Free Web NovelUnder the illumination of the clam pearl, the room was brightly lit.
The sweet aroma of the cake spread, seemingly dyeing the lamplight with a creamy sheen.
Li Mo held the Chixiao Sword and cut the cake. Shang Qinqing had been curious about the taste of this cake for a long time, because when it came out of the oven, the fragrance had drifted half a mile away.
Moreover, don't let the cake's plain appearance fool you; the ingredients were carefully selected.
The eggs were from brocade birds, the sugar was royal jelly, and the fruit filling in the middle was all heavenly materials and earthly treasures.....
Han Xianzi sat there quietly, her fingers gently twirling the hem of her skirt, her peripheral vision watching the cake Li Mo cut.
It was quite like when snacks are distributed in a school class, and you haven't received yours yet, so you can only pretend to study diligently, waiting to act surprised once you get it.....
"Is it delicious?"
In fact, Chef Li himself hadn't tasted it either.
"Here."
Ying Bing handed him the first bite of cake, but Li Mo smiled and shook his head, telling her to try it first since it was her birthday today. She then quietly took a small bite, and her lips were stained with a soft, glistening light.
Just like the brilliance in her eyes.
"How did you make it?"
"!"
Li Mo leaned back slightly, the hairs on his back standing on end.
Making a cake was much more complicated than making scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
"Oh right, Li Mo is only two months younger than you."
The expertise of Senior gossip expert Shang Qinqing needed no further explanation. With a slight narrowing of her beautiful eyes, she saw through Ice Cube's thoughts.
Hmm.......
Make a cake for her boyfriend herself?
She thought the same way, so when Li Mo made this cake, she watched the entire process very carefully and even took notes in a small notebook.
As expected of the Qingluan Goddess of her Qingluan Clan, like heroes, they see eye to eye.
"No, I was just, curious."
Ying Bing brushed aside the strands of hair near her mouth and said softly.
But Li Mo clearly saw the eagerness in her expression!
"You asking me? You've asked the right bird."
Shang Qinqing put on the profound and mysterious air she had learned from Xiao Li Celestial Venerable.
Ice Cube's talent in music and cultivation made her feel quite hurt.
This was the first time Xiao Bing'er had asked her for help!
"Since you are sincerely asking, I shall be your guiding light this one time."
"!!!"
"Alright."
Ice Cube looked serious, as if she had truly seen a guiding light.
Chef Li was sweating profusely, as if he had truly seen a guiding light to the underworld.
"Senior Shang, Master and you haven't seen each other for a long time. She must miss you terribly. Next time I visit, I'll bring her along."
"??? !"
Shang Qinqing instantly straightened her back and leaned back slightly.
In her eyes, the gentle, amiable, and sunny Li gentleman seemed to have grown two devil's horns on his head.
He whispered in her ear:
'Senior Shang, you wouldn't want Master to be placed in your clan's territory, would you...'
If Shang Wu came, next time this cake might actually be made from Azure Luan eggs.
"Hmm?"
Ying Bing's delicate brows furrowed slightly, wondering why Shang Qinqing had suddenly fallen silent. Wasn't this person usually a chatterbox?
She glanced at Li Mo out of the corner of her eye, seemingly wanting to continue asking.
"I want to eat cake too."
Li Mo suddenly said.
"Go ahead and eat."
"Sister, ah~"
Xiao Li opened his mouth. To resolve this crisis, he had used all his might!
Ying Bing's neck shrank back slightly, her slender fingers trembled, and she nearly crushed the white porcelain spoon.
She scooped a spoonful for Li Mo to eat. When she ate her own portion afterwards, she felt that the already sweet cake somehow made her heart beat faster.
Surely nothing that shouldn't be there was put in the cake.....
Seeing this, Shang Qinqing's downturned mouth curled up again.
Heh heh.
Given that Xiao Li was young and ignorant, and had contributed another great meal for her, she wouldn't pursue the matter of him threatening her just now. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
This was called a big bird having a big heart.
Thus, a life-or-death crisis was successfully resolved by the clever Xiao Li!
He even managed a counter-attack!
"Which places did you go to in the Southern Border?" Ying Bing asked, holding the cake.
Her mind was a little muddled, and she didn't have the energy to think about the cake for the moment.
"Right, I went to many villages and towns, some in the mountains, some by the water..... Oh, do you remember that village where we killed a big-headed fish Disaster Beast?"
Li Mo talked about the sights and sounds he had encountered along the way.
Ying Bing listened beside him while taking small bites of the cake.
Sometimes, when Shang Qinqing remembered something interesting, she would laugh and add:
"Hahaha, there were a few Demon Summoning Cultists who actually believed the Celestial Venerable Immortal's nonsense and wanted to join the Myriad Aspects Immortal Sect to learn the Celestial Venerable Image Mimicking Martial Arts."
"It took me a great effort at the time to hold back my laughter."
"So many villages and towns...."
Ying Bing lowered her eyes and calculated for a moment: "Then we need to return early."
Li Mo's public display of power this time had reduced the Demon Summoning Sect's power of sentient beings in the Southern Border by almost one-third.
In the past, this would have been impossible. Before Li Mo could collect such a vast amount of the power of sentient beings, the Demon Summoning Sect would have already acted upon hearing the news and would never have delayed taking measures until now.
It was only because of the battle in Qingmu City that the Southern Border branch of the Demon Summoning Sect hadn't yet recovered, and they probably didn't expect the Qingyuan Sect's best actor to be so powerful in his public displays, with efficiency ten times greater than theirs.
In short.
The counterattack from the Demon Summoning Sect's Hundred Beast Hall was only a matter of time.
"Hmm..... The Demon Summoning Sect is wholeheartedly devoted to its own people...."
Li Mo frowned.
The Demon Summoning Sect would definitely find a way to reclaim the villages that believed in him.
Wouldn't the supply of his power of sentient beings be unsustainable in the future?
Then he wouldn't know when he could collect enough power of sentient beings to project the Great Dao Divine Form.
"Alright, anyway, you've made a huge profit this time, Celestial Venerable."
"Do you actually expect the Demon Summoning Sect to ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) obediently hand over a large amount of the power of sentient beings?"
"They might even be on their way to settle the score with you."
Shang Qinqing rolled her eyes in annoyance.
With so many villages and towns, Li Mo couldn't possibly assign a Priest to watch over each one like the Demon Summoning Sect did, could he?
"The situation in the Southern Border cannot be changed overnight."
Ying Bing looked at Li Mo and suddenly spoke softly.
"I know."
Li Mo nodded, but his eyes were still deep in thought.
Make the Demon Summoning Sect hand over the power of sentient beings?
That sounded unrealistic, utterly impossible.
But as everyone knew, he was a Genius!
A Genius must be brave enough to do it, to challenge the impossible.....
Is there any way?
..........
Meanwhile, outside Qingmu City.
None of them had expected that although Shang Qinqing wasn't a crow, she had indeed spoken like one this time.
On the road fifty miles away from the city, a group of Demon Summoning Sect members disguised as merchants were traveling.
On the carriage in the center of the merchant caravan.
The Hall Master of Hundred Beasts looked at one of his Great Priests and frowned: frёeωebɳovel.com
"Confirm the direction where the power of sentient beings is converging again."
"Yes."
The Great Priest was a gaunt middle-aged man, but he was in the Fifth Realm, the Outer Scenery stage.
He took out bottles and jars containing blood powder ground from the solidified blood of various beasts. With a gentle rub of his hand, it turned into a light red smoke.
The red smoke rose into the air, floating upwards like a school of fish entering the ocean, converging towards Qingmu City from all directions.
As if the school of fish had encountered an ocean current.
"That Celestial Venerable Immortal is indeed in Qingmu City...."
Luo Yexian, the Hall Master of Hundred Beasts, said with slightly narrowed eyes.
