"My lady, all I want is to cultivate and become stronger!"
Jiang Zi's experience was similar to that of Xi Que, but this one difference left Jiang Zi with a painful memory that she could never forget.
If it weren't for the Fujin (princess's wife), she would already be dead by now.
After that, Jiang Zi made up her mind to become stronger and stronger, and to take control of her own destiny.
"good!"
Rong Xi only needed a moment's thought to understand why Jiang Zi had such thoughts. Having faced death, it was perfectly normal for Jiang Zi to want to become strong and control her own destiny.
"Take these!"
Rong Xi took out two jade bottles, one containing Bone Tempering Pills and the other containing Meridian Expanding Pills. "Don't be stingy. As long as you haven't reached your limit, come and get more from me after you've used them up!"
"Thank you, Madam Xie!"
Jiang Zi accepted the two jade bottles, overjoyed.
Both the Bone Tempering Pill and the Meridian Expanding Pill are ancient, lost elixirs. Back then, Magpie achieved Foundation Establishment with just one Meridian Expanding Pill, and the emperor wanted to directly appoint her as the Fourth Prince's concubine.
"You two are the left and right envoys of my Yantian Sect, so your strength must be considerable!"
"Magpie, I won't stop you from becoming a spirit chef. However, your cultivation level can't fall behind. In this world, strength ultimately reigns supreme!"
"This is for you!"
Rong Xi then took out two more bottles of pills and handed them to Xi Que.
"Master, Magpie will definitely work hard in my cultivation!"
The magpie took the bottle and solemnly declared its commitment.
However, her ambition to become a spiritual chef meant she was destined to dedicate a great deal of time to culinary skills. Human energy is finite; if she spent so much time on cooking, her cultivation time would naturally be significantly reduced.
Rong Xi didn't force Xi Que to spend a certain amount of time cultivating.
Once one's spiritual practice is on the right track, one's lifespan will increase.
For cultivators, time has never been the primary factor restricting their progress.
Aptitude and resources are the primary factors restricting a cultivator's progress. In this world, although there are many humans, and even more cultivators, resources are severely scarce.
There are many resources in the world, but the problem is that the resources that can be controlled by humankind are becoming fewer and fewer.
The conflicts between people did not lead to an increase in overall strength; on the contrary, they caused humanity to lose a great deal of territory. According to the human history that Rong Xi knows, in ancient times, human cultivators united as one, rose from weakness, seized territory from ferocious beasts and demons, and competed with all living beings in the world, thus conquering a vast territory.
However, as the struggle for power and profit among people erupted, the territory controlled by humans was continuously shrunk.
According to the map of the territory before Rong Xi's transmigration, the Qing Dynasty had lost control over most of its western territory and the northeast, especially at sea, where it had completely lost control over the islands.
As for those former vassal states, they have all severed ties with the Central Plains dynasties.
The small town of Zichuan, which the Fourth Prince is currently stationed in, is located in the northern part of Shanxi Province, near Mongolia, according to later geographical maps.
However, most of Mongolia and Shanxi are now desert and Gobi environments.
This is because of the war between humans and other races, as well as the chaos caused by some earth-attribute and fire-attribute monsters.
Of course, the transformation of these places into Gobi Desert and other arid lands didn't have a significant impact on the cultivation world as a whole. For cultivators, summoning wind and rain was commonplace.
If we can eliminate the group of monsters entrenched here, restoring the environment will only be a matter of a few spells.
Unfortunately, the monsters were too ferocious, and the imperial court simply did not have the ability to reclaim this large territory.
The Fourth Prince was sent by the Crown Prince to guard the frontier, which was in reality an exile. This small town of Zichuan was at the forefront of the struggle against the monsters. If the Fourth Prince lost Zichuan, the Crown Prince would have enough reason to make a fuss.
Rong Xi knew that the Fourth Prince was in a difficult situation, but she was still considering whether to lend him a hand. After all, she didn't want to end up finding out that she had helped an ungrateful person.
Although relationships require mutual effort and cannot be one-sided, the problem is that Rong Xi doesn't know much about the Fourth Prince, and as a transmigrator, she is actually quite apprehensive.
Rong Xi had never experienced love at first sight.
In fact, she never believed in love at first sight as depicted in novels and movies.
To fall in love at first sight is something some women only dream about. Especially since the male protagonists in these stories are always aloof, calculating, and doting husbands—damn it, while Rong Xi enjoys these kinds of stories, she doesn't believe such men actually exist.
Especially since she was facing a prince!
Magpie and Crimson Purple were overjoyed to receive the elixir from Rong Xi.
Before long, the kitchen delivered a spiritual meal prepared by Pao Jia.
"Master, should we send a copy to the Prince?"
Looking at the delicious spiritual food delivered from the kitchen, the magpie spoke softly.
This is a spiritual meal cooked from an entire Jade Horned Fire Ox, which weighs several thousand kilograms. Such a large amount of spiritual food is far beyond what one person could possibly consume.
After thinking for a moment, Rong Xi called Su Peisheng over and asked him to bring a portion of spiritual food to the Fourth Prince.
After all, back in the capital, the Fourth Prince had gone to great lengths to procure spiritual meals for Rong Xi several times. When she was establishing her foundation, the Fourth Prince had even provided top-grade spirit stones.
You're good to me, I'll be good to you!
This is Rong Xi's principle of conduct.
Of course, this was just a reciprocal gesture. Having Su Peisheng deliver a spiritual meal meant nothing special.
In fact, although this Jade Horned Fire Ox weighs several thousand kilograms, with the presence of the two ancient ferocious beasts, Taotie and Qiongqi, there is no need to worry about not being able to finish all the spiritual food.
...
After leaving the Prince's residence, the Fourth Prince returned to the City Lord's Mansion and locked himself in his room. When Su Peisheng brought the spiritual food, the Fourth Prince was still slightly dazed.
"Where did this spiritual food come from?"
"Your Highness, this is a demonic beast captured by the warrior beasts guarding the Princess Consort, and it was cooked by the Master Chef!"
"This was made primarily by the Jade Horn Fire Ox!"
Jade Horn Fire Ox!
Upon hearing Su Peisheng's words, the Fourth Prince's appetite immediately returned.
Back when he was in the capital, Emperor Kangxi only served Jade Horned Fire Ox at grand banquets. The meat of this Jade Horned Fire Ox was truly fresh and tender.
However, the Jade Horned Fire Ox is very difficult to catch.
When the herd of Jade Horned Fire Oxen goes berserk, they can absolutely overwhelm even a Nascent Soul cultivator.
...
When the Fourth Prince began to enjoy the spiritual meal made by the Jade Horn Fire Ox, Rong Xi had already started eating.
Magpie, Crimson Purple, Granny Rui, and Granny Xiang also benefited and enjoyed this delicious spiritual meal.
The spiritual food contains spiritual energy, and it is extremely pure, attribute-free spiritual energy. For cultivators, this attribute-free spiritual energy is absolutely beneficial to their cultivation.
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