System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

The man was burly and looked to be in his thirties. Looking at his daughter's adorable face, he smiled indulgently. He bent down, gently picked her up, and said softly, "Okay, come on, Daddy will take you to get some sweet soup."

"Wow, I want to drink sweet soup! I want to drink sweet soup with my brother after school!" the little girl said excitedly, her big eyes occasionally glancing in the direction of a Confucius Pavilion.

This heartwarming scene happened to fall into the eyes of Chen Xuan and Bai Li, and they couldn't help but feel curious.

Chen Xuan saw the man carrying his daughter walk to a small stall on the street. The stall owner was a kind old lady, dressed in a well-fitting animal skin coat, in good spirits, with kind eyes.

She calmly and skillfully packed two servings of sugar water for the man using a bamboo tube.

The man held his daughter in one arm and took out two pieces of animal hide of a special color from his waist with the other, handing them to the old woman.

With Chen Xuan's eyesight, even without releasing his divine sense, he could clearly see that the two animal skin papers read "Half a tael of inferior spirit grain ticket".

Chen Xuan's heart skipped a beat, and he walked forward with Bai Li, just in time to come face to face with the man carrying the girl. The man subconsciously nodded to Chen Xuan as a greeting.

Seeing this, Chen Xuan took the initiative to ask, "Brother, I have some spirit grains here. Could I exchange them for some spirit grain tickets?"

The man paused slightly, looking at Chen Xuan with some surprise, and explained, "There's a place to exchange spirit grain tickets thirty meters ahead, and clan rules prohibit us commoners from exchanging tickets privately. You must have just come from Jiangshan City for sightseeing, right?"

The man guessed that Chen Xuan was a member of the Jiang clan, and it seemed that this kind of situation happened occasionally. He kindly reminded him, "Go ahead, take the spirit grain and exchange it for currency first."

Chen Xuan smiled and nodded in thanks. Just then, a commotion arose from not far behind him.

Chen Xuan turned his head and saw a tall building in front of a small courtyard. Nearly fifty children, aged four or five, were being led out of the courtyard in an orderly fashion by several people in uniform.

"Brother, Dad, brother's out of school! Let's hurry over!" The little girl seemed to spot her brother in the crowd and excitedly waved, urging her father to come over.

"Young man, I'm leaving now to pick up my son from school," the man said to Chen Xuan.

"Thank you for your guidance, brother," Chen Xuan replied with a smile. A little boy with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes ran over happily. The little girl was put down by her father, and she carefully carried two bamboo-packaged sugarcane juices, happily handing one to her brother.

Chen Xuan couldn't help but smile at the heartwarming scene. He then took out some of his spirit grain reserves and went to the grain coupon exchange to exchange them for some Dragon Xia currency.

In this world without the support of industrial technology, genuine handmade cane sugar is relatively scarce and its price is higher than that of ordinary Linggu (a type of grain).

After exchanging the currency, Chen Xuan bought two servings of sugar water, thanked the old lady, and said goodbye.

Next, he queued up on the street to buy donkey rolls, malt candy, and glutinous rice sticks, which were quite nostalgic snacks in Longxia in his previous life.

The two walked onto a relatively quiet street. Bai Li transformed into a charming young woman in white, humming a lighthearted tune as she happily savored the delicacies of Jiucheng. "I must say, after being used to spirit wines and fine spirit liquors, it's quite refreshing to occasionally try these mortal snacks," Bai Li said with a smile.

“Yes, mainly because these foods carry childhood memories.” Chen Xuan took a sip of the cool, sweet soup, looked up at the bright moon, and murmured softly, “When I was a child in the countryside, the moon I saw was just as big and bright.”

Each of the nine cities has a unique name. Chen Xuan led Bai Li on a stroll through the cities, visiting them one by one.

Before we knew it, it was time for all the street stalls to pack up.

"Let's go, it's time to go back," Chen Xuan said to Bai Li, looking at the gradually quieting street.