After setting up the harpies' tables, Yasenia walked toward the table for her dears and placed their breakfast there.
This time, Angel and Evelyn helped her carry the things to make it quicker.
Nobody began eating before Yasenia gave the go-ahead, but the whole garden was filled with the sweet-smelling food on the table.
After everyone had their food before them, Yasenia stood beside her seat and looked around at the women waiting for her to speak. Yasenia smiled calmly and talked. "Before we have our breakfast, I wanted to say a few things."
All of them paid attention.
"This is our first breakfast together, which signifies our first step toward the future. We are few compared to the most prominent sects, and you are the first batch of many. I intend to give all of you part of our resources to set the foundation for a future superpower."
They all felt a surge of motivation.
Yasenia laughed a bit and commented. "Yesterday, we scared all of you because I needed to ensure that the worst spies were eliminated before they could deal any damage."
Yasenia sighed and smiled. "I know that some of you may still be from other powers, have astray intentions, or are doubtful about the future. However, I hope you all can change opinions in the future."
Yasenia looked at the food and continued. "Anyway, I don't want to make a serious vow about our future greatness, a motivational speech about our future riches, or brag about what we have now."
"To inaugurate the creation of our [Astral Sky Clan] outside my home, I made this breakfast. My intentions are not complicated, and I have no schemes prepared. What I want to do is create a safe haven for my dear ones in this Cultivation World full of struggles. Our way of working will be easy."
Yasenia looked around and stated. "If nobody offends us, we'll treat them with respect. However, we fear no one. Hence, when somebody thinks we are easy to bully, we'll make it known that we are not timid beasts but slumbering dragons!"
All of them felt motivated and shouted. "Well said!"
"For the Matriarch!"
"Let's make our names known!"
Yasenia chuckled and smiled gently. "Good spirit. I have nothing else to say. Dig in. Don't be shy."
They looked at the softly smiling dragoness and felt their heart fluttering.
Although having their loyalty bought with one breakfast was unrealistic, it could touch the heart when the big and powerful beauty prepared it.
Yasenia then sat down, and the girls at her table began eating.
Following suit, the harpies took a spoonful and tried the delicious-looking porridge.
A flavor explosion occurred in their mouths.
Their eyes widened, and sounds of joy filled the garden.
"Oh~, the Matriarch's cooking is delicious."
"Even these common dishes taste divine."
"I can't imagine how a complex dish would taste like, mmm~. This red honey is marvelous."
"Ahn~, If Lady Yasenia could lactate, I would kill for this breakfast to be prepared with it."
"Brainless bird, can't you speak normally while we eat the Matriarch's food?"
"You perverted bird! Lady Yasenia is a dragon."
"Right! How can someone from the dragon race lactate?"
"Even then, I can understand the thought, sister."
"Right, it is such a shame. I bet anything from that pair of jiggly flesh would be delicious."
"Sisters, how about we ask the cooking sisters to tell us about the Matriarch's cooking?"
"Good idea!"
Ghana, who was listening, was speechless. 'I better not say that I've tried what they are fantasizing about. No, I won't even say that Lady Yasenia can lactate. Who knows what kind of strange pleas they would do if they knew.'
Meanwhile, Yasenia had set up a simple sound-canceling formation around her table and began eating with her dears.
The dragoness observed her dears wolfing down the breakfast with a satisfied smile. Then, she asked curiously. "Dears, how was your experience with the harpies yesterday?"
They were about to answer when the conversation about Yasenia reached their ears.
They blinked twice and smiled wryly. Kali laughed. "Should I say as expected?"
Yasenia's lips twitched. "What do you mean, as expected?"
Cecile gulped the porridge in her mouth and commented. "As expected, the group that follows you is full of perverts."
The dragoness felt even her eyebrow twitching. 'Do I have a pervert magnet or something? Even my fans back at home are similar to this.'
Evelyn sighed. "I should have been a harpy in my past life."
The others looked at Evelyn and saw that she had a strangely proud, serious, and admiring gaze. They turned to listen to the harpies on the table Evelyn looked at and almost spat the coffee.
"You are correct, sister. The Matriarch's breasts curve is nearing perfection."
"I can only guess, but the softness seems extraordinary. No normal breasts would jiggle that sensually as she walks yet maintain a proud and standing position."
"I agree. There should be a bit of sag for that much jiggle and their large size. However, not only do they not sag, they are perky and beautifully rounded."
"Right, a true marvel. If I can be suffocated between them to death, I'll be smiling as a ghost."
They all felt it in their bones that Evelyn would fit like a glove between the harpies even when she was a human.
Andrea coughed and changed the subject. "To answer Yasenia's question, my experience with them was not bad."
Kali nodded. "I agree. How is the skill of those with you?"
Andrea shrugged. "They are usable. After the tests I made, their skill is between the peak-level magic rank and mid-level Earth rank."
Angel, Evelyn, and Kali agreed. Evelyn said. "The harpies I have are also around that bracket. Have any of you got a high-level Earth rank master?"
None of them nodded.
Yasenia commented. "If they were more skilled, they would most probably not be here."
Kali realized. "Right, Koran City can be considered a second-rate power at most."
Yasenia shook her head. "It is too weak to reach the second rate. There are no Epoch Core Body Realm cultivators directly affiliated with Koran City. Ghana told us that a second-rate power on a continental scale needs at least one Epoch Core Body cultivator."
Evelyn chuckled. "Then, we can only be considered a third-rate power right now."
Yasenia shrugged. "It's not that bad. We also aren't a real third-rate power since our production quality matches first-rank powers. If we can create Transcendental Items, we will reach a peak level for Distancia Continent."
Tatyana chuckled. "Well, hold your horses a bit, little treasure. The breakthrough to the transcendental rank for professions is a brutal bottleneck that stumps masters for hundreds or thousands of years depending on their talent."
She continued. "Even if all of you are exceptional, do not expect to reach that level before twenty or more years pass."
Kali asked curiously. "Not even Angel?"
Angel blinked twice. "Why do you remark me?"
Kali smiled. "Well, with your inheritance and talent, you'll probably be the first to break through."
Angel nodded thoughtfully.
Mirrory materialized and floated above Angel, resting her breasts on the head full of blonde hair. "She still needs much practice. She must relearn some concepts before reaching that level, which will take many years."
Yasenia saw their frowns and cheered them up. "Don't worry about distant things yet. Remember that our weapons and armor are even stronger than those Elders we met from the Nine Sects. They should be inner sect elders if their sects are organized like those in the Sky Continent."
Angel asked. "It goes from outer to inner and then core members, right?"
Valeria assessed. "I think they are Core Elders, to be honest."
Andrea wasn't surprised. "Right, even in the Academy, Unification Realm cultivators were considered Core Disciples."
Cecile commented. "It's all speculation."
Yasenia chuckled. "You are not wrong. Once Ghana and the others begin to work and gather the information, we'll finally graduate from being ignorant people."
Tatyana snorted. "You never graduate from that title, little treasure."
Yasenia rolled her eyes charmingly. She asked Andrea while feeding Kaleina some porridge. "Darling, how is their technique?"
Andrea was confused for a moment and then realized what she was asking. "Different. I was able to see the difference between our craftsmanship. When we work together, I'll explain it to you in more detail."
Yasenia nodded and asked the others.
They were all satisfied with their juniors, except Cecile and Tatyana.
Cecile said coldly. "They are weak, undisciplined, and unskilled. Although their bodies are much stronger than a spiritual cultivator, their skill variety is limited and sometimes non-existent."
Yasenia remembered her battle against the ten assassins, and they only used one or two different skills each.
The archer had no skills related to archery. She could shoot fast arrows because of the hard-to-pull mechanism and specially prepared arrows.
Evelyn asked. "Spiritual cultivator is to refer to cultivators like us?"
Cecile nodded. "I asked Tatyana and learned that there are three main cultivation paths. Body cultivation, Spiritual Cultivation, and Soul Cultivation. The names are self-explanatory as body cultivators focus on their bodies, spirit cultivators train everything equally, and soul cultivators focus on their soul powers and have weak bodies."
Andrea asked. "Can we learn the three paths?"
Mirrory answered. "It's possible. However, you have to have enough talent to do so. As you all are, only Yasenia, Angel, and Cecile are talented enough to practice the three paths simultaneously."
Yasenia asked. "What about Tatyana?"
Tatyana answered herself. "Possible, but my spirit cultivation is too advanced, so we don't know if there will be a rejection. It is still in the air."
Valeria chuckled. "Talent-wise, Tatyana is more than qualified."
They weren't surprised.
Cecile continued her complaints. "Speaking of which, any spiritual cultivator focused on soul mastery would be able to massacre body cultivators rather easily if they could attack freely."
Cecile then commented. "However, I have to praise body cultivation since once they close the distance and land an attack, they can easily destroy any spiritual cultivator some levels above them. Their resilience is also abnormal, and they can receive much damage before losing combat power."
Yasenia hummed. "That strong?"
Cecile looked at Yasenia with a deadpan expression. "My love, don't place yourself as a standard. How many cultivators at the First Level of the Unification Realm would have been able to receive the barrage of attacks you landed on them? You can already match up to a seriously fighting cultivator on your same level without strengthening yourself."
Yasenia chuckled. "I was just asking, don't be so eager to praise me~."
Then, Yasenia said seriously. "Anyway, they are not that bad. As long as we can use our renewable resources to increase their defenses, soul strength, talent, and bloodline, we'll have a good army in the future. Have you seen any of their Cultivation Techniques?"
Cecile nodded. "If we want to practice them, we can only start from the beginning. Even then, we'll advance rapidly because our bodies are extremely well nourished."
Mirrory nodded. "You are lucky to be the versatile cultivators. Thanks to the balance of soul and body as you advance, the other two cultivation paths are not hard to enter."
Yasenia nodded. "Then, we must find a high-quality cultivation method suitable for us as soon as possible."
Yasenia turned toward Tatyana with a smile and asked. "So, how are your subordinates?"
Tatyana snorted. "Although some of them have potential, as they currently are, they would be eaten by other powers in a year if I exclude Ghana."
Kali was curious. "And with Ghana?"
Tatyana commented. "They would survive but never make it past a second-rate power. Ghana's talent is a very limiting factor."
Tatyana looked at Yasenia and commented. "You should begin a massage program daily and use your acupuncture on them."
Yasenia frowned. "That would take too much time. Even if I spend ten minutes with each of them, it would be five hours without interruptions."
Tatyana nodded. "I know. That's why you should start with a weekly routine and increase your skill."
Yasenia nodded and spoke. "I'll use two hours before bed."
Tatyana nodded and commented. "Also, since my current body can't protect you as well as I would want to, I've decided to train them until they can work independently at an acceptable level."
Yasenia smiled happily. "Thank you, Mom!"
Tatyana chuckled and patted her head. "Moreover, I'm building a formation that will help you. However, it won't be ready in a while."
Yasenia was curious. "What kind of formation can take you a few months?"
Tatyana smirked. "Not telling~."
They all felt their heart twitch. 'I want to know!'
Yasenia sighed and picked a red fruit, throwing it into her mouth. "I walked into it, so it is my fault."
Angel suddenly said. "Speaking of formations. Mommy Tatyana, I have some formations copied from inside the secret realm, and I want to study them with you. I've been trying to decipher them with the books I bought in Lost Town, but I'm stuck. Can you help me later?"
Tatyana easily nodded. "Sure, I also want to see the methods you all learned. I couldn't participate these days because I was stabilizing this body, but now I'm mostly done with it, so I'll spend some time with you girls and see if I learn something new."
They all became excited and nodded eagerly.