Offending Tai Sui!

"Ding! Skill 'Eating' proficiency +4"

"Ding! Skill 'Eating'..."

As system notifications rang out one after another by his ears, Qin Yao unknowingly ate until his belly was swollen.

The proficiency of Minor Accomplishment "Eating" also soared from the four hundred points where it had previously stopped increasing to over six hundred!

On top of that, after wolfing down a hearty meal of meat, Qin Yao felt far better in every respect than when he had only coarse flatbread to chew on.

His hunger and fatigue vanished with each mouthful of meat he swallowed.

It was as though every limb and bone in his body had been infused with surging vitality and boundless energy!

Ever since transmigrating into this world three years ago, Qin Yao had never eaten so satisfyingly...

After closing his eyes to savor the feeling for a while, Qin Yao called over the old hunter and had him pack up the remaining meat.

But when he lowered his head to look, he was instantly dumbfounded.

A full ten jin of roe deer meat had been devoured by him until only a few scattered scraps remained.

He had wolfed down nearly ten jin in one meal!

That appetite truly lived up to his title as a "martial artist."

Of course, that was also because Qin Yao had buried his head in relentlessly grinding Tiger-Fighting Fist, leaving his qi and blood depleted.

That was why he had eaten more this meal than an ordinary "Body Tempering Realm Level Three" martial artist.

"Uh, taking this little back won't be enough for Grandpa and Lan'er to enjoy."

After thinking it over, Qin Yao swept a hand grandly. "I'll take all the remaining roe deer meat. Pack it all up and give me the price."

The old hunter's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly answered, "Certainly, certainly! This old man will weigh it right away."

Inwardly, he was even more delighted. See? See? I knew we hadn't given away that 'yellow wine' and 'garlic' for nothing, didn't I?!

After all, he's the kind of forthright man who insists on paying even for samples.

Doing business with such a generous patron is simply a pleasure!

After weighing it, there were a little over thirty-one jin of roe deer meat in total.

At Qin Yao's request, the old hunter divided it into more than a dozen oil-paper bags, then wrapped them up neatly.

"There are thirty-one jin and two liang here altogether. Eighteen hundred copper coins will do."

Qin Yao no longer had any copper coins on him, so he simply took out his pouch of broken silver. "Eighteen hundred copper coins is one tael and eight qian of silver, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes."

"Here."

"Many thanks!"

The old hunter was delighted.

Though officially, one tael of silver was exchanged for one thousand copper coins, silver was always worth more in practice.

Sometimes, a tael of silver could be exchanged for a thousand and several dozen copper coins.

"Would you like my son to deliver it to your residence?"

"No need. I'm used to coming and going alone. This is fine."

"Alright, alright, then take care..."

The old hunter escorted Qin Yao all the way out of the courtyard. Only after Qin Yao's back was no longer in sight did he return inside.

"Father, I've never seen you treat a customer so attentively before."

The old hunter's eldest son asked with a baffled expression.

In his eyes, his father was a genuine martial artist!

Though he was only at Body Tempering Realm Level One, he was already a figure of some standing in Tang Family Village.

Moreover, all the meat the old man sold had been hunted by himself—fresh, delicious, and, most importantly, fairly priced.

So all along, it had been the customers who served his father tea and greeted him with smiles.

Even those arrogant mine overseers, who always looked down their noses at everyone, were courteous when they saw his father, while his father could barely be bothered with them—after all, the meat here was good and cheap. If you didn't buy it, plenty of others would.

So why had his father suddenly changed so completely today?

Hearing this, the old hunter called his three sons into the back courtyard. Pointing at the scant scraps on the table, he said, "There were originally ten jin of cooked meat on this chopping board, yet he ate it all by himself until it looked like this."

The moment those words came out, all three sons couldn't help sucking in a cold breath. "Hiss—going by the saying, 'one, three; two, five; three, seven or eight,' that man is at least a Body Tempering Realm Level Three martial artist!"

The so-called "one, three; two, five; three, seven or eight" meant that a Body Tempering Realm Level One martial artist could eat three jin of cooked meat in a meal; a Level Two martial artist could eat five jin; only a Level Three martial artist possessed the enormous appetite to eat seven or eight jin of cooked meat at once.

"If he really is a Body Tempering Realm Level Three or Four martial artist, then Father's attentiveness makes perfect sense."

For a moment, the old hunter's three sons were all enlightened.

Meanwhile, Qin Yao was carrying a large sack of meat over his shoulder as he wandered around the eastern part of the village.

"Eh? This clothing shop isn't closed yet? Perfect, I can go in and pick out a couple of outfits."

Qin Yao thought to himself, I can't come to the east side of the village every night wearing the same old clothes. That doesn't fit the status of a third-layer Body Tempering Realm warrior like me. I might give myself away someday!

Yet Qin Yao had only just stepped into the clothing shop and had not even had time to speak.

A young married woman, standing before a bronze mirror and holding a new garment against her chest, suddenly covered her nose and mouth with a handkerchief in disgust. "Ugh, what is that awful smell?"

In truth, the "awful smell" she had caught was from the huge sack of braised meat Qin Yao had slung over his shoulder.

When the young woman turned around, she saw Qin Yao in his shabby old clothes, his face sallow and yellow, without the slightest trace of nobility about him.

"Where did this penniless nobody come from?"

She frowned in revulsion. "Go, go, get lost already! Don't ruin this lady's refined pleasure in admiring clothes!"

Seeing this, the shop assistants all chimed in on the young woman's side. "Look at you, carrying such a big cloth sack. You don't look like you came to Xizi Clothing Shop to buy clothes."

"Get out, get out! Don't spoil our business!"

Qin Yao's brows drew together. Just as he was about to make these fools who looked down on people with dog eyes open their eyes—

His ear suddenly twitched, and he heard a familiar voice from outside. "Little beauty, have you picked out your clothes yet?"

"Your master is still waiting to have some fun with you~"

The instant the last word fell, the man had already stepped through the door.

His previously lecherous gaze turned incomparably clear the moment it landed on Qin Yao!

"Brother Xiao, y-you're here too? What a coincidence!"

The one who could call out Qin Yao's "new identity" at once was none other than Tang Village's guard officer, Gao Chang, who had dealt with Qin Yao only half an hour earlier!

The moment Gao Chang recalled his own behavior just now, his old face could not help turning red.

By then, Qin Yao had already sensed the relationship between Gao Chang and the young woman from the flirtatious glances they exchanged. His nostrils flared. "Hmph. I am merely the 'penniless nobody' your lady was so insistent on throwing out."

"How would I dare claim a 'coincidence' with Lord Gao?"

The moment those words came out, Gao Chang felt a loud buzz in his ears, and his head seemed to swell three sizes larger!

In truth, with Gao Chang's hearing, he had heard long before entering that his woman was berating and driving someone away with utter contempt.

But he had not taken it to heart.

Looking across all of Tang Village, what kind of formidable person would come strolling through a clothing shop at this hour?

Besides, his newly taken second wife had some sense of judgment. She could not possibly pick a fight with someone she could not afford to offend.

Who could have imagined that the person his woman had viciously driven away was actually the baleful god Qin Yao!

For a moment, even Gao Chang's calves began to tremble. Motherfucker, I just paid this Xiao bastard several taels of silver and finally wiped away our conflict.

How the hell have I offended him again already?

Damn it, I really must be cursed by the Grand Duke of Jupiter...