Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 696 - 695 Eating Out Without Bringing Money
"Your comment really leaves one at a loss for words," Sun Wukong’s temper was much more restrained because Chen Nuo was beside him, "What’s wrong with Goddess Nuwa coming here to eat?"
"Do you think Immortals like Nuwa don’t eat food, or do you think the meals at Chaos Residence aren’t worthy of Goddess Nuwa?"
"No, I just didn’t know that even divine beings like Goddess Nuwa would come to Chaos Residence to eat," Little White Dragon quickly corrected himself.
Upon hearing this response, Sun Wukong nodded in satisfaction, then added, "Of course, it’s because the food here is delicious, even Goddess Nuwa is attracted by our meals."
"Indeed, the food at Chaos Residence is really delicious," Little White Dragon said, looking at the five empty bowls in front of him.
This barbecued rice dish, in fact, he had been full by the time he finished the second bowl, but couldn’t help it because the meal was just too tasty.
The roasted meat was richly flavored, the seasonings on top were delicious, and the rice was cooked just right.
When he started eating, he just had the mindset of being satisfied with a full belly, but when he actually tasted this meal, he realized just how good it was – it was so irresistible that he couldn’t stop eating.
"Hmph, I’m sure that wasn’t what you meant," Sun Wukong huffed, "Not only does Goddess Nuwa dine in our shop, but she also..."
Sun Wukong’s sentence was cut off halfway by a look from Chen Nuo.
Little White Dragon, who had been waiting for Sun Wukong to finish his sentence, was surprised when Sun suddenly stopped speaking, so he turned his head to Sun Wukong, "Goddess Nuwa also what?"
"Also bought our shop’s food delivery device. With it, no matter where one is, if one wants to eat the food from our shop, it can be done," Sun Wukong smoothly shifted the topic to the food delivery device.
Little White Dragon didn’t realize there was anything amiss with this topic, "Food delivery device? What is that?"
"It’s a special item unique to our shop, developed by our Shopkeeper," Sun Wukong proudly began to introduce the food delivery device.
"This food delivery device is very convenient, and now you can even order directly on it. You don’t have to worry about trying dishes you’ve never had before and not liking them. The device shows pictures of each dish, and you can even smell the aroma of the food once it’s cooked."
Little White Dragon was taken aback, such an amazing contraption was unheard of to him, and he hadn’t even heard of such a thing, even though he had been locked in the Water Prison for just a few hundred years. Coming out to find that the world had progressed to this point.
"Is this food delivery device really that miraculous?" Little White Dragon expressed his amazement, "How can one purchase it? I’ve never seen anything like it before. Such an excellent item must be expensive, right?"
Having just been released from the Water Prison, he didn’t have any money on him and didn’t know if he could afford it.
After all, such items were extremely rare. If he got one, wouldn’t that mean he wouldn’t have to go hungry on the Journey to the West?
Thinking of the Journey to the West, Little White Dragon’s previously cheerful face suddenly stiffened.
Was he really going on the Journey to the West?
Even though he had already uncovered the conspiracy, did he really intend to rid himself of his status as a criminal, even knowing that this had been a plot conceived hundreds of years ago, and pretend not to care and participate?
"It’s not particularly expensive, but our Shopkeeper sets the price, so if you want to buy one, you really should ask Shopkeeper Chen," Sun Wukong said, looking toward Chen Nuo.
Little White Dragon didn’t respond; he had already sunk into a dilemma.
Tian Peng had just told him that if he could stay at Chaos Residence, then he wouldn’t have to worry about the Jade Emperor coming after him.
But if he truly were to stay at Chaos Residence, would that mean he could only stay inside Chaos Residence from now on, unable to do anything else, remaining there as a clerk?
Little White Dragon didn’t know if this was the life he truly wanted, but if he didn’t stay at Chaos Residence, then his only option would be to accompany the predestined person on the Journey to the West.
That person seemed to be called Xuanzang, right? Little White Dragon wondered whether Xuanzang knew his true identity, whether he had been forced into the Journey to the West with that knowledge or whether he too had been deceived.
"Third Prince?" Sun Wukong opened his hands and waved them in front of Little White Dragon’s face, "I’m still talking to you, why did you suddenly fall silent? Do you want this delivery gadget or not?"
"Ah?" Little White Dragon snapped back to reality, then remembered his conversation with Sun Wukong, "Oh, I, I just came out of the Water Prison, I don’t have any money, I can’t afford this delivery gadget."
"Who told you this thing costs money?" Sun Wukong glanced at him, "Besides, how can you afford to eat without money? Knowing you don’t have money and yet coming to a restaurant to eat, and on top of that, you’ve eaten, let me see, one, two, three, four, five, five servings of barbecued meat with rice, you really are something..."
Little White Dragon felt somewhat embarrassed, "Sorry, I, I was just too hungry and followed Shopkeeper Chen here without thinking. How about I, I wash dishes instead?"
Sun Wukong smiled, "Do you think, in a restaurant where even Goddess Nuwa comes to eat, that just by washing dishes, you could make up for so much food you’ve eaten?"
Little White Dragon became even more flustered. He had been so hungry when he came in that he hadn’t thought of this at all. All he wanted was to have something to eat.
Only now did he realize, indeed, what restaurant would allow you to eat without paying?
"I, I was just so hungry at the time, I completely forgot about it, I’m sorry." Little White Dragon said, "Then, how about, I work as a laborer, anything will do."
"Are you sure anything will do?" Sun Wukong asked.
Little White Dragon nodded, "Hard labor, being worked to the bone, I have no complaints."
"Wukong, stop teasing him," Chen Nuo interjected.
Sun Wukong chuckled, "Master, I think I finally understand why you used to like to joke around with this kind of thing. It’s quite amusing, especially with someone who’s just come out of prison. Who in the Heavenly Realm with a bit of reputation doesn’t know that we don’t take money for meals at Chaos Residence?"
"Ah?" Little White Dragon caught the last part, if not money, then what was used to pay?
Chaos Residence didn’t seem like the kind of place where you don’t pay for meals. If they didn’t take money, how did they operate?
"Here, payment is made with cultivation and spiritual power," Sun Wukong explained, "Of course, if one has a high-quality Magic Artifact, it can also be used as payment."
So that was it, Little White Dragon breathed a sigh of relief. If it had been about money, he truly had none, but when it came to cultivation, he had lived for thousands of years and could afford a meal.
With a flick of his fingers, Chen Nuo made Little White Dragon feel much heavier. After checking, he realized eating that meal had cost him two hundred years of cultivation.
Little White Dragon looked incredulously at Chen Nuo, "Shopkeeper Chen, when I came to eat, you didn’t say that having a meal would cost so much cultivation."
He hadn’t been able to cultivate while in the Water Prison, and now having a meal had cost him so much spiritual power. He felt it was unfair at first, but then thinking about the taste of the meal, he didn’t feel like it was a loss. In short, he was very conflicted.
