Chapter 72 The Boss is Short of Money
"Great! Little Star, from today onwards, we're family!" Xi'er held the little guy in both hands and rubbed all its fur.
Hongyuan: I regret it. This human girl is such a pervert! I just accepted her confession and she started touching me all over. Waaah!
However, the six-winged unicorn clan has always been loyal to their word; once they've made a promise, they can't go back on their word.
Hongyuan now only hopes that she can recover her magic power as soon as possible, so that she can no longer manipulate Him at will.
Having received Hongyuan's promise, Xi'er decided to leave the bottom of the cliff and go see the Cloud Abyss Mirror.
This is a cultivation continent dominated by humans. To avoid unnecessary trouble, Xi'er had Wujin and the other two, as well as Fusheng Ruomeng, enter the hollow silver sphere space.
She and Uncle Bo, along with Hongyuan, went on their mission together.
Bo Yiyan cooperated fully, letting her take the lead, treating it as accompanying her through training.
When they first arrived, they discovered that the spiritual energy here was abundant, with a higher concentration than that of the Misty Heavenly Realm.
The density of spiritual energy determines the overall cultivation level of this interface.
Xi'er is now at the ninth and a half level of the Tongtian Realm, and Bo Yiyan has also reached the Great Perfection of the Tongtian Realm. Whether in the Misty Heaven Realm or the Dust and Ashes Continent, they are considered to be top-tier cultivators.
But now that they've arrived at Yunyuan to appear on camera, they're a little uncertain.
After all, the five people Song Zhiyuan had captured before were all at least at the fifth level of the Tongtian Realm.
During their interrogation, they said that a total of 90 elite disciples of the Tongtian Realm were sent there.
The fact that they were able to send out so many Transcendent Realm experts at once is enough to prove that the overall strength of the Yunyuan Upper Realm is very strong, so they must keep a low profile and act cautiously.
The two quickly ascended the cliff by walking through the air from the bottom.
Above the cliff was a dense forest. Although Hongyuan was a local native, he rarely went out before, so he naturally did not know where they were.
The two had no choice but to fly through the air, stepping on the treetops towards the direction of human habitation.
It took a full half hour to finally arrive at a small town.
However, upon arriving in the town, they discovered that it was in a remote location and no one knew anything about the hunting competition among the nine families.
What frustrated them even more was that the common currency here was spirit stones.
When they left the Misty Heaven Realm for the Dust and Ash Continent, Yu Shan and his group did indeed bring a considerable amount of spirit stones.
Unfortunately, after arriving on the Dust Continent, spirit stones became increasingly scarce, and even when stored in a spatial ring, their spiritual power slowly dissipated.
Everyone used it sparingly, only using it when piloting the spirit boat.
In the Dust Continent, the only substitute for spirit stones is the Dawn Stone, but the Dawn Stone contains relatively little spiritual power. Even a high-quality Dawn Stone cannot compare to a low-grade spirit stone.
Xi'er currently has less than a hundred downgraded top-grade spirit stones, which can probably only be used as mid-grade spirit stones.
In this small town, even a single mid-grade magic weapon costs over five hundred mid-grade spirit stones.
The prices are so high that it's despairing.
“So, Uncle Bo, we still need to make money first,” Xi’er concluded.
"Unfortunately, no one here wants my medicine," Bo Yi said.
The people here firmly believe in elixirs, just like the Misty Heavenly Realm back then.
The difference is that no one is willing to try his medicine like the Martial Spirit Venerable did back then, even though he offered it to people for free.
As for the spider silk and the giant spider's corpse they had collected, the people in this town didn't recognize the Cliff Giant Spider, and no one in the shops was willing to pay to buy it.
"Uncle Bo, why don't we find a forest and go hunt monsters?" Xi'er said helplessly.
"Okay." Bo Yiyan nodded gently. He always granted Xi'er's requests as long as they did not endanger her safety.
“However, we should fill our stomachs first before we go hunting,” Xi’er said.
"Okay, let's eat our fill before we go earn spirit stones," Bo Yi said.
He wasn't worried at all; he just wanted to see how Xi'er would solve the problem.
The two found a street corner, and Xi'er took out a simple folding table and chairs, set them up, and then they started eating.
The dishes are home-style: hot and sour pork tenderloin, cold shredded radish salad, and spinach and egg drop soup.
The rice was steamed with mutated rice cultivated by the feather fan. Because it was stored in a storage ring and had a preservation talisman made by Achen, it was still piping hot when it was taken out.
Halfway through their meal, four or five passing cultivators stopped to watch.
"Young men, are you all gathered here because you're hungry and have nothing to eat?" Xi'er asked the most handsome boy.
"No, no, I just couldn't help stopping because your food smelled so good," the boy said, blushing. The others nodded in agreement.
"Don't you have any restaurants here?" Xi'er asked.
"Yes, but the food in the restaurant doesn't smell as good as yours, so I'd like to ask you where you bought these vegetables?" the boy said, and the others nodded in agreement.
“My family made this. Would you like to try some?” Xi’er asked.
"Mmm." The boy nodded hurriedly.
Xi'er then took out a plate of stir-fried green beans and gave each of the onlookers a pair of bamboo chopsticks.
She prefers meat to vegetarian food, so the only dishes she can serve are vegetarian.
After all, she's now away from home, and these delicious foods are becoming increasingly scarce, so she's a little reluctant to part with them.
The onlookers took the chopsticks, initially feeling a bit embarrassed, but after taking a bite, they all quickly put their chopsticks down.
In just half a minute, the entire plate of stir-fried green beans was devoured.
The commotion attracted even more onlookers, including the owner of a restaurant.
"Young lady, your food smells so good, do you know how to cook it? If you can, I'd be willing to hire you as the head chef of our restaurant at a high price," the boss said, his eyes gleaming.
Xi'er looked at Bo Yiyan, who turned his head away without hesitation, but Xi'er couldn't resist tugging at his sleeve and begging.
Finally, they made an agreement with the owner that Bo Yiyan would be the head chef of their restaurant for a month, and the owner would provide them with free room and board, as well as pay them a salary of one thousand mid-grade spirit stones.
As he put on his apron and entered the kitchen, Bo Yiyan couldn't help but sigh: How could he, a master of potions and once a top figure on Green Algae Star, have fallen so low as to have to rely on his cooking skills to make a living!
Of course, his reason for agreeing to stay was not solely to earn spirit stones.
Restaurants provide access to travelers from all directions, making it easy to gather information.
After all, they were unfamiliar with the place and their cultivation levels weren't top-notch.
Even if you find out the location of the Youyuan family head and the others without knowing the local situation, you cannot go there rashly—the risk is too great!
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