Chapter 55: Newspaper Bounty and Job Application (Big chapter, please vote for monthly tickets!)

The next day, Li Yu woke up again in the choking smoke and fire of the plague-ridden bronze chicken.

While kicking it back to the chicken coop, Li Yu refused the clumsy service of his mechanical maid.

After washing up, he sat down under the beauty willow tree in the courtyard, silently waiting for the new issue of "Wanfu Daily" to be delivered.

It was still early.

But the old street and several streets and alleys around were already bustling, and the aroma of various breakfasts from all over the world permeated the courtyard.

After all, he was already a Sequence 8 "Alchemist Apprentice." Although the amplification of the five senses was not as outrageous as that of a food-person.

But he had the Art of Consumption and Medicinal Cuisine, and even with his nose, he could taste the flavors of various foods in the invisible fireworks aroma.

"Now I am no longer a mortal. Even if I only rested for two hours last night, I am still fine."

"My daily food has become medicine, minerals, and weird things. If I want to eat mundane food, I can only 'smell it.' If I put it in my mouth myself, I will mostly give a bad review."

"Hmm? Those gods and Buddhas who accept incense offerings, wouldn't they be in a similar situation? It's just that the amplification is ten thousand times higher."

Just as Li Yu's thoughts were wandering.

Outside the door, the "thump-thump-puff-puff" sound rang out again, accompanied by the black smoke from inferior engine oil, and a roll of newspapers was thrown into the courtyard.

Li Yu, who had been waiting, reached out to catch it and untied it.

The front-page headline broke into his eyes.

"Will Wanfu City become the fourth great nation?"

Coming up was a piece of news that shocked Li Yu.

Good guy!

Originally thought that the previous issue's Missionary Day and Demon Star Descent could be considered big news, but compared to this time, it was small.

However, after Li Yu finished reading it carefully, he realized that the Wanfu Daily was also a clickbait.

Front-page content details: Disputes have broken out repeatedly between the Gan, Li, and Jing nations recently, and there is a possibility of war breaking out again. Many powerhouses believe that if the war breaks out in an all-round way, a fourth super nation will be born, and Wanfu City is a powerful competitor. There are even rumors that the mysterious Wanfu City Lord has disappeared for many years and has not fallen, but is planning these in secret.

If the Wanfu City Lord has the means to eliminate pollution and conquer and open up the vast areas of Wan-Gui Frozen Plain, Horror River Valley, and Ancient Black Forest, then the appearance of the Wanfu Nation is not a fantasy.

It's just that the three major nations and the six major righteous sects will not allow such things to happen.

Especially the high-level members of the 【Red God Sect】, almost every "Fluorescent Soldier Immortal" has issued a warning: If Wanfu City has any nation-building actions, the Red God army will crush over at any time to destroy this paradise for evil cultivators and villains.

"Everyone in the city knows that those three forbidden areas were born after more than one god fell."

"If that mysterious Wanfu City Lord has the ability to eliminate pollution and conquer and open them up... then what nation to build? Wouldn't it be better for him to become a god himself?"

"Boring clickbait."

After Li Yu finished complaining, he went to flip through the second page, the many news events that had happened in the city in the past few days.

As always!

Most of the events were describing the various disasters caused by one "talent" after another.

Some of them were for sequence promotion, and some were simply happy to make trouble, most of which caused many deaths and injuries to the city people.

While reading, it couldn't help but remind Li Yu of a city with a special mental hospital in American comics.

Besides various vicious events, there were also various notices that affected all city people:

"The 【Li City Path】, which was originally scheduled to reopen after Missionary Day, is notified again that due to some undisclosed reasons, this path will remain closed. Any Wanfu City person, even if they pay, cannot leave Wanfu City during this period. They must queue and wait for the path to reopen."

"Good news! The two major extraordinary mystic markets in the city, Taiping and Yongning, announced one after another today that the threshold for entry will be lowered to 【Non-Stream Cultivator】. Even if you have not been promoted to official Sequence 8, as long as you pay an entrance fee, you have the opportunity to enter the extraordinary mystic market."

"Good news! The strange object machine 【Heavenly Palace Airship】 specially developed by the Tiangong Sect for visiting and touring the three forbidden areas outside the city has been completed. This airship can be called a wonder. Not only can it carry multiple people, climb above the frozen plain, but it can also resist attacks from Sequence 6 powerhouses... It is put into use for the first time, and the ticket is only 1,000 taels, first come, first served."

……

When Li Yu finished reading these, his brows were already tightly locked.

Safe path closed?

Does it mean that even if I gather the redemption fee and de-registration fee, I still can't run?

Because of Hongdou's reminder, plus Li Yu's own thinking, he vaguely realized:

"Entering Wanfu City is easy, but escaping is very difficult, especially for cultivators of official sequences. It's not just a matter of tens of thousands of taels. Even if they gather them, it's probably difficult to really escape."

But speculation is speculation, at least the path still exists on the surface.

Didn't expect that today, it would be closed indefinitely.

The sense of crisis and urgency that had been lingering in Li Yu's heart intensified again.

Fortunately, the next moment, good news appeared.

I don't know which extraordinary information catalyzed it, but the sixth Truth Bubble on his eye membrane suddenly became full.

The seventh one started flickering and charging.

Li Yu had exhausted the opportunity to analyze all things, but it was replenished.

But what disappointed him was that when the sixth one was full, it collided with the one inside, but it couldn't have any impact on the "question mark" solidified inside.

A feedback came: Cannot analyze, wait for higher authority.

"Fine, let's put it aside for now."

"Anyway, high-sequence secret medicine recipes, even if given to me, I can't practice."

"Even Sequence 7 【Alchemist】, I haven't touched it yet."

"Continue to make money, refine pills..."

Li Yu comforted himself while flipping to the last two pages.

Familiar column, Wanfu City Food Selection.

First and second place, no change.

But his ranking changed, although the selection party and all the audience didn't know.

Li Yu, who changed his name and information, came directly to a position in the middle-lower area from the last place.

"Mysterious Medicinal Cuisine Stall!"

"Yesterday, a reporter from this newspaper accidentally bumped into a grand occasion in Taiping Mystic Market: a large number of Sequence 8 and Sequence 7 cultivators were queuing in front of a medicinal cuisine stall, just to snatch a small bowl of expensive thick soup. If calculated by the unit price of the dish, the pricing of the medicinal cuisine soup can be compared with the two big restaurants in the front row."

"The medicinal cuisine soup has two versions: one is 【Nourishing Life-Prolonging Soup】, and the other is added with the suffix 'Hundred-Turn Immortal-Ascension'. Besides the incomparably delicious and rich taste, it has medicinal effects such as slowing down malice and prolonging life, which are effective for Sequence 8 and Sequence 7 respectively."

"When the medicinal cuisine soup is uncovered, there will be rainbow light soaring into the sky, and fragrant clouds permeating. The appearance is extraordinary."

"The reporter of this newspaper also bought a bowl to taste and gave it high praise. It was temporarily air-dropped to this position."

"Special comment: The path and sequence of this mysterious stall owner are unknown. The medicinal cuisine he cooks has caused a sensation. Besides the food selection, other columns of this newspaper have also been affected. This newspaper is also looking forward to whether the stall owner will continue to set up a stall in the mystic market, whether he will provide more medicinal cuisine, and many special food critics will go to Taiping Big Market tonight to wait."

……

"Hmm?"

After Li Yu finished reading these, he couldn't help but show surprise.

He had almost finished reading this issue of the newspaper, and didn't see any influence, so is it in...?

Without hesitation, Li Yu flipped to the last page.

Sure enough, among the full page of advertisements, several small squares related to him appeared.

Someone is offering a bounty for him!

And, more than one.

Li Yu could directly identify who did some of the small squares by the wording.

"Lu Heng, the Sun-Eating Matron, the skinny nun... Heh, as expected, all persistent and stupid perverts."

"Hey!"

Li Yu was about to curse, but suddenly found that he was also mentioned in some larger advertisements.

For example, one called 【Wanfu Xiaohun Club】 is recruiting cooks who can cook spirit food from the whole city, with extremely generous treatment, and specifically mentioned that if he, this mysterious stall owner, is willing to apply, he will be hired directly, given three times the treatment, and provided with safety protection.

Or a big figure who didn't reveal his name or origin, only saying that he was "Sequence 5," is recruiting private chefs who can cook high-level medicinal cuisine from the whole city. Once hired, besides generous treatment, he promised to accept him as a disciple, and also mentioned that Li Yu could apply, but didn't guarantee hiring.

A workshop owner's wife in Hehe Workshop in the southern district also wants to recruit a private spirit chef, requiring expertise in cooking medicinal cuisine that eliminates malice. If he can take care of impotence, he can be hired.

There is also a recruitment advertisement from the City Lord's Mansion, saying that they are recruiting spirit chefs for a branch of 【Exploration Team】 under their command, to prepare medicinal cuisine that has spiritual effects, no side effects, can be eaten infinitely, and is easy to carry for these adventurers who go outside the city to explore the three forbidden areas. Once hired, they will have comprehensive welfare treatment and have authority far exceeding other city people.

"City Lord's Mansion... this job is equivalent to the establishment in the other world."

"If I don't have to follow to explore the forbidden areas, it's really a good job."

Looking at these obvious serious advertisements, Li Yu muttered while falling into thought.

"Reproducing that grand occasion in the Taiping Mystic Market tonight is possible, but the effect will definitely not be as good." "The reason why it caused a sensation is first because the extraordinary scene catalyzed by nectar was used as a gimmick, and second, this kind of medicinal cuisine appeared for the first time, and things are valuable because they are rare."

"If I do it two or three more times, when they find out that the Nourishing Life-Prolonging Soup is just like that, it won't sell for so much money."

"The key is that the danger is not small. I can continue to purchase the 【Random Transmission】 function, but this time it has attracted so much attention, it is difficult to guarantee that some crazy people will appear and find me using this function. After all, the audience for my medicinal cuisine soup is really a bunch of perverts who are tortured. In addition, this transmission function itself has risks..."

When thinking of this, Li Yu's brain first recalled the exciting experience last night, and then looked at the special comment, saying how many people would wait for him to appear tonight.

Immediately, Li Yu's heart retreated.

He originally really wanted to go to the mystic market again tonight to continue to fish for another 20,000 taels.

"Compared to taking risks to set up a stall, it is better to find a serious, safe way to ship, which is fast to make money and has protection."

"Of course, the prerequisite is that it must be reliable. In this regard, I have a way to verify, but using it here seems very wasteful..."

Just as Li Yu was hesitating and thinking.

Suddenly, his amplified ears suddenly received some restlessness and conflict movements, coming from the surrounding and further streets, including the commercial main street, but then disappeared further away.

=9+Shu_ba

Just a change in Tianji Workshop?

Before Li Yu could investigate, suddenly, his courtyard gate was also knocked.

Bang bang bang!

It could be heard that the visitor was not very friendly.

Before Li Yu could go to open the door, with a click, his courtyard gate suffered again and was dismantled directly.

The next moment, a strangely shaped "evil Daoist" squeezed in forcefully.

A pair of pitch-black big feet stepped on his threshold, and a millstone-sized winter melon-shaped head pushed open the door beam above.

Accompanied by muffled sounds and fishy evil Qi, a hideous big face covered with weird copper coins and smiling with ill intent appeared in front of Li Yu.

Its head was big, body thin, feet thick.

Covered in black hair, evil Qi permeated, and the stench was obvious.

"People from the Sansheng Gang!"

"Cultivation is not low, at least a Sequence 8."

Li Yu was certain, because he recognized the evil Daoist robe embroidered with three beast heads.

Before he could open his mouth to blame, this big-headed evil Daoist looked around unscrupulously, finished pulling the peach tree with human face tumors and the beauty willow tree, and saw Hongdou who didn't know when she had stood behind Li Yu, ready to pull out the chainsaw sword.

This evil Daoist nodded with satisfaction, and then sprayed bad breath at Li Yu:

"By the order of the Three Saints, my Tianji Workshop wants to check and count all cultivators above official Sequence 8 in the workshop."

"I heard that there is a little white face on this old street who bought a mechanical maid. Your Copper-Head Daoist is responsible for this area, so I came to see."

"Little Fellow Daoist, let's talk about it."

"Your cultivation path, sequence name, what you are good at, whether there are any powerful organs on your body, have you encountered any good things recently, such as a Demon Star Order falling from the sky?"

……

When these sentences entered his ears, Li Yu's heart immediately surged with wind and waves.

Other workshop people might believe the statement of this 【Copper-Head Evil Daoist】.

But Li Yu, who knew more inside secrets, directly used the deepest malice to speculate and guessed what the Three Saints wanted to do.

"While accepting flesh modification, they still haven't given up on the Demon Star Order."

"The check is fake, registering all candidate food is true."

"In other words: that so-called flesh modification, just relying on the flesh of ordinary people is not enough, and it has to be used on cultivators later?"

"But this evil Daoist is also too stupid. Asking others if they have any special organs on their bodies, wouldn't it be directly exposing... hmm?"

Li Yu, who originally wanted to make up something to send away the Copper-Head Evil Daoist in front of him.

Suddenly reacted, looked up, and sure enough, met a pair of big eyes full of greed.

Got it!

He was encountering a threat and extortion.

He had seen too many things like this of holding a chicken feather as an arrow to extort people in his previous life, didn't expect that there would be this in the other world.

"Little Fellow Daoist, don't panic, I have plenty of time, talk well."

"Speaking of which, for the sake of public duty, I haven't even eaten breakfast. This stomach is about to call out. Little Fellow Daoist, do you have any spirit food delicacies at home to pad my mouth..."

Hearing these two sentences, Li Yu, who was originally expressionless, immediately showed a brilliant smile.

As if he couldn't smell the stench on the other party at all, he enthusiastically stepped forward and said:

"Come, come, Copper-Head Fellow Daoist, sit down."

"I don't have anything else at home, but I have plenty of spirit food."

"I practice a certain incomplete Food God path, there is no sequence name, which makes me weak like a chicken even if I am promoted. The spirit food I cook also has many side effects, and there is no way to take it out to sell. I only hope that the Fellow Daoist will not mind."

"Oh? What side effects can spirit food have? Take it all out for me to taste."

Hearing what Li Yu said, the Copper-Head Evil Daoist's eyes lit up.

He was a greedy and money-loving person. He came here originally wanting to extort some money or strange objects from this little white face, but didn't expect there would be an unexpected harvest.

In his opinion, as long as it is spirit food, it is a rare thing.

How much you eat is how much you take advantage of, who cares about any side effects.

Little did he know, Li Yu really didn't lie to him.

Yesterday, besides the 【Nourishing Life-Prolonging Soup】 he made with the Art of Medicinal Cuisine, he also had some leftover offal materials with serious side effects, poisonous, difficult to eat, painful after eating, and full of shit taste in his mouth after eating... In short, everything.

Li Yu originally thought about throwing them away and destroying them, but now they had other uses.

In order to succeed, Li Yu also spent some money, ordered Hongdou to go out and buy back some strong liquor that even cultivators could get drunk on.

So next, a scene of host and guest enjoying themselves appeared in the courtyard.

With food and drink, and getting money afterwards, the Copper-Head Evil Daoist was extremely happy, and soon became brothers with Li Yu, inadvertently leaking many secrets of himself and the Sansheng Gang, and also thoughtfully giving Li Yu some advice.

"Old... old brother, let me tell you, don't panic about this, brother I will cover you."

"I, Copper-Head Daoist, am famous for being transparent!"

"Back then, I was also a handsome young man, woo woo woo... gave everything, even lost my childhood sweetheart, became this ghost, and worked hard to practice to Sequence 8 【Evil Person】..."

"For what? Isn't it just to be free and easy, to be free from money and desire."

"What gang rules, Daoist I don't care, little brother, follow me in the future in Tianji Workshop..."

"You must remember, don't show any special organs outside, although you don't have any, and that Demon Star Order... hahaha, shouldn't have said too much, the three gang leaders don't have that thing, you little white face can't possibly have it."

……

At noon, Li Yu sent away the drunk Copper-Head Evil Daoist.

This guy originally wanted to eat, take, and extort 1,000 taels of silver from Li Yu, but after eating that pile of messy offal medicinal cuisine and being poured drunk, he completely forgot about this.

When leaving, he even tried to pull off the "copper coins" on his face and give them to Li Yu, saying that this thing had the effect of turning luck.

He completely forgot that at the table, he had told Li Yu all his paths, sequences, and related abilities.

For example, this "Turning Luck Copper Coin" is actually an ability of 【Sequence 8 Evil Person】: casting turning luck objects, turning other people's good luck to himself, the price is being backlashed, gradually becoming not human, which is why it is called an evil person.

The three gang leaders have also gone through this stage.

Besides that, he also said some inside gossip about the Sansheng Gang.

Meeting for the first time and reaching this point, besides the fact that the Copper-Head Evil Daoist's greed weakness was too obvious, it was mainly because he fell into Li Yu's trap.

With his Art of Medicinal Cuisine, he specifically prepared medicinal cuisine with different side effects for him, plus jars and jars of strong liquor, he couldn't help but fall for it.

When he wakes up from the wine, he will only remember that Li Yu is a clumsy cook, and he extorted a pile of bad-tasting spirit food and strong liquor, and he won't remember anything else.

Of course, the subsequent side effects such as gout, diabetes, forgetfulness, big mouth unable to keep secrets... etc., have nothing to do with him, Li Yu.

And after Li Yu sent away this evil Daoist, his face also sank immediately.

The thoughts that were originally hesitant in his heart suddenly became firm.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 56 =====