Illusion
The next second, his figure disappeared.
Xu Zhixun: "???"
"Ahhhh, System, where did Long Qian go? Did he go back to ancient times?" Xu Zhixun asked the system impatiently.
Time-Space Supermarket System: [Yes, Long Qian has returned to ancient times.]
Xu Zhixun exclaimed in amazement, "Wow, this is amazing! Will I still be able to sell things from the supermarket to Long Qian in the future?"
System: [OK.]
[Host, your chance to become rich overnight has arrived!]
Ancient silver ingots are quite valuable. You can sell them at antique shops or pawn shops.
Xu Zhixun beamed with joy: "It's too late today, it's already past ten o'clock. I'll go sell silver ingots tomorrow."
And so, Xu Zhixun chatted with the system for a few minutes.
Afterwards, Xu Zhixun closed the supermarket's roller shutter and glass door, intending to go home.
Xu Zhixun's home is located in the Oasis Garden residential area to the left of the supermarket.
So, Xu Zhixun walked into the residential area and headed towards her home.
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At the same moment, Long Qian walked out of the Time-Space Supermarket carrying a box of instant noodles.
In an instant, a bamboo forest appeared before him.
Near the bamboo forest, there lived an ancient family.
The night was as dark as ink, and the moonlight was bright and clear.
Long Qian walked towards the house by the moonlight.
Not long after, he walked into the courtyard.
In the courtyard, there are several houses with stone walls and black tiles.
In the center of the courtyard stood a group of soldiers in armor.
The soldiers, holding torches, were talking, their expressions filled with anxiety.
Among them, General Zhao, the General Who Protects the Nation, was the first to see Long Qian.
Overjoyed, General Zhao grabbed his torch and rushed towards Long Qian.
"Sixth Prince, are you alright?"
Upon hearing this, the other soldiers swarmed forward, chattering amongst themselves:
"Sixth Prince, where have you been?"
"We've been looking for you for a long time, but we couldn't find you!"
"We thought you had been secretly kidnapped by the enemy!"
"I was terrified! Thank goodness you're safe and sound!"
...
Long Qian placed the instant noodle box he was holding on the ground, and then reassured everyone:
"I'm fine, you don't need to worry."
After speaking, Long Qian looked at General Zhao:
"General Zhao, I just bought a case of instant noodles from a shop."
"Send someone to boil water and cook noodles immediately."
General Zhao is a tall and strong man, thirty-five years old this year, with a mustache.
General Zhao looked somewhat puzzled after hearing Long Qian's words:
"May I ask, Sixth Prince, what is instant noodles?"
Long Qian recalled what Xu Zhixun had just said to him:
"Instant noodles are a type of noodle that can be cooked in hot water in a short time."
"I see, the instant noodles were in the box?" General Zhao squatted down and opened the cardboard box.
Inside the cardboard box were twelve buckets of braised beef noodles.
“Yes, soak the noodles in hot water for three minutes, and they will be cooked,” Long Qian replied to General Zhao.
Upon hearing this, General Zhao ordered two soldiers to go to the kitchen to boil water.
Then, General Zhao asked Long Qian, "Sixth Prince, you just said you went into a shop?"
"Where is the shop? Could you take me there to have a look?"
Long Qian smiled faintly: "The shop is in the bamboo forest nearby. I'll take you there!"
After saying this, Long Qian led his soldiers into the bamboo forest.
"I just came to search the bamboo forest to see if there were any villagers, and I also wanted to find some bamboo shoots to feed everyone."
As Long Qian walked, he explained to the soldiers.
"But I didn't find any bamboo shoots, I only found a strange shop."
"The shop sign has characters I can't understand; it's neither the script of the Dragon Kingdom nor the script of the Xia Kingdom..."
Long Qian told the soldiers about his encounter with Xu Zhixun.
Before long, the group arrived at the entrance of the Time-Traveling Supermarket.
By this time, the Time-Traveling Supermarket had already closed.
Long Qian pointed to the Time-Space Supermarket and said to everyone:
"The shop is right there, and the female shopkeeper is dressed provocatively, looking a bit like a vixen."
Following Long Qian's gesture, General Zhao looked in the direction of the Time-Space Supermarket:
"Sixth Prince, there are no shops there, it's just an empty lot!"
Long Qian was taken aback and immediately asked the others if they could see the Time-Space Supermarket.
However, apart from Long Qian, no one else could see the Time-Space Supermarket!
Long Qian's expression changed, and he quickly stepped forward to touch the glass door of the Time-Space Supermarket.
However, for some reason, his right hand went straight through the glass door!
"This shop has turned into an illusion!" Long Qian exclaimed in surprise. "I can only see it, but I can't touch it at all!"
Upon hearing this, General Zhao's expression turned solemn:
"Sixth Prince, we can't see the shop you mentioned. It seems you may have really encountered a vixen!"
Long Qian pondered for a moment, then spoke indifferently:
"Maybe. The shop is closed now. I'll check again tomorrow morning to see if it will be open."
And so, Long Qian chatted with General Zhao and the others for a while.
Afterwards, everyone returned to the farmer's courtyard where they had been.
This courtyard belongs to Cuizhu Village in Xia Kingdom.
When the villagers of Cuizhu Village heard that the Dragon Kingdom's army had arrived, most of them fled.
Therefore, the owner of the courtyard is not in the courtyard.
Long Qian, General Zhao, and others searched every room in the courtyard, hoping to find food.
However, they found nothing.
Not long after, the two soldiers who had gone to the kitchen brought the water in the pot to a boil.
Long Qian picked up a bucket of instant noodles, tore open the packaging, and taught his soldiers how to make instant noodles.
A few minutes later, the 12 buckets of braised beef noodles were cooked one after another.
In an instant, a fragrant aroma filled the air, and steam rose from the vessel.
Because the food supplies in the Dragon Kingdom's military camp were burned down by a few spies ten days ago, the soldiers have been going hungry for the past ten days.
The soldiers could only hunt and dig for wild vegetables in the nearby mountains and forests.
However, the Xia Kingdom has recently suffered from drought.
The food resources in the mountains and forests were almost completely consumed by the disaster victims of the Xia Kingdom.
Therefore, most of the soldiers of the Dragon Kingdom could not find food and were so hungry that they were dizzy.
At this moment, everyone stared at the instant noodles in Long Qian's hand and swallowed hard in unison.
Long Qian ordered the military doctor to immediately examine the instant noodles to see if they were poisoned.
When the military doctor confirmed that the instant noodles were not poisonous, everyone was overjoyed and began to share them.
However, tonight, there are 1,000 soldiers who have entered Cuizhu Village to search for supplies.
Twelve packs of instant noodles are simply not enough for everyone!
To allow more people to eat noodles, Long Qian ordered that each group of four people share one bucket of noodles.
However, there still weren't enough instant noodles to eat.
It will take about twenty more days for the Dragon Kingdom's army to be supplied to the Xia Kingdom.
Having no other choice, Long Qian led his soldiers to search for food everywhere.
However, due to the drought, the nearby streams have dried up!
The group couldn't catch fish to eat, nor could they find bamboo shoots, dandelions, or other wild vegetables.
The soldiers were so hungry they couldn't stand it anymore, so they had to eat tree bark.
Some soldiers even ate bamboo leaves.
Seeing this, Long Qian felt sorry for his soldiers and regretted not buying more boxes of instant noodles earlier.
Therefore, Long Qian plans to go to Xu Zhixun first thing tomorrow morning and buy a lot of boxes of instant noodles from her...
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The next day was July 1st, a Monday.
After waking up, Xu Zhixun was in a bad mood and felt depressed.
Two weeks ago, Xu Zhixun experienced workplace sexual harassment from her boss.
She was shocked and frightened, and was forced to resign.
After resigning, she didn't want to look for another job, so she simply gave up and took over her parents' small supermarket.
Her parents run a small supermarket at the entrance of the "Oasis Garden" residential complex.
Every morning from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Xu Zhixun's parents guard the supermarket.
Xu Zhixun guards the supermarket from 3 pm to 10 pm every day.
Now, during her morning break, Xu Zhixun called her male friend Bai Shenxing, asking him to recommend a reliable antique shop.
Bai Shenxing is Xu Zhixun's college classmate and also a second-generation rich kid.
Bai Shenxing's grandfather was an antique collector.
Under the influence of his grandfather, Bai Shenxing became quite familiar with the antique circle.
Therefore, Bai Shenxing recommended a reliable antique shop to Xu Zhixun.
Xu Zhixun went to the antique shop and handed over the five taels of silver that Long Qian had given her the night before to the shop owner for appraisal.
After the shop owner appraised it, he determined that the silver ingot was from the Tang Dynasty and was worth about 5,000 yuan.
Xu Zhixun was overjoyed, because the box of instant noodles she sold to Long Qian only cost 30 yuan wholesale...
At 3 p.m., Xu Zhixun returned to the "Hamster Supermarket" and took over the job of guarding the supermarket in place of her parents.
One minute later, she heard the system's electronic notification tone:
[Ding!]
System prompt:
Dear host, the Time-Space Supermarket has been bound to an ancient customer: Long Qian.
[Whenever Long Qian enters the Time-Space Supermarket, all modern people, except for the host, will see the supermarket as closed from the outside.]
[Apart from Long Qian, none of the ancient people knew about supermarkets.]
[Furthermore, when the host and Long Qian are talking in the supermarket, no one else can hear what they are saying.]
Huh? Is it that fun?
Xu Zhixun was overjoyed: "Thank you, system."
Time-Space Supermarket System: [You're welcome.]
The mission of this system is to help a destined supermarket owner become wealthier and happier.
[Ding!]
[System notification: The portal to another dimension has been opened!]
As soon as he finished speaking, Long Qian strode into the supermarket.
He was dressed in silver-white armor, tall with long legs, and had sharp eyes.
As soon as he entered, he bombarded Xu Zhixun with questions: "Miss, why does your supermarket only open in the afternoon?"
Xu Zhixun smiled awkwardly: "Because my parents are the ones guarding the supermarket in the morning, you can't get in."
Long Qian asked with a complicated expression, "Then can you guard the supermarket all day? I can give you more money!"
Xu Zhixun shook her head: "My energy is limited. I can't possibly guard the supermarket from seven in the morning to ten at night."
"I can't keep that up for more than a few days, my health will suffer."
Long Qian frowned, realizing he might be asking the impossible.
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