Chapter 416: The Last Restaurant of The Heavenly Mist City
Translator: CatatoPatch Editor: Vermillion
The Land of Southern Region was quite vast. However, it was small when compared to the Hidden Dragon Continent. That continent was a vast and boundless one. The Southern Region was located at an extremely small corner of it. If anyone were to leave the Southern Region, they would step into the southern domain.
Although the Hidden Dragon Continent was vast and boundless, there were people who managed to completely explore it in the past.
It was divided into four domains. They were the eastern, southern, western, and northern domains. They were named after the four directions.
The final domain was located in the center of the Hidden Dragon Continent. However, it wasn"t called the central domain. Instead, it was the core of the entire Hidden Dragon Continent. It was occupied and ruled by an extremely powerful faction.
That faction was the Hidden Dragon Royal Court. It was the one and only holy-land-degree faction in the entire Hidden Dragon Continent.
The eastern, southern, western, and northern domains were overseen and ruled by a first-rate faction.
The Grand Barren Sect was a first-rate faction. It was not just any first-rate faction. It was an extremely well known first-rate faction. The Southern Region was just a training ground owned by the Grand Barren Sect.
Apart from the Grand Barren Sect, there was another well-known first-rate faction within the southern domain. It was known as the Alchemy Sect. That sect possessed the power of a first-rate sect not due to the experts they possessed. Instead, it was because most of the elixir resources were held by the Alchemy Sect. There were countless experts willing to help the Alchemy Sect in order to obtain a single elixir.
They would fervently travel toward the southern domain and they would behave as though they were making a pilgrimage.
Due to all of those reasons, the Alchemy Sect had another name which resounded across the entire Hidden Dragon Continent. It was called the Pill Palace.
The Pill Palace had three Pill Cities under it. The city which was best-known was the Heavenly Pill City. The other two cities were known as the Heavenly s.h.i.+ne City and the Heavenly Mist City.
Although the Heavenly Mist City was the weakest of the Three Pill Cities, the area it occupied was extremely vast. Its magnificence was something the Light Wind Imperial Capital couldn"t rival.
The Heavenly Mist City had countless experts. Since it was a Pill City, there were innumerable alchemists living within the city. For one to become an excellent alchemist, they required something more than impressive alchemy skills. They needed to possess formidable power as well.
The reason why Pill Cities gained their name was that they had a Pill Tower located in the city. That was the symbol of the Pill Cities. There were countless precious pills and elixirs in the Pill Tower. The Pill Tower even had the legendary five-mark Divine Pill.
Even at night, Heavenly Mist City was brightly lit. It was as though the city never slept.
In a pitch-black alley, strong gales swept through the surroundings. Countless specks of white light appeared in the air and formed an array. A fuzzy figure slowly walked out of that array.
Bu Fang wore a while long gown and his hair was tied up with a velvet hair tie. He seemed to be quite spirited as he walked out from the array. When the wind disappeared, the surroundings became calm again. Bu Fang took a deep breath. A stinking odor a.s.saulted his nose and Bu Fang involuntarily furrowed his brows.
The system teleportation array was becoming more and more unreliable. It actually teleported him to the side of a garbage dump.
This pitch-black and quiet alley was unexpectedly filled with an extremely stinky pile of garbage.
Bu Fang covered both his nose and mouth as he waved his hand around. He quickly left that alley.
After leaving that pitch-black, quiet alley, Bu Fang felt as though he left a dark tunnel and stepped into the outside world. His surroundings were brightly lit. Ear-piercing noises were constantly transmitted to his ears and his eyes were dazzled by the bright light all around him.
Bu Fang couldn"t help but squint his eyes. He found himself unable to adapt to his new surroundings, feeling as though Heavenly Mist City was too noisy as it was bustling with activity.
There was a broad street not too far away from him and there were rows upon rows of buildings lining the street. The buildings were extremely tall and there were even some which reached the height of several dozen meters. The sight made him think of the metropolis from his previous world. It was brightly lit and buzzing with activity.
Bu Fang suddenly felt as though he returned to a city in his previous world.
Was this really a city in this fantasy world?
Bu Fang was slightly excited. Clasping his hands behind his back, he walked leisurely on that broad street. he could hear the sound of people hawking their wares along the street. When he listened carefully to what they were selling, he found out that they were actually selling elixirs.
In the Light Wind Imperial Capital, elixirs were an extremely rare commodity. However, elixirs were like cabbage which could be found everywhere in Heavenly Mist City. Almost every single store was selling elixirs.
The buildings which were dozens of meters high made Bu Fang feel as though he was extremely small and insignificant.
The tall buildings had a door made of bronze. There were streams of people entering and leaving the buildings.
Bu Fang felt like he was one of those b.u.mpkins in his previous world who traveled to a prosperous big city from a backward village.
He was really unable to adapt to the new place.
However, he was quite helpless. The system wanted him to open a branch store in this city. This mission was not only related to his cultivation. This mission would determine whether or not Whitey would be repaired.
The average cultivation of the people in the Heavenly Mist City was higher than those in the Light Wind Imperial Capital by more than a grade. The reason behind the difference was probably because Heavenly Mist City was a grand city.
After observing them for a while, Bu Fang found out that the weakest person here was a kid who was wearing open pants and cheerfully running around. His cultivation was at the third grade Battle-Maniac realm.
As for the others, they mostly had reached the Battle-Emperor and Battle-Saint realm. The number of people who had reached the eighth grade War-G.o.d realm or even the Supreme-Being realm were not scarce. The guards of the tall buildings were mostly in the Supreme-Being realm.
Existences like them would be overlords in the Light Wind Empire. However, they were everywhere in the Heavenly Mist City.
After a sigh escaped his lips, Bu Fang continued to walk along the road.
Bu Fang was facing a serious problem right now. If he wanted to open a branch in the Heavenly Mist City, he had to find a store first.
Even in the Light Wind Imperial Capital, Bu Fang had difficulties finding a store. This was the Heavenly Mist City… Finding a store would be much harder here.
"Eighth grade elixir, Tiger Spirit Pill! Clearance sale starts now, a single pill is only ten thousand pieces of crystals. First come first serve!"
"Eighth grade elixir, Black Mysterious Pill! This pill is made by a One Cloud Alchemist from the Pill Palace. Nangong Cheng is the one who made this pill. There are definitely no problems with the pill so you can buy it with no worries. If you miss the sale, you"ll regret it your whole life!"
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The more Bu Fang observed the flouris.h.i.+ng street, the more depressed he became. He discovered that every single store in Heavenly Mist City was selling pills. Those ear-piercing cries of them selling their goods were like that of peddlers.
Even after looking for half a day, Bu Fang was unable to find a single restaurant.
Could it be that the citizens of the Heavenly Mist City didn"t need to eat?
Were they consuming elixirs like fried beans? Could they fill their stomach with elixirs?
Food was a primary requirement of human survival. Why wasn"t there a single restaurant in the entire city? The food industry was an extremely great business opportunity!
In actual fact, Bu Fang"s guess was correct. The citizens of Heavenly Mist City really didn"t need a restaurant. There were many inns in the city, but there wasn"t a single restaurant.
Bu Fang continued to look around until evening came. Even after looking for a day, Bu Fang didn"t find what he was looking for. Since he became slightly tired, Bu Fang entered an inn.
This inn was quite high and tall. The decorations were quite magnificent.
After he entered the inn, he was welcomed by a young and pretty woman.
"Do you know where I can find a restaurant in the Heavenly Mist City?" Bu Fang asked the woman who was preparing his room.
"A restaurant?" that woman was slightly taken aback. She stared at Bu Fang with a strange gaze when she heard that he was looking for a restaurant.
Bu Fang furrowed his gaze and earnestly explained to her, "It"s a place where a person can go in order to eat some food..."
"Esteemed guest, you must be someone from outside our Heavenly Mist City. The city is one of the Pill Palace"s Pill Cities. No one would be stupid enough to open up a restaurant here. Several dozen years ago, a great alchemist from the Pill Palace"s Nangong Family invented a Multi-Taste Fasting Pill. It"s cheap and it has good quality. Just a single piece of it is enough to make you full. Since it came in countless flavors, all of the restaurants in the city went bankrupt.." The woman explained to Bu Fang with a smile on her face.
"This... This is the Multi-Taste Fasting Pill." After seeing Bu Fang"s confused expression, that woman took out several pills from her pocket. The pills were multicolored and they emitted an alluring fragrance.
"These pills are my rations for half a year." After showing Bu Fang the pills, the woman picked one of them and handed it over to Bu Fang. "Have a taste of it."
Bu Fang raised his eyebrows slightly. Just a few pills were enough for half a year worth of rations? This was interesting...
He didn"t reject it. Bu Fang took that pill and placed it in front of his nose and took a sniff of it before putting it in his mouth.
The moment it entered his mouth, a fruity fragrance filled his mouth. That pill turned into a liquid and flowed into his stomach. Bu Fang instantly felt full after the liquid entered his stomach. However, Bu Fang furrowed his brows as it was such a strange feeling.
He didn"t like such a feeling. The satisfaction obtained by eating delicious food when he was hungry wasn"t something a pill could satisfy.
"The person who invented this pill has something wrong with his brain. He"s suppressing and constraining one of the natural instinct of humans," Bu Fang said with a grave tone.
Pfft.....
That woman burst into laughter. She felt that Bu Fang was quite funny and she took his words to be a joke.
After preparing a room for Bu Fang, she led him into an array. The moment he stepped into the array, dazzling lights were emitted from it. They instantly reached a place which was located on the tenth floor, if not higher.
"This is your room. Please give me fifty pieces of crystals as down payment. If you check out tomorrow, we will return half of it to you," the woman said to Bu Fang after stepping out of the array.
Bu Fang"s lips curled up slightly. Staying for a night actually cost him fifty pieces of crystals. This inn was more black-hearted than his own store. A bowl of Egg-Fried Rice was just ten pieces of crystals.
After handing over the fifty crystals to the woman, Bu Fang turned around and was about to shut his door.
However, that woman called him back and she had a hesitant expression on her face.
Bu Fang was taken aback and he looked at her with confusion.
"Esteemed guest, in fact, there is still a single restaurant in the Heavenly Mist City." After hesitating for a long while, that woman bit her soft lips and whispered.
Bu Fang was taken aback. A trace of delight appeared in his eyes, "It is impossible for such a big city to not have a single restaurant. Where is the restaurant located?"
That woman sighed and said, "In fact, that restaurant was opened by one of my friends. I have been advising her to study in the alchemy inst.i.tute so that she could look for a job after graduation. However, she stubbornly wanted to take over her family restaurant which didn"t have good prospects at all..."
"How can it lack good prospects? It has great prospects! Your friend is insightful..." Bu Fang was displeased. How could she say that opening a restaurant had no prospects?
There was something wrong with how she saw restaurants. If she was in the Light Wind Empire, she would have been caught and thrown into a pig cage. It seemed as though the woman didn"t want to discuss restaurants any longer. After telling Bu Fang where the restaurant was located, she turned around and left.
Returning to his room, Bu Fang clasped his hands behind his back as he paced around in his room. The name of the restaurant resounded in his mind.
"The Cloud Mist Restaurant? The Cloud Mist Restaurant is the last restaurant in Heavenly Mist City?"