Ao Ding's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but ask, "If he himself steps into the Earth Immortal realm, the bet is void?"
Mei Niang nodded slightly and said helplessly, "It's my fault, I shouldn't have said I would help him step into the Earth Immortal realm!"
"Brother Ao, I really don't want to be with him!" Her eyes were helpless, revealing unwillingness and grievance!
Ao Ding took a deep breath and forced a smile, "It's not a big problem. There's nothing that can't be solved with a spiritual medicine. If there is, then two!"
He never thought that wooing a girl would cost him so much!
Although he was reluctant!
But if Chen Nan stepped into the Earth Immortal realm on his own!
Wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?
After all, that hundred-thousand-year-old ginseng was not cheap!
"Thank you, Brother Ao. If I can escape this sea of suffering, I will surely repay you well!" Mei Niang said gratefully, then stood on her tiptoes, kissed Ao Ding on the cheek, and ran away blushing!
The sudden joy stunned Ao Ding!
He never expected Mei Niang to kiss him!
Although it was as light as a dragonfly touching the water, it also made him intoxicated!
He suddenly realized that even paying two hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines was nothing!
He was truly a genius!
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Mei Niang's Roasted Meat became quite popular among the Dragon tribe!
Not only was the roasted meat delicious!
The most important thing was that the proprietress was charming!
Enchanting!
And the Double Color Ball Mei Niang's Roasted Meat offered was also very interesting!
Because for two immortal stones, one could possibly win a grand prize of five million!
Mei Niang's Roasted Meat had a decent first day's revenue!
Just from dining, it sold over seven thousand immortal stones!
But the Double Color Ball sold over ten thousand!
Because it was so interesting, it attracted many from the Dragon tribe, and even people from other races, to come and buy!
After all, immortal stones were the only recognized currency in the Immortal Realm!
Night!
Chen Nan lay lazily on a lounge chair, holding a hundred-thousand-year-old Reishi mushroom, and said while eating, "I plan to recruit some employees tomorrow. It's too tiring for just the two of us!"
Not only was work tiring, but the earnings were also not much!
So!
He had to focus on the Double Color Ball!
If he could open Double Color Ball stalls on all the major streets of the Dragon tribe, he would definitely make a fortune!
It wouldn't be impossible to raise five thousand high-grade immortal stones within a year!
However!
This was very difficult!
Because only a small number of people were currently interested in the Double Color Ball!
Many still held a skeptical attitude!
The reason was simple!
Chen Nan was just an outsider, newly arrived in the Dragon tribe!
What if someone actually won the first prize, could he afford to pay out five million low-grade immortal stones?
So!
To gain the recognition of the entire Dragon tribe was a long and arduous task!
The next day!
Chen Nan posted a recruitment notice at the door!
Recruiting two female chefs and three waiters!
The monthly salary for female chefs was three hundred low-grade immortal stones, and for waiters, two hundred!
Chen Nan knew that the salaries in the Dragon tribe were very low, so shortly after the recruitment notice was posted, people came to apply!
And they were all young and beautiful women!
However, the two women applying for the chef positions were a bit older, appearing to be in their mid-thirties, still full of charm!
Seeing them, Chen Nan glanced at Mei Niang, who was smiling brightly beside him and chatting with them like family!
What a pervert!
That one chance for adults, and you, a male monster, actually turned into a female...
"Husband, why don't we let them come and work in our shop together!" Mei Niang said, clearly having a good impression of these five people!
Chen Nan did not refuse!
After all, he was just recruiting five employees!
As long as they could work, it didn't matter who they were!
He called the two chefs to the kitchen and taught them the technique of roasting meat!
They all had prior experience as cooks and learned quickly!
They also knew that the reason Mei Niang's Roasted Meat was so popular was all thanks to the seasonings Chen Nan concocted!
After a few lessons!
The two could roast with ease!
And the taste of their roasted meat was not much worse than Chen Nan's!
It was understandable!
They were both monsters who had lived for thousands of years. If they couldn't even learn such a small thing, would they be worthy of their status?
The kitchen temporarily did not need Chen Nan's attention, so he went to the front hall, his main focus still on the Double Color Ball!
Whether he could enter Longling within a year depended on the Double Color Ball helping him make a lot of money!
At this moment!
Ao Ding, dressed in a white robe and holding a folding fan, strode into the roasted meat shop!
Seeing Chen Nan sitting behind the counter, his composure crumbled!
Holy hell!
Still at the peak of the Mahayana stage?
Damn it!
Is it necessary to be this much of a pitfall?
He then looked at Mei Niang, who forced a smile.
She seemed very troubled that Chen Nan had not broken through.
Ao Ding suddenly felt a pang of pain!
What's going on?
This is unreasonable!
Mei Niang said, "Husband, I want to go out and buy some clothes. Why don't you watch the shop for a bit?"
Chen Nan said, "How about I go with you?"
Mei Niang said, "No need. The business is good here, I can't leave. Besides, you're not familiar with the Dragon tribe. Since Brother Ao Ding is here, let him take me!"
Ao Ding's eyes lit up and he said, "Don't worry, Brother Chen Nan. I still have some connections in the Dragon tribe, I guarantee Mei Niang can buy better clothes at the lowest price!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Ao!" Chen Nan said gratefully, like a complete fool, and bowed to Ao Ding!
"We're like brothers, why say such things?" Ao Ding laughed heartily. I'm going out shopping with your wife, and you're still thanking me profusely!
You truly are a fool!
Thus!
Mei Niang and Ao Ding left the roasted meat shop!
Just as Ao Ding was about to ask Mei Niang why Chen Nan hadn't broken through yet!
Mei Niang suddenly said, "Brother Ao Ding, if you don't want to save me from this sea of suffering, don't give me hope, and don't lie to me, okay?"
Ao Ding was anxious, "Mei Niang, what do you mean? I, Ao Ding, am devoted to you, how can there be any deception?"
Mei Niang's eyes turned red, "If you didn't lie to me, then why hasn't my husband broken through after taking two hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines?"
Ao Ding almost spat out a mouthful of blood!
I want to know the reason more than you do!
Mei Niang continued, "My husband has been at the peak of the Mahayana stage for several years. He should have broken through long ago, but for some reason, he has been stuck at the peak of the Mahayana stage!"
"If the two hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines you gave were real, he would definitely have broken through the bottleneck!"
Ao Ding looked at her in disbelief, "You doubt that I gave you fake medicine? Mei Niang, you can't think like that! I am devoted to you and have always hoped to save you from this sea of suffering. How can you think that way?"
Ao Ding was somewhat angered!
He had never been treated like this before!
Mei Niang tightly hugged his arm and quickly shook her head, "Brother Ao Ding, I'm not doubting you, I didn't mean that... I mean, were you perhaps deceived by the medicine seller?"
Ao Ding was very angry at first!
But the softness from his arm and the woman's flustered and uneasy expression extinguished the anger in his heart!
He frowned, his mind racing, "What you said makes some sense. If the two hundred-thousand-year-old spiritual medicines were real, Chen Nan would definitely have broken through the bottleneck!"
"It seems now that I might have been tricked!"
As he said this, a hint of ferocity flashed in his eyes, "Well done, Ruyi Pharmacy, daring to sell me fake medicine, see how I deal with you!"
"Mei Niang, let's go, come with me to seek justice!"