Drinking was just a pretense; the real purpose was to get Liu Zhaodi to pay the bill. He couldn't possibly stay in that little bar for twenty-five months; if he did, he'd be exhausted to death in the Apocalypse World.
Keep in mind that he's just a little ghost without hands, working four hours a day as a bartender at a bar, which is already considered illegally employing a disabled person.
"You little ghost, did you come to the wrong place? You actually brought me to the most extravagant place in Zhongzhou City. Are you a bar scammer or something?" Hua Niang couldn't help but question Jiang Yuan as soon as she saw the signboard made of pure dark attribute at the entrance of the bar.
"Have you ever seen such an ostentatious bar scammer?" Jiang Yuan spun around in the air. His ghostly figure was definitely the most eye-catching in Zhongzhou City. If he were to become a bar scammer, he would probably be blacklisted as a nasty person after just one attempt.
"That's true!" Hua Niang nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "Are you sure you're treating us to drinks, and not the other way around?"
"Don't worry, you won't have to treat me!" Jiang Yuan said vaguely, knowing that his wife would definitely treat him to such a nice place.
He's not actually poor right now. This time, the Nine Spirits Domain absorbed at least four figures worth of fragments, but unfortunately, they were all fragments of artistic conception.
As for why there were no rule fragments, it's clear that his own mastery of the Nine Spirits Intent was insufficient to attract attribute treasures containing rule fragments.
Moreover, his Nine Spirits Domain is limited, with a 24-hour cooldown. Even with the help of a basic reset, he can only use it twice a day.
Liu Zhaodi glanced at Jiang Yuan. She knew exactly what he was up to. He was definitely trying to trick her into going in and then skip out on the bill. But even if she knew what he was up to, she wasn't worried. This big idiot would never guess that the owner of the shop was her best friend.
"Boss Yu, I've brought you a customer!" Jiang Yuan tapped the table with his power arm, which had no fist.
A short while later, a sleepy-eyed tomboy emerged from the back room behind the bar, looking disgusted, and said, "We close after 3 a.m., come back tomorrow!"
"No, boss, I still need to treat these two beautiful ladies to drinks!" Jiang Yuan put on what he thought was a very elegant smile, but unfortunately, in his ghost form, the smile could only look silly and cute.
Upon hearing Jiang Yuan mention inviting a beautiful woman for drinks, the tomboy's eyes subtly changed. She glared at Jiang Yuan impatiently, and whether it was out of personal vendetta or something else, she snapped, "Looks like your four-hour workday makes you too idle, you even have the mind to invite beautiful women for drinks!"
"Your employees?" Hua Niang was bewildered. She asked strangely, "Do NPCs in Zhongzhou City also interact with humans?"
Liu Zhaodi shrugged, indicating she was unaware of the matter.
Jiang Yuan's lips twitched. Hua Niang's words confirmed the identity of this Yu Xiaoan. This guy really is an NPC in the Apocalypse World. That's too fake!
"Same as always!" Liu Zhaodi spoke first, but this time she didn't wait for the other party to bring the drinks. Instead, she took out more than a dozen rule fragments and placed them on the bar, then said, "These ingredients should be enough for two drinks!"
Jiang Yuan stared in disbelief. "Are you kidding me? How can someone bring their own materials to drink alcohol? And if you're drinking alcohol, why take out fragments of rules? Don't you think that's weird?"
Does this mean that everything can be governed by rules?
"Blood Rose, isn't someone treating us today?" Flower Girl nudged Liu Zhaodi, signaling her not to waste the rule fragments.
"Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious!" Liu Zhaodi glanced at Jiang Yuan and then said, "A mere Yellow Rank cultivator, instead of diligently cultivating his artistic conception, is spending his time picking up girls in bars. What are you trying to achieve?"
Jiang Yuan thought to himself, "Isn't this a rhetorical question? If you hadn't skipped out on the bill, would I even be here?"
“That’s right!” Hua Niang nodded thoughtfully, then said seriously to Jiang Yuan, “Little Ghost, I don’t like young men anymore, so don’t you dare try anything with me!”
"Boss, any drink will do, same as always, this one!" Jiang Yuan took out the previous glass and tapped the stem of it intentionally or unintentionally, as if to remind Liu Zhaodi to pay the bill.
"You don't owe enough money, do you?" The tomboy crossed his arms and showed no mercy to Jiang Yuan.
Upon hearing this, Hua Niang's expression turned strange; the situation was clearly different from what she had imagined.
"Boss, someone's paying today! See that girl? She'll help me pay the previous bills later!" Jiang Yuan whispered in the tomboy's ear.
"As long as I can get my money back, I don't care who pays me back!"
The tomboy seemed nonchalant when he said that, but he was actually full of wicked intentions.
"If I pay back the money, will I no longer have to work here?" Jiang Yuan didn't want to offend this NPC nicknamed the Central Continent Inspector. Her ability to control the power of the Heavenly Dao in the Apocalypse World proved that she was not someone to be trifled with.
"Of course!" the tomboy said calmly.
"Okay, hurry up and bring the drinks!" Jiang Yuan said, but then he thought that the bartender was too slow in bringing the drinks, so he simply went behind the bar himself and started mixing drinks for the group.
Bartending is a skill, and although he doesn't have the dexterity of a hand, Jiang Yuan uses his extraordinary understanding to replace the role of his hands.
The drinks in this bar are all made by melting water-attribute fragments of artistic conception or rule. The flavor depends entirely on the attribute of the fragment, and other flavors are also determined by various attribute fragments. Therefore, bartending is not just about mixing drinks, but also about combining various attributes.
Although Jiang Yuan didn't particularly enjoy working for others, the experience of bartending was quite good. It not only helped him pay off his debts but also increased his understanding of attributes, making it a win-win situation.
"Here, this is yours!"
Jiang Yuan pushed a glass of pale red wine with starlight-like glitter towards Hua Niang and said, "This wine is called Red Leaf Starlight. It's made from fragments of wood and light attributes, which suits your fiery, straightforward, and genuine personality! Besides, red leaves and Hua Niang are quite fitting!"
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