【Law of the Abyss】

Mu Bei opened his eyes and found himself lying on the bed. Was he dreaming? The scene in the dream was too real for him to recover for a while. He lay in bed for a long time before getting up.

He quickly washed up and ran to the only steamed bun shop on Feng Street. He ordered a bowl of sweet tofu pudding and two meat buns, then sat alone in the corner and ate slowly.

"Boss, give me a bowl of beef noodles." A burly man walked in.

"Sorry, we don't have beef noodles in our store, only tofu pudding and buns." The store owner glanced at him and said.

"Then give me twenty beef buns." The man waved his hand and said.

"Sorry, we only have pork buns."

"Okay, okay, okay. Never mind what kind of buns. Just twenty first." The man found a seat and sat down carelessly, and happened to sit next to Mu Bei.

About five minutes later, Mu Bei finished all the tofu pudding in the bowl, stuffed the last bite of bun into his mouth, clapped his hands, stood up and prepared to pay the bill and leave.

Then I heard the boss say to the man just now: "Sorry, we are out of buns."

The man stood up, walked to the shop owner, and lifted the lid of the steamer. Under the mist of hot air was a steamer full of plump, white and soft buns, emitting bursts of tempting fragrance.

"If this isn't a bun, what is it?" the man asked loudly.

The shop owner glanced at him and said with a smile: "Sorry, these have all been reserved."

The man's face flushed red, "Chen Laosan, are you kidding me?"

The boss curled his lips and smiled, and said sarcastically: "Mo Dazhuang, how much money do you owe me? Don't you know?"

The man looked grim, took out a bag and threw it to him: "No need to change, the rest is interest."

The boss opened the bag and his face immediately turned green: "Mo Dazhuang, you are so good, you want to pay off the debt with a few broken stones, you really have a good calculation."

"What nonsense are you talking about? What I gave you was clearly gold, when did it turn into stone?" the man argued.

"Humph! Gold? Look for yourself, this is gold?" The shop owner poured everything in the bag onto the ground.

One of them just rolled over Mu Bei's instep. He looked down and saw a flash of golden light under the gray color.

"You are such a jerk! Chen Laosan, I clearly gave you gold, but how come it turned into stone in your hands? Did you steal my gold?" The man stomped his feet in anger.

"Mo Dazhuang, watch your mouth. Who stole your gold? It was you who tricked me with the stone. You are such a pervert."

boom--

The man punched the table hard, and a big hole immediately appeared there.

"Who are you calling a dog?"

Upon seeing this, the shop owner suddenly pulled out a knife from under the table and fiercely placed it on the table, "You want to cause trouble? I'll accompany you to the end!"

The atmosphere between the two was tense and they were about to fight in the next second.

Mu Bei approached fearlessly, holding a stone in his hand and said, "How much is your stone? I'll buy it."

They both paused and looked at him. The boss knew him, he was a friend of Miss Feng. He hurriedly said to him: "This is really just a piece of stone. No one would want it if it was given away. Why are you still spending money to buy it?"

Mu Bei smiled at the boss and said, "Thanks for the reminder, but I really like this stone."

He turned to look at the man and said, "Are you willing to sell it to me? Name your price."

"No, do you really want to buy it?" The man still couldn't believe it. The young man in front of him looked ordinary, but he didn't look like a fool at all. Is there really someone willing to spend money to buy a bunch of worthless stones?

Mu Bei nodded, "Yes, I want to buy it."

"Why?" The man didn't understand.

Mu Bei looked at the man in front of him. He was very strong, but his face looked quite young. He should be about the same age as him.

"I am willing to do this even if it costs money, and besides, isn't this a good thing for you?"

The man's face turned slightly red. Indeed, he was quite short of money. He gritted his teeth, held up five fingers, and whispered, "Five thousand?"

The shop owner laughed angrily, "Mo Dazhuang, are you crazy about money? You have the nerve to sell this pile of broken rocks for 5,000 yuan?"

The man was choked and said with his neck stiff, "If you want...it's up to you, I'm happy with it, isn't it?"

The shop owner sneered and said, "I have to remind you that she is a friend of the eldest daughter of the Feng family. If she finds out that you cheated her friend, what will happen? Think carefully about it."

Mu Bei raised his eyebrows and looked at the two men. The shop owner smiled but said nothing. The man's face turned pale. He regretted having asked for such a high price just now.

"or……"

Mu Bei smiled and said nothing. He directly took out five thousand yuan and gave it to the man, "Deal."

After saying that, he picked up all the stones that had fallen on the ground, patted them, blew them, put them in the bag, and left.

Mo Dazhuang still hasn't reacted. He feels like he's really lucky. Someone is offering him money. He took the five thousand yuan and gave it all to the store owner.

"I'll pay you back. I don't owe you anything anymore."

The shop owner took the money with a smile, as if he was not the one who cut the dough just now. He hummed a little tune again, picked out two fist-sized buns from the steamer and handed them to the man, "They are fresh out of the pot, I picked the two biggest ones for you."

"Didn't you say it's all booked?"

The shop owner smiled and said, "It's still possible to share one or two."

The man took the bun and ate one in a few bites. Two buns were gone in a few bites. "Not enough." He stared at the buns, wishing he could eat all of them.

The shop owner picked up two more buns for him, then quickly closed the lid of the steamer, held the lid tightly with both hands, and said, "Mo Dazhuang, there are really no more. I am very kind."

Mo Dazhuang ate four buns and was barely not that hungry anymore. He asked, "Chen Laosan, do you know that guy just now?"

"Yes, his shop is right in front. It collects junk and just opened yesterday."

Mu Bei was processing the skeleton of an exotic beast sent by Lei Yiming in the store when he heard someone walk in. He looked up and saw that it was the man from before.

"Um...you don't even have a guy here?"

Mu Bei didn't know what he wanted to do, so he said, "At the beginning, I can handle it by myself."

Mo Dazhuang walked around his shop and said, "How about I stay here as your assistant? You can set any salary you want, as long as I provide food and accommodation."

Huh? Mu Bei stopped what he was doing and looked him up and down.

Mo Dazhuang was so nervous that he kept rubbing the hem of his clothes with one hand. He looked at him with anticipation in his eyes.

"you sure?"

Mo Dazhuang thought it was hopeless, but after hearing Mu Bei's question, he seemed to have some hope again, and hurriedly said, "Sure, don't worry, I have plenty of strength, I can do all the rough and heavy work in the store."

"Okay, then stay."

Mo Dazhuang was overjoyed and immediately picked up the skeleton of a strange beast and asked, "Where should I put this thing?"

"Just leave it there."

Mo Dazhuang worked hard, but his appetite was amazing. Mu Bei just picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up some food when he found that most of the bowls on the table were empty. Mo Dazhuang looked at him and said embarrassedly, "The food you cooked is really delicious!"

Mu Bei smiled and said, "If it tastes good, eat more."

Mo Dazhuang was not polite either. He finished all the remaining food, put down his chopsticks, patted his stomach and burped.

It seems that I will have to prepare two more dishes in the future, Mu Bei thought to himself.

After dinner, Mo Dazhuang quickly washed the dishes and started working in the store again.

Mo Dazhuang was very strong, so Mu Bei asked him to be responsible for carrying the skeleton of the strange beast and then cutting off each bone, while he was responsible for collecting the soul liquid inside.

Mu Bei discovered that not all exotic beast skeletons contained soul liquid, and the amount of soul liquid collected from different exotic beast skeletons was also different. He processed all the skeletons and collected about ten bottles of soul liquid.

As for the remaining bones, he picked out useful ones according to what was written in Huo Cuihua's notes, ground them into bone powder, put them in a bottle, and placed them on the counter.

He would not waste those that were really useless, and planned to make them into various handicrafts and utensils and display them in the store.

He worked hard for more than half a month and finally finished it. The next thing to do was to figure out how to sell them.

After much thought, Mu Bei decided that he had to advertise his products to let people know about them. He wrote a big sign and hung it at the door, and also drew a hundred flyers himself, which read: Fengmu Monster Recycling Station Movie Ticket, tomorrow at 15:30 pm, with this ticket you can get a mysterious gift for free after the movie.