Chapter 58: Rewards were advertised in newspapers and applying for a job

Chapter 58: Rewards were advertised in newspapers and applying for a job

Chapter 58: Rewards were advertised in newspapers and applying for a job (a long chapter, please read it!)
The next day, Li Yu once again woke up to the choking fireworks of the plague-stricken bronze chicken.

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

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

It's still early.

But the old street and several surrounding streets and alleys have begun to become lively, and the aroma of various breakfasts from all over the world fills the courtyard.

After all, he is already a Sequence 8 "Dan Tu", and the enhancement of his five senses is not as outrageous as that of a novice.

But he possesses the skills of taking medicine and making medicinal dishes, and he can taste the flavors of various foods in the invisible aroma of fireworks even with his nose.

"Now I am no longer an ordinary person. Even though I only rested for two hours last night, I am still in good spirits."

"My daily food has become medicine, minerals and weird things. If I want to eat ordinary food, I can only 'sniff' it. If I eat it myself, I will probably give it a bad review."

"Hmm? Those gods and Buddhas that receive incense and sacrifices are not in the same situation, but the increase is up to ten thousand times or something like that."

Just when Li Yu's thoughts were diverging.

Outside the door, the sound of "thump thump puff" was heard again, accompanied by the rise of black smoke produced by inferior engine oil, and a roll of newspaper was thrown into the yard.

Li Yu, who had been waiting for a long time, reached out to take it and untied it.

The front page headlines burst into my eyes.

"Wanfu City will become the fourth great country?"

The first thing that came out was a piece of news that shocked Li Yu.

Good guy!
I thought the previous edition's Mission Day and the Descending Star were big news, but compared to this one, they are small.

However, after Li Yu read it carefully, he found that Wanfu Daily was also a clickbait.

Details of the front-page content: Disputes have repeatedly broken out between the three countries of Qian, Li and Jing in recent days, and war may break out again. Many powerful people believe that if a full-scale war breaks out, a fourth super country will be born, and Wanfu City is a strong contender. There are even rumors that the mysterious Lord of Wanfu City has disappeared for many years and did not die, but was secretly planning these things.

If the Lord of Wanfu City has the means to conquer the three vast areas of the Wangui Tundra, the Horror Valley and the Ancient Black Forest, and develop them into places suitable for living, then the emergence of the Wanfu Kingdom is not a fantasy.

However, the three major countries and the six orthodox religions will not allow such a thing to happen.

Especially the top leaders of the Red God Cult, almost every "Mars Soldier" has issued a warning: if Wanfu City makes any move to establish a country, the Red God army will crush it at any time and destroy this paradise of evil cultivators and villains.

“Everyone in the city knows that the three forbidden areas were created after more than one god died.

"If the mysterious Lord of Wanfu City has the ability to eliminate pollution and conquer and open up the land... then why would he want to establish a country? Wouldn't it be better for him to just become a god himself?"

“Boring headline.”

After Li Yu finished complaining, he went to read the second edition, which contained many news items that had happened in the city in the past few days.

as always!

Most of the events describe the various disasters caused by one "talented" person after another.

Some of them wanted to get promoted, some simply enjoyed causing trouble, and most of them caused a lot of casualties among the citizens.

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

In addition to various malicious incidents, there are also various notifications that affect all citizens:

"The [Path Out of the City] that was originally scheduled to reopen after the Mission Day is notified again. Due to some undisclosed reasons, this path will remain closed. During this period, any Wanfu City resident will not be able to leave Wanfu City even if they pay the fee. They must queue up and wait for the path to open again."

"The two largest supernatural markets in the city, Taiping and Yongning, announced today that they will lower the entry threshold to [low-level practitioners]. Even if you have not yet been promoted to the official sequence eight, as long as you pay an entrance fee, you will have the opportunity to enter the supernatural market."

"Good news! The Tiangong Sect's specially developed unique mechanical device, the [Heavenly Palace Airship], for visiting the three forbidden areas outside the city has been completed. This airship is truly a wonder. Not only can it carry many people and soar above the tundra, it can also withstand attacks from a strong man at the sixth level of the sequence... It is being used for the first time, and tickets are only one thousand taels, on a first-come, first-served basis."

……

When Li Yu finished reading this, his brows were already furrowed.

Safe path closed?

Does that mean that even if I collect enough money to redeem myself and to get out of prison, I still can't escape?
Thanks to Hongdou's reminder and Li Yu's own thinking, he had a vague understanding:

"It's easy to enter Wanfu City, but it's very difficult to escape, especially for practitioners in the official sequence. It's not a matter of tens of thousands of taels. Even if you gather enough, it's probably difficult to escape."

But speculation is just speculation, at least the path still exists.

Unexpectedly, today, it was shut down indefinitely.

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

Fortunately, good news came the next moment.

I don’t know which extraordinary information catalyzed it, but the sixth bubble of truth on the eye mask suddenly became complete.

The seventh one began to flash and charge.

Li Yu's opportunities to analyze everything, which he had used up, were replenished again.

But to his disappointment, when the sixth star was completed, it collided with the fifth star, but failed to have any effect on the "question mark" solidified inside.

A feedback came: Unable to resolve, waiting for higher authority.

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

"Anyway, the secret medicine formula of too high a sequence, even if given to me, I can't practice it."

“I haven’t even touched a Sequence 7 [Alchemist] yet.”

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

Li Yu comforted himself while turning the next two pages.

A familiar column, Wanfucheng Food Selection.

There is no change in the first and second place.

But his ranking has changed, although the judges and all the audience are unaware of it.

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

“Mysterious medicinal food stall!”

"Last night, our reporter accidentally saw a grand scene in the Taiping Gui Market: a large number of Sequence 8 and Sequence 7 practitioners lined up in front of a medicinal food stall, just to buy a small bowl of expensive soup. If calculated based on the unit price of the dish, the price of the medicinal food soup is comparable to that of the two large restaurants in the front row."

"There are two versions of the medicinal soup: one is the [Nourishing Nature and Prolonging Life Soup], and the other has the suffix of Hundred Transformations and Ascension to Immortality. In addition to its incomparably delicious and rich taste, it also has medicinal effects such as alleviating malignancy and prolonging life. It is effective for Sequence Eight and Sequence Seven respectively."

“When the herbal soup is opened, it will be filled with rainbow colors and fragrant clouds. It looks very good and extraordinary.”

"This reporter also bought a bowl to taste and praised it highly, so he temporarily airlifted it to this location."

"Special comment: The source sequence of this mysterious stall owner is unknown. The medicinal food he cooks has caused a sensation. In addition to the food selection, other columns of this newspaper have also been affected by him. This newspaper is also looking forward to whether the stall owner will continue to set up a stall in the Ghost Market and whether he will provide more medicinal food. Several special gourmets have been invited to go to Taiping Market tonight to wait."

……

"Ok?"

After reading this, Li Yu couldn't help but show surprise.

He had almost finished reading this issue of the newspaper, but didn't see any impact. Could it be... ?
Without hesitation, Li Yu turned to the last page.

Sure enough, on the entire page of advertisements, there were several small squares related to him.

Someone has offered a reward for him!
And, there's more than one.

There were a few small square words used, and Li Yu could immediately tell who did it.

"Lu Heng, the thin nun who eats Yang... Haha, they are indeed persistent and stupid perverts."

"what!"

Li Yu was about to explode in anger when he suddenly discovered that he was also mentioned in some larger advertisements.

For example, a restaurant called Wanfu Xiuhun Club was recruiting chefs who could cook spiritual food throughout the city. The treatment was extremely generous, and they specifically mentioned that if a mysterious stall owner like him was willing to apply for the job, he would be directly hired, given triple the treatment, and provided with safe haven.

Or perhaps a big shot who did not reveal his name and only said he was "Sequence Five" was recruiting private chefs who could cook high-grade medicinal food in the whole city. Once hired, in addition to generous treatment, he was promised to be accepted as a disciple. He also mentioned that Li Yu could apply, but there was no guarantee of employment.

The wife of the owner of a Hehefang in the South District also wants to recruit a private spiritual chef, who must be proficient in cooking medicinal and spiritual food that can eliminate evil. If he can also cook food that can strengthen yang, he will definitely be hired.

There is also a recruitment advertisement from the City Lord's Mansion, saying that they are recruiting spiritual chefs for their [Pioneering Teams] to prepare medicinal meals that are effective, have no side effects, can be eaten in unlimited quantities, and are easy to carry for these adventurers who are going to open up the three forbidden areas outside the city. Once hired, they will have comprehensive welfare benefits and authority far beyond that of other citizens.

"The City Lord's Mansion... This job is equivalent to the organization in another world."

"If I don't have to go and explore the forbidden land, it would be a really good job."

Looking at these obviously serious advertisements, Li Yu muttered to himself and fell into deep thought.

"If we want to replicate the grand scene last night, we can do it again, but the effect will definitely not be as good." "The reason why it caused a sensation is, first, the extraordinary scene caused by the honey dew is a gimmick, and second, this medicinal food is on display for the first time, and it is rare and valuable."

"If this happens two or three more times, when they realize that the Yangxing Yanming Soup is just so-so, they won't be able to sell it for that much money."

"The key is that it is quite dangerous. I can continue to purchase the [Random Teleport] function, but this time it has attracted so much attention. There is no guarantee that some crazy people will use this function to find me. After all, the audience of my medicinal soup are all tortured lunatics. In addition, this teleportation function itself has risks..."

When thinking of this, Li Yu's mind first emerged with the exciting experience of last night, and then he looked at the special comment, saying how many people would be waiting for him tonight.

Immediately, Li Yu began to back out.

He actually wanted to go again tonight and make another 20,000 taels.

"Instead of taking the risk of setting up a stall, it is better to find a legitimate and safe way to ship goods, which makes money quickly and provides protection."

"Of course, the prerequisite is that it has to be reliable. I have a way to verify this, but it seems a waste to use it here..."

Just when Li Yu was hesitating and thinking.

Suddenly, his amplified ears picked up some noises of agitation and conflict, coming from the surroundings and the streets farther away, including the main commercial street, but nothing further away.

Is it just the incident at Tianjifang?

Before Li Yu could go to investigate, his courtyard door was suddenly knocked.

Bang bang bang!
I could tell the person wasn't very friendly.

Before Li Yu went over to open the door, there was a click and his courtyard door was demolished again.

The next moment, a "demon" with a strange body forced his way in.

A pair of huge black feet crushed the threshold of his house, and a melon-shaped head as big as a millstone pushed open the door beam above.

Along with a muffled sound and a fishy smell, an ugly face with a malicious smile and filled with strange copper coins suddenly appeared in front of Li Yu.

It has a big head, a thin body and thick feet.

The body is covered with black hair, filled with evil energy and a strong stench.

"People from the Three Saints Gang!"

"His cultivation is not low, at least Sequence Eight."

Li Yu was certain because he recognized the evil Taoist robe embroidered with three animal heads.

Without waiting for him to open his mouth to question, the big-headed Taoist demon looked around unscrupulously. After picking up the peach tree with a human face wart and the beauty willow tree, he saw Hongdou, who had been standing behind Li Yu since he didn't know when, ready to draw out his chainsaw sword at any time.

The demon nodded in satisfaction, and then said to Li Yu with foul breath:
"According to the order of the Three Saints, our Tianjifang will conduct a survey and statistics of all the practitioners above the official Sequence 8 in the academy."

"I heard that there is a gigolo who bought a mechanical maid on this old street. You, the Bronzehead Taoist, are in charge of this area, so I came here specially to take a look."

"Little Taoist friend, please tell me."

"Your cultivation path, sequence name, what you are good at, do you have any powerful organs, have you encountered any good things recently, such as a demon star order falling from the sky?"

……

When Li Yu heard these words, his heart was immediately filled with storms.

Other residents might believe what this [Bronze-Headed Demon] said.

But Li Yu, who knew more inside secrets, directly speculated with the deepest malice and guessed what the three saints wanted to do.

"While accepting the transformation of flesh and blood, he still did not give up the Demon Star Order."

"The physical inspection is also fake, but registering all the alternative foods is real."

"In other words: For the flesh and blood transformation, the flesh and blood of ordinary people is not enough, and practitioners must be used later?"

"But this demon is too stupid. He just comes up and asks others if they have special organs. Isn't that exposing himself directly... huh?"

Li Yu originally wanted to make up a few stories to get rid of the copper-headed Taoist priest in front of him.

Suddenly I reacted, looked up, and met a pair of big eyes filled with greed.

Got it!
He is being threatened with blackmail.

He had seen too many things like using chicken feathers as a token to blackmail people in his previous life, but he didn't expect that it also happened in this other world.

"Don't panic, little Taoist friend. We have plenty of time. Let's talk it over."

"Speaking of which, I, Daoist Master, have not even had breakfast because of my official duties. My stomach is growling. Daoist friend, do you have any spiritual food or delicacies at home that I can fill my stomach with..."

After hearing these two sentences, Li Yu, who had been expressionless, immediately smiled brightly.

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

"Come, come, come, Brother Tongtou, please sit down."

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

"I am cultivating a kind of incomplete God of Food path, without even a sequence name, which makes me still as weak as a chicken even after I am promoted. The spiritual food I cook also has many side effects, and there is no way I can sell it. I just hope that fellow Daoist will not mind."

"Oh? What side effects can spiritual food have? Bring them out for me to try."

After hearing what Li Yu said, the copper-headed demon's eyes suddenly lit up.

He was a greedy and money-hungry man. He came here intending to extort some money or rare items from this pretty boy, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected gain.

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

You will get as much benefit as you eat, no matter what the side effects are.

Little did he know that Li Yu had not lied to him.

In addition to the [Nourishing Nature and Prolonging Life Soup] he made yesterday using the art of medicinal diet, he also had some leftover offal with serious side effects, some that were poisonous, some that tasted bad, some that would cause gout if eaten, and some that would leave your mouth smelling like shit after eating... In short, there was everything.

Li Yu originally wanted to throw it away and destroy it, but now it has another use.

In order to make the matter successful, Li Yu invested some more money and asked Hongdou to go out and buy some strong liquor that could even make practitioners drunk.

Then, a happy scene occurred in the courtyard, with both the host and the guests having fun.

With food and drink and money to show for it afterwards, the Bronze-headed Taoist was extremely happy. He soon became friends with Li Yu, and inadvertently revealed many secrets about himself and the Three Saints Gang to Li Yu. He also gave Li Yu some thoughtful advice.

"Brother, I'm telling you, don't panic about this. I'll protect you."

"I, the Bronze Head Taoist, am famous for my insight!"

“Back then, I was also a handsome young man, wuwuwu… I gave up everything, even lost my childhood sweetheart, and became like this. I worked hard to cultivate to the level of Sequence Eight [Demon]…”

"What for? Isn't it just to be free and easy, and to have freedom from money and desires?"

"I don't care about the gang rules. You can just follow me in Tianjifang..."

"You must remember not to show any special organs in public, even though you don't have any. And the Demon Star Token...hahaha, I shouldn't say anything too much. None of the three gang leaders have that thing, so it's impossible for a pretty boy like you to have it no matter how lucky you are."

……

At noon, Li Yu sent away the drunken copper-headed Taoist demon.

This fellow originally wanted to extort one thousand taels of silver from Li Yu by eating and taking everything, but after eating Li Yu's messy offal and medicinal food and getting drunk, he completely forgot about it.

When leaving, he even tried to pull off the "copper coin" on his face and gave it to Li Yu, saying that it could bring good luck.

Completely forgetting that at the table, he told Li Yu all about his pathway sequence and related abilities.

For example, this "lucky coin" is actually an ability of the [Eight Demons of Sequence]: to cast lucky objects and transfer other people's good luck to oneself, but the price is that one will be backfired and gradually lose his human form, so he is called a demon.

The three gang leaders all went through this stage.

In addition, some inside gossip about the Three Saints Gang was also discussed.

It was their first meeting and it had come to this. Besides the fact that the copper-headed demon's greed was too obvious, the main reason was that he fell into Li Yu's trap.

With his knowledge of medicinal food, he was specially prepared with medicinal food of different side effects, and was given jars of strong liquor, so he had no choice but to be fooled.

When he sobered up, he would only remember that Li Yu was a lousy cook and that he had extorted a bunch of unpalatable spiritual food and strong liquor from him, and he would not remember anything else.

Of course, the subsequent side effects such as gout, diabetes, forgetfulness, big mouth that can't keep secrets... have nothing to do with him, Li Yu.

After Li Yu sent the evil Taoist away, his expression immediately turned gloomy.

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

(End of this chapter)