Today, Young Master Bei Picks Up the Tab for Everyone

"Ding! It has been detected that the host possesses a compliant business location. Recruiting employees for you."

As soon as the system finished speaking, it added, "Your employees have been deployed."

Su Mu then saw three beautiful figures slowly emerge from an alley off the nearby street.

The surrounding crowd's attention was immediately drawn to them. Young, lovely, and beautiful—those were their defining traits. Their gorgeous pink hair varied in shade.

The three slowly approached Su Mu's stall. Cyrene waved in greeting and hurried over, with Elysia and Remiel close behind her.

In an instant, everyone's attention shifted to the newly opened stall with "Wallace's Premium Fried Chicken Set Meal" written on it.

"Damn, when did such beautiful girls come to the Old City? How come I've never seen them before?"

"Look at what they're wearing. That fabric looks like something a young lady from a noble family would wear. It's even better than what the girls in the palace wear, and they're prettier than princesses!"

The discussions around them rose and fell, leaving Su Mu feeling somewhat awkward.

"System, can't you change their clothes into staff uniforms?"

"The original character models for these three fairies are way too overpowered."

As Su Mu asked, a line of options lit up on the system panel:

"Would you like to purchase exclusive employee uniforms for 10 Gold Soul Coins per set? Wearing the uniforms grants an additional 10 points of physical attack."

"Fuck! Do I look like I need those 10 attack points? And you want 10 Gold Soul Coins?"

"Forget it, I'm not buying them. Let them dress nicely—it'll count as attracting customers."

Su Mu lowered his gaze to the three girls wiping down the tables and arranging the dining area, secretly wondering whether he was being too flashy.

Sure enough, before the stall had officially opened and before the oil had even heated up, their first customer arrived.

A middle-aged man with a large belly, dressed in dark black clothes, sat down on one of the stall's plastic stools. He held a cigar between his fingers and kept puffing out smoke.

His gaze lingered on the girls, roaming up and down their bodies.

Su Mu wanted nothing more than to gouge out the man's eyes. (What a disgusting pervert~)

"Hello, what would you like to eat?"

Remiel walked over with a menu provided by the system and greeted him warmly.

The old pervert flicked the ash from his cigar. Without even looking at the menu, he said:

"Tell me, ladies, why are you working in such a poor, remote place?"

"Why not come with me to the Inner City? Heaven Dou City's Inner City. I own several shops there. How about I pay each of you 100 Gold Soul Coins a month?"

As he spoke, he slammed a money pouch containing 100 Gold Soul Coins onto the table.

Remiel straightened her posture and stared at the man.

"We sell fried chicken and burgers here. If you aren't buying anything, please get off our stool and sit somewhere else."

"Of course, if you'd like a cold drink, you're welcome to sit here and rest."

She pointed at Cyrene beside the food cart. Cyrene held a glass in her hand, gradually freezing the ice water inside until the glass shattered along with it.

At that moment, Cyrene released a faint pressure of Soul Power, frightening the fat man on the stool so badly that he immediately stood up.

"A Soul Master? There are actually Soul Masters running a stall in the Outer City?"

He staggered to his feet, his face filled with a fawning, flattering smile. "It was my fault for failing to recognize your greatness. I'll leave right away, I'll leave right away~"

The pressure Cyrene had released was roughly at the level of Rank 50. A small fry like him could practically be scared to tears in one go.

As Su Mu watched the fat bastard trying to flee, a wicked smile curved across his lips.

Remiel vanished from where she stood, then slowly descended from the sky and floated in front of the fat man, pointing back at the stall.

"Since such a generous big brother has come all this way, shouldn't you support your little sister's business and buy a little more?"

"Of course, if you don't buy anything, your little sister definitely won't blame you."

"A method of descending from the sky..." the fat bastard muttered, cold sweat instantly covering his face.

There were two Soul Masters at one stall, and one of them could even fly.

His throat bobbed as he swallowed. If I'd known, I never would have tried flirting with them. I thought they were ordinary civilian girls without Soul Power, easy to bully. Who knew I'd have such terrible luck the moment I stepped outside and run into two Soul Masters?

Buy! What else could he say? He had no choice but to buy. Keeping his life came first!

"I'll buy! I'll buy!"

The fat bastard backed up and sat back down on the plastic stool, flipping through the menu prices—only for Remiel to stop him.

"Sorry, sir, I handed you the wrong menu earlier. This one is yours."

Remiel fluttered her little wings and stuffed an expensive menu—Soul Master Exclusive—into the fat bastard's hands.

When he opened it, he saw that the McSpicy Chicken Burger, which had cost only 9.9 Copper Soul Coins on the previous menu, now cost 2 Silver Soul Coins. It was a double-menu scam.

Still, he could only say helplessly, "Give me one of these McSpicy Chicken Burgers. I already ate breakfast this morning, so I'm not hungry for lunch. Is that okay?"

He raised his head, pointed at the picture of the McSpicy Chicken Burger, and swallowed.

Elysia and Remiel crossed their arms, watching him with mysterious smiles.

"How about having a few pieces of fried chicken too? Our fried chicken tastes pretty good. We'll only charge you 6 Silver Soul Coins each. What do you say?"

"Our boss is in a good mood today, so we can fry ten for you."

Cyrene walked over and placed a cup of iced cola on the table. "Here, drink some cold water and cool down."

The frightened fat man accepted the cup and drained it in one gulp.

Immediately afterward, a bone-chilling coldness and rising bubbles traveled through his stomach and intestines.

It felt as though his entire belly had frozen together into a hard lump of ice.

(This ice attribute!!!!)

(She must be an extremely powerful Soul Master with an ice-attributed Martial Soul.)

Cold sweat kept pouring down his forehead. No matter how icy and painful his stomach felt, he didn't dare make a sound.

"Oh dear, I nearly forgot. We charge 2 Silver Soul Coins for that iced cola. Would you like a refill?"

After suffering through an utterly humiliating round of aggressive salesmanship—forced buying and selling—from the three girls, the fat man sat on the chair and couldn't help bursting into tears.

He had only brought a little over 100 Gold Soul Coins with him today. He hadn't expected to spend nearly one-tenth of it after getting trapped here.

Ten pieces of fried chicken at 6 Silver Soul Coins each came to 6 Gold Soul Coins. Then there was the cola, plus the ten McSpicy Chicken Burgers he had been forced to order.

He dared say that today was the day he had spent the most money in the Outer City.

Normally, a few Copper Soul Coins, or at most one or two Silver Soul Coins, would be enough to live extravagantly in the Outer City. With 100 Gold Soul Coins, one could live lavishly here for one or two weeks, perhaps even one or two months.

But now, just one meal had cost him one-tenth of that. His heart bled at the thought.

Su Mu didn't stop either. He operated the fryer station, transferring ingredients one by one from the system space through the workspace below.

The raw ingredients sold at good prices and were very cheap. One Copper Soul Coin could buy enough ingredients for one serving.

Basically, every product cost one Copper Soul Coin to make, with only fried chicken costing two Copper Soul Coins. If sold at normal prices in Silver Soul Coins, the profit margin was nearly tenfold. There was definitely money to be made.

Su Mu skillfully followed the system manual, coating each piece of chicken in flour, dipping it in egg wash, and placing it into the fryer while securing it with two iron skewers.

The aroma of hot oil mixed with cooking chicken drifted from the fryer into the surroundings, making quite a few people turn their heads.

"It smells so good, Bei Bei. Come with me, there's something tasty today..."

Su Mu looked up and saw a young man and woman standing before his fried chicken stall, looking at the colorful pictures posted there.

"What's this? Fried chicken? Three Silver Soul Coins is so expensive!"

"McSpicy Chicken Burger, 9.9 Copper Soul Coins each!"

"Large fries, 9.9 Copper Soul Coins each!"

"Black pepper chicken nuggets, ten for 9.9 Copper Soul Coins!"

"Crispy and juicy! King oyster mushrooms, five for 9.9 Copper Soul Coins!"

"The rest are fine, but why is this fried chicken so expensive, boss?"

Tang Ya lowered her head and only then noticed the beautiful girl standing behind the stall.

She looked up, and her gaze met Cyrene's directly.

Memories surged continuously through Tang Ya's mind—her birth, awakening her Martial Soul at six years old, the tragic destruction of her sect two years ago... scene after scene played out in her head.

She couldn't help clutching her head and shaking it twice.

Only then did Tang Ya look up and meet Cyrene's eyes again, but this time she no longer saw those memories.

"How strange. Why did I suddenly think about those things from before?"

A trace of confusion arose in Tang Ya's heart. After all, what had happened back then had dealt her far too heavy a blow.

At that moment, Bei Bei caught up and pulled Tang Ya over to sit properly on a nearby chair.

Remiel handed them the menu.

"Manager, that little girl seems a bit off," Cyrene whispered as she fiddled with the ice cubes, freezing them one by one.

Su Mu looked toward Tang Ya and Bei Bei. That style of dress, those accessories, and her age and figure matching Jiang Nannan's—

And she had called him Bei Bei. There was basically no doubt about it.

He remembered how the Iron Blood Sect had occupied the Tang Sect two years ago.

Yet Tang Ya was still in Heaven Dou City now and hadn't gone to Shrek Academy with Bei Bei.

And what Cyrene had found strange was probably the attribute of Devouring Blue Silver Grass within Tang Ya.

"I've decided, boss! Bring me one of everything on the menu!"

Tang Ya stood up from her seat, holding the entire menu.

Remiel covered her mouth and giggled. "Looks like business won't be bad today~"