Laboring at Immortal Cultivation, Am I Still Afraid of Foreign Monopoly? Sister Houtu, the Primordial Goddess, Has Been Led Astray

We headed into the city once more, but this time it was a little different, because there were two beautiful women in the vehicle. We drove at full speed...

"Yo-ho..."

Nuwa was thrilled, speeding along the highway. Houtu occupied the passenger seat beside her, while Chen Xuan clung to the railing in the rear, looking utterly hopeless as he watched the vehicle race ahead.

"This is what passion feels like! It's more challenging, more thrilling, and more exhilarating than flying. I'm going to drive even faster..." Nuwa had completely fallen in love with speeding.

"Accelerate... Accelerate... Let me drive when we get back. This is so much fun..." Houtu shouted from the passenger seat. An ordinary girl would have been scared to death by now.

The vehicle actually reached a speed of one hundred kilometers per hour, with smoke billowing from the tires...

"Brothers... This time, our Nanshan Speeding Party is going to be the coolest crew on this road, bar none... Let yourselves go and accelerate!"

"Haha... Not bad. There's a sharp turn ahead. We're going to fly even higher and see who's the most badass..."

"Accelerate... Accelerate... Let's pull off a beautiful drift. We're the youngest speedsters around, hahaha..."

Ahead was a group of reckless young men, howling as they rode motorcycles of all kinds—125s, Mitsubishis, and handsome Princes. They kept accelerating and tearing down the road, the most stylish bunch of riders on the entire highway.

Whoosh...

The next moment, they were all dumbfounded...

A three-wheeled motorcycle overtook them in an instant. Its driver was an unrivaled beauty, with another beauty in the passenger seat and a hopeless-looking man in the back. It swept past them around the bend at drifting speed.

They had no doubt that the motorcycle's engine was already smoking. How could it possibly be moving so fast? As it sped wildly and swayed from side to side, it looked as though it might fly off the road at any moment, wrecking the vehicle and killing everyone inside...

Yet nothing happened. It was as steady as an old dog. Even when one wheel left the ground, the goddess simply pressed it back down with one hand...

"Hello... Is this the police?"

"I'm on 321 National Road. I saw someone racing a three-wheeled motorcycle at over one hundred and ten kilometers per hour. It's like a heifer crashing into a power pole—utterly badass and sparking with lightning. They're flying! Hurry up and catch them..."

One of the reckless riders stopped and called the police. He could tolerate being impressive himself, but when someone else was even more impressive, that was practically criminal provocation.

"A three-wheeled motorcycle... Is there a pretty girl on it?" came the breathless reply.

"Not one—there are two pretty girls on it! They're driving recklessly and illegally, and they're so fast that even our whole speedster crew is dumbfounded. Hurry up and come over." The young rider reported the situation.

"That's good..." The traffic officer on the other end breathed a sigh of relief, then said sternly, "Wait where you are. We'll be there right away..."

"Wait... What does this have to do with us?" The reckless rider's expression changed drastically.

"Heh heh... You've already been caught on camera. People are blocking all the checkpoints. You bunch of ignorant little brats dared to race on a national highway. Don't think that just because we couldn't catch you before, you can keep challenging us. You're finished now..."

The corner of the officer's mouth lifted, and he could barely suppress his smile. This group of reckless riders had escaped several times before, but now they had finally walked right into the trap.

Screech...

A three-wheeled motorcycle stopped outside a farmers' market...

Chen Xuan nearly vomited...

"I'll drive from now on. If you keep doing this, the traffic police will confiscate the vehicle sooner or later. Luckily, rural areas don't regulate three-wheeled motorcycles very strictly..." Chen Xuan was on the verge of tears. He absolutely could not let them continue fooling around. The dignified Primordial Goddess had actually turned into a speedster. Morality was declining with the times.

"No way... I'm definitely driving when we go back. Why can Sister Nuwa have all the fun while I can't?" Houtu refused to give in. She was determined to enjoy herself, and she did not care in the slightest about crashing. Even if Earth exploded, she would be fine.

"Fine, fine..."

Chen Xuan felt as though he had two enormous headaches. He simply entered the farmers' market. It was bustling with people, with stalls everywhere. Only a small portion was regulated, and paying the stall fee was enough.

"Roast goose? Roast chicken? And barbecue... I want fish too..." Houtu's eyes lit up. There was so much delicious food in the market that she almost started drooling.

"Boss... What vegetables would be best to plant this year?" Chen Xuan entered a general merchandise shop. In 2010, such shops carried anything one could imagine. There was nothing they could not sell, and the selection was truly extensive.

"We grow quite a lot of vegetables in the south. There's spring greens, flowering cabbage, cilantro, lettuce, mustard greens..." The shopkeeper introduced them one by one.

"How are they sold?" Chen Xuan asked with a smile.

"One packet can plant one to two mu, depending on the germination rate. How much do you want?" The shopkeeper smiled broadly. He thought the young man was just playing around. He would be better off working in a factory tightening screws, earning over two thousand yuan a month.

"Can you sell them by the kilogram? I need at least five kilograms..." Chen Xuan stared at him.

The shopkeeper shook his head. "Most of these seeds belong to corporations. The core patents are held overseas, and they're all packaged for sale. If you want a large order, you'll have to contact the seed company."

"I see." Chen Xuan sighed. "Then give me as much as you can..."

"All right..." The shopkeeper smiled and brought out all the stock in the store.

There was a huge bag of seeds. Besides vegetables, fruits, and beans, there were also radishes, sweet potatoes, ginger, and more. Altogether, it cost over seven thousand yuan...

"Why are you buying seeds? Aren't you farmers? You shouldn't be short of seeds..." Nuwa asked curiously.

"That's true. In the past, we saved rice seeds from the previous harvest and kept using them. Later, other people's seeds became more fragrant, more productive, and safer. Producing those kinds of seeds required manpower and resources, which gave rise to the capital market..."

"It's just a pity that we're far too backward. Our seed research is far behind, and the patents are basically all foreign-owned, so we're strangled by the neck and can only spend huge sums to buy them..."

Chen Xuan sighed. In the end, capital ruled everything.

"Little Xuanzi... With Sister Nuwa here and a huge pile of spiritual treasures to support us, what do mortal things matter? We can even produce immortal crops. Work hard, young man..." Houtu pursed her lips dismissively, not taking it to heart at all.

"Heh heh... Besides seeds, we're also behind in technology. There are systems, chips, electronics, and—wait... medicine too. Whether it's diagnostic instruments, pharmaceutical research, or health standards..."

Chen Xuan did not hold back and went on to explain everything in detail.

It was said that one country had control over health itself. By lowering the healthy blood-pressure range just a little, it could sell hundreds of billions more in medicine. It was truly terrifying.

Smack...

Chen Xuan was flicked on the head, making his skull ring. Great God Nuwa did not show the slightest mercy. "Don't get trapped in that line of thinking. You're a cultivator. Can't you crush mortal technology?"

"Hahaha..." Chen Xuan felt relieved.

"What are you laughing at? I want to eat that old man with the cloud-like bundles. Hurry up and buy one..." The gluttonous Houtu pointed toward an old man not far away.

"I want those candied fruit skewers. They look delicious on television." Great God Nuwa's eyes lit up as well.

The two vendors selling the candied fruit skewers were momentarily stunned when the two graceful women approached. They looked like fairies from mythology, as though they did not belong to the mortal world.

Because divine beings could not be looked upon directly, many people only caught a vague glimpse of them before their perceptions became unreal and hazy. Gradually, they retained almost no clear impression.

The two goddesses were so conspicuous, strolling around openly and eating snacks as they shopped. They walked around for half a day, leaving Chen Xuan covered in bags of all sizes, his face filled with misery...

"What kind of expression is that? You're so unwilling to go shopping with me. You even wanted me to create an immortal-level goddess as your wife, but I suppose I'll have to forget it..." Great God Nuwa snorted.

"Sister Nuwa... You're just painting a rosy picture. Little Xuanzi is supposedly a boss and often paints rosy pictures himself. That trick doesn't work anymore..." Houtu sighed.

"Stop fooling around. It's time to go back..." Chen Xuan glanced at the sky. He had to make arrangements for planting.

"All right... This time, Sister Houtu will drive." Nuwa smiled sweetly, making Chen Xuan's scalp tingle. He could only pray that nothing went wrong on the road.

"Let's go, let's go! Today, I'll take you flying." Houtu's eyes gleamed.

Houtu drove, while Nuwa gave her instructions from beside her. Chen Xuan remained in the rear, clinging on in terror, afraid he would be thrown out. They sped off in an instant and reached 321 National Road.

Beep beep beep beep...

They had not gone far when several vehicles began following closely behind them...

"The three-wheeled motorcycle ahead, pull over immediately! You've violated traffic regulations. Cooperate with our inspection at once..." A loudspeaker blared.