Hao Ren watched the kids enter the barrels and he waved his hand to use his flames and lit up a fire under them. The liquid began to heat up and soon it the boys began to groan. Hao Ren said, "The longer you endure, the better your physique will be. Toughen up, or the strong will trample you."
The groans subsided, and Hao Ren said, "Half an hour is enough for you to be a normal cultivator, one hour means you will be above average and have some strength to lead the people. What you want depends on your own effort."
Peng asked in a loud voice, "Young Master, what if I want to be peerless."
Hao Ren looked at his blushing face and walked over as he said, "That will depend on your courage. If you tread against the wind, gradually you will become peerless. However, you must never underestimate the others."
The child nodded and then he clenched his teeth to tolerate the pain. Hao Ren was surprised, because he found that all twenty of them lasted for more than fifty minutes at the least. Jian, Peng, Lan, and Jill managed to stay for an hour. The young man clicked his tongue because Jian almost fainted in the process.
Hao Ren took a deep breath and said. "Jian, Jill, Lan, and Peng. You four will be looking after everyone together. Okay? You all also happen to be the oldest of the group. Everyone, in this world, strength is very important, but trusting people is important as well.
From this moment on, you all will bear the surname of Ye. You will be brothers and sisters to each other. Do you understand?"
The children nodded, and Hao Ren told them about the things they needed to do. He did not give them menial work, but asked them to practice and workout to build a stronger physique. He sighed at the fact that he did not bring along the virtual reality tech with him these kids would have learned a lot of things, and he could have asked Xiao Mei to remove the physical pain limiter.
After the children were settled, Hao Ren and Reni left the house. They came to market, and began to buy spirit beast meat, and cooking commodities. Then Hao Ren bought a moving cart and set up his kitchen. Reni was surprised, and the young man changed his clothes as he said, "Sister Reni, please watch over the renovation work. I will handle things here."
Reni nodded and said, "Young Master, I am just inside, if anything happens, you can give me a call."
Hao Ren agreed and began to prep his ingredients at a breakneck speed. The market lane was crowded with people. Even though this place was located at the borders of the human civilization, there were many rare things that could only be occupied here. One of the was called Azure Pearls. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novęlfire.net
People from all over the nation came to the Salt Wind City to buy them. Some people gathered around Hao Ren's stall when they saw him filleting the fish, and the young man greeted them with a smile while he continued his work. After twenty minutes, he began to yell, "Fish Fry, Fish Fry, delicious fish fry like you have never tasted anywhere. One copper for a serving."
He was totally blended in the role of a hawker, and some people even came forward to order food. Hao Ren served them with a smile and after the first bite exclamations rang out. The sound and reactions of the people attracted the attention of the stronger martial artists and the merchants passing by.
Hao Ren said loudly, "The next dish is my specialty and is called the spirit chicken legs, and bamboo warthog cutlets."
He began to cook, and the scent was so strong that it gave the people a shock, some of them did not even realize that they were salivating. Hao Ren smirked, and soon the business kicked off.
Reni watched him from inside the shop and was stunned to see the crowd gather at his stall. Hao Ren had bought thirty kilograms of meat for each dish. At the moment, they were selling like hot cakes. The middle-aged man who was the first to grab a chicken leg, took a bite and he began to gobble the food. After five minutes, he wanted to buy more but he stopped and his spiritual energy began to churn.
The surrounding people noticed this, and took a step back and began to look at him with suspicious gaze. Someone in the crowd chuckled and asked, "Shopkeeper, are you going to say that this man is about to breakthrough because of your food?"
Hao Ren smiled and said, "If you can tell me what else could be there to help a seventy year old body refinement cultivation into the next level, I will agree."
Yes, the young man did not deny it, he did not deny the fact that it was his food that helped the old man. However, before the people could doubt him anymore. Three such people appeared and they all broke through the bottlenecks of their cultivation. All of them with different age groups.
One of the old man chuckled and said, "I am a foundation establishment realm and even I can sense my spiritual energy increasing by a bit."
The people swarmed over, and within half an hour, the entire stall ran out of the material. Hao Ren apologized to everyone and said, "Thank you for your patronage, I will set up the stall here in the evening. If you wish to eat, then please come over."
The people agreed with enthusiasm. Those who had already eaten left, but the rest decided to wait and stay ahead of the others for the evening meal.
Hao Ren was not surprised by this, his food did have this effect on the people. He came back home, fed the children and then asked them what they have learned. The children were all smart, and with the homebot teaching them, they learned a lot and very quickly.
Hao Ren then asked Reni to get the children a uniform with the crescent moon logo on it. Then he went to the market with another batch of material and cooked for the people. After coming back, he guided the girls to cook food, and his meticulous behavior proved to be the key point for teaching.
In the city, everyone was talking about the taste of the food from the stall. This reached the ears of the Tao Family, and a manager reported it to the Master of the Tao family, to which the latter said, "Hmph, how can a measly hawker compare to the elegance of our place. Go back, and focus on your task."
He did not know, that Hao Ren was about to raise a storm in the place which he thought was his backyard.