Flying Sickness

The restaurant has made more than 200 taels of silver in one hour since its opening. Seeing that the customers are full and satisfied, it should not be a problem to make more than 1,000 taels of silver in the future.

The cost of restaurant renovation and food ingredients will be recovered soon.

Shen Leyan told Qingli to take good care of the restaurant during his visit to the southwest, and not to miss out on food and drink.

When he went back to the house to pack his luggage, he ran into Chen Jing knocking on the door.

 “Le Yan…you…why are you packing?”

Shen Le Yan stopped what he was doing and answered, “I plan to leave the sect for a while and go to the south to buy some different ingredients for the restaurant.”

“It’s like this…actually I’m here to say goodbye to you today.” Chen Jing’s face showed a little yearning and excitement, “This is the first mission I’ve taken since entering the inner sect. It’s with a few Senior brothers and sisters, I hope I won’t hold them back.”

Shen Le Yan blessed him, “When Brother Chen comes back safely, I’ll treat you to a drink!”

“Okay!” Chen Jing scratched his head, his voice suddenly lowered, “If I unfortunately die in–wuuuuuuuu–“

Before the other party could finish his words, Shen Le Yan rushed forward and covered Chen Jing’s mouth with his hand. He frowned and warned him.

“Don’t set a flag! Don’t talk nonsense before going out to do a mission.”

Based on his experience with the routines of various novels and TV dramas, people who usually say such words like entrusting an orphan to others usually don’t have a good ending in the end.

 Chen Jing looked at him blankly and nodded.

Shen Leyan let go of his hand.

Chen Jing: “…What is a flag?”

“It’s a foreign word. Don’t worry about what it means. In short, we must be confident when we set out to do the mission. We believe that no difficulty can defeat us. Don’t say discouraging words.”

“Okay, I’ll listen to junior brother, don’t say discouraging words! Then I’ll go back to prepare things… I’ll go first?”

Shen Leyan nodded.

Chen Jing walked to the door and suddenly turned around and waved at him: “Junior brother, today two of my classmates grabbed seats in your restaurant. They said it’s really delicious even if you dip the soles of your shoes in it!”

“Brother Chen, bring your friends next time, I’ll give you a discount.”

“I’ve been waiting for what junior brother said!”

A month later, at a small town on the border of the southwest.

It had just rained, and the sky was still gloomy. The sun was blocked by clouds, and the air was hot and humid.

 The market ground was a little muddy due to the rain. The pedestrians coming and going wore straw sandals, some were bare-chested, and some rolled up their sleeves.

The little girls wore jewelry unique to the southwest, and their skin was a healthy wheat color. Their smiles were bright and their voices were pleasant while they held flowers and pushed fruits to sell.

Several children wearing coarse cloth clothes were laughing and playing in the mud. One child accidentally looked up at the sky and pointed to the distance before shouting crisply.

“There are immortals flying in the sky!”

“Where, where?!”

“Ugh——” Shen Leyan squatted on the Jiang Xue Sword. He felt dizzy and retched for a while, almost coughing out his stomach. The feeling of vomiting was a little better.

It didn’t take that long to fly from Yunxi Sect to the southwest.

But because he hadn’t practiced fasting yet, they always had to eat a meal when they passed through a town. It had been agreed previously that he and Senior Brother Zheng would go alone, but when they were about to set off, Lu Yuanyi showed up.

Every time Lu Yuanyi ate, he asked Zheng Ziheng to teach him how to fast, but he actually ate no less than him!

In addition, Sect Master Lu’s sense of direction was not particularly good.

At night, the Jiang Xue Sword flew in the sky by itself, and they slept for a while. Then the next morning they found that they had lost contact with Senior Brother Zheng.

Looking at the map again, the Jiang Xue Sword’s flight route was already heading towards the east, and he could see the sea if he flew further!

Usually at this time, Lu Yuanyi would lightly criticize the innocent sword spirit of the Jiang Xue Sword, and then secretly look at the map to change the course behind his back.

Shen Leyan: “…”

It took them more than a month to reach the southwest border because of this waste of time.

He opened the kettle hanging on his waist, drank a few sips of cold water to moisten his throat, and looked up at Lu Yuanyi flying the sword behind him.

 “Master Lu, it’s almost noon, and there’s a market down there. Should we… I heard that the hot and sour chicken feet in the southwest are especially delicious!”

When he said the first half of the sentence, Lu Yuanyi’s handsome and cold face showed no reaction. When he said “hot and sour chicken feet”, he lowered his eyes and stared at him.

“Where is the store you mentioned?”

[…Master Lu, can you at least pretend a little? ]

Shen Leyan sighed in his heart: “I don’t know where the store is, but it must be sold in the market. We can find it soon after walking around.”

The Jiang Xue Sword immediately sped up, and Shen Leyan grabbed Lu Yuanyi’s sleeve to stabilize his body: “I feel dizzy–“

“You are prone to dizziness when you are hungry. We are here.”

They landed in a remote alley in the market, and Shen Leyan sat on the ground to relax for a while.

 Zheng Ziheng touched his forehead with the back of his hand with concern: “Junior brother, are you feeling unwell? Be careful of heatstroke.”

Shen Leyan shook his head: “I’m fine.”

He let Zheng Ziheng pull him up.

“I seem to smell the fragrance of food.”

Zheng Ziheng laughed: “Let’s go. I’ve seen the map. The southwest jungle where we are going to collect herbs is not far from this market. It’s not too late to eat first and then go there.”

The girl who sells hot and sour pounded chicken feet is a little girl who looks about the same age as Qingli. Her parents are deboning the chicken feet and cutting peppers, onions, lemons and other ingredients behind the stall.

The little girl was wearing a black and blue striped skirt. She was quite skilled in putting chicken feet and various seasonings into the container.

 “Brothers are holding swords, are you cultivators?”

Shen Leyan was amused: “You know cultivators?”

“Yes, there are often cultivators passing by here and going to the southwest jungle… but I have never seen many brothers and sisters come out after entering.”

There are many poisonous insects and monsters in the southwest jungle, so it is natural that cultivators will die in it.

The little girl divided the hot and sour chicken feet into three portions and wrapped them in oil paper before she handed them to them one by one.

 When it was Lu Yuanyi’s turn, Shen Leyan slyly smiled and said to the little girl: “Do you know how old this white-haired man is?”

The little girl hesitated: “Although this brother has white hair, he only looks like he is in his twenties, right?”

“No, he has lived for more than a thousand years.”

“Wow! A brother who is more than a thousand years old!” The little girl exclaimed while counting on her fingers, “No, my grandfather is only sixty years old this year. What should I call someone who is more than a thousand years old? Grandfather? Not right either…”

Shen Leyan glanced at the corner of Lu Yuanyi’s eyes and laughed happily.

He hid beside Zheng Ziheng and asked Senior Brother Zheng to take him with him when he flew the sword later, so as not to be held accountable by others when he sat on Jiang Xue Sword with Lu Yuanyi.