Chapter 166: Sir! I'll take one bowl of instant noodles with one sausage!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
"Forget it. I'll try one bowl first." Fang Qi hadn't had breakfast yet.
He found that the seasoning bags were also special since no residues were left in the bags when he poured them out.
Then, he turned on the hot water machine which poured out an exact amount of hot water, no more and no less. Also, the paper bowl was thick enough not to scald one's hand.
Then, he dumped a sausage into the noodles and sealed the lid.
– Three minutes later –
To ensure that they could watch the fifth and the sixth episode of Jade Dynasty, yesterday's audience all came to the shop very early this morning.
For example, the Royal Princess, the Second Prince, and the Fifth Prince arrived at the shop at about 7 AM.
"Royal Sister, have you had breakfast this morning?" Obviously, the Second Prince had come here without any breakfast.
"No..." Ji Yu touched her empty belly subconsciously, feeling a bit awkward. She had waited in line yesterday afternoon until the evening, and then she watched the TV series and played games until midnight, which left her with no time for meals.
She had eaten nothing but a container of Haagen-Dazs and drank nothing but a bottle of Coke.
"Me neither!" The Fifth Prince said, "The food in the Wind and Moon Pavilion in Jiuhua City is very good. Let's go there for lunch after we finish playing games."
"The food in the Wind and Moon Pavilion is no match for the food in this shop!" Two beautiful women wearing veils came in.
"Sir! We'll take two containers of Haagen-Dazs and two bottles of Coke!" With a cheerful smile, Dong Qingli walked to the counter. "I didn't eat breakfast today, so I can eat these!"
"Are you serious?" The Fifth Prince looked at them and said, "Even though the food in this shop is good..."
"How come she looks like the owner of the Wind and Moon Pavilion..." In bafflement, they watched these two girls walk past them, and they felt like they seemed familiar since they had met the owner of the Wind and Moon Pavilion before.
They exchanged a look and thought, Are we hallucinating?!
Walking to the counter, Dong Qingli sniffed and said, "What's this aroma? It smells so good!"
At this moment, Fang Qi's instant noodles were ready. When he opened the lid, a rich aroma spread all over the place. Mingled in the delicious aroma, a faint hint of spiritual essence floated in the air.
"Sir! What are you eating?!" Dong Qingli looked at the bowl of instant noodles on the counter and exclaimed.
"Sir! What's this?" Zhang Wanyu also stared at Fang Qi with intense eyes. "Are they for sale?!"
Without answering them, Fang Qi forked up some noodles and bit into them.
With the intense sour aroma of pickled spiritual herbs, the noodles bounced in his mouth! Then, he drank the soup and found it was full of special flavor.
As the warmth flowed down his throat into his belly, it removed all his fatigue and hunger!
"Delicious!" Fang Qi's eyes lit up.
"Sir! How can you eat it all by yourself!" As a bookworm and foodie, Dong Qingli became impatient with cravings.
She had the urge to grab the bowl of noodles from Fang Qi's hands.
"Sir! Are they for sale or not?!" Zhang Wanyu also licked her lips. She hadn't had breakfast yet, and she had to watch Fang Qi eat the noodles with such an expression.
She felt like hitting someone!
"Four crystals for one bowl of noodles," Fang Qi said, "You can add a sausage for two crystals. However, you must make the noodles yourselves."
"Make noodles ourselves?" They looked at each other, longing for the service in their own shop. Although the food there wasn't as good, at least they didn't have to serve themselves.
"I'm dizzy with hunger, and you want me to make noodles myself?! Is this the proper way to treat beautiful ladies?!" In a huff, Dong Qingli and Zhang Wanyu went to make the noodles.
Fortunately, the noodles were easy to prepare. After following Fang Qi's instructions, they made them in no time.
Having not eaten breakfast, the two princes licked their lips and said, "Royal Sister, shall we..."
The Royal Princess had walked to the counter in a fierce manner. She lifted her exquisite chin and said proudly, "Sir! I'll buy three bowls of instant noodles with sausages!"
...
Soon, the internet cafe was full of slurping sounds of people eating noodles.
Dong Qingli and Zhang Wanyu went to a corner and took off their veils before eating the noodles in a stealthy way.
The Fifth Prince's face twitched, thinking, You two indeed come from the Wind and Moon Pavilion! I knew it!
The Royal Princess put her bowl of noodles on a computer desk and began eating with elegance.
Then, she moved to a seat further inside and took a bigger bite.
She glanced around and saw no one looking her way, and she went back to eating with great elegance.
Wow! It's so delicious! She shrieked silently. Even the chefs in the Royal Palace can't make such delicious food!
At this moment, two instructors of Lingyun Academy walked into the shop.
Upon entering the shop, they saw two golden-robed young men gulping down instant noodles in the lounge area by the door.
"Are these two guys here seeking shelter..."
Speechless, the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince looked up with dark expressions.
The instructors murmured, "They look so fierce. Move! Move..."
...
It was only a little past seven, and the place wasn't full yet.
However, due to the livestream of Jade Dynasty, the customers who had watched it yesterday all came very early today.
In just a little while, Nalan Hongwu and the others also came into the internet cafe.
"What's this aroma? It smells so good!" Quickly, Nalan Hongwu sensed a wondrous aroma in the air.
"What's special about these noodles? How come they taste so good?!" For the first time in a long time, the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince sat together. The Second Prince took one bite with a slurp and said, "It's ten times more delicious than the food made in the kitchen at the Royal Palace!"
"The so-called sausage is great too!" The Fifth Prince bit into the sausage and said, "My hunger is instantly gone! I feel energetic!"
"Hey! What are you two eating?!" Nalan Hongwu asked.
"Instant noodles!" They pointed at the counter. "Today's new item. The taste is superb!"
"You have new items again?" Nalan Hongwu froze for a moment as he watched Fang Qi drink up the soup. "Kid, one bowl of instant noodles for each of us!"
"Strange... I've just eaten my breakfast, but I feel hungry again after smelling this aroma..." Nalan Hongwu murmured to himself.
"By the way, were the fifth and sixth episodes of Jade Dynasty released today?"
"Of course!" Fang Qi said, "You can watch them now."
"Right! Let's watch Jade Dynasty!" The Royal Princess and two princes paused their eating and went online immediately, and so did Dong Qingli and the others.
Following Fang Qi's instructions, Nalan Hongwu and Elder Fu made the noodles. Then, with noodles in their hands, they sat down and began watching the TV series while eating.
"Finally, I get to watch Zhang Xiaofan enter the Green Cloud Faction!" Nalan Hongwu murmured to himself with the bowl of noodles in his hands.
Chapter 167: No! The Next Update will be Next Week!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
While eating noodles, Nalan Hongwu watched the Peak Masters give Zhang Xiaofan the cold shoulder in the Grand Hall.
On the screen, Daoxuan finally said, "Junior Brother Tian, since the Grass Temple Village slaughter was first discovered by your disciple Song Daren, it seems that this kid is destined to go to your Big Bamboo (Da Zhu) Peak!"
The Big Bamboo Peak Master, Tian Buyi, was at a loss for words.
"They dumped Zhang Xiaofan to Big Bamboo Peak? I'm afraid that he will have a hard life there." Nalan Hongwu stuffed a fork of noodles into his mouth and mumbled, "This is even better than the food specially made for me every morning?!"
"Oops! I have grease on my beard! I shouldn't have eaten so fast!" Nalan Hongwu dug out a handkerchief to mop his white beard and complained.
It was about 7:30 AM, and the customers in the internet cafe at this hour had all come to watch Jade Dynasty.
Su Tianji was one of them. Yesterday, she heard a lot of good comments about Jade Dynasty and thus tried it herself. Then, she couldn't get enough of it.
This morning, she hurried to the internet cafe with Fenghua and Yuexin before 7:30 AM.
"The shop is open so early today?"
"Sir! Did you update Jade Dynasty?" Swift as a gust of wind, she strode to the counter and asked Fang Qi with widened eyes.
"I did!" Fang Qi glanced around the shop and knew that Jiang Xiaoyue was probably just getting up. He had to wait until she came out before he could watch the fifth and the sixth episodes.
"Erm?" Su Tianji suddenly smelled a rich and special aroma. "Where is this aroma coming from?"
Different from warriors who ate a lot to increase their physical strength, cultivators usually ate very little except some elixirs or spiritual herb tea, so Su Tianji usually ate nothing during the day.
Of course, she had changed her habit after Fang Qi began to sell Haagen-Dazs.
And now...
"Instant noodles!" Fang Qi said, "Do you want one bowl?"
"Instant noodles?" Fenghua and Yuexin looked tempted. "Sir! We do!"
"We will buy three bowls." Su Tianji glanced around. "Bring them to computer No. 3."
"You must prepare the noodles yourselves!"
Su Tianji's face turned dark, wondering why this shop operated in this way. In the past, they had to get the snacks at the counter, and now they had to cook the food they bought?!
If not for the mouth-watering aroma, she would have walked away!
"Fenghua, Yue Xin, you take care of the noodles." With that said, she went to get a computer.
"Okay, Master!" Following Fang Qi's instruction, they made three bowls of instant noodles. At this moment, disciples from Xiyi Academy and Shengjing Academy and Ye Songtao from Cloud Ocean Faction walked in.
They were all drawn toward the aroma.
Three minutes later, they each had a bowl of noodles in their hands.
Fenghua and Yuexin carried three bowls of instant noodles and placed one onto Su Tianji's desk. "Master! The noodles are ready!"
Then, they began to eat cheerfully.
While eating the noodles, Su Tianji said, "Hurry up and open the show! Xiaofan finally entered the faction today! Slurp! Wow! It's delicious!"
While forking noodles into her mouth, Fenghua opened Jade Dynasty. "Really?! Someone took in Xiaofan? Slurp!"
"Yeah! But that fat master looks fierce! Slurp!"
"I see the fat master too! Can he teach sword techniques? I want to learn them!"
"..."
"Ahh! I'm so full!"
"How come Xiaofan is the main character? I thought it was Jingyu!"
"Why does it only show Zhang Xiaofan?! Where's the highly talented Lin Jingyu?"
The more they watched, the more curious they got. They had thought that both the kids were main characters or Lin Jingyu was the main character.
To their surprised, the dumb and dull Zhang Xiaofan was the main character?!
They wondered how the story would unfold and how this main character could turn into a big figure.
Subconsciously, they continued watching.
"Sir! Get us three bottles of Coke!" Still not satisfied, Su Tianji bought three bottles of Coke.
At this time, Fang Qi had begun watching the TV series, and Jiang Xiaoyue sat at the counter.
After getting the bottles of Coke, the three drank and talked among themselves while watching the show. "Master, these senior and junior brothers look nice, but this fat master looks fierce. Gulp!"
"I like our master better! Gulp!"
"Oh! The old monk told Xiaofan to dump the Bloodthirsty Bead, but he kept it as a souvenir. I wonder if anything bad will happen. Gulp!"
Su Tianji drank the bottle of Coke while watching. "He's going to teach Tai Chi Mystic Pure Dao! The cultivation technique of the Green Cloud Faction! Belch!!"
"..."
Silence suddenly fell.
Since everyone was eating food, the people in the internet cafe all activated the environment simulation.
Fang Qi looked toward her.
On the other side, Nalan Hongwu looked toward her.
Even An Huwei and the others, who had just entered the shop looked toward her.
Su Tianji covered her mouth, wishing that she could kill all the people around her to stop them from staring at her.
Then, everyone looked back and continued watching Jade Dynasty.
It was quiet for about one hour.
On the screen, the bamboo forest looked serene and peaceful.
"This part is so serene. I want to eat something... Today, I haven't eaten Haagen-Dazs yet..."
"The rich milky aroma..."
"Sir! Get us three containers of Haagen-Dazs!"
They ate the ice cream while watching. "Master, this monkey named Little Grey is so cute!"
"No! There's something wrong with the Bloodthirsty Bead!"
"This short staff looks weird and evil. I have a bad feeling... Ugh??"
The story had come to the part where the Bloodthirsty Bead that Puzhi gave to Zhang Xiaofan was about to merge with the Soul Absorbing Staff, transforming into an evil staff named Swallowing Soul. This was an important turning point in Zhang Xiaofan's life!
Su Tianji had just eaten a mouthful of Haagen-Dazs, and her long eyelashes shivered slightly. "How come the screen is black!!??"
The three of them who had been enjoying Haagen-Dazs and the TV series froze.
[If you want to know what happens next, stay tuned for the next episode!]
"The sixth episode is over?!"
"!!??"
Why does it always end at critical moments?!
"What on earth will happen to Xiaofan? You must let me finish this part!"
Nalan Hongwu, Su Tianji, and the others who sat near Fang Qi all looked toward him.
Meanwhile, Dong Qingli, the Royal Princess, and the others had also finished watching, and they walked up with murderous expressions.
"Sir! Where are the seventh and eighth episodes?!" Su Tianji asked with a dark expression.
"Aren't there four episodes?! How come we can only watch two?!" Nalan Hongwu also glared at Fang Qi.
"We have four episodes only on the first day. After that, we only update two episodes!" Fang Qi said in earnest.
"What?!" Bookworm Dong Qingli couldn't bear it anymore. She yelled, "Do we have to wait until tomorrow before we can watch the seventh and eighth episodes?!"
Fang Qi shook his head.
Seeing Fang Qi shaking his head, they thought that the situation wasn't as bad as they had expected. While they stared at Fang Qi expectantly, he said, "The seventh and the eighth episodes will update next Monday!"
Chapter 168: Premier Zhang Can Cultivate?
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
"Update next Monday?!" Everyone looked thunder-struck at the news, and their minds went blank again.
"I thought the TV series will update tomorrow, but Fang Qi said that we must wait until next Monday?!"
"Kid! What did you say?!" Nalan Hongwu stared at Fang Qi without blinking. If looks could kill, he would have cut Fang Qi into countless pieces!
"Sir! I thought new episodes would be released tomorrow!" Dong Qingli looked outraged!
"Why are you staring at me this way? Haven't you read novels?" Fang Qi stood up. "Celestial Warrior only publishes one volume each month! What's the problem with next week?"
"Each of the volumes has abundant content! But you only released six episodes!" Dong Qingli argued.
"It's why I don't wait until next month to update the TV series," Fang Qi sounded reasonable.
Everyone was at a loss for words.
"If you dare to update it monthly, I'll hire someone to give you a good beating!" Dong Qingli gritted her teeth, wishing to strangle this harmless-looking shop owner.
– At this moment in the Wind and Moon Pavilion –
Xiang Qinghe directed the waiters to remove the morning tea and replace it with lunch. Sitting at the table alone, he thought, What's wrong with Master lately? She hurries out before eating breakfast and doesn't come back until midnight.
She said that she had been to that shop named Origins. Aren't they our mortal enemy? Thinking of the recent removal of the boycott against that shop, Xiang Qinghe had a bad feeling. How can it be?
...
"Sir, can you update it tomorrow?!" Fenghua and Yuexin gazed at Fang Qi with pitiful expressions. Now, they would be thrilled if this TV series could be updated tomorrow!
After all, compared with next week, tomorrow was a much better option!
"You must update it tomorrow!" Sitting next to Fang Qi on his right, Su Tianji grabbed one arm of his chair and stared at him with sharp eyes.
"Right! You must update it tomorrow!" Sitting at Computer No. 1, Nalan Hongwu slammed his hand on the desk and stood up.
"The shooting needs funds, and the production takes time! Do you think it's so easy to make a TV series? Why don't you tell the novel authors to finish the stories before they publish them?"
Everyone went silent; no one could rebuff him!
Anyway, they couldn't make trouble here.
Dong Qingli had threatened to beat the shop owner in a moment of fury, and everyone knew that the issue couldn't be solved by beating him.
Although they didn't understand the part about funds, they understood that the production needed time.
"Forget it!" Su Tianji sighed heavily. She felt like killing Fang Qi, but she knew that it was useless to continue this topic. Waving her hand, she said, "Let's eat some snacks..."
"Master, we ate all of them..." Yue Xin reminded her.
"Doesn't the shop have new items recently?" Su Tianji asked.
Then, she froze when she saw the empty noodle bowls, Coke bottles, and Haagen-Dazs containers on her desk.
Her face turned dark when she realized that they had indeed eaten them all.
She had felt like there were many new snacks in the shop. Was it an illusion?
"We..." Beside her, Dong Qingli also froze. She looked back at the empty bowls and bottles on her desk and murmured, "It seems I've eaten them all, too..."
The Royal Princess, the two princes, and the disciples from the academies who had just finished watching the TV series also glanced at their desks and went speechless.
"If it continues like this, I'm afraid that we will have no money to pay for our return trip..." Luo Yun looked dejected.
"That's my fear too," Xiao Lengyu said with a dark expression, "From now on, we can't eat any more snacks!"
"Right!" Ying Zongxuan said, "We're here to cultivate!"
"Who wants to play Diablo? Let's team up!" the Fifth Prince yelled.
"Me!"
"I'm a level 4 sorcerer and have learned the Charged Bolt! It's really powerful!"
"I'm a level 3 assassin! Count me in!"
People's voices sounded one after another.
"Forget it! Since there's no TV series to watch, let's gain some levels!"
"Sir, come and play Counter Strike with us?" Su Tianji felt helpless.
"Counter Strike again?" Fang Qi said, "Okay! I will play some rounds with you guys, but don't blame me when I slaughter you."
Su Tianji: "..."
"What do we do?" Dong Qingli and Zhang Wanyu looked at each other.
"Let's play the Legend of the Sword and Fairy!"
"Right! We don't have to wait for the plot to develop while we play the Legend of the Sword and Fairy! Let's play it now! Humph!"
...
At this moment, Premier Zhang sat with a sharp-eyed middle-aged man who looked lean. The latter was obviously his bodyguard with good cultivation strength.
They sat in front of the computers with empty instant noodle bowls, Coke bottles, and Haagen-Dazs containers on the desk.
Premier Zhang stroked his beard and said broodingly, "In the last couple of days, while I watched the TV series and played games, I always felt a surge of warmth moving inside me. I wonder why."
"Ms. Zhang!" The lean middle-aged man said in a grave voice.
"Guard Bian, what's the problem?" Premier Zhang asked, "Do you also feel the weird warmth in your body?"
"Flowing warm current?!" Bian Ying thought for a moment and said, "The feeling of flowing warm currents is something that happens when one begins to obtain qi. I wonder if it is..."
"Obtaining qi?!" Premier Zhang froze.
"Right!" Bian Ying answered, "If it's spiritual essence, it feels light and nimble. If it's warrior qi, it feels thick and heavy. Which feeling do you have?"
"It feels heavy!" Premier Zhang answered.
Then, he shivered and asked with a shaky voice, "Do you mean... I... can cultivate?!"
"Please give me your left hand, Premier." Bian Ying had also felt the increase in his cultivation strength, but he was a powerful warrior while Premier Zhang was just an ordinary man without any talent!
However, anyone could cultivate to be a warrior, but for those with poor talent, it was just a waste of time and resources. Since his cultivation strength had increased, it was possible that Premier Zhang had gained some warrior qi as well.
Bian Ying reached out and touched Premier Zhang's left wrist.
Instantly, he felt weak but pure warrior qi pulsing in the depths of Premier Zhang's Dantian!
Bian Ying said immediately, "Congratulations! Premier! You have extremely pure warrior qi in your body! Although it's still weak, you have the potential to become a warrior!"
With Premier Zhang's physique, he couldn't be put in the Body-Forging Realm. However, it was hard to say if he could be placed in the Official Warrior Realm with his weak warrior qi.
However, he indeed had the hopes of becoming a warrior.
"I have no talent in this field, and I didn't try to cultivate in the last couple of days," Premier Zhang said wonderingly, "How come I have..."
Bian Ying pointed at the computer and said, "It might be the effect of this spiritual artifact!"
Chapter 169: Sir! Wake up! Someone's Smashing Your Windows!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
Instantly, Premier Zhang's eyes lit up, and his whole body shook. "Can this spiritual artifact help me cultivate?"
"It even has this function?!" He had thought that the games in this shop would just help people increase their cultivation speed, just like the Martial Arts Tower of Lingyun Academy and similar facilities.
However, he found that this spiritual artifact named the computer was even more powerful than he had imagined; it could even help an ordinary person like him, who had no talent, obtain warrior qi in only two days?!
This kind of spiritual artifacts was much better than the places such as the Lingyun Martial Arts Tower which only could only increase one's cultivation strength. With this spiritual artifact, everyone in Dajin could cultivate.
Due to the lack of talent, a lot of people became civil officials and merchants. After gaining warrior qi in their bodies, these people might still be weaker than those highly talented warriors and cultivators, but at least they would gain a healthier body and the ability to defend themselves. In addition, they might live as long as the cultivators and warriors!
In this way, the civil officials would have more time and energy to contribute their abilities and realize their dreams without fearing that they have to back down due to old age before they could put their plans into action.
Many thoughts passed Premier Zhang's mind, and he wondered which master had created these spiritual artifacts and what this master's purpose was for placing the shop in this place.
However, he knew that Dajin would gain great benefits with this shop in its territory.
As for confiscating this shop...
Everyone was greedy, and Ji Wu might have had this plan in mind when he sent Premier Zhang to the Jiangnan Region. However, when Premier Zhang saw that most of the aristocrats gathered in the shop, he knew taking the shop by force wasn't a good idea.
Firstly, they had to consider the great power of this big group of customers. Secondly, the whole Jiangnan Region might have been forged into a union of common interest due to this small shop, and it was hard to make a move against them.
There had been no reports about anyone making trouble in this shop for a long while, but Premier Zhang had heard about how all the Shadow Guards were thrown out of this shop in one instant.
After careful consideration, he finally sent messages to Emperor Ji Wu in Jingshi.
At this moment, Ji Wu was practicing saber techniques in the garden before the Royal Palace. He put away the long saber and murmured, "Premier Zhang?"
His communication jade was connected to all the influential officials, but they only used it to report major issues.
"Temporarily, it's harmless to the country?"
"The wondrous spiritual artifacts can help talentless ordinary people cultivate?"
Except for the speculations and concerns about the people behind the shop, these messages contained nothing but good news.
"Indeed?!" Ji Wu's eyes turned sharp. "If that's the case, it's my fortune to have this shop..."
"However..."
However, he wouldn't be convinced if he didn't test it himself!
He wondered if some great master was really behind this shop and if this master's strength was as great as the rumors said.
"Another possibility is that the young man had acquired some great treasures! Although it is a bit far-fetched, we must make some necessary tests!"
The most powerful people in Dajin's history had passed away, but they had left some big forces to guard Dajin. The Star-Observing Tower and this magnificent Royal Palace were two of them, but only a few people knew that a shadow force had been established at the inception of the country to enforce the laws.
Whenever someone tried to work against the law, this shadow force would make a move. In fact, they had destroyed many royal family members, aristocrats, and major officials.
"Is the shop really so powerful that it can gain a standing in this world or is it just a scam?" Ji Wu tightened his fists and said in a cold voice, "Grey, go and investigate it for me."
A breeze swept up some dust into the sky, seeming like someone had just left the garden.
...
It was midnight and darkness engulfed the land.
Fang Qi's small shop finally closed for the night.
The moment that Fang Qi shut the door and windows, turned off lights, and went upstairs, a black figure suddenly appeared in the center of the street before Fang Qi's shop's door like a black ghost.
"This is the small shop that His Majesty is concerned about?" The black figure murmured in a deep and husky voice, which contained a chilliness that was indifferent to everything in the world.
In the blink of an eye, this figure vanished from the street like a gust of wind!
In this hot summer night, the usually loud insect chirps and frog croaks suddenly stopped, and the air nearby became cold and silent.
The nearby residents were in a death-like sleep without even any sounds of snoring.
Through the second-floor window and the open curtains, Fang Qi could be seen sleeping soundly without taking off his clothes.
"He's sleeping like a log; he's just an ant without any worldly experiences..." A black figure appeared outside Fang Qi's window, but Fang Qi was oblivious to this.
If someone looked toward Fang Qi's window from the outside, they would see a figure standing in the air!
It seemed like an invisible platform supported him!
Standing in the air wasn't something that an ordinary person could achieve!
In the entire Dajin Country, very few people had reached such a realm!
"I'll start from this ant then," this figure murmured and then waved his right hand.
The window should have opened at his wave!
He froze since the window before him showed no signs of opening!
"Ugh?" The person frowned slightly in the darkness and waved his left hand!
The window showed no response.
"Ugh?" Surprised, he waved again and again!
Then, he knocked on the window with his fists!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
He kicked!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
He smacked the window with the handle of his sword!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
This figure smashed on the window of Fang Qi's room from the outside!
The fragile-looking glass showed no sign of breaking, and it even absorbed the sounds. Almost no noise could be heard in Fang Qi's room!
Chapter 170: Let's Go and Watch the TV Series After the Daily Meeting with the Emperor!
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
"The window has some special function, and that's why he can sleep so peacefully?" The figure in the darkness had an expression as dark as the night.
Standing before Fang Qi's window, he thought for a while and murmured, "It seems like this kid's room has special protection, but..."
He glanced at the room next to Fang Qi's. "It seems that the only employee lives in that room, and I guess it isn't protected..."
At this thought, he soon came to Jiang Xiaoyue's window.
Looking into the window, he saw a little head sticking out of a white blanket with cat patterns on it. "This girl is also soundly asleep, and this shouldn't wake her up either."
He pushed at the window hard, but it didn't budge.
A bad feeling rose in him.
Then, banging noises sounded outside this loli's window!
– Half an hour later –
A figure in black sat on Fang Qi's shop's roof, panting slightly.
"Even the employee's window is protected!" Then, he stepped on the black tiles on the roof.
"Tiles?!" He looked down, and an idea dawned on him. He murmured with a snicker, "No matter how strong the protection is, you can't change the structure of a residential house. You can't stop me from pulling up the tiles, right?"
He reached out and pulled, but nothing moved! He pulled harder, but the result was the same!
"He! Ahh!" He unleashed his full strength.
"Huh! Huh!" He was soon exhausted.
About half an hour later, this mysterious person in black slowly drew out his long saber from his belt and stood before the door of the shop.
The saber had a dark red color to it, as if it had absorbed too much blood.
"I don't believe that the whole shop is unbreakable!" He held the saber with both hands, and the saber emitted a gloomy and horrifying presence as it created a dull and gritting noise that sounded like the crying from a dying man!
Engulfed in a powerful and frightening presence, he kept all his energy in control and didn't allow any of it to escape into the surroundings.
The air in the whole street flowed backward, and the gloomy nightly sky turned chillier. Even the moonlight and starlight were covered by a mysterious force!
Then, the saber moved, and a light slashed through the dark night like the call of the Grim Reaper!
It hacked viciously on the glass door of the Origins Internet Club.
Bang!
Shortly, loud door-banging noise sounded in the darkness!
...
"Yawn! Sleepy..." Fang Qi opened his sleepy eyes and saw it was just dawn.
At this moment, the sound of a door-opening came from Auntie Wang's bun shop next to Fang Qi's shop.
The smashing noises suddenly stopped!
Auntie Want opened the door and saw a weird warrior in black walking slowly toward the end of the street with a long saber hanging from his belt.
Auntie Wang glanced at him and saw his hand, which was resting on the saber handle, kept on spasming.
"How can one become a warrior if he can't even hold his saber?" Seeing the strange sight, Auntie Wang mumbled and then resumed putting up buns for sale.
"..."
"I dreamed of someone smashing on my window last night..." Fang Qi patted his forehead. "It's probably because I'm releasing too little episodes for Jade Dynasty recently..."
"It's not up to me anyways..." Fang Qi glanced at the sky outside the window and pulled the blanket over his head, going back to sleep.
...
– In the Royal Palace –
The sky turned brighter. Emperor Ji Wu seemed to sense a movement near him and asked, "How did it go?"
"The owner of that shop is indeed extraordinary. I planned to capture the young owner and force him to show his strength, but..."
"But..." Ji Wu asked immediately, "Is his strength indeed great?"
The weird warrior in black looked embarrassed. "I tried for the whole night but couldn't get into the shop."
Ji Wu: "..."
"There must be a powerful array protecting the shop. When I hacked the door with my saber, it remained intact. The result was the same even when I used 90% of my strength," that man explained.
"That array is so powerful?" Ji Wu stroked his chin. "No wonder that old Duke is awed by the shop. It seems that we must follow the old Premier's suggestion and let it be for the time being."
"Is your hand injured?" Ji Wu asked.
"I'm fine..."
"Good. You can go now."
"Yes!" After that answer, everything turned quiet.
Of course, the Emperor would never know that his most trusted subordinate had spent a night trying to shatter that shop's glass door and windows.
...
After getting up, Fang Qi checked the statistics. The number of viewers for each episode of Jade Dynasty had been about 100 the day before yesterday, but the number had increased to about 170 for each episode by the time he closed the shop last night.
At this rate, that task would be completed today or tomorrow.
At this moment, Fang Qi received another message from the System.
[The System will upgrade tonight. After the upgrade, the space in the shop will increase by four times, and there will be more computers. Other functions will be activated later.]
...
It was time for the daily meeting between the Emperor and all the officials in Jingshi.
"Premier, is the shop that you just mentioned really so extraordinary?! Even scholars and civil officials like us can cultivate?!" When the officials walked toward the Grand Royal Palace, they chatted with each other.
"Of course!" Premier Zhang said, "Do you think I'm a liar? I watched a TV series in that shop for two days. While I was doing it, I felt warrior qi growing in me! Even Guard Bian confirmed it!"
"The cultivators' spiritual artifacts are so magical now!" Behind him, a middle-aged civil official said in astonishment, "Even we scholars can cultivate?!"
"Useless scholars..." one civil official said emotionally, "If that's true, then no one will dare to say that scholars are useless anymore!"
"In this big world, anything can happen! Hahaha!" another official laughed.
"Premier, I know that I shouldn't doubt your words, but..." One official was still unconvinced. "Can I feel your warrior qi?"
"Of course!" Premier Zhang reached out his hand and said, "Go ahead!"
Premier Zhang placed his hand on that official's arm, and the latter instantly felt a strange warmth entering his body; it was weak but distinct.
"It's indeed warrior qi?!"
"Guys! After the morning meeting, let's go to Jiangnan together and watch the so-called TV series! What do you think?" someone suggested. "It's far from here, but as the Premier said, it's worth the effort!"