The strange things in Henan Prefecture were simply too numerous, and one or two more wouldn't make much of a difference.
A moment later, the waiter served a large table full of delicious - looking dishes.
Yaohua's eyes widened instantly.
Eight dishes and one soup!
This was a treatment she never had even in her clan!
She swallowed hard. Just as she forcefully tore her gaze away from the dishes, she saw Mo Qing already picking up his chopsticks to reach for the food.
Her eyelid twitched. Without thinking, she slapped Mo Qing hard on the back of his hand.
"Ouch!" Mo Qing's chopsticks were knocked to the ground with quite a commotion, and the diners at the nearby tables all looked over.
Yaohua gave an innocent smile, then turned back and gritted her teeth, "Sixth elder brother, can't you be more careful?"
Mo Qing stared at her blankly, "Sister, why did you hit me?"
This was Henan Prefecture! Rong Chu's hometown!
They were in a place they were unfamiliar with, and he dared to eat casually!
Yaohua glared at him in frustration, "Master hasn't even picked up his chopsticks yet! What's the rush!"
There were so many people here, and she couldn't say that there was something wrong with the food!
Sixth elder brother was really driving her crazy!
Hearing Yaohua's words, Mo Qing immediately showed an obsequious smile to Chong Ming.
"Divine Lord Chong Ming, this..."
From the next - table came inquisitive looks. Yaohua pinched the back of his hand hard with two fingers, "Is Sixth elder brother so hungry? Didn't you say you've been on a diet recently and should eat less?"
"But..."
Mo Qing was just about to say that he was hungry, when Yaohua glared at him again. Only then did he belatedly sense something was wrong.
The food just smelled so good that he could hardly resist the temptation. He had swallowed his saliva several times.
Just when Mo Qing was about to couldn't hold back and reach for the food again, Chong Ming finally made a move.
He picked up his chopsticks. Just as he was about to pick up a leaf of vegetable, in front of the siblings' eyes, the dishes on the table were almost instantly replaced with something else.
"It's the osmanthus fish from Cangling Hall!" Yaohua's eyes widened in surprise, "And the sweet - wine balls!"
Mo Qing was relieved now. There should be no problem with the food from Cangling Hall. However, he still waited for Chong Ming to start eating before he dared to pick up his chopsticks.
Seeing his restraint, Yaohua lowered her voice and said to him, "Sixth elder brother, be more sensible. Master won't mind if you start eating first!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Chong Ming put down his chopsticks, "I'm done. Help yourselves."
Divine Lord Chong Ming looked calm. Although there was always an ineffable sense of aloofness between his eyebrows, after all, he was a high - ranking divine lord respected by thousands.
After finding that Divine Lord Chong Ming showed no sign of annoyance, Mo Qing finally relaxed.
After the meal, Chong Ming came downstairs, "Come with me for a walk."
"Master, why didn't you pick up your chopsticks just now?"
Although Yaohua knew there was something wrong with the food, she didn't know exactly what it was. So as soon as they walked out of the inn, she couldn't help asking.
"Do you still remember the plants we saw in the cellar in Jincheng?" Chong Ming gave her a hint but didn't say it directly, "After the great catastrophe, if one wants to plant grains smoothly, besides relying on the divine powers from all sides, the rest are some heretical methods."
Mo Qing standing beside slapped his forehead, "No wonder you didn't let me pick up my chopsticks. So that's the reason!"
He finally understood. Yaohua stuck out her tongue.
Sixth elder brother was really quick - witted.
"Master, since there is so much food in Henan Prefecture, let's go and see how these grains are grown."
Chong Ming always supported her ideas. Hearing her suggestion, he immediately nodded.
"Since it's a place for growing grains, it must be extremely vast. Let's go to the outskirts."
Saying so, the three of them walked towards the outskirts hand in hand.
After walking for about an hour, just when Yaohua was about to stop and rest, they finally saw a large expanse of farmland.
The paddy fields were full of rice, each grain plump and emitting a sweet smell, completely different from the plants they found in the cellar before.
Yaohua was almost stunned, "They can even grow rice here!"
Thinking that her father and the others in the clan couldn't grow anything. If it weren't for the help of Master and the Dragon Clan, they might still be suffering from hunger!
What kind of blessed land was Henan Prefecture that could even grow rice!
And such a large expanse of it!
In comparison, what the system provided was too little!
"I wonder if these rice can still grow so lushly if they are transplanted to the territory of the Phoenix Clan." Mo Qing was eager to try.
Although Yaohua was envious, she was still rational, "When something seems abnormal, there must be something fishy. Sixth elder brother, come with me and take a closer look to see what secrets these rice have."
Mo Qing readily agreed.
He ran onto the ridge of the field, rolled up his sleeves and tried to pull out the rice.
"Damn it! How dare you touch our rice!"
Before he could pull it out by the roots, an old man wearing a straw hat rushed over with a carrying pole and randomly swung it at him, "Damn it! Damn it!"
"Ouch!" Mo Qing didn't have time to pull out the rice. He quickly raised his arms to block. Since the other was a mortal, he couldn't use his spiritual power to resist. And considering the old man's age, he was afraid of hurting him. So he could only take the beating.
Yaohua originally planned to let him use his spiritual power to check, but who knew he was so naive and actually tried to pull it out with his hands.
Now it was good. He was beaten and kept begging for mercy. She even wanted to turn around and leave, pretending not to know him.
Mo Qing was beaten up badly. After much pleading, he finally managed to make the old man reluctantly believe that he had no ill - intent and just wanted to observe the growth of the rice. However, in Yaohua's opinion, although the old man seemed to believe him, he might not actually do so.
"If you want to see my rice, okay. Take out all the valuable things on you!" The old man was not polite, "Your clothes are not bad either. Take them all off!"
While Mo Qing was attracting the old man's attention, Yaohua quickly extended her spiritual power and quietly searched around.
It took a long time before Mo Qing, wearing only his underclothes, managed to slip away under the old man's scrutinizing eyes.
As soon as the three of them got together, he couldn't hold it in anymore, "The people here are so tough!"
It wasn't that the others were tough. It was clearly that he was too honest. Although Yaohua thought so in her heart, she said with a smile on her face, "Sixth elder brother has suffered. Thanks to you this time, otherwise I wouldn't have made such a big discovery."
"What did you discover?" Mo Qing didn't care about his own grievances and quickly asked.
"I didn't find any trace of demonic energy on these rice, nor any sign of the existence of resentful spirits."
"What kind of discovery is this!"
"The more flawless something seems, the more wrong it is." Yaohua continued, "I also checked the soil and water just now. The soil and water here are not very different from those in our Phoenix Clan."