Chapter: The God of Food
The Northern Fortress was covered with snow year-round. The air was chilly.
Because of his high defense, Cheng Yu—wearing only a thin single layer—didn't feel cold at all. As usual, he set up a barbecue stall on the roadside outside the Northern Fortress.
He put charcoal in the grill and lit it.
Then he took out salt, MSG, cumin powder, pepper powder, and other seasonings and placed them on the grill.
Ivennie, wearing a thick cotton coat, shivered. Her nose tip was red from the cold. She stamped her feet, held her hands in front of the charcoal fire—the warm charcoal fire made her feel more comfortable.
A short middle-aged man came over with a group of people and lined up in front of the barbecue stall.
"Boss Cheng Yu, good morning!" The middle-aged man smiled and greeted Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu remembered what Joyce had told him yesterday afternoon. He looked at the middle-aged man before him—skinny, with short legs, broad shoulders, looking to be in his forties or fifties.
"Are you Herman?"
"Boss Cheng Yu knows my name?"
Herman's thin face showed slight surprise.
Though he was always first in line to buy barbecue, he'd never told Cheng Yu his name. He didn't know where Cheng Yu had learned it.
"Ah~ Yesterday I heard from a friend that Herman founded an organization called the God of Food? So I asked you."
Herman suddenly got excited. "Yes! Boss Cheng Yu's barbecue is so delicious, so I gathered like-minded people to patronize Boss Cheng Yu's business every day!"
Then he pointed to the group of people behind him. "They're all members of the God of Food."
Cheng Yu glanced at the people behind Herman—over a hundred people, both men and women.
There are quite a few people in this God of Food.
"I love barbecue!"
"Barbecue is faith!"
"Long live barbecue!"
These people were all hardcore barbecue lovers in the army—fanatical about Cheng Yu's barbecue.
The God of Food came to buy barbecue every day.
"My barbecue isn't cheap. Can you afford to come buy it every day?"
Cheng Yu's barbecue cost 20 copper coins per skewer. Each person was limited to buying 5 skewers—100 copper coins total.
Spending 100 copper coins every day on barbecue was 3,000 copper coins a month—almost as much as an ordinary worker's monthly salary in the Black Sun Empire.
"Money is not a problem."
Herman puffed out his chest and said generously, "All members of our God of Food love barbecue. If anyone doesn't have money to buy barbecue, they can borrow from me anytime."
Cheng Yu showed a surprised expression. "Wait, brother, are you that rich?"
"My title is baron, and I have a large fiefdom in my hometown. I have quite a bit of family wealth."
Herman casually pulled out five gold coins from his pocket and placed them on the grill. "This money is for Boss Cheng Yu, as support for Boss Cheng Yu's barbecue business."
Five gold coins. Cheng Yu stared at Herman, stunned.
What the hell is this?
This is definitely the number one whale on the leaderboard!
"Come on, big bro. Take your barbecue."
Cheng Yu pocketed the five gold coins and handed five barbecue skewers to Herman.
"A good day starts with five barbecue skewers."
Looking at the five barbecue skewers in his hand, Herman was like seeing five peerless beauties. Strong desire flashed in his eyes—but this desire wasn't lust. It was appetite.
Following closely behind Herman was a young woman with a plump figure and ordinary looks.
The young woman walked to the barbecue stall, placed her hands over her chest, and looked at Cheng Yu's handsome face with sharp brows and starry eyes. "I'm also a member of the God of Food. Boss Cheng Yu is so handsome. I'll always support Boss Cheng Yu."
The woman's aggressive gaze made Cheng Yu frown slightly. "Miss, did you really join the God of Food for barbecue?"
"Of course! The barbecue grilled by Boss Cheng Yu is tall and handsome—the most handsome barbecue I've ever seen."
Though she talked about barbecue, the young woman didn't even glance at it. Her eyes stared straight at Cheng Yu's handsome face. Her saliva was practically dripping.
The coolest barbecue!
This woman is clearly craving his body.
Who just said all members of the God of Food love barbecue?
Cheng Yu handed five skewers of barbecue to the young woman. "Here, take your tall and handsome barbecue. Next!"
The third person was a young man in his early twenties with a buzz cut and blond hair, wearing a black magic cloak.
"I've traveled to dozens of major cities and eaten lots of barbecue. Boss Cheng Yu's barbecue is the best of the best!"
The buzz-cut young man was excited. He turned around, raised his right thumb, and pointed his thumb at the black magic cloak behind him. The magic cloak was embroidered with four golden characters: "I Love Barbecue."
It could be seen this person was a true hardcore barbecue lover.
Unlike some fake fans who were greedy for his body under the guise of eating barbecue.
The buzz-cut young man paid Ivennie, got his five skewers of barbecue, and left satisfied.
The fourth customer was a charming woman dressed in fancy clothes.
The charming woman lowered her head slightly with a shy look on her face. "Is Boss Cheng Yu married?"
Cheng Yu had a headache, guessing this was another fake fan greedy for his body. To avoid being pestered, he casually said, "I'm married. The kids can go out and play."
"Is that so? Actually, I'm a more traditional girl. If Boss Cheng Yu agrees, I'm willing to be a mistress."
"Be your sister's mistress."
Cheng Yu handed five skewers of barbecue to the woman. "Take your barbecue. Next!"
Unknowingly, a day passed. Night fell.
Cheng Yu received 5,021 positive emotion points today. Not bad.
The three returned to their room at the Northern Fortress and lit candles. Cheng Yu sat at the table counting money. In the past half month since coming to the Northern Fortress, he'd earned a total of 93 gold coins.
"Ah~ Robbery still makes money faster~"
Thinking of the last time he'd gone to Snow City, he'd robbed bandits and gotten over 500 gold coins from them.
Selling barbecue at the Northern Fortress—working hard for half a month—he'd only earned over 90 gold coins.
Compared to robbery, this speed of making money was really too slow.
However, Cheng Yu had come to the Northern Fortress to sell barbecue not only to make money but more importantly to earn positive emotion points and improve his strength and defense attributes.
In this different world, strength was king.
"Mina, Ivennie, let's go to Snow City tomorrow. I want to buy some things and get you two some new clothes, then go to the Magic Association to test my mage level."
Ivennie leaned her head on Cheng Yu's shoulder. Her smooth elf ears touched Cheng Yu's neck. Her long green hair draped over him. A gentle smile appeared on her pretty face. "I'll listen to Master Cheng Yu. Wherever you go, I'll go."
Mina sat on Cheng Yu's other side and took his arm. "Me too."
An elf wife and a silver wolf wife—soft, fragrant bodies. Girls from other races really were wonderful.
"Let's sleep. We'll go to Snow City tomorrow morning."
There was only one large bed in the room. Cheng Yu pulled Mina and Ivennie to bed.
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There were hundreds of thousands of garrison troops stationed at the Northern Fortress. Material consumption was extremely high. The army sent people to nearby major cities to purchase supplies every day.
The next morning, Cheng Yu gave the captain of the transport team some money.
The three of them sat in the army's carriage and followed the transport convoy to Snow City.