20: A customer came

In the circular long street of the Southeast Market Town, the flow of people was like a loom, bustling yet orderly.

Lin Jingyu, dressed in clean and tidy plain-colored short attire and wearing a white high-topped chef's hat, stood tall and straight behind his small stall.

As time passed by little by little, the stall opposite had already completed several transactions.

The prices here scared off everyone who was interested.

Lin Jingyu was not anxious about this in his heart.

He even pondered whether he had set the price too cheaply.

However, even the fragrance of good wine fears a deep alley, so he still needed to showcase it.

He slightly opened the lid of one Jade Box, revealing the golden, crispy, round, and plump sweet potato pill inside.

A faint, sweet, charred fragrance mixed with a trace of elusive Spiritual Qi appeared exceptionally fresh amidst the surrounding mixed market atmosphere.

Judging by the appearance, it was already several levels better than the sweet potato pill opposite.

The Gray-Robed Stall Owner glanced sideways at Lin Jingyu and let out a heavy "humph" through its nose; the sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for the surrounding people to hear.

"Pfft, ten sweet potato pill for one Spirit Stone? You want to treat people like fools just by pretending to display a few Jade Box? Just wait, if you can sell even one box today, I will write my surname backward!"

Lin Jingyu turned a deaf ear, his face wearing a gentle and appropriate smile, his gaze calmly scanning the passing crowd.

He knew deeply who his target customers were—definitely not the ordinary Loose Cultivator in front of Wang Laowu's stall who haggled over one or two shattered Spirit Stone.

What he wanted to fish for were the slightly wealthy Cultivator who truly knew their goods, had spare money to enjoy, and pursued quality and novelty.

Just at this moment, the figures of two young female Cultivator caught Lin Jingyu's attention.

The leading young girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in a light cyan silk Dharma robe embroidered with cloud patterns, with a pretty appearance and a gentle temperament tinged with a hint of naivety.

Beside her followed a female companion in red, with willow-leaf eyebrows and Phoenix eyes, exquisite makeup, but eyes carrying a bit of pickiness and shrewdness, who was holding the arm of the cyan-clothed young girl and chattering away about something.

"Xiang Ling, look at that little Cultivator, his outfit is so strange."

The red-clothed female Cultivator Li Yaner had sharp eyes and pointed at Lin Jingyu's stall.

Walking closer, she saw that the Jade Box actually contained something like a sweet potato pill.

Li Yaner couldn't help but curl her lips: "sweet potato pill? What's so rare about this thing? Aren't the spiritual fruit snacks from our 'Drunken Immortal Pavilion', 'Bright Moon Pavilion', and 'Drunken Spring Pavilion' a hundred times better than this?"

"The packaging is flashy, ten for one Spirit Stone; I'm afraid it's a scam."

The cyan-clothed young girl called Xiang Ling was named Qin Xiangling.

She was the legitimate daughter of the Qin Family, one of the four major Family of the Southeast Market Town.

She herself had a dual Spiritual Root Aptitude, and with the support of resources from the Family, she had already reached the Qi Refining Fifth Layer before the age of twenty.

Now that she had come out of seclusion after months of hard Cultivate in the Family's secret ground, her good friend Li Yaner had specifically called her to come to the Market Town together to stroll and relax.

Qin Xiangling's gaze fell on those crystal-clear Jade Box, and as her nose caught that unique sweet fragrance in the air, her steps slowed down involuntarily.

She usually Cultivate diligently, and occasionally she liked to have some exquisite and delicious snacks to satisfy her cravings.

Having not eaten for so long, she was craving them a bit.

The Gray-Robed Stall Owner had messy hair, long fingernails, and dirt on its face, plus those oily sweet potato pill piled in a basket on the stall; just looking at it made her feel a bit nauseated.

But these in front of her, packed in Jade Box, were clean, tidy, and exuded a sense of refinement, making her feel favorable.

"Yaner, it looks quite clean and smells good, I want to try it."

Qin Xiangling said softly, breaking free from Li Yaner's hand and walking straight towards Lin Jingyu's stall.

Li Yaner curled her lips and followed with a disdainful expression, muttering:

"What's the use of being clean? Ten sweet potato pill for one Spirit Stone, isn't this robbery? Xiang Ling, you are just too easy-going, be careful of being slaughtered as a Fat Sheep!"

"Let's go to the Bright Moon Pavilion for pizza, it's so good when you bite it and it stretches."

Qin Xiangling walked to the stall, her gaze falling on the sweet potato pill in the Jade Box.

The pills were uniform in size, fried to a golden and tempting color, with the slightly cracked skin revealing the soft and sticky color inside, and that unique sweet fragrance was even more intense.

What was even more commendable was that she could feel a special Spiritual Qi from the sweet potato pill.

She had a unique talent: Spiritual Qi perception.

Although Spiritual Qi was just Spiritual Qi, it had distinctions of quality; some were pure, some were scattered, and some even contained toxicity.

There were also special spiritual powers that had unique uses, and some special Spiritual Qi could even improve one's Aptitude when cultivated into the body.

The main ingredient of this sweet potato pill, the mountain sweet potato, should be a hundred-year mountain sweet potato, not a regular mountain sweet potato.

In this light, the price was not expensive at all.

Of course, it mainly depended on how it tasted; no matter how good the ingredients were, it was useless if it tasted bad.

She looked up at the stall owner and saw that he stood tall and straight, with a handsome face, especially those eyes, which were clear and bright, carrying a calm and confident radiance.

She said calmly: "Give me two boxes."

"Alright! Two Spirit Stone in total."

Lin Jingyu narrowed his eyes and beamed with joy.

Not bad, not bad, he had finally made his first sale of the day.

He hurriedly presented the two boxes of sweet potato pill with both hands.

"Hmph! You have the nerve!" Li Yaner sneered from the side, her voice shrill.

"A mere sweet potato pill, you dare to sell it for so much, isn't this robbery! Two Spirit Stone could buy a pizza, it stretches when you bite it, so delicious, what is this thing."

She hurriedly grabbed Qin Xiangling's hand as she was about to pay.

The Gray-Robed Stall Owner on the side was extremely anxious; it had just boasted, and now someone came to buy.

Wasn't this slapping it directly in the face?

It opened its mouth to promote: "Two Fairy, his sweet potato pill is purely cheating people."

"Look at mine, high quality and inexpensive, two for one shattered Spirit Stone."

"Seeing that the two Fairy are here for the first time, special discount, three for one shattered Spirit Stone!"

Qin Xiangling glanced at the opposite stall, her eyes full of disgust.

She wouldn't eat anything made by such a person, even if they paid her Spirit Stone.

She gently touched the exquisite Storage Pouch at her waist, and two Low-Grade Spirit Stone appeared in her hand, which she placed on the white cloth of Lin Jingyu's stall.

The warm and moist luster of the Spirit Stone made the Gray-Robed Stall Owner's eyes red; even if it sold here for a whole day, it wouldn't make two Low-Grade Spirit Stone.

It cursed inwardly: "Spendthrift girl! She doesn't know how high the value of one Spirit Stone is! It's one hundred shattered Spirit Stone!"

"Thank you for your patronage, Fairy."

Lin Jingyu accepted the two Spirit Stone: "If you find it good, you are welcome to come again."

Qin Xiangling took the Jade Box, which felt warm and smooth in her hand.

She opened the lid and picked up a sweet potato pill, without too much so-called Fairy reserve.

She put it in her mouth right there on the street and took a gentle bite.

"Crunch..."

An extremely faint, crispy sound rang out, and the thin, crispy outer shell broke upon contact.

Immediately after, the warm, soft, and sticky filling inside, with a rich sweet potato fragrance and a hint of strange, refreshing coolness, surged into her mouth.

The texture was layered, the sweetness was just right, not greasy at all, and the fragrance lingered on her lips and teeth.

As she ate it, a weak but very warm Spiritual Qi rose, which was extremely pure and could be directly absorbed by a Cultivator.

Qin Xiangling couldn't help but nod!

This taste... this texture... was already no worse than the spiritual food desserts specially made by the spiritual chef in the Family.