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Back at home, Li Xiaoyao pushed the door open, and a rich aroma of herbs and meat enveloped and filled the entire room.

Jiang Lichun poked his head out of the kitchen, looked at Li Xiaoyao, and said, "You came back smelling the scent of meat, didn't you?"

Li Xiaoyao ignored his teasing and asked, "Is it ready?"

"Mmhmm."

Jiang Lichun, carrying a large pot of meat and herbs, walked out of the kitchen.

In the next half hour, as the two men battled it out, two-thirds of the pot of meat was devoured.

By now, both were very full.

Today Jiang Lichun had stewed a bit too much meat; it seemed unlikely the two of them could finish it in one meal.

"Let's leave it for breakfast tomorrow," Jiang Lichun patted his belly and went into his room.
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No sooner had Jiang Lichun left than Nie Xiaoqian's voice immediately sounded beside Li Xiaoyao's ear.

"Young Master, what kind of meat is this?"

Li Xiaoyao communicated with her telepathically, "It's demon beast meat, stewed with various precious herbs, a great tonic for cultivators."

"It smells very nice," said Nie Xiaoqian, her voice somewhat shy.

Li Xiaoyao was momentarily stunned, then smacked his forehead, saying, "I almost forgot about you, my apologies, Miss Xiaoqian."

Nie Xiaoqian's shy voice came through, "Young Master, you flatter me. With such precious demon beast meat, how could Xiaoqian partake in it?"

Li Xiaoyao said, "It's okay, I have as much of this stuff as you want. Here, let me serve you a bowl."

Li Xiaoyao picked up his own bowl, ladled out a generous portion, containing meat, herbs, and soup, quite delicious.

Nie Xiaoqian materialized and took the bowl filled with meat soup, saying, "Thank you, Young Master."

Li Xiaoyao waved his hand and asked, "Can you eat, being a ghost?"

Nie Xiaoqian smiled faintly and replied, "This meat soup is rich in spiritual energy, Xiaoqian just needs to absorb the spiritual energy."

"I see," Li Xiaoyao nodded; Nie Xiaoqian, like a cultivator, was absorbing the spiritual energy from the meat soup.

"Huh~," Li Xiaoyao made a soft sound of amazement and asked, "Miss Xiaoqian, since you can absorb spiritual energy, can you also cultivate?"

Nie Xiaoqian shook her head, then nodded, saying, "I sort of know what you mean by cultivation, Young Master, but I don't understand cultivation. I just naturally absorb the spiritual energy."

Li Xiaoyao enveloped Nie Xiaoqian with his thoughts, probing for a moment, then suddenly his eyes widened!

He could not detect Nie Xiaoqian's cultivation level, which meant her cultivation level far exceeded his own!

Li Xiaoyao swallowed hard, still somewhat in disbelief.

But on second thought, it made sense.

Nie Xiaoqian was from the Ming Dynasty. Although she was a soul, in the near thousand years, she had absorbed an unknown amount of spiritual energy. Even if she did not understand the methods of cultivation, just the pure cultivation of spiritual energy would have allowed her to reach a terrifying realm.

It was just unknown how high Nie Xiaoqian's cultivation level was!

Li Xiaoyao took out a testing stone tablet from his storage ring, placed it on the ground, and said, "Miss Xiaoqian, please place your palm on the stone tablet."

"Oh, all right," Nie Xiaoqian, unaware of what Li Xiaoyao intended to do, but trusting that he would not harm her, complied.

A section of her pale white arm touched the testing stone tablet gently, and as Nie Xiaoqian's palm made contact with the stone, a dazzling golden light suddenly flashed, and two powerful golden characters appeared on the stone tablet.

"Spirit Cultivation!"

Li Xiaoyao's eyes bulged, incredulous as he stared at the characters on the stone tablet.

Spirit Cultivation Realm, Nie Xiaoqian had actually reached the Spirit Cultivation Realm!

Li Xiaoyao's mouth twitched, as he himself was only at the fifth level of the Condensing Qi Bone Refining Realm, whereas Nie Xiaoqian was two entire realms above him.

"What's that noise?" Jiang Lichun suddenly came out of the room.

Li Xiaoyao quickly put away the testing stone tablet, and Nie Xiaoqian was standing by his side.

Jiang Lichun entered the living room, his eyes filled with puzzlement as he looked at Li Xiaoyao.

"It's nothing." Li Xiaoyao picked up the soup that Nie Xiaoqian had drained of spiritual energy, drank it in one gulp, wiped his mouth, and stood up to go to the bedroom, leaving a confused Jiang Lichun behind.

Just now, Jiang Lichun had clearly sensed an extremely intense fluctuation of spiritual energy, a fluctuation that even made him feel threatened.

However, there was only Li Xiaoyao in the living room, and his cultivation level was comparable to Jiang's, clearly not making him the source.

Who could it be?

Seeing that Li Xiaoyao was unwilling to say more, Jiang Lichun did not ask further.

Early the next day, Li Xiaoyao received a phone call from Lin Yuanyuan.

"What's up?"

"Cai'er is back, you hurry to the airport to pick her up."

"Director Lan is back?" Li Xiaoyao was startled and asked, "Why didn't she call me?"

Li Xiaoyao suspected that Lin Yuanyuan was deliberately fooling him; this woman indeed had a history of such behavior.

Lin Yuanyuan said, "Just go if I tell you to go, why all the nonsense? You think I would deceive you?"

Li Xiaoyao laughed and said, "When have you ever stopped deceiving me?"

Lin Yuanyuan's tone paused before she said, "Cai'er had some disagreements with her family; it was a sudden return. She only told me."

"If Director Lan didn't tell me herself, it means she's not in a good mood. She definitely just wants to be alone for a while."

"Li Xiaoyao!" Lin Yuanyuan suddenly burst out, "Do you have any idea how dangerous it is for Cai'er right now?"

"Dangerous?" Li Xiaoyao truly had no clue.

Lin Yuanyuan held back her anger and said patiently, "Have you forgotten about Cai'er being assassinated? This trip back home was for that matter, and now that it's unresolved and she has returned, it means the danger has not been dealt with. Aren't you her bodyguard, supposed to protect her?"

Only then did Li Xiaoyao realize the severity of the situation. "I understand now. Send me her flight details; I'll head over right now."

"Hmph, at least you have some conscience."

After hanging up, Lin Yuanyuan promptly sent over the flight details.

Li Xiaoyao glanced at them, grabbed his car keys, and left the house.

Half an hour later, Li Xiaoyao arrived at the airport by car.

At that moment, there were just over ten minutes until Lan Cai's plane would land.

Li Xiaoyao parked his car and walked into the airport, his consciousness covering the entire building.

As soon as Lan Cai appeared, he would notice immediately.

The matter of Lan Cai being the target of an assassination was something Li Xiaoyao knew better than anyone else, since he was there at the time.

As for who wanted to kill Lan Cai, she must be aware.

The problem unresolved meant that those people would continue to attempt to assassinate her.

Having been paid, Li Xiaoyao naturally had to ensure Lan Cai's safety.

"It seems it's time to help her sort out some issues."

Lan Cai had left a good impression on Li Xiaoyao; she was gentle, kind, and reasonable, complete opposites to Lin Yuanyuan.

The plane landed, and Li Xiaoyao immediately spotted Lan Cai's figure. He moved to the reception area to wait.

A few minutes later, Lan Cai, clad in a simple outfit with a bag in hand and looking somewhat tired, walked out through the passageway.

Li Xiaoyao called out, "Director Lan."

Upon hearing the call, Lan Cai turned to look and saw Li Xiaoyao not far away. She appeared slightly taken aback, a bit surprised and happy.

[Lan Cai is back. Give some strength with your recommendation tickets, and I'm also asking for a reward.]