A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 225: It's all about the flavor, why even look for it?
Various mixed-race forces gathered in the capital because of the King of Earth and the King of Mountains, and because of the arrogant words of the Chen family head, they almost had a fight at the airport.

At the heart of this storm, our land and mountain king, Xia Mi, remain completely unaware of it.

"The chicken soup is here!" Xia Mi brought over a bowl of clear chicken soup, wearing slippers, and walked briskly to the table to put it down.

Then, she pretended to pinch her earlobes with both hands and put them there, saying, "It's so hot, so hot~"

Xu Lie's face twitched at the sight. What kind of soup was this? How could it possibly scald the Dragon King?

After her affected performance, Xia Mi lowered her hands, her face full of pride: "Try it."

"This soup color is the result of simmering it over low heat for two hours. It's so clean. I spent half a day just skimming off the foam."

After saying that, she even offered to serve soup to Xu Lie.

Xu Lie was invited by Xia Mi to her home for the New Year. Before that, when Xia Mi was busy in the kitchen, Xu Lie helped wash and prepare the vegetables. Afterwards, he left the cooking to Xia Mi and wandered around at his leisure.

I don't know how Xia Mi got this house, but the disguise is quite convincing.

There are many traces of a family of four living there, such as several towels of different colors and a shoe cabinet full of shoes, which fits Xia Mi's character's lie that she has a father, a mother and an older brother.

The more Xu Lie looked, the more he felt that Xia Mi had probably found an empty house that no one was home for the New Year and sneaked in to make it her own home.

If Xia Mi brings Xu Lie back to their real home, the family's lie will be easily exposed.

"how is it going?"

Collecting his thoughts, Xu Lie saw a fairy-like face so close to his eyes. That face was truly otherworldly, as beautiful as a fairy: "The taste is very good, rich but not greasy."

"Hehehe." Hearing Xu Lie's satisfaction with the chicken soup, Xia Mi laughed smugly, showing her tiger teeth: "I told you I was good at cooking, but you didn't believe me before."

"Can you relax now? You won't go hungry for the next five days."

"It would be a shame not to keep such delicious food," Xu Lie praised again, and started picking up food.

Xia Mi's cooking skills are indeed excellent; she prepared a table full of dishes that were delicious, visually appealing, and fragrant.

When talking about the remaining five days of vacation, Xia Mi was furious: "The preparatory class is really something. In order to let us attend that senior brother Finger's open class, they actually shortened the vacation at the last minute."

"Honestly, even if I achieve great success and master alchemy, and the preparatory class begs me to come back and teach, I won't come back. My junior brothers and sisters will definitely remember my kindness."

"That's hard to say," Xu Lie said, always eager to argue. "What if one of my junior brothers or sisters is particularly interested in learning alchemy?"

"Tsk." Xia Mi picked up a large shrimp for Xu Lie, annoyed: "Even eating can't shut you up."

They chatted idly and teased each other. After they finished eating, Xia Mi quickly took out a takeout box and a thermos: "Here, help me pack it up."

“There are many cats around the community. We made too much food, and the two of us couldn’t finish it. I took it down to feed the cats, and the extra food was also sent to the rescue station. It’s the Lunar New Year, so the animals there can also have a taste of good food.”

Xu Lie didn't ask what kind of small animals could eat such oily and salty food, nor did he inquire whether the rescue station would be open during the Chinese New Year; he simply helped pack the food.

Actually, he drank two bowls of chicken soup while eating, while Xia Mi only drank one bowl, deliberately leaving half a bowl of chicken soup.

With the table full of food and Xia Mi's current act of packing up leftovers, Xu Lie could guess Xia Mi's thoughts; she was probably planning to send food to Fenrir.

This little bit of food certainly wouldn't fill Fenrir's stomach, but it's the New Year, so the food has a different meaning: "Would you like to go to the restroom yourself?"

Since he had already guessed, Xu Lie didn't mind doing Xia Mi a favor: "Your cooking is so delicious, I'm a little full and don't want to move around."

"You held on? That's good." Xia Mi almost burst out laughing. She was still thinking about how to trick Xu Lie into not coming along, but she didn't expect Xu Lie to actually hold on: "Ah, I'm not gloating."

"I'm just happy that you've eaten your fill. That's the best compliment to my cooking skills. I'll go out first, and you can sit and watch TV to digest your food."

As soon as she stepped outside, Xia Mi made almost no attempt to conceal her speed, leaping from the corridor window like a whirlwind.

She was in a hurry to avoid arousing Xu Lie's suspicion. In addition, before checking in here, Xia Mi had deliberately observed and found a route from here to the subway station that was relatively close to the street and had no surveillance cameras.

During the New Year's Eve dinner time, there were hardly any people to be seen, allowing Xia Mi to accelerate her journey back to Nibelungen.

Just as I was about to call my silly brother out for dinner, I inexplicably discovered that he had completely remodeled the platform. Specifically, he had breached all the rock layers between the underground space and the platform, allowing Fenrir to move freely in and out.

"Roar! Sister, you've arrived." Fenrir's honest voice was completely out of place with the enormous dragon body that was nearly eighty meters long.

Such a colossal object would hardly be able to move freely without widening the surrounding ceiling and rock layers.

"...?" Xia Mi stared wide-eyed at Fenrir's jet-black hind legs and long tail, her head buzzing: "You, you've... completely recovered?!"

"Roar~" Fenrir boasted, manipulating the dragon's tail to sway left and right. The way the tail swayed was more like a domestic puppy than a dragon king: "Huang Tao cured him. He's really amazing."

Mentioning his good friend, Fenrir's nostrils, big enough to stuff a person's head in, twitched slightly as he sniffed... Eh? Isn't this... delicious! It smells so good!
Seeing Fenrir staring intently at the lunchbox, Xia Mi casually tossed the takeout box and thermos onto Fenrir's paws, then went over and touched Fenrir's hind legs, finding nothing wrong.

It is the most perfect and enormous dragon body.

Now Fenrir only needs to absorb enough energy to further expand its massive dragon body, and sooner or later it will be able to return to its peak state from ancient times.

Xia Mi really didn't expect that Huang Tao would come to Nibelungen again in such a short time and actually cure Fenrir!

The previous vigilance and caution suddenly became a joke, and Xia Mi even felt a little grateful.

Fenrir was her own brother, the only one who had stayed by her side all these years, preventing her from going crazy in fear and loneliness.

Now that my brother has finally recovered, he can move freely and is no longer bound by the rock formations, solving a problem that even the Dragon King could not solve.

Wait... Huang Tao solved a problem that even the Dragon King couldn't handle?

I didn't even realize it before!
Doesn't that mean Huang Tao is even more powerful than her, the Dragon King? No, Fenrir said at the very beginning that Huang Tao's aura was very powerful.

In the past, if there had been a being more powerful than her, the Dragon King, Xia Mi would have been terrified, thinking it was either the Black King or the White King.

But now that she has joined the Old Church, especially after seeing the phantom of Fusheng Xuanhuang Tianzun, Xia Mi has a completely new idea: Could Huang Tao be... a member of the Old Church?
Thinking of this, Xia Mi quickly returned to Fenrir. Fenrir was carefully holding the thermos cup with the tip of its paw, and in less than a second, the whole chicken in the chicken soup fell deep into her throat without any choking.

As for that little bit of soup? It's not even enough to fill a tooth gap in the true sense.

"You, you stop eating!" Xia Mi jumped up urgently, pressing Fenrir's large head down: "Huang Tao isn't the White King, he might be someone from the Old Church! Do you know the Old Church?!"

"Did he ever mention the old church, or the Heavenly Venerable of Blessing and Profound Yellow?"

Xia Mi didn't know so much before, and thought that Huang Tao, who could parasitize Fenrir's soul, must be a higher-level White King.

As a result, Xu Lie and I accidentally joined the Old Church before the New Year and learned about a more 'ancient' history, which immediately led to new speculations.

Yes, Huang Tao is unlikely to be the White King. Even if he is, it would be difficult for him to solve the problem of Fenrir's half-dragon body. At the very least, he would covet Fenrir's dragon bone cross!
Only the power of the ancients, which surpasses the power of the dragons, could so easily heal Fenrir without coveting the Dragonbone Cross.

With Xia Mi forcibly pressing his head down, Fenrir, who was stronger, didn't dare to resist at all and answered his sister's question first: "Hmph~ I, I don't know, sister."

“Huang Tao, I never said that what you’re talking about, sister, is from the past, from the Heavenly Venerable.”

"I only told Huang Tao about my sister's past interactions with her other siblings."

Xia Mi was preoccupied with many thoughts and couldn't react in time. What could have happened between her and her other brothers and sisters before?

Isn't it just a dark history of being bullied?
Normally, Xia Mi would have given Fenrir a good beating once she realized what was happening, but she wasn't in the mood for that now: "Then I'll have to go to the Old Days Cult and ask if there's anyone named Huang Tao."

"I've already joined the church, so finding someone shouldn't be difficult, right?"

"No, no, we should go back first. If we stay out too long, Xu Lie will become suspicious."

"Fenrir, you eat first! I'm leaving! I need to find Huang Tao as soon as possible. I'll come see you again next time!"

"Sister? Sister!" Seeing Xia Mi leave quickly, Fenrir was even more dumbfounded. He raised his huge forelimbs and rubbed his head: "Looking for Huang Tao?"

"Why? My sister smells like Huang Tao, why would I need to look for her?" Fenrir was so busy eating that he forgot to mention this.

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