The food in the city's most renowned restaurants simply could not compare.
The difference was so vast that it felt absurd to even place them side by side… it was like comparing a child's wooden toy to an ultimate divine artifact forged by the heavens themselves.
One existed merely to be admired and the other could change a person's fate.
As Ning Xi continued to eat, she felt her energy swell rapidly, her qi surging through her meridians with an intensity she had never experienced before.
The spiritual essence contained within the food was dense yet refined, flowing smoothly and harmoniously, as if it had been tailored specifically for her cultivation path.
Her dantian throbbed faintly, expanding and contracting in a steady rhythm, and her meridians felt warm, supple, and completely unblocked.
Her heart skipped a beat.
"I can break through… right now," Ning Xi realized, her breath growing shallow.
