Lately, Li Qingran had never witnessed such a phenomenon.

For a cultivator, building a house is simple, but transforming a dilapidated thatched hut into a stone house in an instant is no easy feat.

Not to mention conjuring clothes and food out of thin air.

Creating something from nothing and transforming something into something else are two entirely different concepts.

Initially, she thought a great cultivator was playing tricks on her, hiding and taking things out from a storage ring, but she didn't sense any spatial fluctuations. Everything appeared out of nowhere.

To create something from nothing and make the food look, smell, and taste perfect, it must be a great cultivator at the Divine Transformation stage, right?

Or perhaps... Body Fusion stage?

Li Qingran wasn't sure.

After all, her master, the old monster at the Divine Transformation stage, Daoist Qingxuan, couldn't achieve this.

He could only transform ingredients into finished dishes but couldn't make food appear out of thin air. Of course, it's also possible that Daoist Qingxuan never studied such techniques, considering that even at the Foundation Establishment stage, one could abstain from food.

The aroma of the food made Li Qingran's mouth water. After her cultivation was abolished, she could no longer abstain from food. The meat of demonic beasts was often highly toxic, and she couldn't discern it, so she could only eat wild fruits and roots from the mountains.

Hiding under the bed wasn't a solution.

Li Qingran cautiously poked half her head out from under the bed, mustered her courage, and called out, "Which senior is casting spells here? Junior Li Qingran dares to request a meeting with the senior?"

The surroundings were silent, with no response, only the sound of torrential rain pounding against the bamboo window.

Li Qingran remained silent for a while, deciding to come out from under the bed.

Saying she wasn't scared would be a lie, but considering the other party's immense powers, did she have any room to resist if they intended to do something? Just now, her sole was even tapped, and the senior's hand was warm, seemingly mocking her for hiding under the bed and still giving herself away...

Thinking of this, Li Qingran bit her lip, her face turning red.

Forget it, if she was going to die, so be it.

She crawled out from under the bed, looked around, and saw no suspicious figure in the room.

Finally, her gaze involuntarily fell on the feast on the table.

"Gulp—!"

The sound of swallowing and the rumbling of her stomach occurred simultaneously.

She awkwardly sat at the table, staring at the dishes, but didn't pick up the chopsticks.

Instead, she clasped her hands together, bowed her head, and said, "If the senior is unwilling to show themselves, could you let Qingran know if this food is edible? If the senior doesn't speak, Qingran won't touch the senior's things even if she starves to death."

After speaking, Li Qingran sat in front of the table full of delicacies, closed her eyes, and entered meditation.

***

Chen Huaian casually whipped up some scrambled eggs with tomatoes for lunch.

Returning to his phone, he saw Li Qingran had already come out from under the bed and was sitting at the dining table meditating. Her body was swaying, her calico cat-like face dotted with sweat, her nostrils flaring, clearly resisting the temptation of the food.

"What kind of pose is this?" Chen Huaian chuckled.

Who meditates in front of food? Training willpower? The girl's chin was almost hovering over the roast chicken.

[Li Qingran requests to consume the nutritional meal. Do you agree?]

A dialogue box popped up.

"This thing needs my permission? So strict?"

Chen Huaian chuckled and shook his head, choosing to agree.

In the scene, Li Qingran seemed to hear something, opened her eyes, and a look of joy appeared on her face.

"Thank you, senior!"

"Damn, there's even sound!"

The sudden crisp and pleasant female voice almost made Chen Huaian drop his phone. Mainly because he hadn't turned on the sound earlier, thinking there was no sound since the game had no BGM. Later, he turned up the volume and realized there were realistic ambient sounds, like the crackling of a burning stove and the sound of torrential rain outside.

But he never thought Li Qingran had a dedicated voice actor.

As expected, the saying goes, handcrafted with overkill!

Chen Huaian continued to watch the girl eat.

At first, Li Qingran ate slowly, but then her chopsticks moved faster and faster, eventually turning into a ravenous pace, the speed of which left him dumbfounded.

Truly, only in a game could a character eat so quickly.

***

After finishing her meal, Li Qingran picked up a small towel beside her and wiped her mouth, blushing as she bowed her head in gratitude, "It's been a long time since I've had such delicious food. Senior's great kindness, Qingran will never forget!"

Just when she was meditating with closed eyes, she suddenly heard a resounding 'Yes.'

The voice was like the grand sound of the Dao, penetrating her soul.

When she opened her eyes, she saw a large golden character composed of spiritual energy floating above the dishes—Yes.

This voice was clearly a sound transmission technique.

Many cultivators could condense spiritual energy into words.

But the appearance of this spiritual energy character wasn't due to the surrounding spiritual energy being mobilized; it was generated out of thin air. This meant that the spiritual energy character was transmitted along with the sound transmission technique. Who knows how far away this senior was transmitting from.

Hiss...

Li Qingran took a deep breath, feeling that the senior she had never met was even more mysterious. But regardless, from the current situation, this senior seemed to harbor no ill intentions toward her.

"Senior, I'll clean up the dishes now."

Li Qingran picked up the plates and walked outside.

It was still pouring rain outside, the sky covered with dark clouds, and the dense rain reduced visibility to less than five meters. Apart from the pattering of raindrops and the occasional muffled thunder, nothing else could be heard.

"The rain is even heavier than before..."

Glancing at the sky, a sense of gratitude welled up in Li Qingran's heart.

If it weren't for the house the senior provided, her dilapidated thatched hut would probably have collapsed by now.

There was a small corridor outside the house. She walked along the eaves and quickly found the wooden barrel she had placed outside the door yesterday. Originally, this barrel was used to collect rainwater for drinking, and now it was full, making it convenient for her to wash the dishes.

[Li Qingran is washing the dishes]

[Li Qingran's favorability +5, current 10]

"Wow, she can even wash dishes?"

Chen Huaian found the game more and more impressive.

Not only were the characters vivid, but there were also so many interactive elements.

How come he had never seen this game online before?

Seeing that the identity and medical report would take a few more minutes.

Chen Huaian started exploring other features and quickly discovered a new world.

He initially thought the game's scope was limited to the small house area, but he found out that wasn't the case—the game had a map, and it was huge! When the map was fully expanded, the location where Li Qingran was was just a small circle, with a green dot representing Li Qingran. The area around the small circle was shrouded in black fog, likely because it hadn't been explored yet.

Apart from the small house area being lit, there was a sect-like building on the map not covered by fog, with three golden characters on it—Azure Cloud Sect.

"Huh? It's the sect Li Qingran used to belong to."

Chen Huaian frowned. Since Li Qingran was a disciple of the Azure Cloud Sect, why wasn't she there? And why was she in such dire straits? Moreover, the distance from here to the Azure Cloud Sect wasn't far; the sect was on the mountaintop of another peak, while this was at the foot of the mountain, just a few steps for a cultivator.

There must be quite a story behind this...

He zoomed out the map again.

Then his expression changed.

Five red dots appeared near the small house circle, moving quickly toward Li Qingran's location!