Mortals get a golden finger for immortal cultivation every year

"It's been almost a month, and this little Qingmo has only gained so much? Isn't that a bit too little? How did your Empress teach you? This is all you've gained. Your skills aren't low, are they? I raised you to this level so you could gain more. And what have you done? You've only gained this tiny bit. This is far too little. You're supposed to be the successor of the God of Cookery, the next God of Cookery, the next God of Cookery of the Heavenly Court. And this is all you've got?"

Looking at Qingmo in front of him, Zhao Shuang was speechless. He had already spent a lot of effort to raise Qingmo's cultivation level to the Supreme Saint level.

As a result, his current merit points are less than 100,000. In the Main Spirit Realm, only Zhao Shuang can exchange merit points without using the Merit Wall; no one else has this ability. The reason is that he is the one who set the rules.

He was the one who originally formulated this rule, so naturally he had a way to convert his gains into merit points without relying on the merit wall.

Others need to use the merit wall to do so.

"I'm just a little girl who cooks and tends the fire, I don't have any special skills, but since I'm a member of the Kunlun Realm, I naturally have to work hard to save the Kunlun Realm."

Xiao Qingmo said angrily.

"Alright, alright, stop rambling on. I don't know how your empress raised you. Well, no, it's probably more my fault for not changing your personality. But that's pretty much it. Now you just need to focus on cooking and starting the fire for me. You don't need to worry about anything else. I'll take care of everything else. You just need to cook for me; everything else is none of your business."

After saying that, Zhao Shuang didn't waste any more words and directly threw a large pile of ingredients to Xiao Qingmo.

However, upon seeing so many ingredients, Xiao Qingmo was incredibly excited and immediately picked up her large cleaver to begin preparing them. Soon, a delicious and exquisite meal, a feast even the gods would envy, appeared before them. Zhao Shuang, naturally, took out the wine brewed for him by the drunkard and drank it, while Xiao Qingmo showed no interest in it. She only enjoyed cooking.

"If you want to eat, hurry up and do it, or it might all be gone." As soon as these words were spoken, the Rakshasa princess, who was supposed to leave, reappeared, as beautiful and charming as ever.

"You really know how to die! I told you to leave, but you still came back. Isn't that just asking for trouble?"

Zhao Shuang was not surprised by the arrival of the Rakshasa princess. Instead, she told her to leave quickly in the tone of an elder reprimanding a junior.

“The clan elders prophesied that I would become the Heavenly King’s woman, so I came to see my future husband.”

The Rakshasa princess, without batting an eye, uttered these words with a smile, leaving Xiao Qingmo, who was cooking, utterly astonished. She then glanced at Zhao Shuang and then at the Rakshasa princess, feeling a pang of envy for the princess's beauty; after all, she was just Xiao Qingmo, a cook.

The other woman's beauty was among the top three most beautiful women she had ever met.

“The Rakshasa princess is probably the only one in the Ancestral Spirit Realm besides me. So don’t talk to her, lest she use some underhanded methods to control you. Your little skills are completely useless in front of her.”

Zhao Shuang's introduction made Xiao Qingmo's face turn deathly pale. She quickly hid behind Zhao Shuang, not daring to look at the Rakshasa princess. After all, she knew about the Rakshasa princess; she was a terrifying figure who had shattered the Ancestral Spirit Realm.

It can be said that the Ancestral Spirit Realm ended up in such a state because of the other party's "great contribution." Although it relied on the power of the entire Rakshasa Clan, it is enough to show how terrifying the other party's strength is. At least in terms of intelligence, it is incredibly terrifying. She definitely cannot defeat or resist it.

At this moment, Xiao Qingmo was like a frightened quail, hiding behind Zhao Shuang and trembling.

"Don't be so scared. If you're this afraid, it'll seem like she's going to eat you. Don't worry, although she's somewhat ferocious, cruel, ruthless, cold-blooded, and inhuman, she doesn't eat people. She has no interest in humans, so she won't eat you. However, you're not exactly a real person; you're a transformed sacred medicine, so she might very well refine you into a pill. Haha."

Finally, Zhao Shuang couldn't help but laugh.

His laughter relieved Xiao Qingmo, and she was less afraid. However, she still carefully reached out and placed her hand on Zhao Shuang's waist, then pinched it hard. She showed no fear at all.

After all, the two of them often joked around when they were in the Kunlun Realm, and she knew Zhao Shuang's temperament very well. That's why she was so bold; otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to do this at all.

"Becoming my woman? Aren't you dreaming a bit too much? You're just indulging in wishful thinking. But since you've put it that way, it would be a real shame to disrespect your clan's elder if I didn't take you. Not now, at least until I go to your Hell Realm. Then I'll definitely marry you and take you home as my wife, okay? I promise I'll keep your word and save you from embarrassing yourself here. You didn't come here just for a meal, did you? You must have some other purpose, right? Hurry up and tell me, make it clear. Don't waste my breath on me, because I really want to know what you want."

Zhao Shuang's words made the Rakshasa princess smile. She sat down opposite Zhao Shuang without any of her previous fear and instead admired her future husband.

"I have a question for the Heavenly King. Have you ever heard of the Phoenix Nest?" "I remember now. It's the relic left behind by the number one person below the gods, the number one person below the gods in the Ancestral Spirit Realm, and also the Daoist partner of a god from the Ancestral Spirit Realm. She could have lived, but she insisted on sharing life and death with the god of the Ancestral Spirit Realm, and ultimately died. She could have lived, and even become a god herself. What a pity, she was a woman of utmost love and sainthood. Indeed, indeed. This inheritance is quite interesting. Your Rakshasa Realm took away many good things, but left this behind, perhaps because you couldn't obtain it. So you came to me hoping I could help you get this? You're completely overthinking it. Even if I could obtain it, I would only leave it to our people, it has nothing to do with you. I would only help our people obtain this."

Zhao Shuang's words did not anger the Rakshasa princess at all; instead, she smiled sweetly.

"Of course not. I know that the Heavenly King has a woman who possesses the bloodline of the Ice Phoenix, so I want to help the Heavenly King and help her obtain this inheritance. What do you say?"

"It's a miracle that you're so kind. I didn't expect you to know me so well. But why should I believe you? Even if you really helped her obtain this inheritance, do you think I would believe you? You think you can make me acknowledge your existence based on this inheritance? You're just delusional."

Zhao Shuang no longer believed a single word the man before him said. Instead, he felt that this man was using him—using him, a former being of the myriad realms, to gain control over another being. This was tantamount to courting death.

"Heavenly King, please don't be angry. I meant it sincerely. After all, we will become sisters in the future, and it is only right for me, as the older sister, to help her, isn't it?"

The Rakshasa princess gave a reason that made Zhao Shuang burst out laughing.

"Sister, you really know how to think. Even if I marry you in the future, you can only be the younger sister, not the older sister, even if she can't beat you now. You can only be the younger sister, understand? After all, I was with her first, not you. So, there's always a first-come, first-served order. As for strength, it doesn't matter to me, and there's no need to follow any rules. These things aren't important to me. What matters is that she's the one I love, while you're just an acquaintance I vaguely remember, but that's all. So don't even think about me making you my older sister. I admit that in this Ancestral Spirit Realm, among those of the same cultivation level, you're definitely one of the top. You could say that there are very few people in this Ancestral Spirit Realm besides me who can beat you. But that's no reason for you to be so presumptuous in front of me. Besides, I already warned you before. I told you to go back obediently and not stay here, because this place could very well become your burial ground. But you insisted on coming to me, and you've challenged my bottom line time and time again. Do you really think I won't kill you?"

After Zhao Shuang finished speaking, his tone was filled with murderous intent. However, his words did not frighten the Rakshasa princess; instead, her smile became even more beautiful.

"If Your Majesty wishes to take action, you may kill me now. However, in doing so, all cultivators in the Heavenly Court will be barred from obtaining merit points. What will be the consequences if merit points cannot be redeemed? I believe Your Majesty is well aware of this. Your Majesty is indeed incredibly powerful and far surpasses that of a mere woman. Ultimately, this matter cannot be changed, can it? As Your Majesty has said, you were once one of the Heavens, and this rule was established by you. Precisely because of this, even Your Majesty cannot disobey it, can you?"

This is the source of the Rakshasa princess's confidence.

"You think you can threaten me with this? You're joking. I don't care about any of this. If you destroy that thing, what consequences will your Hell Realm suffer? I think you should know better than I do. Because I set these rules, I know better than you the consequences of destroying all the walls. The consequences are not something a Rakshasa princess like you can bear."

Zhao Shuang completely disregarded the threat posed by the Rakshasa princess, and instead directly threatened her.

As expected, upon hearing Zhao Shuang's words, the Rakshasa princess, who had been full of confidence, changed her expression again and again, becoming extremely ugly. She knew very well that, just as Zhao Shuang said, the rules were set by him and were something that could not be changed.

“Nizi, go back and learn from your father. Don’t be so disrespectful in front of me. I’ll let it go for your sake, since you’re the younger generation. If you go back now, I’ll pretend this never happened. If you don’t go back, I’ll have no choice but to let you die here. Don’t blame me, because you got yourself into this mess. I’m really angry right now.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the Rakshasa princess left without anyone knowing how she left; she simply vanished.

This is not her true form at all, but rather an embodiment of her spiritual power.

"Why did she leave? Is she dead?"

As soon as the Rakshasa princess disappeared, Xiao Qingmo emerged from behind Zhao Shuang and cautiously inquired, as the pressure from the Rakshasa princess was simply too great. Therefore, she hadn't dared to show herself earlier, only daring to hide carefully behind Zhao Shuang, letting him deal with the Rakshasa princess.

"She won't die. She will become the ruler of the Rakshasa clan in the future. As the leader of the entire Rakshasa clan, she won't die at all. So give up on that idea. Even if you die, she won't die. But she should have left by now. After all, she has many things to deal with and won't interfere in my affairs. She can't manage anything here anyway. What she said earlier was just a test. So you don't need to worry too much. She can't do it; the consequences are beyond her ability to bear."

Zhao Shuang patted Xiao Qingmo's head to comfort her. His words made Xiao Qingmo completely relieved.

"Alright, just follow me from now on. We're going to find the Phoenix Nest she mentioned. That's the most important place; it's extremely important. We absolutely cannot afford any mistakes. If something goes wrong, the consequences will be unpredictable. The impact of those consequences on us is enormous, so we can't afford any mistakes. Understand?"

Zhao Shuang's words made Xiao Qingmo nod, but she didn't say anything, which also indicated that she understood.

"It's good that you understand. It's just a pity Danqing isn't here. If Danqing were here, she could have easily defeated her. What a pity, what a pity, it's such a shame. However, with Danqing's strength, she should be able to compete with her, since Danqing's cultivation is precisely what counters her." (End of Chapter)