As a result, William Foster refused, went alone to the market to buy some vegetables, bought a chicken, then got a portion of roast duck from the deli. After thinking for a moment, he bought a few pairs of socks from a small stall. Once everything was settled, he went home.

Opening the door, there was no movement in the living room. Then, as he opened the bedroom door, William Foster didn’t even have time to react before Icy threw herself into his arms.

“Brother, brother, you’re finally back, Icy was so worried!”

William Foster patted Icy’s delicate shoulder and said with a smile, “Don’t worry, Icy, from now on, your brother will never leave you again. I’ll come home on time every day!”

Raising the food in his hands, William Foster smiled and said, “Look, Icy, your brother brought you so much to eat.”

After speaking, William Foster put the things down. Looking down, he saw that Icy was still barefoot. Although her little feet were tender and fair, this wasn’t a solution. So William Foster said, “Icy, sit on the bed, I’ll help you put on your shoes.”

Icy nodded obediently and flew back to the bed. William Foster pressed his hand to his chest—if this scene happened at night, it would definitely be frightening: a little beauty flying around in the air could easily scare someone.

Icy sat at the edge of the bed. William Foster crouched down, touched Icy’s white, jade-like little feet, and then carefully helped her put on socks, followed by a pair of little leather shoes.

“Come, stand on the floor and walk like a normal person.”

Icy blinked and nodded with a smile, “Okay.”

When Icy was actually standing on the ground, William Foster felt a bit more at ease. Now, the Icy in front of him was no different from a pure city girl, and her naturally blue-glowing long hair was even more enchanting.

After that, William Foster went to cook. Because Tommy and Lily were having a candlelight dinner, William Foster allowed Icy to move around the living room area, but she couldn’t go into Tommy’s room. Otherwise, if she happened to see a box of Durex, how would he explain what that was? Should he say it’s a modern raincoat?

Qi State was roughly in the area of present-day Shandong, and they should be able to eat spicy food, so William Foster decided to make a spicy big plate chicken to suit Icy’s taste.

Half an hour later, in that old, dilapidated kitchen, William Foster brought out a rice cooker full of chicken and potato chunks. The aroma of Sichuan peppercorns was invigorating.

Placing the food on the table, William Foster pulled over a chair for Icy to sit on, then said, “Icy, come, try this traditional yet improved Chinese dish!”

Icy didn’t know what “Chinese” meant, but she picked up the chopsticks anyway. Her expression was a mix of anticipation and fear as she stared blankly at the steaming dish.

William Foster frowned, then picked up a piece of potato himself and brought it to Icy’s mouth, saying, “Come on, Icy~”

Icy opened her rosy little mouth and took a gentle bite. Her face immediately flushed as she said shyly, “Brother, why does this taste so strange? The dishes in our Qi State are much more delicious than this…”

William Foster thought about it and agreed. That was palace food, after all—how could he compare? So he said, “Does it really taste that strange?”

Icy furrowed her delicate brows, then smiled, “Yes, brother, but I think I can eat now.”

William Foster was very happy and brought out the roast duck as well. As a dignified princess of Qi State, she shouldn’t be eating this kind of thing, but William Foster thought, wasn’t I the crown prince of Qi State in my previous life? And now, aren’t I just as happy sitting at a street stall eating cheap Yangzhou fried rice?

Icy didn’t eat much, just tasted a few bites, and the rest was quickly finished off by William Foster himself.

After dinner, he closed the door and studied the medical theories in the Green Satchel Heavenly Book. As he read, William Foster frowned and muttered softly, “It really is cold poison. Why can’t it be cured?”

Icy asked from the bedside, “Brother, what cold poison can’t be cured?”

William Foster replied, “A patient came today. Clearly, there was cold poison in his leg, so I used acupuncture to help drain the poison, but it didn’t seem to have any effect. I don’t know why.”

“Brother, when you performed acupuncture, did you use the power of the five elements?”

“The power of the five elements?” William Foster was astonished.

Icy nodded and said, “Yes, while you were out today, I also read the beginning of the Heavenly Book. During acupuncture, the practitioner’s five-element power enters the patient’s body along the needle, and only then can the root cause be completely eliminated. Cold poison belongs to water, and your own external attribute is also water, so you can’t completely remove the cold poison from the patient.”

William Foster suddenly understood, recalling the light that followed the needle into the old man’s leg during acupuncture earlier that day. Could that have been his own attribute power?

So William Foster asked, “So, I have to use earth attribute, which overcomes water, to treat it?”

“Mm.”

“But, as you just said, my attribute is water. How can I have earth attribute?”

Icy smiled gently, “It’s not impossible!”

Chapter 10: Qingxue Pays a Visit