Chapter 680: Chapter 527: Earning 6,000 a Day, Finally Making Money

Chun kept scrolling through Black Iron live streams on his phone, but all he found were videos of himself sprawled out in Bronze City. This is a bit of a mental overload, isn’t it?

Finally, he found it!

The Mermaid made her move, her tail enveloped in a glistening sphere of water, gliding smoothly on land, attracting a crowd of player NPCs—all watching in awe. But holy shit, the Ten Lords and Mary are together!?

It’s understandable that the Ten Lords are there, but why is Mary? Are the Ten Lords trying to cut in on my territory?!

Luckily, the Mermaid and Mary were chatting and laughing like old friends, which did ease Chun’s mind a bit.

Then, the group headed straight for Vivian’s Night Rose Tavern.

Ah, they’re that straightforward? Alright then...

That’s the plan, but Chun suddenly felt there was a flaw. If the Mermaid hints to the chef in front of the Ten Lords, and then the tavern introduces a new baguette, Zhou Qing might think it’s related to me. That would reveal my relationship with the Mermaid to Zhou Qing! Although she might keep it secret, it’s still my biggest secret!

Thinking of this, Chun felt all sorts of discomfort!

He watched as the group entered the tavern, and it seemed like the Ten Lords used their privilege, as no live-stream players could enter.

Can’t see them anymore.

Whatever, let’s wait until things calm down. Anyway, since I’m awake, I’ll just stroll the streets and take in the sights.

Suddenly, Chun noticed a group of small figures among the NPC crowd waving at him.

Children? The one leading them was clearly the Douding who delivered me a cake!

Holy shit, he remembers me!

Well, it’s only been a few days. Still, seeing his bright Essence Qi evokes the same excitement as when he awoke from a dream. Chun felt gratified and waved back in response. However, can’t let the Ten Lords suspect anything is up with them, so he first waved at the other onlookers, then gave a special wave to Douding.

Douding clearly felt immense satisfaction before leading the other children away.

...

Sariel entered the tavern with the Mermaid and Mary, startling the patrons who stood up in surprise. Vivian led a team of staff to personally greet them at the door.

Sariel immediately used her privilege: "Boss, the Lord of the Divine Throne requires some peace, please ask all adventurers inside to leave."

"Alright!"

In the next moment, the tavern’s players, especially the two permanent sentries from the Divine Team, were all asked to leave, and no players could enter through the door.

The Mermaid looked around curiously: "Sage, this is actually my first time in a tavern."

Sariel replied with a smile: "That’s nothing; Silver City has even more upscale places."

As soon as she said this, Sariel noticed Vivian’s smile freeze. It seemed her words weren’t quite appropriate.

The Mermaid laughed: "I heard, don’t you need to order from a menu at the tavern?"

Vivian immediately handed over the menu: "Lord of the Divine Throne, this is our tavern’s specialty dish, and we’re also launching a new baguette bread."

The Mermaid laughed: "Can I order everything on the menu?"

"Of course you can!"

The Mermaid suddenly spotted a particular dish: "This ’Shark Oil Fried Clams’—did an adventurer provide this menu?"

Vivian awkwardly replied: "Then we won’t serve that dish!"

Sariel suddenly froze; as the Guardian God, the Mermaid indeed has the privilege to discern menu copyrights—is it—

The Mermaid said instead: "No, I said order everything!"

Sariel immediately leveraged her privilege to press further: "Is it that imprisoned Chun?"

Vivian answered with some difficulty: "Yes! He provided it before he was imprisoned. Back then, he was a good guy, but he only had basic culinary skills, though the ingredients were quite high-end, so the dish isn’t cheap, and few customers order it."

Sariel, knowing her stuff, acknowledged: "Shark Oil is indeed high-end!"

To capture it is hard; refining it even more so, because sharks have no urinary systems, their urine mixed with sweat is excreted through the skin, making shark meat smell horribly like it’s been marinated in a public urinal, making anything but the fins inedible. The process of oil extraction to remove the stench is very troublesome.

In actuality, there should never have been such a bizarre and troublesome process for Shark Oil, but only because the Empire secretly controls the food supply of the Five Great Cities, forcing citizens to find ways to produce oil.

Sariel continued to ask: "A basic culinary apprentice, how could he possibly use Shark Oil? Where did Chun get it from?"

Vivian struggled to answer: "Sage, this, I don’t know either."

Sariel had already figured it out: "From the Pirates maybe?"

Vivian sighed: "This, Bronze City has already judged him to have connections with the Pirates, right."

Sariel asked again: "So, he shared his menu with you, thus becoming a VIP at your tavern?"

Vivian smiled: "That’s part of the reason; of course, mainly because he was still a good person back then."

Sariel chuckled: "Then may I also offer a few dishes to you?"

Vivian was shocked: "Sage, the menu you provide must be very prestigious, I’m afraid our customers can’t afford it?"

Sariel laughed: "Since even the Lord of the Divine Throne has personally come to your tavern, your establishment is destined to elevate in status. I believe that in the future, all citizens in the city will be proud of this place! But rest assured, the ingredients for my dishes are within Black Iron City’s capability, and some of the slightly upscale ingredients can be ordered as bounties from treasure hunters, it’s no hassle." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Vivian rejoiced: "Thank you so much, Sage!"

Sela watched the chat group live stream anxiously: "Sariel, you’re not poaching Chun’s side at all; you’re clearly poaching mine!"