A streak of light flashed across the sky.
Before long, a small town appeared before Li Yu.
"I've been here so long, yet I haven't seen the local customs of this world. I might as well take a look around this town!"
He descended from the sky some distance away and walked toward the town along the road.
When he reached the entrance, Li Yu found that it was merely a small town with a modest population. Still, people came and went, so it was not exactly deserted.
As he stepped into town, Li Yu looked around and found that the entire place resembled the ancient towns from his previous life.
As he walked through the town, the passersby saw Li Yu's fine clothes and extraordinary bearing and hurriedly moved aside to clear the way for him.
"It seems class distinctions are quite severe in this world."
Li Yu sighed softly. In a world where strength determined status, ordinary people were bound to occupy a very low position.
After wandering around for a while, Li Yu stopped in front of a restaurant.
"Since coming to this world, I haven't properly tasted its food yet."
Li Yu smiled and walked into the restaurant.
"Welcome, honored guest!"
A servant dressed like a waiter hurried forward, bowing and scraping.
"Mm. Find me a private room and bring out your finest food and wine."
Li Yu waved his hand with the air of a wealthy spendthrift.
"Right away!"
The waiter agreed and led Li Yu to a private room upstairs.
After entering the room, Li Yu glanced around and discovered that this so-called private room was merely a somewhat more refined chamber.
"Nothing special."
Li Yu curled his lips and sat beside the low table, silently griping, It's nowhere near as good as Heaven on Earth.
Well, Li Yu had never actually visited the so-called Heaven on Earth in his previous life. He had merely envied its reputed imperial luxury.
Before long, the waiter brought over the wine and dishes.
"Honored guest, these are our restaurant's signature dishes. This is Braised Cloud Deer Lips, this is Stir-fried Jade Gold Orchid, this is—"
"Enough, enough."
Li Yu waved a hand to interrupt the waiter's rambling introduction. He picked up a piece of the so-called Braised Cloud Deer Lips with his chopsticks and tasted it.
"Mm! The meat is tender and refreshing. Not bad, not bad."
After taking a bite, Li Yu found that the so-called Cloud Deer Lips truly tasted quite good. He had never eaten this kind of meat before, and found it rather interesting.
Focused on eating, Li Yu failed to notice the strange look in the waiter's eyes when he said, "Not bad, not bad."
The food and wine all had novel flavors. Whether meat or vegetables, they carried a fresh, pure taste.
"This must have something to do with the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi of this world."
As Li Yu ate, he sensed the spiritual qi contained within the food and wine and could not help nodding. "No wonder this world can produce so many absurdly powerful beings. The spiritual qi really is abundant. Even ordinary things contain spiritual qi."
Before long, he had finished the food and wine and eaten his fill.
"Waiter, the bill!"
"Honored guest, your meal comes to one thousand gold."
The waiter stood before Li Yu, and his smile seemed to carry a hint of mockery.
"Huh?"
Li Yu froze. One thousand gold? Although he had no idea what one thousand gold was actually worth, judging by the waiter's expression, this was obviously a rip-off!
What the hell? They're trying to rip me off?
At that moment, Li Yu thought of all those classic tourist scams from his previous life, like charging for fish roe by the grain and shrimp by the piece.
A thousand gold meant nothing to Li Yu. He could spend a few Energy Points and exchange for a whole pile of it through the system.
The problem was not the thousand gold itself, but that Li Yu could not bear the loss of face!
Ever since entering this world, everything had gone smoothly for him. Even cultivators from the Six Great Grotto-heavens had behaved obediently before him. Yet today, he was actually being bullied by an ordinary mortal? If word got out, where would he put his face?
Li Yu's expression had already turned cold.
"What? No money?"
The waiter shot Li Yu a disdainful glance and sneered. "A country bumpkin who can't even tell the difference between pig snout and deer lips dares put on airs? Who knows where you stole those clothes from. With your hair hanging loose, you still dare pretend to be some Young Master?"
What the hell! A restaurant waiter is looking down on me!
He could not tell deer lips from pig snout because he had never eaten either! And as for his loose hair... he did not know how to tie it up! Li Yu felt utterly miserable.
"If you don't have money... that little bell at your waist looks pretty good. Use it to settle the debt."
The waiter glanced at the bell hanging from Li Yu's waist and sneered. "A Spirit Artifact you stole from your master, right? You even brazenly hang it at your waist? Anyone with the slightest knowledge of cultivation can see the spiritual glow on it!"
"Hah? So that's what this is about!"
Li Yu finally understood. After beating around the bush for so long, this waiter was after his Soul-Shaking Bell!
Using a Saint King Divine Weapon to pay for a meal? He certainly had ideas.
"They dared cross me?"
Li Yu snorted coldly and stared at the waiter. "Waiter, don't bring disaster upon yourself, and don't bring trouble upon your employer."
"Disaster? Trouble?"
The waiter looked at Li Yu disdainfully and sneered. "Do you know whose restaurant this is? This is a Li family restaurant. Several young masters of the Li family cultivate immortality in Yanhsia Grotto-heaven. You dare cause trouble here?"
"Yanhsia Grotto-heaven?"
Li Yu recalled that among those who had oppressed Zhou Yi and tried to force him to hand over his treasure, there seemed to have been someone from Yanhsia Grotto-heaven.
"Cultivating immortality? A bunch of chickens and dogs dare call themselves immortals?"
Li Yu shook his head disdainfully. With a thought, an immense aura soared into the sky. Divine light gleamed around him, while Immortal Qi swirled on all sides.
"An... an immortal?"
Seeing this, the waiter was frightened out of his wits and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
He had tried to rip off an immortal. How unlucky did one have to be to encounter something like this?
"Hmph!"
Li Yu snorted and flicked his sleeve, sending the waiter flying. Then he rose and walked out of the restaurant.
"I was actually looked down on by a restaurant waiter."
Li Yu immediately lost all interest, feeling that this little day trip had been a complete failure.
"Mortals cannot appreciate This Young Master's elegance. It seems I can only pretend to be an expert in front of cultivators."
Li Yu shook his head. Just as he was about to take flight and leave, he suddenly heard the conversations of people by the roadside, causing him to stop.
"Old Jiang is truly too miserable."
"Yeah! Poor Little Tingting can barely afford to eat now."
"They used to live quite well. Their son and daughter-in-law both entered an immortal sect, and the family had a home and a livelihood. Who would've thought... sigh!"
"The Li family is too heartless. Not only did they seize their family's property, they won't even spare the old man and child. They're still bullying them."
"Shh! Are you looking to die? If they hear you, you'll suffer for it."
The few passersby stopped talking, glanced around nervously, then hurried off in different directions.
"Tingting? Old Jiang? Could it really be such a coincidence?"
Li Yu paused, then smiled again. "Tingting? Could she be that Taiyin Physique? It looks like I need to go take a look."