Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 154 Buying a Kitchen Knife
"Look! It's Second Senior Sister!"

"Hello, Second Senior Sister!"

"Second Senior Sister!"

"Second Senior Sister is here for barbecue too?"

"Second Senior Sister! It's been a long time!"

As soon as Zhao Qing received the news, she rushed to the barbecue restaurant. She had just come out of the teleportation array not far away when she was recognized by a group of players.

As the pinnacle of cultivation level among all players in the server, Zhao Qing is not only very famous among players, but also very familiar to many cultivators from various sects and forces who later settled in Chang'an City. Fang Xianyu, the sect leader of Taiyin Sect, and the senior sister of Baiyi of Taiyin Sect especially like to bring Zhao Qing to various "diplomatic occasions", so it is hard not to recognize her!

Since most players liked to call Zhao Qing by the nickname "Second Senior Sister," the visiting cultivators also started calling her that.

So, amidst the chattering, quite a few native NPCs actually greeted Zhao Qing.

Upon hearing someone call "Second Senior Sister," Bai Chenxue's eyes searched for Zhao Qing's figure like searchlights, and she shouted from afar, "Second Senior Sister! You've finally arrived!"

Having just learned the art of shrinking distances, Zhao Qing quickly reached the table where Bai Chenxue, Shen Yun, and Shanhu were sitting, taking only a few steps at a time. She first nodded to the people who greeted her as a response, and then, with a social smile, said to Shanhu, "Sorry to keep you waiting! This must be a friend from the Quanxian Clan, right? Hello, hello!"

Coral replied, "Hello, you are the second disciple of the Taiyin Sect Master?"

Zhao Qing quickly clarified, "No, that's not it. Ah, we don't actually have a formal master. 'Second Senior Sister' is just a nickname everyone uses to flatter me. Fellow Daoist, you can call me 'Pig Charges Forward'!"

Bai Chenxue and Shen Yun looked at each other in bewilderment: "?"

If Zhao Qing hadn't self-destructed the truck, the two of them would have almost forgotten their second senior sister's ID!
Fortunately, Coral couldn't understand the meaning of the player ID because it was a completely unfamiliar language. In "Ten Continents Chronicles," since it has its own language and script, the system would automatically translate most of the time. However, when it came to names, IDs, and other similar parts, it would use a "phonetic transliteration" method, simply using the corresponding pronunciation in the Middle Continent language without translating the specific meaning.

However, to avoid affecting daily communication, this "transliteration" will only be detected and converted by the system when players address themselves and their teammates by their IDs. Otherwise, there are IDs like "[Fellow Daoist]" and "[Fellow Daoist]" among the players. If all IDs were converted to "transliteration" indiscriminately, the daily communication between players and the natives would probably turn into a large-scale puzzle game!
This feature largely preserved Fang Xianyu's face in front of many cultivators and seniors; it was a solution she had specifically designed!
After all, if the elders and seniors of those major sects and forces next door knew that their disciples' names were things like "Intestine Sashimi," "Pig Charges Forward," "Sterilize Meow Meow," and "Sensitive Cockroach from Guangdong," she couldn't even imagine how much she would be ridiculed!

Coral only thought that the other person's name was unusual because it was a compound surname, and didn't think of anything else... Anyway, 'Cai Cai' and 'Yun Cang Hai' are not common either!
He earnestly inquired, "Fellow Daoist 'Pig Rush'? Or, Fellow Daoist 'Pig'?"

"Pfft hahaha..."

Several players who could understand the message laughed so hard they almost fell over: "Second Senior Sister, even if it can be transliterated, you don't have to be so blunt about your ID, hahaha!"

Zhao Qing coughed awkwardly twice, "Ahem, well... Fellow Daoist, please feel free! It doesn't matter!"

Then, she deliberately changed the subject: "I heard from Cai Cai that you want to buy a knife? What kind of knife? Is it a magical artifact, a weapon, or something like that?"

Coral roughly understood that this "fellow Daoist Pig" in front of her was the real person in charge, so she explained, "No, it's not a magical weapon, it's just an ordinary knife to kill fish!"

Shen Yun couldn't help but ask, "You don't really mean a kitchen knife, do you?"

Coral asked, "A kitchen knife? What's that?" "Wait a minute!"

As Shen Yun spoke, he rushed into the kitchen of the barbecue restaurant and came out in a few dozen seconds with a cleaver in hand—a brand new one at that!

"This is a kitchen knife! It's used for cutting vegetables and meat!"

Coral carefully took the kitchen knife, her fingers tracing its cool metal surface with obvious fondness: "For use in the kitchen?"

Bai Chenxue noticed that Shanhu really liked the kitchen knife, and immediately got into the swing of things, promoting it: "That's right! This kitchen knife is incredibly versatile! You can chop big bones or slice steamed buns!"

Shen Yun proudly boasted, "This kitchen knife was bought and delivered by me before! It's a new product developed by the blacksmith shop next door, Little Wang. It's said to be an improvement on the carbon steel formula of our Blue Star, and its performance is much better than the traditional black iron material of the Guixu Realm! It's said to be able to cut through even red ironwood!"

Coral was even happier: "So, fish bones can be cut too?"

Shen Yun confidently replied, "Definitely no problem! Even Xuan Tie isn't as hard as it!"

Coral hurriedly asked, "I wonder how I can buy this kind of 'kitchen knife'?"

Shen Yun thought for a moment, then said somewhat awkwardly, "Well...it's actually a bit expensive because this technology is still in its early stages of development, and we don't have machines for calcination; we have to rely on people, which is very inefficient, so..."

"How about a peck of Sea Spirit Pearls and a hundred kitchen knives?"

"One, one fight!?"

"The Sea Spirit Pearl!?"

"What the hell!?"

Shen Yun and the others almost simultaneously let out various screams.

Coral didn't think the other party thought the price was too low. He had dealt with humans before, and this price was extremely generous. However, considering that the Taiyin Sect disciples he had encountered so far seemed to be a bit too naive, he kindly reminded them, "One dou is about the capacity of a dozen or so bamboo cups!"

Bai Chenxue stared in disbelief: "This is too... too..."

"Perfect!"

Zhao Qing grabbed Bai Chenxue's arm and took over the conversation, saying, "I heard that your Quanxian clan is very good at cultivating pearls. Although this Sea Spirit Pearl is not considered precious at the bottom of the sea, it is extremely rare in our human society! If you offer this price, according to the value in our human society, you are just giving us money for free!"

"but,"

She changed the subject and continued, "Doing business is all about mutual exchange. Whether a transaction is worthwhile isn't determined by just one party. Take this kind of kitchen knife, which is even more advanced than Xuan Tie. Putting aside everything else, in all the ten continents and three islands, only our Chang'an City produces it! And it comes with a lifetime after-sales service!"
"Of course, no matter how eloquently I speak, I can't let your Quanxian Clan suffer a loss. Let's not barter anymore. Our Taiyin Sect is preparing to implement a new currency. When the time comes, we can settle directly with our Taiyin Sect's currency. First, we can sell our specialties like Sea Spirit Pearls and Mermaid Silk with our Taiyin Sect's currency. Then, if you want to buy kitchen knives or other things, it's all up to you!"
"It just so happens that your Quanxian tribe lives by the sea, so this is a genuine offshore settlement!"

(End of this chapter)