"Your Luckin Coffee."
Within minutes, Bai Ran brought out three cups of Luckin Coffee: one Luckin Iced Americano and two Luckin Raw Coconut Lattes.
Just from their appearance alone, the Luckin Raw Coconut Latte was clearly far more visually appealing than the Luckin Iced Americano.
Black and white could still pass as a sandwich cookie, but pure black, as a drink, was more or less appetite-killing.
Even without tasting it, one could sense the bitterness within.
Could he still switch to another drink now?
The answer was definitely no.
Bai Ran: No seven-day no-reason returns.
"Little Brother Bai Ran, the quality of this coconut milk isn't low, is it?"
Tang Ya picked up one of the Raw Coconut Lattes and gently shook it. She suddenly understood why this thing cost 9.9 Gold Soul Coins per cup.
Judging by the richness of this coconut milk, it had at the very least come from a plant-type Soul Beast over a thousand years old.
"It's alright. It just came from a ten-thousand-year-old Bobo Coconut Tree."
What a pity. If it had been a hundred-thousand-year-old Bobo Coconut Tree—
Besides the Raw Coconut Latte, Bai Ran felt that he could have made an Iced Coconut Latte, a Raw Coconut Velvet Latte, or perhaps a Frozen Coconut Latte.
Still, before she had tasted the Raw Coconut Latte, given his relationship with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the fact that she had been willing to provide a ten-thousand-year-old Bobo Coconut Tree already counted as going above and beyond.
If Soul Beasts below ten thousand years had possessed intelligence and could perform sacrifices, Bai Ran's first Soul Ring would probably have been downgraded to the thousand-year level.
"Coconut milk from a ten-thousand-year-old Bobo Coconut Tree?"
Upon hearing that, Tang Ya hurriedly took a sip.
As expected of Master Ye's biological nephew. Products from ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts were practically priceless on the market.
Yet he had used it to make a cup of coffee.
Well, fortunately, Xiao Yuhao had chosen a different product.
Even if the coconut milk content in this coffee was not high, it was still not something an eleventh-level Soul Master like him could withstand. Especially since his first Soul Ring was only a ten-year Soul Ring, leaving his physique weaker than others his age.
Even if drinking it would not make him explode and die, the drawbacks would far outweigh the benefits.
"Huh?"
The moment the silky coconut milk and coffee entered her mouth, Tang Ya was instantly amazed.
She had never tried coconut milk from a ten-thousand-year coconut tree, but she had tasted coconut milk from thousand-year coconut trees several times.
Coconut milk on its own absolutely did not have this kind of flavor.
On a ten-point scale, Tang Ya would only give a cup of coconut milk a five. But for this Luckin Raw Coconut Latte, she could give it a 9.9. The missing 0.1 was only because she was afraid he would become too proud.
"Is it really that good?"
Seeing Tang Ya clutch the Raw Coconut Latte tightly and refuse to let go, looking as though she were guarding food—
Beibei, who found this strange, picked up the other Luckin Raw Coconut Latte Coffee.
"Mmm!"
As the Raw Coconut Latte entered his mouth, Beibei's eyes immediately lit up.
All the drinks he had tasted before paled in comparison to this Luckin Raw Coconut Latte. How could there be such a delicious drink in the world? (Luckin Coffee, pay up.)
Seeing Teacher Xiaoya and Senior Brother Beibei wearing such blissful expressions, Huo Yuhao became intensely curious about this drink called Luckin Coffee.
They were both Luckin Coffee. Even if the names differed, it probably could not be that bad, right?
Seeing Huo Yuhao pick up the Luckin Iced Americano—
Bai Ran, as the shop owner, silently began counting down in his heart.
3, 2, 1.
The scene he had expected did not happen.
Huo Yuhao merely furrowed his brows. Unlike the Three-Eyed Golden Lion back then, he did not spit out all the coffee in his mouth.
Huo Yuhao: You've got to be kidding. This costs 9.9 Gold Soul Coins a cup. Even if it's poisonous, I'm swallowing it.
American coffee was bitter, but for Huo Yuhao, who had endured far too much suffering since childhood, what did this little bitterness amount to?
More importantly, after he drank this Luckin Iced Americano—
Brother Sky Dream's voice suddenly rang out in his Spiritual Sea.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Huo Yuhao, what did you just do?!
Huo Yuhao: W-What is it, Brother Sky Dream?
Huo Yuhao was startled. Thinking that there was something wrong with the Luckin Iced Americano in his hand, he hurriedly stopped drinking.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Huo Yuhao, don't stop! Keep drinking!
Huo Yuhao: No, Brother Sky Dream, why are you speaking in such broken fragments?
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Ah, Huo Yuhao, you don't understand. Just after you drank that thing, your Spiritual Sea expanded by an extremely tiny amount. You can't sense it with your current Mental Power, but who is your Brother Sky Dream? Even the slightest change can't escape my notice.
Huo Yuhao: Brother Sky Dream, what do you mean?
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Simply put, the thing you drank can increase the strength of your Mental Power.
Huo Yuhao: Really?!
Huo Yuhao was thrilled. Treasures that could increase spiritual strength were things one could only hope to encounter. Never mind 9.9 Gold Soul Coins—even if he added a whole string of "0"s that could only be seen in Chengdu, it would still be worth it.
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: When has your Brother Sky Dream ever lied to you? The increase isn't great, but if you can drink one cup every day, it'll be of great help to you.
One cup every day?
Hearing Brother Sky Dream's words, the light in Huo Yuhao's eyes immediately dimmed.
His monthly allowance was only enough to buy a single cup.
Sigh...
That one sigh contained endless helplessness.
Huo Yuhao: There was once an opportunity to grow stronger before me, but because I had no money, I had no chance with it.
"Boss Little Bai, does your coffee have the effect of increasing Mental Power?"
Since he did not know Bai Ran, Huo Yuhao did not choose to address him the way Teacher Xiaoya did.
"Mm, perhaps it does. But this effect should only work on beings whose Soul Power Level is lower than mine."
Hearing Huo Yuhao say this, Bai Ran felt that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Spiritual Sea must have discovered something.
But considering that neither he nor the Soul Masters who had drunk the Iced Americano had noticed any increase in Mental Power—not even his uncle, whose Soul Power Level was over eighty—
Then this supposed effect of enhancing Mental Power probably only worked on people whose Soul Power Level was lower than his.
"Lower Soul Power Level than yours? Boss Little Bai, I'm already level eleven."
"I'm level fifteen."
Huo Yuhao: Huh?
Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: Huh?
Beibei: Huh?
Tang Ya: Huh?
Tang Ya's reaction time was a little slow, so she was the last to react.
Shrek Academy's admission standards had been lowered quite a bit compared to before. As long as one's Soul Power Level reached fifteen, one could take the entrance examination.
For Bai Ran to have reached level fifteen at his age, he was undoubtedly a monster.
For a moment, even Huo Yuhao's confidence took a hit.
It was one thing for his Soul Power to be inferior to others his age, but now even a six-year-old brat had a higher Soul Power Level than him.
W-Was this a joke?
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