（Happy Winter Solstice to everyone!）
Three years is a long time for ordinary people, requiring detailed planning for anything they do, but for cultivators, especially those with profound cultivation, three years is merely the time it takes to open and close their eyes in seclusion.
Currently, in Flame City, a cultivator at the Life and Death Realm is considered a capable individual, while those at the Nirvana Realm can dominate a region. As for cultivators above the Transcendent Realm, they have rarely appeared in Flame City during these three years.
The culprit behind all of this is Feng Chen.
Three years ago, due to Feng Chen, almost all the experts above the Transcendent Realm in Flame City died, leading to a gap in the ranks of Transcendent Realm cultivators and above.
As for Feng Chen, the main culprit, he only felt one thing about this.
And that is…
It couldn't be more awesome.
In the past, with his Nirvana Realm cultivation, he had to behave cautiously in Flame City, but now, who dares to provoke him? Who doesn't know he is the number one waiter at the Longevity Tavern?
The only thing that makes him unhappy is that his cultivation hasn't improved at all in these three years, still stuck at the third level of the Nirvana Realm. That woman named Shen Yue actually broke through a small realm while recovering from her injuries and has now reached the peak of the Nirvana Realm. Another breakthrough and she will reach the Transcendent Realm.
Feng Chen looked at Shen Yue, who was sweeping the stairs not far away, and couldn't help but curl his lips, saying, "With such a high cultivation at such a young age, you'll definitely not be able to marry in the future. No one will dare to take you."
"Feng Chen, what are you muttering about?" Shen Yue suddenly turned to look at Feng Chen.
Feng Chen's face twitched, and he said, "Nothing, I'm just marveling at how rich the boss is. No one has come to our tavern for drinks in the past few years, yet we still open every day."
Shen Yue smiled and said, "As the saying goes, the greatest hermits hide in the city. The boss is a hidden expert, opening a tavern is just to pass the time, how could he be aiming to make money."
Feng Chen nodded, "You're right. But the boss has been disappearing lately, always elusive, I wonder what he's up to."
"This… who knows." Shen Yue shook her head, suddenly, she looked at Feng Chen with a complicated expression and said, "Feng Chen!"
"Speak, are you going to ask me to go out and buy rouge and powder for you again? Let me tell you in advance, I don't have any origin crystals on me. I'm working just like others, how come I not only don't earn money, but I'm actually losing money?"
Feng Chen was looking down and wiping the table, this was his daily work, whether there were customers or not, he had to do it, so he didn't notice Shen Yue's expression.
Shen Yue opened her mouth to speak, a hint of hesitation flashed in her eyes, and finally, she said, "Yes, I'll give you origin crystals, you help me buy a little more."
In the past few years, there have been people everywhere who want to kill her, but as a woman, and a beautiful woman at that, naturally she loves beauty, so she needs some rouge and powder to dress herself up. Although she doesn't use it, but women are naturally fond of these things, she can't avoid it, so she asks Feng Chen to buy rouge and powder for her.
At first, Feng Chen refused, but Shen Yue gave him too much, but even if it was more, it couldn't withstand him drinking five-hundred-year-old peach blossom wine every day. Gu Changsheng only stipulated that he could drink a jar of hundred-year-old wine for free every day, but Feng Chen was quite addicted to alcohol, a jar was only twenty pounds, for ordinary people, it could be drunk for several years or even decades, but for him, it was not enough at all.
But Gu Changsheng didn't pay him a salary, at this time Shen Yue said she would give him origin crystals, as long as he helped buy some women's things, face and wine, he finally chose wine.
As soon as Feng Chen heard this, he immediately put down his work, quickly ran to Shen Yue, and familiarly stretched out his hand.
Shen Yue took off the storage ring on her hand and handed it to Feng Chen, Feng Chen was stunned, and then smiled, "Are you going to buy out all of Zhao's store?"
Shen Yue shook her head and said, "You help me buy enough for a year, the remaining origin crystals are my compensation to you."
"Compensation?"
Feng Chen raised his eyebrows, naturally understanding what Shen Yue was talking about, but three years had passed, and he had long stopped caring about the past grievances, otherwise he wouldn't have let her go and saved her again, now saying compensation, seems a bit strange.
"Why did you suddenly think of compensating me?" Feng Chen asked.
Shen Yue didn't answer, but said, "Do you want it or not, if you don't want it, forget it."
"Yes, how could I not want it!" Feng Chen took the storage ring, swept it with his divine sense, his pupils shrank, he swore, he had never seen so many origin crystals in his life, and only some low-grade origin crystals, the rest were all high-grade origin crystals, and there were even some top-grade origin crystals.
Feng Chen swept across with his divine sense, there were probably forty million high-grade origin crystals, and thirty thousand top-grade origin crystals, which was ten thousand times richer than when he was the richest.
"So much, all for me?" Feng Chen looked at Shen Yue, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.
"Yes!" Shen Yue nodded, for her, Feng Chen went from being the ultimate enemy, to falling into Feng Chen's hands, to being let go by Feng Chen, and finally being saved by Feng Chen, these things happened very quickly, so quickly that even strange novels wouldn't write it like this, but it really happened to her.
So her feelings for Feng Chen are very complicated, so complicated that she herself doesn't know whether it's gratitude or love.
After Feng Chen heard Shen Yue's answer, he swallowed saliva again, he stood in place with the storage ring for a long time, but in the end, he only took out a top-grade origin crystal, a high-grade origin crystal, a middle-grade origin crystal, and a low-grade origin crystal from the storage ring, and then threw the storage ring back to Shen Yue.
Shen Yue took Feng Chen, looking at him in confusion, the origin crystals inside were enough for him to drink five-hundred-year-old peach blossom wine every day for the rest of his life.
"As the ancients said, a gentleman loves money, but he takes it in a proper way. I saved you not for money, but just didn't want to feel guilty in my heart. After all, at the beginning, I accidentally saw… cough cough, you understand, I won't say it clearly, anyway, I only need these, the high-grade origin crystal is for me to buy rouge and powder for you."
After speaking, Feng Chen turned and left, leaving only a back view to Shen Yue.
Shen Yue looked at Feng Chen with surprised beautiful eyes, but she didn't know that Feng Chen's heart was bleeding at this moment.
That was a mountain of origin crystals, enough for my wine money for the rest of my life, is this the price of a righteous gentleman? What kind of righteous gentleman am I pretending to be, it hurts!
But even if it hurts again, the bragging cow can't be burst.
When Feng Chen left, Gu Changsheng returned to the store.
"Where's that kid?" Gu Changsheng asked Shen Yue.
"Boss, he went out." Shen Yue quickly said.
Gu Changsheng nodded, and then said, "Leaving soon?"
Shen Yue was stunned, she looked at Gu Changsheng in surprise, and asked, "Boss, how do you know?"
"Your face almost has the four words 'I'm leaving' written on it, only that kid with low emotional intelligence can't see it." Gu Changsheng said.
"Yes, my realm has just broken through, and it will be stable in another month. By then, those people won't be able to stop me. I… after all, I don't belong here." Shen Yue said.
Gu Changsheng nodded, and said, "A month, that's about right!"
"When that kid comes back, you let him come find me!" After Gu Changsheng finished speaking, he walked towards the back of the tavern, where his resting courtyard was.
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