Daily eating and drinking
Of course, they did not really go to perform. Although Xu Shulou's spirit stones were almost used up, there were quite a few various magical instruments and spiritual treasures in the Qiankun bracelet. He took this opportunity to introduce the pawnshop in the city to his junior sister when passing by the next city.
"Many pawnshops run by the Flying Eagle Sect are hidden in the mortal world like this. The ones with the flying eagle symbol on the plaque are the ones," Xu Shulou led his junior sister and Xuan Yang into an alley. "They accept magic weapons from cultivators and do business with mortals. The prices are fair. If there are magic weapons that are no longer useful, you can exchange them for spirit stones or barter."
There was a stone bell hanging at the door of the pawnshop. Bai Roushuang noticed that when her group entered, the bell rang without any wind. When they heard the bell, a smiling waiter came out to greet them: "Dear monks, please come in."
It turned out that the stone bell was a magic weapon to distinguish between monks and mortals. Bai Roushuang watched the waiter press the mechanism on the wall, and the stone wall slid to the right, revealing a dazzling inner room.
Inside the green gauze cabinet were various magic weapons. The shopkeeper asked with a smile, "Do you want to pawn or buy them?"
"Dang." Xu Shulou casually took out two useless things. One was a magic array. When fighting with others, if you are about to lose, you can cast a magic array to confuse the opponent and take the opportunity to escape. Although it can only confuse cultivators below the Spiritualization Stage, the price has always been high. After all, low-level cultivators have it by their side, which may save their lives in times of crisis. After Xu Shulou got it, he never used it. The second was a bottle of Red Flame Pill that he got by chance. It would be of great benefit to cultivators with fire spirit roots. Unfortunately, there was not a single fire spirit root among the seven disciples on Mingyue Peak, so it was useless to keep it.
"Okay, let me give you an estimate of the price first. Please sit down for a moment." The shopkeeper called the waiter to serve tea, then sat down to examine the magic weapon carefully.
Several people walked around the inner room casually. Xu Shulou picked up a bead from the green gauze cabinet and said to Bai Roushuang, "This is a poison-avoiding bead. If you are within three feet of a natural poison or poisoned food, it will emit a brilliant glow. It's a relatively basic little magic weapon, but since you don't have one, I'll give you one. You can wear it as a pendant around your waist on weekdays."
The waiter came up to her and asked, "Miss, do you need my help to string it? After the silver bracket, colored thread and tassels are braided, you can wear it and go out."
Xu Shulou nodded and said to his junior sister, "Go and choose the color of the silk thread."
Bai Roushuang smiled with eyes curved: "Thank you, Senior Sister!"
The shopkeeper quickly checked the magic weapon and asked Xu Shulou, "Miss, do you want a death contract or a living contract?"
"Death Contract." After pawning this thing, she had no intention of redeeming it.
The shopkeeper nodded and wrote a line of words on the pawn ticket: "The magic weapon and the elixir are both top-grade, and they are exchanged for the poison-avoiding bead, a total of 950 top-grade spirit stones. What do you think, young lady?"
Xu Shulou, who had become wealthy again, nodded modestly: "Sure, please change some more silver from the mortal world for me."
The shopkeeper had made a very happy deal, and it was a life-long contract. Hearing this, he happily asked the waiter to present a plate of silver and money: "This five hundred taels is my gift to the young lady. Let's be friends. If you need anything in the future, please patronize Feiying Pawnshop."
Five hundred taels of silver were enough to last for a long time in the human world. Xu Shulou nodded and thanked the shopkeeper for his kindness. When he put away the silver, he found an invitation on the tray. It turned out that the Feiying Sect was going to hold an auction in Fandu City in a month, and all monks were welcome to participate.
Bai Roushuang and Xuan Yang came over to watch curiously. Xu Shulou patted his junior sister and said, "I'll take you out to play if I'm free."
Seeing Xuan Yang also staring at him eagerly, Xu Shulou reluctantly reminded him: "You should be in jail in a month."
"That's fine," Xuan Yang shrugged, "Being in jail is fun."
Bai Roushuang looked at the silly Xuan Yang and couldn't help asking, "Why didn't you try to live in a cell in the mortal world before? At least you wouldn't have to carry fertilizer to irrigate the fields at night."
Xuan Yang said sadly: "I was born with a face that everyone fears. I am afraid that the officials in the mortal world will see me and directly order me to be beheaded."
Thinking of the fact that he would have to wear a thick veiled hat whenever he walked on the street these days, Bai Roushuang felt a little sad, so she comforted him softly, "Actually... once you get used to it, you're not ugly."
"I know, I didn't say I'm ugly. From our Xuan Yang's perspective, I'm very handsome and good-looking," Xuan Yang shook his head casually, "It's just that mortals don't know how to appreciate it."
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Unfortunately, the two of them had never seen other black sheep, so they had no way to compare them. Xu Shulou could only vaguely praise them: "It is indeed quite... beautiful."
The naive Xuan Yang failed to notice the double entendre in her words and remained happy.
Since he had decided to return to Wuchen Island, Xu Shulou planned to bring back two roast chickens for his master as a sign of filial piety.
The two walked on the streets of the city looking for a delicious roast chicken shop. Although Xuan Yang was a prisoner, he had no intention of escaping. He kept following them happily, waiting to go to Wuchen Island to serve his sentence and feed on the suffering of his cellmates.
When passing through an alley at night, he led two people to follow the smell of fear and went deep into the alley, where they caught a burly bandit who was forcing a young man in silk clothes to hand over his purse with a knife.
It was the first time that Xu Shulou saw such a well-behaved prisoner who did not run away and could even help them catch other prisoners. She even thought of keeping him by her side.
In order to thank him, Xu Shulou ordered his junior sister to beat up the burly bandit, and his wailing in pain was enough to barely satisfy Xuan Yang's hunger.
Xuan Yang's eyes lit up, as if he had found a way to get rich, and he began to actively wait for criminals in remote parts of the town. Unfortunately, in the peaceful and prosperous times, the order was clear and the people were stable. They were in a relatively prosperous town with good public security. During his days of waiting, he encountered at most three or two thieves who stole money bags or scoundrels who flirted with passing young ladies. It was impossible to beat them too hard in Xu Shulou, and in the end, he could only barely fill Xuan Yang's stomach.
Xuan Yang hated that he was born at the wrong time: "It would be great if I could be born at the same time as the divine beast Zhu Yan."
"Zhu Yan? The legendary beast that is responsible for war?" Bai Roushuang asked, "I heard that once it appears in the world, the world will be in chaos. Is that true?"
"Rebellion," Xu Shulou let go of the bruised and battered rogue under his command, watched him run away, and sighed softly, "The war came first, and then Zhu Yan appeared in the world."
Xuan Yang nodded: "That's right, Zhu Yan is not going to deceive people. Mortals' greed and ambition lead to frequent wars, so why should we blame the divine beasts? I just feel that they really know how to choose the time to be born."
Bai Roushuang looked at Xuan Yang, who was skinny due to hunger: "...You are better at choosing the right time than me."
Thinking that this guy had fallen to the point where he longed for prison just to get enough food, Bai Roushuang tried to help him think of a solution: "Can you really not try the food of mortals or monks?"
Xuan Yang shook his head: "When I was extremely hungry, I ate the vegetables in the field. I didn't like it, and it didn't fill my stomach."
Bai Roushuang couldn't bear it: "I'll take you to eat something good."
They happened to pass by a Tianxia Noodle Restaurant, where the owner once boasted that there was no noodle dish in the world that the chefs in his restaurant could not make, except for those that the customers could not order.
Several people stopped at the door. It was not meal time yet, but the lobby on the first floor was still full of diners, showing that the business here was booming.
Xu Shulou patted the food boxes in the Qiankun bracelet, which were still more than half empty, and stepped into the place happily.
In order to remember the lesson in Qizhu Village and to be able to eat hot pot anytime and anywhere, she has prepared a copper pot and placed it in the Qiankun bracelet, as well as several large boxes of thinly sliced beef and mutton, fresh fish meatballs, black chicken rolls, lamb tripe, duck intestines and other raw foods. Now she plans to add some cooked food.
The three of them sat down by the window in the private room on the second floor. Bai Roushuang ordered a bowl of fish soup noodles. According to the waiter, the noodles were mixed with crucian carp, eel, sea bass, etc., and cooked in pork bone soup. The soup base was thick, mellow, fresh and delicious.
Xu Shulou ordered a bowl of crab roe noodles. Xuan Yang hesitated for a moment and ordered a bowl of assorted vegetarian noodles, specifically asking that no animal oil be added.
Bai Roushuang was curious: "You can only eat vegetarian food?"
"Not really," Xuan Yang shook his head, "It's just that I don't like it. Besides, it's best for natural monsters not to eat meat. In the past, there were examples of monsters that ate meat and eventually developed into cannibalism."
"This example is too extreme," Bai Roushuang stuck out her tongue, "I don't think you need to worry too much about this."
"What if I get too hungry and rush out to eat someone?" Xuan Yang shook his head. "After all, when I eat people, I can swallow the despair and pain they feel at the moment they are eaten into my stomach."
Xuan Yang is really a person with only principles. Bai Roushuang consoled him, "What I mean is that you are different from other monsters. You are so thin and have no magical power. Even when the villagers with dung forks rushed towards you, you had to hide behind my senior sister. You probably won't have the chance to eat people in the future."
"..." After hearing the comfort, Xuan Yang became even more dejected.
The waiter brought the noodles quickly. Xuan Yang ordered the simplest dish, which was served the fastest, but he hesitated for a long time and was unwilling to pick up his chopsticks.
Xu Shulou sat opposite him, his movements were very gentle, but he ate very fast. Autumn was the season for eating crabs. The crab roe noodles were mixed with crab roe when the noodles were kneaded, and after cooking, they were topped with crab meat and shrimp, and a little balsamic vinegar was added to enhance the flavor. There was no fishy smell at all, and it was delicious.
This is also one of the advantages of being a monk. There is no need to be afraid of the cold nature of earthly food and you can eat as much as you want.
After Xu Shulou finished this bowl, he asked the waiter to bring twenty more bowls.
When Xuan Yang finally started to eat, Xu Shulou had already packed twenty servings of crab roe noodles and asked the waiter to serve ten servings of beef sauce noodles.
After all, after returning to Wuchen Island this time, I don’t know when I will be able to return to the human world again.
At this time, a spirit bird flew in from the window, fluttering and landing in front of the few people. Bai Roushuang recognized it as the wind chime bird trained by Wuchen Island to deliver letters. Xu Shulou raised his hand to take the letter tied to its leg, and asked the store owner for a small fish to feed it, and it was willing to fly away.
Xu Shulou stood by the window reading a letter.
The other two did not bother him. Xuan Yang commented on the assorted vegetarian noodles to Bai Roushuang: "The taste is okay, but it doesn't make me feel full. It seems that I can only continue to find ways to absorb pain."
Thinking about the future, he held up his chin and asked Bai Roushuang expectantly, "When I return to your sect, will they like me?"
"Do you still remember that you are going to jail?" Bai Roushuang glanced sideways, "Do you really think you are going to start a new life?"
Seeing Xu Shulou finished reading the letter and stood by the window with his hands behind his back, as if thinking, Bai Roushuang asked with a little concern: "Senior Sister, what does the master want to send a message for?"
Xu Shulou did not turn around, but replied softly: "Uncle Zhang has regained consciousness."
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