Starting from helping someone rob a wedding, he was forced to hide in the Sunset Sect

Youyuan Town, a small shop.

Guests sit around the wooden table in the store and taste the owner's homemade sour plum soup. The place is filled with the refreshing aroma of sour plum soup, making people feel comfortable and relaxed.

There are some calligraphy and paintings and folk art hanging in the shop. The sunlight shines through the mottled window lattices onto the table, casting a faint light and shadow.

The boss brought two bowls of sour plum soup and placed them on the customer's table. The sour plum soup was light pink in color and exuded bursts of cool aroma.

Xia Xiaomo and Xu Yeyu also came to this shop.

The last time he went down the mountain to eat, he found the place that Xia Xiaomo mentioned that sold sour plum soup.

Come here with her today to try the sour plum soup, he has never drunk it before.

"Boss, give me two bowls of sour plum soup." Xu Yeyu said.

"Okay, sir, please find a place to rest first and I'll bring it to you later." The boss responded enthusiastically.

Youyuan Town is located at the foot of the Sunset Sect Mountain. Ordinary people have seen many disciples of the Sunset Sect on a daily basis.

If it were somewhere else, the boss’s first reaction when he saw the two monks coming would not be enthusiasm, but worry.

Xu Yeyu and Xia Xiaomo sat at a wooden table in a corner of the store.

Soon, the boss brought over two bowls of sour plum soup.

Xu Yeyu stretched out his hand, the temperature around him dropped, and two ice cubes appeared out of thin air and fell into the sour plum soup of the two people.

Seeing this, the boss suddenly had an idea.

"Young man, can you mass-produce ice cubes like this?" the boss asked curiously.

In Youyuan Town, disciples of the Sunset Sect often go down the mountain to eat in restaurants and drink tea in teahouses.

But it was the first time that a monk came to his shop to drink sour plum soup, and naturally he had never seen a monk create ice cubes out of thin air.

"Okay, boss, would you like some ice?"

For him, making ice cubes is just a matter of moving his hands, and it doesn't consume much energy.

The boss' eyes lit up and he turned around and got a wooden barrel.

"Young man, I won't charge you for these two bowls of sour plum soup. I'll use my copper coins to buy your ice cubes." He continued, "Can the ice cubes fill this wooden barrel?"

Is there such a thing?

Although two bowls of sour plum soup were not expensive, Xu Yeyu was still very happy not to have to pay for them.

Others may not like it if you do not charge them money because you are a monk, but it will be different if it is a win-win situation.

The boss can only get ice in winter, and it's still autumn now.

It happened that he saw Xu Yeyu could create ice cubes out of thin air, so he wanted to ask him to help make some ice cubes.

"Of course!" Xu Yeyu replied.

"Boss, I'll also make you a bucket of ice. Can you let us have some pastries for free?" Xia Xiaomo asked.

This shop that sells sour plum soup also sells cakes.

"Okay, thank you, lady!" the boss replied happily.

This was a very good deal, so he turned and left, and came back with a wooden barrel after a while.

The two of them each made a bucket of ice for the boss.

In order to ensure that the ice would not melt after they left, Xu Yeyu deliberately cast a cooling spell on the wooden barrel.

"Boss, these two buckets of ice can last for a month without melting. You have to use them up within this time."

The boss looked at two buckets of small ice cubes. These ice cubes were all square and very neat, as if they were carved from the same wooden board.

The two monks squeezed a whole bucket of ice for themselves, without stopping, and without showing any signs of fatigue.

The boss thought to himself that these two disciples of Sunset Sect must not be ordinary disciples, as such people would actually come to help him.

The boss said excitedly: "The ice in this barrel is enough to last until the winter. Thank you very much, young men!"

He took out a few strings of copper coins and placed them on the wooden table. Xu Yeyu smiled and did not take the copper coins given by the boss.

They run a small business.

"Boss, I won't charge you a penny. Next time when you come over to drink sour plum soup, just don't charge us." Xu Yeyu said.

The boss readily agreed: "Okay, next time you two come over to drink sour plum soup, I will definitely not charge you. I'll go get the cakes now."

The boss returned to the counter, took out two portions of pastries and placed them on their table, then continued to entertain other customers.

Xu Yeyu and Xia Xiaomo picked up the sour plum soup and savored it mouthful by mouthful. The slightly sweet and sour taste revealed a refreshing taste.

Sour plum soup is sour and sweet, refreshing and thirst-quenching.

"Sure enough, the sour plum soup tastes better with ice cubes. I've drunk it without ice cubes before and it tasted average." Xia Xiaomo said.

"This is my first time to drink sour plum soup. Neither restaurants nor inns sell it." Xu Yeyu said.

Xia Xiaomo took a sip of sour plum soup and said, "The sect competition will be held soon. Did you know that there is an extra content added this time?"

Xu Yeyu shook his head. He didn't even know what the content of the sect competition was, so naturally he didn't know that there was one more thing added this time.

Xia Xiaomo looked at the expression on his face and asked with a hint of doubt: "You don't know what the sect competition is about, do you?"

"How do you know?" Xu Yeyu asked back.

Xia Xiaomo smiled bitterly a few times. Is this person a disciple of the Sunset Sect?

She moistened her throat and said, "Let me tell you in detail. The Sunset Sect's sect competition is held every two years, and it is held separately for outer disciples and inner disciples."

"In the competition between outer disciples, the highest level is only the third level of the late stage of the foundation breaking realm. The disciples above the fourth level are all inner disciples."

"Generally speaking, disciples who have just entered the sect will not come to participate in this sect competition."

Xu Yeyu nodded to show his understanding. Except for the new disciples who came in through the assessment of independent cultivators, the other newly-initiated disciples had only cultivated to the Qi Refining Stage.

The new disciples are not as strong as the disciples who have practiced for several years or even decades in any aspect, so there is no need for them to participate in this sect competition.

"In the elimination round, the disciples will draw lots to decide the opponents for each round. If you are lucky, you may draw a disciple who has just broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage."

Xia Xiaomo continued, "If you're unlucky, you might be able to draw a disciple whose cultivation is close to the fourth level, the Golden Core Realm."

Xu Yeyu thought about it, and then asked: "What if a disciple who has just reached the Foundation Establishment Stage meets a disciple who has practiced for decades and reached the Foundation Breaking Stage, what should he do?"

"Actually, you don't have to worry about this. Generally, disciples who have practiced for decades don't participate in the outer disciples' competition because they want to save face."

Xia Xiaomo smiled and continued, "The competitions between outer disciples are usually among the younger generation, and senior brothers and sisters with higher seniority will not participate."

"Because these senior disciples feel that they are bullying the new disciples if they get good rankings, so they will not participate."

The opportunity is reserved for the younger generation. They have participated in several sect competitions and really cannot bring themselves to compete with the younger disciples.

"A disciple who has practiced for decades was defeated by a disciple who just broke through to the foundation-building stage. This will be laughed at by fellow disciples."

Xu Yeyu nodded. The atmosphere in the Sunset Sect was quite good.