Huo Yuhao is Neither Commoner nor Genius

Shrek Academy's outer-court cafeteria.

A stall called Luckin Coffee had also opened at noon that day.

As for the stall's renovation, Ye Tian had handed that matter over to the students in the academy.

With Ye Tian's reputation in the inner court, all he had to do was put out a task and plenty of students would scramble to take it.

Compared with hiring people from outside, contracting the work out to students clearly saved a huge amount of expenses, and the payment could even be replaced by a few simple credits.

That said, the ones who accepted this kind of task were usually higher-year students.

Lower-year students had endless classes every day. How could they possibly have time to do tasks like this?

The higher-year students who accepted the task all thought Master Ye was coming to cook in the outer-court cafeteria, so each of them gave it everything they had. That was how the stall's renovation work had been completed so quickly.

At a normal worker's pace, it would have taken at least another week.

In Shrek Academy's outer-court cafeteria, aside from the usual meal-serving counters, there were rarely any stalls selling other kinds of food. As for a drinks stall like the one Bai Ran had opened, there was practically not a single one.

If not for his uncle Ye Tian's status in the inner court, Bai Ran's coffee shop would never have opened at all.

In the words of Shrek's teachers: students came to the academy to study, not to enjoy themselves. What was the point of making the cafeteria so good? As long as they could eat their fill, wasn't that enough?

The inner court was different. After all, the inner court was the true core of Shrek Academy.

Taste aside, "dietary supplementation" was also an extremely important cultivation resource. Not only did they have to eat, they had to eat well.

As for Luckin Coffee's pricing, Bai Ran thought it over for a while and finally decided that no matter which product it was, all of them would be priced at 9.9 gold soul coins, as a tribute to Luckin's old 9.9 yuan tradition.

According to the current currency system on the Douluo Continent, 1 gold soul coin = 10 silver soul coins = 100 copper soul coins.

9.9 gold soul coins = 99 silver soul coins = 990 copper soul coins.

A rank-twenty Grand Soul Master's monthly subsidy was 10 gold soul coins.

One cup of coffee would drink away more than half a month's cultivation resources for an ordinary Grand Soul Master.

At first glance, this price seemed a little unreasonable, but in this era, the prodigies who could awaken top-tier martial souls and enter Shrek Academy were basically either rich or noble. To them, 9.9 gold soul coins was nothing at all. Besides, compared with the effects of the coffee, selling it for only 9.9 gold soul coins was already very conscientious.

The only commoner genius, as far as Bai Ran knew, was that girl Jiang Nannan.

As for Huo Yuhao?

He was neither a commoner nor a genius.

No matter what, he had come from the White Tiger Duke Mansion and was the child of the White Tiger Duke. (In the end, he even changed his name to Dai Yuhao. Absolutely speechless.)

If he had not obtained a second martial soul, Huo Yuhao's innate soul power would have only been rank one, which had nothing to do with being a genius at all.

Price list:

Luckin Iced Americano — 9.9 gold soul coins/cup

Luckin Raw Coconut Latte — 9.9 gold soul coins/cup

After thinking about it, Bai Ran added a reminder above that purchases were limited to 15 cups during each mealtime period.

Aside from breakfast, which was from 6:00 to 8:00 and only lasted two hours, lunch and dinner both lasted three hours.

Based on his current total soul power and soul power recovery rate, Bai Ran could at most make 15 cups during one mealtime.

Coffee was something most people definitely would not be used to when they first started drinking it.

He estimated that the customers who came to buy would basically choose the Raw Coconut Latte, which had outstanding texture and flavor.

Tang Ya was in an especially wonderful mood today, because she and Beibei had both passed the advancement assessment and become fourth-year students.

On the way to the cafeteria, she happened to run into Huo Yuhao, who had just finished class, so she simply walked over and dragged Huo Yuhao along to the cafeteria with them.

"Teacher Xiao Ya, this doesn't seem right."

"It's fine, little Yuhao. Your senior brother Beibei has plenty of gold soul coins. Don't stand on ceremony with him."

Huo Yuhao looked at his somewhat helpless senior brother Beibei. At that moment, he only felt as if he had become a huge third wheel.

What had originally been a lovely lovers' date had suddenly turned into an internal Tang Sect group meal.

This... this was very Tang Ya.

Although senior brother Beibei had said he would treat them, Huo Yuhao still knew his limits. He only ordered some of what he usually ate, which cost roughly a few copper soul coins.

"Little Yuhao, how can eating so little be enough? No wonder you're a whole head shorter than people your age."

"That's right, Yuhao. No need to be polite with your senior brother Beibei."

Seeing that Huo Yuhao had only ordered some radish and greens, and had not even dared to ask for a chicken drumstick, Tang Ya and Beibei sighed inwardly at the same time: This child Yuhao is so sensible it hurts.

"I think this is already very good."

Huo Yuhao really had not been lying.

Compared with the days in the duke's manor, which no human could endure, at the academy he could at least eat hot meals.

"Little Yuhao, if you run into any difficulties in the future, you must come find Sister Xiaoya. Teacher Xiaoya and your senior brother Beibei will stand up for you."

"I will, Teacher Xiaoya."

Was this what it felt like to be cared for?

That was what Huo Yuhao said, but if he truly met with hardship, with the stubbornness and pride of a child of destiny, he would not trouble others.

Beibei looked at Tang Ya with complicated eyes. She clearly still carried a blood feud on her own back, yet she still went and sympathized with others. Haji Ya, you really were something.

Beibei: Perhaps this was also why I fell for this girl.

"Huh? Luckin Coffee."

After Tang Ya and the others got their food and were about to find a place to sit, Tang Ya suddenly noticed this newly opened stall in the cafeteria.

Even the experienced and knowledgeable Beibei still did not know what coffee was.

And so, Tang Ya, whose curiosity was very strong, directly pulled the two people beside her over, ready to go take a look.

"Teacher Xiaoya, slow down! The soup in my hand is going to spill!"

"It's fine. If it spills, just remember to spill it on your senior brother Beibei."

Beibei: Tang Ya, poet, I eat.

"Where's the owner? Where's the owner?"

Tang Ya arrived in front of the stall and looked around for a while, only to discover that there was actually no one serving at the front.

Could it be that this stall was still under renovation and was not open for business yet?

Thinking this, Tang Ya could not help showing disappointment. She had originally wanted to try what coffee tasted like.

"The owner's right here."

Just as Tang Ya was about to turn and leave, Bai Ran stood on a stool and appeared at the counter.

"Why is it you?"

Seeing that familiar face, Tang Ya was very puzzled.

Wasn't this the child she and Beibei had met last week?

Since he was appearing here now, could it be that this stall had been opened by Ye Tian, Master Ye?!

Thinking this, Tang Ya instantly became extremely interested.

Especially after eating the cuisine Master Ye had made last time, Tang Ya had been savoring that wonderful taste almost every moment.

If not for Beibei saying that it would be more effective to eat the "dietary supplement" before breaking through to rank forty, Tang Ya would already have been unable to resist using the "dietary supplement" slot Master Ye had gifted her last time.