Selling Barbecue to Make Money

After sending Tang San home, the grandfather and grandson returned to their own house.

Yuan Luo stayed in his little room and eagerly held out his left hand.

As Soul Power gathered, the Martial Soul in his left hand began to emerge.

It was a dart, shaped like a hexagram and jet-black all over, giving off a dangerous aura.

The moment the dart appeared in the room, the temperature throughout the room began to drop.

A faint, almost imperceptible killing intent radiated from it.

"So powerful!"

Yuan Luo patted his chest. He could sense the dart's strength—it was simply beyond words.

"System, what's the Martial Soul in my right hand? Why can't I feel it? Don't tell me it's air?"

Ding! The host guessed correctly. It is air.

"It's really air? Doesn't that mean I'm insanely powerful? Is my Martial Soul Avatar the entire Douluo Continent?"

Air filled the entire continent. How powerful would that be?!

Ding! Please stop dreaming, host.

Ding! Congratulations, host, on breaking through to level ten. Reward: one Body Enhancement Card.

"What? System, you even come with a reward function?"

Ding! Every time the host breaks through ten levels or completes a hidden achievement quest, they will receive one random reward.

"Great! Then can you reward me with six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones or nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings?"

Ding! Anything is possible. Please continue working hard, host.

Yuan Luo imagined the sight of nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, licked the drool from his lips, and thought of how perfect that display would be.

He opened his right hand. It was an utterly ordinary hand, with nothing in it.

He swept his right hand forward, and the teacup on the table was struck by an invisible force, immediately crashing to the floor.

After experimenting for a while, Yuan Luo discovered that his Air Spirit worked much like a telekinetic ability.

He just did not know what it would become like once he gained Soul Rings.

"Use that card or whatever!"

Yuan Luo muttered inwardly. The next moment, a pure force surged into his body.

"Fuck!"

"It hurts!"

The muscles and bones throughout his entire body felt as though they were being gnawed apart by tens of thousands of ants. The pain was unbearable.

Yuan Luo kept rolling around on the bed, cursing the system's ancestors a hundred thousand times in his heart.

If he had known it would hurt this much, he would never have used it. He could have just remained a salted fish for the rest of his life—why endure so much pain?

Two hours later, Yuan Luo was drenched in sweat, his body trembling constantly, as though he had just crawled out of the gates of hell.

After washing himself up a little, he felt incredibly relaxed and comfortable.

After his Martial Soul awakened, he had already felt his body brimming with strength.

Now that his body had been strengthened again, even a Soul Scholar probably would not be able to withstand one punch from him.

The pain was truly painful, but the effect was truly good.

Taking out the crossbow from the corner by the wall, Yuan Luo put a stalk of Blue Silver Grass between his teeth, slung a bamboo basket over his back, and headed out.

There was a small forest near Holy Soul Village, roughly four or five times the size of the village. No Soul Beasts had ever been found there, only ordinary wild animals.

When Yuan Luo had first transmigrated, Old Jack had found him there.

With a grass cloak draped over himself, Yuan Luo prepared to hunt.

This crossbow had a range of twenty meters. Beyond twenty meters, its power dropped, and its accuracy became poor. That meant he could only kill small animals.

"Rustle!"

Suddenly, there seemed to be movement in the grass ahead. The plants swayed.

A snow-white rabbit appeared before Yuan Luo's eyes. To him, it was delicious food.

"Whoosh!"

The crossbow fired. A fifteen-centimeter arrow tore through the air and pierced the little rabbit's head.

After a round of hunting, the bamboo basket on his back was already full—four rabbits and three wild chickens.

That was enough to feed Yuan Luo for quite a while.

With Soul Power, Yuan Luo was full of energy today and did not feel tired at all.

After giving Tang San one chicken and one rabbit, Yuan Luo went home to prepare his prey.

A month later!

Over the past month, aside from going to the mountaintop to train every day, Tang San spent all his remaining time at home forging iron.

Meanwhile, Yuan Luo had finally made the first bicycle on the Douluo Continent. Just grinding the wheels had taken him nearly twenty days.

Luckily, there was a Crooked Neck Tree whose shape happened to resemble the bicycle frame. Otherwise, it might have taken him two months to finish it.

There was even a small platform behind the seat where he could place some things.

For the bike chain, he directly used Soft Bamboo, carving several small holes into it. Its toughness was quite good.

"Grandpa! I'm going to Notting City! I'll be back tonight!"

Over the past month, Yuan Luo had caught many prey animals, including a wild boar and a sheep.

If his physique had not improved, he really would not have dared to act so boldly around a wild boar.

Carrying smoked chicken, rabbit meat, wild boar meat, and mutton, along with the charcoal he had made himself, Yuan Luo set off on his first trip to Notting City.

There was still no grilling method on the Douluo Continent, and grilling meat happened to be Yuan Luo's specialty.

After riding for half an hour, he finally arrived at Notting City.

Notting City was like an eighth-tier little county town on Blue Star. It was quite large by rural standards.

He casually found an intersection with a decent amount of foot traffic and finished setting everything up.

Some of the people around him found it rather strange. Why had Yuan Luo taken out these bits of meat, and why were they skewered onto bamboo sticks?

Seeing this, Yuan Luo chuckled inwardly. Once I start grilling, drool will be pouring from the corners of your mouths.

There was no cumin on the Douluo Continent, but there was a spice with a similar flavor.

Yuan Luo had dried some at home and ground it into powder. It could barely serve as a substitute for cumin.

As the charcoal caught fire, the scent of barbecue spread out, waves of fragrance drifting down the surrounding streets.

Yuan Luo's little barbecue stall soon became packed with people. At first, a few had come because of the smell, but as the crowd gradually grew, others came over to join the excitement.

This was probably why some shop owners hired people to pose as customers.

"Uncles, aunties, brothers, sisters—don't miss out as you pass by! Holy Soul Village Barbecue, the only one of its kind in the entire Heaven Dou Empire! We have four kinds of grilled meat!"

Yuan Luo looked at the people before him, all staring at the barbecue in his hands, then began calling out.

"Grilled chicken is one Copper Soul Coin per skewer, grilled rabbit is two Copper Soul Coins per skewer, and grilled wild boar and grilled mutton are both five Copper Soul Coins per skewer. It's opening day today, so everything is half price for all customers. If it doesn't taste good, you don't pay."

"Why is it so expensive?"

"Exactly. Two Copper Soul Coins are enough for a full meal."

"Kid, where are your parents? You're charging way too much."

"..."

"Everyone, this barbecue is absolutely worth the price. Why not try a skewer first? If it doesn't taste good, you don't have to pay."

Yuan Luo had known this would happen. In the original story, even an exquisite boxed meal only cost two Copper Soul Coins. In this small city, people were not as wealthy as the residents of larger cities like Suotuo City.

"Alright! Give me a skewer of mutton first. I'll give it a try. If it tastes good, I'll buy more."

A big fat man at the front patted his chest and belly, indicating that he would be the first to try it.

"Sure! It'll be ready right away!"

The first batch was already cooked. Pale yellow oil dripped from the meat, and its rich aroma whetted everyone's appetite.

"Here, Uncle, have a taste first!"

Yuan Luo sprinkled the barbecue with Special Spice and handed it to Fatty Uncle.

The people around them watched closely, wanting to see what this new kind of food was like.

Fatty Uncle gently took a bite of the meat and carefully savored it in his mouth.

With every chew, his eyes grew brighter. In the end, he stuffed all the remaining mutton into his mouth in one bite.

"A peerless delicacy! Little friend, I'll take all the rest. Calculate the bill."

"That comes to four Silver Soul Coins."

"Alright! Take it!"

Fatty Uncle directly took out four Silver Soul Coins and gathered all the remaining barbecue into his hands.