After being reborn, the cannon fodder junior sister quickly left the sect.

Chapter 135 I'm dumbfounded

Chu Wenqing was extremely proud. "See that? Our fish soup is no ordinary soup! The fish in it is the Ice Spirit Fish from the Xuanbing Realm! Not only is it delicious, but it also replenishes spiritual energy! Plus, with the Fire Cloud Pepper, it warms you up from head to toe after drinking it!"

Feng Xiyue added, "Moreover, we put more than a dozen fire-flame peppers in our fish soup. After drinking it, you will be able to stay warm for at least five or six hours."

Feng Xiyue wasn't exaggerating. They put nearly twenty Sichuan peppercorns in the fish soup, and these peppercorns did their job perfectly, ensuring the soup remained hot for five or six hours.

"!"

Now, the gazes of the Wan Jian Sect members fixed on the fish soup became even more intense.

Before the soup was even served, the greedy disciple suddenly slurped his saliva, then took a deep, blissful inhalation of the fish soup aroma in the air. "As expected of Fire Cloud Pepper... this rich... spiciness, it smells so good..."

Whether they were frozen stiff or overwhelmed by the fragrance, many disciples followed suit and began to smell it, just like the first disciple.

"Yes, just smelling this makes me feel...warmer..."

"It smells so good..."

Immediately afterwards, as if they had planned it in advance, their stomachs began to rumble one after another, creating a symphony of sounds.

Chu Wenqing chuckled, and Feng Xiyue's eyes also held a hint of amusement.

Who would have thought that the disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, who always only had eyes for swords, would one day have their stomachs rumbling with cravings and be foolishly sniffing the aroma!

The members of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, regaining their senses, instinctively covered their faces.

Waaah... I suddenly feel so embarrassed!

The group of people in the middle immediately looked embarrassed.

They have repeatedly lost face in front of the Lingxiao Sect members; they really can't face these people again...

Despite the awkwardness, no one moved an inch, not even Ning Wanshuang.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Ning Wanshuang, who was in line, couldn't help but shiver. She couldn't help but cast her gaze at Su Luo and Song Qiao, who were leisurely drinking soup not far away, and her eyes were filled with envy and regret.

Because Su Luo and the others could not only sit in the tent to avoid the wind, but also drink fish soup to warm their bodies... which was in stark contrast to her.

At this moment, Ning Wanshuang missed Lu Danqing and Qin Xiu immensely. As long as they were there, she could enjoy everything without having to do anything, and she wouldn't be suffering in this miserable state, freezing and queuing with a bunch of idiots from the Wanjian Sect!

And so, Chu Wenqing served the soup, and Feng Xiyue collected the spirit stones. Before long, everyone from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect received a bowl of fish soup. Since they had nowhere to sit, they could only stand and drink the soup.

The fish soup was delicious, the fish meat was tender and smooth, and with the addition of spicy Sichuan peppercorns, every bite was a delight for the taste buds. As everyone finished the bowl of fish soup, they felt their bodies warm up and were no longer cold.

At that moment, everyone had only one thought in their minds: "The fish soup is so delicious! The fire chili peppers are really useful!"

Many disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect bought a second bowl after finishing their first. They didn't drink the second bowl, but carefully sealed it and put it in their storage bags, waiting to drink it next time.

Du Nianfu and Bai Xun also shamelessly bought three bowls. Du Nianfu didn't even dare to look up at Chu Wenqing. As soon as she got the fish soup, she quickly lowered her head and slipped away.

Once their bodies warmed up again, the disciples became energetic and excitedly discussed things.

"This fish soup is really good. Once it's finished, it's gone... I have to save a bowl to drink when I feel cold."

"I'll keep it too! I almost froze to death just now, but this fish soup brought me back to life instantly..."

"Yes! I've never had such delicious fish soup before!"

The junior sister, who had been reminiscing about her mother's fish soup, even shed tears as she drank it.

"It's so delicious... It's so delicious... Ahh, it's so comforting..."

Seeing his junior brothers and sisters like this, Gu Changhuai felt heavy-hearted and full of self-blame.

If he were more capable and better prepared, everyone wouldn't have to suffer and freeze with him!

Bai Xun immediately noticed that Gu Changhuai was blaming himself, and quickly comforted him, "Senior Brother, this is not your fault. We had already made preparations beforehand, but we didn't expect that the magic treasures we brought wouldn't be very effective here."

"Yeah yeah."

As a die-hard fan of Gu Changhuai, Du Nianfu couldn't bear to see her senior brother so dejected, so she quickly comforted him, "Senior brother, it's not your fault, you've already done your best! Besides, our luck wasn't too bad, we just happened to run into Lingxiao's people, right? Thanks to their fish soup, we have a chance to survive again."

"Yes, thanks to them." Gu Changhuai sighed, "We owe the Lingxiao Sect another favor."

Bai Xun nodded, "Fire Cloud Pepper is so precious, the Lingxiao Sect could have easily refused to sell us the fish soup, but they still agreed to the deal. For that alone, we owe them a favor."

Du Nianfu paused, suddenly remembering the help she received from the Lingxiao Sect a few days ago. She bit her lower lip and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Although the people from the Lingxiao Sect are a bit strange, they are... quite kind."

"That's true..."

Ning Wanshuang, who was standing to the side, heard this conversation but did not interrupt; she simply lowered her eyes silently.

"only……"

Bai Xun changed the subject, saying, "But this fish soup costs three mid-grade spirit stones. If we want to safely get through the Profound Ice Realm, we probably don't have enough spirit stones on us."

Gu Changhuai said in a deep voice, "Then let's go buy some fire-cloud peppers. Junior brother, go ask them if they have a lot of fire-cloud peppers and what the approximate price is. I guess fire-cloud peppers should be much cheaper than fish soup."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xun's eyes lit up.

Yeah! They can just buy fire peppers! As long as they can keep warm, that's fine!

Thinking of this, Bai Xun nodded hurriedly.

Gu Changhuai turned to look at Su Luo not far away, and then reminded Bai Xun, "Just go find that unfamiliar female cultivator; she has more authority to speak."

"Looking for her?"

Bai Xun was taken aback. "Will it work?"

The senior disciple of the Lingxiao Sect is Feng Xiyue! They still don't know anything about that female cultivator's background!

"Just find her. I saw it clearly just now; all three of the Lingxiao Sect members listen to that female cultivator very much."

As he was speaking, Su Luo sensed that someone was watching her and looked over as well. Gu Changhuai's eyes met those of the girl.

However, Su Luo glanced at him and then silently looked away, which made Gu Changhuai's eyes look thoughtful.

From the very beginning, he had a vague feeling that the girl looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her before. Who was she?

Seeing that Gu Changhuai's gaze lingered on Su Luo not far away for a long time, Ning Wanshuang subconsciously bit her lower lip, her fingers clenching tightly in her palms without her noticing.

At this moment, Bai Xun revealed a fawning smile and scurried towards Su Luo, greeting her, "What is your surname, fellow Daoist?"

Song Qiao felt that Bai Xun's smile was malicious, so he mustered up his courage, stood up, slightly blocking Su Luo, and stared at Bai Xun with a predatory gaze.

Bai Xun didn't care.

Su Luo raised her eyes and said indifferently, "My surname is Su."

From the moment the main characters didn't recognize her upon their first meeting, Su Luo wasn't worried about her identity being exposed. It was just a surname; what did that matter?

Bai Xun didn't think much of it and continued, "Fellow Daoist Su, actually... we really need Fire Cloud Peppers in this Xuanbing Realm. I wonder if you could sell us some?"

Su Luo had anticipated this, and replied, "Okay."

Anyway, they had already picked tens of thousands of Fire Cloud Peppers, and even uprooted some to take back and plant. They couldn't possibly eat all of them, so selling them to the Myriad Swords Sect wouldn't be a loss.

Unexpectedly, Su Luo agreed so readily, and Bai Xun was filled with excitement, "That's great! Then... what's the price of this Fire Cloud Pepper?"

Su Luo thought for a moment and suggested a price that wasn't too expensive: "Two Fire Cloud Peppers for one mid-grade spirit stone."

After all, it's a rare spiritual plant called Fire Cloud Pepper, a life-saving treasure. Exchanging one mid-grade spirit stone for two peppers is already very cheap.

Bai Xun didn't say much about it. He smiled gratefully at Su Luo and then began to calculate.

There were more than 20 of them. If they were to complete the mission in three days, they would need at least a thousand Fire Cloud Peppers, which means they would need to give at least 90 high-grade spirit stones.

The number of spirit stones...

Bai Xun felt there was a bit of a problem, so he quickly told Su Luo to wait a moment. Then he quickly went to Gu Changhuai's side and told him what spirit stones he needed.

Gu Changhuai immediately shook his head after hearing this, "We don't have that many spirit stones right now."

Bai Xun refused to believe in bad luck and gathered everyone to collect spirit stones, but in the end they could only collect forty-two high-grade spirit stones.

Everyone was stunned.

"What should we do? We don't have enough spirit stones!"

"Ruined!"

"Aaaaaah! Why didn't I save some spirit stones?! I hate myself!"

They usually use their spirit stones to buy swords or sword manuals, never thinking to save so many for later! Waaah~ If heaven gave them another chance, they would definitely... try their best... to spend fewer spirit stones!