Chapter 1313

"Me too."

The young lady echoed from the side, and as they spoke, the two intended to retreat.

To be safe, they specifically chose the path they had already walked.

But the result? Just one step in, at a spot where a trap had already been triggered, a *crack* sounded—damn it, how did they step on another talisman?

"This, this, this..."

Why were there two talismans in the same place? The young man's face turned deathly pale, his mouth twitching.

"Brother Li, save me."

Having finally been rescued, the young man dared not act rashly again. Now, they couldn't even walk.

Looking at the simple little courtyard before him, the young man felt it was more dangerous than any forbidden ground he had visited before; damn it, there was a possibility of losing his life at any time, anywhere.

"A tiny kitchen, what right does it have..."

The young lady's eyes were also red-rimmed, and she was stamping her feet in anxiety.

There was no choice; the three could only continue forward, hoping they would be safe once they entered the kitchen.

But this thought didn't last long; before they could even get close to the kitchen, Li Chengyue's spell-breaking array disk and curse-dispelling talismans were already used up.

"What do we do now?"

"Take it one step at a time."

"What 'one step at a time'? One wrong step and we're dead."

"Should we ask Father and the others for help?"

"No, absolutely not."

"But I don't want to die."

The young lady was clearly terrified and insisted on asking her father for help. Seeing this, Li Chengyue, in his desperation, tried to rush forward and snatch the imaging array disk from her hand.

But he was careless; his foot moved, and suddenly, all three of them froze.

"Be careful."

There was no helping it; they were truly terrified. This tiny courtyard was full of dangers.

After waiting for a long time, nothing seemed to change, and the three breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, it seems there are no traps in this spot."

"Eh... do you smell something?"

"A smell?"

The young lady wrinkled her nose in confusion. Hearing this, Li Chengyue and the other looked down at their feet, only to see white gas continuously emerging from the cracks between the floor tiles.

"Holy crap, this is..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the three felt dizzy and lightheaded, and soon lost consciousness.

Naturally, no one at the Dao Yi Sect knew anything about the kitchen; at this moment, everyone was busy with their own affairs.

It wasn't until early the next morning that Ye Changqing woke up comfortably from his room, preparing to go to the kitchen to make breakfast.

From afar, he saw Zhao Zhengping, Xu Jie, and the others gathered in the kitchen courtyard.

"What's going on?"

"These three guys showed up in the kitchen at some point and triggered the traps."

"Hmm???"

Hearing this, Ye Changqing went up to check and recognized Li Chengyue at a glance. All three had been knocked out by sleeping drugs, but Li Chengyue had sustained heavy injuries, as if he had been hacked at.

"What did this guy come here for? Forget it, take them to the backyard to rest."

Since they were the offspring of the Alliance Leader, Ye Changqing naturally wouldn't do anything to them. The fellow disciples didn't care either and simply dumped the three in the backyard; their families could come to collect them later.

Right now, eating was more important; they had been hungry all night.

Originally, at the Dao Yi Sect, Ye Changqing only made one meal a day.

But after coming to the Central Continent for training, because there were fewer people and due to everyone's desperate pleas,

Ye Changqing arranged for three meals a day whenever conditions permitted, which made everyone extremely happy.

For breakfast, he made a simple beef noodle soup.

Zhu Wu had already finished kneading the dough, so Ye Changqing didn't need to worry about it.

Soon, bowls of beef noodles emitting a rich aroma were out of the pot, steaming hot.

As usual, Yu Mo and the others were the first to step up, each holding a large bowl of noodles, slurping them down happily.

"Starting every day with a bowl of beef noodles makes the whole person feel blessed."

"That's right."

Next were Qi Xiong, Hong Zun, and the others, and finally Zhao Zhengping and Xu Jie.

"Xu Jie, you dog, that's enough, isn't it? You're piling it up like that? Half the bowl is just toppings?"

"Is this beef noodles or noodle beef?"

"So what? I like eating more meat, is that a problem?"

"You..."

Even at breakfast, everyone refused to give an inch, especially that guy Xu Jie, whose several large ladles of red-braised beef completely infuriated the others.

Just as the fellow disciples were fighting over a bite of red-braised beef, Li Chengyue woke up slowly in the backyard.

Before he even opened his eyes, he smelled a rich fragrance.

"This is..."

He opened his eyes wide, filled with disbelief. He had never smelled such a fragrant scent before.

Ignoring his injuries and his dizzy head, he rushed to the front courtyard in two or three steps.

At a glance, he saw the steaming pot and Ye Changqing standing in front of it, cooking noodles.

At this moment, Li Chengyue couldn't care about any competition; he only felt the tapeworms in his stomach being completely hooked, his stomach growling with hunger.

Instinctively, he rushed toward the pot, shouting.

"Give me some to eat..."

"Get lost. This is the Dao Yi Sect kitchen; outsiders are not allowed inside."

Who would have thought that before he even reached the pot, Xu Jie kicked out, and Li Chengyue took flight on the spot once again.

"Let me have a bite."

His voice drifted over while he was still in mid-air, but the Dao Yi Sect members just curled their lips at this.

Give you a bite? We don't even have enough for ourselves; you can eat dirt.

After finishing breakfast comfortably, the three Alliance Leaders of the Spirit Chef Alliance finally arrived late.

Seeing that the young man and woman were fine, the three breathed a sigh of relief. However, upon learning the sequence of events, Alliance Leader Li was clearly so angry his beard was blowing and his eyes were wide.

"Rebellious son, this time I must teach him how to write the word 'Father'. Where is he?"

"Um, Uncle Li, we haven't seen him since we woke up."

"Hmph, wanting to hide? You can hide for the first day, but can you hide for the fifteenth?"

Alliance Leader Li was not worried about Li Chengyue's safety; what could happen in the Spirit Chef Alliance?

Putting the matter of this rebellious son aside for now, the three had come today mainly to take Ye Changqing to fuse with the Red Sun Heaven Flame.

The three had already prepared everything yesterday, which was why they had rushed over early in the morning.

"Would the three of you like a bowl of noodles before we go?"

Seeing the three rush over early in the morning, Ye Changqing said politely. Hearing this, the three Alliance Leaders' eyes lit up, and they each said politely,

"How could we be so bold?"

"Since Young Friend Ye says so, we will respectfully comply."

"Young Friend Ye, do you have any large bowls?"

While speaking politely, their hands were not slow at all. Alliance Leader Li even held a bowl the size of a head and still complained it was small, asking if there were any larger ones.