Lu Xiaoyao was about to argue when the old man gestured for her to look at the others.

After observing carefully, Lu Xiaoyao noticed that those who had been assessed had a jade pendant hanging from their waists. Some of the pendants were as plain as the one she had just received.

Besides her name and the emblem of Jingyun Mountain, there was nothing else on it.

These were the majority, clearly indicating that most people weren't that great.

However, there were a few others whose jade pendants had silver edges. The color and patterns on the silver rims reminded her of the disciples who greeted them at the mountain gate.

It was obvious that not only the jade pendants but also the clothing they would wear later would be differentiated by rank.

But Lu Xiaoyao didn't need to delve into this for now because she quickly spotted the only jade pendant with a gold edge in the crowd!

The owner of that pendant was none other than Zhen Po. The conspicuous gold edge made him the most dazzling person there.

"That is a single spiritual root, and a mutated lightning spiritual root at that. That is what you call top-grade talent," the old man said, following Lu Xiaoyao's gaze to Zhen Po. Among this batch of disciples being assessed, Zhen Po was the only one with a gold-edged pendant.

"There are also a few single spiritual roots, and their talent is above average. As for why they are only considered average, it's because their will wasn't firm enough on the Mind-Questioning Stairs; they almost gave up. Even with exceptional talent..."

He didn't finish his sentence but turned to Lu Xiaoyao and said, "If you want a good place with your spiritual root talent, it's probably useless to try to get into the popular elders' residences."

Lu Xiaoyao asked, "Please enlighten me."

"Seeing that you're quite modest, go to the Spiritual Food Hall. There's a half-god ancestor residing there. If you catch their eye..."

He winked at Lu Xiaoyao, turning her despair about her talent into a pleasant surprise!

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome~"

At this moment, Lu Xiaoyao had no idea what the Spiritual Food Hall was.

...

Soon, Mingmei and Lu Xiaoyao had their first meeting in the Spiritual Food Hall.

However, their meeting wasn't pleasant.

Mingmei was dragged there by Mei Jiu to get even.

"It's her! She dared to stop me from taking the jade date cakes and even pinched my face!"

After arriving at the Spiritual Food Hall, Lu Xiaoyao realized that she had been deceived. She hadn't even seen the big shot yet; she had been washing dishes all night!

After the grand initiation ceremony in the morning, she spent the afternoon in this Spiritual Food Hall, serving food, and washing dishes. She finally understood that the Spiritual Food Hall was a cafeteria!

The key was that she had witnessed those immortal cultivators, who looked so dignified on the high platform in front of the sect's main hall in the morning, fighting over food here, completely shattering her illusions!

Who said that cultivators don't eat?

They even fought while eating! If they hadn't restrained themselves, Lu Xiaoyao would have been scared to death by the aura emanating from those people!

Not only that, but she even discovered that some female cultivators, who looked like fairies in the morning, actually ate garlic with their meals!

And she was the one peeling the garlic!

Was this reasonable?

Lu Xiaoyao's resentment was noticed by a senior sister who was also helping out here, so she told Lu Xiaoyao that, according to custom, she could get a plate of dessert after working for a day.

Although Lu Xiaoyao didn't know what a plate of dessert could do, it was better than nothing, so Lu Xiaoyao was left with a plate of jade date cakes.

As a result, not long ago, a little bean sprout came in and wanted to take the jade date cakes!

Hey~

She had the worst temper when it came to annoying kids!

So, Lu Xiaoyao stepped forward and snatched back the jade date cakes while Mei Jiu was in a daze, and even "bullied" her a little.

"Hey! Kid, speak with your conscience, did I pinch your face? I just gave it a *rua*!"

Mingmei, who had been dragged in by Mei Jiu, hadn't even seen who was "bullying" Mei Jiu when she heard that familiar voice and that "rua" that didn't belong to this era.

"You..."

"Oh, is this the helper you were talking about? You wouldn't call this 'buy one get one free,' would you? Even if there were two more of you little ones, I could handle you!"

Lu Xiaoyao had no shame in bullying the small, but laughed triumphantly, making Mingmei's eyes twitch.

So, she shrank and became smaller, and Lu Xiaoyao couldn't recognize her?

Because she couldn't recognize her, she let herself go?

"Don't look down on people! Which peak are you from?" Mei Jiu was also confused by Lu Xiaoyao's attitude.

No one had ever dared to treat her like this since she was born, except for her parents _(：3」∠)_

"Me? I'm just from this Spiritual Food Hall, so what?! I'm telling you, little girls, stealing food is not a good habit. Go home to your mothers before I get angry, or you'll cry and blame me."

After teasing the two little girls, Lu Xiaoyao packed up, ready to go back to her room to rest, and took the plate of jade date cakes with her.

"Don't go~~ Wuwu, this jade date cake, sister, help me, this is so delicious!"

Mingmei didn't know what to say, but she didn't want to go against Mei Jiu's wishes, so she reached out to stop Lu Xiaoyao, looked up at her, and when Lu Xiaoyao looked down, knock!

This quiet, slightly expressionless girl was staring at her with her big eyes, not blinking at all, so cute it was killing her!

"Little cutie, you look so familiar!"

Mingmei: "..."

Oh, this long-lost line. Mingmei's heart was unmoved, and she was even a little speechless.

"Big sister, can you... share a piece of cake with my little sister?"

Mingmei had already seen the "I want to *rua*, I want to *rua*, so cute..." look on Lu Xiaoyao's face, so she shamelessly started acting cute.

"Hey~ If you had been this cute earlier, I would have given it to you!" As soon as Mingmei finished speaking, she saw Lu Xiaoyao squat down, take out a piece of jade date cake, and unexpectedly stuff it directly into Mingmei's mouth.

Mingmei: =。=

Mei Jiu: ???

"Wuwu, mine..." Mei Jiu was really about to cry out loud, but Lu Xiaoyao quickly stuffed a piece into her mouth as well, which finally made Mei Jiu shut up.

"Whew—" After breathing a sigh of relief, Lu Xiaoyao looked at the only remaining piece of jade date cake on the plate, gave up the idea of taking it back, and put the last piece directly into her mouth.

"I'm going!!!"

This bite was like a collision between Mars and Earth. The deliciousness made Lu Xiaoyao feel like her scalp was about to explode!

She turned to look at Mingmei and Mei Jiu with a strange look in her eyes.

Mingmei: "..."

This girl wouldn't be so shameless as to steal food from children, would she?

Mingmei thought, and then wondered if she was thinking too badly of Lu Xiaoyao. Wasn't it bad to think of her friend that way?

As she was thinking, she heard Lu Xiaoyao mutter to herself, "Children's saliva, isn't dirty, right?".oΓg

Mingmei: ??

Are you going to break through your own limits just because no one here knows you?