Chapter 253
Even if you deduct the time she spent fleeing and hiding, as well as the time she spent on the battlefield with Tu Lan honing her skills, she had still dedicated at least one hundred and fifty years to mastering the culinary arts—one hundred and fifty years of unwavering focus. Yet, she still couldn't compare to Shen Yu Shi. She had never produced a dish that scored above 98 points, and her current level was nearly at her limit, which clearly indicated how poor her talent in cooking was...
Over the years, she had stolen only a handful of skills, but each reincarnation brought her some gains. Among them, her favorite was an S-rank skill called "Hu Nao Chu Fang" (胡闹厨房, "Mischievous Kitchen"), which she had snatched from the Song Gui treasure vault. She had no idea how such a skill existed. That time, the city of Zhi Zhou had been blown apart, and in the end, it was thanks to Tu Lan transforming back into her original form and using the Face Fruit that they managed to escape.
"Hu Nao Chu Fang" (S-rank): Upon activation, it opens a realm of culinary mastery. Within this kitchen domain, while you prepare dishes, a being completely unskilled in cooking will continuously disrupt you, igniting all your potential. The dishes you create will reach your highest standard. The domain lasts for 5 hours, with a cooldown of 3 natural days.
With this skill, combined with her long accumulation of experience in the tower, her long-sealed culinary god skill could finally be put to use.
Over the years, she had also discovered that if, after reincarnation, one could avoid significant personality changes and seamlessly adopt the social relationships of the character, it was quite likely to receive good things from others. The owlfolk were particularly generous to their family and friends... However, even if her differences were discovered, she had yet to encounter any real danger.
Tu Lan was currently engrossed in a game of engineering mahjong she had just created. Forget about needing three players; this mahjong could be played with just one missing piece.
Hearing Yu Xun Ge's exclamation, she asked, "So, are we about to leave soon?"
Yu Xun Ge replied, "Yeah, in 35 years."
**Chapter 325: Feng Ran, Cotton Candy, and the Three Sisters**
She had thought the hundreds of years would be excruciating, but as she immersed herself in the study of cooking, it felt like it ended in the blink of an eye.
Thirteen years later, Yu Xun Ge, now obsessed with alchemy, glanced at the time and sent Tu Lan back to her pet space. Resting her head on her arms, she listened to the distant cheers celebrating the end of the war.
When she opened her eyes again, she found herself transformed into a young owlfolk, lying on the back of an owl girl. The girl’s orange-red wings slightly arched to shield her from the wind.
The owl girl said, "Feng Ran, don’t make your sister angry. She’s very tired."
Yu Xun Ge stared at the girl’s information, her eyes widening—Feng Cang???
And she was level 11, looking like a primary school student, not much older than Yu Xun Ge herself.
Looking at herself, she realized she was also level 11...
With their tiny arms and legs, it was clear someone had helped them level up.
Sister?
She hadn’t wasted her time in the library of the city of Zhi Zhou; she had read all the information collected by Ding Hai.
Feng Tang, Song Gui, and Tao Mian all had their own children. Among them, Feng Tang had the fewest, with only three offspring, two of whom had already perished in battle. Those competing with Feng Cang for the position of Owl Emperor were all descendants of Feng Tang’s siblings, but they had all been suppressed by Feng Cang.
As for the two who had died, one was named Feng Ran, and the other was Feng Mu, the youngest and eldest daughters of Feng Tang.
Just then, an owl girl with exquisite features and a pair of orange-red wings walked in. Though she looked like a girl still in middle school on Blue Star, she approached with an air of ironclad determination.
Feng Mu glanced at Feng Cang and then at the little owlfolk on her back. Her brows furrowed in a way that made Yu Xun Ge think she was about to say something, but instead, she put away the whip in her hand, squatted beside Feng Cang, and said, "Let me take care of this little tightwad."
Feng Cang chuckled softly and shifted Feng Ran onto Feng Mu's back. She said to Feng Ran, "See? Your sister isn’t mad at you."
Fortunately, in her last reincarnation, Yu Xun Ge hadn’t gone to the battlefield but had instead hidden in the Forest Sea for over a decade, allowing her bloodlust and killing intent to subside.
She instantly got into character, playing the role of Feng Ran, who was described in the history books as "shy like a sensitive plant, her mother always hoping she could be as bold and fiery as her name suggests, possessing the courage to burn through the Forest Sea, but she would likely never achieve that."
She shrank her neck and obediently replied, "Mm, sister is the best."
This year was 5093 in the Ruin Core calendar, the second year of the Zelan invasion of the Forest Sea, and at this time, Feng Ran had just turned four.
Her divine gift was called "Cotton Candy," Feng Cang's was "Cream Biscuit," and Feng Mu's was "Snowflake Pastry." All three sisters had S-rank divine gifts, while Feng Tang's divine gift was SS-rank, named "Butter Beer."
Though their names were all sweet, only Feng Ran's "Cotton Candy" had five skills that were entirely healing and support-oriented. Feng Tang, Feng Mu, and Feng Cang's divine gifts were all highly distinctive and versatile, capable of offense, evasion, defense, and attribute enhancement...
The three sisters were as sweet in appearance as their divine gifts. The owlfolk were already a race known for their beauty, and they all had long orange-red hair that matched their wings, with a slight wave. However, Feng Mu resembled Feng Tang more, sweet yet with a hint of sharpness.
By this year, Feng Tang had gained some fame for ranking in the top ten on the level leaderboard, but she spent most of her time with her three daughters, helping them level up and fight monsters.
Feng Ran was only four years old; according to Feng Cang, she had even been wetting the bed last year, yet her attributes were already higher than most owlfolk, all thanks to Feng Tang's guidance.
The history books did not record Feng Tang's partner, nor did they mention Song Gui or Tao Mian's partners. It was unclear whether it was unnecessary or if these powerful beings simply had no time for relationships.
But after becoming Feng Ran, Yu Xun Ge realized that, for Feng Tang, it probably wasn’t necessary.
Though owlfolk were extremely loyal in love, when it came to having offspring, most would choose to bear them alone. Owlfolk possessed a remarkable fruit called "Reproductive Spores," which, when consumed, allowed them to conceive offspring independently.
The offspring produced this way were likely to be of the same gender, with only a 10% chance of being of a different gender.
So when Liang Yuchuan killed Song Ji's youngest daughter, it was no wonder Song Ji was so furious. Even though Song Qiu was a distant relative of Song Gui, she still managed to secure a good position because they were all 10% of their father's bloodline.
Owlfolk believed that only those they bore themselves were truly their own bloodline, while those mixed with another were seen as "mixed blood." This mixed blood was easily identifiable; their wing colors would not be pure.
Even if two owlfolk with the same white wings produced offspring, the mixed blood's wing colors would become mottled, displaying several shades of white—snow white, silver white, greenish white, pinkish white, and so on.
Feng Tang had high standards; she looked down on other owlfolk because she was the strongest in this forest. She dismissed those weaker than her and felt compelled to subdue those stronger than her. Once she did, she would no longer regard them as worthy, trapping herself in a vicious cycle...
On ordinary days, the four of them would venture out together to find dungeons and level up. Feng Tang and the others would fight monsters while Feng Ran provided them with buffs. For the sake of Feng Cang's remark, "You didn’t cry when you saw blood today," she had to put on a few crying performances each day.
She couldn’t be sure if there were any outsiders among the owlfolk present who had climbed the tower.
This identity was so precious; she had to find a way to stick with Feng Tang! No matter what she could learn, even if it was just Feng Tang's way of handling things and speaking, it would be worth it. She often struggled to gauge the right balance in her interactions with Ding Hai.
Yu Xun Ge had always been someone who admired strength. In her eyes, any strong person had something she could learn from. With Feng Ran's identity, she would gladly follow Feng Tang and learn from her, even if it meant staying in the tower for another hundred years.
The only regret was that she couldn’t let Tu Lan out to play recently, nor could she cut the moon anymore. But thankfully, she had already stolen enough moon sand. Although it was a bit of a pity, it was still acceptable.
Most importantly, every time she faced Feng Tang, she instinctively felt that as long as she could learn by being close to such a person, even missing out on the chance to gather moonlight didn’t seem so regrettable. The moonlight would always be there, but there was only one Feng Tang.
If Hufflepuff represented the beauty of intellect and tranquility, and Lucia embodied the beauty of wildness and strength, while Mist Blade Moon Emperor exuded the beauty of nobility, then Feng Tang was the embodiment of spirited elegance, her orange-red hair casually tied up with a grass string.
She kept things clean and tidy, not spending too much time on clothing or accessories. She loved to laugh, enjoyed flying swiftly through the Forest Sea, and relished pushing her limits to take down enemies one against a hundred. She viewed scars as medals and regarded desperate situations as games.
Yu Xun Ge's biggest annoyance at the moment was that Feng Mu always competed with her for Feng Tang's attention...
Every time she tried to bond with Feng Tang, Feng Mu would come over to vie for affection. And even though Feng Mu was ten years older than her now, Feng Tang truly managed to treat them equally, never favoring Feng Ran just because she was younger—of course, she also never showed favoritism towards Feng Mu for her outstanding talent.
**Chapter 329: Feng Ran, Five Points of Feng Tang**
For instance, at this moment, after flying a few circles in the sky with Feng Ran in her arms, Feng Tang set her down and walked over to the visibly jealous Feng Mu. Turning her back to her, she leaned on her knees and gently said to Feng Mu, "Come on up."
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