51: Special Mission

Because of the [Luck +6] attribute, he never worried about not being able to find a good restaurant.

He could even say that if he casually walked into any restaurant that looked decent, it would likely be a god-tier hole-in-the-wall that usually had a multi-hour wait.

Passing by a convenience store, a few stylish and exquisitely made-up girls from Chengdu were taking selfies.

Jiang Yuan walked by, leaving a faint scent of woody perfume in his wake.

One of the girls looked back subconsciously, almost dropping the phone in her hand.

"Oh my god... that Handsome Guy who just walked past, so handsome!"

"Which one? Where?"

"He's already gone, but his back view had such an aura. He doesn't look like an ordinary person, and the tailoring of his clothes is amazing."

Jiang Yuan ignored the whispers behind him; his gaze was drawn to an old hotpot place at the street corner, which was adorned with red lanterns and looked quite aged.

The shop was small, even a bit shabby, but the entrance was packed with people holding queue numbers, and the air was filled with the overpowering scent of beef tallow.

"This is the one."

Jiang Yuan raised an eyebrow and walked straight over.

Normally, there would definitely be no seats at such a place at this time, but Jiang Yuan had a strange intuition.

Just as he reached the door, the landlady at the front desk was shouting into a walkie-talkie:

"Table A16, you've missed your turn! Called three times and you weren't here, it's void!"

The landlady put down the walkie-talkie and looked up, meeting Jiang Yuan's gaze.

She paused for a moment. In this era of looks, a Handsome Guy of Jiang Yuan's level was indeed rare, not to mention the aura he carried that made people afraid to underestimate him.

"Handsome Guy, how many?"

The landlady's tone softened involuntarily.

"One," Jiang Yuan said calmly.

"One, huh..."

The landlady looked at the long line waiting behind him, looking troubled, but then her eyes lit up as if she had remembered something.

"Perfect! The one who just missed their turn was a small table, right by the window. It's a great spot, no need to wait. You're really lucky!"

The surrounding diners instantly shot him envious, jealous, and hateful glares.

Jiang Yuan smiled slightly; this [Luck +6] passive skill was indeed useful everywhere.

"No way! I'm waiting for a small table too, why does he get to go first?"

A burly man wearing a tight T-shirt with tattooed arms pushed out from the crowd.

He looked extremely displeased, and beside him was an alluring female companion; he clearly didn't want to lose face in front of a beauty.

"Yeah, landlady, everything has to follow first come, first served. We've been waiting for half an hour."

The surrounding envious gazes instantly turned into those of people watching a show, eager to see trouble.

Jiang Yuan stopped and scanned the burly man calmly.

He wasn't angry; he didn't even frown.

His state of mind was different from the past now; this level of dispute felt like children playing house to him.

"Just landed, starving, do me a favor."

Jiang Yuan's voice was low, and his tone was very calm.

At the same time, his slender fingers casually held two crisp red bills, gently handing them to the burly man.

In a hole-in-the-wall where the average cost per person was fifty or sixty, two hundred yuan was enough for this couple to eat two top-tier hotpot meals.

The burly man paused, looking at the red bills held right under his nose; his anger, which was about to burst forth, seemed to have hit a pause button.

Two seconds later.

"Oh! Brother, you're being too polite!"

The burly man's face, which had been fierce and menacing, bloomed into a smile like a chrysanthemum at a visible speed.

He snatched the money from Jiang Yuan's hand and stuffed it into his pocket in one fluid motion.

Afterward, he eagerly shoved his queue number into Jiang Yuan's hand and even bowed as he made a "please" gesture.

"I'd like to see who dares to disagree! This brother is a guest from afar; we people in Chengdu are the most hospitable!"

"Brother, please go in quickly, don't starve yourself. My wife and I will go buy some milk tea next door and walk around, no rush, absolutely no rush!"

This performance, like a Sichuan opera face-changing act, left the surrounding people in the queue dumbfounded.

The passersby who had just been filled with righteous indignation now looked at Jiang Yuan's back, with only two words left in their eyes: Awesome.

Jiang Yuan sat alone in a corner, the nine-grid red oil hotpot base in front of him "bubbling" and steaming, rolling out an alluring scent of beef tallow.

The table was filled to the brim with nothing but red meat, providing a strong visual impact.

Freshly sliced beef, duck intestines that stood up on the plate, tender pig brain... yet not a single green vegetable was to be seen.

For a pure carnivore like Jiang Yuan, boiling green vegetables in hotpot was simply a desecration of this hundred-year-old broth base.

Whether it was psychological or the water in this Shu region was indeed different.

With this chopstick-full, the meat coated in red oil entered his mouth, and that rich, numbing, spicy, and fresh flavor exploded on his tongue; it truly had a more lingering aftertaste than hotpot elsewhere.

Jiang Yuan enjoyed this feast while casually scrolling through his phone screen.

The brabus wouldn't arrive until the day after tomorrow, so these two days of downtime could be used to explore the surroundings of this city.

The video he had just posted was fermenting in popularity even faster than the beef tallow in the pot.

In just a short while, the number of likes had exceeded thirty thousand, and the comment section had built up nearly ten thousand threads.

His follower count had also quietly risen to over fifty thousand; although the total wasn't staggering, almost all the fans in the backend were highly active "live fans."

Jiang Yuan's fingertips slid across the screen, and his gaze was suddenly caught by a highly-liked comment.

"Big shot! You must go to Dujiangyan when you come to Chengdu! Worship the water at Dujiangyan, ask the way at Mount Qingcheng; it's also a filming location for Journey to the West! The air is also very good!"

This comment had thousands of likes, clearly the heartfelt wish of many locals.

Jiang Yuan conveniently switched out to search for the keywords.

The images that popped up on the screen were the Min River water coming from the sky, the eternal water conservation miracle, and the quiet and deep Daoist cave heaven.

The weight of history that rushed toward him, along with the lush greenery that filled his eyes, instantly hit Jiang Yuan's heart.

This was the trip he wanted.

To see the wisdom of the ancients and to take a breath of pure oxygen.

Without the slightest hesitation, he replied with six words under that comment:

"Okay, leaving tomorrow!"

After replying to the comment, the last piece of tripe was just finished.

Comfortable.

Jiang Yuan pulled out a tissue to wipe his mouth and paid by scanning the code.

Walking out of the hotpot restaurant, the evening breeze blew, and the smell of hotpot on his body dissipated quite a bit.

Not long after walking out of the restaurant, the familiar mechanical voice sounded in his mind again.

This time, the commotion was a bit loud.

[Ding! Host location detected: Chengdu.]

[Triggering special check-in task: Ask the Way to Mount Qingcheng.]

[Task objective: Reach the summit of Laojun Pavilion on Mount Qingcheng within 24 hours and complete the photo check-in.]

[Task reward: Advanced Outdoor Survival Mastery, Top-tier Off-road Driving Mastery, RMB 60,000,000.]

Jiang Yuan's footsteps paused slightly, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Sixty million was secondary; the money in his card had long since become just a number.

What really made his eyes light up were the two "Mastery" skills.

If he wanted to travel the Sichuan-Tibet line and go to high-altitude areas like Mount Sap, money alone wasn't enough; he needed real skills.

This "Outdoor Survival" and "Off-road Driving" were tailor-made for his upcoming trip to Tibet.

It was truly being handed a pillow when he was sleepy.

Moreover, Jiang Yuan's mind turned quickly, and he immediately realized a "loophole" in this system.

This "special task" was issued additionally.

That is to say, when he reached the summit of Laojun Pavilion, he would not only be able to claim this task reward, but could also trigger the regular "scenic spot check-in reward" along the way.

One effort, two rewards.

This was too awesome.

A smile tugged at the corner of Jiang Yuan's mouth, and his mood was even more cheerful than when he was eating hotpot just now.

This wool, he had to shear it.