Chapter 2201: Where are my immortal crystals?

It hadn't been long before a space ring was filled to the brim; even though she used to be a top courtesan, the girl in charge of collecting immortal crystals was still shocked beyond words.

It's faster than robbery.

Such an outrageous speed; although she hasn't seen much, she feels even the major sects of the Immortal Realm couldn't possibly make money this fast.

She handed the space ring filled with immortal crystals to another girl beside her, who would take it to the backyard for Ye Zhangqing.

In the hall, those who had eaten a bowl seemed to have their Ren and Du meridians opened, bowl after bowl.

Meanwhile in the backyard, Ye Zhangqing returned to the fire room to start cooking.

After all, the food in the hall was almost gone.

But this time, Ye Zhangqing had no complaints whatsoever; after all, they had paid, so naturally they could eat as much as they wanted.

You could eat a hundred bowls and it'd be fine, as long as you have that many immortal crystals.

Inside the hall, the disciples trying it for the first time couldn't stop eating.

Although each time they handed over immortal crystals they felt reluctant, the moment a bite of food entered their mouths, that reluctance was instantly flung to the clouds.

"No more, no more, I'll just have this last bowl; I won't eat any more, no matter what."

The Wang family's leading scion, after finishing the last bite of food, said with a determined gaze.

We agreed to just have one more bowl, but now it's the third bowl, which amounts to twenty thousand immortal crystals.

Even though he was born into the Wang family, a direct descendant of the main line, with decent talent and a key focus of the family's cultivation, the immortal crystals he could obtain in a month were only about ten thousand.

This one meal just consumed two months' worth of savings; no matter what, he couldn't eat another bite.

But just as his words fell, someone nearby exclaimed in surprise.

"Eh, is there a new dish coming out?"

Upon hearing that, the person who had just been sighing shot up his head, eyes brightening as he looked toward where the food was.

"Where? Let me have a look."

Sure enough, several girls carried out the freshly cooked new dish together; the dish still gave off heat, its aroma needless to say, and it soon wafted over.

"A new dish, I have to try it."

His earlier lament was instantly flung to the clouds; he rose, went to the main table, and tearfully produced another ten thousand immortal crystals.

It felt different from before, after all it's a new dish.

One bite in, an overwhelming sense of satisfaction filled his heart, and his speed of eating rice unconsciously grew faster.

Not only these juniors, but even Wang Yu and his cohort, who had once served as offerings at the Dao One Immortal Sect,

upon seeing the new dish served, couldn't help themselves, each stepping forward to serve themselves another bowl.

Indeed, it's still that flavor, and Ye Zhangqing's culinary skills seem to have improved; it feels tastier than before in the sect.

Or is it because they paid that it's different?

Anyway, no matter how you say it, the people of all major powers in the hall just couldn't stop eating.

And up front at the main table, that girl collecting money was also receiving it nonstop.

After eating ten bowls in a row, yet the more he ate the more he wanted; he set down his empty bowl, Wang Yu rose and strode to the food, speaking up.

"Another bowl, the best."

"All right, sir, thirty thousand immortal crystals."

"Hmm, huh??? Where are my immortal crystals?"

He was about to pull out his immortal crystals, but upon probing the space ring with his divine sense, he found only a few scattered hundred or so immortal crystals left.

Wang Yu frowned, "This shouldn't be; I brought fifty thousand immortal crystals with me this time, and I didn't buy any treasures—how could they be gone?"

His face darkened; only then did he realize that a full fifty thousand immortal crystals had been spent on his meals.

The corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

You know, fifty thousand immortal crystals would be enough to buy a top-grade immortal pill at Pill King Immortal City.

If spent at a restaurant, even at the best Thirty-Three Lou in Wuji Immortal City, putting aside other things, if you were to live it up there with the finest food and drink, and add seven or eight top courtesans to keep you company night after night, you could still make it last at least a couple of months.

But now, just the span of a meal, it's gone?

And the main point is, this meal hasn't even been finished yet.

"This.................."

Faced with the girl's smiling gaze, Wang Yu was encountering this for the first time.

The esteemed head of the Wang family, yet he had no money to pay for a meal.

"That.................."

"What's wrong, sir?"

Seeing Wang Yu's hesitant, faltering demeanor, the girl asked suspiciously, her face full of understanding.

As for that, Wang Yu momentarily didn't know how to respond, so he could only give an embarrassed laugh.

"Hehe, where are my immortal crystals? Strange, did I forget to bring them when I came out? Someone, lend me thirty thousand immortal crystals first; I'll pay you back when I return."

While he was muttering to himself, he happened to see a Wang family scion step forward wanting to buy another bowl, and Wang Yu quickly spoke up.

Upon hearing that, the Wang family scion looked embarrassed.

"Patriarch, I don't have any................"

"Nonsense, I just heard yesterday you sold a top-grade immortal herb and earned fifty thousand immortal crystals, and you've only eaten two bowls just now."

"I.................."

In the end, under Wang Yu's deathly stare, the scion painfully produced ten thousand immortal crystals—this was already his limit.

Only then did Wang Yu serve himself another bowl of rice, sitting down glumly to eat.

Fifty thousand immortal crystals—just a short while and they're gone.

Even if you went for a courtesan, you wouldn't even have time to shiver in that span.

But as the food entered his mouth, his mood unconsciously improved.

In the hall, everyone couldn't stop eating.

In the backyard, Ye Zhangqing busied himself for a while and then stopped, coming to Yuàn zhōng, where Huang Lao and Zuo Fu were sitting together drinking wine and eating delicacies.

Their food naturally didn't need to be worried about.

Seeing Ye Zhangqing plop down, Zuo Fu laughed and said.

"You kid, aren't you going to keep busy? Those guys up front still haven't finished eating."

In response, Ye Zhangqing took a sip of immortal tea and grinned.

"Almost done, they're out of money too; let's wait until tomorrow."

Indeed, the food had more or less been eaten, but the problem was that Wang Yu and his group also had no remaining provisions.

I'm afraid not many immortal crystals can be pulled from the Space Ring; with no money, what's there to eat? Let's go back and raise funds.

Upon hearing that, Zuo Fu couldn't help but twitch his eyelid.

Someone of his stature, when it comes to money-making ability, is probably far inferior to Ye Zhangqing this kid.

The two Space Rings that Bai Hua Xianzi just collected are practically full of immortal crystals.

Just one meal has consumed the immortal crystals of the Wang family and other major forces in the city—what does that signify?

Seeing Ye Zhangqing's calm expression, Zuo Fu couldn't help but say.

"Kid, you wouldn't be taking revenge on the Wang family, would you?"

"Senior, what are you talking about? I have set clear prices, I haven't done anything, and since it's voluntary on both sides, how could it be called revenge?"

"Hmm??? Seems fine."