[I bought the baozi, but the Little Meat Bao were sold out. I’ll tell you about the rest after I try them.]
She was from Fengyun City, not far from Xiaohe Town, and had discovered this baozi stall on the Universal Realm Communicator.
Both she and a friend of hers loved to sample fine foods. They often split up to search for unique delicacies, and whenever they found something delicious, they would invite the other to try it.
She had noticed the post and, seeing that Xiaohe Town wasn’t far, decided to come and give it a try. What she looked forward to the most was the Little Meat Bao.
Without the meat baozi she had been longing for, the young woman was rather unenthusiastic about the remaining two flavors.
She had eaten many rare and exotic delicacies, so no matter how much people hyped it up on the Universal Realm Communicator, she didn’t have high expectations.
After sending the message, she opened the oil-paper bag and casually picked one up to take a bite.
The Universal Realm Communicator vibrated; her friend had replied.
[No worries. I found a really delicious Heavenly Taste Fish over here. I’ll send you the address. Come on over.]
The young woman was about to agree when her teeth broke through the white dough of the baozi, and a hint of sweetness seeped between her teeth and into her mouth.
The young woman, who didn’t particularly like sweets, felt her eyes go wide in an instant.
Even having tasted the creations of many famous chefs, she was still astonished by the flavor of this baozi.
“Holy crap!”
Startled by the delicious taste, the young woman cried out instinctively.
But as she was only holding the baozi with her mouth, it fell straight to the ground the moment she spoke.
It was a sudden and unexpected accident.
The young woman didn’t even have time to catch the baozi.
Plop!
The baozi landed on the ground. In an instant, the young woman’s face fell. Her baozi!
She had only taken one bite.
After the accident, the surroundings grew much quieter.
Amidst the strange atmosphere, the young woman looked up to find that many of the customers were staring at the baozi on the ground with a green glint in their eyes.
“Miss, do you still want this baozi?” someone asked her, their gaze somber.
That look was like a starving wolf’s.
“N-no…”
Faced with so many people with menacing glints in their eyes, the young woman answered hesitantly.
She was a cultivator; eating a little dirt wouldn’t hurt. Besides, she could just cast a Fǎshù to clean it, and it would still be edible.
Just as she was about to change her mind, the wind stirred.
A gust of wind sent the young woman’s hair flying wildly. She pushed the hair from her face, only to realize that the wind was caused by the clash of spiritual power from the surrounding cultivators.
At this moment, no one was paying attention to the young woman. All eyes were on the ground.
Since the baozi had already fallen and the young woman didn’t want it anymore, it was up for grabs by whoever was fated to have it, right?
A group of people met each other’s gazes, and sparks flew in the air.
Anyone who had tasted Boss Lu’s baozi could not possibly refuse this heaven-sent delicacy.
They didn’t mind in the slightest that the baozi had a bite taken out of it.
In a flash, someone made the first move.
“It’s mine!”
He shouted, channeling his spiritual power to its peak and lunging for the baozi on the ground.
He moved so fast that all one could see was an afterimage.
“Heh, if I can’t have it, you can’t either!”
The person behind him, who had started a moment too late, had a ruthless look on his face.
If I can’t eat the baozi, then you can forget about it too.
“What the—I’m your big brother, your actual big brother! How could you backstab me, and with a dirty move like Monkey Steals Peach at that?”
The first man was just about to pick up the baozi when a hand from behind him struck a critical blow.
The one who struck was his once-most-beloved younger brother.
With his masculine dignity under assault, he fell to the ground, clutching his legs and enduring one of life’s unbearable pains.
“Brother, when it comes to baozi, even we blood brothers must settle accounts clearly.”
It was precisely because he was his younger brother that he absolutely could not stand to watch his older brother eat one more baozi than him.
If he couldn’t have it, then he would destroy it all.
Jie jie jie!
The filial-in-reverse little brother let out a villain’s signature laugh.
As the two brothers turned on each other, others seized the opportunity to surge ahead.
Just as his fingers were about to touch the baozi, a smile spread across his face. However, he was celebrating too soon.
“Righteousness from above!”
Boom!
Someone descended from a high place, landing squarely on this person’s head and driving it directly into the ground.
The one who had acted was a young man. It was the same youth who had splurged on baozi yesterday and had been conquered by them.
Today, he was back again.
His name was Qin Zhan, a perfectly ordinary Heaven’s Chosen Disciple from the Holy Sword Sect, the third-largest sect in the Qing Yuan World.
Qin Zhan looked down from his high position, a brilliant smile on his face.
“Victory belongs to me!”
With a wave of his hand, the immaculate Qin Zhan unleashed his full aura. His power, enough to crush everyone present, made the others dare not move.
Qin Zhan’s lips curled into a smile.
He was smugly triumphant.
How could the mere cultivators of Xiaohe Town possibly contend with a peerless Heaven’s Chosen Disciple like him?
After striking his pose, he bent down, ready to enjoy the fruits of his labor.
“Huh???”
But when he looked at the ground, he was stunned.
The ground was empty. He couldn’t even see a scrap of dough.
Where was the baozi?
When he had made his move just now, he had deliberately avoided the baozi’s location, afraid of damaging it.
His precise control over his spiritual power was absolutely flawless.
So where was his big, fat baozi?!
“Where’s my baozi?”
Qin Zhan gritted his teeth, his fierce gaze sweeping over the surroundings as his fists clenched with a series of cracking sounds.
If he found the suspect, he wouldn’t hesitate to go over and teach them why the flowers were so red!
The furious Qin Zhan saw that all the suspects were shaking their heads.
“Um…”
As the baozi’s former owner, the young woman swallowed hard. “I know who the ‘culprit’ is.”
Under Qin Zhan’s furious glare, the young woman cautiously pointed to a spot not far away.
Qin Zhan turned his head and saw a large yellow dog a short distance away, burying its head and working hard.
With a flick of its tongue, it swallowed the baozi in one gulp.
Its ravenous appearance made Qin Zhan want to rush over, grab Big Yellow, and give it a few slaps.
It’s bad enough you stole my baozi, but you have to eat it so crudely?
Savoring, do you know what it means to savor?
With the baozi in its belly, Big Yellow sensed Qin Zhan’s gaze and bared its teeth.
“Woof woof woof!”
It was extremely excited.
As a stray dog in a world filled with spiritual power, Big Yellow’s intelligence had increased considerably.
From the very first day Lu Wu had set up his stall, it had discovered the mouth-watering delicacy here. But there were too many powerful humans, so it could only hide in the shadows and bide its time.
As the Long Aotian of the dog world, Big Yellow had always believed it was different.
It had the potential of a Great Emperor and would one day ascend to the throne of the Dog Emperor. When that day came, it, the Dog Emperor, would definitely capture that Boss Lu and make him cook baozi exclusively for it.
After lurking for several days, today it had finally found the opportunity it had dreamed of.
While those foolish humans were fighting for victory, it had already used the crowd as cover to sneak over.
When that pretentious human drew everyone’s attention, it snatched its prize and ran.
Things that fall on the ground belong to dogs—this was the supreme law of the dog world.
“You’re mocking me, aren’t you?”
Qin Zhan saw contempt on a dog’s face.
As a Heaven’s Chosen Disciple, Qin Zhan had never experienced such humiliation. He spoke viciously.
“Die, you cur!”
Taking a large stride, Qin Zhan made his move.
Today, he would let this thieving dog know the consequences of touching his things