"Sure, no problem."
The boss of the milk tea shop was a girl who spoke softly, and she agreed to Lin Hao's request to cover a meal.
After all, it's just a meal.
[The path to becoming an Immortal Ancestor is winding, but Lin Hao must believe that the future is definitely bright!]
[Lin Hao joining the Sweet Ice Alliance and asking a mortal boss to cover a meal is definitely just a temporary setback!]
[A mighty cultivator doesn't fear hardship!]
[When there's a will, there's a way!]
[Lin Hao made a firm resolution that once he becomes an Immortal Ancestor, he will surely repay this mortal boss for the meal!]
Lin Hao has now broken through to the Qi Refining Stage, so his daily food needs aren't very high. One meal is pretty much enough.
So, from now on, Lin Hao is no longer just a worker, but has become...
A worker holding two jobs.
These days, it's not uncommon for people to hold two jobs.
To put it nicely, it's called—
A slash youth!
Working during the day, part-timing as a driver or delivery person at night, that's all quite common.
Life, after all, needs a bit of effort.
But Lin Hao is fundamentally different from them; they're not the same.
Other workers work so hard for the sake of living, or even just to...
Survive.
Lin Hao works so hard to become an Immortal!
For eternal life.
However, when other novel protagonists choose one of the Hundred Skills of Cultivation, it's always alchemy, arrays, farming, runes, and so on. How did it end up being "Milk Tea Art" for me?
But no worries, there will surely be a chance to switch to a more powerful skill next time!
...
In the following days, Lin Hao worked at the company during the day and started a part-time job at the milk tea shop after work in the evening.
The company's work didn't change much, but under Lin Hao's leadership, the company's work efficiency and atmosphere skyrocketed.
By mid-month, a rotating "Employee of the Month" was hanging on Lin Hao's desk.
The reward for this could give him an additional bonus of two hundred yuan!
That's two Spirit Stone Fragments, which could sustain his evening cultivation for half the night.
This is the reward of an excellent worker!
Two flowers blossom; each represents something.
Compared to the relatively unchanged company, the milk tea shop's business...
Was booming, no doubt!
In this day and age, information spreads the fastest.
#NightMarketRevealsGodlyMilkTea#
#ExploreTheShop! The Secret Behind The Long Queue at the Milk Tea Shop#
#StronglyRecommendedSweetIceMilkTea#
#SweetMilkTeaWithHandsomeBrother#
#...
Lin Hao's milk tea started circulating among the milk tea enthusiast circle, becoming a small urban legend—
A small milk tea shop by the night market, with a handsome brother inside, making superb milk tea!
With the fermentation of public opinion and some influencers visiting the shop, the milk tea business visibly became lively.
Especially every evening, when Lin Hao arrived...
"Little brother, give me a cup of 'Scumbag's Tears'."
"Little brother, give us a 'Beaten Lime', no ice and seventy percent sugar."
"Little brother, can I touch your muscles?"
"..."
[You made a cup of Rose Green Tea, which has certain skincare effects for mortals, slightly enhancing your understanding of Milk Tea Art]
[You made a cup of Jasmine Oolong, which has a certain calming effect for mortals, slightly enhancing your understanding of Milk Tea Art]
[You made a cup of...]
Under the customers' requests, Lin Hao's proficiency in Basic Milk Tea Art rapidly soared, and his understanding of Milk Tea Art became increasingly profound.
As for the health effects of each cup of milk tea, it's naturally due to Lin Hao, a cultivator, infusing magical power during the milk tea-making process.
The infused magical power shouldn't be too much, just a bit is enough, as more would be overwhelming for him.
Just reached the first layer of Qi Refining!
During these milk tea-making processes, Lin Hao also gained some improvement in the precision control of magical power.
Everyone who tasted Lin Hao's milk tea praised it highly.
Though the visiting customers couldn't directly notice the effects of the milk tea, their bodies were honest.
When something is good, the body naturally absorbs it, resulting in more and more returning customers at the milk tea shop.
However, an unusual notification that appeared in the log tonight made Lin Hao vigilant.
[Lin Hao's cultivation of Milk Tea Art among mortals has finally caught the attention of the official extraordinary forces of Ke Chen's Little World]
[They purchased your milk tea to research]
Hmm?
What does this mean?
Isn't this world purely urban, and there are official cultivators as well?
Those hidden among the crowd?
Lin Hao felt a bit anxious; he originally thought he was the unique one when he became a cultivator at the first layer of Qi Refining. After all, he stepped onto the extraordinary path.
However, seeing this now, it's still necessary to act modestly and not get complacent.
He's only at the Qi Refining Stage now, not even the Golden Core Stage, far from chanting the classic slogan, "Swallow a stone to form a core, my fate is mine, not up to heaven!"
But even with the appearance of official cultivators, they shouldn't be wary of his power, right?
He's just a milk tea maker.
...
"A newly awakened superpower user discovered! His special ability is related to making milk tea!"
"I never expected that making milk tea could awaken a superpower. I initially thought something was added to it, as drinking it felt so intense!"
"Regarding the milk tea he produced, we've now discovered that with the same ingredients, his milk tea enhances flavor and even offers some health benefits for ordinary people, truly making the milk tea beneficial to health."
"Moreover, after receptacles drank his milk tea, they experienced a relief of half an hour to an hour in resisting the repulsion between receptacles and the contained object, stabilizing the receptacle's mental state!"
"No addictive properties have been discovered in the milk tea he made so far; it should be harmless, but more observation is needed."
"The individual himself doesn't pose any threat and seems to lack combat power."
"Currently given the codename 'Milk Tea Master'."
"Application for approval: should we recruit him into the organization or continue observing?"
In an office, Lin Hao's 3D image was rotating on the projection on the desk, with his basic identity information printed into reports placed in front of each seat.
Everyone sitting at the table wore masks, exuding a powerful aura.
It felt like they were saying, "I'm strong" ~
After reviewing the reports in their hands seriously, the attendees started discussing:
"The current superpower users are not what they used to be; the times have really changed! We need warriors!"
"Superpower awakenings used to be abilities directly usable in combat; now look at what we've got? Making milk tea?"
"The appearance of such superpower users indirectly proves the effectiveness of our protection, as city life remains peaceful and stable for everyone."
"I think the city should tighten up a bit, this way it could awaken some combat-capable superpowers, which would aid us in dungeon exploration. The pressure on our Exploration Team is tremendous if we're solely reliant on the rewards to become receptacles!"
"As the Strategy Team, I agree with the Exploration Team. The frequency and difficulty of dungeon appearances are increasing. If reverse invasion by dungeons occurs, the city would be in even more danger!"
"Our purpose is to protect! City life should be joyous for ordinary people, and the appearance of the Milk Tea Master precisely proves our protective value. He could provide us better logistical support by joining our Logistics Team, as his milk tea can reduce the receptacle's rejection reactions! It's very useful."
"..."
Following such a discussion, the impact on Lin Hao was—
The milk tea shop where Lin Hao worked received a new long-term order.
"Daily, 200 cups of milk tea made by Lin Hao by hand, with random flavors, to be delivered to the City Management Team."
When the boss told Lin Hao about this long-term order, Lin Hao was dumbfounded.
Lin Hao knew the City Management had been coming to maintain order recently, but why were they buying his milk tea?
Could it be that the City Management Team wants him to make so much milk tea that he becomes too exhausted to serve the customers?
Then when the customers have no milk tea to drink, there won't be long queues.
That way, the City Management Team gets milk tea to drink while avoiding managing the crowd...
Oh my, there are real experts in the City Management Team!
Many thoughts flashed across Lin Hao's mind, but the log promptly appeared—
[Your Milk Tea Art has been recognized by the official extraordinary forces of Ke Chen's Little World]
Uh...
It's one thing that the official cultivator organization isn't called the Dragon Team or anything, but it's even more down-to-earth than "Anomaly Suppression Bureau" or "Demon Suppression Bureau," just calling itself the "City Management Team"...
Quite down-to-earth, huh.