Chapter 41: The Immortal King Milk Tea

Gu Mingchun took a big sip of the milk tea and shook his head.

“It’s too good! Simply the nectar of the gods!”

Lin Yaoyao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She’d been worried that people in this cultivation world wouldn’t take to the taste of milk tea.

Seems human taste buds are the same everywhere.

Lin Feiyuan didn’t believe it. Gu Mingchun’s praise was too over the top, which made him suspicious.

Brother Gu was an honest man. He definitely wouldn’t want to embarrass Lin Yaoyao to her face, but his expression didn’t look like he was lying.

“Let me have a taste.”

Lin Feiyuan snatched the bamboo cup from Gu Mingchun and, copying his gesture, gave it a hard slurp.

Cough, cough…

Something caught in his throat, but it slid down smoothly.

Lin Yaoyao had never seen anyone drink milk tea and choke like they’d swallowed a fish bone.

‘My silly third brother. He looks like a perfect gentleman, handsome and refined, but he’s a blockhead.’

‘Even Zhu Bajie gobbling the ginseng fruit wasn’t this clueless.’

“Third Brother, drink slower! Those pearl balls need to be chewed.”

Lin Yaoyao had made the ‘pearls’ by rolling Tongxuan grass into little balls.

Tongxuan grass tasted sweet and was good for the body. Adding it to the milk tea boosted the flavor and also increased spiritual power for cultivators.

Lin Feiyuan didn’t dare to slurp hard again. He took a cautious, small sip. It was sweet but not cloying, with a milky aroma and the sweet fragrance of tea. The two flavors blended together for an even better taste.

Delicious! Delicious! Those little dark balls were good too, soft and sticky, with a light sweetness.

“Yaoyao, this… is way too good!”

With validation from Lin Feiyuan, a playboy who spent all his time eating and having fun, Lin Yaoyao felt even more confident.

‘I’m going to spread the Immortal King Milk Tea to every corner of the Nine Provinces.’

The onlookers saw Lin Feiyuan and Gu Mingchun praising the contents of the bamboo cup, so they all came forward to ask for a cup to try.

Lin Yaoyao took a deep breath and switched into brand promotion mode. She had to catch this wave of attention no matter what.

“A reclusive master passed this down to me. It is a thing from beyond the heavens. The taste is excellent, and above all, it can increase a cultivator’s spiritual power and help their cultivation. Ordinary people can also strengthen their bodies. It’s called the Immortal King Milk Tea.”

Immortal King Milk Tea!

No one had ever heard of such a thing. Even the people holding white banners and shouting slogans stopped. Everyone wanted to hear Lin Yaoyao explain the wonders of this drink.

“Immortal King Milk Tea, as the name suggests, is said to be what immortals drink! The reclusive master gave it to me, and I am willing to share it with all the people of the world.”

The drink really was that miraculous? Gu Mingchun quietly circulated his energy, and sure enough, his spiritual power grew.

“Miss Lin, my spiritual power is denser than before.”

Lin Yaoyao nodded. That was expected. This was brewed with top-grade Enlightenment Tea, so its effects were naturally extraordinary.

With Gu Mingchun as a living signboard, everyone present grew even more eager, all wanting to taste this drink of the immortals.

Lin Yaoyao called Chunyu over to help hand out small cups of milk tea to the passersby. After tasting, everyone praised it endlessly.

“Wow, the immortal nectar is really something else, too delicious!”

“I feel like my fatigue is all gone after drinking it, and I’ve got a lot more strength.”

“My spiritual power is soaring, I’m about to break through!”

Lin Yaoyao was secretly thrilled. All five-star reviews!

There were lots of people, and the milk tea Lin Yaoyao had prepared was limited, so it soon ran out.

“It’s gone!”

Lin Feiyuan had been helping hand out milk tea the whole time and hadn’t drunk much himself. It was gone that fast. If he’d known, he’d have asked his sister to secretly save him a cup.

Lin Yaoyao saw the resentful look in Lin Feiyuan’s eyes and knew what he was thinking. She patted his shoulder.

“Third Brother, I’ll make you a big cup later.”

Lin Feiyuan was appeased. Those who hadn’t gotten a taste were a bit upset.

“Everyone, if you didn’t get to try the Immortal King Milk Tea today, don’t worry. In two days, the Immortal King Milk Tea shop will officially open, right across from Cuiming Residence. Everyone is welcome. Limited quantities, first come first served, two cups per person.”

That was Lin Yaoyao’s real goal. She didn’t have to worry about no one showing up on opening day.

In front of the Zeng mansion, Lin Yaoyao and the others had made quite a scene.

The neighbors around it were all alarmed and pointed at the mansion.

No matter how much the Zeng family pretended to be deaf and blind, they couldn’t keep it up any longer.

With a creak, the gate of the Zeng mansion opened. A head poked out, looked around, and came over to Lin Feiyuan.

Lin Feiyuan had been a regular visitor to the Zeng mansion and was on good terms with the Fifth Young Master of the Zeng family, so the servants all recognized this Third Young Master of the Lin family.

“Young Master Lin, our Old Madam invites you in.”

The Zeng family head had been away for days, so the Zeng Old Madam was in charge.

The Old Madam sent someone specially to invite Lin Feiyuan. Lin Feiyuan remembered Lin Yaoyao’s earlier instructions.

No matter what, don’t enter the mansion. Aristocratic families all cared about face and would try to smooth things over quietly.

Once inside, they would surely find some excuse to brush it off, and everything would be lost.

Earlier, when Lin Feiyuan had come to see the masters of the Zeng family, he had visited twice without seeing a single real master. They just fobbed him off with a pot of tea.

Now that the Zeng family was the one asking to see him, Lin Feiyuan naturally ignored them.

“Please ask the Old Madam to come out. If she has something to say, she can say it in public. We’ll let everyone hear it.”

Lin Feiyuan was firm, so the servant could only go back inside to report.

Before long, a plump old woman came out, helped by others, one hand on her forehead. A large chest was carried out behind her.

“Young Master Lin, these are the things my unfilial grandson borrowed from you. I am returning them in his place.”

Oh wow, the old lady was striking first, deliberately showing weakness and feigning illness.

“The Old Madam is so old, and she comes to see a junior from the Lin family in such poor health. The Lin family really has no respect for the elderly…”

The tide of public opinion shifted. The Zeng Old Madam was indeed skilled. No wonder Lin Feiyuan always came up short at the Zeng mansion.

Lin Feiyuan wanted to explain, but Lin Yaoyao pulled him back. Lin Feiyuan was no match for the old lady. In front of her, he could only swallow his words.

Chunyu checked the items in the chest against the list. Lin Yaoyao stepped forward and bowed to the Zeng Old Madam in thanks.

“Thank you, Old Madam, for your consideration. Every time my brother came to the Zeng mansion, the servants said the family head was out, the madam was out, the young masters and ladies were out. Now that you’ve come out, you’ve had the borrowed items organized in no time. I’m truly curious: since you were prepared to return them all along, why did you make my brother come back again and again to ask?”

The young woman before her, as beautiful as a flower, seemed modest and polite, but she was actually sharp and pressing.

Even before the battle-hardened Zeng Old Madam, she didn’t lose any momentum.

“I have been gravely ill for days and knew nothing of this! It must have been some reckless servant spreading nonsense.”

Knew nothing! The Zeng family always played dumb, but Lin Yaoyao wasn’t easy to fool.

“Old Madam, there may be other things you don’t know about, but there is one thing I’m sure you do know. The interest. It’s written clearly in black and white on the IOU. Today, before everyone, please settle it.”

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