Chapter 48: Cash Register Mission (Seventh Update, please favorite, please vote)

Inside the gourmet shop.

"Gulp..."

Yue Buqun, Zhang Sanfeng, Abbot Xuan Ci, and the others watched Ying Zheng alone with three glasses of watermelon juice, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva, feeling struck a blow.

Especially Yue Buqun — watching Ying Zheng gain nine years of lifespan in the time it took to finish a single meal, his eyes were filled with envy!

That was nine years!

How many nine-year spans are there in a life!

In just this short while, Ying Zheng had gained nine years.

So having money really can buy time!

At this moment, that thought surfaced in Yue Buqun's mind.

And sharing the same thought as Yue Buqun were Zhang Sanfeng and the others.

"No way — once I'm back, I have to find a chance to take out the Emperor!"

Deeply struck, the thought of usurping the throne surfaced once more in Yue Buqun's mind.

These days, being Emperor is just too rich.

At the level of Ying Zheng's nouveau-riche extravagance, Yue Buqun felt that if he went back without plotting to usurp the throne, he'd be letting down his own strength.

Still, thinking was one thing — Yue Buqun felt he still had to plan it out properly.

Without further ado, after finishing his own food, Yue Buqun said a word to Su Mu, then left.

Leaving together with Yue Buqun were Zhang Sanfeng, Song Yuanqiao, Xuan Ci, Monk Xuanji, and others.

Being here was simply too torturous!

That Ying Zheng was utterly inhuman in his extravagance!

"Ahem, shopkeeper, I'll be going too!"

Even with two lifetimes behind him, Tang San was shaken by Ying Zheng's magnanimity.

Taking his packed portion of egg fried rice, Tang San said a word to Su Mu, then left.

In an instant, the spacious gourmet shop was left with only Ying Zheng, Yang Xue, and Jianghe.

After enjoying the three glasses of watermelon juice and feeling the nine added years of lifespan, Ying Zheng finally left fully satisfied.

Meanwhile, Jianghe and Yang Xue were still dividing up the food.

Because there was Ying Zheng's share of the food.

It was equivalent to the two of them being able to eat three portions of food.

Thinking of how Yang Xue had missed out on the egg fried rice last time, Jianghe directly pushed the beef noodles in front of Yang Xue.

This was the shopkeeper's new product, and worth fifty taels of gold — clearly more precious than the egg fried rice.

Perhaps the boost in strength would also be greater.

Faced with Jianghe's kindness, Yang Xue did not refuse.

Then, the two of them began to enjoy their meal inside the gourmet shop.

Jianghe started with the braised eggs, skillfully savoring them bite by bite.

With the two braised eggs entering his body, the strength he had previously gained now faintly pushed toward Apprentice seventh-tier.

Jianghe did not hesitate. Striking while the iron was hot, he picked up the two portions of egg fried rice before him and ate them in big mouthfuls.

As grains of golden egg fried rice entered his mouth, Jianghe immediately felt the energy within his body explode.

The strength stuck at Apprentice seventh-tier, with the two portions of egg fried rice swallowed, directly skyrocketed upward.

In just the span of a moment, it broke through to Apprentice eighth-tier, surging all the way to Apprentice ninth-tier before finally stopping.

Feeling the energy within his body skyrocket, even though he had long been mentally prepared, Jianghe was still dumbfounded.

The power of this egg fried rice was just too terrifying!

The tiers of the Apprentice stage seemed like mere decoration before the egg fried rice.

Almost like crushing dry weeds and snapping rotten wood, it pushed straight to ninth-tier.

Looking at the remaining portion of beef noodles before him, Jianghe couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

After only a brief hesitation, Jianghe called out and began eating the beef noodles.

The thick broth, the noodles, the beef — the three sliding down his throat, and instantly the ninth-tier energy within Jianghe was detonated.

Terrifying energy, like a rushing river, flowed within Jianghe's body.

In almost the span of an instant, it directly broke through the threshold of ninth-tier.

The heart core at his dantian, under the impact of the energy, transformed into a proto-core.

The surging energy now continuously flowed toward the proto-core, then gathered into the shape of a small nebula.

Nebula swirling, energy converging — around the proto-core, a small, delicate prism crystal condensed.

Jianghe felt the birth of the prism crystal within his body and couldn't help but be stunned.

In how long's effort, he had stepped into the ranks of a Guardian.

Just as Jianghe was overjoyed, the nebula around the proto-core, with the final swallow of boiled water, condensed once more, and another prism crystal appeared around the proto-core.

Two prism crystals — Guardian second-tier!

Jianghe was stunned; he had not expected the beef noodles to be so terrifying.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Yang Xue faced the same situation as Jianghe.

Yang Xue, who had originally only been at Apprentice fifth-tier, after eating one braised egg and the egg fried rice, directly broke through to Apprentice sixth-tier.

Feeling her breakthrough, Yang Xue was quite happy.

But then, after eating one portion of beef noodles, her strength directly skyrocketed from Apprentice sixth-tier all the way to Apprentice ninth-tier.

After the second portion of beef noodles was eaten, she directly broke through to Guardian second-tier strength.

Such a terrifying boost in strength nearly left Yang Xue dumbfounded.

Is this even something a human can do?

But then remembering this was a deity's place, he felt it made sense after all.

Oh, so it's a god—then no problem!

Feeling the formation of the core within their bodies, Yang Xue and Jianghe exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

This deity's place is way too terrifying.

At this rate of improvement, it probably wouldn't take long before they became Glorious Ones!

And the person in charge of the entire Nancheng base was only a Glorious One himself!

For a moment, the two felt as if they were dreaming.

Even after leaving the gourmet shop, neither of the two had quite come back to their senses.

As for Su Mu over here, naturally he had no idea of their shock.

What he was troubled about right now was another matter.

"System, do you have any dedicated cash register here? All this gold every day—I can't use it!"

He cast a slightly headache-ridden glance beneath the counter, where all kinds of gold had already piled up.

Although all this was money.

Still, piling it up like this was way too troublesome.

Moreover, as the dishes kept increasing in the future.

With tens of thousands of taels of gold popping up all the time, where was he supposed to put it?

Today Su Mu had discovered that those Zhang Sanfeng, Ying Zheng and others the System had pulled over.

Their wealth, it seemed, had all been specially collected into a spatial storage by the System.

Regarding this, Su Mu naturally wanted one too.

That way, things would be more convenient in the future.

"Beep, per the host's request, the Cash Register Task is now activated!"

"Beep, task activated: when the number of customers reaches ten, obtain an automatic card reader."

Two mechanical divine voices rang out in his mind; Su Mu, listening to the System's voice, was still quite pleased.

But after waiting half a day, he found his cash register hadn't changed at all, and Su Mu couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"Beep, current customer count is nine, please keep it up, host!"

The next moment, the System's prompt made the smile freeze on Su Mu's face.

System, get out here—someone like you usually gets beaten to death!