Sacred Attribute Enhancement, a Hole-in-the-Wall Eatery

Yu Xiaogang caught his breath.

Little San's father was Tang Hao, so he no longer needed to fear some of the things he did.

Didn't that mean he had someone to back him up too?

And that backing came from his disciple's father.

Thinking about it that way, it was fortunate he had not taken that child as his disciple.

Tang Hao hated angel martial souls. If he had taken Jiang Nanchen as his disciple, he would have been finished.

"Lady Luck is smiling upon me. I hope that in this life, I, Yu Xiaogang, can break through level thirty."

Yu Xiaogang made a wish to the heavens.

Meanwhile, in Heaven Dou City, at the Crown Prince's Residence.

After absorbing it for several hours, Jiang Nanchen discovered that aside from the impurities in his soul power being cleansed, his sacred attribute had also become purer.

He looked at the Sacred Radiance Stone in his hand again. It still shone as brightly as ever.

"Looks like I need to wear it on me for a long time."

Jiang Nanchen put it away for now.

"Grrr~"

His stomach began to rumble.

"The lunch bell rang!"

Jiang Nanchen knew it was time to eat. After going so long without food, he needed to properly fill his stomach.

His stomach could not be made to suffer with him.

He had to eat until he was full.

After getting out of bed, Jiang Nanchen walked outside and found the courtyard empty. Aside from the guards outside, only Qian Renxue remained in the study.

Inside the study, Qian Renxue had finished handling government affairs and was writing in her diary with a pen.

While undercover in Heaven Dou City, she could only pass the time by writing in her diary, recording some of her thoughts.

Other than the grievances and complaints she had written when she had first arrived, she now recorded that fellow Jiang Nanchen's daily life instead.

As she wrote, the door was suddenly pushed open. No, it should have been kicked open.

Qian Renxue startled, and the moment she looked up, Jiang Nanchen had already walked straight to the desk.

"Big Brother Crown Prince, what are you writing?"

"Why didn't you open the door when I knocked? And why did you look so happy when I came in?"

Jiang Nanchen fired off one question after another.

Cold sweat streamed down Qian Renxue's back.

"What are you writing? Let me see!"

Jiang Nanchen was extremely curious.

When he entered, the delighted, secretly pleased expression on her face had been impossible to hide.

Just as he reached out to take it, Qian Renxue instinctively hugged the diary to her chest and refused to let him see it.

"What are you doing? This belongs to your Big Brother Crown Prince—me. You can't just look through it." Qian Renxue said coquettishly.

Seeing how protectively Qian Renxue guarded it, Jiang Nanchen did not insist. He smiled instead. "Then let's go eat. I'm hungry."

"Let's go, let's go."

Qian Renxue could not wait to leave.

"Go wait outside first."

Jiang Nanchen nodded, got up, and left the study.

Taking advantage of the gap, Qian Renxue quickly hid her diary in a hidden compartment behind the bookshelf.

With that little fellow's personality, if he really saw it, he would laugh himself to death at her.

She had been so absorbed in writing that she had not even noticed Jiang Nanchen knocking.

Next time, she needed to have someone standing guard outside at the very least.

A diary was far too private, and it even contained some subtle content. It would not be good for a child to read it.

Once everything was settled, she walked out of the study and took Jiang Nanchen toward the Gathering Immortals Tower.

Jiang Nanchen shook his head. "Let's go somewhere else and try a hole-in-the-wall eatery."

"A hole-in-the-wall eatery? What kind of place is that?"

Qian Renxue wore a deeply baffled expression.

"It's just a general term. One of those little places tucked away in some corner of the city. After we eat our fill, we can go play at the Great Spirit Arena. Tomorrow, we'll go to the academy for class."

Jiang Nanchen had already laid everything out, including the rest of the itinerary, so he had not yet had time to redeem the Immortal Herb cipher.

The redemption period was six years, so there was no need to rush. However, he had to find an opportunity to obtain Yue Guan's Immortal Herb Record.

Otherwise, aside from a few immortal herbs, he would not even dare touch the others.

If his body exploded, he could say goodbye to this world.

Following the smell, they arrived at a small eatery several alleys away.

"A place like this exists too?"

Qian Renxue was somewhat surprised.

Jiang Nanchen had actually found one.

After they entered, they found an elderly couple inside, with a young man helping them.

The three froze slightly when they saw Qian Renxue. "Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

All three were incredibly shocked. The noble Crown Prince had actually come to their place.

"You needn't be nervous. I only came here to eat. Just treat me as an ordinary customer."

Qian Renxue's refined attitude eased their nervousness somewhat, though they were still a little restrained.

Jiang Nanchen ordered at least ten dishes before feeling that it was enough.

The elderly couple feared they would not be able to finish it all, but Jiang Nanchen said it was nothing.

They could not say much else, so the elderly couple immediately finished preparing the dishes and brought them out.

Jiang Nanchen also ordered two bowls of rice. He and Qian Renxue each took one and began eating heartily.

As for Qian Renxue, she was full after eating only one small bowl of rice.

At her level, she rarely ate until she was stuffed. She only ate enough to get by, but the flavor of this little alley eatery was indeed more distinctive than that of the Gathering Immortals Tower.

While Jiang Nanchen ate, Qian Renxue chatted casually with the elderly couple.

After chatting, she learned that the rent here was relatively cheap. They were merely ordinary people, and their soul power had only awakened at level one.

As expected, their son's was level one as well.

However, their son had taken it in stride. Since his talent had started out so low, he might as well earn money honestly and support the family.

Jiang Nanchen felt this deeply. While eating, he casually remarked, "Someone at Nording Academy once said that there are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters!"

"What?"

"Is that even something a person could say?"

"That's complete bullshit!"

The young man was indignant.

"If a martial soul were truly good, who would willingly be useless? If your martial soul is useless, no amount of effort will help."

He had experienced it firsthand. After fifteen years of hard work, his soul power had risen unbearably slowly.

He was not a disciple of the Upper Three Sects. Where would he get so many cultivation resources?

Jiang Nanchen said nothing more and continued eating.

Qian Renxue, however, fell into thought. There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters... Where had she heard someone say that before?

A short while later, after finishing his meal, Jiang Nanchen rubbed his round belly and let out a satisfied burp.

"Burp~"

Qian Renxue tossed him a napkin. "Wipe your mouth. You're much quieter after filling your belly."

Jiang Nanchen selectively ignored her, rubbing his stomach as he stood up comfortably.

Qian Renxue took out ten gold soul coins and placed them on the table.

"Keep the change."

The elderly couple hurriedly said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, we cannot accept this. It is far too much, and you do not need to pay for your meal."

Qian Renxue turned back and replied, "Take it. Your food is very good."

Qian Renxue took Jiang Nanchen and left.

By the time the elderly couple and the young man looked up again, Qian Renxue and Jiang Nanchen had already vanished into the alley.

The two of them were heading toward the Great Spirit Arena.

"You're quite clever. Even if you hadn't mentioned it, I was planning to take you to the Great Spirit Arena to test your strength."

Qian Renxue felt that Jiang Nanchen's cleverness was being put to good use.

"My strength definitely won't be a problem. But Your Highness the Crown Prince, remember to get me a change of clothes after it's over."