Spicy Rabbit Heads (Revised)

"Xiao Yue'er, what would you like to eat?"

Guang Ling took Tang Yue to Heaven Dou City. They flew for a full day and night, but because Tang Yue was afraid of heights and suffered a little airsickness, Guang Ling hired a carriage along the way. Only after installing an anti-vibration soul tool in it did they reach Heaven Dou City as quickly as possible.

The first thing Guang Ling did upon arriving in Heaven Dou City was take Tang Yue out for something delicious. He looked at her with a cheerful grin and asked gently.

Ever since learning that Tang Yue's first martial soul was a top-tier, ice-attribute martial soul, he had grown increasingly fond of her. If possible, he rather wanted to try seeing whether his Light Feather Divine Bow and her Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus could produce a fusion soul skill.

After spending several days in the carriage, Tang Yue was still a little tired when she climbed out. She stretched her limbs first, then considered what to have for lunch.

But even after thinking for a long time, she still could not decide what to eat, so she tossed the dilemma to Guang Ling. "Grandpa Guang Ling, I'm not familiar with this place, and I don't know where the good restaurants are. Why don't you recommend something?"

"You want this old man to recommend something..." Guang Ling thought it over, but for a moment, he could not make heads or tails of it either. He rarely visited Heaven Dou City. He had only brought Tang Yue here because he had been terribly bored these past few days and thought of how bitter her childhood had been.

The two stood in the street, pondering and wavering for quite some time. Just then, a hawker's cries suddenly reached Tang Yue's ears. "Spicy rabbit heads for sale! Fresh spicy rabbit heads! All our rabbits are freshly slaughtered, and we use Soft Bone Rabbits! The meat has an excellent texture and flavor! Only ten Copper Soul Coins each! Come on over, don't miss out!"

Hmm?? Spicy rabbit heads?? And they're Soft Bone Rabbits??

At those words, Tang Yue's wide eyes lit up. She grabbed Guang Ling and made straight for the restaurant selling rabbit heads.

"Boss, give me twenty rabbit heads! Freshly slaughtered Soft Bone Rabbits! Spicy and numbing, steamed, garlic, and hot and spicy! Five of each flavor!"

With that, Tang Yue turned and held out her hand to Guang Ling. Beaming from ear to ear, she looked like an entirely different person from the girl who had climbed out of the carriage with a worried frown.

Guang Ling took a bag of Gold Soul Coins from his pocket and handed it to Tang Yue, though his eyes remained fixed on the sign standing outside the restaurant.

Soft Bone Rabbits. Rabbit heads.

So Yueyue likes eating Soft Bone Rabbit heads. Hmm, I'll remember that. When we get back, I'll tell eldest brother to stock more Soft Bone Rabbit heads in Spirit Hall's dining hall, so Yueyue won't go hungry if she has no appetite for anything else!

"Right away! Please come inside!" The attendant accepted the three Gold Soul Coins Tang Yue handed him and ushered them in without another word. Three Gold Soul Coins for a mere twenty rabbit heads! He had never met such a generous customer before!

The enthusiastic attendant showed Tang Yue and Guang Ling to their seats. When he noticed that Tang Yue still had a whole bag of Gold Soul Coins, another idea struck him, and he smilingly introduced the restaurant's other specialties. "We also serve rabbit hot pot. Would you like an order?"

"Rabbit hot pot?" Tang Yue was not interested. She waved her hand and politely declined.

It was like a basin of cold water had been dumped over the attendant, leaving him a little embarrassed, but that still could not stop his determination to boost his sales. "We offer other special services as well. For instance, customers can personally choose the live Soft Bone Rabbits they'd like us to prepare."

"Choose live Soft Bone Rabbits myself?" Tang Yue's interest immediately returned. "You mean I can pick twenty live rabbits myself for those twenty rabbit heads?"

"Yes, exactly."

"You have that many Soft Bone Rabbits?"

Tang Yue sounded a little doubtful. Soft Bone Rabbits were not soul beasts found on every street corner. They were not Blue Silver Grass, which could be picked just anywhere.

"Of course! We're very skilled at catching Soft Bone Rabbits! We sell over a hundred rabbit heads every day, all of them Soft Bone Rabbits. We cheat neither young nor old!"

"Over a hundred?" Tang Yue thought for a moment. "How long has this restaurant been open?"

"Half a month!"

Wouldn't that mean over a thousand Soft Bone Rabbits?

Tang Yue raised an eyebrow. Had they caught at least thirty generations of rabbits from Xiao Wu's family tree?

"Soft Bone Rabbits are different from ordinary rabbits. Their meat is more tender, and their brains taste better too. They say a few children even became much smarter after eating rabbit brains!" The attendant looked utterly confident. From the sound of that spiel, having failed to sell rabbit hot pot, he was now trying to sell rabbit brains.

Guang Ling wanted to intervene, but Tang Yue asked eagerly, "How much are the rabbit brains?"

"..."

Guang Ling opened his mouth, then stopped. Does this child really like eating rabbits that much? The moment she hears it's rabbit, she doesn't even question whether their claims are true?

He had certainly never heard of eating rabbit brains making someone smarter.

Seeing Tang Yue respond so readily, the attendant grew more enthusiastic by the moment. "Rabbit brains are one Gold Soul Coin per bowl! We also have rabbit-fur coats at thirty Gold Soul Coins each. Would you like one?"

"Yes!"

Guang Ling had only just reached out his hand and had not yet managed to speak when Tang Yue's answer was already out.

"..."

Just how much does this girl hate rabbits? She eats their heads and brains and won't even spare their fur. Still, rabbit fur isn't worth much. Spending thirty Gold Soul Coins on a rabbit-fur coat is rather extravagant.

Tang Yue did not notice Guang Ling's helpless expression. She disliked that Soft Bone Rabbit Xiao Wu from the bottom of her heart. Xiao Wu looked down her nose at everyone, had no manners, and loved stirring up trouble.

It could be said that most of the original Tang Yue's misfortunes had stemmed from Xiao Wu's appearance.

Tang San was not someone who liked stirring up trouble, and neither was Tang Yue. But ever since they had met Xiao Wu, calamities had come one after another, and almost all of them had been caused by Xiao Wu. Tang San did nothing but clean up her messes, over and over, while the original Tang Yue, a little lotus, had become the poor sucker left paying for the trouble Xiao Wu's ill manners caused.

Perhaps theirs was a fated romance. Tang San did not even consider Xiao Wu's behavior ill-mannered; instead, he thought her adorable and innocent. He also believed this little rabbit sister desperately needed his protection, and he could never abandon her.

It was precisely because of that that Tang San had heartlessly abandoned the original Tang Yue, leaving her to be killed all alone in the Star Dou Great Forest.

After following the attendant to select twenty Soft Bone Rabbits, Tang Yue returned to her seat to wait for the food. She had chosen a seat by the window, so she could enjoy the scenery outside during the tediously dull wait.

Heaven Dou City was the capital of the Heaven Dou Empire. Prosperous and thriving, its streets bustled with people coming and going, making it extraordinarily lively.

Guang Ling propped his chin on his hand and gazed at the little girl before him. In just one short month, his little darling seemed to have grown much fairer and plumper. Her adorable appearance made her even more endearing than when they had first met.

"Little..."

The longer Guang Ling looked, the fonder he grew, and he was about to offer her a compliment when an angry female voice suddenly rang out beside them...