The song played throughout the night.
The next morning, when the door of the shop opened, the sunlight shone in. The floor of the shop was spotless, and so were the tables and chairs. There wasn't the slightest bit of damage.
The only exception was the two waiters. One of them had a pale face and was walking with a limp. However, he kept chewing something in his mouth and wouldn't swallow it. The other waiter had become skinnier, and one of his eyes was blind. He was in low spirits.
As for the kitchen, it wasn't visible. However, a faint smell of blood could be smelled coming from the direction of the kitchen, as well as the sound of meat being chopped.
The female shopkeeper, who had always been enchanting and gorgeous, looked dispirited. Her voice was hoarse, and her smile was forced. This caused the regular customers of the shop to be very surprised.
However, they didn't think too much about it. People came in one after another, chatting as they ate their usual food. Then, they left one after another. When noon came, the number of customers in the shop gradually increased. Although it wasn't full, it was about seventy to eighty percent full.
There were residents of Appetite City as well as outsiders. Everything seemed normal. It was as if the chaos in Appetite City was hidden away and not easily revealed during the holidays.
As for the abnormalities of the waiters and shopkeeper, no one paid much attention to them. That was until … a few outsiders who weren't residents of Appetite City carefully stepped into the shop. Their gazes would occasionally sweep across the shop, sizing up the dwarf and the fatty.
If it were any other time, the dwarf and the fatty would be impatient. However, today, they seemed to have changed their temperament. They allowed themselves to be sized up, served the dishes listlessly, and left silently.
This scene caused the hearts of the outsiders to tremble. They were the ones who saw Wang Baole being forced into the shop yesterday. Today, they came because of the strange situation yesterday. Curious, they wanted to see what was going on.
After all, after the holidays, the danger level of the shops in Appetite City would be greatly reduced.
At that moment, when they saw all this, waves of emotions surged in the hearts of these outsiders. They realized that the young man who had entered the shop yesterday was definitely not an ordinary person. However, when they saw that the workers and shopkeeper in the shop were injured but still alive, these people began to guess whether the young man had ultimately been outnumbered and ended up as food.
While these outsiders were deep in thought, the door to the second floor of the house was pushed open. Wang Baole strolled out and looked down from the balcony.
His appearance immediately attracted the attention of the diners downstairs. They all looked up, and so did the few outsiders. After seeing Wang Baole, they quickly withdrew their gazes.
At the same time, the midget's body clearly trembled as he worked even harder to pass the dishes. As for the little fatty, he also crazily pulled himself together and used all his strength to wipe the originally spotless and empty table. As for the female manager, it was as if she had been injected with chicken blood. She lowered her head and quickly calculated the accounts with an incomparably serious appearance.
Even the sound of the stove at the back of the house was louder at this moment …
Looking at all this from afar, Wang Baole took a deep breath. He could feel a faint aura of gluttony permeating the shop and drifting towards him bit by bit. After being sucked into his mouth, it merged into the vortex in his dantian.
A strong sense of satisfaction made Wang Baole's spirits rise a lot. He also developed a strong interest in the cultivation of the law of appetite.
This kind of cultivation, while strange, was also something he liked very much.
However, it was a pity that the aura of gluttony here was not strong. Wang Baole only took a few breaths before he completely absorbed the aura. This made Wang Baole feel a little regretful in his heart. When he thought of yesterday's festival, when the entire city gathered at the altar, that unimaginably strong aura of gluttony was unimaginable.
"This law of appetite, if cultivated to the extreme, can be controlled by all living things … because this kind of desire is a part of life."
"The seven emotions and six desires are all fundamentally like this …." Wang Baole sensed the vortex of appetite inside of him for a moment, then turned and headed back into his room.
His departure caused the dwarf, Fatty, and the manager to inwardly breathe sighs of relief. It was in this way that time passed. Soon, night fell. During this time, Wang Baole appeared one more time to absorb the aura and then return to his room.
Late at night, the shop was closed. The waiters and the others waited nervously for the rest of the night to pass.
Days passed. Soon, eight days had passed since Wang Baole became the owner of the shop. During those eight days, every time he appeared, he would absorb the aura of gluttony. At other times, he didn't seem to care at all. This caused the dwarf and the others to gradually relax.
However, on the ninth night that they thought was peaceful, Wang Baole's silhouette appeared on the first floor after the shop was closed. When he sat on the chair, the dwarf, the fatty, the manager, and the chef, who were on the first floor, instinctively became nervous.
"I'm very dissatisfied," Wang Baole said calmly as he sat on the chair.
"This shop's business is terrible."
As Wang Baole spoke, the dwarf stopped chewing. Fatty lowered his head. The cook looked at the female manager, who had an aggrieved expression on her face.
"Boss," she said softly, "the situation in the past few days can be considered good …."
Ignoring the manager's words, Wang Baole waved his hand and produced a bag of holding, which he tossed onto the table.
"Tomorrow, I'll launch this item." With that, Wang Baole stood up and returned to his room.
After he left, the dwarf and the others exchanged glances. Then, they approached the table and curiously picked up the bag of holding. When they opened it, they saw that it was filled with hundreds of small bottles.
Each bottle was half filled with water.
"This is …" The cook was curious. He picked up one and opened it. After smelling it, he drank a mouthful. Then, his eyes suddenly widened. In the next instant, his ugly face unknowingly revealed a smile. His eyes were filled with intoxication.
When the dwarf and Fatty saw what was happening, they quickly pulled out two bottles and downed them. Soon, their bodies began to tremble, and similar expressions appeared on their faces. This caused the female shopkeeper's eyes to shine brightly. She took out a bottle and took a sip. A moment later, her breathing began to quicken.
"It's sweet and sour with some bubbles. Most importantly, it contains the aura of happiness!"
It was … Ice Spirit Water!
In the room, Wang Baole also had a bottle in his hand. After drinking a mouthful, his eyes flashed with a strange light. He originally planned to keep a low profile in Appetite City, but with his understanding of the Law of Appetite, Wang Baole felt that keeping a low profile would not solve the problem.
If he could establish a foothold in Appetite City and obtain more of the Law of Appetite, it would be of great help to him. Therefore, he integrated the aura of the Law of Happiness into the Ice Spirit Water to create this drink.
It was not rare to use the seven emotions as ingredients in Appetite City. However, other than three to five super shops that could provide specific ingredients of the seven emotions throughout the year, most of the shops could only provide a little occasionally.
After all, the various branches of the seven emotions were mostly hidden and were very rare. As for the Law of Happiness, because it was targeted by the Song of Desire Listener, it was continuously exterminated over the years. Only a few were left and were on the verge of extinction. Therefore, there were even fewer of them. Even if there were some that were captured occasionally, they could not be like Wang Baole, who could provide unlimited ingredients based on his own understanding.
Therefore, it was almost foreseeable that with the introduction of the Ice Spirit Water, this shop would gradually become popular.
This made the eyes of the female manager, the dwarf, and the others instantly lit up.
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