It was early summer at the moment. It was not even six in the morning yet, but the sky to the east of Wanbao City was already turning bright.
Lin Huang and Xiao Mo only realized it was morning when they saw that the sky was getting brighter outside the window.
"Let's go out for a walk and have breakfast." Seeing that it was not even six and they were not sleepy, Lin Huang suggested, "There's a mom-and-pop breakfast shop nearby that sells fried buns and dumplings. They taste great and business is booming. People start lining up past seven in the morning every day. The boss opens the shop at six. Let's wash up and go in time for the opening. "
Naturally, Xiao Mo had no objections. He rarely had the chance to enjoy the scenery. As a member of the Purple Crow, he would basically not go out unless he was on a mission. He would focus on the mission when he was on a mission, so he would not have the time to enjoy the scenery. Now that his identity had changed and it was his first time coming to Wanbao City, it was only natural that he was looking forward to it.
After a simple wash up, Lin Huang brought the Nightmare Tapir, Nine-tailed Cat, and Bloody out.
There were many cultivators who brought their pet monsters out in Wanbao City. Most of them were not Imperial Censors but pet monsters that they had bought and tamed. Lin Huang brought the two God Figurine's Combat Souls with him, so he did not attract any attention. However, the Nightmare Tapir's form was rather unique. People who passed by occasionally could not help but stare at him.
The breakfast shop that Lin Huang mentioned was less than a kilometer away from the hotel he was staying at. They arrived within a couple of minutes as they chatted while walking.
The owner and lady owner had just opened their shop. Even the pots had just been put on the shelves. One of them made buns while the other made dumplings. They had a clear division of labor.
Lin Huang randomly picked an open-air table outside the shop and sat down. He and Xiao Mo were the first customers at the first table.
"Why are you here so early today?" The lady owner greeted him while smiling. It was clear that Lin Huang was a regular here.
"Yeah, I woke up early today." Lin Huang nodded while smiling.
"You brought a friend." The lady owner peeped at Xiao Mo. She smiled even more happily when she realized that he was a handsome man.
"Yeah, I just told him that your fried buns and fried dumplings are delicious, so I specially brought him here to try them."
"Bro, you guys came early today. You might have to wait for a while," the boss said, a little embarrassed.
"It's alright, there's no rush. We're not in a hurry."
After Lin Huang finished ordering, he exchanged a few words with the owner and the lady boss, and the two of them went about their own business.
Puzzled, Xiao Mo lowered his voice and asked, "The owner and the lady boss of this shop are ordinary people, right? Do you usually communicate with them like this?"
"More or less. Usually, they have a lot of guests, so they don't talk so much. But they do have simple greetings." Lin Huang nodded. "Is there a problem?"
Xiao Mo was silent for a moment before he said, "We basically don't interact with ordinary people."
When Lin Huang heard this, he remembered that he had indeed been taught in the Purple Crow training camp to keep a distance from ordinary people and reduce communication.
"The Purple Crow doesn't allow its members to have too much contact with the outside world outside of the mission. It's mainly because it's afraid that the members will be influenced by the outside world and have a change in mindset. What you need now is a change in mindset. Don't be restricted by the Purple Crow's rules. "
"But when I communicate with them, most of the information I get is useless." Xiao Mo habitually categorized and judged the information in the conversation according to the Purple Crow's standards.
"If 100% of the communication between people is useful information without any extra words, how boring would that be?" Lin Huang smiled. "On the contrary, the useless information will make the communication warm and colorful. It will make the relationship between people richer and more interesting."
Xiao Mo did not really understand what Lin Huang said. "Interesting …"
"You'll be living and working with other people in the future. Don't refuse to communicate. If you don't know what to say, listen to them. It's not bad to be a listener. You'll find it fun to communicate slowly. "Lin Huang patted Xiao Mo's shoulder.
As the both of them were chatting, the lady boss served three plates of fried buns and two plates of fried dumplings to the table while chuckling. She then served them two bowls of porridge.
The fried buns and fried dumplings were not big. There were ten of them each.
The fried dumplings were crispy while the fried buns were rich in gravy. Lin Huang, the Nightmare Tapir, and Bloody preferred the fried buns, but Xiao Mo and Nine-tailed Cat preferred the crispy fried dumplings.
Lin Huang only ate half of the fried buns, leaving the rest for Xiao Mo, Bloody, and the two God Figurine's Combat Souls.
Xiao Mo ate four plates of fried dumplings on his own. He felt a little embarrassed after finishing them.
The lady boss said with a smile, "It's normal for young people to eat a lot when they're still growing. Don't be embarrassed."
"You're right, lady boss." Lin Huang nodded while smiling.
After breakfast and paying, Lin Huang brought Xiao Mo to the park nearby.
It was almost 6.40 am at the moment. Some of the uncles and aunties in the park were already doing their morning exercises.
Lin Huang brought Xiao Mo along as they walked on the small path in the park.
Xiao Mo thought it was refreshing to see the uncles and aunties doing their strange morning exercises.
Lin Huang nodded in satisfaction when he saw the curious look in his eyes.
After walking around the park with Xiao Mo, Xiao Mo began to feel a little uneasy as there were more people in the park. He was still not used to going to crowded places.
The duo only returned to the hotel when it was almost 7.30 am
Back in the hotel room, Lin Huang asked Xiao Mo, "How do you feel after walking around the park?"
"I'm not used to it, especially in crowded places. However, some things are quite interesting, "Xiao Mo answered.
Lin Huang was basically satisfied with the answer. Initially, he was a little worried that Xiao Mo would not be interested in living a normal life at all. Now that it seemed like Xiao Mo was not that repulsive, Lin Huang was relieved.
"I'll go into closed-door cultivation from today onwards. It might last more than a month this time. I have two missions for you within this one month. I hope that you'll be able to complete them successfully. "
"For the first mission, I'll give you a brand new method. I hope that you can build a new cultivation system in your body with this method. This method can help you break through from imperial-level purple gold-rank to virtual god-level. My request for you is to get to holy fire-level as soon as possible with this new cultivation system in a month's time. "
Xiao Mo was a little nervous when he heard the mission. He thought it would be difficult because he had spent a total of three years to break through from iron-level to white flame-level.
Lin Huang noticed his concern and added immediately, "You have a powerful cultivation foundation now. It should be fast for you to cultivate the new system again. Don't worry about the progress. You can ask Bloody if there's anything you don't understand. I'll get Bloody to stay with you. "
As Lin Huang spoke, he shook his left hand and Bloody came out of his sleeve.
Xiao Mo just found out that Lin Huang had been hiding a summoning monster in his sleeve all along.
After a simple introduction to Bloody, Lin Huang proceeded to say, "The second mission is to go to the park that I brought you to earlier.
Go to the park that I brought you to just now and walk around for at least an hour every day. You'll have to communicate with at least three people, even if it's just one sentence. You can go anytime between 7 am and 9 pm, but you must stay for a full hour. If you don't complete it on any day, the time will be doubled the next day and the number of people you can communicate with will be doubled too. Bloody will monitor your progress during this period of time. This will be the foundation for you to work and communicate with your partners in the future. I hope that you'll take it seriously. "
Xiao Mo's face turned sour when he heard the second mission. He thought that it was more difficult than the first one.
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"I'm out for something. I'll update tomorrow."
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