16: Chapter 16 Return to the Trading Center

"Brother Cheng... do you plan to develop Menglou Pavilion together with us?" Lu Yuxuan asked softly.

Mu Cheng nodded. "Mm-hmm, let's stay for now!"

Actually, he had struggled with this question for a long time, and it wasn't until today that he finally made his decision.

To become the only man behind the young ladies of Menglou Pavilion!

"Alright then! I'll follow Brother Cheng's lead in everything." Gu Na also expressed her agreement.

In her heart, she had already pre-set this man's status in Menglou Pavilion. If it had been someone else helping her back then, Menglou Pavilion likely wouldn't have grown this quickly...

"I'm a bit tired today. You guys can decide on the remaining matters. Remember, recruitment must be reliable and the requirements strict," Mu Cheng emphasized once more.

Upon returning to his room, he downed ten bottles of Tier 4 ability potion in one go... but this time, the promotion wasn't as smooth or direct.

Instead, like everyone else, he needed to absorb them slowly!

"Regarding the recruitment, Sister Na, what are your thoughts?" Lu Yuxuan asked slowly.

Tao Shuishui felt like an invisible person and didn't disturb the two as she left.

"Sister Yuxuan, Sister Na, you two chat. I'll go help my sister."

"Let's not recruit men! Brother Cheng alone is enough. Let's focus on training the young ladies we've recruited this time first," Gu Na said after some thought.

She hadn't considered recruiting men either, but she never expected that their first recruitment of young ladies would reach an astonishing number of nearly three hundred.

Since they were already developing well, why bother recruiting men? It was completely unnecessary!

Most importantly, she had personally witnessed a pair of twin brothers come to blows over a single bottle of mineral water!

Recruiting men might be fine at first, but as their strength grows, they will naturally demand higher status and positions.

This would undoubtedly be a time bomb, liable to cause trouble at any moment!

As for the young ladies, ever since the global game descended, they had been a vulnerable group...

Facing the basic problems of survival every day!

Now, Menglou Pavilion brought them new hope, gave them equal status, and acted as a powerful shield for them.

Naturally... even if they were to leave Menglou Pavilion, the probability of betrayal would be much lower than that of men.

"Mm-hmm, I feel the same way. We have Brother Cheng for a man, and as for the others, not a single one of them is any good."

Lu Yuxuan was truly a girl in love. Now that she was completely in love with Mu Cheng, she certainly couldn't tolerate any other man in her sight.

"I...!!! As expected, women in love turn stupid. My reason for not recruiting men... forget it... we might not exclude them forever in the future. I'll go help Shuishui and Mumu! You just stay here with your Brother Cheng. Remember to keep a close eye on him, or I might just snatch him away one day."

Gu Na was speechless and didn't bother to explain further, but she didn't forget to tease Lu Yuxuan before leaving.

In truth, she had also fallen for Mu Cheng, but because of her close friendship with Lu Yuxuan...

She chose to step back...

"What on earth? Sister Na, explain yourself!" Lu Yuxuan wanted to chase after her to clarify.

But Gu Na's voice came again. "Just stay with Brother Cheng! He has sacrificed too much for Menglou Pavilion lately."

Lu Yuxuan didn't press further. After entering the private room, she saw that Mu Cheng was currently absorbing energy.

Not wanting to disturb him, she went to wash up and then lay on the bed, drifting off to sleep in a daze.

After a full ten hours, Mu Cheng finally managed to upgrade his bloodline ability to Tier 4. Feeling exhausted all over...

He simply pulled Lu Yuxuan into his arms and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Gu Na, Tao Mumu, and Tao Shuishui were already nowhere to be seen...

Mu Cheng woke up and saw Lu Yuxuan eating breakfast... her listless appearance clearly showed she had something on her mind.

"You little girl, what is it now?" Mu Cheng saw through her little scheme at a glance. He sat down and asked while eating breakfast.

Lu Yuxuan said weakly, "Brother Cheng, it seems Sister Na, Mumu, and Shuishui all like you."

[What must come will come. Brother Cheng is so outstanding; it's only normal for Sister Na and the others to like him.]

[Brother Cheng probably likes them too, right?]

[Forget it, why think so much? Brother Cheng shouldn't be that kind of casual person; the one he likes should be me.]

...Mu Cheng heard a barrage of strange inner thoughts.

"You little girl, you want it, don't you? Since we're only making a trip to the Trading Center today, I'll satisfy you."

Mu Cheng gently carried Lu Yuxuan into the private room... Fortunately, the room was well-soundproofed, otherwise the whole building might have heard some strange noises.

...Two hours later.

"Brother Cheng... lately, I feel a sense of deja vu with you, a feeling I can't quite describe," Lu Yuxuan suddenly remarked.

The moment she said this, Mu Cheng could instantly confirm that he wasn't the only one affected by the bloodline; Lu Yuxuan was too.

Mu Cheng took a deep breath and suddenly said mischievously, "Is that so? Maybe it's because I'm just too handsome!"

"Brother Cheng, you're so annoying~ Aren't we going out? I'll go with you today!" Lu Yuxuan said, her face heating up.

She playfully punched Mu Cheng's chest...

"Ah, it hurts! My Xiao Xuanxuan, couldn't you be a bit gentler?" Mu Cheng's inner drama king instantly emerged.

He put on a very convincing act.

"Brother Cheng, are you okay? Don't scare me!" Lu Yuxuan was clearly startled and became very worried.

You should know that her current strength was Five-fold thousand-jun; a casual punch to the chest carried over two thousand pounds of force.

Hitting a normal person would naturally leave them crippled.

However, she had hit Mu Cheng, who was also at Five-fold thousand-jun, so naturally, he was perfectly fine.

"Of course I'm fine. How could your man be so weak? Hurry up and get ready, we're going to the Trading Center!" Mu Cheng suddenly gave Lu Yuxuan a jump start.

He was being as mischievous as a child...

"Brother Cheng... you're really annoying." Lu Yuxuan was only being stubborn with her words.

In reality, she didn't think that way at all; she loved it!

Half an hour later, the two arrived at the Trading Center.

Just as they stepped inside, the voice of a blond-haired youth came from behind.

“Hehe, the babe in front is pretty good. Halt!”

"Ignore him." Mu Cheng had changed now, becoming someone even he didn't recognize...

If this were his past life, he probably would have gone up and given the guy a beating already.

"Mm-hmm, I'll do as Brother Cheng says." Lu Yuxuan suddenly hugged Mu Cheng's arm.

The two completely ignored the blond youth and continued into the Trading Center!

"I said stop! Can't you understand human speech?" The blond youth got angry and immediately rushed up to block Mu Cheng with a threat.

"Kid, I'm a squad leader of gelatinous tooth. You dare ignore me... fine, if I don't get to play with this babe for three days, this matter isn't over!"

Slap!!!

Mu Cheng naturally couldn't tolerate it. He stepped up and delivered a slap, knocking out two of the blond youth's front teeth.

The youth even tumbled several times on the ground...

A large handprint was left on the blond youth's face, and his whole body began to tremble... It took him a good while before he managed to react shakily.

He stated his identity once again.

"You, you, you... I'm a squad leader of gelatinous tooth! Do you know the consequences of hitting me?"

"Scram!" Mu Cheng delivered another slap... It was so fast that before anyone could see clearly, the blond youth was sent flying again.

"Boss, this guy is strong... should we step in to help?" the Buck-toothed Man, who had witnessed everything, suddenly spoke up.

The big man Yang Dali, the second-in-command and Vice Commander of gelatinous tooth, remembered how Mu Cheng and Lu Yuxuan were surrounded by so many zombies yesterday.

They still managed to get the top-grade treasure chest. Was such a person someone gelatinous tooth could afford to provoke? Obviously not...

"Is your brain filled with water? Both of them are Tier 4. gelatinous tooth can't afford to provoke them right now." Although Yang Dali looked thick-headed, he wasn't stupid.

Mu Cheng was simply not someone gelatinous tooth could mess with right now...

Having caused such a commotion, naturally, many people gathered to watch.

"Isn't that the blond guy from gelatinous tooth? Who is that guy? I've never seen him before. Heavens, what on earth happened?"

"Isn't that the Vice Commander of gelatinous tooth? Someone slapped the blond guy right in front of him and walked away unscathed? I remember the grass on the last guy's grave is probably a meter tall by now."

"It really is the blond guy, and that really is the Vice Commander of gelatinous tooth. What exactly is going on?"

...The crowd was buzzing with discussion.

"Ignore them, let's go straight to the second floor." Mu Cheng clearly didn't want to cause trouble.

Of course, he wasn't afraid of it either. If that blond guy refused to let it go...

Or if the gelatinous tooth behind him came looking for trouble, he wouldn't mind making gelatinous tooth disappear from Xinning City entirely.

"What's going on? Wasn't Vice Commander Yang also in the Trading Center? Why didn't he do anything?" The blond youth also began to doubt his life.

But since he wasn't stupid, he also roughly guessed that Mu Cheng's identity was definitely not simple.

This time he had truly kicked a steel plate... Fortunately, his mind worked fast... and he didn't seek further trouble.

Mu Cheng went to the second floor and asked directly, "Is there any Tier 5 potion for sale?"

"It's you again. There are no Tier 5 potions at the moment," the waitress replied with a deliberate wink.

Beside him, Lu Yuxuan feigned total calm. "If there aren't any, there aren't any. You should at least have ten Tier 4 potions, right?"

"No, you should be asking for a hundred, right... my Xiao Xuanxuan."

Mu Cheng's public display of affection was truly sudden. The waitress didn't dare act that way anymore.

Mu Cheng was a super 'big thigh' among 'big thighs', so her attitude naturally became very polite.

"Sir, you should speak with our young mistress!"

"Mm-hmm, make it quick! I'm in a hurry." Mu Cheng pretended to be quite impatient.

The waitress was so scared she didn't dare say another word... She dutifully led Mu Cheng and Lu Yuxuan into a private room.

Soon, Chu Yaoyao arrived on the scene. "Sir... are you sure you need a hundred Tier 4 potions?"

"No, besides a hundred Tier 4 ability potions, I also need a hundred Fourth-order modification potions." Mu Cheng went straight to the point.

Lu Yuxuan saw that Chu Yaoyao was no less beautiful than herself. At first, she was worried Mu Cheng might get the short end of the stick, but now it seemed he wouldn't at all.

Chu Yaoyao thought for a moment and decided to clarify the situation with Mu Cheng first.

"For such a large quantity of potions, I'll need some time to prepare. I can't give you a discount on the price; it'll still be at market rate. Tier 4 ability potions are 30,000 grey crystals, and Fourth-order modification potions are 15,000 grey crystals."