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“ But tell me something little miss, Ru Wuxi..that's not your real name right ? “ Li Zun spared a glance at her back, but did not bother to spread out his divine awareness.

Time ticked as silence stood still. Li Zun didn't bother looking at her again but instead, he continued to pay attention to the roasting fish on his hands as he roasted them carefully and slowly.

Not long after, the fishes was finally roasted to perfection and Li Zun humphed in satisfaction. However, he did not choose to eat it and instead put it away in the wrappings of leaves he had already prepared beforehand.

Seeing that she is still not answering him, he continued to roast all sorts of vegetables and exotic looking fruits, seemingly unperturbed by Ru Wuxi’s silence.

After a few more roasting and burning, the vegetables were finally mostly done as he place them carefully on the leaves wrapping. This may seem quite long, but in actuality it did not even take the time for a quarter of incense to burn since Li Zun asked her.

He was about to take out some spices he prepared when Ru Wuxi finally decided to answer him.

“ …What makes you think so ? “ She asked calmly, while maintaining her cold tone.  Her back facing Li Zun.

Li Zun snickered inwardly at her act but he maintained a straight face outwards. Although it's not like she could see his face.

Even if he didn't spread out his divine awareness, his sense to the surroundings have actually become so much more acute than ordinary mortal practitioners to the point that he was even a bit frightened by his own perception for a while.

Just by sensing the slightest bit of fluctuation in the air, he could actually make out what her reaction is towards his questions.

Ordinary mortals could never have a perception of this level, no matter how much they tune in with nature, they would never reach Li Zun’s level.

In fact, If he were to pour in just a bit of concentration to the surroundings, he could even mentally create a map of the surroundings just by the flow of wind itself.

Thus, just by her heartbeat, eyelids, body movement. It was very easy to tell that she was actually shocked and nervous since hearing his question.

After all, no matter how well trained she is, she was after all still a mortal.  Whereas Li Zun is a full-fledged Demigod, he was bound to notice her slightest giveaway.

Li Zun thought a bit for a moment before he calmly answered.

“ Let's see..if someone who went so far to mask her face with a disguise to infiltrate a kingdom used her real name that would be..a joke right ? “  Li Zun calmly answered, while springing some spices on the fishes and vegetables.

Ru Wuxi’s heart instantly jumped, her heart pumped like crazy when she heard him.

Somewhere inside of her, she had actually guessed that he somehow knew of her disguise.

But the confidence she has on her disguise had covered the easiest answer to her question.

“ How..does he know ? How…? “ The same questions continued to resound in her mind.

Her revenge was one thing, anyone with a half-brain could figure it out. Or else why would she go on to assassinate a king ?

But her disguise ? As far as she knew, only a single soul knew of her disguise, and that person is… herself !

She infiltrated the kingdom 4 years ago and she had never-ever lifted her disguise ever since then.

This disguising technique of her is a legendary lost technique that should have been perfect !

The great master who created the technique even went on to the point that no matter what, no mortals could have ever see through his disguising technique !

Speculations began to pop up in her mind. But the more she thought about it, the more scared she becomes.

“ Could he possibly..? No, impossible. “ She shook her head inside her heart.

She did not knew why, but the great elder clearly said that 15.000 years ago, there would occasionally be supreme experts that have reached immortality that allows them to travel through space and reach the Floating Cloud Continent.

But for some reason, 15.000 years ago, those supreme experts stopped coming to the Floating Cloud Continent.

How could one possibly appear before her now ?

Therefore, although she did not think that it was possible, she believed that he must've an extraordinary secret ability that could see through her disguise. Although that explanation is a bit off given how the supreme expert held this technique of his in so much confidence, it was a far better explanation than the person in front of her being an immortal !

But no matter what, to see through her disguise itself is already incredible ! She thought that he was just a supreme expert leagues above her but it does not seemed as if his background is that simple at all.

It was around this time that Li Zun finally finished his preparations. Awhile ago, he had actually been using his divine energy to create a blockade around the food he prepared to avoid the heat from escaping the food, hence the smell had also been blocked by it.

But when he had finished his dish, he took away the blockade and the fragrant smell from the fishes and fruits began to permeate around the cave.

It eventually reached the lying Ru Wuxi who had not eaten for who knows how many days.

“ You don't want to answer ? That’s fine then, I will just call you little miss ! So, little miss..you may not trust me but at least eat this food I prepared alright ? You have been unconscious for 2 days, I'm sure you're hungry. “  He reached out his hand to take a bite for himself and munched along while taking 2 other packs and left one on the ground as he stood up.

“ I'll be leaving for awhile, be sure to eat up ! Oh, and don't try to leave cause I will know ! “

With a flick of his fingers, he disappeared with teleportation. Leaving Ru Wuxi alone with no time to respond to him.

She could only get up from her bed and stare down on the leaf wrapping with a very tasty looking fish on top of it, sprinkled with spices and adorned with colorful fruits..

Her eyes bulged a little and her nose twitched, but she maintained her still, indifferent face as she looked over the fish.

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Her eyelids twitched as the fragrant smell of the fish wafted across her face, without realizing it she had actually forgotten about her earlier desire to escape and completely focused her attention on the leaf wrapping..

As she was unconsciously approaching the fish,  something seems to knock her into sense as she refused to gave in into her craving and turned her back to the leaf bed to try calm herself.

But not long after, her stomach gurgled in defiance as she felt that her stomach..is truly empty.

For warrior cultivators like her, she didn't necessarily need a lot of food to compensate for the energy she used. She could easily do that by absorbing the surrounding Heaven-Earth Qi, thus minimizing the need for her to eat too.

But she had been unconscious for days and her energy was horrendously depleted during the last battle, it was very normal for her to eat a lot currently..

Eventually, her face reddened in embarrassment as her stomach continued to gurgle in hunger. She finally compromised to eat and reassured herself that this mysterious expert would not possibly be lowering himself to putting something inside.

If he was planning to do something to her, he did not need to bother going through these means..

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“ How could a peerless expert be this good in cooking.. “ Ru Wuxi muttered angrily, her face showing a trace of irritation.

Although Floating Cloud Continent’s women is not necessarily equipped with household skills, She had been forced to live on her own at a very young age. Hence, her cooking skills while not top notch, is quite good.

But not only in cultivation, she was actually far inferior in cooking too..

“ This..does he actually have so much free time ? His cooking is even better than that of the Royal chefs.. It's sickening “ She grumbled on and on, but her mouth did not stop munching down the fish.

Before she had realized, she had already finished the dish Li Zun prepared for her. Not even the fruits and vegetables are left, all of it is wiped clean.

She stared blankly for a moment but her face quickly returned to her cold demeanor. But her act could not hide her reddening cheeks, flushing in embarrassment.

Not to mention that not long after, a low gurgle could be heard. Clearly, she was not feeling full. But before she could think any further, a sudden sleepiness strikes her as she stayed stagnant in the air for a few seconds before plopping softly into the bed made out of leaves.

At that moment, a figure suddenly appeared out of thin air.

It was of course, none other than Li Zun. He looked over at the unconscious Ru Wuxi and couldn't really believe his eyes at first.

" Is she really that hungry for her to even forget about escaping ? “ Li Zun thought that she would probably not eat his food as the goddess did told him that when cultivators reached the 2nd realm of cultivation, they don't have much need to eat mundane food, just by cultivating in Heaven-Earth Qi will allow them to stay for weeks without needing food.

But he did forgot about the fact she had thoroughly wasted her reserve energy just a few days ago and went unconscious for those few days, leaving her unable to take in the surrounding Qi.

" The Croupia Fruit finally worked yes ? Now, she should be out for a few hours.. “ With a slightly reassured face, Li Zun sat down silently on the ground.

The Croupia Fruit is a very rare white coloured fruit that is found only deep within the forest, where a thick amount of Heaven & Earth Qi exist. It has a lot of use, but by eating it normally, it could act as a sleeping drug with no side effects. How long the affect lasts could be somehow affected by burning parts of it carefully.

Currently, Ru Wuxi’s usual cold countenance looked very peaceful, void of any of her usual coldness. Her face could be considered slightly cute at best but because of the burnt mark, lots of people who had seen her face became disgusted by it.

Her burn mark could have made a lot of people shake their heads in pity but he knew, that all that pity was for naught.

“ With a face like that, she would have definitely be called a peerless beauty anywhere she went… too bad she is just too cold and feisty ! “ With a sigh, Li Zun shook his head and turned around to the exit.

He did not save her because she was a beauty, in fact after being in solitude for so long, he had somehow had a fear of rejection against the society.

Therefore, whether Ru Wuxi's actually a peerless beauty or not did not matter to Li Zun. He just saved her out of whim, firstly, she did not seemed like a completely evil person compared to the leader and Bum Gumsu.

Secondly, he still had some mentality of an ordinary mortals of his past world. Where people should help alongside each other if possible.

Lastly, though Li Zun had been feeling less lonely since having the little pup as a part of his life, Deep down in his heart, he had always been yearning to be able to talk and converse normally with people of his kin.

Although he could not maintain a normal conversation, at least having a human company is quite relaxing for his mind.

He glanced one last look at Ru Wuxi’s sleeping face and a trace of smile creeped out of his face.

“ Geez..I'm afraid that as long as I am here, she would never go to sleep..“ He smiled bitterly, his eyes slanting downwards towards this feisty girl he coincidentally met in this forest.

“ I wonder what had happened to her, that coldness and bloodlust..that's not something you will ever see on any girl in her teens back at my world.. “

He pulled his look away from her and faced the exit. Feeling the gentle wind blowing into the cave, he spread his divine awareness and picked out the location he was about to teleport into.

Just as he was about to leave, a light snore could be heard. Snoring, oh so peacefully..

Li Zun turned his head once again and watched in a daze, then he smiled bitterly once again and said  “ She actually snored ! “