Cultivation: Starting with Sterilizing My Own Father

Regardless of past or present lives, or whether their relationship was good or bad, they all thought of getting together before parting ways. Wei Zhiying and the others were no exception. The ten of them entered the sect in the same batch. Although a few of them had some unpleasant experiences, they had studied together for a year, and they might not even meet again after entering the inner sect.

"If you ask me, we should go to Zuixianlou at the foot of the mountain." Feng Qianxue slammed a menu on the classroom table: "My sister and I go there every time we have a day off. Their Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is absolutely amazing, just as good as the one in the palace."

No one disagreed with this, since the best and most complete selection of delicacies in the world, besides those in the palace, were found in the towns surrounding each sect.

The food in the palace was meant to be presented as tribute to the emperor, while the area around the sect was frequented by cultivators from all over the world and different countries. Generally, after retiring, imperial chefs would choose to work in restaurants near the sect if they wanted to earn some money.

The Drunken Immortal Pavilion that Feng Qianxue mentioned has five floors. The first floor is the lobby, the second and third floors are private rooms, and the fourth and fifth floors are for accommodation. The menu is also divided into three categories: A, B, and C. The prices of the C-level dishes are almost all settled in copper coins, with the most expensive not exceeding one tael of silver, and are for peddlers or ordinary people.

The prices of Class B dishes were settled in silver and gold, with the most expensive not exceeding one hundred taels of gold.

The first-class dishes are for cultivators. These foods contain spiritual energy and are paid for with spirit stones. The restaurant has limited ingredients and culinary skills, as it can only hire a limited number of people, at most Golden Core cultivators. After all, it's unheard of for a Nascent Soul cultivator to be so poor as to work in a restaurant. Therefore, the most expensive dishes are kept at mid-grade spirit stones.

"But are you two alright?" Feng Yuexi looked at Wei Zhiying and her brother. "It's not easy for us to get together, so don't spoil the fun. I remember Wei Zhiying received a lot of money, didn't she?"

The siblings understood that the other party was worried that they wouldn't go because it was too expensive.

Xu Ruosheng looked at the siblings and said, "Don't worry, we're just kids. Besides, the bill will be split equally in the end, so it won't be that expensive."

The siblings did the math and it made sense. Wei Zhiying would get 15 high-grade elemental spirit stones, and Wei Lanyin would get one. If they each took one, they would exchange it for 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones, even if it was split equally. They figured they should treat themselves to something nice once in a while.

The siblings exchanged a glance and nodded vigorously: "Yes! No problem!"

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In the private room on the third floor of Zuixianlou, you can push open the window with its carved cloud pattern and gaze into the distance, where you can see the edge of the town.

"Wow, it's so high. I can see so far." Wei Lanyin leaned out the window and looked at her younger brother beside her. "I remember half a year ago, you had just learned to fly on your sword. You carried me up to the height of a five-story building in an instant. It scared me to death. Every time we flew through the woods, I would close my eyes in fear and hold onto your clothes tightly."

Wei Zhiying was taken aback: "Huh? Are your eyes closed?"

Wei Lanyin was a little confused: "Yeah...yes, what's wrong?"

Wei Zhiying's smile was forced: "Because... I was scared too. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to dodge in time, so I closed my eyes in fright. I thought you had your eyes open and that the sword would automatically dodge as soon as you moved your feet. I never hit it, so I thought you were controlling it."

"Huh?!" Wei Lanyin reacted faster than she thought, grabbing her younger brother's ear: "You mean, for the past six months, every time you took me through the woods, you closed your eyes? What if I fell?"

"You...you're alright, aren't you?"

"Snapped!"

When Xu Ruosheng was about to hand the menu to Wei Zhiying, he saw the handprint on the center of his poor junior brother's face and silently gave the menu to Wei Lanyin first.

Everyone had already ordered a round, each ordering one or two dishes they wanted or liked. Gong Huaijin, the Feng sisters, and the Xu brothers often came here for a treat, so the recommended dishes were basically all from their mouths.

Wei Lanyin looked at the dishes everyone had ordered: braised bamboo shoots, sliced ​​emerald mushrooms, sliced ​​black fish jelly, jade-jelly crane meat, crispy fried cloud-winged sparrow, stewed fox belly in jade sauce, and braised green-striped python meat. Among these dishes, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall seemed out of place. But after learning that all the ingredients in Buddha Jumps Over the Wall had been replaced with spirit beasts and spirit plants, it didn't feel so jarring anymore.

"I'll just order a soup. We have all the hot dishes, cold dishes, meat dishes, and vegetable dishes. We can't be without soup, so I'll have this Spirit Fruit Sweet Soup."

Feng Qianxue and her sister frowned: "What's going on? Why did you have to order the cheapest one out of so many? I thought Leng Yue's three low-grade spirit stones for the Xuan Fish Jelly Slices was cheap enough, and you even found something cheaper than that."

Xu Ruosheng reached out and took the menu: "Then let's order another Xuan Beast Bone Soup. Keep the Spirit Fruit Sweet Soup, since we have a junior sister here. And Tianci also loves sweet things, right?"

"Mmm!" Xu Tianci nodded, holding the cloth tiger in his hands. "And that was the only soup that was sweet. Thank you, Sister Xiaoyin."

Seeing this, the Feng sisters exchanged a glance and didn't say anything more. Wei Lanyin looked at Xu Ruosheng gratefully. Xu Ruosheng handed the menu to Wei Zhiying: "I'll just order some dessert, after-dinner sweets. After all, we have all the dishes, both soup and vegetables, just some dessert is missing. I'd like... Ginseng and Deer Antler Pastries and Purple Mist Mulberry Dew."

"Change it to Zixia Immortal Tea." Feng Yuexi said. The waiter hesitated for a moment, but still changed the tea. After all, these two princesses were regular customers. Feng Yuexi looked at Wei Zhiying with dissatisfaction: "Don't you know how to match things? You've already ordered ginseng and deer antler pastries, of course you should drink Zixia Immortal Tea. Besides, you two siblings are ordering things that are cheaper than the last. That Purple Mist Mulberry Dew is only one low-grade spirit stone. If you convert it to gold, it's not even as expensive as the mother tree's Da Hong Pao."

Xu Ruosheng tried to smooth things over: "Alright, let's all enjoy our meal and keep quiet. Let's not talk about whether it's expensive or not. Just eat well and have fun. Besides, Xiaoying doesn't like tea."

"It's not a matter of price. If what he ordered could be served with some dessert, I naturally wouldn't say anything."

Feng Qianxue said, "My sister is right. Neither of us likes the agarwood tea in Master Ying's room. Try some other spiritual tea, and maybe you'll get used to it. Besides, this is a sweet soup and a fruit drink. If we don't have some tea, we might get cavities from eating too much sugar."

Wei Zhiying, wanting to avoid trouble, said, "It's alright, it's alright. I just ordered randomly. Since that's the case, let's settle on this."

After all the dishes were served, Xu Tianci, with his short legs, asked the waiter for an extra bamboo food box. Wei Zhiying had just stood up when the food box was handed to him: "Thank you, Tianci, I was just about to get it."

Xu Tianci smiled and said, "Yes. During the last Beast Taming class, I heard you ask the teacher if Earth Spirits could eat human food. The teacher told you then that it was okay, since Earth Spirits are already at the third level and can eat a little. However, I didn't see you packing food at the Five Grains Hall. I thought you would pack some today."

Indeed, there was a lot of food today, and there were bound to be a lot of leftovers. Wei Zhiying was thinking of packing up the leftovers.

Xu Tianci asked curiously, "By the way, Brother Xiaoying, why didn't I see you use puppetry or send your earth spirit into battle during the competition?"

Wei Zhiying bent down and whispered, "We still need to keep a backup plan. If all else fails, I will of course call out my Earth Spirit as the grand finale, while the Puppet Technique is my ultimate move (the last one to appear). I have some on hand, so I can't hide it. When I go out to duel with someone, at the last moment, I will pull out a puppet technique that no one else knows I know, and I can catch them off guard."

Xu Tianci felt he had learned something: "My Fu Bao's movements are already quite delicate. After entering the sect, I will continue to work hard to bring him back to life!"

Wei Zhiying gently patted the little guy's head: "Go for it, I'm really looking forward to it!"

During the meal, everyone was quiet. After the meal, Wei Zhiying took a sip of tea and put it down quietly. He still couldn't get used to it. He then packed up the leftovers in a food box. Seeing this, the Feng sisters turned their heads away in dissatisfaction and happened to see Leng Yue quietly drinking tea.

"I don't know if you're really stupid or just arrogant. Don't you know your own limitations? You actually signed up for this outer sect competition. I remember your overall score was...last place."

Feng Yuexi smiled: "Sister, that was his first monthly exam result. A total of 512 disciples registered for this outer sect competition, and you got 103rd place overall."

Leng Yue lowered her head again: "Anyway, I'll have to participate in the end, so I'll accumulate some experience first."

"How many times are you planning to accumulate experience? Don't end up like Senior Brother Yu Xian, accumulating 11 years of experience."

Wei Zhiying said, "Leng Yue is really amazing. She has three spiritual roots and crushed more than 400 disciples in one competition. She will definitely be able to enter the inner sect next year. Come visit me and my sister in Cangxi Valley then."

Before the two sisters could react, he stood up and said, "It's getting late, let's settle the bill and go back. We still need to check our packed things; we're going to the inner sect tomorrow. Helian, Lengyue, I hope to see you in the inner sect next year."

Helian Ye smiled and nodded. Leng Yue opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but then withdrew her hand before reaching for something. In the end, she nodded.

Although Helian Ye had been with everyone for a year and was usually gentle, greeting and talking when they met, there was always a feeling that there was a barrier between them. They were nice to talk to, but they didn't have a deep relationship.

After Leng Yue returned home, she took out a small box hidden in the bedding. Inside was a high-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill.

"I was planning to give it to him as a birthday present, but he already has one. With a top-grade spiritual root, he doesn't need it anymore. And because I was preparing this, I didn't prepare any other gifts. It's his first birthday, and I've messed it up again." Leng Yue recalled the reward Wei Zhiying received that day—a Marrow Cleansing Pill. She had instinctively pulled back the pill she was about to take out. Luckily, Wei Zhiying was in a hurry to go back and take the pill, so he didn't have time to accept any gifts that day. She had been trying to prepare a new gift for the past few days and this month, but she couldn't think of anything good to give him. They're parting ways tomorrow.