The crackling of firecrackers instantly created a lively scene. The cultivators chatted about the "realm," which was always peaceful and never used anything from the mortal world to cause trouble. Zhang Guodong's ability to obtain these firecrackers showed considerable effort.
The sound of firecrackers drew over a hundred people to Wanxian Restaurant, eager to see what was happening. This seemed like a good omen for Wanxian Restaurant!
The young second-in-command, dressed in brand-new clothes, was startled to see so many people outside. He immediately ran up to the fifth floor to report the good news to Zhang Guodong.
"Brother Zhang, great news! There are over a hundred people outside!" As soon as he went upstairs, he saw Zhang Guodong sitting cross-legged on an empty floor, seemingly lost in thought. Hu said happily.
Zhang Guodong turned around abruptly, frowned, and asked in confusion, "What? Over a hundred people? Oh, over a hundred people have arrived outside the restaurant?"
Little Tiger nodded vigorously, his excitement evident.
Zhang Guodong immediately grinned, chuckling. Looks like this business is getting off to a good start!
"Well, how could you, the second-in-command, come up here at such a crucial moment? Hurry up and go down to entertain the guests! Oh, and make sure the eight dishes, one soup, and fruit wine prepared don't leak out!" Zhang Guodong's face hardened the next second, and he scolded softly.
Xiao Hu chuckled foolishly twice and immediately ran downstairs again. Clearly, the kid cared a lot about and was quite satisfied with his current role as the second-in-command, though he was still a bit immature since he'd only just taken the position. "Zhang Guodong muttered to himself, a sliver of moisture almost appearing at the corner of his mouth. To be honest, Zhang Guodong ran the restaurant precisely to accumulate more crystals. Having a large, inexhaustible supply of crystals was better than anything else. Anyway, Peach Blossom Spring had plenty of space; when could he fill it up?"
People in a state of excitement or anticipation cannot be judged by common sense. Zhang Guodong did indeed have wonderful ideas, but the restaurant business was just starting out, and it was hard to say whether it would be good or bad.
Eight dishes, four meat and four vegetable, each meat dish costing two crystals and each vegetable dish costing one crystal; another soup cost one crystal, and a small pot of fruit wine cost four crystals!
The dishes were a bit few, but enough for the first restaurant. The soup, however, was quite unique. As for the wine, it was something cultivators loved most; Zhang Guodong was essentially selling a monopoly.
Thinking about it, Zhang Guodong excitedly stood up.
This five-story building has an area of over 100 square meters and four windows in the four directions of east, south, west, and north. However, the windows are not covered by windows, making it completely transparent.
This imitation market really knows how to make money. Instead of fixing up the windows and such, they leave it for tenants to come and pay for. Five years seems like a long time to Zhang Guodong. So, he decided to do the decorating himself.
The tower itself had a defensive layer set up by five top experts, but this window was an exception. Zhang Guodong thought for a long time before deciding to use water jade, a beautiful mineral, for the window. It was a thin layer, like glass, allowing one to see through from the inside, but preventing the outside from seeing in. Even spiritual exploration would be blocked.
Zhang Guodong entered Xia Taoyuan and picked out several fist-sized pieces of jade.
"Boom!" In his palm, a green flame fueled by the demonic power of life instantly enveloped a piece of water jade. Under such intense heat, the water jade immediately deformed. Controlling the flame, the water jade gradually expanded into a square sheet of thin cloth.
"Go!" Sensing he had reached his limit, Zhang Guodong flicked the water-based cloth, accurately covering a window. With a hissing sound, the cloth adhered firmly to the wall, its edges subtly changing color, almost indistinguishable from the wall itself. The window, however, formed a beautiful, transparent pane; in fact, from the outside, it appeared perfectly uniform in color with the wall. This facilitated surveillance from the inside out.
This material is widely used in construction, particularly for windows. While not extremely expensive, it's not something the average person can afford. Just now, a piece of jade was worth ten low-grade crystals.
After Zhang Guodong finished installing the windows in the other three directions, he finally felt that his private parts were no longer exposed to other people's eyes.
However, this only obstructs people's vision and spiritual search. If someone were to forcefully break through, it would be very easy.
The safest approach is to draw a formation on the water jade, which can at least withstand a certain degree of violent impact.
"Array formations, oh array formations," Zhang Guodong thought, his head aching at the mere thought. He only possessed complete array runes for the Spirit Gathering Array and the Teleportation Array. He didn't have a single other array formation.
Wu Xing, that formation fanatic, always talked about how expensive formations were, which made Zhang Guodong want to spend some crystals to buy a few. However, he thought that the restaurant had already spent a lot of crystals. Spending several thousand more crystals would be too high-profile, so he had to postpone it.
"Teleportation array!"
Zhang Guodong's eyes lit up. How could he have forgotten about this! He had previously gone into seclusion to study this teleportation array, and had basically figured out most of its construction principles. If there was a teleportation array here, whenever he wanted to go back, he could just build one there! The two places could be reached instantly.
But wouldn't that be too risky? Zhang Guodong knew, without much guesswork, how scarce teleportation arrays were in the outside world. Even top experts might not be able to build such a small teleportation array. Or rather, even if someone had the blueprints, the building materials—such as large quantities of spatial jade—were beyond their reach.
If people found out that he could actually build a teleportation array, he would become the target of everyone's criticism.
This matter needs to be discussed and considered repeatedly.
The teleportation array built within these five floors looks unsafe!
"If it could be built in a paradise, then there's nothing to worry about," Zhang Guodong thought. His heart pounded for a few moments, then calmed down.
"If even the nine-story pagoda can't transmit messages, how could a teleportation array possibly work?"
"Don't let yourself get teleported into a spacetime turbulence and find yourself helpless and desperate."
"I won't be satisfied if I don't try."
After a long internal struggle, Zhang Guodong made up his mind to take the risk and try it later! Zhang Guodong was a complete novice when it came to spatial teleportation, so he could only explore it step by step, starting with the teleportation array.
"The sound of running came from the stairs, it's that kid again!"
Zhang Guodong frowned; he disliked being interrupted in his thoughts.
"What is it now?" Zhang Guodong asked irritably.
The little devil came up panting, his face contorted with resentment, as if he had encountered some injustice.
"Brother Zhang, someone's causing trouble! You need to go check it out right away!" the boy said anxiously. "It's been almost an hour, and not a single customer has come in to eat. We haven't earned a single crystal!"
"What?" Zhang Guodong exclaimed in astonishment.
Who would dare to cause trouble? An hour has already passed? Time flies! I was just lost in thought for a moment.
This won't do! If someone causes trouble, how can this restaurant continue operating? No business means no crystals, and that won't do!
"Which bastard dares to cause trouble here? What's going on?" Zhang Guodong stood up and shouted angrily.
The little devil immediately recounted what had happened.
It turned out that Lei Hui was behind it all; the kid had a great memory. The opening of the Wanxian Restaurant had initially attracted everyone's attention, with three or four hundred people gathering to watch. However, upon seeing the prices, many hesitated, looking at the place with suspicion.
The prices of these dishes and drinks are far too high. Even ordering a vegetarian dish and a pot of wine would cost five low-grade crystals. Ordering anything more would be considered high-end consumption.
No wonder everyone is suspicious!
So someone suggested trying the food and drinks to see if it was worth the price, which would of course be free. But Xiao Gui had already received instructions from Zhang Guodong that there would be absolutely no tasting event.
It's a joke. Leaving aside the dishes, even the wine is limited. Zhang Guodong has been trying his best to create different kinds of wine in Peach Blossom Spring. Watermelon wine, watermelon honey wine, pear wine, bayberry wine, grape wine, apple wine, peach wine, etc.—any fruit available in Peach Blossom Spring, as long as it's not too rare, has been made into fruit wine.
Now, the open space is filled with layers upon layers of fruit wine jars. Each jar has a label indicating the brewing time, making it easy to tell whether it's ready to use.
Even so, the cultivators' love for wine was terrifying. Zhang Guodong believed that this amount of wine was not much.
When the young man refused, some people simply left. They didn't believe the food in the restaurant was really that good. It would be a real shame to waste money and not get anything good.
This departure has already covered a significant portion of the journey.
Sheng Ping was willing to give it a try, but no one wanted to be the sucker. Just then, two more people appeared in the crowd and began whispering and passing on some message.
The crowd began to shift. In just a short while, almost everyone outside the Wanxian Restaurant had left. The little devil, though small in stature, had sharp eyes. As soon as the crowd thinned out, he recognized two people in the crowd as the servants of the princess who had clashed with Zhang Guodong in the market.
Someone's here to cause trouble! The kid realized this and immediately ran in to report.
Many people know the name Lei Hun. He is short and burly, but he always thinks he is a playboy. He is arrogant and cunning, but Lei Tai behind him is even more awe-inspiring.
That's a level 60 expert! Who would dare mess with Lei Chuan? He's Lei Tai's only son!
Invoking Lei Hun's name immediately scared away the vast majority of people. The Wanxian Restaurant instantly became deserted.
Lei Hun's two servants were grinning smugly. "Wanxian Restaurant, you've offended the young master! Now nobody comes to your restaurant. Let's see how you manage to become Wanxian!"
"That kid's turned into a coward; he probably won't dare to come out now!"
"Hmph, he probably knows our young master's identity too. If he knew this would happen, why did he have to try and steal the girl from Master Chan in the first place!"
"Wanxian Restaurant, waiting to close."
"So, should we retreat?"
"No, there are still a few stubborn ones who haven't left? Hmph! Eh, they're actually heading towards the Wanxian Restaurant! They're asking for death!"
As the two servants were talking, the remaining three customers actually headed towards the Wanxian Restaurant. Didn't they see that most people had left? They really couldn't believe that no one had heard Young Master Lei Hui's name. Wasn't this going against Young Master Lei Hui?
"Stop!" The two men exchanged a glance and immediately shouted angrily.
The three men exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with disdain, and walked towards the door without stopping.
"This Lei Hui is getting worse and worse, actually coming up with such despicable tricks, humph!" one of them said coldly. "Others may fear you, Lei Hun, but this is the territory of Southwest Fang City!"
The three men seemed to have some reservations about Lei Tai, but they weren't about to back down just because of a warning from the two servants.
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