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"Congratulations to the host for killing Long Doutian, your reward has been distributed."
When the sound of the system notice sounded in Marika's mind, Marika relaxed her body that had been tense from the battle just now. This battle was extremely dangerous, and it was the first time since her reincarnation that she had been so seriously injured. Although it only took a few seconds for her wounds to heal, Marika had to admit that she had underestimated the enemy.
When she came to this mission world, Marika thought she would just need to fix up brats like the Chen brothers, but she didn't expect to meet an experienced master. Not to mention how she underestimated the ability of this world's qi, she didn't expect that this kind of power could cause such serious damage to her in an instant. To conclude, it is better to be careful with these so-called mushas in the future.
Marika glanced at the direction in which the old man fell, and reached her hand out to recall Gae Bolg, as well as putting all the weapons back into the Gate of Babylon. After that she flew away, continuing towards her destination.
After flying at a leisurely speed for about an hour, Marika's sensitive ears finally heard sounds other than the sounds of nature.
The unique hustle and bustle of modern cities appeared in front of her again after nearly a year away from her original world. The busy streets, the bustling crowds, and the tall buildings, everything is so familiar and yet strange. The city's hum and buzz are already there, and the slightly steaming weather during the day makes the people a little impetuous.
Using clairvoyance to observe the people on the ground from high in the sky, Marika deduced from their clothing and the smartphones in their hands that the technological level of this world was exactly the same as that of her previous world in the 21st century.
But that humble office worker no longer exists. Now Marika seems to have completely adapted to the ancient world, but looking at this modern city seems to jog some memories.
But no matter what, the mission still needs to be done, her friends and family in her world are still waiting for her in the suspended time.
'I better sneak into the city and see what's going on! '
Thinking of this, Marika used Type moon magecraft to make herself invisible and landed silently in this city called Zhongyuan.
However, Marika had no plan to stay invisible throughout the whole mission, not to mention that it would waste precious mana if a battle were to occur. In fact, Marika also wanted to experience, or relive, life in a modern city.
First, Marika used the hypnosis magecraft, a basic spell that most Type-moon mages excel at, and got an ID card and mobile phone, as well as exchange the gold nuggets in the Gate of Babylon into a large amount of modern cash.
Next, naturally it is for her to change her clothes. She was still wearing her usual long dress. If someone spots her walking around in a dress straight out of the classical period, they may mistake her for a cosplayer. Although Marika didn't deliberately want to keep a low profile, after all, it would be great if she could attract some Gary Stu to "fix up", but that long dress was simply a bit too much.
So Marika randomly picked a luxury brand clothing store that she probably could not afford with all her salary in her previous life, and entered it to get some modern clothes.
'I guess I am sort of rich now, so let's spend some money! Otherwise, after returning to my world, I will have to live a life of careful planning for the country again! '
When she got to the store, she used mental suggestion magecraft to make the proprietress ignore her ancient dress. After that she began to choose clothes.
About an hour later…
Somehow, Marika actually spent a whole hour shopping in the clothing store. After walking out of the store under the commercial smile of the proprietress, Marika looked at the shopping bags containing various fashionable clothes in her hands with a look of self-doubt.
'Did I become a shopaholic because I became a woman? Wait a minute, that sounds kinda sexist? '
"Anyway, you have indeed awakened the female in your heart!"
At this time, the system's voice filled with mockery sounded in her head again.
"Awaken my ass! I've accepted that I'm a woman a long time ago! And don't talk in such a perverted way!"
Marika choked back in her head.
"Okay~"
After the system gave a perfunctory answer, it fell into silence again.
Marika sighed and threw all her shopping bags into the Gate of Babylon.
Feeling that there was no need to turn on the invisibility and mental suggestion spells, Marika snapped her fingers, and the two spells were turned off according to her will. The moment the spells were turned off, passers-by on the road were instantly attracted to Marika's figure, especially the eyes of male passers-by, so fast that Malika wondered if they were owls in their previous life.
But it's not their fault. Wearing a leather jacket, a black corset skirt, black fishnet stockings, black boots, sunglasses, and a designer bag, combined with her angelic face and devilish figure, she looks like a supermodel going out for shopping.
"Well…"
Marika pushed up her sunglasses awkwardly and hurriedly left the store entrance. Who would have thought she'd still be so noticeable without her usual dress? If she had known this earlier, Marika wouldn't have even bothered changing her clothes. But since she already bought everything, there was nothing she could do.
Wandering aimlessly on the street, passers-by cast curious or admiring glances at this beauty.
"Fuck! Brother! Look at that foreign shawty! She's so on point!"
"Is she a celebrity? She's not here to travel, is she?"
"So tall! Is she a model from abroad?"
Such exclamations came and went, but Marika had long been used to it. If she couldn't bear these gazes, how could she be a king?
But Marika's disguise at least seemed to be successful, at least most passers-by just thought of her as a particularly beautiful foreign tourist.
While walking on the road, Marika discovered that although the people on the street all had Asian faces, several of them had hair of various colors, just like anime characters. And they are generally pretty good-looking. But even if someone has blond hair, it is different from Marika's natural blond hair, and it can be seen that it was dyed. Marika couldn't help but wonder if hair dyeing was a popular fashion in this world?
Another strange thing about the people in this city is that their clothes are a mix of ancient and modern clothes. From time to time, Marika would see a passerby dressed in modern clothes and a person dressed in Hanfu walking side by side, but the passers-by didn't take it seriously. Malika also noticed that these people wearing Hanfu usually had a faint feeling of qi surrounding them. So do mushas dress up like ancient people? This strange custom couldn't help but make her feel amused by this strange world.
But the strangest thing was that there was no sign of any other race on the road, as if she was the only foreigner in the city. This is a bit too strange for the capital of a modern country.
But she was gratified that the citizens of this city didn't seem to have the same sense of despair that she felt when she saw the oppressed people in her own world. Maybe the reign of the four major families is not as bad as she imagined?
"Gu~"
At this time, the sound of hunger rang out from her stomach at an inappropriate time, causing her to blush. She breathed a sigh of relief when passersby didn't notice her little grumble.
"Speaking of which, it seems that I haven't eaten anything after two fights in a row... I'd better go find a restaurant to eat."
However, modern cities are very convenient in this regard. Malika found a shopping street full of restaurants in just a few dozen minutes.
Among all the restaurants, there was one unique restaurant that caught her eye. Different from the modern shop entrances around it, this store seems to be built of wood, and the door decoration has an obvious ancient Chinese style. The plaque on the door displays the three characters "Feng Yue Tower". The whole store is so abrupt, as if someone had moved an ancient Chinese chivalrous tavern to a modern metropolis.
Needless to say, Marika was completely intrigued by this store.
She took off my sunglasses and walked into this retro-style shop. The decoration inside was the same as the outside. It looked like an ancient restaurant. The typical two-story design, the unique smell of wood, and the guests dressed in ancient costumes made Marika feel as if she had returned to an ancient dynasty in China. If it weren't for the noisy cars on the streets right outside the store, Marika would have thought she had traveled through time again.
"Hailo, 客人, welcome, do you—you—uh..."
A waiter who also wore ancient clothes came to greet Marika immediately after she entered the door. As it turned out, Malika looked obviously European, so he struggled to use his poor knowledge of English and a bad accent to try to talk to her.
"It's okay, I can speak Chinese."
Marika smiled politely and answered in fluent Chinese. She could tell that the waiter was working very hard to provide customers with attentive service, so she didn't feel offended by his poor English. But thanks to the system's ability, she can understand any language without any burden.
"Oh! I see you speak Chinese! That's a relief! Are you alone today?"
"Yes."
"Then, please come this way,maam, please come this way."
The waiter was relieved to see that Marika could speak Chinese, and then he quickly invited Marika to sit at a single table. Normally, there would be no foreign customers in their restaurant. But today, when such a blond beauty came to the store, the waiter could only pinch his nose and use a few English words he learned in Hollywood movies to respond. He didn't expect this guest to speak Chinese so well!
After taking a seat, the waiter nodded and bowed with a smile and asked:
"Maam, you speaks Chinese very well. Where did you learn it from?"
"Well… I studied a little bit because I'm going on vacation here."
Marika responded with it casually, and then looked around
The customers in the store looked at her with curiosity, as if they were seeing a rare species, and even the tablemates were whispering to each other. Marika, who was a little numb from being stared at, thought it would be better to finish her food quickly and leave.
"May I order?"
"Of course maam, what would you like to order?"
The waiter asked in a friendly manner with a big smile, showing that he was missing a front tooth.
"Do you have any recommendations?"
Feeling that she had to try out the special features of this restaurant, Marika decided to see what surprises this unique store could bring to her.
"If you have any recommendations... Sir, I recommend our clay pot roasted whole chicken with peanuts. It's so delicious! Pair it with our ancestral homemade wine, it's a treat!"
The waiter subconsciously named the most popular combination in their store. But after he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that this obviously European guest might not be used to their Zhongyuan style dishes, and he suddenly felt nervous. He heard from friends in other restaurants that most of these foreigners have very different tastes from them. They either want to eat foie gras and caviar, or they want to eat vegetarian set meals, which gives them a lot of headaches. Although it was a rumor, it still made the waiter a little worried whether the customer in front of him was also the same as the rumors.
"Then I'll follow your recommendation."
However, although Marika noticed that the waiter was a little nervous, she didn't care and accepted this delicious option.
"Alrighty maam, I'll go and let the kitchen prepare it."
"One portion of roasted chicken and peanuts! One portion of old wine!"
The waiter breathed a grateful sigh of relief again, and ran off to do his work while shouting orders.
While waiting, Marika took out her newly purchased mobile phone and started reading news about the world on the Internet. It's a pity that most of the news is focused on the upcoming martial arts leader competition, there was no other noteworthy news.
While Marika was waiting at her seat, the male customers in the store were looking at her with admiration and discussing in low voices. It seemed that for this reason, the eyes of the female customers began to grow unfriendly towards her, as if they were looking at a vixen.
Marika heard snickering from the next table and watched quietly from the corner of her eye. At the neighboring table, two female customers in Hanfu were covering their mouths with their long sleeves, talking and laughing in hushed voices, and occasionally casting contemptuous glances at her.
However, they thought they were secretive, but their words and feelings could not be hidden from Marika's new type senses.
"Haha, look at that vixen, doesn't she know what kind of a place this Feng Yue Tower is?"
"That's right, this is a famous store among us mushas! When did we tolerate such foreign wild cats?"
"I wonder if her stupid tongue can even taste the fine wine from Feng Yue Lou?"
"Ohohohohohox2!"
Human beings are inherently complex. Regardless of nationality, race, gender and age, there are good people and bad people in this world. And Marika, who was already starving, didn't bother to pay attention to such insulting words. However, it is useful information to learn that this place is a gathering place for Qi users.
About twenty minutes later, the waiter finally arrived with Marika's meal.
The waiter skillfully placed the meal on the table in front of Marika.
The greasy and fragrant roast chicken, the peanuts with clear grains are wrapped in oil paper, and placed on a ceramic plate. The sight of which would make anyone salivate.
After the waiter put down the meal, Marika looked at the waiter and saw that he was holding a fat round wine bottle wrapped in some kind of hardened material that looked like paper. The waiter presented the wine bottle in front of Marika and explained with a proud face:
"And here maam, this is our Feng Yue Lou's famous Wengtan Old Wine! This is brewed by our boss himself using the best rice and in a special wine cellar. This is a good wine that you must try! Maam, I will open the bottle for you now."
After saying that, the waiter skillfully cut the hardened material on the mouth of the bottle with his fingernails, then broke it open, revealing the bottle inside. The waiter then took out a bottle opener, inserted the wine cork, turned it a few times, and then pulled it out! Marika watched the waiter's movements with attentive eyes throughout the process. She could tell that the waiter's movements were those of one who has practiced his craft for many years. The moment the bottle was opened, a strong aroma of wine swept over Marika's sense of smell. Marika doesn't know much about wine herself, but she can tell that this is definitely good wine!
The waiter finally poured the wine into a pottery bowl, and the aroma of the wine made Marika swallow her saliva.
"Ma'am, please enjoy."
The waiter also felt satisfied when he saw Marika's expecting expression. The smiles of his guests are his greatest motivation.
Just when Marika was about to dig in, she noticed something strange. There is no other tableware on the table except the wine bowl.
"Um...I'm sorry, I don't seem to have any tableware here?"
Hearing Marika's question, the waiter who was putting down the bottle turned to look at her, but showed a knowing smile and said:
"Sir, you are from abroad, so you don't know that we Zhongyuan people eat roast chicken with our hands. This is how we enjoy it!"
"This-that's it...then I guess I'll give it a try?"
Marika replied hesitantly, this was her first time eating chicken directly with her hands.
"Okay, maam, please enjoy!"
The waiter said a simple goodbye and continued to work.
Marika looked at the steaming roast chicken in front of her, stretched out her hands, and carefully tore off a piece of chicken leg. The browned and tender chicken skin reveals the white and juicy chicken underneath. Marika put the chicken into her mouth, and the delicious taste burst out instantly, with just the right amount of saltiness and chicken juice swirling in her mouth.
Marika swears this is the best chicken she has ever tasted.
After Marika swallowed the piece of meat, she turned to look at the wine bowl. The surface of the wine in the bowl has the unique hops of old wine. Under the white foam is the slightly yellow but clear wine. Marika held the wine glass elegantly with her slender hands, brought it close to her lips, and took a gentle sip. A rich and somewhat bitter taste spread in her mouth,
But it's so fragrant that she can't help but want to take a second sip.
Marika enjoyed this meal very happily. The only drawback was that she could not share this delicious meal with her children and friends in her world. But she still gratefully ate all the food on her plate. During the entire eating process, Marika maintained an aristocratic and elegant posture, eating in small bites, which actually gave the customers next to her the illusion that she was enjoying French haute cuisine with a knife and fork.
After drinking and eating, Marika wiped her hands with the paper on the table. Just when she got up to go to the counter to take the bill, she noticed a commotion happening at the counter. She walked over and took a look, only to see the waiter arguing with a young man wearing white Hanfu. Marika quickly got closer to find out.
"Customer-customer, you can't do this without paying us! There are rules in the shop, please don't make this difficult for me!"
The waiter tried to muster up the courage to speak to the musha in front of him who wanted to dine and dash.
"Hmph! And what is a little waiter with no power like you are supposed to do to me? Don't make me laugh!"
The musha in white didn't consider that he was troubling an innocent man, and even grabbed the waiter by the collar arrogantly.
"I came to your bar to have a drink, you should feel honored! How dare you ask me for money! Don't you want to know who Tieliang Wulang is? A second level transformation Realm musha of the Nindan school?!"
After saying that, the warrior raised his hand to give the waiter a slap!
But soon enough, Marika quickly grabbed the man's hand and stopped his attack.
"What!?"
The musha was also very surprised and looked in disbelief at the blond woman who held his wrist firmly.
"Who are you?! Let me go!"
The man threw Marika's hand away and scolded angrily.
"Sir, it is only natural that you pay for your meal. If you continue to be so rude and troublesome, I will call the police."
Marika was in a very bad mood now. The joy of eating just now was disturbed by this troublesome musha. However, Marika still wants to use legal means to solve the problem. The law cannot punish the aloof and powerful Long Doutian, then at least it can punish this passerby musha, right?
Unexpectedly, this man snorted coldly and said with disdain:
"I am a direct disciple of the Ningdan School, even if the police come, they can't control me!"
The waiter also persuaded worriedly:
"Maam! You'd better leave quickly! In Zhongyuan City, mushas are above the police, especially the mushas from the four families! Unless other mushas intervene, ordinary people like us can't do anything!"
At this time, other guests were also attracted by the commotion and cast their eyes over, but no one came to help.
"Hey! When did I say you can leave? I think you are quite pretty. Why don't you accompany me to have a few drinks? Then I won't trouble this shop-"
Before the musha finished speaking, Marika slapped the man on the face with lightning speed. And the man was so vulnerable that he fainted on the ground!
"Eh? So weak?"
Marika was completely dumbfounded by how weak the man was. If she had attacked with all her strength, this man's head would have been crushed like a watermelon, so she didn't use much strength in the slap just now. But why is this musha so weak? The Chen brothers are also in the realm of transformation, and they only fainted after absorbing the full blow of her Lightning incantations. So what makes this one so weak?
Other customers also opened their eyes in surprise. The customers in this store are all more or less qi users, so it is natural to see that this man with the second-level rank of the Transformation Realm is not weak. But this foreign woman knocked the musha to the ground with a simple slap, completely subverting their worldview. In their understanding, Western people cannot use Qi, only the Huaxia people can. But this woman defeated him without using any Qi, which was really strange. In any case, the customers were really impressed by Mafika.
Marika felt upset looking at the musha who fainted on the ground. Leave this man here, and when he wakes up, he will probably cause trouble again, so it would be better to "send him away".
So Marika grabbed the man with one hand like picking up garbage, then walked outside the store and aimed at a trash can across the street outside the store. Then…
"Kobe!"
Like shooting a basketball, the man was accurately thrown into the open trash can like a small rubber ball.
"Done!"
After dealing with the "garbage", Marika felt much more comfortable. She dusted off her hands and turned back to the store.
"What amazing martial arts! Thank you for rescuing our restaurant!"
As soon as she entered the door, the waiter thanked Marika gratefully.
"It's nothing, I'm just an ordinary tourist."
Marika smiled modestly, she didn't take this episode as a big deal. But the waiter obviously didn't think so.
"Maam, you are too humble. You have protected our establishment's reputation today. This is a great kindness! I will ask the manager to excuse you from the meal later to show our appreciation!"
"No need for that, but thanks anyway. As I said, it's only natural to pay for meals. It will be better if I pay for it!"
Feeling really sorry, Mal\rika insisted on paying before leaving. After the two argued with each other, the store finally accepted Marika's kindness.
After Marika paid the bill and left, the waiter looked at Marika's retreating figure and sighed:
"She really is a kind-hearted and humble person. We got lucky to have her here today, otherwise the store would have been smashed."
When he finally lost sight of Marika, the waiter stretched his tired body and returned to the store to continue his busy day.