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“Xiao Er, your restaurant’s hotpot is so delicious, you didn’t add anything illegal, did you?”
“I’ll have another plate of beef here!”
“Do you do takeout?”
........
“Coming! Coming!”
Xiao Qin was as busy as a spinning top in the restaurant. He really didn’t expect that Li Shidi meant it when he said he wanted to open a hotpot restaurant.
As he served dishes, he asked in his mind:
“Teacher, Li Shidi didn’t put anything illegal in the hotpot, did he? Otherwise, why is it so fragrant?”
“Baby Disciple, let’s discuss something.”
“Please speak.”
“Regarding the question you asked, I need to taste it through your body to know.”
Martial Venerable Qianxing could temporarily possess Xiao Qin’s body, but this method consumed a great deal of Yi Soul.
Xiao Qin: “...”
He felt that when he had time, he should discuss it with Li Shidi.
The hotpot didn’t need to be *this* delicious.
It had only been open for three days, and there was already no space inside. If a few more days passed, wouldn’t there be a line out the door?
He deeply suspected that Li Shidi’s true purpose in proposing this plan was to open a hotpot restaurant.
“Boss lady, check please.”
At the counter.
The boss lady was a woman with an ordinary face but exceptionally beautiful eyes.
She rattled the abacus, and the clay pot beside her was already full of silver fragments.
Ying Bing lowered her eyes, looking at the money she had earned, and a hint of pleasure flashed in her clear eyes.
She initially thought Li Mo’s plan ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) was a bit absurd.
But counting these silver coins, which were meaningless to her, she actually felt an immersive sense of satisfaction.
Is this what an ordinary person’s life is like?
“Ice Cube, you’ve counted the money four times already.”
Li Mo, twirling the fake mustache on his lip, said helplessly.
“I don’t like making mistakes.” Ying Bing’s fingers paused, then she continued counting.
“......Alright.”
As long as Ice Cube didn’t go into the kitchen, she could count as many times as she wanted.
Withdrawing his gaze, Li Mo observed the customers coming and going.
Tianming Divine Eye, always active, he picked up a brush and began to record on a piece of paper.
【Name: Luo Feiyan】
【Age: 27】
【Root Bone: Crane Wing Arm, Spirit Cat Foot.】
【Realm: Inner Breath Condensation Realm.】
【Tianming: Green with Black.】
【Evaluation: Excellent in light body techniques, a famous female thief who loves to steal important items from others and then quietly return them. She stole a Hall Courtyard Swallow, so she decided to come to Ziyang Prefecture to join the fun.】
【Recent Encounter: Just stole the Secret Manual of Flying Sand Saber He Bin, and has been targeted by him.】
........
This was what he recorded about the slender woman who was shabu-shabu-ing hotpot.
Before this, there was also a record:
【Name: Luo Yao】
【Age: 14】
【Root Bone: Falling Goose Hand, Purple Star Eyes.】
【Realm: Qi Blood Realm Twelve Meridians.】
【Tianming: Blue with Black.】
【Evaluation: Disciple of Burning Jade Valley, outstanding talent, youthful spirit, secretly took her family’s heirloom Junzi Brush without her family’s knowledge, and came out to roam the Jianghu.】
【Recent Encounter: Targeted by Night Ghost Liu Heng, who intends to seize her Junzi Brush and offer it to the Soul-Calling Judge of Rain Listening Pavilion.】
Li Mo raised his head and looked not far away.
That was a young woman in splendid clothes in the hall, with red lips, white teeth, and a heroic demeanor.
Let’s just say, this girl must have read too many storybooks.
She bound her chest and tied her hair, thinking no one would recognize her as a woman.
At the entrance of the hotpot restaurant, she even broke the weapons of several Jianghu guests with a single brush stroke due to a spirited dispute with others, attracting a lot of attention.
She now slapped the table and loudly said:
“Shopkeeper, bring the wine!”
“I want the strongest kind! Young Master, I’m known as one who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, ten thousand cups without falling!”
It was evident that she was deliberately lowering her voice when she spoke.
“Coming.”
Seeing the young woman’s face flushed, Li Mo quietly added a little less alcohol to the water.
With that drinking capacity, she was still bragging.
Don’t let a certain Qingyuan Sect fighting king hear you.
“Here, this is for you.”
The young woman ate hotpot and drank wine, then tossed out a small solid gold fish.
“Sigh.”
Li Mo sighed slightly.
Perhaps in the eyes of young boys and girls, Jianghu was about wine and swords, spending all one’s money, and settling grudges freely?
He himself used to think that way.
“Shopkeeper, how did you come up with this hotpot recipe?”
“Are you interested in opening a branch in my Burning Jade Valley? My brother is very rich.”
Luo Yao asked, tipsy.
“The distinguished guest’s brother is...”
“Burning Jade Valley’s Chief Disciple, Luo Yu!”
Well, then.
I knew you looked a bit annoying.
At the end of the Nine Meridians Martial Arts Gathering, Li Mo had encountered Luo Yu. The other party wanted to exchange ten rare treasures, six famous weapons, and ten thousand taels of gold for his Chixiao Sword.
As everyone knows.
Xiao Li was quite wealthy, so he politely refused.
Guess what Luo Yu said?
“Very well, you have piqued my interest.”
No wonder these two are siblings...
After Luo Yao revealed her family background, fewer gazes were fixed on her.
“Little sister, are you perhaps seeing this handsome Shopkeeper and wanting to take him home?”
A woman’s teasing voice came from the side, it was Luo Feiyan.
“I want to challenge you!”
Luo Yao immediately glared at her in anger, her already flushed face turning even redder.
Luo Feiyan ignored her, instead looking at Li Mo.
“The Shopkeeper, when he was young, must have been a handsome man.”
“I’m quite interested in your...”
Hmm.
Li Mo used the faceless glazed gauze to make himself look a bit older.
At the counter, the sound of the abacus stopped. The boss lady raised her head and silently looked at Luo Feiyan.
“Hotpot recipe.” Luo Feiyan finished her sentence.
The sound of the abacus resumed.
“Shopkeeper, opening one shop is already very tiring for us!”
Xiao Qin put down a plate of mutton.
No, Li Shidi, are you really considering the feasibility of this matter?
We’re not here to make the hotpot restaurant big and strong!
“Hmm, we currently have no plans to open a branch.”
“Nor will we sell the hotpot recipe.”
Li Mo smiled and politely declined Luo Yao and Luo Feiyan.
“Tsk, your chef’s knife skills are good.”
Luo Feiyan narrowed her eyes, picking up a slice of mutton as thin as a cicada’s wing.
“He’s practiced for a few years.”
Li Mo chuckled.
Yes, he’s practiced the Life-Extinguishing Saber Technique for a few years.
The sliced mutton was not only as thin as a cicada’s wing but also incredibly fresh, preserving its freshness to the greatest extent.
Returning to the counter with the small gold fish.
Ice Cube pushed it into the money pot and started counting again.
As dusk fell.
The hotpot restaurant, busy all day, finally closed its doors.
“Today I gathered some information.”
“Among the stronger two, one is Flying Sand Saber He Bin, and the other is Night Ghost Liu Heng. These two are an Inner Breath Jade Liquid Realm and an Inner Breath Mystic Core Realm respectively.”
“There are also some small fry, mostly Qi Condensation Realm. Their combat power should not be weak, and they are all vicious individuals with lives on their hands.”
Li Mo said, looking at the record paper in his hand.
Xiao Qin and Zuoqiu Yang exchanged glances.
So many Wu Jian Trial participants came to the restaurant today?
How did they not notice?
Li Mo continued:
“We aim for a quick kill. The faster the battle ends, the better.”
“Senior Brother Xiao, Brother Zuoqiu, those small fry are up to you. Your martial arts are better suited for dealing with small fry.”
Xiao Qin’s expression was complex.
Is this a compliment?
But in fact, the ‘small fry’ Li Shidi mentioned were not weak; they were all Inner Breath Qi Condensation Realm.
He silently put on his night clothes and the ox-head mask he bought at the market.
The two went out into the darkness.
“Are you going out to uphold justice, or staying in the shop to wait for me?”
Li Mo turned and asked.
“Uphold justice?”
Ying Bing was a bit confused.
They were hiding their identities, sneaking out in the dark.
By no means did it seem to align with the word ‘justice.’
Li Mo said seriously:
“Who says only those who stand in the light are heroes?”
“I have to tell you the story of Gotham City. There’s a hero there too.”
“Every time night falls, he puts on a mask and goes out to fight crime...”
Ten minutes later.
Another figure left the hotpot restaurant.
Watching Li Mo’s back disappear into the night.
Ying Bing was silent for a few seconds.
The story just now was so childish.
But perhaps because she had never had such an experience, deep down, there was a hint of eagerness.
This was very abnormal for her.
“Someone will use the Wu Jian Trial to target Jiang Chulong.” ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
“I haven’t investigated this matter yet.”
Swish—
A leaf outside trembled slightly; someone had just stepped on it, and their figure moved away.
She was going to investigate Jiang Chulong’s matter.
Yes.
That’s it...
