A Bite of Douluo Continent

The shop is mine, but you're not leaving!

Of course, what Qi Han said was also one of the reasons.

“We can agree to this condition.” After exchanging a glance, Qin Yue readily nodded. “However, don’t you have to buy this shop first? The shops here aren’t cheap.”

"How about 400,000 gold soul coins?" After a moment's thought, Qi Han quoted a price.

This price was an estimate he made after inquiring about the market situation in Xingluo City over the past two days, and it should be roughly the same as the value of Yueyaolou's storefront.

"Okay." Qin Yue nodded. The price was fair, even with a slight premium, which showed that Qi Han was quite sincere.

After rummaging through his backpack for a while, Qi Han took out a stack of gold notes and handed them to Qin Yue, saying, "Here are 400,000 gold soul coins. Please count them."

So much money just casually placed in a backpack? The two women from the Qin family felt a little strange, but they didn't say anything.

"Sister, go and get the land deed for the shop," Qin Yue said, carefully counting the gold notes in her hand.

Qin Yao nodded, stood up, and went upstairs. She quickly and carefully took out a wooden box and handed it to Qi Han. Her eyes were full of reluctance as she said, "The land deed is inside."

Qi Han opened the box, looked inside, and nodded. The land deed was fine, and it even had the special seal of Xingluo City on it. With this land deed, the area within the shop was his own territory, and he could make changes at will.

"I'll have someone renovate it now. You can come over in two days from now." After putting away the land deed, Qi Han smiled slightly. "You might get quite busy then."

"it is good."

The Qin sisters carefully put away the money, packed up their belongings, and left the shop with some reluctance.

As she walked outside the restaurant, Qin Yue couldn't help but stop and look back. The signboard with the three characters "Yueyaolou" was still hanging high, but she knew that the signboard would soon be replaced.

"Stop looking, let's go home first." Qin Yao resisted the urge to turn around and pulled her younger sister forcefully.

She was afraid that if she turned around, her eyes would well up with tears just like her sister's.

"It's okay, we'll come back in a couple of days. Although we won't be the bosses then, it won't make much of a difference, will it?" Qin Yao forced a smile, but she knew in her heart that her words wouldn't have much of a comforting effect.

There's not much difference; it's just self-comfort.

...

After the Qin sisters left, Qi Han closed the door of Yueyao Tower and casually found a chair to sit down.

"System, is the timed mission over?"

As he spoke, he patted the land deed in his backpack.

【Ding! 】

[A task has been completed by the host!]

[Limited-time task: Store location selection (completed)]

Task Rewards: Shop decoration of your choice (claimable), 3-star recipe fragment x1 (claimable)

Qi Han first received a three-star self-selected recipe fragment. The three-star fragment had a purple surface, like a puzzle piece.

Qi Han currently only has this one three-star selectable recipe fragment, and he needs to collect eight more to redeem it. It seems that this is still a long way off, so Qi Han didn't care too much and quickly turned his attention to another mission reward.

Shop decoration style is customizable.

"System, is the renovation still running 24/7?"

【Yes. 】

That's good.

Qi Han breathed a sigh of relief, and then received different decoration plans from the system.

In fact, Qi Han didn't want to change the decoration style. He was quite used to the fresh and clean style of the small shop. The shop here was much larger and had three floors. According to the system's plan, the bottom two floors would be used as the shop, and the top floor would be used as the living area.

Two layers...

As he browsed through the different renovation plans provided by the system, a sudden inspiration flashed through Qi Han's mind.

"System, can I choose different decoration schemes for the two floors?"

Different decorating schemes may clash in style...

"You're an omnipotent system, I believe you can handle this kind of style conflict, right?"

Before the system could finish speaking, Qi Han abruptly interrupted.

Caught off guard by Qi Han's sudden appearance on horseback, the system crashed for a while before finally speaking softly.

【Can. 】

"Can I choose different renovation plans?"

【...Can.】

well.

A victorious smile appeared on Qi Han's face.

“Let’s stick with the fresh and simple design for the first floor. As for the second floor…” Qi Han’s face showed a sly smile of triumph. “System, I don’t have the right to expand or renovate, but if we renovate it according to my wishes from the beginning, it shouldn’t count as a renovation, right?”

No, that doesn't count.

[This system senses that the host is trying to exploit a loophole.]

"It's not that bad." Qi Han's expression turned serious. "How could someone as upright as me possibly take advantage of loopholes?"

He pointed to a certain decorating style in the void, "I want this on the second floor, a bamboo forest eco-style decorating style, and then, replace all the tables with hot pot tables for me!"

【? ? ? 】

"System, the store hasn't been renovated yet, so this shouldn't count as a renovation, right? I just have some suggestions for modifying your design." Qi Han's face showed a hint of smugness. "Just tell me if you'll change it or not."

Please pay the modification fee: 100000 Gold Soul Coins.

"Take it!" Qi Han waved his hand and took out 100,000 yuan, handing it directly to the system.

The worst-case scenario is that the system won't allow changes to the design. Compared to hot pot, what are 100,000 gold soul coins?

If you only get to eat hot pot when you become a mid-level chef and have the right to revise your dishes, then the good stuff will be too late. Isn't it better to eat it now?

With a thought, Qi Han entered the system space.

The system renovation would take a day, and to make the changes to the restaurant less shocking, Qi Han asked the Qin sisters to come back in two days. In other words, he had two more days to learn the new dishes in the training space.

Two days, but that's four months in the system space!

The fresh and clean decor on the first floor corresponds to the various specialty dishes of Hanshi Restaurant, which Qi Han plans to replicate.

Hmm... let's not move the fish-belly-hidden-sheep over here yet. He's unfamiliar with this place, and we don't want to cause any trouble. We'll talk about it later.

He wanted all the one- or two-star dishes except for the fish belly stuffed with lamb!

As for the second floor, it's reserved specifically for hot pot. It's time for the people of Douluo Continent to experience the joy of hot pot!

"System, redeem a two-star recipe: Complete Hot Pot Base Recipe!"

First Order Report

Chapter 116 The Transformed Moonlit Pavilion

A comprehensive guide to hot pot bases is not simply a collection of various hot pot base ingredients packaged together.

As the system previously stated, once you learn this recipe, the system will provide the ingredients.

This refers to various meat and vegetable dishes in hot pot, such as fatty beef and mutton, various hot pot meatballs, shrimp paste, beef aorta, and tripe.

Of course, Qi Han still needs to handle the processing of these ingredients himself, such as making shrimp paste and hot pot meatballs.

For this reason alone, Qi Han absolutely had to exchange for this recipe.

Once you learn this one recipe, you can support a store on your own. Is there any more cost-effective option?

The complete guide to hot pot bases includes as many as eighteen types of hot pot.

One is stronger than eighteen?

Good guy.

If you really want to count all the hot pot bases on Blue Star, there are naturally more than just these dozen or so, but the ones included in the system are the best of the best.

Of the eighteen types, only the Japanese sukiyaki hot pot did not originate from China on Earth; the other seventeen types all originated from China.

Sichuan-style spicy hot pot.

Old Beijing mutton hot pot.

Cantonese seafood hot pot.

Clear broth health-preserving hot pot.

...

The seventeen hot pot dishes basically encompassed the hot pot specialties from all regions of China, which amazed Qi Han and made him determined to make a decision.

You must master it as soon as possible!

...

For two days, the Qin sisters waited idly at home for the appointed time to arrive, while Zhao Fenglai began to plan how to teach this fearless young man a lesson.

Meanwhile, the Shrek Academy team arrived early at the luxurious hotel provided by the Star Luo Empire. After waiting for so long, they finally ushered in their first battle in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament.

"Lianxin, how did the match go?" In the best luxury suite of the largest hotel in Xingluo City, Cao Rang leaned lazily on the sofa and looked at Yu Lianxin sitting in front of him with a smile.

The first match was not difficult, and Cao Rang directly handed over the tactical arrangements to Yu Lianxin, not even bothering to watch the match.

Where are the other schools to compete with our college?

Yu Lianxin's face showed a strange expression. "Actually... there was no fight. The opponent I drew was a not-so-famous Soul Master Academy. There were only two four-ring contestants, and the rest were three-ring strength."

At this point, Yu Lianxin stopped speaking.

There's no need to say anything more.

"The other side surrendered directly?" Cao Rang suddenly realized that this was not the first time such a situation had occurred for the Shrek Academy team. After Yu Lianxin said this, he understood and couldn't help but sigh, "How boring. I was hoping to give the kids a chance to hone their skills."