Divine Level Witch Doctor

Third Aunt was conflicted.

On one hand, she wanted the Soul-Stabilizing Incense, Beauty Pills, and Vitality Pills. On the other hand, she was a little too proud to ask Zhao Yuan for them.

Fortunately, Zhao Yuan seemed to have read her mind. He took out two sets of Soul-Stabilizing Incense, Beauty Pills, and Vitality Pills, walked up to Third Aunt and her husband, and said with a smile, "Third Uncle, Third Aunt, it's a pleasure to meet you. I don't have any particularly nice gifts for you, but here are two sets of health supplements. I hope you won't mind them."

"We don't mind, we don't mind at all!" Third Aunt snatched the two sets of Soul-Stabilizing Incense, Beauty Pills, and Vitality Pills, beaming from ear to ear.

These health supplements weren't exactly easy to buy, after all.

"Xiaozhao, you're too kind," Third Uncle said gratefully.

Third Aunt also dropped her pretentious attitude and began to praise Zhao Yuan nonstop.

Lin Xue was speechless at this scene. She knew that this was just how Third Aunt's family was. Since they were relatives and her elders, she couldn't really say much about it.

Everyone took their seats, and before long, the rare delicacies personally cooked by Hao Li were served.

That "fat otaku" was truly worthy of being an heir to the Tripod Cuisine School. Although the meal was made with ordinary ingredients, the flavors were so good you could almost bite your tongue off! In an instant, everyone turned into a pack of starving wolves, frantically snatching up food. All notions of gentlemanly conduct and ladylike grace were completely thrown out the window.

Are you kidding? With such delicious food right in front of them, if they tried to be polite, everything would be snatched up by others in a minute. They'd be left with nothing but tears!

After the meal, Lin Liqiang and Xue Wanyun left with the relatives, leaving the group of eight, including Zhao Yuan and Lin Xue, to have their own fun.

They didn't go anywhere else, just sang karaoke in Lakefront House's KTV. They partied until dinnertime, then returned to Lingyun Pavilion to eat.

This time, it was just the eight of them; Lin Xue's relatives and family were not there.

During dinner, Zhao Yuan took out the medicinal Snake Meat dish that Hao Li had made the previous night.

There wasn't much of the medicinal dish to begin with, and he had already set aside half to take home for his parents and family during the New Year's holiday, so there was even less. That's why he hadn't brought it out at lunch. Now, with only eight people, it was barely enough to go around.

He didn't bring out the medicinal Snake Gallbladder dish. There was even less of that, and he was planning to eat it after his Cultivation broke through to the Mid Stage of Marrow Cleansing Realm, so he could use its effects to solidify his new level.

"Ooh, what's this dish? It smells amazing!" Lin Xue sniffed the air, feeling a surge of energy just from the aroma of the medicinal Snake Meat.

Although tonight's dishes were also personally cooked by Hao Li, those rare delicacies couldn't compare to this medicinal Snake Meat dish at all! In terms of ingredients alone, it was leagues ahead of everything else on the table!

Zhao Yuan smiled and explained, "It's a medicinal Snake Meat dish. This is good stuff. Eating it can strengthen the body, ward off illness, and keep you healthy."

Everyone immediately raised their chopsticks and, like a whirlwind sweeping away clouds, quickly devoured the entire basin of medicinal Snake Meat.

When they finished, all eight of them were licking their lips, looking as if they still wanted more.

The flavor of this medicinal Snake Meat was countless times better than the delicacies cooked from ordinary ingredients!

"That was too good! I've never eaten anything this delicious in my entire life!" Wu Yan murmured.

Yang Zi nodded vigorously in agreement, then sighed and said mournfully, "My heart aches just thinking that it'll be hard to ever eat something this delicious again."

The other five all nodded, and even Zhao Yuan found himself nodding along.

Dishes cooked with ingredients containing Qi not only had outstanding effects, but their flavor was also this incredible! No wonder the Tripod Cuisine School, despite the pressure from the Elixir School, had managed to survive for a thousand years and remain standing to this day.

It truly wouldn't be easy to eat such a delicacy again in the future.

Because in today's world, ingredients containing Qi were simply too hard to find!

'Maybe I could try using the Chinese Herbal Cultivation Technique to grow vegetables and crops?' A flash of inspiration crossed Zhao Yuan's mind, and he couldn't help but start pondering the feasibility of the idea. 'Whether it works or not, I'll know once I try it when I go home for New Year's.'

Zhao Yuan wasn't just going home for New Year's to visit his parents and relatives; he also wanted to set up a Chinese herbal base there.

The herbs grown using the Chinese Herbal Cultivation Technique taught by Wu Peng had astonishing medicinal power. Whether for his own use or for sale, they would be excellent. Zhao Yuan was certain there would be no trouble selling these herbs! When the time came, he could definitely lead the people from his hometown down the path to prosperity!

Getting rich by yourself is no great skill; bringing everyone around you to wealth, now that's true ability!

Besides, the folks from his hometown had all pitched in with money and effort when he first came to study at West Hua Medical University. They were his benefactors.

Repay a drop of kindness with a gushing spring!

This was Zhao Yuan's principle in life!

Just as Zhao Yuan was lost in thought, Liu Zhu, Lin Xue, and the others began to feel the medicinal dish taking effect.

The four girls were fine; they just felt a sudden surge of energy sweep through their bodies, a warm and comfortable sensation. Liu Zhu, Wang Rongfeng, and Wu Yan, however, felt this power enter their bodies and immediately begin to rampage through their meridians! The Four Saints Technique activated automatically, causing the three of them to strike one bizarre, square-dance-like pose after another in the middle of Lingyun Pavilion.

"What are you guys doing?"

"Did the food get you so high you started dancing? What's wrong with you?"

The four girls were astonished.

Liu Zhu, Wang Rongfeng, and Wu Yan paid them no mind. All their focus was on cultivating the Four Saints Technique and absorbing the medicinal energy.

Half an hour later, they had completely absorbed the medicinal effects and finally stopped "dancing." They collapsed onto the floor, panting heavily.

Although they were exhausted, they were pleasantly surprised because their strength had advanced to the Mid Stage of Muscle Strengthening!

Although Zhao Yuan didn't cultivate on the spot, he also felt the medicinal effect boosting his own strength.

'Tomorrow, after I eat the medicinal Snake Gallbladder dish, I should be able to break through to the Mid Stage of Marrow Cleansing Realm and stabilize it all in one go!' Zhao Yuan was thrilled as he felt the power stirring within him.

Once Liu Zhu and the others had rested enough, the four girls curiously asked them why they had suddenly started "dancing" in the middle of eating. Liu Zhu and the others couldn't explain it either, so it remained a mystery.

Seeing this, Zhao Yuan couldn't help but ponder to himself, 'I need to find a chance to teach the Four Saints Technique to Lin Xue. On one hand, it'll strengthen her body. On the other, it'll give her the power to protect herself if she runs into danger!'

After dinner, the group left Lakefront House, went somewhere else, and partied until midnight before finally returning to the university.