Mu Yuanying accepted it with surprise.
Su Fan looked at the delighted Mu Yuanying speechlessly.
You're a grandma in your fifties, can't you be more composed?
"Don't forget to come and guard the door for me for a month after you break through, as we agreed."
Su Fan reminded Mu Yuanying.
"Got it, got it."
Mu Yuanying said impatiently, showing no regard for Su Fan's words.
Su Fan shook his head.
"If you don't come, I'll find your disciple. I might not be able to find Lin Yao, but Jiu Di has shares in the Martial Alliance. I can always find an excuse to get him here. If you don't want your disciples to suffer, you'd better obediently come and guard the door for me."
Su Fan warned Mu Yuanying.
Mu Yuanying was instantly furious.
"You're too despicable!"
Mu Yuanying said to Su Fan with a furious expression.
"What 'baby'? I'm Xiaoming. You agreed yourself, and now you're going back on your word and calling me despicable?"
Su Fan was speechless. Who was being despicable?
"Fine! I'll definitely come!"
Mu Yuanying had no choice but to agree to Su Fan first.
Su Fan watched Mu Yuanying leave, feeling a sense of relief. He returned to his room to cultivate, expecting to reach the Yuheng realm today.
A large number of attribute pills were consumed by Su Fan, and the pure energy transformed into his profound true qi. Under the circulation of his cultivation technique, the true qi within his body began to liquefy. After all his true qi was completely liquefied, Su Fan's realm directly entered the Yuheng realm.
"Success!"
Su Fan suddenly opened his eyes, which shone with sharp light. Substantial true qi enveloped his entire body.
Su Fan willed it, and the true qi instantly retracted into his body.
"The Yuheng realm is indeed extraordinary!"
Su Fan felt his own strength and was somewhat surprised.
The strength he had gained through secret techniques before felt completely different from his true entry into the Yuheng realm.
Entering the Yuheng realm truly granted a special ability: borrowing strength.
For example, if Su Fan jumped from a height, he could use his liquefied true qi to borrow strength and descend slowly, or even glide if he handled it well.
In a while, Su Fan would have enough strength to uproot the Long family.
From Long Ying, he learned that the strongest member of the Long family was their old patriarch, a peak Yuheng realm expert. Su Fan was not yet confident he could defeat him and decided to wait until his strength improved further.
Moreover, the Long family had been quiet lately, perhaps unaware that their kin had been killed by him.
The biggest hidden danger was the Wizard Alliance. Even the Assassin Alliance was not as pressing. The Wizard Alliance was truly troublesome due to their myriad of strange methods.
The most manageable magician had already been killed. Now, only a puppeteer and a curse master remained, and most importantly, the most difficult to deal with, the voodoo master, You.
However, Su Fan had no idea where these people were. Their headquarters were even abroad, making Su Fan feel powerless.
"Su Fan, we're out of vegetables at home. Go buy some."
Su Yutong suddenly poked her head out from the kitchen and said to Su Fan.
"Huh? You're cooking?"
Su Yutong's parents were not home today, only Su Fan and Su Yutong. Su Fan looked at the apron Su Yutong was wearing with a strange expression.
"Yes."
Su Yutong nodded shyly.
She dared not admit that she had wasted all the vegetables at home. She had tried several times to cook a meal for Su Fan, but each attempt failed, resulting in all the vegetables being wasted.
"Okay, I'll go now."
Su Fan agreed and went out to the market to buy groceries.
As soon as he stepped out, Su Fan felt something was off.
It felt like many people were looking at him.
Every time Su Fan turned around, he would see a stranger avert their gaze. At first, he suspected he was being followed, but each time it was a different person, which made Su Fan puzzled.
This left Su Fan very confused.
On his way back, Su Fan still felt strangers looking at him, giving him an inexplicable sense of unease.
"Damn, am I seeing ghosts?"
Su Fan looked up at the bright sun.
That shouldn't be it.
Su Fan returned home with his doubts.
He recounted his experience to Su Yutong.
"Maybe you're overthinking it. There were so many people at the market, perhaps they weren't looking at you at all."
Su Yutong thought Su Fan was just overthinking.
"Perhaps."
Su Fan couldn't figure it out, so he put the matter out of his mind.
"Wait for me, I'll make you something delicious."
Su Yutong happily grabbed the vegetables Su Fan bought and ran into the kitchen.
Su Fan: ...
Su Fan felt like leaving. Could Su Yutong's cooking be edible?
Su Fan sat in the living room, waiting with trepidation.
When Su Yutong brought out plates of brightly colored 'delicacies' from the kitchen, Su Fan instinctively took a step back.
"Such vibrant dishes, are you sure they're... cooked?"
Su Fan asked Su Yutong with a strange expression.
Especially when he saw a plate with an entire, unidentifiable mushroom, Su Fan's desire to escape grew stronger.
"How can you say that? This is the only dish I've succeeded with after more than ten failures. How will you know if it's not delicious if you don't try it?"
Su Yutong pouted, saying unhappily.
"Alright, I'll try."
As soon as Su Fan said this, Su Yutong's face lit up with joy, her eyes full of anticipation for Su Fan's satisfactory answer.
Su Fan braced himself and picked up a stir-fried cucumber that looked relatively acceptable.
The moment the cucumber slice entered his mouth, Su Fan's eyes widened. His mouth was filled with sourness, saltiness, and bitterness.
What surprised Su Fan was what seasoning in the kitchen could turn a cucumber bitter.
What had Su Yutong done to the cucumber?
"How is it?"
Su Yutong asked Su Fan with anticipation.
Su Fan couldn't swallow the cucumber in his mouth, nor could he dare to spit it out. He stiffly nodded.
"Yay!"
Su Yutong was overjoyed. She knew her cooking wouldn't be bad; it looked so good, how could it be unpalatable?
Su Yutong, excited, also picked up a slice of cucumber and put it in her mouth, eagerly anticipating tasting her own cooking.
"Ugh~"
As soon as Su Yutong took a bite, she couldn't help but spit it out.
Su Fan seized the opportunity to spit out the cucumber as well and quickly grabbed a cup of water to rinse his mouth.
The taste was too overpowering. Had Su Yutong added the salt and vinegar sellers to it?
"Su Fan! You lied to me!"
Su Yutong immediately looked up and glared at Su Fan.
"I was afraid you'd get angry. Who knew you'd eat it yourself? I didn't stop you."
Su Fan quickly claimed his innocence.
"Forget it, I'll cook then."
Su Fan said gleefully to Su Yutong.
"No! I don't believe it's all this bad!"
Su Yutong refused to believe it and began trying each dish on the table.
Sweet and Sour Fish
"Ugh~"
Stir-fried Pork with Chili
"Ugh~"
Salt and Pepper Ribs
"Ugh~"
Stir-fried Mushrooms
"Ugh~"
...