In September 3324 of the Xiuqi Continental Calendar, night.

Gu Bei stood alone in front of the window of his bedroom on the second floor, looking at the quiet street downstairs with a slightly sad face.

Seeing him, he sighed lightly, because of the fact that the Northern Cang Empire and the Beast Clan were attacking the Aoyue Empire on a large scale, even everyone on the side of the Wild Dragon Empire was now in danger.

I am afraid that the impact of the war will lead to an overall rise in prices, many people will lose their jobs, and the economic level will be greatly reduced.

Now even his store is affected, and his daily income is getting lower day by day.

Although the Auyue Empire reacted in time and mobilized troops to counterattack, it also lost more than 20 cities, and one-tenth of the country's territory fell into the hands of the enemy.

Now the two sides are facing each other in the second line of defense in Atlantis, although the Northern Cang Empire and the Orcs have joined forces, it is obviously not so easy to shake the foundation of the Aurantium Empire in one fell swoop.

And their victory or defeat is pinned on the Dragon Empire.

It's just that I don't know if the royal family of the Crazy Dragon Empire will choose to help that side, whether to go up and nibble up the Aoyue Empire together, or to counterattack the Beicang Empire.

Whew...

"It's autumn..."

Gu Bei stretched out his palm to feel the breeze outside the window, and even if he didn't use Qi skills, he could feel a trace of coolness.

In the past few months, his personal assets have gone from more than 60,000 karui to nearly 100,000 kalu.

And the side quest of the system has already been completed, and a once-in-a-lifetime offensive Qi skill - Shadow Slash has been obtained.

Now I just need to wait for the completion of the main quest, but unfortunately the Nine Ghost Fish has not been whereabouts.

The next morning, the door of the store had not yet opened, Xi'er and Lias had not yet gotten up, he had just finished washing up and was about to go to buy some ingredients, when he heard a knock on the door.

He doesn't make breakfast here, so why would anyone come so early?

Suspiciously, the door opened, and a faceless man in a black robe and cloak stood outside his shop.

"Are you?!" Gu Bei asked with some vigilance, and at the same time scanned this person with the system to see if it was Yuan Qi Master.

[The target is being scanned, and the information is confirmed successfully]

Target Qi Realm Level: Level 5.

The information conveyed by the system made him more cautious.

"You're the owner of this shop, aren't you?" The black-robed man's tone sounded dry, giving him the feeling that he had phlegm stuck in his throat and couldn't swallow it.

"That's right. Gu Bei replied calmly, and at the same time, the titanium alloy dog eyes glanced at the appearance of this person under the black robe, and found that it was a middle-aged man, but half of his face had burnt marks, which was very ugly.

Looking at the hair color and pupils, they are all black, and they should also be from the Dragon Empire.

"I'm here to discuss something with Boss Gu, don't you invite me in to sit down?" Seeing that Gu Bei was so calm, the man paused for a while and said in a low voice.

"Please come in, the store is small, you can sit casually. After Gu Bei completely pushed the half-open door open, he walked in first, he was very curious about what this person wanted to talk to him about?

The black-robed man was not polite, and after walking into the store, he simply looked around, and then really sat down.

"Boss Gu's business shouldn't be good lately?"

Gu Bei laughed mockingly, but did not answer, in this form now, which store's business can be good?

"Let me introduce myself, contemptible Lu Jiu, I don't like to go around the bend, let's open the skylight and talk brightly. When the black-robed man saw a cup of tea coming up from Gu Beiduan, he just looked at it carefully and continued.

"Oh?!" Gu Bei sat down opposite him with interest, could it be that he was here to find fault?

"I want to buy your chili recipe and as for the price guarantee to keep you satisfied. ”

When Lu Jiu said this, he suddenly understood that this person was coveting his own chili pepper, after all, it was unique to the mainland.

Many people had the habit of packing and taking away before, and they were inadvertently eaten by him, which is also uncertain.

"Not for sale. ”

Gu Bei replied briefly with two words, and directly cocked Erlang's legs, like a ruffian.

Lu Jiu was only stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile on his face: "Boss Gu doesn't want to listen to the price I gave?"

Gu Bei stared at him, this person's identity was unknown, even though he could see the face under the black robe, he still had to be careful.

He said lightly: "Oh?!, then I don't know what kind of price Mr. can offer?"

His chili peppers can only be bought in his system shop, and even telling him won't help.

I saw the black-robed man smile, and a pair of dry and wrinkled hands like bark stretched out from the black robe, which couldn't help but shock him.

Judging from his appearance, this person is at most in his forties, not to mention his face, even a whole arm.

A round gold badge half the size of a palm landed on the table from the palm of his hand.

Gu Bei looked up, his brows furrowed slightly, the pattern of a golden dragon hovering on the badge was on top, and below was a spatula, which was very delicately carved.

"Boss Gu, you should recognize this thing, right?" Lu Jiu let out a weird laugh in the black robe, which was trembling to hear.

"Is there a certificate for the admission badge of the Royal Family Cooking Competition?" Although Gu Bei was very shocked in his heart, he still replied with an unchanged face.

When I was in Tianyang City before, I heard Lu Yifa say that in three months, in the imperial capital of the Wild Dragon Empire, "Canglan City", there will be a triennial royal cooking competition.

However, there are only 30 places to participate, and only hotels in the empire that have reached the five-star level have the opportunity to send chefs to participate.

The top three winners can receive generous rewards, especially the first place can be vigorously promoted and protected by the Empire, and the prize money is up to 1 million Kalu.

Although Gu Bei wanted to participate, he was not qualified to enter at all, but at the same time, he was puzzled, how could this person have this badge certificate?

Seeing that his expression was a little hesitant, the black-robed man chuckled: "Boss Gu, are you doubting the authenticity of this badge?"

Without waiting for him to answer, he saw Lu Jiu reverse the badge on the table, and the words "Tianling Restaurant" were impressively printed on it.

"Tianling Restaurant was set on fire a few months ago and turned to ashes overnight, I'm afraid Boss Gu has heard about it, right?"

When Lu Jiu said this, his tone paused slightly.

Gu Bei finally realized something, his face changed slightly, he looked at him in shock, and said in a low voice: "You are one of the people who survived the Tianling Restaurant?"

He had heard that the fire had come out of nowhere, killing 80 percent of the employees inside, and many of the people who had escaped were missing.

"Hehe... How about it?" Lu Jiu obviously didn't want to answer this question head-on, and laughed self-deprecatingly, his body under the black robe trembling slightly.

However, this person is a Yuan Qi Master, and it is not difficult to escape from such a fire.

"Deal!"

A sly smile appeared on the corner of Gu Bei's mouth.

(Remember to give the character a heartbeat)

(Thank you for the 1,000 coin reward from Panhua Chenguang, and add a new chapter for him when the time comes.) ）