Want Some Spicy Strips?

Bu Shiyi said no more and glided into the shop. Bu Lige hurriedly followed her inside.

Just as Luo Chuan had expected, upon seeing the shop's furnishings, Bu Shiyi reacted exactly as Bu Lige had before. A deep astonishment flashed through her autumn-water eyes.

"Such pure glazed crystal is being used merely as shelving. This little shop truly is not as simple as it appears."

"The goods are all on the shelves. Help yourselves." Luo Chuan yawned from his reclining chair and pointed into the shop.

Then, as if recalling something, he added, "Oh, right. The shop has recently stocked a new product: Spicy Strips. You two can take a look."

"Spicy Strips?"

Bu Lige was slightly startled. Her gaze swept across the shop, and she quickly spotted numerous red-packaged bags on one of the display shelves.

"Sis, come on, let's go take a look!" Bu Lige could not hide the excitement in her eyes as she pulled Bu Shiyi over.

Cola already had such terrifying effects—what could these so-called Spicy Strips do?

Though somewhat helpless, Bu Shiyi maintained her calm appearance and followed Bu Lige to the shelf of Spicy Strips.

"Spicy Strips: After consumption, temporarily raises the energy within the body by one minor level. Can stack up to five times and cannot cross a major level. Duration: 1 minute. Price: 100 Spirit Crystals."

Bu Shiyi's red lips parted slightly as she read out the description of the Spicy Strips.

The two looked at each other and fell briefly silent, yet both saw the shock in the other's eyes.

However, Bu Shiyi quickly recovered. Picking up a bag of Spicy Strips, she asked Luo Chuan, "Boss, are the effects of these Spicy Strips truly as described? And what side effects do they have?"

In Bu Shiyi's estimation, something capable of temporarily raising one's energy level surely came with enormous side effects.

To Bu Shiyi's surprise, Luo Chuan shook his head. His calm voice rang out, "The effects are exactly as described. If they differ, you're welcome to smash up the shop. As for side effects... there are none."

None?

Normally, methods like this that stimulated one's own potential—whether pills or Cultivation Methods—would have more or less some side effects.

Yet the owner of this little shop claimed that these Spicy Strips had no side effects whatsoever. For a moment, Bu Shiyi's interest was piqued.

"Lige, how many Spirit Crystals did you bring?" Bu Shiyi turned and asked Bu Lige.

Bu Lige froze for a moment, then replied, "Exactly one hundred and one Spirit Crystals."

"Very good." Bu Shiyi nodded, a smile appearing on her pretty face.

Then, with a wave of her hand, a silver-white ring appeared in her palm.

Bu Lige was stunned. She hurriedly looked at her own hand, on the verge of tears. "Sis, that's my Space Ring..."

Space Rings were rather rare items on the Tianlan Continent. They contained spaces capable of storing objects, and the larger the space, the rarer they were.

Naturally, their prices were also exorbitant.

As far as Luo Chuan knew, a Space Ring with roughly one cubic meter of storage space was worth at least several thousand Spirit Crystals. Even then, they were often impossible to buy despite their listed price.

From this, it was clear that Bu Lige and Bu Shiyi's identities were anything but ordinary.

Still, Luo Chuan was merely a little curious. He did not take their identities to heart at all.

"One hundred and one Spirit Crystals. I'll take one bag of Spicy Strips and one bottle of Cola."

After taking a bag of Spicy Strips and a bottle of Cola from the shelves, Bu Shiyi glided over to Luo Chuan and spoke, while also taking a small pile of Spirit Crystals from the Space Ring.

Luo Chuan nodded and put away the Spirit Crystals Bu Shiyi had given him.

"Sis, aren't you going to taste them and see how they are?"