Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 166 Sudden Affection (First Update)

"Wow! What an amazing aroma!" Wan Mingchuan exclaimed sincerely as he ran over after washing up, taking a deep breath as he saw the table full of sumptuous dishes.

The fox-eared girl, Hu Zhile, gracefully walked over intending to help. However, the intense aroma of the food seemed to captivate her soul, and her big watery eyes carefully scanned the colorful and aromatic delicacies on the table, realizing that what attracted her was a bowl of lamb and a large plate of chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Even though the other dishes looked quite good, those two had an indescribable lure that made a powerful Demon Cultivator, who had cultivated to the seventh layer of the Wisdom Realm, drool with desire.

Though she hadn’t cultivated to the point of Fasting, Hu Zhile always loved cultivation over material needs, having lived through days of hardship without ever craving any food.

But today was inexplicably different; just seeing the two dishes made her mouth water as if consuming them would provide her with infinite power.

"Are these the mushrooms we picked? How could they smell so good!" Yun Mo also took a deep breath of the fragrant food aroma wafting in the air, smacking his lips and laughing, "Xiao Chuanzi, today I’ll take you flying further to gather more mushrooms; they are just too fragrant!"

Jiang Yuanxin mused, how could they not be aromatic?

All the other dishes were bought at the market, but the white rice, lamb stew, and chicken with mushrooms were cooked by me personally at the stove; the health and mana bars can increase a lot, with top-notch quality and deliciousness that naturally attracts.

"It’s impressive that the Venerable Family has even mastered the art of cooking!" Bai Yunqi exclaimed; crossing a Thunder Tribulation is hard work. Having successfully advanced, his spirits were high, but his stomach was empty, and his vertical pupils fixated eagerly on that bowl of lamb.

"Then let’s celebrate Xiao Bai’s successful advancement and also welcome Hu Zhile’s temporary stay at the small courtyard; let’s all have a bowl!" Jiang Yuan proposed using the lamb soup to represent wine, and everyone had a small bowl of hot, fragrant lamb soup.

Apart from the large Yun Mo, who couldn’t fit at the table and ate separately, the two of them, along with the snake and the fox-eared girl, gathered around the simple table for a delicious and sumptuous breakfast.

"Can I help with anything?" Hu Zhile asked earnestly after finishing her meal, ready to wash the dishes, only to find that everyone had conscientiously cleaned their own utensils, leaving nothing for her to do.

A brief interaction gave her the impression that they weren’t bad people, making her hesitant about revealing her reason for coming - to ask the young lord about the lost items of the Yin Mountain lady.

But on second thought, possessing the skill to smell through low-grade storage bags is no trivial matter. If it wasn’t for the Snow Mountain Fox Race having this innate ability, even the most powerful cultivators couldn’t do it. If she carelessly exposed her trump card...

Hu Zhile had survived to this point through cautious actions, always able to make decisive choices at critical junctures, allowing her to escape death multiple times.

She pondered for quite a while but couldn’t find an excuse to justify knowing the scents within storage bags, so she meekly decided to wait for the right opportunity to investigate.

"Afterwards, go gathering with them; do fox demons have keen senses of smell? It would be great if you could help us find nearby spices, herbs, or similar things."

Jiang Yuan figured that since the system identified her race as being highly scent-sensitive, she couldn’t just freeload, and should contribute in some way.

Hu Zhile agreed, obediently standing by, watching him collect harvests and plant seeds, and Bai Yunqi sprinkle water over the ground.

[Task 2: Repair the poultry house and gather five eggs completed, rewards have been issued]

[Automatic Feeder: Capable of storing a certain amount of feed for poultry and livestock, and dispensing it into the feeder at scheduled times, making feeding easier and more convenient]

[Task 5: Build the Treasure Forging Workshop. Reward: Medium Recipe +1]

"The automatic feeder is indeed useful, but it requires a lot of materials." Jiang Yuan clicked to use the blueprint after collecting today’s eggs, discovering that making the feeder needed sixty copper ingots.

He didn’t have enough basic materials to spare for making the feeder, and building the Treasure Forging Workshop required even more challenging materials—the first being thirty Profound Iron Ingots.

He hadn’t even mined Profound Iron Ore yet, let alone forged Profound Iron Ingots, which would require upgrading the Melting Workshop to Level Two. Further upgrading needed a lot of iron ingots and copper ingots, indicating he’d spend the next few days in the old dragon cave.

After watering the plants, Bai Yunqi remained in dragon form, with his large body coiled in the river, quietly lying under the cherry tree waiting for the Venerable Family to build the Xiang Mountain.

Just as Jiang Yuan took the incense from the storage box to set up, Hu Zhile stared with envy.

Being a Family Guardian Immortal naturally allows one to enjoy incense, yet such top-quality incense, even the Yin Mountain lady couldn’t enjoy! After all, she’s worshipped by mere mortals, whose incense made from common tree bark conveys little energy despite being burned day and night.

Just like the difference between professionally crafted Paper Money by Paper Makers and mass-produced Paper Money from mortal workshops: the former could turn into Copper Coins, silver ingots, or even gold ingots when burned, but the latter merely fell like snow on Broken Money Mountain.

No wonder the white snake found Thunder Tribulation Crossing so easy with incense of such quality!

Hu Zhile watched enviously, seeing the young lord pile incense sticks in abundance as if they cost nothing, suddenly feeling a desire to become his Family Guardian Immortal too.

To follow such a generous Venerable Family, having top-quality incense daily and Elixirs to munch on, residing quietly in chaotic times with resources for focused cultivation—it’s bliss!

[Hu Zhile’s Favorability +100]

The first heart of favorability suddenly and vividly blossomed just like that!

Busy Jiang Yuan: ???

I am setting up Xiang Mountain for my contracted pet, so his favorability increasing is normal, but why did your favorability suddenly increase?

It couldn’t be... delayed, could it?

The favorability from the task objective felt inexplicably sudden, and Jiang Yuan couldn’t fathom the reason.

"Brother Mo, how do you eat the incense?" Wan Mingchuan asked, puzzled by this operation. He had seen the thriving incense in the grand temple of Anping Town, but still couldn’t understand why burning some incense excited Brother Dragon so much.

Yun Mo, with a look of envy at the increasingly tall Little Xiang Mountain, explained in a low voice, "Receiving incense involves the Power of Faith, and you can think of incense as another type of Elixir. Just like ingesting Elixirs, you can absorb the powerful energy contained within incense. So, the better the quality of the incense, the better."

"So, if the master could build Little Xiang Mountain for Brother Dragon daily, he’d really transform into a dragon soon?"

"Silly you!" Yun Mo gently tapped him with a wing, "Even Elixirs can’t be consumed like that. You have to absorb, refine, and consolidate your foundation; otherwise, relying solely on these absorbed energies leads to instability, and encountering a Thunder Tribulation would just zap you to ashes!

Otherwise, what do you think Thunder Tribulation is for? Of course, it’s meant to test cultivation achievements. Only by fully understanding cultivation techniques and integrating Spiritual Power can you successfully cross the tribulation and advance."

"I see, then no wonder the legends say some Immortals are reluctant to die, having painstakingly cultivated and barely achieving Immortality, yet have to deplete their Divine Power themselves..." He thought about it and felt it wasn’t something he could accomplish.

Enduring numerous hardships, facing death, finally achieving status, yet unable to enjoy peace and having to benefit all beings until Divine Power is exhausted... what’s the point of cultivating?

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