Aya Fried Chicken Shop Reopens

The Yunmeng Immortal Marsh underwent a major reshuffle. The event was sudden, and the masters of various sects who were traveling outside also temporarily returned to their sects to maintain order.

The only thing that remains unopenable is the Spirit-Detecting Stone, which once stood between the mountains and the heavens. This specially crafted stone requires the spiritual energy of a specific person to operate; with some perishing and their cultivation extinguished, the Spirit-Detecting Stone is now shrouded in a gray gloom. Its ranking, which had captivated the Yunmeng Immortal Marsh for centuries, has vanished. Some cultivators within the marsh have lost their motivation, seemingly lost and unable to see the path ahead.

The high-level cultivators within the Cloud Dream Immortal Marsh did not lose their motivation and continued to cultivate as usual, but they did not mention the matter of jointly injecting spiritual energy to drive the spirit-detecting stones.

The low- and mid-level cultivators dared not speak out against their anger.

After Aya's Fried Chicken reopened following renovations, business has been even better than before.

After all, it's rare to see two high-level cultivators, Shi Yuzhen and An Jiaze, fighting over a single serving of fried chicken in front of everyone. Isn't that enough to prove that Xu Ya is something special?

Of course, the actual situation was not quite the same as this version of events. As the rumor spread, it somehow ended up in someone else's mouth and became what it is today. The person involved didn't seem to have any intention of clarifying it, and this "good story" has been passed down through generations.

The signboard of Aya's Fried Chicken Shop was properly hung up again. On the first day of its reopening, before dawn, many monks had already lined up at the shop's entrance.

However, now there is only Ah-Xi as an assistant in the shop, and Master Xu's shop rent has only been paid up to the end of the first year. These heavy burdens will be factors to consider in the future. All the trivial matters will involuntarily weigh on Xu Ya, and she has to think about the future development of the shop.

First of all, we must find another clean-cut helper to assist Xu Ya. Ah Xi is still growing, and if the shop business gets more and more prosperous, she and Ah Xi may not be able to handle it.

Secondly, with the surge in orders, relying solely on the claim that "fried chicken made by Xu Ya has magical effects" would be exhausting for anyone trying to make a living.

Xu Ya had several big arguments with the system in her mind, and finally made the system apply to the main god to upgrade Xu Ya's fried chicken cheat.

Now, Xu Ya only needs to silently recite in her heart, and her words will become law—only for fried chicken.

Everything else remains the same, but Xu Ya no longer cares whether the setting is outrageous or not; as long as it can lighten her burden, she can accept it.

Xu Ya was completely relieved. Although she knew she was living in a novel, the fried chicken business was already settled, and she still hoped to complete her daily work steadily, take care of her weak body, and perfectly fulfill her task of assisting the male lead.

The male lead is back again.

Xu Ya sighed in her mind. She had to steal a moment of leisure in the early morning, only to be subjected to the sarcastic and obnoxious comments from the system, the male lead. Ever since she hesitated about whether to share the box of fried chicken she had reserved for the male lead with An Jiaze, their revolutionary friendship, which had been all-encompassing, had been completely shattered.

The system started acting strangely after that sharp crack. Although it still had that familiar electronic voice, Xu Ya could tell what was wrong with it.

The male protagonist came to explore Xu Ya's dantian. Xu Ya has already taken several courses of the pills that the male protagonist fed her. She can feel the changes in her body even with her limited knowledge. Therefore, she looks forward to the male protagonist's visits every time he comes.

After being reminded by the system, Xu Ya turned around and greeted him, her big eyes sparkling: "Senior Brother~~ Good morning~~ You're here! Please help me check if my current physical condition is good enough to buy higher-level medicine?"

Shi Yuzhen was already used to Xu Ya being like this.

Xu Ya naturally extended her hand, and when she received a response, she obediently rolled up her sleeves slightly, making it easier for Shi Yuzhen to probe into her dantian.

Now her dantian has become a full sphere, filled with spiritual energy that did not originally belong to her.

This clearly means that she is now able to consume more advanced elixirs.

Shi Yuzhen said, "Let it rest a little longer. Your constitution is weak, so we can't rush things."

Hearing this, Xu Ya believed it to be true. Indeed, she hadn't properly nourished her body for the past twenty-odd years, and it was true that not taking proper care of her body would lead to overnutrition.

Xu Ya smiled, her eyes curving like little crescent moons: "Hehe, then I'll trouble Senior Brother to give me some more courses of medicine."

Shi Yuzhen understood, reached into her sleeve, and after a moment, pulled out a new porcelain bottle and handed it to Xu Ya.

Xu Ya's eyes lit up, and she reverently stretched out her hands to receive it.

What Xu Ya didn't know was that the pills she obtained this time were already of a higher grade. She was busy in the shop every day and had no idea how funny the faces of those snobbish cultivators were whenever Shi Yuzhen came to Danxiao Mansion and asked for the lowest grade pills.

It's so beautiful that it could be seen as a neon light if placed in the night sky.

Xu Ya responded with a song and took out an exquisite food box from her treasure bag. Now, Xu Ya's food box has also been upgraded. She has separated the most delicious and flavorful parts of the fried chicken. Now, the food box is basically filled with a combination of ten wings and five legs. If the food box were big enough, Xu Ya would definitely stuff more in.

During the break between reopening the shop, Xu Ya developed a new type of meat grinder. The method was very simple: she used the shop's revenue to exchange for coins and bought a huge stone basin from the residents of Chaoxian Village. She made some modifications, inserting a stick with a dagger and fixing it above the stone basin. With just a little simple magic, she could drive this giant meat grinder.

She removed all the chicken breast meat, which was difficult to eat, and had it ground into a paste by a meat grinder. She carefully took the paste out of the stone basin, shaped it into a fixed size, and that's how Xu Ya developed the chicken cutlet.

Xu Ya tried a bite and felt that the taste was fresher and more tender than before.

Several portions of the new product were still given to Shi Yuzhen, and now Xu Ya is squatting by with bright eyes, waiting for his evaluation.

The male lead is the male lead; he never spoils the fun.

He took two steps forward, lifted the hem of his shirt that was covering his long, beautiful legs, and sat down gracefully. The food box in his hand had already been opened when he sat down.

When Shi Yuzhen noticed the unusual layout of the food box, she raised an eyebrow, her brows furrowed beneath her hair.

This was clearly a food box carefully arranged by its owner. Under Xu Ya's ardent gaze, he reached for the new chicken cutlet.

If you saw a cold and aloof beauty enjoying her food with a look of pure delight, you might find it quite strange.

But this person is Shi Yuzhen, and everything about it seems strangely reasonable.

Although the male lead ate very politely, Xu Ya felt that he could totally become a mukbang streamer in modern times.

As long as the camera is on, the money just keeps flowing into your pocket!

Xu Ya didn't want to admit that it was because her fried chicken smelled so good that it would be narcissistic, but the way Shi Yuzhen savored it really made people's mouths water!

Normally, eating this kind of high-calorie, high-oil fried chicken every day seems like a bad idea, but thanks to Xu Ya's processing, this kind of magical fried chicken doesn't actually cause internal heat. Judging from the 80% repurchase rate of Shi Yuzhen and the shop's customers, it truly lives up to Xu Ya's shameless praise of the fried chicken: a cultivation companion.

News of Yunmeng Xianze's internal affairs still reached the outside world, and Aya's Fried Chicken Shop subsequently became famous as a result.

Nowadays, you can also see monks in different attire queuing up to buy them.

Ah-Xi woke up groggily and started whimpering. The first thing she did after sitting up was to look for Xu-Ya.

Xu Ya also cooperated by reaching out her hand and waiting for him to come over so she could hug him.

This is their regular little interaction every morning.

Shi Yuzhen's face darkened inexplicably, and she asked the question she wanted to ask: "Are you still sleeping with this kid?"

Xu Ya-zha: "Hehe, I've been a bit busy lately. Ah-xi is growing so fast that there aren't enough beds for her. I haven't had time to call a carpenter to make a bed yet, so I'll just make do with what I have."

Shi Yuzhen felt that even the fried chicken in her hand didn't taste good anymore. This silly, bratty boy had grown even taller after getting more nutrition, and now he was almost up to Xu Ya's shoulder. A strange sense of crisis welled up in Shi Yuzhen's heart.

He stood up very quickly and blocked Ah Xi's path.

Ah-Xi managed to hug him, but the feeling of touching him seemed a little different.

Ah-Xi rubbed her chubby face against the glass to try and confirm, and it was indeed different.

When he looked up, Shi Yuzhen looked down at him with her eyes lowered, which made him feel uneasy.

Ah Xi quickly let go, and said in the same tone as Xu Ya, "Good morning, Senior Brother." Why are you here again? Ah Xi muttered.

High-level cultivators have an overabundance of senses to everyone. They can sense even the smallest actions of ordinary people, even if they don't want to know. Shi Yuzhen naturally heard Ah Xi's complaint and couldn't help but snort coldly.

The atmosphere suddenly became strange.

However, Xu Ya was rather slow to catch on; all she could think about was opening the shop and starting business as soon as possible.

She didn't mind that her usual hugs with Ah-Xi were blocked; she just smiled and waved to Ah-Xi to go to the front hall to set up the goods.

Ah Xi responded, nimbly dodged past Shi Yuzhen, gave her a cryptic look, and ran off to the front hall to help.

Shi Yuzhen was still inside the room, squinting at the bed where Ah Xi had been lying, her expression unfriendly.

As soon as Xu Ya opened the door, a group of cultivators couldn't help but look around and peer into the shop, as if they wanted to burn through the wooden plank connecting the front hall and the house.

However, some high-level cultivators quickly sensed that Shi Yuzhen was currently inside the shop and subtly reminded each other.

The crowd stopped making a fuss and immediately formed a quiet, orderly line.

It was as if Xu Ya wasn't selling snacks, but rather books that claimed knowledge could change one's destiny.

Xu Ya was already used to the cultivators' inexplicable behavior; it seemed they hadn't been this well-behaved even a day earlier.

The cultivators complained bitterly. Many of them had long since lost their positive impression of Shi Yuzhen. After all, it was Shi Yuzhen who personally dealt with the villain Xu Shi in the Immortal Marsh. The ruthlessness she displayed was astonishing. Xu Shi was, after all, a master-level figure. Shi Yuzhen's merciless manner left a considerable shadow on the cultivators.

Now that he's in charge of Xu Ya's shop, he has to be even more careful, lest he accidentally anger Shi Yuzhen and cause her to go on a killing spree.