Walking into the Su Hai Restaurant, Ning Cheng almost wanted to stay here to cultivate. From the moment he arrived at this place, the Yuan Qi around him was very thin. It was only when he entered this restaurant that there was a slightly denser Yuan Qi.
The aroma inside the restaurant was overwhelming, and Ning Cheng once again had a feeling of hunger as he looked at the cultivators who were feasting on their food. Plates of steaming, fragrant sea demon beast meat, as well as some spirit fruits and spirit herbs that had been cooked through various means, made people want to eat a meal just by looking at them. It was evident that the chefs in this restaurant were all of a very high standard.
Ning Cheng rubbed his nose, he didn’t know how long it had been since he had eaten in a restaurant. When he thought of coming to a restaurant to eat, he could not help but think of Tian Muwan.
If there was anyone he had gone to restaurants with the most times, it would definitely be Tian Muwan. However, at that time, his wallet was not bulging, so he had always taken Tian Muwan to a fly restaurant for dinner. Thinking of this, Ning Cheng once again secretly sighed, why would a small misunderstanding cause Tian Muwan to change so much? The Tian Muwan who was willing to accompany him to a fly restaurant for dinner was no longer there.
The five people had just crossed into the hotel when the restaurant’s mate greeted them, “A few people inside, please, there are still a few private rooms, would you like to ……”
Not waiting for the man to finish his words, Li Siyan waved his hand and said, “We’ll just have some food, we don’t need a private room.”
Seeing that Tao Xing did not offer an opinion, Ning Cheng knew that this guy did not seem to be a rich person either.
Once the five of them sat down, the fellow {brought the menu over. Ning Cheng’s divine sense swept over the menu and was secretly surprised that the prices for food here were really high. A random dish was more than a dozen divine crystals, slightly better ones were a few hundred divine crystals, and there were even thousands and thousands of divine crystals priced. Moreover, Ning Cheng found that these were all top grade divine crystals.
“Spirit fried earth eagle tongue, sizzling starless flower rabbit palm, stewed phoenix ferry buds ……”
After Tao Xing ordered more than ten dishes. He handed the menu to Nalan Ruxue. “Senior sister Ru Xue, you order a few as well.”
Nalan Ruxue quickly waved her hand, “No need, Senior Brother Tao helped me out and invited us to eat here, I’m grateful in my heart. Besides, I’ve never been to this place before, so just eat casually.”
Nalan Ruxue was not saying anything false. The prices at Su Hai Restaurant were too high class. In the past, she and Yan Ji had only eaten at some small restaurants at most, and would never come to a place like this.
When Tao Xing saw that Nalan Ruxue said so, he was also polite and asked Ning Cheng again. Looking at the way he didn’t even hand over the menu, Ning Cheng knew that he was just being falsely polite.
“No need, I don’t really care about food.” Ning Cheng refused plainly.
A hint of displeasure flashed in Tao Xing’s eyes, in his opinion Ning Cheng and Nalan Ruxue were friends and their cultivation levels were obviously not too high. Now Ning Cheng did not have any respect for him not to mention that his tone was so general.
After letting You Cheng and Li Si Yan order a few more dishes. The menu was taken away by the restaurant’s mate.
Ning Cheng had long since noticed that the dishes ordered by Tao Xing were all relatively average in price. The most expensive ones were only a few items that cost more than a hundred divine crystals. All the dishes ordered together did not exceed a thousand divine crystals.
The dishes were served quickly and were indeed full of colour and flavour. Moreover, a dense Yuan Qi radiated out, so one didn’t need to eat to know that these items could not only fill one’s stomach, but could also improve one’s cultivation.
“Senior Brother Ning, you eat.” Nalan Ru Xue did remember to greet Ning Cheng and do it.
Tao Xing also said with a smile, “Right, Senior Brother Ning doesn’t need to be polite. You haven’t come here to eat before, have you? It’s hard for ordinary casual cultivators to come here for a meal, the prices here are simply unaffordable for ordinary cultivators. This plate of sizzling starless flower rabbit palm has the highest price, Senior Sister Ru Xue and Senior Sister Xue Yan are women eating more, we can just have something else.”
Ning Cheng was about to fork up a piece of Sizzling Starless Flower Rabbit Palm, but when he heard Tao Xing’s words, he was instantly upset in his heart, as if he had come to eat soft food. He had clearly seen him preparing to make a move on the Sizzling Starless Flower Rabbit Palm, and still said such boring words.
“Buddy, come over here for a moment.” Ning Cheng put down the food fork in his hand and greeted the fellow over.
“May I ask if there is anything else I need?” The fellow came quickly.
Ning Cheng took out a pot of wine and handed it to the fellow and said, “Go and show your boss how many divine crystals can be exchanged for this pot.”
“Good.” The fellow hurriedly picked up the pot of wine and retreated.
Seeing that Ning Cheng did not make a move, Nalan Ru Xue was also a little embarrassed and sat there not knowing whether she should eat or not.
“Senior sister Ru Xue, don’t be polite, greet your friends and eat.” Tao Xing and the others had already started to eat.
Not long after, the fellow came over eagerly with a middle-aged male cultivator.
“This fellow Daoist, may I ask if that pot of wine was yours just now?” The middle-aged male cultivator came in front of Ning Cheng and said with a cupped fist, his tone was very polite.
Ning Cheng nodded, “That’s right, it’s mine, this pot of wine was given to me by my friend, I’ve kept it for many years and never bothered to drink it. Today, I happened to fancy a few dishes at your restaurant and wanted to try the taste, so I took it out.”
Hearing Ning Cheng’s words, the middle-aged male cultivator’s face obviously showed some disappointment, obviously Ning Cheng meant that only this pot was available. However, he still took out a storage bag and handed it to Ning Cheng and said, “This is 10,000 top grade divine crystals, plus we will send you five more dishes, as long as they do not exceed 10,000 divine crystals ……”
Looking at this male cultivator, Ning Cheng knew that he had no intention of returning the pot of Mo Xiang Yi. However, Ning Cheng had taken it out, so he had no intention of taking it back. This was a real extremely high quality Mo Xiang Yi, and he still had most of the barrel inside his ring.
“Of course, help me add a few dishes, Earth Fire Stewed Golden Looking Oxtail and Divine Spring Shaved Lin Dur ……”
Ning Cheng ordered five dishes in one breath, the cheapest one was more than a thousand divine crystals, these five dishes were close to ten thousand divine crystals.
Looking at Tao Xing’s dumbfounded look, Nalan Ru Xue pursed her lips. Ning Cheng was still the same Ning Cheng from back then, even after so many years, his bones had still not changed.
The five dishes were quickly served, and only then did Ning Cheng grab his food fork, “Now you can eat.”
A piece of Divine Spring Shaved Lingua was put into Ning Cheng’s mouth, the incomparably rich Divine Spirit Qi seeped in, and Ning Cheng secretly sighed while refining it, no wonder so many people were willing to come here to eat. Not only did this satiate his mouth, it also increased his cultivation level. After this meal, he could go and impact the middle stage of the Eternal Realm.
Tao Xing saw that the few dishes Ning Cheng served up were more than ten times the price he paid, and despite his displeasure, he did not continue to make a fool of himself by saying something about a rare meal and which dishes he could not eat.
Although several people were eager to taste what the dishes costing thousands of divine crystals tasted like, Ning Cheng simply did not fork the dishes ordered by Tao Xing, and the three of them were too embarrassed to eat the dishes ordered by Ning Cheng.
Nalan Ruxue stifled her head and only ate a few bites of the divine Spring Shaved Linn Durian, not moving another plate at all. Tao Xing was eager to continue greeting Nalan Ruxue, but unfortunately, the grade of the dish he ordered was much worse than the one Ning Cheng had ordered.
It was only after the meal was finished that Tao Xing sighed with relief.
After eating these things, Ning Cheng felt more and more that he was about to break through the Early Eternal stage and advance to the Middle Eternal stage. He decided to find a place to stay to break through his cultivation immediately after asking Nalan Ru Xue.
“Senior Brother Ning, what kind of wine was that pot of wine you just had? It’s actually worth twenty thousand divine crystals?” After the fellow had collected the stuff away, You Cheng, a late stage Heavenly Ranker, finally couldn’t help but ask out.
“It was a gift from a friend, I didn’t expect it to be worth so much.” After Ning Cheng finished his answer, he stood up while turning his gaze towards Nalan Ru Xue.
Without waiting for Nalan Ruxue to stand up as well, Tao Xing hurriedly said, “Senior Brother Ning, in three days we are going to form a team to go to Red Branch Island, I heard that someone has found a Wood Origin Crystal there ……”
Ning Cheng originally had no interest in going out in a group with these few people, but he was immediately moved when he heard about the Wood Origin Crystal. Wood Origin Crystals were good things for him, the best treasure for the Wu Xia Ghost Vine to advance was Wood Origin Crystals.
Nalan Ru Xue thought that Ning Cheng was definitely going to refuse, but instead, he heard Ning Cheng reply, “Fine, then in three days, I will also team up with a few of you to go to Red Branch Island to take a look, so I will take my leave now.”
“Senior Brother Tao, Senior Brother You, Senior Sister Si Yan, Senior Brother Ning and I are going out for some business, so I will come back to you then.” When Nalan Ru Xue saw Ning Cheng go out, she hurriedly stood up and exchanged a greeting before following Ning Cheng out of the Su Hai Restaurant.
Tao Xing looked at Ning Cheng’s back and said thoughtfully, “This person can come up with 20,000 divine crystals of wine and just squander it like that, it doesn’t look simple.”
You Cheng smiled faintly, “Simple or not, we will know in a few days.”
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Nalan Ru Xue led Ning Cheng around the square and into the inside of Bian Su Divine Sea City. The two of them walked for more than an hour before they arrived at a humble cave area.
“This is where Senior Sister Yan Ji and I live, after Senior Sister Yan Ji left, I live here alone.” Nalan Ru Xue guided Ning Cheng to the outside of one of the cave mansions and took out a jade token to cross the cave mansion’s defensive prohibitions.
After walking into the cave’s forbidden system, Ning Cheng knew why Nalan Ru Xue had to go out with others to form a group. The divine Spirit Qi in this place was much more scarce than even the Bian Su Restaurant, and cultivating in this place was at best only slightly better than being on the street. The greatest use of this place was not for cultivation, but for providing a place to stay.
The cave was really too simple to be rudimentary, and at the entrance of the cave there was only an open space less than three feet square, with a few weeds growing sparsely on top of it.
There were only two rooms inside the cave.
After bringing Ning Cheng to his room and sitting down, Nalan Ruxue then said, “Back then, after Yan Ji and I came here from the transmission formation of the Spiny Tooth Lake, we have been cultivating here ……”
“Wait ……” Ning Cheng interrupted Nalan Ru Xue, “You said that you and Yan Ji teleported here together from the teleportation formation below the Thorny Tooth Lake?”
When Nalan Ru Xue heard Ning Cheng’s words, she knew that Ning Cheng also knew about that teleportation formation, and she hurriedly told him all about what had happened back then. It went on until a year ago, when Yan Ji broke through the Heavenly Destiny Realm shackles and advanced to the Heavenly Position Realm, and then went to the Tai Su Market.
After hearing what Nalan Ru Xue said, Ning Cheng frowned and asked, “Since Yan Ji had advanced to the Heavenly Rank Realm, why did he not go back from the original teleportation array, but instead had to go to the Tai Su Ruins?”