Chapter 189: Klisa’s Cookies

The Earth is ascending.

The Earth is expanding.

More and more Boundary Ruins are appearing, disintegrating and merging into the Earth’s interior, causing the Earth’s surface area to rapidly increase.

All of this is because of the three girls by Xu Xi’s side.

Immortal Cultivation, Magic, Martial Arts.

They each brought down different great worlds, merging them into the Earth’s interior, just so they could descend in their true forms.

Naturally, as these Boundary Ruins merge with the Earth, they bring with them numerous supernatural legacies, all related to Immortal Cultivation, Magic, and Martial Arts.

The once balanced number of Supernatural Beings.

Suddenly became dominated by Immortal Cultivation, Magic, and Martial Arts.

Simply because these three systems not only have mature advancement materials but also various cultivation resources produced by the Boundary Ruins.

And so.

A new hot topic emerged.

Among these three most popular and widely spread supernatural systems, which one is truly the best?

The more experienced Supernatural Beings just smile.

Believing that strength isn’t determined by the cultivation system, but by the person using it.

But the younger Supernatural Beings argue endlessly.

“Do you even understand the value of One Punch Man? I’ll punch you fragile guys to pieces!”

Outside the courtyard.

The sun is scorching, and the noise is overwhelming.

A young martial artist practicing Qi and Blood Martial Arts shouts at his fellow Immortal Cultivators and Mages: “Muscles are invincible!!!”

The young martial artist looks proud, but his companions clearly don’t agree with his view.

“A mere martial artist, how could you understand the mysteries of sword flying and immortality?”

“A brute like you, a Mage can kite you to death from afar!”

Arguments.

Loud quarrels.

The peaceful summer, with its long days, seems to make even breathing feel heavy and difficult.

But listening to the voices of those low-level Supernatural Beings, Xu Xi feels the air become more lively, filled with a scent called “youth.”

“Being young is great, unlike me, who has everything.”

Xu Xi clicks his tongue lightly.

The outside discussions gradually fade away, the breeze carrying everything off, leaving only silence behind.

Xu Xi stretches out his hand, reaching beyond the lounge chair, catching the blazing sunlight in his palm, feeling its scorching heat.

“So quiet…”

In contrast to that heat.

The surroundings are silent.

In the sweltering heat, everything is silent, all sounds hushed.

Even the usually noisy birds have chosen to hide, avoiding the harsh sun.

“Mentor.”

No, there is still sound.

The calm “mirror” shatters.

The Witch walks over slowly, each step creating a strange echo with the ground, completely shattering the summer silence.

“Mentor, would you like something to eat?”

Cressa stops in front of Xu Xi.

Holding a plate of freshly baked cookies.

The cookies are crispy, emitting heat, their surfaces a light golden color, mixed with the unique aroma of baking.

“Cressa, did you make these yourself?” Xu Xi is somewhat surprised.

“…Mhm,” the Witch nods slightly.

Her silver-gray hair cascades over her neck and shoulders, like overlapping silver light, rippling like water.

“I thought you might like them, so I made them.”

The Witch replies.

Calm and sincere.

“Mentor, would you like some?” she asks again.

Under Cressa’s movements, a cookie is gently picked up, with a soft and delicate motion, offered to Xu Xi.

“Thank you, Cressa.”

Xu Xi doesn’t refuse, sitting up from the lounge chair.

Taking the cookie offered by the Witch.

Chewing slowly.

Just as it looks, crispy on the outside, soft and fragrant inside, not dry at all.

“You made them very well, Cressa, your skills have improved again.”

Xu Xi doesn’t hold back his praise.

“Thank you, it’s what I should do.”

Cressa stands beside Xu Xi, her hands crossed in front of her abdomen, appearing very quiet, her pale white dress making her look even more beautiful.

She still holds the plate of cookies.

Only when Xu Xi speaks, telling the Witch to sit down, does she quietly take a seat.

“Cressa, have some too.”

“…Okay.”

The Witch nods, following Xu Xi’s words, slowly placing a cookie she made herself into her mouth, chewing carefully.

Her expression is blank.

Only her mouth moves.

Making Xu Xi think of a feeding hamster.

“You seem to be thinking something bad…” the Witch suddenly looks up, her empty eyes sharp for a moment.

“No, I just think Cressa like this is very cute,” Xu Xi smiles, his warm hand resting on the Witch’s head, gently stroking her hair.

“Is that so…”

The Witch doesn’t understand, she tilts her head, continuing to taste her cookies.

Mhm.

The Mentor is right.

Her cookies are indeed delicious.

Looking at such a clueless Witch, and then at the vast blue sky above, Xu Xi chuckles, remembering many past events.

Once, in the magical world’s City of Allenson, he picked up a Witch wandering the streets.

Back then, the Witch understood nothing.

Her cooking was a mess.

Xu Xi saw that Witch as a pitiful little girl in need of care.

But magical time seemed to transform that weak, pitiful, and helpless little girl into the supreme Witch with a delicate face in an instant.

Thinking of this.

Xu Xi feels a dreamlike sense of unreality.

“Mentor?” Cressa notices Xu Xi’s distraction, looking confused, “What are you thinking…?”

“Nothing, don’t worry about me.”

The sun is scorching, the light piercing, the air burning and distorting.

It’s the unique super exposure of summer.

In the shaded corner of the courtyard, Xu Xi continues to stroke the Witch’s gray hair: “I just remembered things from a long time ago in the City of Allenson.”

That’s a distant past.

A shared memory with the Witch.

Cressa doesn’t quite understand why Xu Xi suddenly thinks of these things, but she can see that Xu Xi is in a good mood.

“What did you think of?”

“Hmm… many things, like when you messed up your Water Magic and destroyed the courtyard’s plants.”

“Or when you first cooked and accidentally caused a kitchen explosion.”

“And in the City of Apogu, when you wanted me to eat those poisonous seafood.”

Xu Xi lists the Witch’s “embarrassing moments” softly.

With a gentle expression.

“Did you dislike me like that?” Cressa asks blankly.

“No, I just think Cressa like that was also very cute, just that I can’t see it anymore, so I feel a bit nostalgic,” Xu Xi replies.

Am I cute?

Cressa doesn’t think so.

But if the Mentor likes it…