"Manager!" It was Rong Zhuo and Chang Jin.
"Sister Ange!" Shenwa rushed over and hugged Ange's leg, calling out in a childish voice.
"My store manager, you're finally back!" Even the workaholic Aunt Dan put down what she was doing to see An Ge.
"Oh, you've finally decided to come back?" Needless to say, it could only be Lu Yan, that jerk.
An Ge was overjoyed to see the familiar faces. Although it had only been half a month, she had already regarded them as family and missed them dearly.
The group chatted with An Ge for a while, until Hu Jiu's resentment was about to explode, before reluctantly leaving.
"By the way, Chef Sun and Chef Wei heard that the manager has returned and prepared a lot of delicious food. We can have a meal after the manager has finished resting."
An Ge was immediately excited. Only the outer sect of Tianwu Peak had a canteen, but she was in the eye of the storm and dared not easily leave Tianwu Peak.
Since achieving Foundation Establishment, she could go for long periods without food without any problems, but that kind of life was incredibly boring, and she almost couldn't stand it after a few days. Now that she could finally have delicious food, she couldn't help but swallow hard.
As everyone left, Lu Yan suddenly said before leaving, "Old Hu, I'm telling you, you're just not considerate. The store manager just got back and you're not even letting her rest properly? Look how thin she's gotten."
The crowd watched the long-awaited spectacle with even greater smiles in their eyes.
Hu Jiu rolled her eyes at Lu Yan, then turned to An Ge and said affectionately, "I'll be waiting for you to come for dinner."
An Ge gave Hu Jiu a embarrassed look. What was he saying in front of so many people? Although she was with Hu Jiu, she still behaved herself in front of others and never said anything intimate.
Amidst Lu Yan's jeers, Hu Jiu and the others left the room.
An Ge didn't need to look in the mirror to know that her face was bright red. She took a deep breath, quickly washed up, and then walked towards the restaurant.
Along the way, she saw many familiar guests who greeted her, and An Ge responded to them all with a smile.
Although the guests were initially curious because they hadn't seen the manager for half a month, they knew that matters concerning immortals were not something they mortals could discuss. In addition, everything in the inn was running normally, so they were relatively calm when they saw An Ge again.
As An Ge ate the delicious food, she finally felt alive again. She was once again grateful that she had the inn management system; if she really had to cultivate immortality every day, she couldn't stand it.
Thinking of the system, An Ge had a thought, and a big fat cat appeared in her arms.
Hu Jiu narrowed his eyes dangerously, but quickly said without changing his expression, "This is your contracted spirit pet, right? It looks so heavy. It must be tiring to carry it in your arms. Let me carry it for you." After saying that, he forcibly carried it away.
"Master, please save me! I don't like this guy!" Perhaps because 777 is now in the form of a spirit pet, it has a natural fear of demonic beasts, let alone the king of demons, the nine-tailed fox. Although 777 resisted, it dared not struggle too much, only anxiously calling for help in its mind.
"It's not too heavy, let me do it."
"Pfft! Old Hu, you're being too petty. It's just a spirit pet, it hasn't even had a chance to cultivate into human form yet, why are you jealous?"
Seeing Hu Jiu's embarrassed expression, An Ge laughed along, "This isn't a real spirit pet, it's just a manifestation of divine essence."
After An Ge finished speaking, the group, who had been joking around, suddenly fell silent, except for Shenwa, who was confused, and Hu Jiu, who already knew the truth.
Hu Jiu remained calm. He knew it was only a matter of time before An Ge found out the truth over there, and he had already made his point quite clear last time. Besides, there was no need to hide anything now.
Rong Zhuo coughed and said, "So the shopkeeper already knew. We didn't mean to hide it, but there's a rumor in my plane that if you receive a recruitment from a chosen one, and the chosen one doesn't know your identity yet, you should try not to tell them. Just help the chosen one achieve their goal."
Chang Jin chimed in, "We have that saying where I'm from too."
Even the usually carefree Lu Yan nodded, "Although I don't know why, it is indeed recorded in some ancient books."
Hu Jiu clearly knew more, but he didn't bring it up because he understood An Ge's personality; if he knew too much at the beginning, it would be a huge burden for her.
An Ge understood why such a rumor existed.
Each host's divine status is different. If a recruiter claims that a host possesses a divine status and that following him will lead to ascension, some hosts, eager for quick success and instant benefits, might try to take shortcuts or go astray.
Someone like An Ge, who's not particularly interested in ascending to immortality, would probably refuse to be recruited to avoid putting too much pressure on himself.
Moreover, the deeper a divine servant is influenced by God's choice, the greater the price they pay when they leave. Some of God's chosen ones are aware of this relationship and inevitably feel superior in their treatment of divine servants. As a result, it becomes much more difficult for those divine servants to leave later.
The records in those ancient books are probably lessons learned by our predecessors.
An Ge said nonchalantly, "Luckily you kept it from me at first, otherwise I probably wouldn't have recruited you. Actually, my initial wish was just to open a small shop and live a carefree life without any pressure."
Although the system set up many pitfalls that forced her to develop the inn, she wouldn't have had the motivation to develop it to its current state if it weren't for these people.
Seeing that An Ge didn't seem to blame them, the crowd returned to their lively state.
“However, according to our records, a chosen one can only recruit a maximum of three divine servants, but the shopkeeper already has five. Of course, it’s also possible that each divine rank is different?” Rong Zhuo asked with some curiosity.
“No, although the chances of being recruited are extremely rare, a considerable number of people have become divine servants over the past ten thousand years. I've never heard of any chosen one having more than three divine servants. Little Ge'er's situation is probably a bit special.” Hu Jiu thought for a moment and said uncertainly, “Could it be related to that dream you had?”
"Huh? What does this have to do with it?"
“Lu Yan and I both come from the same plane, so it shouldn’t be like this unless you crossed different planes before you possessed godhood.”
777 chimed in, "Maybe that's true. People have heard that if a host has traces of multiple dimensions, then many things will exceed the program's or what is called the Heavenly Dao's setting."
An Ge rested her chin on her hand. "But that was just a dream."
"There are too many unknowns about divinity, so there's no need to worry too much. In any case, this is a good thing. Aren't you recruiting physicians? Perhaps you'll understand more after you recruit them next time," Hu Jiu comforted him.
An Ge nodded. "That's the only way."
Everyone was completely confused. Lu Yan asked anxiously, "What dream? What kind of riddle are you two talking about?"
An Ge glanced at Lu Yan and said, "Children shouldn't interrupt when adults are talking."
“The ginseng child didn’t say anything.” After saying that, he covered his mouth with his little hand.
Lu Yan: "..."
Everyone couldn't help but laugh. Now that the barriers between them had disappeared, their relationship had become even closer.
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