Free Web NovelBoss Hu lingered in the Liao Zhai Tavern like an earthbound spirit, waiting for someone.
That was a scholar who was so kind it was almost foolish; even though he was on the verge of starvation himself, he always loved to help others.
But all his money was used to buy alcohol, so when he offered help, there would always be the awkward situation of a hungry Liu Min looking at the scholar handing over a wine pot.
A silent stare.
When that person left, he said to him, "The future is uncertain, and the day of reunion is unpredictable. Please brew a jar of good wine, bury it under the apricot tree of the tavern outside the county town, and wait for my return to drink it together. If you are willing, you can continue to help the villagers on my behalf. You don't need much - just a meal and enough wine will do. If you find it troublesome, feel free to leave on your own."
Boss Hu waited, from the time the tavern outside the county town had bustling business, until the tavern turned into ruins. After that, he moved the Liao Zhai Tavern, which he had obtained by chance, to the agreed-upon location.
He waited with a body that lived and died within a day. The apricot blossoms bloomed countless times, and a thousand years passed in the blink of an eye, but that person still did not return.
Although in the process of gradually becoming a Calamity, he had long understood that there was probably no reincarnation in this world, he still wanted to wait a little longer.
What if? What if that guy became a urban legend and was trapped somewhere?
Some urban legend who vaguely knew about Boss Hu's past spread rumors that Boss Hu was waiting for his lover. Since then, the urban legend who said this
Never appeared in the Liao Zhai Tavern again.
Heh, the mutated urban legend are indeed all top-tier idiots!
In this world, besides love, is there no other emotion that can last?
From now on, if you want to eat the food or drink the wine of the Liao Zhai Tavern, please stand outside the door to enjoy it!
Not letting that urban legend appear in the Liao Zhai Tavern's back kitchen, but occasionally appearing at the door of the Liao Zhai Tavern, was still giving him some face because he was an old customer.
Boss Hu also brewed wine and buried it under the tree. At first, his brewing technique was very poor, the taste was bitter, there were many impurities, and it couldn't be stored for long.
Every few years, he had to dig it up and pour away the blackened and soured wine pulp.
Later, thinking it was a bit of a waste to pour it away, he simply dug out the wine that was about to spoil and gave it to passersby and urban legend to drink. Over time, the number of customers in the tavern unknowingly increased, and everyone praised him for making excellent sour wine.
Excellent wine? What kind of excellent wine is that?
It was just inferior stuff that was about to turn into vinegar.
How could it compare to that jar of good wine named 【Floating Life】?
However,
As long as the customers are happy!
Only when they drank happily would they leave some urban legend core or Alchemy materials to pay for the wine.
With those urban legend cores and Alchemy materials, Boss Hu could continuously strengthen his Power and continue to wait.
That way of indiscriminately devouring urban legend cores would, in theory, cause big problems. Fortunately, Boss Hu later brewed Human Fireworks.
A portion of that jar of wine was given to those who were destined to save people, and most of the rest he drank himself. Otherwise, with his meager Power, he absolutely could not have survived a thousand years.
After all, not every urban legend has the talent of Ju Meng.
Or perhaps, it is precisely because of the citizens of the Eight Hundred Li Peach Garden and their offerings full of Human Fireworks that Ju Meng's Power could only show signs of decay and degradation after five thousand years.
In fact, as early as several hundred years ago, Boss Hu had the idea of entrusting the Liao Zhai Tavern to others, taking the remaining little Human Fireworks, and setting off to find that scholar.
However, signs of Power decay and degradation appeared again, forcing him to drink the last pot of 【Floating Life】. The plan ultimately failed to materialize.
He didn't bring good wine as agreed, so how could he have the face to meet his old friend?
From then on, the person he waited for, in addition to that scholar, became one more.
Someone who could cook Human Fireworks so that he could transform into a pot of good wine.
Later, he waited for the man surnamed Pu and was finally able to get away and search for a while.
But the lifespan of ordinary humans is limited. It took the man surnamed Pu nearly forty years to write Human Fireworks. Not long after the book was completed, he served as the Boss of the Liao Zhai Tavern for only a few years before passing away. Boss Hu was forced to return to the tavern again.
Only then did he realize that, unknowingly, he had become unable to let go of the tavern and the people and urban legend in the tavern, becoming a cage without shackles or locks, a dangerous curse, a terrifying inner demon.
To eliminate this curse and break free from this cage, he had to wait for another person who could cook Human Fireworks.
However, after waiting and waiting, using up the not-so-many remaining Liao Zhai original manuscripts to purify the decaying Power, he still didn't wait for the next person who could cook
A complete Human Fireworks.
How Boss Hu felt, having to continue waiting, can be imagined...
After returning home and confirming the condition of Ju Meng and Hua Xieyu, Lu Yibei led Boss Hu to the underground parking lot of Happiness Community.
Originally, Ju Meng was a hundred percent unwilling to help Lu Yibei house-sit. She argued and made a fuss, fully displaying her Smelly Girl nature. It was Boss Hu who helped plead, saying that there was something important to do, allowing Lu Yibei to get away.
However, Ju Meng always felt that there was something fishy between the two of them, like partners in crime helping to deceive their wives at home so they could go out together and
Do something shady.
Colluding for evil!
Upon arriving at the underground parking lot of Happiness Community, the two found the steaming baskets used for making steamed buns, as well as the various tools and materials used for making steamed buns. They watched the surveillance footage several times.
They even checked the part of the letters that Lu Yibei dictated and Du Sixian wrote on his behalf, which had not yet been sent out.
【Floating Life is Like a Miracle】's reaction was so intense, it didn't seem like something an incomplete Human Fireworks could cause. He just didn't believe it and wanted to see it with his own eyes.
Then.
He gave up.
Those items were all tainted with the aura of Human Fireworks, but they could only be considered "scraps" and were useless.
"You've seen it. That's «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» the situation." Lu Yibei spread his hands, sized up Boss Hu's expression, and whispered tentatively, "Well, about the permanent free usage we talked about..."
"Uh, if it really doesn't work, I'll give you four more steamed buns to make it a round number?"
Boss Hu's eyes widened, glaring at Lu Yibei, "Didn't you say there were none left? How are there four more?"
"Don't I have to keep some for myself?" Lu Yibei said expressionlessly, "This time, there really are none left!"
Boss Hu looked at Lu Yibei with a dark face, "And you still want permanent free usage with this? Let alone ten, I'd have to think about twenty."
"Then I'll offer twenty-one. There really, really, really aren't any more." Lu Yibei blurted out.
Boss Hu, "???"
Didn't you say they were for saving people?
How many did you keep for yourself?
Damn it, is there a single truthful word from this guy's mouth?
Finally, Boss Hu took ten steamed buns from Lu Yibei, and Lu Yibei also obtained the privilege of a permanent 4.95% discount at the Liao Zhai Tavern from him.
Why 4.95?
According to Lu Yibei, it wasn't much less than a 50% discount, but it sounded like a lot less, which felt great.
If he had to do something big in the future and heavily exploit Boss Hu, this 0.05 might also play a significant role.
Quantitative change leads to qualitative change!
Of course, Lu Yibei didn't dare to say the last sentence to Boss Hu.
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When they came out of the underground parking lot of Happiness Community, the sun had already climbed above the horizon, missing the time to remove the urban legend transformation.
After parting ways with Boss Hu, Lu Yibei turned right and boarded the bus returning to Jingyi Apartment Complex in front of the Happiness Community gate.
His electric scooter was parked at Jingyi Apartment. Uncle Zhang Shan doesn't drive during the day, so taking the bus was more environmentally friendly.
Sitting down on the bus, Lu Yibei immediately took out his phone and opened "love and magical girls."
After working hard for half a day, the real Human Fireworks was nowhere to be found, and it was even possible that it wasn't made at all. It was like getting a quad kill, and the last enemy player with low health was right in front of him, but a teammate stole the penta kill with a skilled combo.
Lu Yibei's mood was not much better than Boss Hu's, so he urgently needed to replenish White Little Flower energy to comfort his wounded young heart.
Listening to the magical girl's sweet voice speaking profanities, Lu Yibei's face showed no emotional fluctuations, but a warm current had already risen in his heart.
Unknowingly, half of the journey had passed.
Just then, a young man got on the bus and naturally sat in the empty seat next to Lu Yibei.
Lu Yibei subconsciously glanced at the young man, then quickly averted his gaze.
The man had an ordinary appearance, average build, and wore a dark professional suit.
It was the morning rush hour, and there were young men like him everywhere on the street, with nothing particularly noteworthy about him.
However, just as she lowered her head, preparing to continue playing the game, a strong burning pain suddenly came from her back, her vision blurred, and the various sounds in her ears, as if the pause button had been pressed, disappeared.
That man came.
"Gulp!"
Lu Yibei swallowed hard, her peripheral vision drifting towards the man next to her. When she caught sight of the dark circles under his eyes, which had appeared at some point,
All the hairs on her body stood on end, and sweat instantly appeared on her forehead.
Wasn't he stopped by that Guardian Adult? He got away so quickly and found me?
Damn it, why is this guy so persistent?
What exactly does he want to do? Lu Yibei thought anxiously.
Getting entangled with a big shot like the Eclipse Society President was not a good thing, especially when she was preparing to infiltrate the Eclipse Society as a double agent.
How could she not panic at this juncture?
As if he hadn't noticed Lu Yibei's unease, or as if he didn't want to be discovered, the man looked straight ahead and said faintly, "Thank you. If it weren't for you this time, the trouble would have been huge."
If it weren't for Lu Yibei, although he had a way to suppress the Parasitic Kind, it would have taken at least several months.
That much time would be enough for the Elder Council to secretly arrange many plans.
Lu Yibei's eye twitched. Suppressing the panic in her heart, she said weakly, "You flatter me. That's what I should do. I'm a flower of the motherland. I'll go wherever I'm needed!"
"What's more, I didn't really do anything. I just made a small dish, and used a small trick to trap the Parasitic Kind."
"Honestly, compared to you, what a small person like me did is nothing!"
Hearing this, the man smiled bitterly and reached out to pat her shoulder, saying, "Calamity Miss, be more confident in yourself. Don't be so self-deprecating. You are already a big shot."
Lu Yibei, "..."
If I were a big shot, would I be sitting here humbly, speaking nicely to you?
I would have long ago sent you to the Si Ye Hui Headquarters and let you, the leader of this evil organization, know what karma is.
After grumbling a few sentences to herself, Lu Yibei frowned and said, "You're joking. Compared to big figures like you, Zhang Huainan, the Da Chunyang Palace teachings, and the Black Emperor, and the Old man selling melons on Xuanwu Slope, what kind of big shot am I?!"
Aren't they all the same person? The man was stunned for a moment, then understood Lu Yibei's thoughts and smiled bitterly, "You don't have to be like this. By my side, the one from Da Chunyang Palace cannot sense your call."
Lu Yibei, "..."
"Moreover, you are more like a big shot than we are. Your future achievements will be higher than all of us, much higher."
"How much higher is much higher?" Lu Yibei subconsciously asked. After speaking, she realized she hadn't controlled her mouth, and a cold sweat instantly broke out on her back.
The man turned his head and stared directly into Lu Yibei's eyes, saying seriously, "High enough to completely destroy this world, and then usher in a perfect new life."
Looking at the man's sincere and confident expression, Lu Yibei's mind suddenly flashed with the topic of saving the world that Chatterbox Girl had discussed with her.
After being stunned for a few seconds, Lu Yibei avoided the man's gaze and looked out the window, "Stop joking! Me? How is that possible?"
After a pause, before the man could speak, she suddenly turned her head and looked directly into the man's eyes, saying, "Even if I could do it, why would I go through so much trouble, destroying first and then creating a new life?"
"Isn't that redundant? Wouldn't it be better to optimize on the existing basis?"
"Because..." The man opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but found that Lu Yibei didn't give him any chance to speak.
"You want to say it's already rotten, beyond saving, and must be completely torn down and started over, right?"
Hearing this, the man's heart filled with joy.
Could it be that she had already conceived that idea?
But then, his mood became heavy again.
"I find your theory very strange. It's like having the ability to do your job well, but insisting on blaming the chair for not being soft enough, the office software for being too slow, the water for making coffee for being too cold, blaming this and that, instead of finishing the job first."
"If you haven't done it, how do you know that those external factors will definitely have an impact and lead to failure?" ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
"Besides, that Old man Zhang Huainan also told me to help others more, whether they are humans or urban legend! You two contradicting each other makes me feel very awkward. How about you go fight him first, and I'll listen to whoever wins?"
The man...
He had always thought that Unmyouki was the most eloquent person he knew, but he didn't expect his daughter to be even better.
In just a few words, she shifted the contradiction to himself and the one from Da Chunyang Palace.
Go fight that one?
Regardless of winning or losing, there would be no good outcome.
After speaking non-stop for a while, the hot blood that had rushed to Lu Yibei's head gradually dissipated, and she was still a bit guilty, whispering, "Uh...
I was just saying that, don't mind it. I'm just a small person who talks big. When I really encounter something, I run faster than anyone."
The man was silent for a few seconds, then nodded, "Mm."
Some things can't be rushed.
"Then, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first?" Lu Yibei tentatively asked.
After speaking, without waiting for the man's response, she stood up, preparing to slip away.
"Wait!" Seeing Lu Yibei about to run, the man quickly let out a light call, "Actually, I came to see you this time mainly for something else."
"Ah?"
"Are you interested in siding with the Chairman faction? You don't need to help us with anything in the Elder Council. You just need to not take action at critical moments."
Lu Yibei, "???"
What the heck?
I thought you came to kill me, but you came to get me to leave?
But I really don't know anything about the Elder Council or not the Elder Council, what should I do? Lu Yibei thought.
Facing the olive branch the man extended, she was completely bewildered.
