Su Mu flipped the meat patties grilling on the rooftop and casually asked Tang Ya.
Tang Ya muttered to herself, "Bei Bei went to meet someone. Someone asked for him, and he wouldn't let me come along."
"Do you think Heaven Dragon Gate might have arranged a child bride for Bei Bei?"
As she spoke, she fiddled with the colorful little Kun Kun on the table.
Su Mu nearly failed to hold it in after hearing that. Were women's sixth senses really this strong?
Something no one in all of Shrek Academy knew about had actually been guessed by her based on nothing more than a hunch.
Zhang Lexuan seemed to have been in Heaven Dou City back then too—the Moon Family?
No, why was Heaven Dou City so disaster-prone?
During the era of Douluo I, it was replaced by Spirit Hall, and the former crown prince was killed. Heaven Dou City had been the imperial capital back then as well.
Then, during the era of Douluo II, evil Soul Masters invaded Heaven Dou City and wiped out Zhang Lexuan's family.
A few years ago, the Iron Blood Sect occupied the Tang Sect, and in the future, the first target of the evil Soul Masters would be Heaven Dou City.
And Heaven Dou City also had a Wasteland City that had somehow come into being.
Su Mu quickly stopped thinking about it. None of that mattered; making money was the real priority.
Work hard today, work hard tomorrow, save up 600 Gold Soul Coins in two days, then go for a Hextech draw and have some fun.
He then placed a secret-recipe hand-pulled chicken on Tang Ya's table.
Seeing the glossy, fragrant hand-pulled chicken, Tang Ya put on plastic gloves and tore into a drumstick.
"Su Mu, this isn't nearly enough to eat. Fry me more. Do you think I'd stiff you on the money?"
Within minutes, Tang Ya had finished both hand-pulled chickens.
Although these chickens were extra-large system-exclusive ones, they still did not provide much fullness for Soul Masters.
The last time, Tang Ya had nearly eaten thirty of them.
Ordinary people were different. Most would be full after one or two burgers, especially the oversized kind made without cutting corners, making it difficult to earn much money from them.
Wait. Since I could add all sorts of buffs to food, couldn't I increase digestive efficiency and alter fullness?
Increasing digestive efficiency would let food digest quickly without taking up space in the stomach. Reducing fullness, meanwhile, would let people never feel full and make them spend more money?
Su Mu's eyes lit up. He crouched halfway down, took out his pencil, and wrote on his Martial Soul.
This time, he chose to add two Rules to the book's pages.
The first Text Decree increased the digestive efficiency of prepared food by 100%.
The second Text Decree reduced the sense of fullness by 50%.
As the page tore away, the Soul Power in his body also dropped by 5%.
Su Mu was somewhat stunned. The effects of the two attributes he had chosen were not weak. He had even feared that a third of his Soul Power would not be enough for these two effects and had prepared to weaken them.
Yet they had consumed only 5%.
Could it be that as long as the effect was unrelated to boosting Soul Masters or providing powerful enhancements, ordinary buff abilities would consume far less Soul Power?
Su Mu considered this.
That line of thought gave him a great deal of inspiration.
Perhaps these Text Decrees, which could not improve combat power, attack, or recovery abilities, were not particularly outstanding,
but they could greatly improve his methods of earning Gold Soul Coins,
allowing him to earn more Gold Soul Coins in a short time.
Thinking this, Su Mu stuck the Text Decree onto his hand.
As the words vanished, they wrapped around both his hands like translucent gauze gloves, faint golden threads flowing across them.
After that, whenever he made a burger, a force would flow into it.
"Try this."
Su Mu picked up a finished beef burger and walked over to Tang Ya.
Seeing her mouth stuffed with roast chicken, he set the burger down on the table.
Tang Ya picked up the beef burger and took a bite.
The bun was soft, the sesame seeds were toasted and fragrant, and the beef had just been seared on the griddle. One bite made the juices burst inside, while the clean lettuce perfectly balanced the greasiness.
"Damn, this is really good! Why weren't you selling this before?"
Tang Ya took another bite. The beef inside was so tender it seemed ready to squeeze out juice.
"And it doesn't seem as greasy as fried chicken. I can still eat more—make me two more!"
Hearing Tang Ya's evaluation, Su Mu smiled as well. It seemed to be working.
Logically, beef had denser fibers and provided the strongest sense of fullness, yet Tang Ya swallowed the entire burger after only a few bites without even burping.
So Su Mu placed another six meat patties onto the griddle.
As the sun set, half a day passed.
Tang Ya lay sprawled on the plastic bench, patting her belly with her legs dangling over the backrest, sitting behind Su Mu's fried chicken stall in an extremely unladylike posture.
"Mmm... Su Mu, what you made was so good. Why was my appetite so great today? I ate so much."
Tang Ya carefully examined her bill. That meal alone had cost her nearly twenty Gold Soul Coins, all eaten by herself.
Meanwhile, Su Mu looked at the other customers seated nearby.
Though evening was approaching, the flow of people had not decreased. Instead, it was growing ever larger.
Perhaps that was the difference between the Inner City and the Outer City.
Once night fell in the Outer City, everyone hurried home to return to their villages. The people of the Inner City were different; their homes were inside the city, so they could return no matter how late it became.
Moreover, Heaven Dou City's economy was flourishing at the moment. There was no such thing as a curfew in any meaningful sense.
The vendors around them who had originally sold snacks, desserts, and small bites were gone, replaced by stalls selling fried rice, fast food, fried skewers, and grilled skewers.
Heaven Dou City's Food Street officially entered its late-night supper era, and the crowd continued to grow.
After a busy day, Su Mu felt exhausted. It was even more tiring than digging all day; his feet were aching and weak from standing.
Elysia noticed Su Mu's discomfort. With Su Mu's current physique, working nonstop for an entire day was indeed exhausting.
So, supported by Elysia, Su Mu walked to the bench where Tang Ya was sitting and slowly leaned back.
Elysia took over Su Mu's work, operating the various fryers at the chicken stall with extraordinary proficiency.
Watching Elysia's movements, Tang Ya seemed to have recovered somewhat and said:
"Su Mu, where did you hire your employees? She's so pretty and so capable. She can do everything. How about having her join our Tang Sect?"
As Tang Ya spoke, she vaguely felt that if she did not invite Elysia into the Tang Sect now,
she would lose a great deal, though that was all she felt.
Su Mu merely shook his head helplessly. "I don't know. They came looking for work on my first day setting up the stall. They seemed pretty quick with their hands, so I kept them on."
"I didn't expect them to be this capable. They can work during the day, and they can keep working at night too."
"Honestly, I'm even thinking of giving them a raise."
The moment Su Mu finished speaking, the system notification sounded.
[Would you like to activate the Employee Training Plan? You may continuously spend Gold Soul Coins to enhance the employee's original strength. No upper limit.]
Hearing this, Su Mu's expression darkened. "You bastard, are you seriously coming out just to get cursed? Trying to trick me into spending again? Do you think you're the Blue-Green Modifier?"
But soon, an entire night passed.
At midnight, sparse fireworks bloomed in the sky, rising from between the towering buildings.
Su Mu counted today's Gold Soul Coins: 280, nearly 300.
As long as he arrived a little earlier tomorrow and worked hard for another day, he could do one Hextech draw.
Thinking this, Su Mu packed up the fried chicken stall, locked the door, said goodbye to the others, and dragged the nearly sleeping Tang Ya back to the room.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw a white-robed middle-aged man sitting on the stone platform, chatting idly with Bei Bei.
"So, when are you leaving Heaven Dou City? Hurry and come to Shrek Academy. It'll be safer there."
Elder Zhuang spoke as he examined Bei Bei.
"I heard Heaven Dou City hasn't been peaceful lately."
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