Wait a minute, where is my master?

Jin Xu gazed at the golden paper in front of him, pondering for a moment before grabbing it and tossing it into his storage magic treasure.

He then stood up, pushed open the door, and walked out.

Outside.

There was a stretch of dry and soft open land.

Though Yu Yaoer's cave was called the Water Mansion, there was no water inside.

It was situated at the bottom of the ocean, protected by a Water Avoidance Array that kept the sea water out.

The illumination within the mansion came from several soccer ball-sized luminous pearls on the ceiling.

The softly glowing white light they emitted brightly lit up the deep sea environment nearby, while also providing a light source for the plants growing on the land.

On the dry and fluffy soil below, many spirit fields had been cultivated, each growing a variety of uniquely shaped fruits and medicinal herbs.

These were rare or specialty ingredients carefully collected by Little Fish Demon for her culinary experimentation.

Many of them were enveloped by arrays of different colors, clearly indicating that the plants had particular requirements for their growing environment.

Not far from this area of spirit fields.

Stood an ancient-looking alchemy room that occupied an area of about ten square meters.

And next to it...

Was an enormous and luxurious kitchen that was at least a hundred times larger!

After the little Taoist stepped out the door, he stared at the two vastly different buildings for a while, seemingly lost in thought.

Even though it wasn't his first time seeing this, he would still silently reflect every time that Yu Yaoer's attitudes toward culinary arts and alchemy were starkly different.

Once he had finished reflecting, Jin Xu walked over to the kitchen from which noisy sounds were faintly emanating.

The Water Mansion where Yu Yaoer resided was a stand-alone structure, located near the Shui Clan's territory; hence, only the three of them were present in the mansion at this time.

He pushed open the kitchen's grand coral door that was somewhat extravagant.

The little Taoist called out to those inside.

"Little Yu, Little White, the three days we agreed upon have passed, and it's time for us to set off and take Little Hong back home."

Previously, they had to cultivate divine skills, arrange accommodations for the Cultivators of the Shui Clan, learn the method of identifying pills from the strange visualization chart from Grandma Yu, and discuss the master's affairs. Additionally, with Yu Yaoer having not returned home for some time, she longed for her carefully crafted, luxurious kitchen and wanted to try making new dishes with fragrant spirit stones.

Therefore, everyone agreed to stay for three days to complete all affairs before heading to the secret realm to send the Age Chicken back home.

But as the three days passed, only half of the tasks had been completed.

Firstly, the Heavenly Earth Transformation skill was not successfully cultivated, let alone mentioned.

The strange visualization chart that might reveal the method of pill identification had been stored in a miscellaneous storage magic treasure, which was previously shattered by the ancestor of the White Emperor Pavilion, thus the task of learning the pill identification method was thwarted.

The little Taoist had no choice but to hand over seven differently colored Strengthening Pills to Grandma Yu to help identify them.

However, now the Shui Clan was busy dealing with the breach of the Sea Eye's seal and the violent tremors that had occurred before.

It was apparent that they hadn't managed to find time during these three days.

In the same vein, Grandma Yu also did not have time to talk with him about the Tianxing Taoist.

Out of the five tasks, only setting up the Cultivators of the Shui Clan and Little Fish Demon's culinary research had been completed.

But since a deadline had been set,

And the three days had passed, Jin Xu was not keen on further delays.

He would first take the Age Chicken back home, and by the time he returned, the seven Strengthening Pills might have been identified, and the others' schedules might have cleared up.

As for the divine skill, he planned on slowly researching it on the way. Having had the experience with the Concealing Skill, the little Taoist now suspected that he might have cultivated something peculiar without his own knowledge.

"But surely the Heavenly Earth Transformation doesn't involve the laws of nature as well," he mused.

Leaning against the grand door and waiting for the two girls to come out, he also pondered deeply.

Just then, a rich fragrance along with Yu Yaoer's voice wafted out.

"Young master, would you like to try the Pearl Jade White Jade Soup I've just made?"

The young Taoist looked up to see the other party holding a bowl of thick soup with alternately white and green colors, gazing at him eagerly.

The appearance of the soup was not appealing, yet its aroma was irresistibly enticing.

But no matter how tempting, Jin Xu still shook his head coldly and ruthlessly.

No other reason.

He had been tricked before.

In the past, while he was immersed in cultivating the Divine Skill "Heavenly Earth Transformation," the Little Fish Demon had "considerately" brought him a similar bowl of soup.

At the time, the young Taoist was completely focused on cultivating the Divine Skill. Without even looking at the delicious-smelling soup, he casually took it and took a sip.

Then...

He recalled the fear of being at the mercy of Yu Yaoer's cooking skills.

"Alright then, if the young master doesn't want it, Little White gets a bargain."

The Little Fish Demon wasn't surprised by the rejection and handed the bowl of soup to the Husky that followed her out.

"Gulp gulp gulp..."

Little White downed the Pearl Jade White Jade Soup in one go, then nonchalantly wiped its nose, which had gotten drenched with the soup.

Feeling refreshed, it said to the two of them, "Sister Little Yu, temple master, shall we set out to take Little Hong home?"

"Yes, we shall take Little Hong home. But Little White, your nose..."

The young Taoist, who had only left the house a few times in three days, silently watched the Husky finish the bowl of fragrant yet strange soup and suddenly noticed that its nose had noticeably grown larger.

Its facial features now seemed disproportionate.

"Oh, you're talking about this," said Little White upon hearing Jin Xu's inquiry. After its nose returned to its normal size, it continued.

"You see, temple master, you showed that Golden Paper to me and Sister Little Yu before, right? That thing is really amazing!

"Normally, human Cultivators and members of the Demon Clan can't practice each other's magic and Divine Skills because it might lead to an explosion or some unknown change.

"But when Sister Little Yu and I looked at the characters on the Golden Paper, they automatically transformed into content that the Demon Clan's constitution could cultivate.

"So, in these past three days, Sister Little Yu and I tried practicing it a bit."

"After practicing, your nose got bigger? What changes occurred with Little Yu after she practiced?"

The young Taoist's interest was piqued instantly upon hearing that his two demon pets had transformed after practicing that Divine Skill.

"Temple master, my nose didn't get bigger because I finished practicing; it's because three days is too short a time, and the Heaven and Earth Power I was able to draw upon was too minimal, adequate only to strengthen part of my body. Hence, I concentrated that power into my nose. You know that we from the Snow Wolf Clan have the most sensitive sense of smell, so I just thought I'd enhance it a bit.

"However, it didn't seem to do much. My nose got bigger, but my sense of smell hasn't improved much.

"As for Sister Little Yu..."

Little White paused here, shifting his gaze to Yu Yaoer's chest area.

Jin Xu subconsciously looked in the same direction.

Yu Yaoer had quietly used the Divine Skill—Heavenly Earth Transformation—while the two were talking.

"What!?"

The moment the young Taoist's gaze shifted over, he was taken aback.

If the former Little Fish Demon could be described as "generous and endowed," then now she should be considered "half a financial consortium."

"Little Yu..."

"Young master."

Sensing his gaze, which almost felt tangible, Yu Yaoer shyly bowed her head.

"Being both large and small can cause you to trip while walking; best to change back."

Jin Xu gave his suggestion seriously and earnestly.