) as a side profession in Immortal Cultivation, and a fifth-grade spiritual dish recipe!

(End of this chapter)