Chapter 137 – Spirit Firmament Palace
However, thinking about it now, Hexi herself is also hungry. Just before she was chased by the a.s.sa.s.sins, she had made a lot of food and placed it safely in a room in Xumi Palace, specifically finding a cabinet to organise and store different foods. Remembering it now made her salivate.
One must know that the time in Xumi Palace has practically stopped, so the food stored inside, no matter how long it is left there, is still exactly the same as when it was stored. So when it"s removed, even the steam wouldn"t have dissipated.
Arriving at the front of Xumi Palace, Hexi was surprised to discover that even Xumi Palace has gone through some strange changes.
Xumi Palace has 81 doors, and in total there are nine palaces all grouped together, nine doors to every palace. Yet because most of the doors were closed, Hexi was unable to see what was inside them. Therefore, up until now Hexi had only known what the first palace is called, the Spirit Firmament Palace. The only door open there was the first room where Dandan was placed.
But now, after her s.p.a.ce had promoted, the originally locked eight doors had unexpectedly disappeared. There was now only one door remaining with the words "Spirit Firmament Door" on top of it, and at this moment it was closed.
Hexi slowly pushed the door open, and in a flash, her mind was suddenly filled with vague information— "Ninth Palace in Heaven, this is Spirit Firmament. All living things are for thou to use."
The door completely opened, and the first thing Hexi saw, is eight jade boxes floating in the air, surrounded by flickering white light.
The shape of these jade boxes is quite ordinary, and on the jade boxes a simple totem is carved. Hexi felt that she had seen this totem somewhere before.
Each jade box is surrounded by a milky white, close to transparent light, and the jade boxes floated around the room on this light, like mischievous imps. Hexi reached out her hand to catch them, yet they darted away before she could even grab one.
Her eyes were following one of the jade boxes, when her gaze fell to the left corner of the room, and suddenly she was so shocked she nearly jumped.
She saw an extremely familiar storage rack, and arranged on it had been her cooking tools, etc. Clearly the Spirit Firmament Door was Dandan"s former location.
But now, that corner is in a mess. The small doors on the storage rack were open, empty bowls and plates were piled in a heap, while there were several chewed bones thrown to the ground.
Veins appeared on Hexi"s forehead, and turning around, she saw Dandan duck it"s small head. With the appearance of a guilty conscience, it secretly tried to slip away, immediately letting Hexi know who the culprit is.
She extended out her hand, grabbed it"s neck, and lifted it before her eyes, darkly asking, "Dandan, did you eat these things?"
Dandan ducked it"s small head again, pitifully replying, "Mother, I was hungry…when I climbed out of the egg…hungry…so I eat~~"
The corner of Hexi"s mouth twitched, "This cabinet was full of food! You"ve eaten so much, yet you still dare to shout at me that you"re hungry?!"
Her braised moon chicken, roasted cloud rabbit, preserved porcupine leg…two full storage racks of food! She spent a lot of crystal stones to buy the ingredients, and little by little built up a stockpile, yet unexpectedly, it was all finished overnight!
Moreover, when she looked Dandan up and down, it looked so small, how could it eat so much food?! The amount of food was ten times the size of it!
Dandan"s mouth flattened, and weeping, it said in a sorrowful child"s voice, "Dandan"s body is growing, of course I will be hungry. Mother, don"t get angry, okay~"
Hexi felt helpless, she was unable to find a way to deal with this terrible eater of food!
Chapter 138 – Divine Sense Imprint
Hexi put Dandan back on the ground, but it immediately tried to take advantage of her and clung to the bottom of her clothes, shouting about being hungry.
This time Hexi completely ignored it"s spoiled child act, spreading out her hands, "Everything was eaten by you, where would I get the ingredients from in such a short time? I have no energy either, so there"s nothing I can do, you"ll just have to starve. Furthermore, I want you to clean up this mess you made, otherwise, you"ll never eat the food that I make again."
Finished speaking, she no longer cared about Dandan"s tantrum, and instead started to examine the jade boxes.
Dandan yelled for half a day, but after realising that Hexi was really angry and was refusing to acknowledge him, he couldn"t but help drop it"s small head, it"s antennae softly drooping.
All of a sudden, the antennae on it"s head moved, and looking around at the mess in the room, it lifted it"s arms in the air, waving it"s small hands.
Soon, everything was once again categorised, all neatly placed back on the shelves.
Dandan looked at the shelves for a long while, letting out a giggle, and just when it was about show Hexi so she could praise it, it noticed her staring at the eight jade boxes flying around the room with anxiousness.
The antennae on it"s small head swayed, and suddenly understanding, it waved a claw in the air. Soon after, the light surrounding the eight jade boxes flickered, and with a whoosh, they flew towards Hexi, abruptly stopping in front of her.
Hexi stared blankly, confused about what had just happened, when Dandan used it"s small and short legs to run to her, pulled a corner of her clothes, and boasted, "Mother, you see, I"ve tidied it all up. I also helped Mother catch these disobedient boxes. Mother, aren"t I awesome? Don"t get angry again, okay?"
Hexi touched it"s small head, praising it. Seeing it roll about in happiness, she couldn"t help but laugh. Whether it"s in an egg or this unknown shape, this little guy behaves like a five year old child.
Hexi picked up one of the jade box"s, first trying to open it using spiritual power, and when that failed, she used her Divine Sense to probe it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as her Divine Sense touched the jade box surrounded by light, it was as if she had used a key to open a lock. The light around the jade box disappeared, and it then heavily landed on Hexi"s hands.
Seeing Hexi"s puzzled expression, Dandan"s antennae perched upright on it"s small head, and with a crisp and clear, childlike voice, it said, "Because Mother is the owner of Xumi Palace, these jade boxes recognise Mother"s Divine Sense Imprint. Other people have no way to open these jade boxes!"
Hexi suddenly understood, and collecting the remaining seven jade boxes, she hurriedly opened them.
Soon, the boxes were emptied, and everything inside was arranged neatly in front of Hexi.
A hard sh.e.l.led egg the size of a chicken egg, two black coloured pills with unknown properties, and five jade slips.
Hexi sat cross-legged on the ground, examining the things in front of her, unsure of what to start with.
She beckoned Dandan over, "Dandan, do you know what these things are?"
Dandan scratched it"s antennae with a small, stubby hand, confusion across it"s face.
However, when it noticed the jade slips, it"s eyes lit up like it suddenly recalled something. Running over, it pulled one of the jade slips from the pile, handing it to Hexi, "Mother, I remembered! Grandpa Xumi said that he left Mother some guides. He told me to tell Mother, that after the Spirit Firmament Palace door opened, to first look at this…yes, it"s this jade slip."
Hexi"s eyes shone, and taking the jade slip, her mind quickly sank into it.