Update Time: 2014-02-19
It was past 1 AM when Lin Zheng and Lan Xiran arrived at Tianshuang City. At this awkward time, it was unrealistic to try to do anything, so Lin Zheng told Lan Xiran to log off and sleep, and to find him when he logged on the next day. Although Lan Xiran was reluctant, Lin Zheng glared at him, and he pouted and obediently logged off. Once he was offline, Lin Zheng had nothing else to do. He simply made all the remaining chicken in his inventory into White Cut Chicken, then went to the square to set up a Hosting stall to sell the White Cut Chicken.
Because more people were making yogurt, the competition in the yogurt market was too strong, and the unit price had dropped from 20 silver coins yesterday to 10 silver coins, which was a significant price reduction. Lin Zheng referred to the price of yogurt and the rare prices of some Level 2 cooking items, deciding to set the unit price of White Cut Chicken at 15 silver coins each!
White Cut Chicken was very easy to make, mainly because the ingredients were abundant. Although Level 1 and 2 cooking were not easy to train, in fact, it would only take a few days for someone to master them. By then, when they reached Level 3, with a large amount of raw materials available for gathering, others would quickly catch up, especially those professional cooking players, who would definitely be the fiercest! If Lin Zheng didn't quickly raise his skill level, his advantage would be completely gone! So what he had to do now was to increase his skill proficiency as much as possible. As for the price, a lower price didn't matter; higher-level cooking would be more valuable later! Only by having a skill level far ahead of others could he gain the greatest advantage and profit! Now, clearing his inventory was the most important thing! Well—! Although he didn't care much about this small profit, the feeling of being ahead of others was still very fulfilling! It felt great!
After putting all 40 stacks of White Cut Chicken on the stall and setting up the Hosting, Lin Zheng logged off to sleep. The next day, because he went to bed earlier, he woke up early at around 7 AM! After a quick breakfast, Lin Zheng logged on again. As soon as he logged on, Lin Zheng found that his White Cut Chicken had sold out completely, and he had an additional 585 gold coins in his inventory. While pleasantly surprised, he also surprisingly found that someone else was selling White Cut Chicken, but their price was much higher than his, at 20 silver coins! Lin Zheng quickly understood that they were reselling his White Cut Chicken! Lin Zheng had nothing to say about this; since he was eating meat, he had to let others have some soup!
He checked his friends list. Hmm, no one was online. Yang Qi was still sleeping; she had stayed up late again last night! In that case, he would go practice his life skills first! Running to Newbie Village again, Lin Zheng caused a commotion, and by 12 PM, his inventory was filled with 38 stacks of chicken meat.
“Ding—Your skill ‘Gathering’ has leveled up, currently Level 6!”
“Finally Level 6!” Lin Zheng was overjoyed. Next, as long as he made this batch of chicken meat into White Cut Chicken, his Cooking would also reach Level 5! For a moment, Lin Zheng felt a huge sense of accomplishment! Just then, beep beep! Someone was looking for him; it was Lan Xiran.
“Brother, I’m here, where are you?”
“I’m gathering chicken meat. You can go wander around the square for a bit; I still need about half an hour to make things!”
“Oh! I understand!”
“…”
Turning off the communication, Lin Zheng began making White Cut Chicken. The production speed was about two per second, so over 3800 pieces would take about half an hour. Half an hour later, Lin Zheng, who was somewhat numb from making them, perked up. He was finally done, and his Cooking had also reached Level 5! Over 3800 pieces of White Cut Chicken! Each one healed 2000 HP within 20 seconds, which was very effective! With so much White Cut Chicken, it would definitely be impossible to use it all if it were just for his own people, and it probably wouldn't be long before Lin Zheng would be making higher-level cooking items! And as for selling them at a stall, Lin Zheng absolutely did not have the leisure time now! Suddenly, Lin Zheng felt a bit of a headache! After a while, Lin Zheng made a decision. He teleported back to Tianshuang City and then hurried to the square, shouting loudly: “White Cut Chicken group purchase massive sale! Only 10 silver coins each! Looking to sell! Looking to clear out! Passersby, don’t miss out!”
“Brother, you’re here!” Lan Xiran appeared beside Lin Zheng, looking at him with a very happy expression! Lin Zheng smiled and nodded slightly, saying, “Wait a moment, I’ll take you to level up after I sell these things!”
“White Cut Chicken for 10 silver coins each? Is that real or fake??” Someone immediately questioned.
“It’s probably real. Chicken meat is too easy to gather, and it’s super fast to make. The output is very high! When most people’s gathering reaches Level 3, the price will be even lower than this!”
“That’s right! I’ve also looked into it; there are too many places with chickens. The cooking market will become a chicken meat world in the future!”
“So, this price is real? Then what are we waiting for! Brother! Give me 100 portions of White Cut Chicken!”
“…”
After some understanding, the players began a massive buying spree, but Lin Zheng only sold 3400 portions, which was not enough for the large number of players. In a short while, all the White Cut Chicken for sale was sold out, and players who couldn't buy any left disappointed. Soon, there were no players in front of Lin Zheng, and he had an additional 340 gold coins in his bag. Lin Zheng, in a great mood, pulled Lan Xiran and said happily, “Let’s go! Brother will take you to level up!”
“Shengun Brother!” Xiao Meng’s voice suddenly rang out. Lin Zheng looked in the direction of the sound and saw Xiao Meng pulling Youxi, walking towards them, waving as she walked, very lively!
Lin Zheng smiled slightly, gently tapped Xiao Meng, who had walked up to him, and asked, “How did you find me?”
“I just heard people say that someone in the square was selling Level 3 cooking items for only 10 silver coins, so I wanted to come and take a look. I didn’t expect it to be Shengun Brother selling them!” Saying that, Xiao Meng smiled and extended her small hand, “Brother, you must have some left, quickly give me some!”
“You only know how to reap without sowing; do you know how boring it is to make these?” Lin Zheng playfully pinched Xiao Meng’s nose, but still traded 100 to her, saying, “I’ll give you 100 to use for now. Soon I’ll be able to make more advanced ones! I’ll give you even better ones then!”
“Hehe! I knew you’d save some for me, Big Brother!” Xiao Meng said happily, then asked with a hint of doubt, “But Shengun Big Brother, those who started cooking from the beginning only managed to reach Level 2 with great difficulty, how did you get to Level 3 so quickly?”
“Did you forget my dagger has a ‘Self-Taught’ attribute?” Lin Zheng said with a touch of pride. “With that attribute, I get 10 more proficiency points than others for each item I gather. Plus, others can’t kill high-level monsters, so cooking ingredients are scarce, but that doesn’t affect me at all! I just went to kill Three-Eyed Oxen until I reached Level 3, and then I gathered chicken meat to practice until now!”
“So amazing!” Xiao Meng looked at Lin Zheng with some admiration. At this moment, she also noticed Lan Xiran beside Lin Zheng. Seeing the delicate and adorable Lan Xiran, Xiao Meng couldn’t help but exclaim, “Oh?! Who is this cute child?”
“She’s the child of my Godfather, her surname is Lan, and her name is Xiran!” After saying that, he turned to Lan Xiran and said, “Xiran, this is Liu Xiao Meng, you should call her Xiao Meng Sis. And this is Changsun Youxi, your Youxi Sis!”
“Hello, Sisters!” Lan Xiran greeted obediently. Xiao Meng immediately took a liking to this Xiao Jiahuo. She stepped forward and stroked Lan Xiran’s head, happily saying, “So well-behaved! In the future, when Shengun Big Brother is busy, you can come play with us! There are also several other Big Brothers and Sisters who will play with us!” Upon hearing this, Lan Xiran’s eyes immediately sparkled, and she nodded happily!
Lin Zheng was also very relieved to see this. What Xiran lacked was the care of friends and elders, but as long as she was with Xiao Meng and the others, this problem would no longer be an issue! Whether it was Overlord, Tifa, Xiao Miao, or Long Ya, Chun Feng, and Lilith, Lin Zheng approved of their character! They would all be Xiran’s friendly companions and elders. Moreover, with Tifa, who is a loli and shota enthusiast, and Lilith, who is a steady older sister, Xiran would not lack care. This way, it could more or less fill the regrets in Xiran’s heart!
“Alright, I was just about to take Xiran to level up. Since you’re here, let’s go together!” Lin Zheng said.
“Wait! Glasses Sis is coming soon! Let’s wait for her to go together!”
“Is that so? Then let’s wait a moment!”
However, after several minutes, Lilith finally came online. Lin Zheng invited her to join the team, and then the group ran to meet her. When they saw Lilith, they found her expression a bit dazed, as if she had experienced some huge shock!
“Lilith, what’s wrong?” Lin Zheng asked in confusion, but Lilith didn’t even respond? What kind of blow did she receive? Xiao Meng became worried and quickly shook Lilith’s body, calling out, “Glasses Sis, what on earth is wrong with you?”
With Xiao Meng’s shake, Lilith finally came back to her senses. “Ah… huh?!” Lilith regained her composure and gave an embarrassed dry laugh, “Sorry, I was just thinking about something!”
“What could make you think so intently?!” Seeing Lilith’s expression, it didn’t seem like anything bad had happened, so Xiao Meng felt a lot more at ease, but she was still a bit confused!
“The person in charge of the Young Miss Cultivation Fund just came to find me!” Lilith said, calming her emotions.
“Ah?!” Xiao Meng jumped up immediately! “What?! Those damn people actually want to target Glasses Sis? How hateful! I’ll find people from the support group to beat them to death!”
Hearing Xiao Meng defend her so much, Lilith was very touched, but she smiled and shook her head, “No need, Xiao Meng!”
“You refused, right? That’s good!” Xiao Meng breathed a sigh of relief, but who knew Lilith would say, “No, I agreed!”
“What?!” Xiao Meng reacted even more intensely, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on! “How could you agree to that damned fund? They’ll bully you!”
“You didn’t check the school forum yesterday, did you?!” Lilith asked in return, and Xiao Meng paused, wondering what the forum had to do with this. Shaking her head, Xiao Meng said, “I haven’t been on there to chat for a long time!”
“No wonder you don’t know!” Lilith laughed, “Just yesterday, the principal of Dragon Garden was investigated! Someone personally saw him, covered in injuries, being escorted into a car by a group of armed police. Later, our Young Miss, Bai Ling Sis, even posted a statement on the forum saying that Dragon Garden had been reclaimed by its creator from the government, and from now on, all management matters of Dragon Garden will be handled by the Young Miss of the Young Miss Cultivation Fund!”
“Ah?!” Xiao Meng was greatly astonished. This news was too shocking for her. As the world’s highest-level educational institution, Dragon Garden had been incorporated into the administrative management system since its establishment, and its creator had always been a mystery! She never expected them to be so powerful, taking it back just like that? Is it real or fake?! “It’s not fake news, is it?”
“No!” Lilith shook her head, “Because just now, it was Bai Ling Sis who came to find me. You know how resolute Sis is; how could she lie for those people?”
“But, even if this is true, aren’t you afraid that this creator is just like that damned principal?” Xiao Meng was still a bit worried. In her mind, someone who could create Dragon Garden must be a rich middle-aged uncle or something, and aren’t uncles of that age very lecherous? And they’re very greedy for power and wealth, so it’s hard to guarantee he won’t become a second Zhang Ting!
“Hehe!” Lilith smiled happily and said, “You don’t need to worry about that. I also thought about it, but Bai Ling Sis told me there’s absolutely no need to worry because…”
“Because what?”
“Bai Ling Sis said that the creator is her older brother, and this older brother is a typical siscon!” Lilith covered her mouth and laughed. However, at the same time, Lin Zheng on the side immediately collapsed to the ground!