Chapter 428: Wuhan Takes A Bite
"Xin Yan… are you going to punish me with no food?" Wuhan placed his hands on the table, fingers interlocked before his face and looked at each plate on the table seriously. His drool kept dripping on the table, unbeknownst to him, forming a puddle.
"My, my~ Do you think I am a demon who could do such a thing?" Xin Yan asked with a pained expression on her face. The rest chuckled, seeing the dark expression on Wuhan's face as Xin Yan took out a special bowl from her storage ring just for him.
Looking at the closed lid on the top of the bowl, Wuhan gulped his saliva in fear. Placing the bowl before him, Xin Yan walked towards her seat beside Noah and sat down.
While Wuhan was having a crisis over whether to open the lid or not, Shisan looked at Xin Yan in a daze. Seeing her sit beside Noah, something clicked in her mind.
"If what you said is true, does that mean he is Long Tian?" She looked at Noah in disbelief. Unlike Xin Yan, he did not resemble his old self in the slightest.
Yuan Ming froze upon hearing Long Tian's name and looked at Noah in disbelief. Tian Heng was no different. They both looked at Noah with a fearful expression.
"But how is that possible? He is in the golden core realm just like me…" Shisan continued in disbelief as she looked at Noah as if he were a monster.
"It's simple…." Xin Yan chuckled, seeing all kinds of expressions on their faces. "He has been hiding his real cultivation from the start."
Those who knew the truth about the matter did not think much about it. Shisan and Wuhan's two disciples recalled all the scenes where they had witnessed Noah's monstrous powers.
Yuan Ming recalled the massacre of the Soaring Heaven sect and found it more believable that someone in the golden core realm could massacre those core formation level elders instead of a foundation establishment stage teen.
"Just how much have you been hiding?" Shisan could not help but mutter in disbelief.
"Now, now, don't think too much." Noah waved his hand, dismissing her thoughts. "We all have things we want to hide. Let's start our dinner now. I am sure Wuhan is eager to eat his share of food."
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They all turned to look at the said man and saw him holding the bowl with trembling hands. Feeling so many gazes on him at the same time, Wuhan stopped his hands from lifting the lid and raised his head.
"Master, do you want to share my food?" Yuan Ming could not take any more of his master's suffering and offered his share of food.
"No…" Although tempted, Wuhan had to reject the offer, feeling a chill down his spine. He gulped his saliva and looked back at the bowl.
Shaking her head, Shisan looked at the meat stew before her and felt her mouth-watering. Ming Ye and Ruo'er also could not wait any longer and started eating their food.
Following them, Yuan Ming and his fellow brother could not take it anymore and started eating.
"Wow~" The two of them moaned in ecstasy, placing the piece of meat in their mouths. The divine taste of the juices flowed through the meat, giving their taste buds an explosion of flavors.
It was like the meat melted in their mouths as soon as they placed it inside. Since it was their first time eating Xin Yan's cooking, they did not even realize when they had finished eating.
They could only curse themselves when they found their bowls already empty. Looking around the table, they noticed Ruo'er, Shisan, and Ming Ye eating their food slowly, one bite at a time.
"Wu Ping, what are you doing there still standing? Now that the food is served, join us and eat with us." Xin Yan saw Wu Ping walking towards the back after serving the food and called her out.
"But Miss! I cannot—"
"I will tell you what you can or cannot do! And I am telling you to eat with us." Xin Yan spoke up with authority without looking back.
"Yes!" Hearing her stern orders, Wu Ping smiled and walked towards the table. She looked at the people sitting at the table nervously, wondering if they had any problem with her presence.
She knew that the cultivators were considered high above mortals and they did not like to sit with one, but seeing that none of the people even cared whether she sat at the table or not, Wu Ping heaved a sigh of relief and sat a seat away from Xin Yan.
Xin Yan noticed this as well but did not say anything. She saw Noah passing her a pair of new chopsticks and took them with a smile.
*Click*
Seeing everyone enjoying their food, Wuhan could not take it anymore and opened the lid of his bowl. A strong aroma filled the air as he looked at the bowl before him in disbelief.
Before him was also a meat stew just like the one everyone was eating.
"Did you cast an illusion on this?" Wuhan's senses flared. He looked at Noah and asked with suspicion. At first glance, there was nothing 'special' about it, which made him suspicious.
"Why would I do that?" Noah asked with a confused look on his face.
"I saw her muttering something in your ear and you nodding. Don't think I didn't see that!" Wuhan asked sharply, looking at the two of them with narrowed eyes.
"You can eat it or you cannot eat it. It's your choice; don't be a baby." Xin Yan rolled her eyes at Wuhan and started eating her own food.
'Don't listen to her, it's definitely a bait…' Wuhan started to fight the urge to eat the food in his mind, but he did not realize that his hands moved on their own. He picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat and placed it inside his mouth.
His eyes went wide the moment the taste of the meat hit his tongue.