Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 199 The Fox Opens a Shop

"This whole area belongs to our Taiyin Sect. This is Chang'an City, and this is Longshan Port... However, Longshan Port is still under construction. This area is near the old site of the Taiyin Sect, and this whole area belongs to your Chiyuan!"

Zhao Qing stood on a huge, spread-out map of the Central Continent in Chinese characters and pointed, saying, "And here, the entire left and right sides of this street are what I call the Chang'an City Night Market! However, theoretically, this street is outside of Chang'an City and strictly speaking, it is not under the jurisdiction of Chang'an City. But for the sake of convenience, everyone will still follow the arrangements of Chang'an City!"

"As for why this place is the most lively... it's mainly because the Chang'an City teleportation array and the dungeon area where we players run dungeons are all nearby, so there's a lot of foot traffic. In other words, there's a large flow of customers! That's how it gradually became the most bustling night market in the entire Chang'an City!"

Hu Manyue asked in confusion, "Is it mandatory to open a shop in the night market? Is this a rule of the Taiyin Sect?"

Zhao Qing quickly explained, "Of course not! You can open it wherever you want!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Manyue twitched her ears and pointed with her paw at a small dot not far from Chang'an City, asking, "Then what place is this, and why is it marked with the word 'chicken'?"

The place Hu Manyue pointed to was really remote. Zhao Qing racked her brains for a while before she remembered and replied, "Oh, that's the chicken farm built by their Gugu Chicken community. We in Chang'an City should thank Gugu Chicken for the chickens that cost 30 coins each!"

The little foxes gathered around the map immediately became excited and started discussing it animatedly:
"chicken farm!"

"Cuckoo chicken? Cuckoo? Chicken?"

"A lot of chickens?"

"30 coins each! We can eat so many of them a day!"

"Yes, yes!"

Amidst the murmurs, the youngest fox spirit asked in a soft voice, "Big sister, should we open a shop here?"

Hu Manyue's tail wagged back and forth, somewhat hesitant. She raised her head and asked Zhao Qing, "Can I open a shop there?"

Zhao Qing hissed, somewhat disapprovingly saying, "It's possible, but there don't seem to be many people there, so it's probably not very suitable..."

The Jade Emperor interrupted Zhao Qing, retorting, "Hey, that's different. If you opened a restaurant, your business might be affected by fewer customers, but what are they running? Fox Cafe! They're not afraid at all! It's an exclusive business!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Manyue looked at Zhao Qing expectantly: "So it's okay to drive, right?"

"Uh... okay..."

Looking at Hu Manyue's adorable fox-like face, Zhao Qing couldn't bring herself to refuse. After thinking for a moment, she added, "However, that place isn't within the boundaries of Chang'an City, and it's not protected by any city-guarding formations!"

Hu Manyue confidently waved her paw and said, "Don't be afraid! I really don't believe anyone would dare to attack our Chiyuan Cave!"

The other little fox cubs joined in the commotion.

"And my eldest sister is really amazing!"

"Her foxfire is incredibly fierce!"

"She can also whip demons with her tail! It hurts so much!"

"Yes, yes!"

Zhao Qing glanced hesitantly at the Jade Emperor, whose expression was quite lewd, and finally nodded, saying, "Well... that's fine too. If it really doesn't work, we can add a teleportation array later..."

Once the location of "Fox Cafe" was decided, everyone prepared to go and inspect the site.

This time, Hu Zijun personally escorted the group of little fox cubs out. Only five came in the first batch, and Hu Manyue was among them. As the oldest and most senior among her peers, she was also the "leader" of these little fox cubs.

Hu Manyue pulled a small bamboo basket from her tail, then chanted some incantation, causing the basket to grow larger and larger. Once it was big enough, the other foxes jumped inside.

Then, several fluffy little heads peeked out from the side of the bamboo basket, so cute that Zhao Qing and the Jade Emperor almost had nosebleeds. If this were in a two-dimensional animation, their eyes would probably be filled with little hearts. When Hu Manyue finally leaped up lightly and landed precisely and firmly on the handle of the bamboo basket, the basket began to shake.

The bamboo basket shook several times, as if an engine had started, before it shakily took flight and then flew smoothly and quickly toward the location that everyone had just mentioned on the map.

It turns out this bamboo basket is actually a magical artifact! And a magical artifact used for transportation!
Zhao Qing and the Jade Emperor didn't delay either. They immediately rode the wind and followed, flying up and down beside the bamboo basket while chatting with the foxes.

The Jade Emperor asked, "Do all you foxes love to eat chicken?"

"I love to eat this! I love to eat this!"

"Rabbit is delicious too!"

"The fish is quite delicious too!"

"But I still love eating chicken!"

Zhao Qing also became curious: "How do you all eat it? Raw? Or cooked?"

"Of course it's cooked!"

"And mushroom chicken! Delicious!"

"Mushroom chicken?"

Zhao Qing became increasingly curious. Surely "mushroom chicken" couldn't just be chicken stewed with mushrooms, could it?

Hu Manyue immediately answered her question, saying, "It's about stuffing mushrooms into the chicken's belly and then roasting it. That way, both the mushrooms and the chicken will smell especially delicious!"

"So that's it!"

Zhao Qing suddenly realized that China, the land of flowers, also has similar delicacies. In some places, roast chicken is stuffed with things such as wood ear fungus and mushrooms, which are very common.

As they were talking, they arrived at the location marked on the map.

The trees in this area have been cut down and are so sparse that they can no longer block out the sun. The shrubs and various ferns on the ground are also scattered here and there, appearing mottled.

However, one advantage of this location is that there is a stream nearby, making it very convenient to obtain and use water. When the Gugu Chicken community decided to build a chicken farm nearby, it was precisely because they could bring water from the stream into the factory, making it easy to clean the roads.

Hu Manyue immediately spotted the spot, controlled the bamboo basket to land on the ground, and said happily, "We can stay here by the stream!"

"This way we can catch fish to eat!"

"You can take a shower there too!"

"Yes, yes!"

Several foxes huddled together in the basket, whispering amongst themselves. Hu Manyue then jumped down from the bamboo basket and asked, "Fellow Daoist, is this alright?"

"Of course! Absolutely no problem! I have several blueprints here! Why don't you take a look and see which one you like? I'll have someone come and build it right away!"

The Jade Emperor patted his chest and said this, taking out several sheets of paper with colorful pictures from his backpack.

There are treehouses, mushroom houses, stone caves, as well as cake and fruit shapes. There are even several pictures of ordinary carved eaves and ancient Chinese-style buildings. The styles are very diverse.

The little foxes rummaged through this one, then crumpled up that one, unable to decide which one to choose. Finally, Hu Manyue made the decision, saying, "We want this one! This one looks the biggest!"

(End of this chapter)