While Shen Qiang was practicing Body Refinement.

Provincial City, in front of a window of a high-rise building.

A young girl dressed in a long skirt, with a beautiful face and fair skin, hugged her knees, sitting quietly in front of a huge floor-to-ceiling window, staring at the brightly lit city.

"I still don't understand why brother wanted to kill that ordinary family. I've been watching that bun shop for a long time. The woman there is beautiful, just brother's type. She gets up early every day to make buns, but brother is so outstanding, it's unreasonable for that woman not to love him,"

The beautiful-faced girl looked at Jing Haotian's photo and murmured, "How could brother possibly commit such a massacre for a woman who has had children?"

Flower vines, stretching out from her fair toes, bloomed into radiant flowers.

The girl frowned and said, "Has your cultivation failed again?"

The blooming flowers nodded.

The girl frowned and said, "That guy who bought the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, his cultivation is very weak, only at the Qi Condensation stage. Brother could kill him with ease. In front of brother, he is just an insignificant ant, if brother had not encountered trouble, I believe he would have already figured out a way to get you the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra by now."

The blooming flowers nodded.

Stretching out her delicate, fair jade fingers, the obedient flower vines climbed to her fingertips.

"I'm sorry, I have been somewhat neglecting you lately because of my quest for revenge."

"But that guy has disappeared somewhere, and I might not be able to find him soon. However, the one who bought the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra isn't hard to find; he lives in Jinyu Huacheng. I think I should help you find him, perhaps he is willing to sell the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra now."

The blooming flowers swayed excitedly.

The stunningly beautiful girl smiled, "Once you have the Daluo Heavenly Tribulation Heart Sutra, you will become stronger, and when that guy shows up, we can kill him together, okay?"

The flower nodded.

The stunningly beautiful girl turned her head.

Directly in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the large wall was a huge portrait of a man's head.

He wore a large red blood-stained mask, his eyes emitting a cold and frightening glow.

But at this moment on the forehead of the mask.

A blade-like massive flower vine was inserted.

"Don't think about escaping, no matter where you go, I will find you!" the stunningly beautiful girl murmured, her peerless beautiful eyes cold and startling.

...

At four-thirty in the morning.

Shen Qiang had already woken up, sitting cross-legged on the ground.

He opened his eyes.

Lying in bed in her pure cotton pajamas, Xiu Ju appeared to still be sleeping.

She lay on her side.

With her back to Shen Qiang.

Her graceful waist and long slender legs outlined her buttock's contours exceptionally beautifully.

He took a deep breath.

Shen Qiang got up. Hearing Shen Qiang's movement, Dark Department Xiu Ju turned over and looked at him getting up, frowning, "The preliminary round is first thing in the morning, and if you're not there, we won't even make it past the Datong River round, I think you really don't need to run this restaurant."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang, who had entered the bathroom, responded while running the water: "You misunderstood, I just wanted to practice cultivation."

Listening to the sound of water in the bathroom, Xiu Ju lying in bed exhaled deeply.

Then she quietly sat up and started playing with her phone in bed.

Stealing glances, Shen Qiang, who had increased the weight to one thousand six hundred kilograms, fiercely began doing sit-ups.

"He's really working hard; he might indeed enter the Nascent Soul Stage soon, and when that happens, I'll have to rejoin the team..." Xiu Ju sighed inexplicably: "The missions afterward might be in some dark city or in a deserted wilderness, who knows when I'll see this guy again, who lets himself mess around but won't even let others read books, what a despicable fellow."

Thinking of this, a hint of a smile suddenly appeared in Xiu Ju's eyes, and looking at Shen Qiang's face, she didn't find him as repulsive anymore.

Seven o'clock in the morning.

Having finally completed his training tasks, Shen Qiang took a quick shower, changed his clothes, and went downstairs with Xiu Ju from the Dark Department.

On the first floor.

The food competition was already in full swing at this point.

The entire hotel's first floor was divided into an East Venue and a West Venue.

The sixty-nine competing teams had started the selection for the top thirty-two.

A multitude of public judges were wandering in front of the breakfast stalls of the various teams.

Upon entering the first floor, both Shen Qiang and Xiu Ju received an exchange coupon each.

According to the competition rules, all public judges and participating team members could get a coupon, which they could exchange for one breakfast.

In this way.

The sixty-nine competing teams would be narrowed down to the thirty-two teams that collected the most coupons, who would then compete in the lunch contest to eliminate sixteen teams and select the top sixteen, and in the evening, the same method would be used to halve the number and select the top eight.

So, it can be very clearly stated that if one couldn't make it to the top eight, their participation was just a standard day trip.

Thus, in terms of breakfast, each competing team put a lot of effort into it.

But as the nominal leader of Datong River, and owner, Shen Qiang didn't care at all about what his team members were doing, and quite frankly, his mood was very relaxed.

The reason was simple.

As a Cultivator, a doctor, and a member of Dragon Group.

Shen Qiang had too many things to worry about.

If Datong River couldn't even make the top eight without Shen Qiang's help, it was a hopeless case, and no matter how much Lv Shuyao and her parents cared and dreamed, that would be as far as Datong River could go.

Because Shen Qiang couldn't possibly invest a lot of his energy here.

Only if Datong River could squeeze into the top eight without relying on Shen Qiang's Power would he really step in to help them advance further.

Otherwise, what would it matter even if they won the championship?

Without Shen Qiang, the restaurant would be critiqued as crap.

Once the reputation spoils, it's all pointless.

So compared to the other teams' captains, Shen Qiang didn't behave like a competitor at all; he simply came with Xiu Ju from the Dark Department to enjoy breakfast, opting to eat wherever the food was good.

Stopping here and there, Shen Qiang seriously observed the breakfast offerings of each team, noting that the stalls serving porridge had more customers, followed by those with eggs and steamed buns.

Stalls offering wontons, tofu pudding, stuffed pancakes, and noodles also had some customers.

After wandering the entire Western venue, Shen Qiang and Xiu Ju from the Dark Department moved to the East Venue.

Upon entering, they immediately saw the breakfast stall of Datong River Restaurant.

Many people were gathered around the stall, and it seemed to be doing well.

Since it was his own business, Shen Qiang, along with Xiu Ju, still showed some concern and walked over, and as they approached, they saw many public judges excitedly tasting the mixed egg-flower porridge made under the leadership of Lv Shuyao's father, looking very bright-eyed and satisfied.

As a result, the team members were all bustling around under Lv Shuyao's father.

While Shen Qiang felt satisfied inside, he was shocked to see the French chef from Datong River, standing to one side, daydreaming, with his carefully prepared French breakfast in front of him—slices of toasted bread, baguettes, jam, butter, milk, and coffee.

But right then, there wasn't a single customer in front of him, and the transparent box for exchange coupons was also empty.

Shit, this guy's breakfast sales are zero.

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