The deflated cultivator refused to give up and vowed to turn the tables.

At this moment, the two women also woke up, and He Meimei rushed out.

About twenty feet to the southeast, there were two antelopes with curved horns, taller and stronger than goats, with long, curved horns on their heads.

He Meimei chased after them with a few leaps.

Startled, the antelopes split into two groups, one heading east and the other south.

He Meimei chased after it southward, and Su Zinong said to Ou Ruo, "Go help Meimei!" Then he went eastward alone to chase after another antelope.

The antelope was used to running in the desert and ran incredibly fast, but Su Zinong's agility was superb; he was already at the late stage of the Seven Stars realm, so he could naturally catch up with the antelope.

Just as they were about to catch up, the antelope suddenly turned to the left.

Su Zinong could have used a bow and arrow or a dart to hit the sheep, but he was a little unconvinced and insisted on chasing after the antelope.

Gradually, he felt that the antelope's movements were even more elusive and unpredictable than the Sixteen Palaces Steps, sometimes to the left, sometimes to the right, sometimes forward, sometimes backward. He couldn't catch up for a while and chased it for a full quarter of an hour.

Just then, He Meimei and Ou Ruo ran over, Ou Ruo dragging an antelope. The two stood aside, watching Su Zinong and laughing.

"Why are you so fast?" Su Zinong shouted from afar.

"You only need to make a move, why are you fighting a antelope over agility?" He Meimei shouted.

Having no other choice, Su Zinong took out a dart and threw it at the antelope's neck. After a while, the antelope fell to the ground.

He Meimei walked over and said, "These animals have a very peculiar gait; it's hard to beat them. Why don't you try catching me?"

He Meimei then performed the Sixteen Palaces Steps in the desert, but her steps were very different from those Su Zinong had learned.

Su Zinong was already very familiar with the Sixteen Palaces footwork and practiced it very quickly, like a phantom.

However, He Meimei used the same footwork, but it was faster and more unpredictable than his, somewhat similar to that of the antelope from before. Su Zinong tried for a quarter of an hour, but couldn't catch up with He Meimei, not even touching the hem of her clothes.

"What's going on? Everyone's practicing the same footwork!" Su Zinong shouted.

“Footwork is static, but people are dynamic. My family has added the movement of a deer running to the original footwork, making it even more unique,” ​​He Meimei said with a smile.

Su Zinong then recalled the image of the antelope running in his mind, nodded, and said, "Oh, I understand. The He family is really amazing."

“Sigh, those are all things left by our ancestors. In our generation, each generation is worse than the last. I must at least hold onto the Nine Stars, so I must enter the Nine Stars, otherwise the He family will decline. Besides, my parents only have one daughter, me,” He Meimei said.

"So you wouldn't be thinking of finding a good husband to marry into the He family, having a few more kids, and then improving your cultivation to bring glory to your ancestors, haha, that's not a bad idea!" Su Zinong said with a smile.

“With such a hot and flirtatious fortune teller, having ten or eight babies wouldn’t be a problem!” Ou Ruo interjected.

"Do you take me for a sow? If someone is truly a brilliant genius, one is enough. We can't just focus on quantity and ignore quality," He Meimei said.

The three men dragged the two antelopes back to their tent. With such a bountiful harvest so early in the morning, everyone was all smiles, thinking that they could finally return to the oasis.

Worried that the desert heat would spoil the antelope meat, Su Zinong and He Meimei each took a water pouch, used their ice-cold skills to turn the water into ice, and placed it with the antelope meat to keep it fresh.

If Ou Ruo wanted to learn, Su Zinong taught her the secrets of generating energy. Since she was originally practicing the Water Kidney Meridian, her progress was not slow.

The three masters would rest every three hours, using their internal energy to create cold air to keep the mutton fresh.

It took him two days to return to the inn's courtyard. It was already evening when Su Zinong wrote a short letter and went to the palace, asking a guard to deliver it to the prince and princess. Then he returned to the inn's courtyard to await a reply.

That evening, Su Zinong received a reply. The prince said that it was inconvenient for members of the royal family to travel without a grand procession, which would require a large number of guards and cause unnecessary trouble. Therefore, he invited Su Zinong to have a barbecue in the palace garden the next morning.

“If they’re not coming, then we’ll have to go ourselves,” He Meimei said.

The next morning, Su Zinong washed the antelope meat, cut it into large chunks, and marinated it with seasonings. He also took several jugs of wine and entered the palace, arriving at the back garden. Ou Ruo was unwilling to come along and stayed alone in the separate courtyard to practice her martial arts.

The prince smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, Young Master Su, we are having trouble traveling, please forgive us."

“I understand,” Su Zinong said. “It’s more convenient for us to come.” He noticed that the princess was wearing a red dress today, so he praised her beauty, and the princess politely thanked him.

When Su Zinong roasted the mutton until it was half-cooked, the prince and princess's eyes lit up.

The princess took a deep breath of the aroma of the roasted lamb, her slightly tense face relaxed, and she smiled like a blooming flower, saying, "Young Master Su, your cooking is superb!"

"I wouldn't dare come to the palace to make a fool of myself if I didn't have some skill," Su Zinong said with a faint smile.

“Young Master Su, what are you saying! We’re all friends. Regardless of your cooking skills, as long as you’re sincere in grilling meat, you can invite us anytime. Besides, I’m already drooling right now,” the prince said politely.

“My brother, I admire him for nothing except his barbecue skills!” He Meimei said.

“Oh. Miss Su is too kind. Your brother is very talented, and there must be many things about him that you admire,” the prince said.

"Your Highness, my sister isn't exaggerating; she surpasses me in every way. To be honest, she's already at the late Seven Star cultivation level, almost catching up to the princess's top bodyguard." Su Zinong no longer concealed anything, feeling that telling the truth would gain people's trust.

“Oh, Young Master Su is so open about his cultivation level, which shows he is an upright person. But to say that Miss Su has the cultivation level of the late stage of the Seven Stars is something I still find hard to believe at such a young age,” the prince said.

"I believe it!" the princess smiled sweetly.

"Talking about cultivation and fighting is such a killjoy. How about I show you a skill that even my brother can't do, and see if I can beat him?" With that, she placed four jugs of wine a foot away and used her old trick to send out icy true energy into the distance.

The prince and princess praised He Meimei's amazing skills.

Just then, the antelope meat was cooked. Su Zinong first cut it for the prince and princess, then cut a piece for He Meimei and himself, and took a bite to show that it was not poisonous.

However, the prince and princess still had their servants test the food with silver needles before they ate it.

Su Zinong didn't care. They were princes and princesses, so of course they had to be careful, especially with these foreign foods.

The princess took a bite of mutton, then took a sip of chilled wine from a jug, and said to the prince, "Brother, this is the most delicious food I have ever eaten since I was born!"

The prince, who was enjoying his meal, nodded repeatedly upon hearing the princess's words, saying, "Gina, you're absolutely right. It seems that next time a hunter brings mutton to the palace, we'll have to trouble Young Master Su to come in and show off his culinary skills as our chef, haha..."