After Elenei finished spanking Maria, she went back into Mira's Soul Sea. Elenei doesn't want to stay outside too long because she doesn't know what might happen. There are all sorts of unusual things and people in this world and some of these people might be able to track her or feel her presence if she stays out in the real world too long.
Of course, the probability of this happening is extremely low, but she is a Phoenix. Her bloodline and aura are incredibly unique and unmistakable. If anybody had a way to notice her presence and track her that would definitely spell trouble since it definitely wouldn't be some weakling who showed up to hunt or subdue her.
She didn't want to take any unnecessary risks, but Maria deserved a good beating! How can she treat her, a mighty Phoenix, like a mere model just so she can have better looking clothes?!
Mira looked at Maria and noticed that her dress was barely able to hold in her ass, but Maria just acted like nothing happened and ran up to Mira.
"Alright! I'm ready! Let's go!!!"
Maria started dragging Mira out of their residence and while Mira was being dragged she couldn't help but feel her playful side surfacing. Her hand subconsciously lowered right above Maria's butt and…
SLAP
"AH! Mira! What the heck was that for?! Why did you just slap my butt?! It still hurts, you know?"
"Heh! That's for making me wait so long."
"Wha-! What do you mean?! How was that my fault?! That was clearly Elenei's fault for spanking me so long! I'm the victim here!"
Mira ignored this idiot and continued walking, but Elenei was rendered speechless listening to Maria put all the blame on her. She had the urge to come out and give Maria another beating, but Mira and Maria were already out of their residence and walking around the Sect.
The two of them didn't make it far when they ran into Celaine coming out of her residence.
"Hey guys. I heard you two arguing so I figured I might as well come out and join you."
Celaine walked over and greeted them.
"Hey Celaine! Did you have a good rest? I bet you were pretty tired especially with what you went through in that crazy floaty world with no ground!"
"Yeah, it's nice being back home. That was by far the best sleep I've ever had in my life."
The three of them started to walking together while making small talk until Celaine could no longer hold it in.
"Umm, Maria. Why does your butt look like that? Did you pad it or something to make it look bigger? I didn't know you were that type of person. Plus, who are you trying to show off for anyways? We live in an all-girls Sect!"
"NO! You're wrong! This is all Elenei's fault! I woke up this morning and for whatever reason she just started bullying me! Do you see what she did to me?? Now I can't even sit down without my bottom stinging!"
Celaine didn't say anything else and almost instantly knew that Maria caused some trouble and pissed off Elenei. She's already gotten used to how this 'innocent' looking girl behaves, but Elenei was not used to such behavior and she was fuming inside Mira's Soul Sea.
The three of them made their way towards the food stalls since Maria wanted 'real food'. They didn't stop at just one either, no, they visited all of them! After they made their way through all the food stalls, their hands were filled with different kinds of food and they decided to find a nice place to sit.
It didn't take long for them to find a nice wide open space that some of the Outer and Inner court disciples use to train, spar, clear their mind, or just relax. To Mira, this was the cultivation world equivalent of a park.
Once they sat down, Maria immediately started shoving her food down her throat like some kind of beast!
"Ahhh! Itsh sho nice ta ave weal food again!"
(It's so nice to have real food again!)
"Ugh! Gross! Eat with your mouth closed, dammit! You're getting spit all over my clothes!"
Celaine pushed Maria away and started eating her food much more delicately.
Mira just looked at the two and slowly ate her food in silence. She felt at peace right now and wished that such a thing could last forever or at the very least a little longer. However, she didn't lose sight of her goals, but for now… this is enough.
While Mira was relaxing, Maria had already shoved most of her food down her throat and started eating Celaine's.
The two of them argued and fought a little bit, but in the end Maria was still able to take most of her food and moved onto Mira. However, to her disappointment, Mira had already finished her food.
Contrary to what Maria and Celaine believed, Mira was actually fairly hungry and seeing Maria steal Celaine's food, she started to eat hers a bit faster.
"Phew… That was good stuff! I really missed the taste of seasonings and flavor instead of the bland garbage we usually eat! Hey, how about we go shopping? We can even pick up some spices so that we can actually have good food during our travels!"
Maria didn't wait for a response and just grabbed Mira and Celaine's hands then ran off in the direction of the shops.
Of course, the first shop they walked into was a general store that had all sorts of stuff, but Maria only came here to grab some spices and cooking utensils.
"Hello, how may I help you three beautiful young ladies?"
A middle-aged woman greeted the three of them at the door.
"Please bring us all of your spices and some cooking utensils, Auntie! My group and I can't go another day eating bland food!"
Maria announced which stunned the lady before she giggled softly.
"Hehe~ Of course. You can buy as much as you can pay for."
"Don't worry, Auntie. We have more than enough money to buy everything. The question is, do you have enough in stock? Hehe."
Maria and the woman started giggling while the woman brought them around the shop and showed them all of her spices and cooking utensils.
Surprisingly, she had many Human and Mortal Grade spices which Maria promptly grabbed. She didn't leave a single spice for anyone else to buy. Then they moved onto the cooking utensils and Maria ended up choosing a Low-Earth Grade pan and a Late-Mortal Grade Pot with various other Mortal grade cooking utensils.
Mira, Maria, and Celaine were stunned at the quality of items in this store since an Earth-Grade item isn't something you'd normally find in some random store like this. Therefore, they decided to ask the middle-aged lady and her response made them look at her in a different light.
"You might not know this, but although most of my business comes from the Battle Maiden Sect, I have plenty of customers that come to my store that aren't part of the Sect. As for why I have a Low-Earth Grade pan here, well, although that pan can be considered Earth Grade, it's probably the lowest of the low and even some Late or Peak Mortal Grade items might be better than this pan. But the reason it's Earth Grade is because of the metal used to make it. The ore it's made from is common Earth Grade ore called Titanite Ore and it's a very heavy metal that has extremely poor Qi conductivity. It's also extremely brittle for an Earth Grade ore and the only thing it's really good at is retaining heat which makes it good for cooking."
"So, it's basically useless in most aspects and cooking just happens to be one of the things it's good at?"
Celaine asked to which the lady nodded.
"That's correct. Anyways, your total is 200 Spirit Stones and some change, but I'll round it down to 200."
The lady winked at them and Maria just took out the Spirit Stones and left in high spirits. She was extremely pleased with her purchase and couldn't help but think about how bright the future looked now that they can make good food.
