“Waku waku~~~”
“Onegai, ichi wan.” “Oooooo~~~~”
In the World Tree, whenever mealtime arrived in the past, the atmosphere had always been somewhat subdued.
As for the reason, it was somewhat melancholy to say.
As guardians of the World Tree, the Elven Clan had lived within it for generations.
Because the Elven Clan were vegetarians, and blessed with long lifespans, they differed from humans in their pursuit of culinary pleasures.
The Elven Clan’s approach to meals had always been something like: just eat enough, just stay healthy.
Mushroom soup with nothing but salt had persisted for over a hundred years.
Though the taste was decent, quite savory in fact, and paired with berries from the World Tree, the nutrition and health aspects were beyond reproach.
But how should one put it?
Eating the same meal over and over, no matter how you looked at it, would eventually grow tiresome.
And today, the meals in the Elven Forest experienced an unprecedented transformation.
Before this trip, Su Qi had originally planned to make a delicious bento for the Big Guy.
After all, the Big Guy had helped Ye Meifu and Mo Yu last time, and had also helped the human adventurers hold the line against the Pitch Black Beast’s scouting.
Besides, he usually fed Little Red Pupil and Xixi well, but the Big Guy had never gotten to taste his cooking. He couldn’t play favorites after all.
So before setting out this time, considering the Big Guy’s large frame, Su Qi had specially stored a great deal of seasonings and vegetarian ingredients in his Storage Ring.
What Su Qi hadn’t expected, though, was that things would deviate from the plan.
The ingredients prepared for the Big Guy had, through a twist of fate, ended up in the bellies of the Elven Clan.
Just moments ago, following Gu Wen Yin’s suggestion.
Su Qi had proposed his cooking idea to Lilia.
And Lilia naturally agreed to Su Qi’s desire to take charge of the kitchen.
However, the members of the Elven Clan initially weren’t optimistic.
After all, whether it was the cookware Su Qi took out from his Storage Ring, or the Spiritual Energy contained in the ingredients, they were all so scarce—even less than the smallest mushroom growing on the World Tree.
No matter how one looked at it, the food shouldn’t have been particularly tasty.
But as Su Qi tied on his apron, set up another pot, and picked up the ‘Chief’s Rice Paddle’ to start making his stew bento.
As he added each spice to the pot, combined with Su Qi’s superb culinary skills, steam gradually rose, emitting a beautiful and tempting aroma.
Gulp~ Gulp~
One by one, the exquisite-looking Elven Clan members couldn’t help but begin swallowing their saliva.
And when the food was ready, seeing Little Red Pupil, Su Xixi, and the group of young ladies start devouring it with gusto.
Watching their eating expressions and the happiness displayed on their faces.
At that point, some bolder elves subconsciously began to try it as well.
And after tasting one Shuxi Bento, the Elven Clan couldn’t stop themselves.
It was like opening the gates to a new world, as they all lit up with realization and exclaimed, using rich expressions to convey that it tasted wonderful—one more serving, please!
Though the languages were different, seeing the excited looks of the many elves.
Su Qi, as the head chef, was in a rather good mood.
It was a sense of recognition born from being trusted.
And through the communication of Xixi the Interpreter, Su Qi soon discovered something novel.
Compared to the enhancement it provided for humans, his bento had an even better enhancement effect on the Elven Clan.
Immediately, quite a few fully-stuffed elves decided to carry their arrows and take positions atop the World Tree, sniping at the beasts of the Demon King’s Castle in the distance.
This served two purposes—on one hand, it helped with digestion, but more importantly, in the past before the enhancement, they lacked the Strength and range.
Now that their range was sufficient, if they could weaken some of the Demon King’s Castle’s energy, then weakening it was for the better.
As for the Elves’ excitement and actions, Su Qi initially felt quite happy about it.
After all, strengthening allies equals increased combat power.
This was all part of the plan.
But gradually, Su Qi discovered a problem that made him want to cry but no tears came.
Emmmmm, he had already made three large pots of dinner bento.
But why was this Elven Clan dining line getting longer and longer? He couldn’t finish, he simply couldn’t finish!
And just as Su Qi, called the Saintess by Lilia, was waving his spatula in a cooking frenzy,
subtly beginning to earn recognition from the Elven Clan members beyond just the adorable Little Red Pupil and Su Xixi.
At the same time, in Reality.
Unlike the peaceful atmosphere that Su Qi’s group was gradually blending into.
At this moment, in the lower area of the Third Plane,
the atmosphere was extremely heavy.
Those who came to the lower layer of the Third Plane were all high-rank adventurers.
And these adventurers, along with Professor Yang Ming’s group, mostly knew of the Family Letter that Lin Zhi had left for Su Qi.
They knew the Demon King’s goal was to eat Su Qi, who had consumed the World Tree Fruit, to enhance its power, break through from the Fifth Plane, and invade Reality’s Blue Star.
And now Su Qi and the group of young ladies had been teleported away by the Pitch Black Beast, the Two-headed Dragon’s Teleportation Array.
Up until now, even though many Adventurers’ Guilds had begun large-scale searches, and the search scope wasn’t limited to just Lin City’s Saint Ruins—this person-finding mission had even extended to many other Saint Ruins areas.
But the entire afternoon had been like a stone sinking into the sea—no news at all.
And though no one said it aloud at this time.
Everyone had more or less guessed that the destination of the Two-headed Dragon’s Teleportation Array was the so-called Fifth Plane where the Demon King resided.
Though Su Qi had several experienced high-rank adventurers by her side.
But thinking that they were going to be in a place swarming with countless evil Pitch Black monsters, Professor Yang Ming and the group of adventurers instinctively felt that Su Qi’s chances of survival weren’t high.
After all, pioneering in an unfamiliar place was fraught with danger to begin with. Not to mention that Su Qi had been targeted by the Demon King.
However, among all the bad news, the one piece of good news was:
Through the Adventurer Badges worn by Su Qi and the young ladies.
Though the badge’s recording function couldn’t be heard due to the distance.
The badge’s Feedback Stone hadn’t dimmed, which inadvertently proved that Su Qi’s group was still safe for now—a small comfort.
And if one were to ask who was in the most pain after Su Qi’s group was teleported away, it would absolutely be Su Qi’s biological older sister, Su Lulu.
After defeating the Two-headed Dragon and the few Pitch Black Beasts, Su Lulu had been in a state of self-blame. Yes, self-blame.
Su Lulu now deeply regretted why she had to steal the spotlight today, why she had to cast that spell to defeat the Two-headed Giant Dragon.
If only she had spent the afternoon by Su Qi’s side like the other young ladies.
With herself, a Grand Archmage, present, could she have prevented Su Qi’s teleportation tragedy? And if she had been teleported alongside Su Qi, as her older sister, she could have protected her too!
Su Lulu remained silent like this for an entire afternoon.
And during that afternoon, perhaps having found a connection point between the ‘Fifth Plane and the Saint Ruins.’
More Pitch Black Beasts descended upon the lower layer of the Third Plane, seemingly still wanting to continue upward to explore the Saint Ruins.
And as she watched the adventurers coordinate with the Big Guy to eliminate the last Pitch Black Beast.
Su Lulu’s deep Peach Blossom Eyes suddenly brightened.
She remembered a detail.
Her mother had mentioned in her Family Letter that Su Qi should not go to the Fourth Layer.
But today’s unexpected situation had occurred in the Third Plane, completely beyond expectations.
Could it be… that this current situation was the result of her mother deliberately guiding things?
If that were the case, then things might not be so bad after all!
And upon realizing this, Su Lulu quickly began pondering another matter.
After waking from her Coma, besides the Family Letter found by Xixi beneath the Stone Tablet, Su Lulu had also read the other Letter that Su Qi had previously received from the Principal old lady.
Thinking about the latter, its entire content had repeatedly urged and cautioned Su Qi.
While regarding her own words, there were only one or two sentences.
At this, Su Lulu, who had grown up with Su Father and Su Mother treating them equally,
couldn’t help but feel a sense of dissonance.
Logically speaking, since their fair parents had left a Letter for Su Qi, as the older sister, she should have received one too.
And the fact that she hadn’t been teleported along this time—
Could it also be part of the Prophet Mother’s calculations? Or was there something only she could do? If she had known in advance, it might have caused the situation to go off course.
With this thought, a glimmer of light was reborn in Su Lulu’s eyes.
She decided to go home right now.
To carefully sort through the clues and turn the house upside down!
To figure out just how she, who wasn’t in the Fifth Plane right now, could help Su Qi.
Xiao Qi, you must wait for your sister to save you!