Recaps

Xiao Cheng sold Honeyed Shortbread to Jia Lie Te and Xiao Xun'er while warning both that he knew their families had investigated him. Jia Lie Bi sent Jia Lie'ao to approach Xiao Cheng about cooperating with the Jia Lie Family, and Jia Lie'ao arrived at Ruyi Zhai.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Ning cultivated with Peach Pastry and Peanut Candy, and Xiao Ning's Dou Qi improved enough that he went back to Ruyi Zhai for more pastries.
• Jia Lie Te bought Honeyed Shortbread and Peanut Candy, then reported Xiao Cheng's warning to Jia Lie Bi.
• Jia Lie Bi ordered Jia Lie Te to keep watching Ruyi Zhai and sent Jia Lie'ao to test whether Xiao Cheng would cooperate with the Jia Lie Family.
• Xiao Xun'er bought Honeyed Shortbread and Peanut Candy, then left after Xiao Cheng revealed that he knew she had sent someone to investigate him.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Elder Ling about the investigation, and he suggested that a powerful force behind Xiao Cheng had detected him.
• Jia Lie'ao arrived at Ruyi Zhai while Xiao Cheng was there.

Jia Lie'ao visited Ruyi Zhai and threatened Xiao Cheng after Xiao Cheng refused the Jia Lie Family's offer to cooperate. Xiao Ning reported Jia Lie'ao's visit to the Xiao Family First Elder, who suspected the Jia Lie Family had discovered the pastries' effects and went to find Xiao Zhan.

• Jia Lie'ao asked Xiao Cheng to cooperate with the Jia Lie Family, but Xiao Cheng refused and warned that Ruyi Zhai already had ties to the Xiao Clan and might work with the Mittel Auction House.
• Jia Lie'ao threatened to burn down Ruyi Zhai, and Xiao Cheng mocked him as he left.
• Xiao Ning bought pastries from Xiao Cheng, thanked him for their benefits, and promised to protect him from anyone who bullied him.
• Xiao Cheng checked his Personal Panel and saw that his shopkeeper experience had risen by fourteen points while his pastry quests remained in progress.
• Xiao Ning told the First Elder that he had seen Jia Lie'ao leaving the Xiao Family Market, and the First Elder suspected the Jia Lie Family wanted to secure Ruyi Zhai's pastries.
• The First Elder reassured Xiao Ning that Xiao Cheng would keep his agreement with the Xiao Clan, then went to find Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan and the First Elder discussed Jia Lie Bi’s plans and the need to strengthen security, while Jia Lie Bi prepared to target the Xiao Clan. At Ruyi Zhai, Xiao Cheng rejected Ao Di’s offer to cooperate and tried to sell Honeyed Shortbread to Xiao Mei, who could not afford it.

• The First Elder told Xiao Zhan that Jia Lie'ao had visited Xiao Family Market, and they suspected Jia Lie Bi wanted to win over Xiao Cheng and was plotting against the Xiao Clan.
• The First Elder urged Xiao Zhan to strengthen market security, and Xiao Zhan agreed that Jia Lie Bi might be conspiring with Ao Ba Pa.
• Jia Lie'ao complained to Jia Lie Bi that Xiao Cheng had thrown him out, and Jia Lie Bi told him to wait while he planned to seize the Xiao Clan and Ruyi Zhai.
• Ao Di introduced himself to Xiao Cheng as Ao Ba Pa’s son and sought cooperation, but Xiao Cheng refused and sent him away.
• Xiao Mei visited Ruyi Zhai and bought Peach Pastry and Peanut Candy instead of the costly Honeyed Shortbread, prompting Xiao Cheng to blame its price for poor sales.

Xiao Cheng considered expanding Ruyi Zhai but put off creating new pastries, while Xiao Yan’s cultivation improved with the shop’s sweets and Xiao Xun’er encouraged him. Ao Ba Pa and Jia Lie Bi discussed the Xiao Clan and conspired against Ruyi Zhai, leaving Jia Lie Bi determined to take over the shop.

• Xiao Cheng considered cooperating with the Mittel Auction House and making new pastries, but decided to wait.
• Xiao Yan realized Peanut Candy had accelerated his cultivation and felt determined to prove himself after remembering his life on Earth.
• Xiao Xun’er brought Xiao Yan Honeyed Shortbread, and he accepted her kindness as she encouraged him.
• Ao Ba Pa and Jia Lie Bi discussed Ruyi Zhai’s cultivation-boosting pastries and the Xiao Clan’s cooperation with the shop.
• Jia Lie Bi whispered a plan to deal with Ruyi Zhai, and Ao Ba Pa agreed to carry it out.
• After Ao Ba Pa left, Jia Lie Bi said Ruyi Zhai would be his sooner or later.

Xiao Cheng learned that Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa might be plotting against him, while the First Elder promised the Xiao Clan’s support for Ruyi Zhai. After checking his shop quests and taking a walk through the market, Xiao Cheng remained unaware that someone was watching him.

• Payne warned Xiao Cheng that Jia Lie Bi might target Ruyi Zhai after meeting with Ao Ba Pa.
• The First Elder visited Ruyi Zhai, heard that Jia Lie'ao had failed to recruit Xiao Cheng, and pledged the Xiao Clan’s support.
• Xiao Cheng persuaded the First Elder to buy a pound of Honeyed Shortbread and checked his shop progress and quests.
• Xiao Cheng closed the shop early and strolled through the market, where he spoke with Xiao Lu during his patrol.
• An unseen observer watched Xiao Cheng as he continued wandering through the market.

Xiao Cheng opened Ruyi Zhai while pastries from his shop strengthened the physiques and cultivation of the Xiao Clan’s younger generation. The Jia Lie Family and Ao Ba Pa Family secretly barred their shops from buying from Ruyi Zhai, drawing fewer customers to Xiao Family Market as Xiao Cheng remained unaware of the reason.

• Xiao Yan ate Honeyed Shortbread from Xiao Xun'er and found that it improved his physical strength, then resumed cultivating toward the seventh stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ning reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi after eating pastries, while Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying confirmed that Honeyed Shortbread could strengthen the body.
• Xiao Xun'er considered privately cooperating with Xiao Cheng but decided the time was not right.
• The Jia Lie Family and Ao Ba Pa Family ordered their shops not to buy from Ruyi Zhai, and the orders reduced the number of people in Xiao Family Market.
• Xiao Cheng heard Xiao Family Disciples gossip about strange events in the other families’ markets but dismissed the matter and continued selling pastries.

Xiao Cheng learned that the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Pa Family were trying to cut off Ruyi Zhai’s customers, while the Mittel Auction House moved to support him. He devised a plan to promote the pastries through Xiao Ning and draw customers from the rival families’ territories.

• Xiao Zhan and the Three Elders discussed the rival families’ restrictions on buying pastries and concluded that they were targeting Xiao Cheng’s business.
• Ya Fei told Gu Ni to announce that Xiao Cheng was an honored guest of the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Ning visited Ruyi Zhai, and Xiao Cheng discovered that he had reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi after eating the pastries.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Cheng that the Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Pa Family had forbidden people in their markets from visiting Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Cheng asked Xiao Ning to promote the pastries by demonstrating their benefits, hoping to attract customers and eventually draw people into the Xiao Family Market.
• Xiao Ning bought pastries and hurried back to tell his grandfather about Xiao Cheng’s plan, while Xiao Cheng vowed to take revenge on the two families.

Jia Lie Bi abandoned his scheme against Ruyi Zhai after the Mittel Auction House intervened, while Ao Ba Pa was left to bear the consequences. Xiao Cheng accepted a system quest to create a signature pastry and settled on making a Cream Cake, as the feud between Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa widened.

• Jia Lie Bi ordered his shops to resume normal business and secretly left Ao Ba Pa to take the blame for the boycott of Ruyi Zhai.
• Xiao Ning told the First Elder about Xiao Cheng's plan, but they set it aside after learning that the Mittel Auction House supported Ruyi Zhai; the First Elder also noticed Xiao Ning had reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Cheng learned of the Mittel Auction House's support and received a two-day system quest to create a special signature pastry, with public Broadcast Gymnastics as the failure penalty.
• Xiao Cheng decided to make a Cream Cake and bought the ingredients and tools from Xiao Dian.
• Ao Ba Pa learned that Jia Lie Bi had kept him in the dark, and the Mittel Auction House raised the prices of goods sold to the Oba Clan by ten percent.
• Jia Lie Bi dismissed Ao Ba Pa as an idiot, while Xiao Zhan quietly observed the growing rift between the two men.

Xiao Cheng met Xiao Yi Xian at Ruyi Zhai and learned she had come from Qingshan Town to investigate the shop’s Dou Qi-enhancing pastries. He offered to help if anything unusual happened to her body, then learned from Xiao Dian that a pastry capable of curing her Calamity Poison Body had only a two percent chance of appearing as a Quest Reward.

• Xiao Cheng prepared a Cream Cake base and decided to limit future orders to ten cakes at a time.
• Xiao Yi Xian visited Ruyi Zhai, introduced herself as a physician from Myriad Medicine Zhai, and asked about the pastries’ effects.
• Xiao Yi Xian bought three Peach Pastries and three Peanut Candies after Xiao Cheng explained the pastries and their prices.
• Xiao Cheng called after Xiao Yi Xian and offered to help if anything unusual happened to her body, prompting her to wonder how he knew about her condition.
• Xiao Dian told Xiao Cheng that a pastry capable of curing the Calamity Poison Body had a two percent chance of appearing through Quest Rewards.
• Xiao Cheng returned to check the cake in the oven, while Xiao Yi Xian looked back at Ruyi Zhai before preparing to return to Qingshan Town.

Xiao Cheng finished making a Cream Cake and claimed its quest reward the next morning, advancing to Dou Zhe. He sold Honeyed Shortbread and Peanut Candy to Xiao Yan, then prepared to present the cake to the Mittel Auction House and consider how to promote Ruyi Zhai.

• Xiao Cheng finished decorating the Cream Cake, received Xiao Dian's quest-completion notification, and postponed claiming the reward until morning.
• Xiao Cheng claimed the reward and advanced from the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi to a One-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Cheng planned to discuss cooperation with the Mittel Auction House and wondered whether to promote Ruyi Zhai to the Imperial Capital.
• Xiao Yan visited Ruyi Zhai and bought three jin of Honeyed Shortbread and ten pieces of Peanut Candy after his teacher recommended the shortbread.
• Xiao Cheng checked his quest progress, then packaged the Cream Cake to show the Mittel Auction House representative.

Xiao Ning mocked Xiao Yan’s cultivation before buying pastries and reserving Ruyi Zhai’s first Cream Cake. Xiao Cheng offered Gu Ni a deal to supply Cream Cakes for auction, then prepared the cake that would later help Xiao Ning advance to Two-star Dou Zhe.

• Xiao Ning mocked Xiao Yan for relying on pastries to cultivate, while Xiao Yan returned to his room and trained diligently.
• Xiao Cheng advertised Cream Cake for one thousand Gold Coins, requiring advance reservations and limiting orders to three cakes per day.
• Xiao Ning reserved a Cream Cake and bought ten Peach Pastries and three jin of Honeyed Shortbread.
• Xiao Cheng proposed supplying Cream Cakes to Gu Ni for auction, and Gu Ni left to discuss the offer with Ya Fei.
• Xiao Cheng prepared ingredients for the Cream Cake, unaware it would later help Xiao Ning advance to Two-star Dou Zhe.

Ya Fei and Gu Ni considered working with Xiao Cheng, while Xiao Yi Xian discovered that Ruyi Zhai’s pastries increased her Dou Qi and eased her Calamity Poison Body. Xiao Cheng sold Cream Cake reservations to Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er, then began preparing cakes for the Mittel Auction House partnership.

• Gu Ni told Ya Fei about Xiao Cheng’s partnership proposal, and they considered testing the Cream Cake before deciding how to promote it.
• Ya Fei worried about telling her family about Ruyi Zhai because she feared becoming a tool for their profit, and Gu Ni suggested asking Xiao Cheng for help.
• Xiao Yi Xian ate Peanut Candy, found that her Dou Qi increased and her Calamity Poison Body eased, then left Myriad Medicine Zhai hoping Xiao Cheng could help her.
• Payne and Xiao Lu bought Peach Pastries and Peanut Candies from Xiao Cheng, while they declined the thousand-Gold-Coin Cream Cake.
• Xiao Mei reserved a Cream Cake and bought pastries, and Xiao Xun'er later ordered a cake as well.
• Xiao Cheng forgot Xiao Mei’s cake when he visited the Xiao Clan, then went to the kitchen to prepare Cream Cake for his cooperation with the Mittel Auction House.

Xiao Yan reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi and received the Eight Extremes Collapse technique, while Xiao Cheng completed an auction-house partnership and claimed a new pastry recipe. The chapter ended with Xiao Cheng rushing to the kitchen to prepare its ingredients.

• Xiao Yan broke through to the seventh stage of Dou Qi, and Old Yao passed him the Eight Extremes Collapse technique.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan he needed to strengthen his body before using the technique and suggested either taking beatings or eating a jin of Honeyed Shortbread daily; Xiao Yan chose the food.
• Xiao Cheng baked two Cream Cakes for Xiao Ning and Xiao Mei and prepared to deliver them the next day.
• Gu Ni told Xiao Cheng that Ya Fei had agreed to cooperate, and they arranged for Xiao Cheng to provide one Cream Cake every seven days, or two when possible.
• Xiao Cheng completed the Peanut Candy quest, drew a random pastry recipe, and hurried to the back kitchen to prepare its ingredients.

Xiao Cheng made sweet and savory Small Fried Dough Twists and sold some to Xiao Yan, who invited him to visit the Xiao Clan the next day. Xiao Yan brought the twists to Xiao Zhan, and father and son ended the chapter arguing over which flavor was better.

• Xiao Cheng prepared and displayed sweet and savory Small Fried Dough Twists, pricing them at 60 Gold Coins per jin.
• Xiao Yan bought one jin of each flavor and five jin of Honeyed Shortbread, then invited Xiao Cheng to visit the Xiao Clan; Xiao Cheng agreed to come the next day.
• Xiao Dian assigned Xiao Cheng a seven-day quest to sell 100 jin of Small Fried Dough Twists, with a mysterious scratch card as the reward and transformation into a fried dough twist as the penalty.
• Xiao Yan brought the pastries to Xiao Zhan, who preferred the savory twists while Xiao Yan preferred the sweet ones.
• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan argued over which flavor of Small Fried Dough Twists was best.

Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan discovered that Ruyi Zhai’s Small Fried Dough Twists eased mental fatigue and boosted spiritual power, prompting Xiao Zhan to promote them among the Xiao Clan. Xiao Cheng’s shop was swamped by disciples arguing over sweet and savory flavors, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian arriving in Wutan City.

• Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan noticed the Small Fried Dough Twists refreshed the mind and slightly improved spiritual power, and Xiao Zhan decided to promote them to the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan discovered Xiao Yan had reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi and encouraged him ahead of the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• Xiao Zhan spread word about the pastries, drawing a crowd of Xiao Family Disciples to Ruyi Zhai, where Xiao Cheng had to stop their sweet-and-savory argument and organize a queue.
• Xiao Cheng checked his Personal Panel and saw Small Fried Dough Twists sales had reached 51 jin toward the 100-jin quest goal.
• Xiao Yi Xian walked through Wutan City carrying luggage.

Xiao Yi Xian joined Ruyi Zhai as a clerk, hoping the shop could help suppress her Calamity Poison Body. After learning her duties and tasting the pastries, she began work while Xiao Cheng prepared to visit the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Cheng to let her work at Ruyi Zhai so she could suppress her illness, and he hired her as a clerk with a room upstairs and pastries as a perk.
• Xiao Cheng showed Xiao Yi Xian her room and explained her duties, the pastry prices, and the Xiao Clan discount.
• Xiao Dian told Xiao Cheng that Xiao Yi Xian was registered with the system, protected, and due to receive a system-selected clerk uniform.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian cleaned the shop before Xiao Cheng explained that a cleaner handled the work and sent her to open the doors.
• Xiao Cheng prepared Peach Pastry, Peanut Candy, and Honeyed Shortbread, and Xiao Yi Xian sampled the pastries before taking charge of sales while he tidied the kitchen.

Xiao Cheng visited the Xiao Clan, delivered reserved Cream Cakes to Xiao Ning, and set out to deliver another to Xiao Xun'er. Meanwhile, Xiao Yi Xian served customers at Ruyi Zhai and grew pensive after speaking with Xiao Lu.

• Xiao Zhan welcomed Xiao Cheng to the Xiao Clan, praised the clan's progress, and discussed the threat from Jia Lie Bi and Ao Ba Pa with him.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Cheng that Xiao Yan had reached the seventh stage of Dou Qi and was close to becoming a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Cheng delivered Xiao Ning's Cream Cake and stopped him from taking Xiao Xun'er's box to her himself.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Cheng where Xiao Xun'er lived, and Xiao Cheng went to find her on his own.
• Xiao Yi Xian sold pastries to Xiao Lu at Ruyi Zhai, then gazed at the street and became faintly saddened by her memories.

Xiao Cheng visited Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan at the Xiao Clan, then triggered a timed quest requiring him to enter the Dou Skill Hall before leaving. The quest threatened a severe loss of Xiao Zhan's favorability if he failed, so Xiao Cheng decided to discuss it with Xiao Zhan.

• Xiao Cheng gave Xiao Xun'er Cream Cake and asked her where Xiao Yan lived.
• Xiao Cheng visited Xiao Yan, noticed signs of his Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid cultivation, and exchanged guarded remarks with him.
• Xiao Xun'er joined Xiao Yan and shared the Cream Cake with him, recalling how he had cared for her as a child.
• Xiao Cheng triggered a timed quest to stay in the Xiao Clan's Dou Skill Hall for three minutes, with failure costing him 99999 favorability with Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Cheng complained to Xiao Dian about the quest and decided to speak with Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Cheng completed the system’s timed quest at the Xiao Clan’s Dou Skill Hall and received a Festival Quest Card, while Xiao Yi Xian ran Ruyi Zhai and Gu Ni collected the Cream Cake. The Mittel Auction House announced an auction for a pastry said to raise cultivation without side effects, drawing attention to Wutan City.

• Xiao Yi Xian sold pastries at Ruyi Zhai, handed Gu Ni the Cream Cake for the agreed one thousand Gold Coins, and politely turned away customers who tried to pursue her.
• Xiao Cheng asked Xiao Zhan for permission to visit the Xiao Clan’s Dou Skill Hall, and Xiao Zhan allowed him to view the area outside it.
• Xiao Cheng stayed at the Dou Skill Hall for three minutes, completed the timed quest, and received a Festival Quest Card from the system.
• Xiao Cheng opened the card at Ruyi Zhai, learned it would grant a festival quest, and checked that his Honeyed Shortbread and Small Fried Dough Twists quests were still unfinished.
• The Mittel Auction House publicized its upcoming auction of a pastry said to raise cultivation without side effects, attracting the Jia Lie Family, the Xiao Clan, the Ao Ba Pa Family, people from around Qingshan Town, and Mitel Tengshan’s attention.

Xiao Ning, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Xun'er ate Cream Cake and gained major cultivation breakthroughs, leading Xiao Yan and Xun'er to tell Xiao Zhan about its effects. Xiao Zhan suspected the cake was the mysterious item advertised by the Mittel Auction House, and the Xiao Clan prepared to attend the auction alongside rival families seeking to obtain it.

• Xiao Ning ate an entire Cream Cake, absorbed its energy, and advanced to Two-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er shared a Cream Cake; Xiao Yan reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi, while Xun'er advanced to Three-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Zhan that the Cream Cake raised their cultivation without destabilizing their foundations.
• Xiao Zhan invited Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er to accompany him to the Mittel Auction House, suspecting its mysterious cultivation-raising item was Cream Cake.
• The Jia Lie Family and the Ao Ba Pa Family also received auction invitations and set their sights on winning the mysterious item.

Xiao Cheng prepared Ruyi Zhai for the crowds drawn to Wutan City by the Mittel Auction House’s Cream Cake auction, while Xiao Yan continued cultivating. News that Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Ning had reached Dou Zhe after eating Ruyi Zhai pastries brought a new wave of customers to the shop.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Cheng that the Mittel Auction House had announced an auction for a mysterious item that could raise cultivation without side effects, drawing prominent factions to Wutan City.
• Xiao Lu visited Ruyi Zhai, bought pastries, and told Xiao Cheng the auction would take place the next day; Xiao Cheng decided to focus on his shop rather than attend.
• Ya Fei refused the Mittel Family steward’s demand to inspect the mysterious item, warning that its owner, the Proxy Bidder, was not someone they could offend.
• Xiao Yan returned to his room to cultivate after Old Yao praised his progress to the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi and discussed the effects of Cream Cake and Honeyed Shortbread.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Ning’s breakthroughs to Dou Zhe became known among the Xiao Family Disciples, who learned they had eaten Ruyi Zhai pastries and began visiting the shop.

The Jia Lie and Ao families tried to uncover the mysterious item set for auction, while Xiao Cheng made Sesame Candy and Melon Seed Candy for Xiao Yi Xian. Completing the system quest raised Xiao Cheng to Two-star Dou Zhe, and the new candies went on sale at Ruyi Zhai.

• Jia Lie Bi ordered Jia Lie Te to keep investigating the mysterious auction item and declared that the Jia Lie Family had to win it before the Xiao Clan or another rival could.
• Ao Ba Pa sent Ao Di to seek information at the Mittel Auction House, while Xiao Zhan remained confident that the item was Cream Cake and planned to reserve some from Shop Owner Xiao.
• Xiao Cheng decided to make Sesame Candy and Melon Seed Candy for Xiao Yi Xian, triggering a side quest that required him to prepare both kinds.
• Xiao Cheng made the candies, learned they would each cost 66 gold coins, and completed the quest to advance from One-Star Dou Zhe to Two-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Cheng put the new candies on display, and Xiao Yi Xian sampled a piece of Sesame Candy.

As Wutan City prepared for the Mittel Auction House, Ge Ye visited Ruyi Zhai and met its owner, Xiao Cheng, who recognized his connection to Xiao Yan. Princess Yue'er later visited the shop and bought a large selection of pastries, while Xiao Cheng anticipated that the next day would be lively.

• Ge Ye arrived in Wutan City for the auction and visited Ruyi Zhai after spotting its sign.
• Xiao Cheng recognized Ge Ye as the Misty Cloud Sect elder involved in breaking off Xiao Yan's engagement but chose not to confront him.
• Ge Ye bought several pastries and left after Xiao Cheng asked whether he had visited the Xiao Clan.
• Ge Ye greeted Princess Yue'er, who noticed the paper package he carried and then headed toward Ruyi Zhai.
• Yue'er introduced herself to Xiao Cheng, bought many pastries, and left with her guards.
• Xiao Cheng closed the shop and remarked that the following day would be lively.

Xiao Ning visited Ruyi Zhai to show Xiao Cheng that he had reached two-star Dou Zhe after eating Cream Cake, then bought several snacks. After discovering that the shop’s pastries enhanced Dou Qi, Ge Ye hurried back to buy more, leaving Xiao Cheng eager to obtain the shop-guard reward from his quest.

• Xiao Ning told Xiao Cheng that Cream Cake had helped him advance to two-star Dou Zhe, and Xiao Cheng explained that its effects diminished after repeated use.
• Xiao Ning asked Xiao Cheng about the Mittel Auction House auction, then bought Small Fried Dough Twists, Sesame Candy, and Melon Seed Candy from Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Cheng checked his quests, worried about the Misty Cloud Sect, and learned from Xiao Dian that a Mysterious Gift Pack could contain a shop guard.
• Ge Ye tested the pastries he had bought and found that most increased Dou Qi, while Small Fried Dough Twists restored mental energy and Peanut Candy doubled cultivation speed.
• Ge Ye hurried back to Ruyi Zhai to buy and test pastries he had not yet sampled.

Ge Ye bought pastries from Ruyi Zhai after learning of their effects, while Princess Yue'er arrived and insisted on becoming a shop assistant. Xiao Cheng agreed to let her work at the shop and pressed Xiao Dian to finish the assistants’ uniforms.

• Ge Ye bought five jin each of Honeyed Shortbread and Small Fried Dough Twist, planning to report their effects to Yun Yun and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Cheng worried that the Misty Cloud Sect might come to Ruyi Zhai and hoped to obtain guards through a mission and a draw.
• Princess Yue'er headed to Ruyi Zhai to investigate the shop, while Ya Fei and Gu Ni discussed the auction’s arriving factions and preparations.
• Yue'er greeted Xiao Cheng and Xiao Yi Xian, then insisted on working as a shop assistant; Xiao Cheng agreed and offered her a room beside Xiao Yi Xian’s.
• Xiao Cheng confronted Xiao Dian about the delayed uniforms, and Xiao Dian promised to complete two uniforms within thirty minutes.