Chapter 142: The Great Magic—Cold Wave

When Wu Ye Muzi handed out the food, everyone except Liu Sheng was stunned.

What, only hard bread?

There wasn’t even a single vegetable in sight. Wasn’t this supposed to be a meal? Was he a vegetarian or something?

Apparently, his idea of vegetarian food was just hard bread!

Liu Sheng didn’t seem to mind at all. He picked up the bread and started eating, glancing at Sang Chu, who was holding her food awkwardly, and asked, “Your Highness, do you not eat vegetarian food?”

“It’s not that…” She just hadn’t expected “vegetarian food” to mean bread.

Sang Chu took a tentative bite of the hard military bread, and almost choked!

It was so hard!

It was like biting into a rock!

Liu Sheng was puzzled by Sang Chu’s strange expression. He took another bite himself and didn’t think the bread was that bad.

“If Your Highness can’t eat this, you can wait until after the cold wave passes and go to the slave trading market to buy some magic beast meat. I can cook it for you.”

At this point, Sang Chu finally understood: in this magic academy, “vegetarian food” meant bread, and “meat” was just meat.

“You… don’t eat vegetables?”

Liu Sheng looked at Sang Chu with confusion. “Vegetables? You mean the wild tree spirits? But those count as meat too, just not very tasty. They’re tough and stringy, so people don’t like them.”

Right, she forgot—here, anything could become sentient!

“I don’t know if you have cultivation here, but back in the imperial city, I specialized in cultivation, so I’m used to eating fruits and vegetables. Sorry, not everyone is like me.”

Sang Chu realized Liu Sheng was probably going to be with her for a long time, so she wasn’t about to mistreat her own stomach!

She moved a bunch of fruits and vegetables from her storage space into her ring, then took them out one by one, laying them on the table.

With every fruit she took out, Liu Sheng’s eyes grew wider. These things were pure energy, not spirits!

Mu Xue was the first to grab a fruit. She tried to eat the bread, but it was just too hard—she couldn’t even take a bite and felt like her teeth would shatter!

Yi Ping was no better; after one big bite, his teeth were throbbing in pain!

After putting the fruit on a plate, Sang Chu said to Liu Sheng and the others, “Don’t worry, these are fruits I cultivated myself, not spirits. They’re safe to eat.”

She took one herself, but Liu Sheng still looked confused as he ate his bread. “Aren’t these fruits sour or bitter?”

“You’ll know once you try, trust me.”

Liu Sheng hesitated for a while, then finally reached out, closed his eyes, and took a bite.

Instead of the expected sourness or bitterness, it was sweet!

He took another big bite, his mouth stuffed full. “Delicious, so good!”

Sang Chu smiled. “If you like them, eat as much as you want.”

“Plate, do you—”

Before she could finish, the plate’s spirit had already taken the hint. Sang Chu put some vegetables on it. “Later, use these to cook a light soup!”

After thinking for a bit, Sang Chu added, “Maybe add some eggs or meat, and cook the meat a bit longer.”

She wasn’t sure what kind of poultry existed in this magic world, so she didn’t want to take out the ones she had. If they didn’t exist here, it’d be hard to explain.

The plate spirit replied, “Yes, Your Highness. Please wait a moment.”

The plate spirit took the vegetables to the back, and soon, a bowl of vegetable soup was ready. It was a little bland, but still much better than the rock-hard bread!

With the soup, everyone ate much faster.

Suddenly, a gentle female voice came from the crystal on the ceiling: “Your Highness, the cold wave is coming. Please be careful. I will activate the soundproof magic barrier to protect you. Once the cold wave is over, I’ll notify you. During this time, please do not open the window to avoid exposure.”

“Alright, I understand.”

Everyone heard the announcement. It was Mu Xue’s first time experiencing the cold wave. She messaged Sang Chu: [Sang Sang, what the heck is this cold wave?]

Mu Xue was still eating as she messaged. Sang Chu replied: [I don’t know, but everyone here seems really afraid of it.]

Outside, it sounded like something was being blown over!

Sang Chu carried her bowl to the window and looked out. In just one gust, everything on the street was instantly covered in frost!

The ground and walls froze solid in an instant!

Liu Sheng explained, “This is just the beginning. As the cold wave continues, the wind will get stronger. Eventually, the whole town will be buried in ice and snow. Anything left outside during the cold wave will be frozen solid!”

Sure enough, just as Liu Sheng finished, the snow outside had already piled up to the bottom of the window!

The speed at which the ice formed was unbelievable.

It had been a perfectly clear autumn day just moments ago, but now, looking out, it was even scarier than the depths of winter!

In no time, the snow had reached halfway up the window, and the street was completely buried in white.

Judging by the snow outside, it was already up to Sang Chu’s waist—and it had only been about a minute!

Looking at the rabbit spirit perched on her shoulder, Sang Chu couldn’t help but ask: [Rabbit, do you know what this cold wave actually is?]

The rabbit shook its head: [No idea. I’ve never heard anyone mention it before. This is my first time too.]

Suddenly, Sang Chu thought of something: [Rabbit, if you go shopping at the exchange, do your purchases count as mine?]

[Yeah, I represent you. Anything I buy is as if you bought it.]

Sang Chu: [Tell me, there are so many people trying to leave this place. Do you know how many have actually succeeded?]

The rabbit spirit blinked: [No idea. I only know what Sleepy Bro told me—he said it’s very dangerous, and if you want to leave, you’d better be prepared. He said this is the only place that can cure your condition!]

Looking at the snow already covering the window, Sang Chu couldn’t help but swallow. This place was just too full of unknown dangers.

No wonder so many ticket holders were buying up rafts and boats—the top ten items were all kinds of boats, food, and rafts.

She’d thought the rabbit could help her understand the magic academy and the world outside, so she only bought the top ten items. But now she realized everyone was buying necessities.

In other words, people needed lots of boats, but unless you had psychic powers or were a wood-type ability user like her, you couldn’t grow flowers or trees here. So, people bought boats and clothes to escape to other cities.

But if you just wanted to escape, why did you need so much stuff?

The more Sang Chu thought about it, the more uneasy she felt. There must be a reason—maybe you could only leave from certain cities.

[Rabbit, go find Qin Simian and ask if you can only leave from specific cities!]

The rabbit immediately replied: [I’ll go right now!]"