The Experience

Because Gu Yuxiao had previously announced the opening date, there were a lot of people visiting Xiushui Village today.

On such days, Ma Changlong was naturally indispensable.

These days, he's the type who'll rush over at the slightest hint of the Lingxian Sect.

I'm afraid I might miss the Lingxian Sect's disciple recruitment one day.

However, he also didn't show up when we were recruiting shop assistants a few days ago.

His goal was very clear: he only wanted to be a disciple of the Lingxian Sect, but he didn't want to be a waiter serving customers.

Moreover, the immortal had clearly told him to wait until the sect recruited disciples before going.

If he becomes a waiter, what happens when the sect recruits disciples? Will he skip work or resign?

What if the immortal sects have a bad impression of him? Wouldn't that be a loss for them?

So he preferred to wait.

However, he was still very happy to come and join in the fun rather than work as a waiter.

As soon as the auspicious time arrived, the doors of both shops opened.

Ma Changlong followed the flow of people inside.

As soon as he stepped inside, he found that the person behind him was stopped by a smartly dressed waiter.

Then he heard the waiter say in a very gentle tone:

"Excuse me, sir, our restaurant has reached its maximum capacity. Please wait until other guests have left before entering."

Hearing such a gentle tone, and knowing that the waitress was a young woman, and that this was a shop run by a celestial sect, the customer naturally didn't dare to get angry and obediently waited to the side.

The restaurant that Ma Changlong visited was Lingxian Restaurant.

He wanted to know if the dishes at Lingxian Restaurant were the same as those sold at Lingxian Dining Seat every ten days.

He had prepared several hundred taels of silver today. Even if all the dishes were of the same quality as those at Lingxian Dining Seat, he could order several dishes, enough for himself to eat and take home.

Guided by the waiter, he sat down at a seat.

The appearance of this restaurant is quite different from that of ordinary restaurants.

Although it has two floors, it doesn't have any private rooms.

Although there are no private rooms, each table has a partition more than one meter high in front and behind it, making each table relatively independent.

Moreover, these seats are of different sizes, including small tables for two people, regular tables for four people, and large tables for six people.

According to the waiter, there are even larger tables upstairs.

Today's guests are all individual travelers, so we don't need to use it.

However, some people, in order to get in earlier, would agree to share a table with other customers after being introduced by the waiter outside, so the large tables upstairs were also full at this time.

The guests who entered inquired whether the restaurant would sell dishes from Lingxian Dining Seat.

However, the waiter did not respond immediately.

Instead, after a while, a Gu Yuxiao had promoted from among the waiters came out and announced to everyone in the shop:

"Although our Lingxian Restaurant does not sell dishes from the Lingxian Dining Seat Lingxian Dining Seat, do you all know who makes those dishes?"

Some guests smiled and shook their heads, saying they didn't know, while others said, "If it's not an immortal from that sacred mountain, then who is it?"

The foreman continued:

"Let me tell you all, these dishes were personally prepared by Immortal Jiang, the eldest disciple of our Lingxian Sect's leader. Each time he cooks, it takes a great deal of his Law Power, combined with his superb culinary skills, to create such delicious dishes."

"Although we don't have Immortal Jiang's culinary skills here, we will sell three dishes made by Master Immortal Jiang's apprentices every day. Only three dishes per day, one per person, first come, first served!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire room fell silent for a second.

The next moment, however, a sudden uproar erupted, and a figure rushed to him like lightning, holding up a bag of silver coins and shouting:

"One for me!"

Who else could this be but Ma Changlong?

The foreman clearly recognized Ma Changlong, so he smiled and pushed the money bag out of Ma Changlong's hand, saying:

"Alright! One for Master Ma! Master Ma, we'll collect the money after dinner, no rush, no rush."

Upon hearing this, Ma Changlong straightened his clothes and sat back down in his seat.

Seeing this, the other guests also swarmed forward.

Luckily, the supervisor was quick-witted and had already hidden behind the counter; otherwise, he would have been squeezed like a pancake by now.

After ordering dishes from Immortal Jiang's apprentice, he took the menu handed to him by the waiter and ordered a few more dishes, intending to try them out.

Soon after, the dishes were served to Ma Changlong's table.

He was slightly surprised; he hadn't expected the food to be served so quickly.

He then picked up the chopsticks on the table and began to taste the dishes in front of him.

To be honest, apart from the dish made by Immortal Jiang's apprentice, the other dishes tasted pretty ordinary, similar to those in ordinary restaurants, but with a touch more rustic charm.

As for the dish made by Immortal Jiang's apprentice, its taste was naturally far inferior to that of Immortal Jiang's dishes.

But upon tasting it, Ma Changlong noticed a similar sensation to that of Immortal Jiang's dishes, a feeling he quietly referred to as "ethereal beauty."

He was fascinated by this feeling.

It seems that if we can't eat at Lingxian Dining Seat anymore, coming here to try the cooking of Immortal Jiang's apprentice is a good alternative.

After Ma Changlong had eaten and drunk his fill, he was about to pay the bill and leave when he saw the waiter gesturing for him to look at the bamboo basket by the door.

The more he looked at the bamboo basket, the more familiar it seemed. Then it dawned on him—wasn't this the same small bamboo basket that collected money by itself at Lingxian Dining Seat?

So he walked over there as if he knew the way well, and after the waiter quoted him a price of seven taels and six mace, he put eight taels of silver in and left.

According to the waiter, one of the dishes prepared by Immortal Jiang's apprentice cost five taels of silver, while the three dishes prepared by the head chef cost a total of two taels and six mace.

After leaving Lingxian Restaurant, Ma Changlong strolled over to Lingxian Inn.

At this moment, Gu Yuxiao was at the inn, watching the waiter introduce the guest rooms to the guests.

Then Ma Changlong followed along for another tour. Intrigued, he even paid for a room to stay the night and experience it for himself.

Anyway, it's not like he's never stayed overnight in Xiushui Village before.

Although he now owns a house on the edge of Xiushui Village, does it matter? No, it doesn't matter.

Who could resist staying at an inn run by a celestial sect?

Seeing that both stores were doing brisk business, Gu Yuxiao was very happy.

But she also knew that the situation on the first day was not reliable, and she would have to wait and see how the customer flow stabilized later.

However, Lin Xiao had told her that it didn't matter if business wasn't good.

Anyway, now that they have Lingxian Dining Seat, they're making a net profit of about three hundred taels every month.

It's not that I'm making money from these two stores.

The main purpose is to boost the economy of Xiushui Village.

This also provides a stable place for tourists to stay.