Xiao Chen brought Tasia to the villa's restaurant, which was also a room with a sea view and directly connected to the terrace leading to the beach.
The layout of the restaurant was very different from that of the restaurants of ordinary noble families. There was no long table, but a round table in the room. The tableware on the table was also very different. There were no knives and forks, only bowls and chopsticks.
"Do I really need to eat?" Tasya asked.
"From a survival perspective, of course you don't need to eat. You no longer need food energy to maintain your body's functions. The essence of eating is to absorb a portion of your mental energy into your body." Xiao Chen said seriously, "But Tasia, your understanding of the meaning of eating is very problematic! Food is a kind of enjoyment, and even one of the meanings of life. How can it be unnecessary?"
"I have never seen a strong person who regards eating as the meaning of life."
"That's because the strong won't tell you what they think about eating. Isn't the meaning of life to find something you want to do? No matter how small or ordinary the thing itself is, as long as it is valuable to me, it's fine. What the truly strong should do is to allow more people to have the opportunity to do what they want to do."
Tasia remained silent.
"Are you convinced by my reasoning?"
"No, I was just wondering why you can talk so much about a meal."
"Let me just ask you, was the ice cream delicious?"
Tasia hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded.
"Want to eat more?"
"… think."
"If you want to eat, then eat it."
"But I have a question." Tashia hesitated, "What if, what happens if you eat too much?"
Xiao Chen smiled knowingly, "No, no, you don't need to do that here. The spiritual energy you take in can be released through any part of your body. Of course, if you insist on keeping your old habits, I can..."
"Stop talking!"
—————————
Xiao Chen started cooking.
The so-called creation is actually the creation of things. As long as he summons some water or sand and shapes them into the shape of dishes, they will become real delicacies. In this restaurant, Xiao Chen uses his creation ability to become a chef who can cook without rice.
As Tashia watched the dishes on the table grow in number, she suddenly thought of another question: "Since this world is made up of your spiritual power, then if I eat these dishes and do not emit them, but slowly transform and absorb them, then I am actually devouring your spiritual power?"
"You can say that." Xiao Chen just made a boiled pork knuckle, but he was not satisfied with the shape, so he turned it into a vegetarian roast goose. "But this is exactly what you should do, otherwise you won't be able to recover your strength and realm. You can see how huge my spiritual world is, and I don't lack this little bit of spiritual power."
"But this still weakens your strength. Don't think I don't understand. Since you have such a strong control over every plant and tree on this island, they must have been cultivated through your hard work."
"You see that raging sea outside, right? That's all my potential mental power. Until now I still don't know how big it is. No matter how much you absorb, I will only cultivate more from it." Xiao Chen looked up at the sea in the distance, and then he disappeared. Two breaths later, he returned to Tasia, holding a water ball the size of a football in his hand.
Although the water in the water ball had escaped from the raging sea, it still did not calm down. It kept churning and struggling in Xiao Chen's hands, like a small animal caught by a hunter.
Xiao Chen stared at the water mass. Slowly the water began to calm down, then flattened into a disc shape, and finally turned into a plate of roast duck.
"You see, that's it. I'm doing the work of transformation every day. Don't worry about me."
Tashia found that Xiao Chen still had a little sea water that he hadn't used yet, so she said, "Let me see it."
She contained a part of Xiao Chen's power in her body, so she had a certain ability to control the mental power in this world. After reaching out her hand to draw that small ball of water, she carefully felt the characteristics inside, and then used the little mental power she had left to change it bit by bit, letting it slowly synchronize with her own mental power. Slowly, slowly, this ball of sea water was actually absorbed into her body.
"I did it!" Tasia shouted excitedly, "I don't need to devour your mental power. I can row to the edge and use my own power to transform the uncontrolled mental power!"
But at this time, more than a dozen dishes were already placed on the table in front of her. Xiao Chen said, "You haven't realized how much time has passed. Just convert my own mental power, and your recovery speed will be five times faster, and you won't be in danger."
Tasia shook her head vigorously and said, "That's enough. Even if I recover, I'm just a soul trapped in your meditation world. Maybe helping you build this world is the only thing I can do? What else should I be anxious about? But you have to face more threats than me."
"Okay." Xiao Chen found that Tasia was very stubborn in some aspects, so he decided to respect her own opinion. "Our dinner is ready. I should go and invite the guests in."
"Guests?" Tasya looked at the table and saw that there were indeed five sets of tableware. Except for a small bowl for the little silver dragon, the other two sets of tableware indicated that there were at least two guests.
Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and made a wave in the air, and a portal of the Soul Bridge appeared on the terrace. After the portal disappeared, two people appeared there, one was the anxious female knight Belia, and the other was a young woman with long dark blue hair.
"Miss!" Belia saw Tasia rushing towards her excitedly.
"Belia, how did you get in?"
"Miss, it's so great to see you... " Belia didn't bother to answer her question and hugged Tasia, "I almost thought I would never see you again. It's my fault for not protecting you well! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I haven't slept since you disappeared. I'm waiting, waiting to meet you and say this to you in person."
Tasia wiped away her tears and comforted her: "Belia, don't say that. This may be a person's luck... I have had good luck all my life, so it's not surprising to be unlucky occasionally. But now I am here, don't be sad, you still have plenty of opportunities to protect me."
Belia and Tasia hugged each other and talked for a long time, crying and laughing.
But Xiao Chen did not disturb them. He knew that both Tashia and her knight needed to vent after going through so much.