Chapter 806: Gratitude

When Lingyun saw Youki, he could not help but be somewhat stunned; a dignified swordsman capable of arm-wrestling a Great Youkai was actually carrying bags of ingredients, giving him an inexplicably comical appearance.

"Mr. Youki, what is this?" Seeing Youki like this, the first thing Lingyun thought of was that Yuyuko was hungry again.

"This, the ingredients at home ran out, so I went out to buy some. I hope you will forgive the sight, sir." Seeing Lingyun appear before him, Youki was also somewhat embarrassed.

"It is nothing, I just think you have worked hard, Mr. Youki." Recalling Yuyuko's appetite, Lingyun silently lit a candle for Youki.

"It seems you are very well-informed about Lady Yuyuko, sir!" Youki said with a smile, but there was a trace of vigilance in his eyes; this person had inquired about the lady's information beforehand, could it be that he had some ulterior motive?

"I have only heard of her; seeing her today, she is truly extraordinary!" Lingyun said with a smile.

"You have heard of her?" Youki could not help but give a wry smile, and the vigilance in his eyes faded a little.

This hearsay naturally came from the residents of the nearby city; after all, with a glutton like Yuyuko, the consumption of ingredients in their area had always been very high.

"By the way, Mr. Lingyun, your injuries..." Youki shifted the topic to Lingyun's injuries.

"As for my injuries, there is no major problem anymore. The next step is to recover slowly," Lingyun said.

"Recover slowly?" There was a hint of gravity in Youki's tone.

"That is right, this injury is a bit troublesome, I am afraid it will take some time to heal." Lingyun nodded and said, "By the way, Mr. Youki, do you know where Lady Yuyuko is?"

Hearing Lingyun's question, a flash of hesitation crossed Youki's eyes. As Yuyuko's Garden Master, he naturally knew that there was another outsider in this place. That was Yuyuko's friend, but not a human; she was the Sage of Youkai, Yakumo Yukari, who was famous among the Youkai, and right now, Yuyuko was ten-to-one with Yakumo Yukari. However, Yakumo Yukari's existence was Yuyuko's secret, and no one knew about it except him; without Yuyuko's permission, he would not leak it.

"As for that, I do not know either. I think Lady Yuyuko should be looking for food in the various rooms right now," Youki said with a light cough.

"Looking for food? Then, as a token of gratitude, I will prepare some food for Lady Yuyuko," Lingyun said after thinking for a moment.

In the kitchen, Youki looked at Lingyun, who was beating eggs with extreme proficiency, his eyes full of astonishment.

"Mr. Lingyun, you know how to cook?"

"Well, as someone who travels everywhere, one cannot always find a place to eat, so training one's own culinary skills to satisfy one's own appetite is not a bad thing, is it?" Lingyun raised his hand and brought down the knife, slicing a piece of pork in front of him into thin strips.

Youki could not help but twitch his eyes as he looked at the kitchen knife in Lingyun's hand. Just now, when Lingyun picked up the knife, he felt an extremely sharp blade aura; to think such powerful sword art was being used to slice meat—he could feel this sword art crying!

However, when Youki's gaze fell on the dishes Lingyun had made, he could not help but frown slightly.

"Mr. Lingyun, the dishes you are making now are not the style of this place, are they?" Looking at the plates of fragrant finished products from Lingyun, there was a hint of doubt in Youki's tone.

"That is correct, these are not dishes from this Continent, but from another Continent," Lingyun nodded and said.

"Could this be the legendary Huaxia cuisine?" Youki asked.

"That is right." Lingyun nodded. When it came to eating, the Celestial Empire, which held the title of the Great Gluttonous Nation, was absolutely second to none.

"It is truly a shocking style of cuisine." Sniffing the fragrance released by the food in front of him, Youki could feel his own resilient sword heart showing traces of wavering.

"After all, it is a token of gratitude for Lady Yuyuko allowing me to stay here to recover; it cannot be too shabby, right?" Lingyun poured the last dish out of the pot and said with a faint smile, "The next thing to do is to find where Lady Yuyuko is."

"Where Lady Yuyuko is?" Youki muttered, as if wanting to say something.

But at this moment, Lingyun suddenly spoke: "Youki, I have a very fun idea, I wonder if you would like to try it?"

"What idea?" Youki asked with some confusion.

"Follow me!" Lingyun beckoned to him.

Under the Saigyou Ayakashi tree, small low tables had been set up at some point, and cloth was spread on the ground, looking as if they were about to have an outdoor picnic.

While moving things, Youki asked Lingyun beside him: "Mr. Lingyun, is it really okay to do this?"

"Rest assured, those problems you are worried about are not problems at all in front of this table of dishes." Lingyun placed the last plate of food on the table and then dispelled the Source Power he had covered the dishes with.

The moment the Source Power was dispelled, an alluring fragrance wafted outward. The fragrance quickly permeated the entire courtyard and then spread toward other places.

In the previous room, Yakumo Yukari and Yuyuko were lying together with disheveled clothes, both of their faces flushed.

Just at this moment, Yuyuko's small, delicate nose suddenly twitched, and a bright light flashed in her eyes.

"Yukari, did you smell a very, very fragrant scent?" Yuyuko asked her friend beside her.

"What fragrance?" Yakumo Yukari, who had been forcibly fed medicine by Yuyuko, looked like a salted fish that had lost its dreams; she hugged Yuyuko tightly and responded blankly.

"No, no, no, I smelled it, it is the scent of gourmet food!" Yuyuko said with a firm expression. "It is almost time for lunch, did Youki finish cooking? I am hungry!"

At the same time, as if in response to Yuyuko's words, her stomach also let out a slight sound of protest.

"That is right, there is a very peculiar scent." As the fragrance intensified, Yakumo Yukari also smelled a faint, elusive scent.

What made Yakumo Yukari feel inexplicably surprised was that this fragrance actually had a great attraction to her, as if her body was craving the source of this fragrance. And the Death Qi entrenched in her body actually shrank back when this fragrance appeared, as if it had encountered something that restrained it.

"Yukari, you rest here for a while, I will go see what delicious food Youki has made." Yuyuko slipped out of Yakumo Yukari's arms all at once, "If there is anything delicious, I will leave some for you!"

Yuyuko waved at Yakumo Yukari and then quickly slipped out of the room, not forgetting to close the door before leaving.