Chapter 753
By searching the souls of the four immortal cultivators on Fenglan Planet, Gu Zheng also learned more about things on this planet.
The four cultivators belong to the Kunlun Sect on Fenglan Star. In this plane, the Kunlun Sect is still the leader of the righteous path, and the Celestial Dynasty to which Kunlun belongs is still the country with the most immortal cultivators in this plane.
There are also many immortal cultivators on Fenglan Star who came out of the prehistoric times, but compared with Earth, the number of immortal cultivators in this plane is even greater! The biggest reason is that there has been no war between good and evil recently that could significantly reduce the number of immortal cultivators. The good and evil sides are temporarily in a relatively peaceful stage, so the number of immortal cultivators is naturally larger.
"The situation in the human world here is very similar to that on Earth. Where are you going to open a store as your first stop?" Qi Ling asked Gu Zheng.
"Come close! Complete one hundred and twenty sales in three months. This task becomes more and more difficult the more you think about it."
Gu Zheng's voice paused, and then he said: "How much are you going to set for the price of remuneration?"
"Let's settle on one hundred thousand!" Qi Ling said.
"One hundred thousand? Is there any room for change?"
Gu Zheng frowned. The material living standards of ordinary people in Fenglan Star are very similar to those on earth. If the reward is one hundred thousand, this threshold is really not low! In a big city, there may be many people who don't care about the one hundred thousand, but Gu Zheng wants to try to do the task nearby. For people in a relatively remote area like Kunlun, one hundred thousand is really not a small amount of money. .
"Initially there is no room for changes, but if your business is very poor after a month, you can make changes in some details! After all, this mission is to test your cooking skills, not to make things difficult for you. "
Hearing what Qi Ling said, Gu Zheng felt a lot more relieved.
The first stop of the ancient struggle was Moyan City, just outside the Kunlun Mountains. This is a place equivalent to a fourth-tier city on earth.
In the Kunlun Mountains of Fenglan Star, there are four sects of immortal cultivators, and they also have their business in the mortal world in Moyan City. The first thing Gu Zheng has to do is to go to the place where they do business in the mortal world and exchange Some currency of this plane.
It was also the Fa Xing era on Fenglan Planet, and the existence of immortal cultivators was no secret, so the Resource Pavilion opened by the Kunlun Sect in Moyan City was easy to find. It was a three-story wooden retro building.
Entering the Resource Pavilion, someone immediately greeted Gu Zheng warmly and asked him whether he wanted to buy or sell resources.
Gu Zheng took out several high-grade weapon refining materials and exchanged them for 80 million Fenglan Star Coins from the Kunlun Sect's Resource Pavilion. However, this process is not very fast. The Resource Pavilion is engaged in the business of cultivating immortals, and cultivators rarely need so much mortal currency.
Gu Zheng exchanged so many mortal currencies, and the person in charge of the Resource Pavilion tentatively asked him what he needed these currencies for, and if there was anything he could do to help.
The next thing Gu Zheng needs to do is to rent a store in the city. Since people from Zizi Pavilion asked about this, Gu Zheng didn't hide anything. He only said that he wanted to open a restaurant. If the Kunlun Sect had an idle store in the busy city, it could be rented to him.
The person in charge of the Resource Pavilion did not ask Gu Zheng purely out of curiosity. He also wanted to make friends with Gu Zheng. After all, the resources provided by Gu Zheng are of good quality and there is no bargaining on the price. It is obvious that he is a big customer.
Kunlun School has a store in a busy city, but it is not an idle one. However, in order to win over customers, the person in charge of Ziyuan Pavilion decided at that time that he would have people vacate the store within an hour, and at the same time help Gu Zheng complete the necessary procedures for doing business in the mortal world as soon as possible.
Naturally, Gu Zheng would not treat Ziyuan Pavilion's enthusiasm unkindly. He casually threw a good-grade weapon refining material over and regarded it as rent and compensation for Ziyuan Pavilion's busy work. The person in charge of Ziyuan Pavilion thanked him profusely.
With someone to help with trivial matters, the store opening progressed quickly. In almost half an hour, the Kunlun Sect's store in the busy city had been vacated.
Although the store is not big, its location is excellent. Gu Zheng was quite satisfied after seeing it.
"Master, although this place was a hotel before, the decoration and other things are too poor. Do you need me to cast a spell to redecorate this place?" Die Ling asked.
"Just be neat and tidy, and let's maintain the status quo in other aspects!"
Gu Zheng's original plan was to make the place antique, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up this plan.
The business that Gu Zheng wants to do this time is for everyone. It's better for immortal cultivators to say that they won't be too surprised when they see some things. But for mortals, Gu Zheng doesn't want them to know that this is a store opened by immortal cultivators! If they knew that this was a shop opened by an immortal cultivator, it would be even more difficult for Gu Zheng to do business out of respect for the immortal cultivators.
"The master doesn't want mortals to know that this is a shop run by immortal cultivators, right?"
Facing Die Ling's inquiry, Gu Zheng nodded.
"I feel like I can't hide it! The rules really make it difficult for the master to do business. Why don't the master discuss it with his sister and see if the rules can be changed appropriately? After all, once mortals know that this is a shop opened by cultivators, At this point, I’m afraid it will be difficult for mortals to come to the door." Die Ling shrugged and smiled.
"How long can I hide it? As for discussing it with your sister, let's forget about it. She doesn't make the rules."
Gu Zheng had already thought of many details, and he felt that he couldn't keep them secret for long. After all, mortals are not fools. However, when faced with a task, his mentality is to face the difficulty. When it really doesn't work, then he will think of other ways. He will take it one step at a time.
With the casting of Butterfly Spirit, the storefront, which was not too messy at first, immediately became tidier.
The Five Elements Immortal Ball in his body was shaking, and Gu Zheng used the Wood Control Technique to create a wooden sign and bulletin board out of thin air.
He stretched out his hand and waved at the signboard and bulletin board. The two characters "Qidian" appeared on the signboard, and the business scope of Qidian also appeared on the bulletin board.
"Put the signs and bulletin boards where they should be. Qidian will officially open tomorrow. Don't let the mortals know about it today, lest they be surprised how a restaurant suddenly appeared!" Gu Zheng said.
"clear!"
Dieling nodded and came to the outside of the store with the sign and bulletin board.
The street outside the store was full of pedestrians, and the neighbors on the left and right were basking in the sun and playing with their mobile phones in front of the store, but no one saw Die Ling, and no one saw the store they were familiar with. The signboard and bulletin board had been changed.
Qi Ling went out to place signs and bulletin boards, while Gu Zheng was busy setting up a short-distance teleportation array in the store.
The task was already difficult to accomplish, and it was even more impossible to just guard one place. Gu Zheng planned to open two more odd shops in nearby cities.
With the resources Guzheng currently has on hand, he can deploy three short-distance teleportation formations that can be reused. This way, he can immediately teleport to any store that has business coming to his door.
After the teleportation fairy formation was arranged, Gu Zheng took Die Ling and flew to the target city, then spent a lot of money to build the second store in the shortest time, and set up the teleportation fairy formation corresponding to the first strange store.
After all three strange shops were settled, it was already evening. However, this settlement is only preliminary, and Gu Zheng still has some trivial matters that need to be dealt with. For example, if he cannot use fairy kitchen utensils this time, he needs to get a few sets of ordinary kitchen utensils, but these ordinary kitchen utensils may not be easy to use, and he has to process them.
At noon the next day, firecrackers sounded outside the three strange shops. Their opening caused many people to stop and watch. After all, the words on the bulletin board outside the store are very eye-catching.
"Really or not? Betting one million with one hundred thousand?"
"When customers say they are satisfied, they are satisfied, and when customers say they are dissatisfied, they are dissatisfied. Doesn't this mean that I can win a million just by saying I am dissatisfied?"
"Buying is not as good as selling. Do you think everyone is a fool?"
"That's right, I didn't even read the instructions carefully! Didn't it say something else in the announcement? If you are willing to try it, you must swear that your evaluation of the food is absolutely sincere, otherwise you will die!"
"Now is the era of Fa Xing, and some things belonging to immortal cultivators are also in the world. It is better to be cautious about swearing! You might say something against your will, and it will really make people die!"
"There is something fishy, there is definitely something fishy! Whether the ingredients and accessories we provide count or not is up to the store, and it feels like 'the company has the final right to interpret'."
"The store owner said that he opened such a store just to complete a task, not to make money from us. Instead, he hopes that we can stump him and earn a million rewards from him! You all think this Isn’t it trustworthy?”
"Humph, do you believe it? Unless you have money and nowhere to spend it!"
"You can't say that. What if what the store said is true?"
"Assuming what he said is true, then the store owner is definitely not a mortal, he should be a cultivator! What we think is incredible is very simple for cultivators to accomplish! Toads and stones can be turned into white rice and steamed buns , How can we play with others?”
"According to what you said, this should be a store opened by an immortal cultivator. It's better not to be tempted. It's easy for an immortal cultivator to defeat us!"
"My opinion is different from yours! If this is really a store opened by immortal cultivators, I think we can try it. After all, for immortal cultivators, our currency is not of much use, and they will not be bored to win. Let’s go back and play with some of our currency?”
"What you said seems to make sense! I really hope someone can come into the store and ask us carefully and tell us more details!"
"The conditions for entering the store to ask questions must be 100,000 in cash. Who would go out with 100,000 in cash! Besides, even if you have 100,000 in cash, you don't dare to ask easily? After all, there are still bad guys!"
"I don't have money. If I had money, I would really give it a try. One hundred thousand for one million, it's tempting no matter how you look at it!"
"I advise you to calm down and don't say anything else, but there are many explanations for the evaluation of food taste! It says that the so-called taste and deliciousness are only based on the ingredients you provide, which is He said that even if the ingredients are inedible, as long as he cooks them with oil and salt, the taste will be improved a lot! "
"Why do you think so much? Just post it online and see what netizens say!"
The people watching outside the three strange shops really knew everything they wanted to say, but no one dared to try it or ask questions to the store owners.
Half an hour after the odd store opened, outside the third odd store, someone finally knocked on the door with 100,000 in cash.
"Brother, ask questions carefully after entering, and then come out and talk to us!"
The onlookers shouted at the young man who knocked on the door.
"Don't worry, I will definitely tell you what you asked when I come out!"
The young man turned back and smiled at everyone, with a hint of arrogance on his young face.
Gu Zheng was originally at the first strange store. Since someone knocked on the door with cash, he immediately used the teleportation array to go to the third strange store.
"Please come in."
Gu Zheng invited the young man into the shop, and Die Ling immediately poured the young man a cup of tea.
"I thought that a store that dared to do this kind of business would be very luxurious inside, but who would have thought that it would be so simple."
The young man looked around and smiled slightly disappointedly.
"I didn't make it too luxurious. I was worried that it would scare the customers." Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Hey! I've been to a lot of luxurious places, but nothing can scare me yet!"
The young man smiled contemptuously, picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and spit out the tea.
"With such a big charade, the tea served to the guests is of such poor quality. I really doubt what you are going to do? Do you have any compensation for not making the guests satisfied?" the young man frowned.
"What I sell is cooking, not tea. I'm afraid of scaring people if the tea is too good! As for compensation for not satisfying customers, I naturally have it here."
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, Die Ling immediately placed a small box on the table and opened it. After the box lid popped up, there were colorful Fenglan Star Coins inside.
The young man put his hand into the box and flipped through the stacks of Fenglan Star Coins skillfully, followed by a pleasant sound of paper.
"The money is true, but you are a weird person!"
The young man looked at Gu Zheng, as if he wanted to see his heart: "Are you the shopkeeper here?"
"Yes, I am the shop owner and chef." Gu Zheng said.
"You don't seem to be much older than me!"
The young man seemed to speak casually, but suddenly asked: "Are you the fairy chef?"
The young man still stared into Gu Zheng's eyes during the questioning, but Gu Zheng's eyes were calm: "No!"
The identity of the Immortal Chef would not have any good impact on the mission, so Gu Zheng just lied.
"Then are you a cultivator?"
The young man didn't give up and still looked into Gu Zheng's eyes.
"no."
Gu Zheng still lied, and lied very thoroughly: "Not only immortal chefs or immortal cultivators have the strength to do such things, cultivators can do it as well."
The disdain on Gu Zheng's face was met with a disdainful smile from the young man.
"Master, I want to teach this guy a lesson!"
Die Ling told Gu Zheng her thoughts.
"No, this kid is so cute! At least he dares to come in and ask me, which is better than those who just wait and see!" Gu Zheng thought to Die Ling.
"Let's get down to business next."
The young man thought for a while and said: "What kind of excipients are qualified excipients? Although you said it in the announcement, it was not detailed."
"First of all, auxiliary ingredients include seasonings and spices. Regarding the details of seasonings, you can't mix up the flavors just to confuse me, so I will eliminate some very excessive seasonings. As for what is excessive? This depends on you It depends on the specific situation of the seasoning! Another thing is the amount of seasoning. You can't ask me to make a dish and put half a pound of salt, half a pound of sugar, and half a pound of vinegar. If this is the case, the amount will be different. I will also be reduced."
"As for spices, it's the same as seasonings. The premise is that you want to stump me, but what you give can't be too excessive."
"The so-called seasonings and spices all fall into the category of auxiliary materials. Since they are auxiliary materials, they are definitely not as important as the ingredients! If you really want to stump me, the focus should be on the ingredients, as long as they are indeed edible. Ingredients, then I will cook them into delicious foods that satisfy you. If you are not satisfied, you take away one million!”
After Gu Zheng finished speaking, the young man thought for a while and said, "Although what you said is still not detailed enough, I think I roughly understand what you mean. Let's do it! I will prepare the ingredients and seasonings now, and wait until I'm ready I’ll bring it here for you to see. Besides, you have the right to deny the things I provide, and I also have the right not to let you cook them, right?”
"Of course! After you show me the ingredients and accessories, if I think it's okay, I will ask you again if you want me to cook. If you don't agree, you can leave with your money." Gu Zheng said .
"One more thing, I want to watch your cooking process!" the young man said again.
"You can watch, but external reports are prohibited!" Gu Zheng said.
"Forbidden to spread outside the country? Can the words I asked you just now be allowed to spread outside the country?" the young man asked.
"You don't need to say anything to people outside. I have a video of our conversation. I will play the video outside the store and it will answer those questions for you." Gu Zheng said.
The young man thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, I don't have anything to ask for the moment. I will prepare the ingredients and accessories."
"Can."
Gu Zheng stood up and seemed to be sending the young man out, but in fact he was holding him still.
Gu Zheng erased the part about the conversation with the young man about the immortal cultivator from the young man's memory, and he would also erase this part of the video later.
There are also immortal cultivators on Fenglan Star, and Gu Zheng's identity cannot be hidden from such people. However, it is not good for him to expose his identity to mortals like the young man. Anyway, whether it is lying or erasing part of the young man's memory, as long as it is not a fake cooking skill, it does not conflict with the mission, so Gu Zheng did it.
When the young man walked out of the store, the onlookers immediately asked him what he asked in the store. Except for the part about the immortal cultivator, the young man told everything he asked.
There were also regrets among the onlookers. They regretted why the young man did not ask whether the owner was an immortal cultivator! But the young man looked enlightened and said that he forgot to ask this matter.
Not long after the young man left, Gu Zheng put up the video.
A thousand people may have a thousand questions, and it is impossible to list all the details on the bulletin board. The video playback for those who came to ask is just a supplement to the details made by the public.
After the young man left, a customer came to store No. 2 to ask questions. The questions he asked were slightly different from those of the young man, so Gu Zheng also released the video of his questioning.