At Xiao Yang's command, Li Zhen strode toward the stall.
From the other side of the street, a towering, broad-shouldered bald man strode over and deliberately slammed into Li Zhen, nearly knocking him face-first onto the dining table.
Li Zhen steadied himself and instantly flew into a rage.
"You son of a—" He had only gotten halfway through before clamping his mouth shut.
The man who had bumped into him was none other than Xiao Kuang, the Young Clan Leader of the Sky Fortune Tribe.
"Why the hell did you bump into me? Are you blind?" Xiao Kuang grabbed Li Zhen by the collar with one hand and bellowed like a roaring lion, his voice deafening.
Part of the reason he couldn't stand Li Zhen was that Li Zhen had once bullied Xian He. The other part was that Li Zhen was Xiao Yang's most devoted lackey.
Xiao Yang was not only competing with him for the position of Young Clan Leader, but had also formed the Blazing Sun Hunting Team to compete with his Mad Battle Hunting Team for the title of the Sky Fortune Tribe's number-one hunting team. Xiao Yang opposed him at every turn. There was no way he'd show Xiao Yang and his lackey any kindness!
"I'm sorry, Young Clan Leader! I didn't do it on purpose!" Li Zhen was as frightened as a stray dog with its tail between its legs, his usual arrogance nowhere to be seen.
His injuries had only just healed, and he didn't want to get beaten up again.
Although eating the boiled and fried eggs cooked by that useless Xian He had raised his strength to Yellow Obsidian One-star, he was still no match for Xiao Kuang, who was Yellow Obsidian Three-star.
"Xiao Kuang! If you've got a problem, take it up with me. Leave my brother alone!"
Xiao Yang rose to his feet and walked toward Xiao Kuang, radiating more confidence than ever before.
After eating the Plain Boiled Egg and Fried Egg, his strength had risen to Yellow Radiance Four Stars, surpassing Xiao Kuang's.
Even though Xiao Kuang was the Young Clan Leader of the Sky Fortune Tribe, Xiao Yang no longer feared him in the slightest.
"I'll take it up with you, then! You pretty-faced little punk, you dare talk back to me? Looks like you need another beating!" Xiao Kuang snorted angrily and punched toward Xiao Yang's face.
To everyone's surprise, Xiao Yang caught Xiao Kuang's powerful punch with casual ease.
Xiao Kuang sneered. "You dare try to outdo me in true qi? I'll thrash you six ways to Sunday!"
Yellow Radiance-grade warriors could temporarily boost their strength with true qi.
However, true qi was an energy that was extremely difficult to replenish, so it was rarely used lightly.
He hadn't expected Xiao Yang to use true qi just to deal with him. What a sore loser.
As a Yellow Obsidian Three-star warrior, Xiao Kuang had over eight hundred units of true qi, enough to temporarily raise his strength to 2,100 jin.
Xiao Yang was a Yellow Radiance Two Stars warrior, with over seven hundred units of true qi. He could temporarily raise his strength to 1,900 jin.
Although Xiao Kuang's base stats were higher than Xiao Yang's, the Plain Boiled Egg and Fried Egg had given Xiao Yang an extra two hundred jin of strength.
So when they locked arms, they were evenly matched, and neither could gain the upper hand for a while.
After they had struggled for some time, Xiao Yang was the first to let go.
He didn't want to waste his precious true qi on a meaningless quarrel.
"What's wrong? Got scared?" Xiao Kuang hadn't gained much of an advantage, but he wasn't about to lose the verbal sparring.
Xiao Kuang was secretly shocked.
When had that son of a bitch Xiao Yang gotten so much true qi? He'd actually managed to raise his strength to match his own.
Wait, had he eaten that miraculous food Old Man Yun was selling?
Xiao Yang shot Xiao Kuang a glance, shoved him aside, and strolled over to Old Man Yun, ready to buy up all the miraculous food on the table.
"Old man, I'll take all these Fried Eggs and Beggars Chicken! Wrap them up for me!" Xiao Yang gently set his heavy money pouch on the table.
Seeing Xiao Yang try to buy up all the miraculous food, Xiao Kuang immediately objected. "Why should you get it all to yourself? I want some too!"
"Let's split it in half," Old Man Yun said, preparing to divide the Fried Eggs and Beggars Chicken into two portions.
There were eight pieces of Fried Egg left, so it was easy to give each of them four. But there were nine Beggars Chickens left, making an even split impossible.
According to Xian He, the food had to be eaten whole to have an effect. Eating only half wouldn't work.
"Give me that one!" Xiao Yang said, pointing to the extra Beggars Chicken.
"Why should I give it to you? Give it to me!" Xiao Kuang roared, refusing to back down, spittle flying everywhere.
Hearing people arguing at Old Man Yun's stall, Xian He set down his wooden spoon and hurried over.
"Old man, what's going on? What are you arguing ab—" When he saw Xiao Yang and Li Zhen, Xian He frowned, his expression darkening.
Those two punks had bullied him, and now they dared come to his stall to buy food? They were really asking for it!
Xian He's anger surged.
Old Man Yun truthfully explained that both men wanted to buy up all the food.
Xian He's eyes shifted. He handed the extra Beggars Chicken to Xiao Kuang and said with feigned sincerity, "Sorry, Young Master Xiao Yang. My big brother Xiao Kuang reserved this chicken a long time ago. If you really want some, you can have this plate of Eight-baked Chicken instead."
"Eight-baked Chicken is a popular street-food delicacy, made with Cloud Ying Chicken and eight kinds of dried fruit, including walnuts, pine nuts, milk mushrooms, and chestnuts. It has a crisp, refreshing taste, and eating it can increase your true qi and comprehension by eighteen percent." Xian He launched into a detailed explanation.
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