You Can Buy Them for Your Friends

Meanwhile, Bai Luoming stood at the entrance of Aurum Alley, looking left and right, unsure of what to do.

It was midday, and although it wasn't as lively as at night, it was still exceptionally bustling with people. There was an unusually wide variety of food available, including not only snack vendors but also street vendors selling full meals, all hawking their wares and attracting customers.

Looking at the Aurum Alley in front of him, Bai Luoming was unsure what to do first. After thinking it over, he decided to go and check out 'Glamoth Veteran Barbecue' opened by Firefly.

Although he wasn't sure if Firefly would be open for business now, after all, Kafka was in jail and Ren was still in the Prison of Deep Seclusion.

Speaking of which, the Ambrosial Arbor was supposed to revive after Kafka's interrogation, but Bai Luoming looked at the huge withered tree in the distance and saw no sign of it reviving at all.

However, Bai Luoming didn't care. The plot had already completely fallen apart, so this was just a minor issue. He could simply treat it as a vacation in Luofu.

As Bai Luoming thought this, he followed his Remembrance to find the small shop run by Firefly.

However, when he finally found it, a sign at the store entrance read, "Closed due to family matters of the owner; reopening time unknown."

He looked at the notice on the shop door and suddenly realized something.

Sure enough, Kafka was arrested before Blade was even released from prison, so Firefly definitely won't be running a shop here anymore.

Remember in the story it was Blade who rescued Kafka at the Matrix of Prescience? Now it should be Stellaron Hunters Sam going to pick up Kafka. I just don't know what role Blade will play in this process.

Bai Luoming stood in front of the door for a long time. The uncle who had a stall next to the shop couldn't stand it anymore and said to Bai Luoming, "Young man, what are you doing here?"

Bai Luoming turned his head upon hearing this and saw a person dressed as Xianzhou native being. He smiled and said, "It's nothing, I was just a little curious about where the owner of this place went."

"The owner probably won't be coming. Just yesterday she was giving away all those tools and stuff."

After saying that, the uncle sighed and continued, "Alas, what a pity."

Hearing this, Bai Luoming became curious and asked the uncle, "Boss, what are you regretting?"

"I regret that I didn't set up my stall yesterday; I wasn't there when that little girl delivered the items."

"... That's a real shame."

After saying that, Bai Luoming turned around and prepared to leave. Now that Firefly was gone, there was no point in him staying any longer.

Seeing Bai Luoming about to leave, the middle-aged man became anxious and quickly called out to Bai Luoming, "Hey, young man, don't be in such a hurry to leave. Don't you want to know why this place is closing down?"

Hearing the uncle's words, Bai Luoming stopped in his tracks. Although he knew that Firefly would never tell the uncle these things, he still asked with some curiosity, "Does the boss know the inside story?"

Seeing this, the middle-aged man smiled mysteriously and said, "I don't know!"

"Huh?" Bai Luoming looked at the uncle with an expression that said, 'What is this guy saying?'

The middle-aged man seemed a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and continued to Bai Luoming, "Oh, that's not important. By the way, young man, would you like to buy something?"

"No, what are you selling? Are you so sure I'll buy it?"

"Hey, don't let the size of my stall fool you, I have a lot of stuff." The stall owner said, picking up items from his stall and showing them to Bai Luoming one by one.

"Look at this, it's a specialty of Xianzhou: Soda Bean Juice! It's something that everyone who comes from out of town buys."

Bai Luoming, expressionless, exposed the shopkeeper, saying, "Is it the Soda Bean Juice that even the Xianzhou native don't drink?"

"Hey, I won't talk about it, I won't talk about it."

Then the shopkeeper took out another item and said to Bai Luoming, "Look at this, this is called Wild Borisin Milk, I just bought it at a high price."

Hearing this, Bai Luoming became interested. He took the Borisin milk from the shopkeeper and examined it carefully. The packaging was quite convincing, with a Borisin standing in place and the label clearly stating "Wild Borisin Milk".

However, when Bai Luoming looked at the expiration date, Bai Luoming couldn't hold back any longer. It clearly stated: Forever.

Bai Luoming pointed to the "permanent" expiration date and questioned the shop owner, "Hey boss, do you want to take a look? How come the expiration date is still 'permanent'? Do you think this is wild dog milk? You've clearly been scammed!"

"You don't understand, do you? This is Bu Li milk, and what is Borisin? They're the Abominations of Abundance, so it's normal for them to have a longer shelf life, right?"

"Hehe, your shelf life is way too long! Oh dear, what am I even talking to you about?"

After Bai Luoming finished speaking, he realized that he had been completely fooled by the boss and had actually listened to him talk for so long. So he put down what he was holding and turned to leave.

Seeing that Bai Luoming was about to leave, the shopkeeper became a little anxious and had to say to Bai Luoming, "Hey, hey, don't go! I still have some good stuff here."

After saying that, the shopkeeper rushed up to Bai Luoming, straightened his shoulder, and said, "You can look at this item before you leave."

Bai Luoming returned to his stall expressionlessly and threatened the owner, "If you still don't have anything this time, I really will have to call the Cloud Knights!"

The shop owner ignored Bai Luoming's threat and instead held up a bag of oranges, saying to Bai Luoming, "Ta-da, this is the good stuff I was talking about!"

"Oranges? What's so special about that!"

Bai Luoming was somewhat disdainful; what good could an orange possibly be?

"You don't understand, do you? These are oranges grafted from the Xianzhou. Their effect is very simple: they're not sweet at all, just pure sour."

As the shopkeeper spoke, he took out an orange, peeled it, and handed a segment to Bai Luoming.

"No, boss, I really need to call Cloud Knights here and have him thoroughly investigate your stall, find out exactly what you're selling! Why would I buy these sour oranges?"

"Brother, you don't understand. You have friends, right? You can buy it for your friends."

The boss's words made Bai Luoming stop in his tracks. He froze, then rushed to the boss and asked, "Boss, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, you can buy it for your friends."

"No, I meant the sentence you just said."

"Ah, these oranges are grafted from the Xianzhou; they're purely sour."

"I'm sorry, boss, I was wrong just now. I'll take all the oranges you have!"

After saying that, Bai Luoming gripped his boss's hand tightly, as if afraid he would change his mind.

The shopkeeper was taken aback and said, "You really can buy so many? Let me tell you, these oranges are incredibly sour; practically no one can eat a second one."

"Oh, you can just wrap it up, I have lots of friends!"

The shopkeeper, still somewhat skeptical, wrapped up the oranges and handed them to Bai Luoming.

Bai Luoming paid for the oranges, then took them and put them into a storage item in the Herta box.