"Congratulations to the successor of Gokusen. The taste of the Shao family's Bucket Chicken is better than that of the Ma family's Bucket Chicken. You have completed all the tests!"
The voice of the weapon spirit suddenly sounded in Gu Zheng's heart. The Bucket Chicken made by the Shao family's Lu Caiji actually tasted better than the Ma family's Bucket Chicken. This really surprised Gu Zheng.
This meant that on this trip, Gu Zheng had found two types of better traditional snacks among the people, directly completing the test.
This test, which he thought was not easy to complete, was completed just like that. This really surprised Gu Zheng. Now, it seemed that this test was not difficult, and this test also brought great benefits to Gu Zheng.
Let's not talk about the rewards first. There would definitely be generous rewards for completing the test. Just the Wang family's roast chicken alone was a great harvest. With another source of food in the shop, they would be able to obtain greater profits in the future. Gu Zheng could earn more money.
In fact, his annual income had already surpassed his father's. However, no one would complain about having too much money. It was good to have more. At least, he would no longer have to worry about money in the future.
"Master Gu, how does this Bucket Chicken taste?"
Boss He smelled Gu Zheng with a smile. Changfeng was very efficient. They had already received the money. Now, Boss He was very happy.
"The taste is really great. Master Shao, can I discuss something with you?"
The taste of the Bucket Chicken was indeed good, especially when they added sesame peppers. Moreover, the Shao family did not use ordinary sesame peppers. They used high-grade Immortal Hemp from Sichuan Province. This was a very tasty ingredient, and its price was more than ten times more expensive than ordinary sesame peppers.
The Shao family's Bucket Chicken was also very famous. Even if it was not made by the Lu Caiji, many people still pursued it. Chestnut City was the hometown of longevity. The Shao family's Bucket Chicken was a local specialty of Chestnut City. The reason why it was so famous was because they added the Immortal Hemp.
The weapon spirit had probed and found that the sesame peppers used in the Bucket Chicken were also second-grade.
This meant that the Bucket Chicken used several kinds of inferior ingredients. It was no wonder that it could surpass the taste of the Ma family's Bucket Chicken. Unfortunately, the cost of Lu Cai's Chicken was too high, which increased the cost of the Bucket Chicken by a lot. As a result, many people would rather buy a cheap Bucket Chicken with a poor taste than buy such an expensive one.
The Shao family was not as insistent as the Wang family to only sell the roast chicken made by the Lu Caiji.
"Master Gu, please say it!"
Knowing that Gu Zheng had placed a large order for the farm, Master Shao appeared to be very respectful. Gu Zheng repeated what he had said to Xiang Ming and his son before to them.
This Bucket Chicken tasted great and was no worse than roast chicken. It could also be sold in his restaurant. He had also made a reservation for the Shao family's Bucket Chicken. Not only for now, but also for the future.
Just like Xiang Ming, Gu Zheng reserved 500 of them.
500 Bucket Chicken and 500 Roast Chicken could be fully consumed by their restaurant. If they couldn't sell out the Bucket Chicken and Roast Chicken, they could eat in their restaurant without any restrictions. They could pack and take out. With the taste of these two delicacies, as long as more people could buy them, they wouldn't have to worry about not being able to sell out.
Moreover, Gu Zheng could also give them some suggestions to make these two delicacies better and attract more people.
. An increase of five hundred chickens meant that they would have to release a thousand chickens every day. This was not a small number. The Lu Caiji took a long time to be released from the cages. It took five months, which was about 150 days.
Based on 150 days, they would have to release a thousand chickens every day. That meant that they would have to keep the number of chickens in the cages above 150,000 in the future.
150,000 chickens was more than ten times his current number of chickens. It meant that his farm had expanded by ten times.
Fortunately, this expansion was not a one-time thing. The expansion of the farm could not be completed in a short period of time. After increasing the order, Boss He had already considered dividing the farm into two parts. One would be his, and the other would be built on Mandang Mountain. It was impossible to raise all the chickens in his place.
The Lu Caiji could not stay in the cages forever. They had to be divided into areas. They had to come out and walk around every day. One mu of land could only hold a hundred chickens.
150,000 chickens. The land alone needed 1,500 mu. It could only be mountainous and not cultivated. His place could only hold 70,000 to 80,000 chickens at most. It was necessary to build a branch factory.
With the additional order, Gu Zheng gave them an additional deposit of three million.
Boss He did not have money. It was impossible for him to expand the farm. In order for them to produce more Lu Caiji as soon as possible, Gu Zheng had to fork out the money. It was a total of six million. Gu Zheng and Changfeng could afford it. Once the number of Lu Caiji increased, they would be able to earn back the money in a short time.
Not only them, but Boss He, Xiang Ming, and Master Shao also knew how to make money. It was killing two birds with one stone.
When they arrived, Xiang Ming went to pick up Gu Zheng. When they returned, a few cars sent them off. Gu Zheng sighed. He was already very satisfied to be able to complete a third of the test this time. He didn't expect that he would be able to complete the last third as well, completely completing the test.
Gu Zheng was in a good mood after completing the test and adding two more good ingredients to the store.
"Descendant of Gokusen, congratulations on completing the test triggered by Lord Gokusen. The reward is as follows!"
After returning to Shen City, Gu Zheng could not wait to ask for the reward this time. This was a test set by Lord Gokusen. Last time, the cure of Master Liang's anorexia was a test set by Lord Gokusen. The reward was not Changfeng's.
After completing this test, the reward would not be bad.
"Reward, one Fire Element Pill!"
In the Chaotic Space, a small fiery red dot fell into Gu Zheng's palm. It was a red elixir pill about the size of a glass ball. There was still a flame burning in the elixir.
"Fire Element Pill, a middle-level elixir in the Immortal World. It can enhance the cohesion of fire elements. It is of great help to the Fire Control Art!"
The Artifact Spirit explained to Gu Zheng. This was an elixir that could directly enhance the fire attribute, especially for people who cultivated fire attribute cultivation methods. This type of elixir was far more effective than the Immortal Essence Pill for them.
Gu Zheng cultivated Gokusen's Immortal Art. It did not have any special attributes, but it had every attribute. The Fire Element Pill could also enhance it.
Especially after taking the Fire Element Pill, the ability of the Fire Control Art had improved. It was also of great help to his cooking skills.
"Reward, three types of food cultivation methods!"
This time, food cultivation appeared again in the reward. Lord Gokusen had thousands of food cultivation methods. Gu Zheng had learned three types before, and now there were three more, which meant that he had learned six types.
Compared to Gokusen's thousands of food cultivation methods, Gu Zheng's was still far from it. However, he had just started cultivating not long ago. He was already very satisfied with these.
"Reward, two types of food ingredients to upgrade in the Chaotic Space!"
Gu Zheng was stunned. The reward this time was actually the qualifications to upgrade food ingredients in the Chaotic Space.
At first, Gu Zheng only had three qualifications to upgrade. He used one egg, one water, and then one thousand-year-old ginseng.
After Gokusen's Immortal Art had advanced to the second realm, the Artifact Spirit had given him two more types of food ingredients, which meant that he had five types of food ingredients to upgrade. However, there was only one type left. The other one was used in Hangzhou to upgrade the table salt.
Now that there were two more types, Gu Zheng could upgrade the quality of food ingredients to three types. In other words, as long as there were second-grade ingredients, Gu Zheng could upgrade them to ordinary grade. The number of ordinary grade ingredients he could use had increased by three more types.
This was definitely a great reward, which made Gu Zheng very satisfied.
"Reward, cooking skills, steamed fish!"
The white-clothed man from before appeared again. This time, he rewarded Gu Zheng with cooking skills, steamed fish cooking skills. Gu Zheng had already learned several types of cooking skills before, and there were also some that he created himself. However, most of them were related to chicken. Fried eggs, chicken blood soup, and shredded chicken noodle soup were all related to chicken.
Even his self-created Egg-Fried Rice also had eggs in it.
This time, he finally learned a cooking skill that had nothing to do with chicken, steamed fish.
Steamed fish seemed simple, but it was also very complicated to make. Soon, the cooking skill of steamed fish was imprinted in Gu Zheng's mind, as if he had already learned it long ago.
There was a fish pond in the Chaotic Space, and Gu Zheng had ordinary grade fish. It was a pity that they were not mature yet, so he could not make steamed fish to try now.
This time, there were no immortal skills or techniques rewarded, but these rewards already made Gu Zheng very satisfied. There was no punishment in this test, and the rewards were so great. Gu Zheng was now looking forward to more tests like this in the future, so that he could obtain more things and cooking skills.
On the second day after Gu Zheng returned, Wang's Roasted Chicken and Shao's Bucket Chicken were delivered.
They were delivered by Xiang Ming's son, Xiang Kai, personally. He would be responsible for delivering goods to Gu Zheng every day. This time, he delivered a total of 40 Roasted Chickens and 40 Bucket Chickens. Now, most of the Lu Cai's Chicken production was delivered to Gu Zheng.
The Bucket Chicken was cold, and the Roasted Chicken was covered with warm braised soup. When it arrived at Gu Zheng's restaurant, it was still hot. The freshly cooked Roasted Chicken was the best.
"The restaurant has new dishes, look!"
"Damn, so expensive!"
"Are the chickens here all made of gold? Why is it that each one is more expensive than the other?"
"It doesn't matter if it's expensive, as long as it tastes good. The food in other places is cheap, but the taste is really not as good as here!"
After the store manager listed the new food types and prices, the people in the restaurant who were eating started to talk about it. This time, there were a total of two types of new food that were listed, and they were sold as a whole.
Wang's Roasted Chicken, 185 catties. Shao's Bucket Chicken, 195 catties. Gu Zheng did not change his name and directly used their names to show respect. This made them very grateful.
It was not just one, but one catty. It was close to 200 yuan per catty. The price was indeed not low.
The Roasted Chicken could not be sold alone, and the Bucket Chicken could be sold in half. The Roasted Chicken was very mushy, and the meat separated with a gentle tear. There was no way to sell it separately. The Bucket Chicken was harder and could be cut in half to sell. Anyway, it was sold by catty, so they could buy it however they wanted.
However, the price made many people shake their heads.
Not to mention them, even the store manager was stunned when he heard the price that Gu Zheng asked him to write. He thought that 88 yuan for chicken blood soup and 58 yuan for noodles were already very expensive, but he did not expect that the price of these two types of chicken was higher than the price of one mountain.
However, the store manager knew more than ordinary diners. The reason why the price of these two types of chicken was so high was because the cost of purchasing them was very high.
The purchase price of the Roasted Chicken was 81. Originally, Xiang Ming wanted to lower the price to Gu Zheng. After all, it was wholesale and could not be treated the same as retail. However, Gu Zheng did not agree. After chatting with Boss He, Gu Zheng found out that Xiang Ming's Roasted Chicken was actually very thin. The cost of each catty of Roasted Chicken was close to 75 yuan. If he sold it at 80 yuan, it was really not profitable.
A chicken that cost a few hundred yuan only earned 20 yuan. If he sold ten of them a day, he would only earn 200 yuan.
No wonder their shop was so shabby and the car they drove was so bad. They could not compare to Boss He and Master Shao. In this case, Gu Zheng could not let him reduce the price at all. It was meaningless to Gu Zheng to reduce the price by two or three yuan. However, for Xiang Ming, the profit would be reduced by half.
Gu Zheng would not eat the meat himself and let others not even drink the soup. He simply sold it according to the market price, as long as he could guarantee his supply in the future.
The purchase price was 81 catties, and the transportation cost was also included. The transportation cost was not low. Fortunately, there were 40 Barrel Chickens to share the transportation cost. Otherwise, the transportation cost would be even higher.
Even so, if they were really transported to the shop, they would have to add 20 yuan per catty. It was equivalent to their cost of 100 yuan per catty.
The cost of 100 yuan per catty was not included in the cost of the shop and the staff. After calculating these, it was indeed not high to sell it at 188 yuan. After all, opening a shop was a business, and it also needed to make profits.
As for the Barrel Chicken, it was because the Barrel Chicken used better raw materials. The cost of the raw materials was higher than the roast chicken, so the price was higher.
Master Shao sold the Barrel Chicken for 91 catties. The profit was slightly higher than Xiang Ming, but it was not 10 yuan. It was about 8 yuan. Because of this, he was not willing to make this kind of Barrel Chicken. Except for the high-end customers, it was not sold in the shop at all.
The profit of 8 yuan per catty was about the same as the ordinary Barrel Chicken, but the cost was several times higher. If it were anyone else, they would choose a source with a lower cost. Xiang Ming was an exception. He had promised his master, and he kept his promise.
After the two new foods were put out, some curious people went to buy some to try.
The roast chicken and the Barrel Chicken used Lu Cai chicken. They were all big. Basically, a few people bought one. Those who tried it all gave a thumbs up. The taste of the roast chicken did not disappoint them. It was very unusual, especially when they drank the chicken blood soup and ate the roast chicken. It was very comfortable.
Since the taste was good, they could accept the higher price. The 40 roast chickens and 40 Barrel Chickens were sold out in half a day.
Xiang Kai stayed in Gu Zheng's shop for half a day before going back. Gu Zheng's shop was an eye-opener for him. He never thought that there would be people who did business like this. The price was so expensive, but the business was so good.
The chicken blood soup cost 88 yuan per bowl. It was sold out every day. The chicken blood soup made by Gu Zheng cost 888 yuan per bowl. Many people fought for it. More people complained that Gu Zheng had not made chicken blood soup recently, so they could not drink it.
These people acted as if money was not important at all. They did not care about money at all.
This trip made him secretly determined that he would never stay in a small town in the future. He must go out. Life in a big city was what he yearned for. He wanted to stay in Shen Cheng City in the future. He wanted to stay in this big city.
His father had promised to teach him the recipe and technique of roast chicken. He also said that after he learned it, he could go to Gu Zheng's shop to make roast chicken. He could only do it here. He had to use Lu Cai's chicken to make Wang's roast chicken. If he used other ingredients, he would not recognize him as his son.
Two kinds of chickens, 80 per day. It was sold out every day. Many people asked the shop to increase the supply. Unfortunately, the farm could only provide this amount of supply.
However, all of this would improve in five months. Boss He was very busy recently. He had been expanding the factory and increasing the scale of breeding.
The 6 million that Gu Zheng gave him allowed him to do as he pleased and go all out.
At this time, the incident of Shang Ping's Bubble Bun Shop completely broke out. It triggered a public discussion about food safety. Not only Shang Ping and Su City, but also many restaurants in Shen Cheng City were secretly inspected. Then their food safety situation was announced.
Many electric food products did not meet the safety standards and were exposed. There were also some shops that used gutter oil and were punished badly. Some of the more serious ones, such as those who made poisonous buns, were arrested. These people were sentenced and could not be released in a short period of time.
In addition, there were many restaurants whose food safety standards were up to standard and could be used without worry.
In addition, there were a few restaurants whose food was not only harmless, but also beneficial to health. Most of them were large stores that paid attention to health. Among them, there was Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup.
Gu Zheng's shop was also inspected. Their appraisal report made the people of the Food Safety Bureau somewhat incredulous.
All of their food, including the roasted chicken and barrel chicken, were not harmful at all. They were all safe food. That was fine, but their chicken blood soup actually contained more than eighty substances that were beneficial to the human body. Drinking their chicken blood soup often would only bring benefits and no harm.
Among the foods inspected, Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup was the best food for the human body.
As soon as this announcement came out, the original attack on Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup was self-destructed. Everyone knew that there was no problem with Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup. They just disdained to distinguish it.
Good food was good. Even if they didn't distinguish it, the business recovered and became popular again.
Now with the appraisal report, the business became even more popular. Some people were still a little guilty because of the original suspicion and were more supportive of Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup. Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup became more and more famous in Shen City. Many foreign tourists had come to taste it, and its fame gradually spread to the whole country.
Three days later, the official website of the Food Association issued a new announcement, announcing the date and list of contestants of the 16th Chinese Food Competition.
Three hundred contestants were from all over the world. The Chinese Food Competition had a nationality requirement. Only people with Chinese nationality could participate, but there was no restriction on their place of work.
Many famous chefs worked abroad. Gu Zheng's father, Gu Ming, was one of them.
The list of three hundred people was basically the top active chefs in the country at present. Except for a few seniors who had participated in many competitions and were no longer participating in the competition, the rest of the experts in the cooking world were all here. The list of three hundred people had personal information such as their place of work, age, place of origin, and previous achievements.
Gu Zheng's name was among the three hundred people, followed by his age, 23, result, first place in the Hangzhou Food Competition.
As soon as the name came out, it caused a heated discussion in the cooking world. Not only in this competition, but also in every previous competition.
As the grandest competition in the domestic cooking world, the attention of the Chinese Food Competition was very high. Most people in the gourmet world were paying attention to this competition. Every year, some people who were not famous suddenly became famous, and some people who were not familiar with participated in the competition.
These people would become the target of many restaurants.
Gu Zheng was also studied by them. In the end, they all gave up after knowing that Gu Zheng was the owner of Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup.
Many people knew about Gu Ji Chicken Blood Soup, and they also knew that their business was very good. How could such a big boss be poached to be their own chef? This was not realistic at all.
As expected by Elder Gao, among all the contestants, Gu Zheng was the youngest, but what surprised them was that there was another contestant under the age of 25, a contestant named Song Bai, who was 24 years old, only one year older than Gu Zheng.
In one competition, there were two contestants under the age of 25, which was very surprising.
Moreover, Song Bai's information was very simple, only his place of birth, and nothing else. He was recommended to participate in the Food Competition. The person who recommended him was a senior in the food industry, a highly respected senior. With such a senior's recommendation, he could also participate in the competition.
There were more people who studied him than Gu Zheng. After all, no one knew who this person was before, and they all wondered if they could invite him over when he suddenly appeared.
As long as one participated in the Chinese Food Competition, even if their cooking skills were average, there would be people rushing to take them, not to mention that it was impossible to participate in such a competition with average cooking skills. Everyone must have their own characteristics.
The competition would be held in two months. After the list came out, Uncle Hu, Elder Gao, and President Wu all called to let Gu Zheng prepare for the competition with peace of mind and strive to get a good result in the Chinese Food Competition.
Even Gu Zheng's father, Gu Ming, also called to tell him about his experience in participating in the Food Competition.
Everyone attached great importance to this competition, but Gu Zheng himself didn't care. Now, he had the cooking skill of steamed fish and ready-made ingredients. In addition, he had the right to choose his cooking skill. In addition, he had already learned how to fry eggs, chicken blood soup, shredded chicken noodle soup, and egg fried rice. Gu Zheng had a lot of cooking skills to participate in the competition, so he didn't have to worry at all.
"Sect Master, do you have time?"
Seven days later, Gu Zheng suddenly received a call from Wuyou, which made Gu Zheng feel very strange.
He had just returned from Le City three days ago and went back to comfort the white cat. He had to go back once in a while to make some delicious food for the white cat so that it could continue to stay there and let Emei Sect have one more guardian immortal beast at the cultivation level.
"I don't have anything to do recently. Did something happen in the sect again?"
Gu Zheng asked casually. When he went back, Great Elder Wuyou didn't say anything. It had only been a few days, but he suddenly called. This made him instinctively think that something had happened in the sect again, and it was something that the two elders couldn't solve.
"Nothing happened in the sect. Everything is fine. We just got the news that a Tianshan Snow Lotus is about to mature and be born!"
Great Elder Wuyou said quickly. Gu Zheng was slightly relieved. It was good that nothing happened in the sect. Emei Sect originally had few people, so he didn't want to have any trouble. If that happened, it would be too tiring for him as the sect master.
"Tianshan Snow Lotus, didn't we just receive one?"
Not long ago, Zhen Feng Hall did receive a Tianshan Snow Lotus. It was an ordinary Tianshan Snow Lotus with very good quality. It had already been sent to the underground treasury by Wuchou. At this time, even if a new Snow Lotus was born, the Great Elder shouldn't be alarmed. After all, the raw materials that grew on earth could only reach the ordinary level.
"This is different. The Snow Lotus that was born this time is a thousand years old. A thousand year old Tianshan Snow Lotus will definitely bear Tianshan Snow Lotus Seeds. The" Snow Lotus Pill "refined from the Tianshan Snow Lotus Seeds can increase the success rate of breaking through to the late stage of the fifth layer by more than fifty percent!"
Great Elder Wu You quickly said. Not every late stage fifth level cultivator could become an immortal cultivator. Many people could reach the fifth level, and many sects never lacked fifth level cultivators. However, there hadn't been a single immortal cultivator for hundreds or thousands of years.
The reason was that it was too difficult to break through from the late stage of the fifth layer to the realm of cultivators. Once one failed, there would be no possibility of advancing again.
The Tianshan Snow Lotus Seeds, which were rarely seen in the world, could increase the success rate of advancing to the next level by fifty percent. Just this effect alone was enough to make many people go crazy.
Normally speaking, less than one in ten people who broke through to the late stage of the fifth layer to become a cultivator. There wasn't even a ten percent chance. Now that the success rate was increased by fifty percent, one could imagine how those late stage fifth layer cultivators would react.
After all, advancing to the realm of cultivators was equivalent to having a longer lifespan and greater strength. Everyone hoped to break through to this realm.
"It's like this, Great Elder wants this Snow Lotus?"
Gu Zheng understood what was going on. This kind of treasure was very attractive to inner strength cultivators. Great Elder Wuyou was already at the late stage of the fifth layer, so it was reasonable for him to desire it.
"Yes, we must have it!"
Great Elder Wuyou said quickly. There was one thing that Gu Zheng didn't know, and Great Elder Wuyou didn't mention it. Great Elder Wuyou wanted the Snow Lotus not for himself, but for Gu Zheng.
He was very old. Even if he broke through, his achievements would be limited. Gu Zheng was different. Gu Zheng was still young. Once he broke through, his achievements would be more brilliant in the future. Great Elder Wuyou wanted this Tianshan Snow Lotus Seed because he wanted to keep it for Gu Zheng.
"Great Elder, if you have any plans, just tell me directly!"
"The Snow Lotus is about to mature. We have to get to Tianshan Mountain as soon as possible. Wuchou and I will set off now. Sect Leader, you can meet us at the foot of Tianshan Mountain directly …"
Great Elder Wuyou told Gu Zheng many details about this trip to Tianshan Mountain.
After a while, Gu Zheng hung up the phone with Great Elder Wuyou. He frowned slightly and decided to get to Tianshan Mountain as soon as possible. Early the next morning, Gu Zheng rushed to the airport and headed to Tianshan Mountain.
The people of the Emei Sect had already left. They would wait for Gu Zheng at the entrance of the grassland to Tianshan Mountain, and then they would go together.
Gu Zheng took a plane from Shen City to Urumqi alone. From Urumqi, he took a car along the Wuyi Highway to Duku Highway. After traveling for more than 460 kilometers, he arrived at Jing County.
After arriving at Jing County, Gu Zheng found a local to be his guide. He walked along the rugged mountain road to the west and headed toward the Bayanbrook Grassland.
Although he said he was going along the mountain road, there was actually a car. However, the car was very old and the road conditions were not good. It was very bumpy all the way. Even though Gu Zheng was a cultivator, he still felt very uncomfortable.
It was more than 300 kilometers from Jing County to the Bayanbrook Grassland. On this rugged mountain road, there were many cars coming and going. After all, the Bayanbrook Grassland was the second largest grassland in the Celestial Empire, second only to the Erduosi in Inner Mongolia. The terrain there was flat, and there were abundant water plants. It was a typical grassland. It was also one of the most important animal husbandry bases in Xinjiang. At the same time, there were also many famous scenic spots, such as the "winding" Kaidu River and the elegant and charming Swan Lake. Therefore, many tourists came here.
However, the place Gu Zheng wanted to go was far away from those tourist attractions. The local people called that place "Black Dragon's Mouth". In the past, there were often large Tianshan Gray Wolves near the Black Dragon's Mouth. Although there were fewer Tianshan Gray Wolves now, there were still very few people willing to be a guide to that place.
The guide Gu Zheng found was called Erick. He was an old man in his sixties. He had a sallow face and two curly mustaches.
Erick was a local minority. When he was young, he stayed in the mainland for a period of time. He knew some Chinese. From Erick, Gu Zheng learned that a lot of people from the mainland went to the Black Dragon's Mouth. Erick alone had received two groups. Gu Zheng understood that those who went to the Black Dragon's Mouth at this time were most likely from the major sects in the mainland.
Although Jing County was only 300 kilometers away from the Bayanbrook Grassland, Gu Zheng arrived in the afternoon. Because of the rugged mountain road, he would spend the night on the road. He could only enter the grassland tomorrow.
The sky gradually darkened. Under the illumination of the car lights, two men with backpacks appeared.
The two men looked over and signaled for the car to stop. Erick slowed down the car and looked at Gu Zheng.
This trip could be considered as Gu Zheng's chartered car. Erick naturally had to listen to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng didn't say anything. He just nodded and the car stopped in front of the two men.
The two men looked to be in their forties. One was fat and the other was thin. The fat one had a smile on his face while the thin one had no expression on his face.
"Where are you going?" Eric asked in stiff Mandarin with a strong 'Ma' accent, which was very distinctive of the place.
"We are going to the Black Dragon's Mouth. Do you know how to get there?"
The fat one handed a cigarette to Erick, but was stopped by Erick who didn't smoke.
Erick turned back and looked at Gu Zheng again. His eyes had a trace of pleading.
Gu Zheng learned from chatting with Erick that Erick's family situation was very bad. Otherwise, he wouldn't be running around as a tour guide at such an old age.
If the two people who stopped the car were just ordinary tourists who wanted to give them a ride, then Erick wouldn't have to ask Gu Zheng. After all, Gu Zheng had already given his permission. However, the place they were going to was the same as Gu Zheng's. Passengers who were passing by had to pay for such a long distance ride.
"Sure!" Gu Zheng sympathized with old man Eric and nodded in agreement.
"Thank you."
Erick thanked Gu Zheng and turned to the two men. "I know how to get there, but you have to pay to get there!"
"How much does it cost for two people?" The fat one smiled.
"One thousand yuan per person!"
Erick charged two thousand yuan for Gu Zheng. It was reasonable for him to charge one thousand yuan for each of the two men. Although there were cars along the way, after entering the depths of the grassland, there were some places where cars couldn't pass! At that time, he would need to walk for a day to reach the Black Dragon Mouth.
Gu Zheng was now the boss. He had a considerable fixed income every month. The other party was also an old man. When Erick said two thousand yuan, he immediately agreed.
However, the two men in front of him had different thoughts from Gu Zheng. The fat man's mouth twitched, and the expressionless man's thin face suddenly turned cold.
"One thousand per person? Why don't you rob! "
"If you want to sit, then sit. If you don't want to sit, then forget it!" Erick looked a little angry and pretended to drive.
"Don't be angry, old man. He doesn't know how to talk. Two thousand, right? It's not expensive! "
The fat man was much more flexible than the expressionless man. He quickly took out his wallet and paid. Erick didn't say anything more. The two men then got in the car.
Erick's car was a jeep. Gu Zheng was sitting in the back. When the two men opened the door, the fat man took the initiative to sit in the front passenger seat, and the thin man sat in the back.
Gu Zheng closed his eyes to rest. After the two men got in the car, they began to chat.
The content of the chat was not very nutritious. It was nothing more than complaining and lamenting.
From their chat, Gu Zheng learned that the fat man was called Yang Jie, and the thin man was called Jie Hao. The reason why the two of them were blocking the car on the road was because their previous guide left them on the road and went back by himself.
Although the two of them accused the guide of having no professional ethics, Gu Zheng understood that the fault was not with the guide. It was because the guy called Jie Hao spoke unpleasantly and did not respect other people's customs. Although the guide left them on the road, he returned half of the money to them.
Even so, the guide was taught a lesson by them. The two of them didn't want the guide anymore.
Knowing their purpose, and knowing that they were Internal Strength cultivators who were aiming for the Snow Lotus, Gu Zheng didn't want to deal with the two of them. Along the way, he didn't speak. When they were chatting, Gu Zheng closed his eyes and calmed down.
Fortunately, the two of them were speaking in Sichuan, so Eric couldn't understand them. Otherwise, they would have been kicked out of the car.
Yang Jie and Jie Hao chatted for a while. There was nothing else to say, so the topic changed to Gu Zheng.
"Hey, friend! Wake up, where are you going? "Yang Jie said with a smile.
"Don't pay attention to him. This person is rude. When we were in the car, he was talking. When we got in the car, he kept his eyes closed. Seeing this kind of person makes me angry." Jie Hao coldly snorted.
Gu Zheng was about to say something when the car jolted. The old man Eric drove the car to a fork in the road. The fork was not long. At the end of the road, there was a large open space as large as a playground. There were several caves on the cliff, and there were many traces of bonfires on the ground. It seemed that the people who took this road used it as a place to rest.
"Let's spend the night here. Come and set up your tents and get your sleeping bags."
Eric got out of the car. It was not safe to drive in the grassland at night. Not only were there wild wolves, but the road conditions were also not good. An accident could happen, so guides were rarely willing to drive at night.
Gu Zheng opened the door and got out. Yang Jie and Jie Hao also got out of the car. However, they did not go to get their sleeping bags. Instead, they stretched their muscles and bones.
"If you don't take your sleeping bags, how will you sleep at night?" Eric said unhappily as he stuffed his sleeping bag into the cave.
"We've already paid for it. Do you still need us to do such a thing as setting up a tent and putting in a sleeping bag?" Jie Hao's eyes widened as if he had heard a fantasy story.
"I'm a tour guide, not your servant." Eric was really angry. Both of his whiskers were shaking.
"You old man have a big temper?"
Jie Hao said as he walked towards Eric. Gu Zheng, who was already unhappy with the two, quickly stuffed his sleeping bag into the cave and walked towards Eric.
"Forget it, why are you angry with an old man!"
Yang Jie pulled Jie Hao, who was walking forward. He did not want to be left in the wilderness again.
"No, I just don't want to spoil their bad temper!"
Jie Hao's voice paused, and he seemed to be even angrier. "Look, what kind of virtue is he? He actually put our sleeping bags back in the car!"
"Don't talk about it. We are not ordinary people. What does it matter if we sleep in the open? If we don't sleep in our sleeping bags, will we lose a piece of meat? "
Yang Jie sneered and shook his head. Jie Hao looked at Eric contemptuously and did not say anything.
Gu Zheng returned to the front of the car to help Eric get the fire. In his heart, he was actually sneering.
Through the Artifact Spirit, Gu Zheng could easily see through the cultivation of the two. Although they looked arrogant, their cultivation was only at the late stage of the second level.
The second level was the Bone Refining Realm. Under normal circumstances, this kind of cultivation was not too afraid of the cold and heat. However, today's weather was abnormal. Not long after they started the journey, Eric looked at the sky and said that there would be a 'bone-chilling wind' in the first half of the night. This wind would make the temperature drop to minus ten or twenty degrees. They could withstand ordinary low temperatures, but with the bone-chilling wind, they would be able to withstand it.
After Gu Zheng and Eric got the fire, they placed it in a large pit on the ground. At this time, the wind also rose, and the temperature instantly dropped.
After lighting the bonfire, Eric took out some things, namely biscuits, jam, and a kettle.
The kettle was used to boil water for tea. Eric put the biscuits on the fire to heat up and gave some to Gu Zheng.
"Biscuits, inferior food."
"Jam, inferior food."
The Artifact Spirit's voice sounded in Gu Zheng's heart.
The jam was actually inferior, which made Gu Zheng a little surprised. However, the environment here was different from the mainland. There was very little pollution here, so it was normal for the jam to be inferior.
The tea had been brewed, and some sweet and sour jam was spread on the biscuits. A little water could quickly dissolve the dry biscuits, turning them into a sweet fragrance that pervaded between the mouth and teeth.
"Uncle, is this jam brewed by your family?" Hearing Gu Zheng ask about the jam, Eric seemed very proud.
"This, we call it Ma Linna, you call it Raspberry. Two years ago, I took a tourist with me. He also praised this, but it was very troublesome to brew. I didn't have any at that time. After I made this last year, the tourist specially came to buy some. "
Eric struggled to speak this sentence in stiff Chinese.
"Uncle, do you still have this Raspberry Jam in the car? I want to buy some. "
To be able to come across this kind of highly processed inferior food, it was a small harvest. Gu Zheng naturally would not let go of this opportunity!
"There are still three bottles. Originally, I didn't want to sell it and kept it for myself, but this young man is very good. I'll give you two bottles!"
Eric was not the kind of person who would fall into the eyes of money. For him, there were some things that he could use to make money, but for things like food, when he met a good person like Gu Zheng, even if he did not make money, he could still give some to him.
Even though the amount of jam in the two bottles was less than a catty, how could Gu Zheng take old man Eric's things for free? Just as he was about to hand over the money and old man Eric refused to accept it, a cold snort entered their ears.
"This is really a family of two races. The friendship is so sincere that it almost makes me cry."
Jie Hao approached the bonfire in a strange manner, but at this time, old man Eric cried out in alarm.
"You, what are you doing!"
Yang Jie was relieving himself on the cliff, and Old Man Eric's scream almost scared him to death.
"You can't do this here. This is the Vulcan's Hollow. You will be blaspheming the Vulcan. You will suffer retribution!"
Eric hurried to the cliff and whispered something in their language, like a prayer, to the cliff that was scorched by the smoke and fire.
Even though Yang Jie wasn't convinced, he was stopped, so he couldn't continue. He smiled at Eric and sat down beside the fire.
"You two, don't put dirty things on the road. There are many gods here. Don't let bad luck pester me! If you can do it, then continue on. If you can't, then I'll refund you. I don't want to continue walking with you! "
Eric, the old man, also came back. He was fuming with anger.
"So, in the future, when we are convenient, we have to ask you for instructions?"
Jie Hao's face turned cold, but he was stopped by Yang Jie.
"What you said makes sense. We will do as you say."
Yang Jie really did not want to be driven away, but although he compromised, there was a flash of dissatisfaction in his eyes.
"Hehe," Gu Zheng sneered.
"What are you laughing at?" Jie Hao's voice suddenly rose. He was obviously venting his anger on Gu Zheng.
"You can control me if I laugh?"
Gu Zheng, who was warming himself with the fire, activated the Fire Control Art. The originally burning bonfire seemed to have been poured with oil. Flames suddenly burst out and swept towards Jie Hao.
Jie Hao reacted quickly and quickly retreated. Even so, his hair was still set on fire.
Jie Hao saved himself, and Yang Jie helped from the side. The fire that had just been ignited was instantly controlled.
Jie Hao, whose eyebrows were burned and half of his hair was burned, stared at Gu Zheng with a dignified expression. The fire just now was too strange. Why did it suddenly burst out when Gu Zheng was talking? How abnormal is this?! '
"Lord Fire God, please have mercy and forgive these two ignorant foreigners!"
Old Man Eric suddenly threw himself to the ground and bowed to the pitch-black cliff.
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