Crossing the stars, I live-streamed my cultivation in kindergarten

Chapter 477 The Merchant Examination 2
Leo, who has "great achievements" in poisoning level-eight alien beasts, and Mu Yunke, who can only make stews, are two academic underachievers who are at the bottom of their class in cooking, and they have randomly ended up in the food street.

If the food they make poisons an NPC, the NPC will also be deemed to have failed the exam.

So what to do?

Mu Yunke and Leo, the two little ones, decided to sell their stall cart and sublet the stall.

Sell ​​the stall cart? Sublet the stall? Why didn't I think of that?

[This won't do, will it? If we don't set up stalls, how will the kids earn gold coins?]

[And NPCs are really hard to get along with. They're always giving you the cold shoulder.]

"They won't even let me pick and eat the plants by the roadside! Last time I did that in a game, I got locked up and told I was damaging the environment. I didn't poop or pee in public, I just ate some plants, how is that damaging the environment or affecting the city's appearance? Ridiculous!"

[What's this? Last time, a human grandma fell to the ground, and I kindly went to help her. And what happened? Before I even touched her, she said I bumped into her and demanded gold coins in compensation! Could I possibly pay her? I promptly applied for my account to be banned and logged off!]

That food street has difficult quests too. The food there is terribly bad, yet ridiculously expensive. And the NPCs at those stalls keep claiming to be descendants of imperial chefs?

Last time in the game's food street, an NPC grabbed me and insisted I try their wolf-tooth potato chips. I thought, "They're made of wolf teeth and dirt, how could I possibly eat them?" So I refused on the spot. Who would have thought that I could just easily shake him off, and then I'd be locked in the dark room again? Sigh…

[Wolf fangs? Those can kill beasts! Which wolf's fangs are they? A level three venomous spider wolf, a level six nightscale wolf, or perhaps an level eight golden-horned berserker wolf? No matter which wolf's fangs they are, they're definitely not edible.]

This is outrageous! Didn't you request a system-wide ruling?

[I applied (feeling frustrated), and the system said I broke several of the NPC's ribs! The NPC is in the hospital!]

Ah, this is... difficult to evaluate.

However, NPCs are indeed very fragile, almost like paper dolls. Before you even exert any force, they've already broken arms and legs; the strength is too difficult to control.

While everyone was discussing, Leo and Mu Yunke had already found a seller and were going to sublet the cart and stall, but a small problem arose when it came to payment.

NPC vendor #4: "Kids, where are your parents? Why did they let you come here on your own?"

Both little ones are innocent and naive, and both truthfully replied that they "have no parents."

Upon hearing that no parents were present, the fourth NPC stall owner's eyes lit up...

[The fourth NPC stall owner's face looks so familiar, doesn't it seem like he's using the shop owner model data from a certain shop in the game? He's the most difficult to deal with, why did you choose to trade with him?]

That's absolutely true. A light touch and he claims he's caused internal injuries and demands compensation. You can't hit him, and you can't win an argument with him.

Is it possible that the physical attributes we scanned are actually our own, and were indeed too robust for our ancestors from ten thousand years ago, unable to withstand a casual toss from us?

[Evening Stars and Sparse Shadows: Actually... the force we use to beat up our kids is enough to send an NPC to the ICU in the game. They might not even survive. So is it possible that the NPCs aren't trying to extort you? Or that you actually injured them?]

"...Oh, wait, did I wrongly accuse the NPCs? After I was locked in the dark room, I was still angry and went to argue with the NPCs who had messed with me, but I ended up being locked in the dark room again. They said I was causing trouble and deliberately retaliating..."

The fourth NPC stall owner kept changing the subject, sometimes saying that Mu Yunke's stall cart was old and broken, and other times that Leo's stall was in a bad location and not worth that many gold coins.

Leo pouted, "Then we won't sell to you!"

"Not selling?" The fourth NPC stall owner immediately turned hostile, his face darkening. "That's not up to you!"

He was about to grab it when he said that.

Mu Yunke angrily slapped the stall cart, "You dare to steal it? I'll beat you up!"

It's falling apart...

50 gold coins, gone.

Looking at the stall cart scattered into countless parts, Mu Yunke trembled with sadness, his little fists clenched tightly.

The fourth NPC stall owner collapsed to the ground.

Where did this incredibly strong child come from?!
If that slap had landed on him, his bones would have shattered.

You must not mess with them!

The fourth NPC stall owner quickly settled the bill with the children and fled back to his stall.

Mu Yunke, clutching his 50 gold coins less than Leo's, puffed out his cheeks in displeasure.

But he smashed the stall himself, so we can't make him pay for it...

Ugh, the more I think about it, the angrier I get.

[Evening Stars and Sparse Shadows: The kids handled it very well. Judging from the behavior of NPC stall owner number four, he's the type who bullies the weak and fears the strong. The kids didn't fight him; instead, they used force to intimidate him. It's the same in the game; try not to get into any conflicts with NPCs, or you'll be locked up in the dark room.]

[It's so frustrating! In the game, I can't fight this or that. If it weren't for the experts saying that experiencing the life of human ancestors has a one in ten thousand chance of stabilizing my mental strength, I wouldn't have bothered with those NPCs! Luckily, I don't need to anymore, hahaha.]

[Oh no, the kids sold the stall cart! How are we going to earn gold coins now? You know, the most popular job for us orcs in the game is carrying bricks on a construction site. I can carry a thousand gold coins a day!!!]

[Dock work +1, I can carry 1200 gold coins a day!]

[Actually, there's another job: being a punching bag. 200 gold coins an hour. Just stand there and let the NPCs beat you up. The NPCs aren't very strong; it doesn't even hurt as much as your pet cubs at home. If you fake injury, you might even get 500 to 1000 gold coins in compensation.]

Hehe, delivering food is a pretty good job. It's 6 yuan per order within a few kilometers, and extra for longer distances. With my stamina and speed, I can deliver two or three hundred orders a day, earning about two thousand yuan a day. The only thing is to be careful not to let the NPCs discover I'm delivering on foot, otherwise I'll be treated like a monster and locked up in a dark room. Tsk, so what if I run a little fast? Is it really worth locking me up and preventing me from earning coins?

Mu Yunke was angry for less than half a minute before she and Leo left the food street filled with all sorts of smells, hand in hand.

As they walked, Leo suddenly exclaimed, "Principal Xixi said that traveling ten thousand miles is worse than reading ten thousand books. So we only need to travel ten thousand miles to avoid reading ten thousand books! If only we could exchange ten thousand miles for ten thousand books during regular classes."

Jiang Yuxi, who was in the live broadcast room, immediately said: "The first sentence is a famous saying from the old era, and the second sentence is what Leo himself said."

[Principal Xixi: That was close! I almost had my reputation ruined by Leo.]

Mu Yunke shook his head. "You believe this? It's all just to fool the little one. Principal Xixi also said that a bad pen is worse than a good memory. But last time I found her all the bad pens in the whole school, and she still didn't agree to not take notes."

Viewers in the live stream could clearly see that Jiang Yuxi's face had turned green. "A bad pen is worse than a good memory" is an old proverb from Blue Star, meaning that even with a good memory, it's not as reliable or lasting as recording things in writing. This emphasizes the importance of 'recording'. Also, even if little Mu Yunke collected all the bad pens in the entire interstellar space for me, I still can't not take notes in class!

Jiang Yuxi couldn't help but glare at Frederick beside her again.

The person who was dragged into this for no reason said, "There's no need to say anything. Let's give that brat extra training when he gets back." You should know that Mu Yunke's current dramatic rise to first place in practical training is largely thanks to his daily "extra training with love."

Mu Nan, watching the live stream: Wolf cub, you've worked so hard. Because Frederick gave you extra training, he didn't have time to arrange extra training for his old father.

Mu Zihua: That's good. Since Wolf Cub and Frederick left, there have been far fewer complaints about the Alliance base.

Blake: Ugh, that bastard seems to have a lot of fun in kindergarten.

In the game, the candidates in the blue camp have a significant lead in gold coins.

Suddenly, Phil's name jumped to the top of the list.

First place, Phil (red), 100,000 gold coins;

Second place, Carlisle (blue), 300 gold coins;
Third place, Lin Mosheng (blue), 293 gold coins;

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Everyone quickly switched to Phil's broadcast booth.

Phil suddenly appeared in a strange outfit.

He wore a strange hat with a hard brim and a round top, revealing his hair in a bun.

He wore a large yellow gown, the front of which was draped diagonally, and the length reached his ankles. As he walked, the hem of the gown fluttered gently, and the flowing fabric of the gown conveyed a sense of solemnity and seriousness.

She wore dark cotton and linen trousers with loose legs that swayed gently with her steps, and a plain silk sash tied around her waist, which simply accentuated her carefree figure.

He held a compass in one hand and a whisk in the other.

His feet moved with the lightness of water, constantly shifting positions with extremely fast steps, while he muttered something to himself.

After a long while, he stopped, flicked his whisk, and said, "Amitabha!"

A group of NPCs surrounded him, chattering, "Little Celestial Master, what was the result?"

Phil's face was expressionless, yet the surrounding NPCs dared not underestimate him.

"can."

He slowly uttered a single word, which caused the NPCs around him to cheer.

The leading NPC bowed deeply and said, "Little Celestial Master, thank you for your hard work. Please wait in the conference room for a moment, and I will immediately arrange for my subordinates to bring over the items you need."

Phil nodded and replied calmly, "Mm."

[Aww, that leading NPC is one of the few female CEOs of a major conglomerate in the game, and they even brought her over for the exam? And they haven't reset the data yet? That NPC is my goddess!]

[What exactly is "Little Celestial Master"? Phil isn't called Little Celestial Master. So what did the kitten do to make the nation's goddess treat him with such utmost respect?]

I can't imagine how happy I would be if I were in the kitten's shoes right now.

[Young and naive, Phil was still just a little kid.]

Phil was also randomly assigned to a stall, but his stall didn't sell anything. Instead... it offered fortune telling, feng shui consultations, and more.

[Can you believe it? The moment the words "Cat Cub" were displayed, some NPCs said they would report him to the management office, while others even advised him to pack up his stall and stop scamming people.]

[So close, so very close. I even saw the management office. But then Phil actually said something to the passing national goddess—'My lady, you're afflicted with a curse that will cause you financial ruin. If it's not cured within three days, you'll suffer huge financial losses.' And then my goddess respectfully welcomed him back to her company."]

Those management staff who came from there have obediently gone back to where they came from.

[Then, after the kitten said a few words to the goddess, she immediately called him "Little Celestial Master" and transferred 10,000 gold coins to him! That's 10,000 gold coins! In just a few words!]

[I've used this trick before! My stall was decorated even more luxuriously than the kitten's! And I was dressed much better than the kitten! How come I was reported for "cheating and deceiving NPCs, causing a serious impact, confiscating all illegal gains, and being fined 1,000 gold coins"?]

Jiang Yuxi looked at the comments and explained, "Phil's outfit is a traditional Taoist robe. He wears a Hunyuan scarf on his head and a yellow robe on his body. It is usually worn when there is a ritual."

The left hand holds a compass, which is used to determine direction and survey the feng shui magnetic field.

"His right hand is a whisk..."

"Furthermore, in the old days of Earth, being a Taoist priest was also a profession. However, this profession was rife with swindlers and fraudsters. It seems that Phil didn't choose the common method of selling goods to earn gold coins, but instead took a different approach. Let's wait and see if he can obtain more gold coins through this method." Jiang Yuxi was somewhat surprised that Phil was playing the role of a Taoist priest to earn gold coins in the game, but when she saw it, she felt it was quite reasonable.

But how did Phil integrate so quickly?

While other candidates were still figuring things out, he had already accurately identified his target customers.

It was as if he knew all of this very well.

I heard that this game is based on written records and precious old-era footage. Does that mean that fortune telling, face reading, and feng shui can be done in the game?
[Wow, I remember that goddesses in the game can trigger hidden quests?]

[The side quest is to protect the goddess's corporation from going bankrupt! Could it be that the kitten is currently completing a hidden dungeon quest?]

This dungeon quest is too difficult; I haven't completed it yet. It seems like no matter how hard I try, the goddess's empire will eventually go bankrupt and be liquidated.

[That's right, that's right, it feels just like what the NPCs in the game said—possessed by an evil spirit!]

Phil, who was in the examination room, tried his best to keep a straight face and pretend to be a "worldly sage" while drinking tea.

This exam was so easy!

He had already seen the answer in his dream.

Hehe, last time in my dream, there was a person who was like this, like that, and like this, and then he earned his "first pot of gold after graduation," and then he bought a really, really small house, a small house that he couldn't even run out of at full speed.

But, who was that person again...?