CH 9

Purchase

Translated by Flo

Edited by Flo

Ye Jingxing looked sideways and found two men sitting in the house with gigantic backs.

“Retribution… Who doesn’t want to live to eat in this broken place.”

“He really thinks he is some kind of hero, thinking that delicacy is a good place while pirates are guarding the gateway. Bitch.”

“Yeah, that small pavilion has been open for so long, except for digging a river. I haven’t seen him help us. The boss will also give us holy medicine and spirit stones. The owner of the pavilion has been here for so long. He has also never shown his face.” 

The lady boss who poured a glass of water for Ye Jingxing, saw his eyes fell on the two and whispered, “We don’t have anything to do with them.”

“Who are these people…?” Ye Jingxing retracted his gaze, asked quietly.

“The two of them were originally from the town, but later defected to the pirates, ate the holy medicine, gained cultivation, ran rampant in the town, and ate meals on credit everywhere every day. We have nothing to do with him.”

“Today, I heard that they killed one of the children from the town.”

Ye Jingxing’s eyes darkened, the child’s cold corpse appeared in his mind, his eyes fell on the back of his hand inadvertently, the pattern had disappeared. The person who drew the pattern on him…out of 10 people, it must be the ninth one. 

The lady boss saw Ye Jingxing’s face, and it was probably the first time she came here, so she continued to talk to him a few more words: “This was near the sea. There are many ships passing by so it has never been safe.”

“Besides it is too far from the capital, it does not belong to the jurisdiction of the imperial city, and on the yellow sand of the dead city, no grass grows, no monks are willing to come here. All that is left are ordinary people who just want to live a good life.”

“Until the owner of the pavilion condescends, the situation was so-so. Although he runs a small shop, likes beautiful women, and occasionally buys and sells, most of the people who buy and sell are people that pirates like.”

“He is actually protecting this town, thanks to him for digging that river of life. Although everyone has mixed opinions on him, um…”

Ye Jingxing listened very carefully and got a general understanding of this town.

The lady boss added: “Young master should be more careful, it’s better not to get involved with pirates or delicacies.”

They were all ordinary people who couldn’t cultivate, they couldn’t see Ye Jingxing’s cultivation; they just thought he was a passerby who was the son of an aristocratic family or a disciple of a demon.

Ye Jingxing: “…”

It was unfortunate that the two of them were already involved.

At this moment, the noodle stall owner suddenly came over with a bowl of hot noodles.

It is a large bowl of seafood noodles. The noodle soup is very thick and full of weight. Seafood such as fish, prawns, and razor clams are neatly placed on the side of the bowl. The tendon noodles are intertwined in the soup noodles, attracting people's index fingers.

“Mi.” Shen Miaomiao straightened up and leaned in to smell it.

So fragrant.

He hadn’t eaten these human foods for a long time. Before being sealed, he had been fasting for many, many years. His appetite was very large, and ordinary food could not feed him.

Upon seeing this, the boss brought Ye Jingxing another small bowl, which was for the kitten.

Ye Jingxing came back to his senses, quickly reached out to take it, and thanked him.

The boss waved his hand, “Just add whatever side dishes you want to add.”

Ye Jingxing nodded.

At this moment, the bearded man slammed on the table, “Where’s the tea?! Do you want us to die of thirst? The tea has not been served even after all the noodles have been eaten?”

“The freshly brewed tea will be ready soon before it cools down.” The owner of the noodle stall hurried over to accompany him with a smile, and pointed to the hot tea that was iced with cold water not far away. The man was still cursing dissatisfiedly.

“If you must drink freshly brewed tea, I’ll have to splash hot tea on your face. Can’t you wait for cold tea…” The lady boss frowned, sighing as she left.

“They are just ordinary people, and they don’t dare to cause such trouble at all. Fortunately, they only come here to eat and drink for free. They will pass.”

Ye Jingxing could no longer bear it.

He narrowed his eyes, his eyes fell on the two cups of tea not far away, and then he patted the kitten’s head lightly, got up and walked over very calmly.

The two cups of tea fell next to the side dishes, chilled with cold water, and steaming hot.

With the action of picking vegetables, Ye Jingxing put a lot of small catnip leaves into the two cups of tea, then turned and left as if nothing had happened.

He can only control catnip, which is very tasteless.

He can revive the dead catnip, can quickly ripen the catnip to grow, and can cultivate new varieties of catnip with other crops, such as the wine-flavored catnip that is drunk.

But he couldn’t use mint as a weapon to fight, and he couldn’t use catnip as a knife to kill the enemy.

Fortunately, it is not particularly tasteless to cultivate new varieties of catnip.

One of the small catnips that he bred together with mandala was poisonous. He accidentally poisoned a small sparrow that came to steal it. Since then, every time he grew a new catnip, he would first try a mouse to test poison.

The toxicity of this catnip is similar to that of Datura, and a small amount of it will only cause physical discomfort, and once it exceeds that amount, it will lead to death.

But this kind of poison is not worth mentioning for cultivators whose cultivation base is higher than him. After all, it is only cultivated by the most common mandala flower.

But these two are obviously ordinary people, just using the so-called “holy medicine” to strengthen their physique. They are similar to athletes who have taken stimulants. 

They seem to be able to beat the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment period, but they are still the weak people, being poisoned will still kill them.

Shen Qiyao, who silently witnessed everything, shook his tail gently. Although he didn’t know what effect he had on the catnips, it seems that this human is not so weak and useless…

Ye Jingxing who finished poisoning quietly took a plate of side dishes, returned to his original position. His expression was very calm, containing no secret guilty conscience.

Only hunger.

Ye Jingxing used chopsticks to divide the poached egg spread on the surface into four small pieces, picked up one piece and blew it, put it into a small bowl, picked up another piece and took a bite himself.

The freshly fried poached egg is fragrant and crispy, but it is a bit hot to the mouth, but the taste will be much worse when it is cooled down, so it can only be eaten while it is still hot.

Food and plush always make people feel much better.

Ye Jingxing watched the kitten eat while eating, and always felt that his soul tainted by this broken place had been purified for a short time.

The little black cat buried his face in the small bowl and solved the small piece of poached egg in three or two strokes.

Tasty.

He was starting to think that humans are very powerful, and can make ordinary ingredients so delicious.

“Meow.” Shen Miaomiao licked his mouth, raised his head and called Ye Jingxing softly.

I still want it.

Ye Jingxing quickly clipped another piece for him.

The little one is probably starving.

Since the kitten and the big cat are growing, the nutrition must keep up. He will buy some seafood to take back later, and make some nutritious cat meals for it.

Ye Jingxing did not let go of the seafood noodle soup, he scooped a full bowl for the kitten, and drank the rest by himself.

The kitten drank very slowly, the little pink tongue licked the noodle soup. He suddenly raised his head in the middle of drinking, meowing and stomping on the table with his claws, and looked at Ye Jingxing with his big round eyes.

“What’s the matter?” Ye Jingxing had already finished drinking in one breath, and swallowed all his dissatisfaction with this place.

The kitten scratched the spoon in Ye Jingxing’s bowl with its claws, and brushed the fur on his face.

The bowl is too deep and continuing to drink the soup will stain his beard and his fur.

Ye Jingxing was stunned for a second before he realized that he wanted to feed.

Ye Jingxing didn’t say a word, just picked up the spoon and scooped the soup from the small bowl, and handed it to the kitten, and the kitten continued to lick it.

Is it actually a clean cat…

Ye Jingxing smiled helplessly.

At this moment, the noodle stall owner brought the two cups of tea to the man’s table. The two men were drinking tea while talking dirty words. After the tea was finished, the cup fell and the people left.

When passing Ye Jingxing’s table, he lowered his head deliberately, but fortunately neither of them noticed him.

Ye Jingxing watched all this with cold eyes until the two figures disappeared into the crowd.

After eating and drinking, Ye Jingxing asked the proprietress some names of the shops, and planned to buy some ingredients and seasonings, as well as pots and pans and other necessary tools for daily life.

The town is near the sea, and the people in the town basically live by the sea. The scarce seafood in the inland is nothing here, and some seafood is even cheaper than chicken.

“Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, and relying on the sea to eat the sea” is not without basis.

The sun is about to go down, and the prices of these things have also dropped dramatically. After all, they are not fresh after overnight, and they are easy to die. It is best to sell them before it gets dark, otherwise they can only feed the poultry.

Ye Jingxing bought a lot of sea fish, sea shrimp, shells, crabs, etc. All of them were full of flesh and looked very delicious.

There was also a big squid that was abandoned by the hawker. The man saw that Ye Jingxing had bought so many things and was interested in this ugly fish, so he simply gave it to him.

This stuff feeds the dog. Dogs don’t eat it, and most fishermen choose to chop it up and feed it to chickens or pigs.

The squid was black with ink sprayed from the startle several times. The hand looked very embarrassed, but Ye Jingxing simply cleaned it and put it on.

People in this world really won’t enjoy such a delicious squid. He used to order barbecue with his friends for supper at night. Every time he orders barbecue squid, he must order it.

“Mi.” Shen Qiyao wrinkled her little nose lightly as she stared at the squid that was twisting and twisting.

Why buy this ugly thing? He doesn’t want to eat.

The beach in the evening was very leisurely, and the fishermen who were about to go home chatted one after another.

“Have you heard that Big Beard and Big Fat are dead?”

“The Big Beard who killed Chen Qiaoqiu?”

“Yes.”

“How did they die?”

“I don’t know, he died suddenly and was thrown by a few fishermen. They went into the sea to feed the fish and scolded them for being so domineering at ordinary times.”

“Could it be that there is something wrong with the holy medicine of pirates?”

“Who knows, it will be retributed.”

Ye Jingxing did not expect that the effect of the catnip pieces would be so strong. Well, after all, he has never poisoned anyone, and this time he brought mandala catnip just in case, but he didn’t expect it to be used.

It was not early, Ye Jingxing didn’t stay much, and he went to buy a lot of rice and noodles in a good mood, and bought some seasoned onion, ginger, and garlic.

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Next to the rice warehouse is a shop that sells seasonings and utensils. He carefully selected a few. When he returns, he should be able to set up a simple small stove and barbecue, and it will not be a problem to make some food.

He was an orphan in his last life, doing everything by himself, and his hands-on ability had nothing to say. Later, he opened a cat house with a friend, and he assembled most of the things in it. His friend is a real handicapped man, so he can only help him.

Carrying the newly bought wooden poke, Ye Jingxing ran to the river to draw a few buckets of water and put it in the storage bag. The river was full of fresh water and could be drunk directly.

Ye Jingxing’s storage bag is a good magic weapon, the weak crown gift his father gave him, the one who recognized the master, there is a lot of space inside, enough to hold all the things he needs.

Shen Qiyao stood by the river, playing with the water with his paws sloppily. The shadow of the chubby kitten was reflected in the water, which was pulled by him and gently rippling forward.

He probably understood the meaning of Ye Jingxing’s move.

The dead city is full of bare sand and no water. If you want to live for a long time, you must bring enough water to return. After all, he is still a rookie with three levels of Qi training.

This idiot… He can’t just rain a few more rains when the time comes, so why bother.

Ye Jingxing really thought so, but he didn’t plan to rely on these water for long, at most it was to relieve the urgent need.

For the rest, he has other plans, and he will  think about it when he goes back.

After buying almost all the things he needed, Ye Jingxing wanted to take Zai Zai to the spirit beast hall to see their bodies, but it was getting late, and the setting sun had dyed the sky a rich orange-red.

He didn’t have a good impression of this town. After considering much, he left, fearing that he would not be able to go back again if something went wrong.

Since the cub may be a spirit beast, it is better to take it to the demon clan to see. He is going to the demon clan to see Xiao He. It is not good to dereliction of duty as an entourage.

The spirit stones in the wooden fish were not used up yet. Ye Jingxing thought about it, but still did not throw the wooden fish away.

Today’s experience was so dreamy.

It also made him experience the dark side of the world.

“I’m so weak, cub.” Walking on the long yellow sand, Ye Jingxing suddenly felt a little depressed, and gently rubbed his chin against the kitten’s head.

“Mi.” Oh so you know.

However, Ye Jingxing soon regained his composure. As a waste, contentment is the secret to a long life.

Although today’s experience is not very good, the revenge has also been avenged, and the corpse has returned completely. The result is not too bad.

Ye Jingxing gently rubbed the cat’s head with his chin again, “What do you want to eat tonight? I’ll make it for you.”

“Garlic scallops? Grilled fish? Stir-fried squid? Steamed crab? Garlic shrimp? Bobo fish?” Ye Jingxing then realized that he was feeling hungry.

It’s been a long time since he has eaten “hometown food”… Ye Mansion is at the foot of the capital, far from the sea, and he hasn’t eaten seafood for a long time.

Listening to these unheard food vocabulary, Shen Qiyao suddenly felt that it was not impossible to return.

“Meow.”

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The growth type 0 0 will grow slowly ~ the town will also improve