Chapter 59: Six Thighs

"He actually didn't lie in his last sentence. There really is a mechanical maid with high-level access at home. Can a cook be this rich?"

"But the second sentence was a lie. This kid is very confident in his medicinal cuisine skills, believing that the medicinal spirit food he cooks is extremely delicious and has excellent spiritual effects, enough to temporarily heal us who are already at Sequence 7... Hmm?"

When these two sentences rang out, it wasn't just Li Yu who immediately showed a look of astonishment on his face.

The entire exploration team was the same, and then they all began to smile one after another.

Clearly, they hadn't expected that this sole survivor!

Would actually be the most capable one among all the applicants.

And Li Yu looked toward the source of the sound.

It was a ragged old man with two heads, his second head looking like a lump of flesh parasitic on his neck, his ugly features crowded together, a pair of eyeballs bulging out, staring right at Li Yu, emitting a faint green light.

Clearly, this strange old man had an ability similar to a "lie detector" and could even vaguely peer into Li Yu's thoughts.

Seeing him look over, both heads smiled at him simultaneously and said:

"I am Luo Sheng, Sequence 7 【Wizard】 of the Fool God Path."

"I specialize in peeking into secrets and fate, which consumes a lot of heart-soul power, so I need a second head to share the burden for me."

"In the future, when you cook medicinal cuisine for me, you can start by compensating for heart-soul consumption."

"I know your thoughts; you are just playing hard to get. Rest assured, such a thing as just now will absolutely never happen again. This accident was likely due to the spiritual essence remaining on Sang Zhu after his cultivation, which attracted that Skin-Peeling Forbidden Ghost, and he was too careless to check carefully, allowing that thing to sneak in."

"He will compensate you."

Hearing these few sentences, Li Yu was speechless.

Clearly, all the members of the Ninth Exploration Team had already tacitly assumed he would be hired.

They told him their names and their paths and sequences right away, not treating him as an outsider at all.

And the bald boy called "Sang Zhu" also revealed a bitter smile at this moment, reached into his bosom, took out a candle the thickness of a thumb, black and red all over, emitting a strange aura, and handed it over, saying:

"Sang Zhu. I cannot tell you my path and sequence, otherwise, it will bring trouble upon you."

"This object is called a 【Ghost Candle】. In some ghost objects, evil spirits, or unknown horror places, lighting it will grant you temporary protection."

"You can't see this stuff outside, but once you're hired, I can sell you some at cost."

Starting from this Sang Zhu, the next three people were very tacit.

While greeting him, they also separately stated the benefits and treatment Li Yu could enjoy upon being hired.

First was a young man whose skin was smooth and shiny, with a texture like a porcelain doll, his face seemingly frozen in a permanent smile, who said:

"Zhu Wugou, Sequence 7 【Eroded Person】 of the Plague God Path."

"I believe you can also see that this skin is not real; it is a strange object that can cover up the pollution and poison Qi that is constantly overflowing from my body."

"When you cook medicinal cuisine in the future, you can start from the aspects of nourishing nature and dispelling poison. If the spiritual effect is good, I, Zhu, will give you some extra benefits."

"By the way, if you are willing to be hired, all the raw materials for the medicinal spirit food required by our Ninth Exploration Team in the future will be paid for by the City Lord's Mansion."

"At the same time, the City Lord's Mansion will give you half the market price as your salary for the medicinal spirit food you cook."

"The City Lord's Mansion will not investigate the whereabouts of the surplus materials too much."

Hearing these words, Li Yu was immediately tempted.

What great benefits!

Doesn't this mean: in the future, Li Yu no longer needs to spend money to buy expensive spirit materials and ghost objects, just let the City Lord's Mansion do the purchasing, and he only needs to cook and refine, while collecting half the market price, and still having the opportunity to line his own pockets?

Before Li Yu could fully digest this, a young man with a bitter face and a gaunt frame leaned in. His exposed skin was covered with various scars clearly caused by self-harm, and a blood-stained hemp rope was wrapped around his neck in an extremely direct manner.

Following his appearance was a wisp of strange evil Qi; just a slight touch made one's heart and soul depressed and full of sin.

"Shu Fu, Sequence 7 of the Hanged King pathway, 【Sinful Puppet】."

"If the fellow Daoist is willing to be hired, please prepare more food that makes people happy."

"I personally cannot give you any benefits, but as long as you become a member of the Ninth Exploration Team, you can enjoy protection from the City Lord's Mansion."

"Even if the overlord of the four districts kills you, they will have to give an explanation to the City Lord's Mansion afterward."

The previous few spoke very temptingly, but this one alone made Li Yu full of desire to complain.

"Fellow Daoist, you don't look very 'comfortable'... So the next sequence of the Sorrow Corpse is called 【Sin Puppet】... Did you not see that I stole a part of the Sorrow Corpse's power just now, or did you see it and couldn't be bothered to say? The real benefit you want to talk about is that I can enjoy protection and won't be easily slaughtered by others, right."

Just as Li Yu was muttering in his heart, the last team member stood prettily in front of him.

She was a woman in white, her body curvaceous and very hot, but her temperament was very holy, making people only dare to look from afar and not wanting to desecrate her.

Especially her plain white pretty face, with her eyes covered by a white silk scarf, like a holy maiden of a fairy sect walking in the human world.

Until the next moment, she spoke.

"Little fellow Daoist, I am called Mi Wuniang, and I practice the Jade Maiden Method. You can just call me Sister Wu."

"After you are hired, I can personally give you some benefits."

"Sister's home is near this City Lord Street. If your residence is very far, you can come to my home to stay temporarily; I won't charge you rent."

"As for the other benefits of the City Lord's Mansion, such as when your merit accumulates to a certain level, you can be exempted from the redemption fee to leave the city and travel, or use merit to directly exchange for a spiritual residence on City Lord Street, as well as the gold cards for the Xiaohun Society issued during festivals, etc. In the future, Sister will naturally explain them to you one by one."

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The first sentence of this holy maiden-like female cultivator temporarily extinguished all the thoughts of closeness that had just arisen in Li Yu's heart.

Although this "Sister Wu" didn't say it directly, Li Yu also had some knowledge.

Jade Maiden!

If he remembered correctly, this should be Sequence 7 of the Evil God Path under the Lust Sect.

The previous sequence was called 【Courtesan】. At that time, Li Yu's neighbor, the Tofu Beauty, was exactly trying to promote to this.

Unfortunately, before she succeeded, she was killed by that beast Yi Ya, the old vegetable man, who even shamelessly turned her into a spirit food called "Jade Maiden Feast" and came to Li Yu's door trying to spar in culinary skills.

I don't know if Yi Ya would fight to the death to escape if he met a real Jade Maiden, which is the Sister Wu in front of him.

At least Li Yu was certain that if he turned against them now.

There was no need for anyone else; just this Mi Wuniang could kill him instantly.

But this was not the reason why Li Yu immediately agreed to be hired in the next moment.

Even the various benefits given by these six people one after another were not.

Li Yu also knew that if he delayed and hesitated a bit more, he might be able to extort some more benefits from this Ninth Exploration Team.

After all, he was a survivor of an accidental disaster. To appease and clean up, and to avoid scandal, his treatment would naturally be higher than that of private cooks in other exploration teams.

But since he had already heard the benefit he wanted most, he naturally chose to stop while he was ahead.

"Exemption from the redemption fee to leave the city and travel!"

That's right, this was the one that tempted Li Yu the most.

It seemed inconspicuous, and this rule was generally applicable to all citizens of Wanfu City, and Li Yu wasn't unable to pay that money.

But because of various signs, such as the warning from Hongdou, the amnesiac mechanical maid.

Li Yu guessed: this rule was actually just a formality. Wanfu City was easy to enter but hard to leave; ordinary citizens couldn't really get away even if they paid the fee.

"But this kind of benefit for 'City Lord's Mansion's own people' might be different."

"At least, this is the best way I can access to escape Wanfu City."

These two thoughts settled.

A brilliant smile immediately appeared on Li Yu's face, and then he nodded to the six Sequence 7 powerhouses in front of him who could be considered his "thighs" in the future:

"Li Yu, Sequence 8 of an unknown path, specializing in cooking various medicinal spirit foods."

"From today on, I am also a member of the Ninth Exploration Team. I ask for your care, seniors."

(End of chapter)