After selling Liao Xing’s items, they went to the shops nearby. Seasonings and such things weren’t available at stores that specialized in doing business with Xiushi.
Fortunately, Liao Xing frequented this place and was fairly familiar with it. After walking through several streets, they entered an unremarkable shop.
Most of the people in this shop had no Xiuwei, and the things they sold were what ordinary people needed. But You Yu liked it very much. She swiftly bought a pile of things, spending ten Lower-grade Spirit Stones.
This Xiuxian world was simply amazing—the variety of seasonings was even greater than in her previous life. Many of them she had never seen before, and she planned to study them carefully when she had time back home.
Liao Xing readily paid those ten Lower-grade Spirit Stones for her, feeling somewhat peculiar.
Finally, he had paid for something for his Junior Sister once.
But compared to what other people’s Junior Sisters cost, this wasn’t even a fraction of a fraction.
Having taken nearly all of the shop’s stock, You Yu felt much more at ease.
Liao Xing paid the money and asked her, “Is there anything else you want to buy?”
You Yu nodded. “I have the seasonings now, but I still need to buy some ingredients. Otherwise, there’s nothing to cook with!”
The shopkeeper wanted to recommend more things from the store, but Liao Xing directly led her away. “The things here aren’t suitable for you.”
“Why?”
“What’s sold here are ingredients for ordinary people. If cultivators eat them, it will increase impurities in their bodies and affect their cultivation.”
“Then what do cultivators eat?”
“Spirit Food.”
“Lingshi? You can gnaw on stones?” The books hadn’t mentioned that!
Liao Xing twitched the corner of his mouth. “It’s Spirit Food—food with Lingqi, like Spirit Rice, Spirit Qi Vegetables, and the meat of Yaoshou.”
You Yu recalled that the books did indeed mention this. “Where can I buy these?”
“They can only be bought at restaurants that specialize in selling Spirit Food,” Liao Xing said. “There’s one such restaurant in Heyue Cheng. I’ll take you there.”
“Great!” She happened to be hungry anyway.
Liao Xing took her to Wangyue Lou. When she saw the name of this restaurant, You Yu was somewhat shocked.
It was actually Wangyue Lou, the largest chain restaurant in all of Dongyu!
Don’t be fooled by Wangyue Lou being just a restaurant—it was backed by Wangyuege, and under Wangyuege there were all kinds of shops, auction houses, and more. It was the largest commercial organization in Dongyu.
She remembered that the young heir of Wangyue Lou had also fallen into You Xue’er’s fish pond, deeply devoted to her, silently sending her many good things.
And You Xue’er? She would decline on the surface while accepting anyway. Of course, every time it looked like he was forcing it on her.
In short, she got the benefits while playing innocent.
Thinking about that devoted male supporting character—after giving so many good things, he was eventually stripped of his position as young heir because he gave the family’s treasured heirloom to You Xue’er—she couldn’t help but sigh for him.
This male supporting character was one of the few she actually liked. Though devoted, he hadn’t lost his rationality. It was only at the end, when he couldn’t bear to see You Xue’er become a cripple due to her shattered Dantian, that he took out the family’s treasured heirloom.
Liao Xing didn’t know what she was shocked about. He guessed it was probably her first time seeing such a restaurant.
“Come on, let’s go in and eat first. After we eat, we’ll buy the Spirit Food you want.”
“Great, great!”
The two went in, and a waiter came up to greet them. Upon learning there were only two of them, he said, “All our private rooms upstairs are full. There are only two tables left in the main hall downstairs.”
Liao Xing saw the remaining seats in the corner and glanced at You Yu. You Yu wasn’t picky and went straight over.
“This is our menu. What would the two of you like to order?”
You Yu looked at the dishes on the menu that she didn’t recognize at all, then pushed the menu to Liao Xing.
It was also Liao Xing’s first time eating here, but looking at the names, he could roughly tell what they were made of. Thinking about the money that had come into his pocket today, he ordered five signature dishes.
Although there were quite a few people eating right now, it didn’t affect the speed at which the dishes were served. You Yu guessed these were prepared in advance and kept in some kind of space that preserved freshness.
Ordinary Storage Bags didn’t have such a function, but Storage Rings could—whatever was put in would come out exactly the same.
The color and aroma looked pretty good. Hungry as she was, You Yu’s appetite was whetted, and she reached for the nearest meat dish.
Unfortunately, the taste was a bit lacking.
After tasting every dish once, You Yu’s stomach wasn’t as empty anymore, and her palate started getting picky.
Liao Xing noticed her slowing down and asked, “Do these dishes not taste good?”
“Everything is either boiled or roasted, and they’re missing seasonings. They’re just average,” You Yu said. “Third Senior Brother, when we get back, I’ll cook something delicious for you!”
Liao Xing thought of the unremarkable roasted snake meat from last night but didn’t dampen his Junior Sister’s enthusiasm.
Following the principle of not wasting food, the two finished all the dishes, called the waiter over to settle the bill, and then stated their request to purchase Spirit Food.
“You want to buy Spirit Food? Of course, we sell that here too,” the waiter said with a smile. “What would the two of you like to buy?”
“Pack up all the ingredients you have in the store—give me twenty portions of each… no, make it twenty. And give me two hundred catties of Spirit Rice,” You Yu said.
Both Liao Xing and the waiter were stunned.
“K-Kind customer, we have a wide variety of ingredients here—over a hundred types of Demonic Beast Meat and Spirit Vegetables combined. And Spirit Rice is quite expensive,” the waiter said, worried she might not know.
You Yu’s heart sank at that, afraid she didn’t have enough Lingshi on hand. She asked hesitantly, “How much would all of it cost?”
“This… I’ll need to calculate that.”
“Then I’ll trouble you.”
The waiter returned quickly and said, “Altogether, that comes to one hundred thousand Lower-grade Spirit Stones.”
“That much?” You Yu was stunned.
“Yes, our ingredient prices are standard—the same everywhere. Since you’re taking all of our ingredients, the total is higher. But this amount could last you a whole year.”
A whole year’s worth—so there really were quite a lot of varieties.
You Yu turned to Liao Xing: “Third Senior Brother, is this price fair?”
Liao Xing’s breath caught when he heard the price. He was mentally calculating how much they’d earned today and which Spirit Tool he could sell to make up the difference.
Seeing her look at him, he nodded. “Wangyue Lou’s prices are very fair. But these won’t stay fresh—they’ll spoil quickly once you take them back. You could buy less and come again next time.”
“But coming here is such a hassle!” You Yu felt that spending half a day traveling back and forth was too wasteful.
“I come here often. I can buy some for you.”
“Alright then, I’ll just take a month’s worth.” You Yu said. “Is that okay?”
“Of course!” The waiter wasn’t offended. “Which ingredients would you like?”
You Yu picked some out, then thinking about Master and the others back on the mountain, ended up choosing a bit more. In the end, it came to just under ten thousand Lower-grade Spirit Stones.
“Junior Sister, let Senior Brother pay for it,” Liao Xing said.
“No need, Third Senior Brother, I’ve got it myself.” You Yu patted her Storage Bag. “I have money.”
The Senior Sister had told her that Third Senior Brother was the poorest of them all. He’d given her five thousand Lower-grade Spirit Stones yesterday, so he definitely had nothing left in his pockets now.
Even though they’d sold some Yaoshou today, it was only a little over five thousand Lower-grade Spirit Stones. She couldn’t bear to spend his money.