The sun overhead continued to climb.

Warm sunlight spilled across the land. Outside the Heavenly Buddha Temple, customers squatted and sat in small groups, chatting about everything under the sun.

Some customers even went inside the Heavenly Buddha Temple to look around.

Every time Lu Wu set up her stall, she saw this same heartwarming scene.

People from all corners of the world, brought together by a simple meal—it was a truly grand stroke of fate.

Just for one glance at you in the crowd, I can never forget your face…

A song drifted through the air.

Lu Wu stretched lazily, working the stiffness out of her arms and legs.

‘Running a stall is hard work,’ she thought. She hadn’t stopped for a moment since opening for the day.

Whenever she thought about taking a break, the customers would find roundabout ways to rush her.

Things like, “You’re too young to stop!” or “Other people are living in grand palaces, how can you afford to rest?”

The constant guilt-tripping from her customers left Lu Wu’s head spinning. They treated her like a tireless workhorse.

Fortunately, she was clear-headed and hadn’t been mentally manipulated by them.

So…

“Closing up!”

Looking at her stall, now empty of ingredients, Lu Wu called out, the joy in her voice impossible to hide.

‘Free for the day!’

She checked her mission progress: [1111/2500]

‘Hmm, almost at the halfway mark. Worth celebrating.’

‘A ceasefire for today. The battle resumes tomorrow.’

Showing the empty buckets to her customers, Lu Wu started packing up her stall while humming a little tune.

“Ah, how could you do this? I haven’t had enough yet…”

“You haven’t had enough? I saw you get in line three times! I just got here and she’s closing up before I could even get one cup. Get out of my way!”

“Waaah, why are you being so mean? It’s all Boss Lu’s fault. I’m innocent~”

“Get lost, you damned creep!”

…

The complaints rose and fell, but Lu Wu turned a deaf ear to them all.

The Heavenly Buddha Temple was situated on a mountain peak, so naturally, it was surrounded by cliffs and precipices.

Many skilled and daring Cultivators gathered by the cliff’s edge, watching the roiling clouds. The three brothers were among them.

They had been lucky enough to come to their senses in time, and all three brothers had managed to get another round of milk tea.

Just as they’d expected, not a single flavor had disappointed them.

Now, their bellies were stuffed. Third patted his watermelon-like stomach, which made a THUNK sound.

“HIC!”

With his Spiritual Power suppressed, he couldn’t digest the milk tea in his stomach, which further limited his abilities.

His belly was full, and so was his heart.

The icy chill of the cold wind on their cheeks pulled the three brothers out of their milk tea-induced daze for a moment.

Looking at the bottomless abyss below, then at the dispersing crowd of customers, the brothers’ expressions slowly went blank.

“It seems we…”

Third trailed off, hesitant to finish.

“Yup!”

Second Brother confirmed his suspicion.

The cold wind had reminded him what he’d forgotten.

‘The client’s mission!’

But they had already missed their window. It was impossible to go now.

‘A miscalculation, a huge miscalculation!’

Their leader, meanwhile, said nothing, simply covering his face and letting out a long sigh.

In all their years, the three of them had done many jobs, but never had they bailed on a client like this.

More importantly, Boss Lu was really just a stall owner, not their accomplice.

‘This has been a massive misunderstanding.’

“Let’s just say security at the Heavenly Buddha Temple was too tight today, so we didn’t find an opportunity to strike.”

“We’ll come back tomorrow.”

Second Brother’s proposed excuse was approved.

The Sealing Demon Array would be active for half a month anyway. They had plenty of time.

“Okay.”

Third had no objections. After a few cups of milk tea, he’d already forgotten how his two older brothers had deceived him.

“So, are we still getting milk tea tomorrow? They said there’ll be new flavors.”

Third asked.

The leader and Second Brother met each other’s gaze and nodded.

“We are!”

With today’s experience, they’d be more prepared tomorrow. They’d buy the milk tea and leave immediately. He refused to believe he’d be so captivated by milk tea that he’d be rooted to the spot again.

Arms slung over each other’s shoulders, the three brothers headed down the mountain.

After the trio left, Xia Yi’s figure emerged from the shadows. She held a cup of milk tea and pouted.

“How boring.”

‘There’s no room for me to do anything at all.’

“Isn’t it better to avoid all the fighting and killing?”

Chan Yu also appeared beside her. His gaze fell on the crowded mountain path as he smiled, his eyes deep with thought.

‘Who knows how many people in this crowd have come to the Heavenly Buddha Temple with ulterior motives.’

But no matter what these people intended to do, they were all conquered by Boss Lu’s milk tea in the end, temporarily abandoning their destructive thoughts.

‘Boss Lu really lives up to her reputation.’

“How’s that Demon doing?”

Xia Yi turned to look at Lu Wu, who was currently mobbed by customers, and casually asked Chan Yu.

“It’s fine. It hasn’t reawakened for now.”

A true Demon wasn’t so easily destroyed. The Heavenly Buddha Temple had suppressed it for ages, chanting scriptures day and night in an attempt to cleanse its demonic nature, yet they’d had little success.

This time of year was always when its demonic nature was at its peak.

Only by activating the Sealing Demon Formation to suppress all Spiritual Power could they prevent it from finding an opening.

However, there were always those who wanted to take the opportunity to cause trouble.

That was why Xia Yi was here.

It couldn’t be helped. The mastermind this time was a traitor from the Hehuan Sect, and she was here to clean house.

The other party was so secretive that she’d been tailing them for a long time without being able to catch them. This time, she was using the Heavenly Buddha Temple as bait.

Under the Sealing Demon Formation, all Cultivators were reduced to mortals.

“Do you think that Demon would also like Boss Lu’s milk tea?”

Xia Yi asked on a sudden whim.

She had eaten the pork knuckles and drunk the milk tea, and she had seen how the customers went crazy for Lu Wu.

‘Those dishes held more than just delicious flavors; they also had some special properties.’

For instance, this milk tea could cleanse the mind.

The distracting thoughts accumulated during cultivation could all be shattered by a single cup of this milk tea, leading to a clear Dao heart and a natural increase in one’s cultivation.

She knew for a fact that many monks from the Heavenly Buddha Temple had experienced moments of enlightenment in the past two days.

“Hmm, we could give it a try.”

Given the suggestion, Chan Yu actually thought it had real potential.

Of course, it would require Lu Wu’s cooperation.

“Eek!”

A sudden chill washed over her, and Lu Wu wrapped her jacket tighter.

‘The mountains are so cold after winter sets in,’ she thought. ‘Even in a place bathed in Buddha’s light, there are still gusts of sinister wind.’

‘I can’t stay here any longer!’

“Folks, I have to go buy ingredients! If I don’t leave now, there won’t be any milk tea for you tomorrow.”

Lu Wu told a barefaced lie.

In reality, she still had plenty of ingredients in her Storage Space.

“What! That’s not acceptable! In that case, Boss Lu, you should hurry up and go!”

The customers panicked when they heard this.

What was a bit of idle chatter compared to milk tea? Now, they weren’t trying to keep Lu Wu anymore; instead, they started pushing her, urging her to get down the mountain quickly.

“Tsk!”

Lu Wu pouted.

‘Does she, Boss Lu, have no sway at all when faced with good food?’

She mounted her stall, and with a flap of its great wings, Lu Wu flew over the crowd and headed down. But halfway down the mountain, a demonic gust of wind blew past.

WHOOSH!

The great wings flapped desperately. Suspended in mid-air, a terrified Lu Wu clung tightly to her stall.

‘Don’t do this to me!’

But her prayers were useless. The great wings trembled again, and she was thrown off course as the stall plummeted straight down.

‘I’m crashing!’

‘My life is over~’

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