Huo Lingtong did the math. The grill and ingredients together had cost no more than three gold soul coins.
On her very first day of business, she had not only earned back her costs, but made a profit of nearly seven gold soul coins.
At that thought, Huo Lingtong almost jumped three feet into the air with excitement. "Zhuliu, you're incredible! One casual idea of yours earned us so much money."
Nan Zhuliu smiled. "It's not that I'm incredible. Your grilled fish attracted so many customers willing to pay for it. That's how we earned so much."
"Haven't you noticed? Plenty of vendors sell grilled fish, but whose fish can make customers line up for so long just to have a bite like yours does?"
Huo Lingtong scratched her head. She had been concentrating on grilling fish the whole time and really had not paid much attention to the other vendors.
There was still a week before classes officially began. Given the shabby state of the freshman dormitories, Nan Zhuliu certainly would not abandon a perfectly good hotel to stay in a dorm when he had time to spare.
If the journey from Shrek Academy to Shrek Academy had not been a little far, Nan Zhuliu would have wanted to simply stay at the hotel.
Nan Zhou and his wife also planned to wait until the two children started school before setting off for the Dou Ling Empire.
Over the next few days, Huo Lingtong set up her stall on time every day.
Gradually, as more and more customers came, she successfully spread the reputation of her grilled fish.
Before Huo Lingtong even arrived, a hundred-person queue would already be snaking out from her usual stall.
Because Huo Lingtong only sold a hundred grilled fish each time, and each person could only buy one at a time, latecomers could only leave in disappointment once they saw that a hundred people were already in line.
Nan Zhuliu did not stay with her the whole time, but he dropped by now and then to keep anyone too blind to know better from making trouble.
After trying out his newly acquired Soul Bone Soul Skill-Heaven-Tearing Claw-that day, Nan Zhuliu had also begun trying to combine Heaven-Tearing Claw with Dragon Transformation.
But after several attempts, Nan Zhuliu remained dissatisfied. He always felt something was missing.
On this path, the burden was destined to be heavy and the road long.
While Huo Lingtong was selling grilled fish, Nan Zhuliu stayed in the dorm for convenience.
That day, Nan Zhuliu was cultivating when he suddenly heard the dormitory door's lock turn.
To confirm his suspicion, Nan Zhuliu opened his eyes.
As someone pushed the dormitory door open from outside, a handsome boy with fair skin walked in. His large eyes and neat, short hair were both a pale pinkish blue.
After getting a clear look at the boy, Nan Zhuliu could not help sighing inwardly. Just as I thought.
Pinkish-blue eyes and pinkish-blue short hair-who could this be but Wang Dong?
But whether this was Wang Dong'er or Wang Dong remained in doubt.
Everyone knew that the Douluo Continent also had the Thunderous Heaven and Earth Valley of Love, which could change a person's sex.
Wang Dong looked around the dormitory. Although someone had cleaned it quite thoroughly, its condition still left much to be desired, making him frown despite himself. In the end, he could only accept it helplessly.
Then his gaze shifted, and he saw Nan Zhuliu, who had just emerged from meditation.
At his first glimpse of Nan Zhuliu's appearance, Wang Dong froze for a moment. But as the young master of the Clear Sky Sect, he could be considered well-traveled and knowledgeable, and he soon accepted it.
"You must be my roommate. Hello, I'm Wang Dong. What's your name?"
"Nan Zhuliu."
"As roommates, we each have an equal share of the rights to this dormitory, so I hope you'll follow these rules."
"First, you're not allowed to casually..."
His naturally superior tone grated on Nan Zhuliu's nerves. "Hasn't anyone ever taught you to say 'please' when asking someone for something?"
Wang Dong sneered. "If you don't want to listen, that's fine. I can beat you until you do."
His second Soul Ring was already at the thousand-year level. Wang Dong believed that there was no other genius like him in all of Shrek Academy, which was why he dared provoke Nan Zhuliu so boldly.
"Is that so?"
Before his words had faded, Wang Dong felt a dragon's might, like a sovereign reigning over all beneath heaven, silently emanate from Nan Zhuliu. His proud expression instantly froze on his face.
As though an invisible hand had seized him by the throat, Wang Dong felt unable to breathe. His breathing abruptly grew heavy and rapid.
Nan Zhuliu said flatly, "Look how stupid you look. I'd feel like I was dirtying my hands even hitting you."
As that terrifying dragon's might slowly receded, Wang Dong drew a deep breath as though granted a new lease on life. Traces of terror lingered deep in his large, pinkish-blue eyes.
"All right, what were you saying just now?"
Wang Dong trembled. "Nothing."
Nan Zhuliu gave a derisive chuckle. "If you take care of all the dorm cleaning, I could agree to the conditions you wanted to set."
Wang Dong could not help cursing inwardly.
He had never personally done any cleaning at home, yet Nan Zhuliu actually wanted him to take care of all the dorm cleaning. What wishful thinking.
Wang Dong thought it over and, after a long while, squeezed out a sentence. "I can give you money."
Nan Zhuliu could not help laughing, his laughter rather cold. "I may not come from some fabulously wealthy family, but I'm not that short of money."
Wang Dong ground his back teeth resentfully. "Then how about I treat you to the academy's best food?"
"If it's one meal a day for a whole week, I could consider it."
If it were three meals a day, Nan Zhuliu worried that his appetite would eat through all the spending money Wang Dong currently carried in just a few days. Better to cast a long line to catch a big fish.
"Deal!"
As though afraid he would change his mind, Wang Dong agreed at once.
"You said it. One meal a day of the academy's best food for a whole week, and you have to agree to follow my rules."
"Mm."
"Then it's settled. First, you can't casually bring people back to the dorm. Second, you can't go naked in the dorm. Third..."
Wang Dong's demands went in one of Nan Zhuliu's ears and out the other. He did not have any of those habits anyway, but...
It seemed he could be certain that this Wang Dong was still the original Wang Dong.
Seeing Nan Zhuliu's wandering expression, Wang Dong could not help shouting, "Hey, are you even listening?"
"Mm, I'm listening."
"You'd better really be taking this in."
Wang Dong worked out the time, then said to Nan Zhuliu, "Perfect, it's dinnertime. Let's go."
Nan Zhuliu did not stand on ceremony and followed Wang Dong to Shrek Academy's dining hall.
After that, Wang Dong finally understood why Nan Zhuliu had made being treated to meals his condition. He really could eat far too much, with an appetite several times greater than an ordinary soul master's.
Watching Nan Zhuliu, who had already eaten several plates of Soul Beast meat worth no less than a hundred gold soul coins, Wang Dong finally could not take it anymore. "Hey, hey, hey! You eat way too much!"
"Didn't you promise, idol?"
"You never told me you could eat this much!"
"I didn't tell you, but isn't it written plainly enough in how I look?"
"That's sophistry!"