Within a cave abode on Origin Mountain near a small village-like area, Jiang Chen sat cross legged on the ground.

"Huuuu, it's finally time to break through!" Jiang Chen exhaled and murmured with conviction.

The faces of Bai Jing, Yan Gu, and Yan Chen flashed through his mind. He felt an immense pressure on his shoulders, like never before.

Recalling the words Jiang Fu had said to him back on the Mortal Continent he found them more true than ever. He wasn't even in the Foundation Establishment realm and yet he somehow already created animosity with Core Formation cultivators and many other disciples that weren't much older than him. Then there is Bai Jing who is even younger than him yet much stronger and more talented.

Recalling Bai Jing's face that was so close to his and her slight touch a raging fire burned in Jiang Chen's heart.

Pausing for a moment, a five colored fruit appeared in Jiang Chen's hand which he promptly ate in its entirety. Jiang Chen then placed two small pills into his mouth that he held there.

Closing his eyes, Jiang Chen felt his Qi getting increasingly agitated as spiritual energy flooded his meridians and the surrounding spirit energy started to converge on himself.

Jiang Chen was currently attempting to breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment realm. Previously Jiang Chen had masked his cultivation to be at the Foundation Establishment realm with a certain technique combined with his power that was already on the level of Foundation Establishment.

In reality Jiang Chen was currently at the 14th stage of Qi Condensation by virtue of the cultivation technique he practiced. It gave him an advantage over other cultivators of the same level but it was much harder to cultivate, especially the last five levels, and only those with a certain physique could practice it and it took much longer to cultivate than other techniques. Yet this was all worth it.

Jiang Chen sat there cross legged, his dantain at its limit with five different colored drops of liquid Qi sitting there absorbing the constantly expanding Qi in his dantian, slowly growing bigger.

....

Passing through a barrier of mist, Bai Jing and the others appeared above Cracked Jade Mountain.

"Welcome to my place!" Bai Jing said with a small smile while flying off from Ying Ying's shoulders.

Ying Ying, looking upset, quickly used her hands to fix her hair that had been transformed into a mohawk of braids by Bai Jing.

"The scenery is beautiful, a suitable for Princess Jing!" Fatty spoke with a flattering smile.

Qiqi nodded slightly from the back.

"Mmm." Bai Jing murmured in response, then after a moment of pondering she took out the mountain's formation disk.

Injecting her Qi into it and utilizing her Divine Sense, the formation disk glowed and a slight change appeared on the mountain. Around the middle of the mountain the ground started rippling, opening up a small tunnel that turned into a cave abode.

Turning to look at Fatty, Bai Jing spoke. "That is where you will be staying. You can live in there or build your own residence if you would like to, but you must submit the design to me for approval before it is built. It should look nice and go with the scenery."

"Haha, no problem. Thank you Princess Jing!" Fatty replied smilingly.

Ying Ying snorted from the side.

From behind Qiqi nervously swallowed and put her hand over her pounding heart before speaking softly.

"Umm, P-Princess Jing... w-where should I stay?"

Looking at the nervous Qiqi Bai Jing spoke with a small smile.

"Of course you will be staying there with me and Ying Ying." Bai Jing said while pointing at the residence atop the mountain.

"Eh!, R-r-really?" Qiqi asked, her face flushed.

"Duh! You're my new precious little maid, where else would you stay? You need to be within arms reach of me at all times to tend to my needs." Bai Jing said with a strange smile.

Qiqi seemed a bit stunned for some reason. She looked up to Bai Jing and stared blankly at her peerless face.

Seeing Qiqi looking at her in the face for once, Bai Jing winked at her.

Startled, Qiqi quickly lowered her head, embarrassed.

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"Don't worry, Ying Ying will teach you everything you need to know."

"Alright Fatty, get going, you can come by my place if you need anything." Bai Jing shooed Fatty off.

"Thank you Princess Jing, I will be sure not to bother you too much." Fatty clasped his hands and bid farewell.

"Oh by the way, since it's your first day here you can come by in a couple hours for some dinner. It looks like you can appreciate some good food." Bai Jing unhurriedly commented.

"Haha... I will definitely be there. You're too kind!" Fatty said before making his way to his cave abode and giving a small smile to Ying Ying.

"Humph, I refuse to cook anything for that bastard." Ying Ying stated with crossed arms and a scowl on her face.

"Now now Ying Ying we need to show some hospitality as the landlords here."

"I don't care! I cant stand that Fatty's filthy mouth he's going to do nothing but annoy me. You even encouraged him!" Ying Ying huffed angrily.

"In that case you should consider cooking something so good that he's too busy stuffing his face to speak. Won't that fix everything? If you don't like how he talks, stuff his face with food. Plus with food you can be sure to tame him to do your bidding. Wouldn't it be nice if he would follow you like an obedient puppy obeying your every command!"

Ying Ying still looked upset but she had a pondering gleam in her eyes as she listened to Bai Jing's suggestion.

Seeing Ying Ying had stopped talking Bai Jing spoke up.

"Lets go. Come on Qiqi."

Bai Jing descended to the entrance of her place followed by Ying Ying and Qiqi.

"I'm going to put the Queenie and the others away. Ying Ying will show you around the house in the meantime." Bai Jing said towards Qiqi when they all landed.

Bai Jing flew to the backyard with Queenie following along.

With a wave of her hand Bai Jing released a platoon of sparrows that immediately flocked to Queenie chirping at her happily. Queenie also seemed to enjoy the small company. Bai Jing then went to the pond to release all the fish into it.

At this point Little Zi had poked it's head out from Bai Jing's bosom staring hungrily at the koi in the pond. Bai Jing lightly hit his head and told Little Zi what fish he could and could not eat. She told Queenie the same and not to eat certain plants in the garden.

Not long later Bai Jing entered the house and silently relaxed on the couch waiting for Ying Ying to finish showing Qiqi around.

Soon, Bai Jing heard Ying Ying walking over whilst talking with Qiqi who followed closely.

"Hey Qiqi, did Ying Ying finish showing you around?" Bai Jing asked with her legs crossed.

"Yes. Senior Sister Ying was very helpful!" Qiqi said and bowed towards Ying Ying.

Ying Ying smiled slightly before glancing at Bai Jing saying, "I'm going to start cooking now. I'll prepare your bath in a little while. Humpf!"

Ying Ying left towards the kitchen with her head raised proudly.

"Oh, so early huh? Looks like you're taking my advice or are you just excited to cook for the Fatty?" Bai Jing said while looking at Ying Ying's back.

Ying Ying paused her steps for a brief moment before continuing on her way with a shake of her head.

'You know what she is trying to do. Don't let her get to you, just ignore her.' Ying Ying thought to herself.

"Hehehe." Bai Jing laughed lightly.

Seeing Ying Ying leave Qiqi hesitantly glanced at Bai Jing.

"Ummm, Princess... should I go help with preparing the food?" Qiqi nervously asked.

"Oh Qiqi do you know how to cook? Why don't you sit here and you can tell me about yourself." Bai Jing said while patting on the couch cushion besides herself.

"Eh... a-all right." Qiqi said in a high pitch and nervously walked over with her head lowered. Qiqi sat at the very edge of the couch, a respectable distance from Bai Jing.

Bai Jing turned to look at the silent Qiqi who was fidgeting slightly and grabbing onto the couch with a death grip.

Bai Jing wore a relaxed smile, with her hand supporting her cheek she spoke, "How cute!"

"Hmm, who?" Qiqi asked, muddleheadedly.

"You of course, who else?"

"... Eh? What me? No no no, I'm not." Qiqi denied, taking quick, short glances at Bai Jing.

"So are you saying that I am wrong? Don't you know that a maid should always agree with their Mistress. Don't be a bad girl like Ying Ying." Bai Jing said while scooting closer to Qiqi.

....

Off in the kitchen Ying Ying realized that she had forgotten to warn and guide Qiqi on how to deal with Bai Jing's antics.

'I'll slowly guide her later. She seems so weak willed, I have to teach her how to stand up to the Young Miss!' Ying Ying silently thought while meticulously cutting some meat.

....

Leaning closer Bai Jing extended her hand to lightly grab Qiqi's jaw and forcefully raised her head so Qiqi was staring right at her.

"!!!" Qiqi was shocked. Her heart pounding, she didn't know what Bai Jing was trying to do.

"You don't have to avoid looking at me, I'm not going to bite. Unless... Anyway, you can look at me all you want, as much as you want. Do you understand?" Bai Jing said, her voice sultry.

"..."

Qiqi had no response she was just sitting there frozen. Taking in Bai Jing's face and touch.

"... Or do you just find me repulsive and that's why you wont look at me directly?" Bai Jing asked with a sad look on her face and retracted her hand.

Qiqi seemed to awaken with a start from this.

"N-no I-I, that's, that's not it. I, you..." Qiqi tried to say something but was unable to articulate her words.

"Eh, you think I'm what?" Bai Jing asked looking overly puzzled.

"..."

Qiqi looked down and was quiet for a moment before speaking in a soft and shaky voice.

"I... I think... Princess Jing is... umm that Princess Jing is the most beautiful person I have ever seen.... Yes, umm yes."

"Hmmm, I guess I'll believe you for now. Thank you." Bai Jing said with a smile, then pushed her on Qiqi's stomach so she slid back until her back was resting on the couch.

Qiqi's stomach spasmed from the touch, her face somehow even reader.

"It's more comfortable like that. You looked a little red so I thought you would find sitting like that better." Bai Jing said.

Qiqi slightly nodded her head in response.

"You never answered my first question. Do you know how to cook?" Bai Jing questioned.

"S-sorry, ummm I like to cook occasionally. I started cooking as a way to train my flame control and-" Qiqi said with her head lowered but stopped once she felt Bai Jing's hand on her chin.

Bai Jing gently raised her head so she was looking at her again before leisurely retracting it.

"Ok that's better continue~" Bai Jing said with a smirk, looking right into Qiqi's eyes.

"A-and, and, and... train my flame control and umm, my alchemy techniques when I was younger. I continued cooking out of habit after that..." Qiqi managed to finish speaking while looking at Bai Jing, her eyes moist.

"So you're an Alchemist huh? How good are you? What kind of pills can you make? Do you have any special flames?"