Chapter 498: You've eaten meat

Hearing that Xu Jie intended to use the most cruel punishment against her, Xiuling's pretty face turned pale.

In fact, as members of the younger generation's prodigies, she knew Xu Jie, Zhao Zhengping, and the others, and she was especially familiar with Lu Youyou, having even gone out for training together before.

Looking at Xu Jie now, Xiuling said with a fearful expression.

"Senior Brother, there's no need for this, right? We..."

"If you don't agree to help, Senior Brother has no other choice."

"But I really cannot betray my Master."

"Then don't blame Senior Brother."

As he spoke, the door was suddenly knocked. Ye Changqing, Zhao Zhengping, Zhao Rou, Liu Shuang, Lu Youyou, and others walked in. Seeing this, Xu Jie's eyes lit up, and he asked.

"Is everything ready?"

"Are you sure it will work?"

Ye Changqing looked puzzled, while Xiuling hurriedly shouted to Lu Youyou.

"Youyou, save me."

The group walked into the room, each carrying a dish, and placed them on the table in front of Xiuling. In an instant, the whole room was filled with fragrance.

Xiuling, who had been begging Lu Youyou for help, froze. Smelling the fragrance wafting toward her, her eyes were filled with confusion. Wasn't he going to use punishment? Why were they eating?

This was Xu Jie's so-called "most cruel punishment": making Xiuling watch them eat Ye Changqing's cooking.

The group sat around the table and began to feast. Being able to eat a midnight snack in the middle of the night was simply the happiest thing in the world.

To get Ye Changqing to make this meal, Elder Shi Song had even given away a seventh-grade elixir.

Yet, Ye Changqing felt this method was a bit unreliable. Could this really make Xiuling yield?

After taking a few casual bites, he turned to look at Xiuling, and for a moment, Ye Changqing was stunned.

He saw saliva uncontrollably flowing from the corner of Xiuling's mouth, her eyes fixed intently on the delicious food covering the table, the look in her eyes burning to the extreme.

That fragrance made her stomach growl loudly.

"Senior Brother, give me a bite."

"Youyou, I beg you, give me a bite, just one bite."

Unable to hold back at all, she soon began to beg for mercy, but Xu Jie just replied indifferently.

"If you agree to help us, we'll let you eat. How about it, Junior Sister Xiuling?"

"I... I cannot betray my Master."

It was the same words, but one could clearly hear that the conviction behind them was completely gone.

It actually worked? Seeing this, Ye Changqing was speechless. This actually worked?

Xiuling was still holding onto her final bottom line, making a last struggle.

But all of this was futile in the face of gourmet food.

Tied to the chair, she struggled frantically, but it was completely useless. She greedily inhaled the fragrance in the air, but that only made her feel more miserable.

Finally, in less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, Xiuling surrendered.

"Senior Brother, I agree to help you, I agree."

"Oh, don't force yourself, Junior Sister."

Hearing this, Xu Jie swallowed the food in his mouth and looked at Xiuling with a half-smile.

Xiuling stared fixedly at the food that was already hitting the bottom of the plates, unable to stop herself from swallowing her saliva. *Stop eating, it'll be gone if you keep eating! * She hurriedly nodded.

"I'm not forcing myself. Give me a bite, Senior Brother, I beg you, give me a bite. I really agree to help you."

Seeing this, Xu Jie and the others exchanged glances, and then Lu Youyou stood up and untied the ropes on Xiuling.

After regaining her freedom, Xiuling didn't hesitate at all; she lunged at the table like a starving tiger and began to devour a plate of stir-fried meat.

Xu Jie and the others on the side smiled.

"Junior Sister Xiuling, you're eating meat, aren't you? What about the Buddhist precepts?"

"Wuwuwu, anyway, my Master is going to return to secular life, so I'll definitely have to return to secular life too."

In the face of such delicious food, who cares about precepts?

After one meal—no, it should be said after licking a pile of bowls clean—Xiuling was completely conquered.

Every plate had been licked clean by her; they could practically be used as mirrors.

Looking at the pretty Xiuling, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Ye Changqing probably wouldn't have imagined she was capable of this.

"Junior Sister, how was it? Do you want to eat food like this in the future?"

Facing Xu Jie's question, Xiuling didn't hesitate at all and immediately nodded.

"Yes."

"Then do you know what you should do?"

"Mm."

This time Xiuling hesitated slightly, but still nodded in response.

*Master, don't blame me, it's just that this food is really too delicious. *

Having persuaded Xiuling, Xu Jie and the others soon brought her before Until Hong Zun and Shi Song. At this moment, these two old guys were also eating a midnight snack and drinking wine.

Seeing Xiuling enter with her head lowered, Until Hong Zun smiled and put down his wine cup.

"Have you thought it through?"

"Senior, please rest assured, this disciple knows what to do."

"That's good. Remember the things I'm about to entrust to you well, and don't make any mistakes."

"Oh."

Soon, they gave Xiuling some instructions, the most important of which was naturally to invite the Abbess to come and eat.

There was also the matter of speaking well of Shi Song whenever she was in front of the Abbess.

Xiuling noted them down one by one and nodded in agreement. After saying all this, the sky began to brighten. Seeing that the time was about right, Until Hong Zun said.

"Alright, that's about it. You can go back now."

She could leave, but at this moment, Xiuling hesitated and said.

"Um... can I finish breakfast before I leave?"

She wasn't full yet, and breakfast was coming up soon; how could she bear to leave at a time like this? ===== CHAPTER 499 =====