Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Jiang Shuang nodded and went into the kitchen with Lin Xiaoqian to get the old beggar's portion of braised pork trotters.

A short while later, Lin Xiaoqian placed a steaming bowl of braised pork trotters rice in front of Su Hezhou.

Su Hezhou thanked him and then began to eat slowly and deliberately.

After finishing his meal, Su Hezhou wiped his mouth and said directly to Lin Xiaoqian and the other person, "The number of Heaven-level martial arts manuals is really limited, only about seventy. I wonder if we can exchange them for Earth-level or Profound-level martial arts manuals."

Lin Xiaoqian and Jiang Shuang exchanged a glance, and Jiang Shuang spoke first: "Lord Su, the value of a level 1 Earth-grade manual is far less than that of a level 2 Heaven-grade manual, and a level 3 Profound-grade manual is even further inferior. We need to discuss the exchange ratio carefully."

Lin Xiaoqian continued, "That's right, Lord Su. If we're exchanging it for a Di-grade or Xuan-grade secret manual, the quantity must be substantial."

Su Hezhou frowned slightly and said, "In your opinion, ladies, how many local-level or profound-level secret manuals would be appropriate to exchange for a gun?"

Jiang Shuang thought for a moment and said, "At least seven level-one manuals or fifteen level-two manuals can be exchanged for a pistol, and fifteen level-one manuals or thirty level-two manuals can be exchanged for a rifle."

Su Hezhou showed no expression and calmly indicated that he understood.

Then they paid the bill and left.

Lin Xiaoqian shrugged at Jiang Shuang: "I didn't expect there to be so few Heaven-level secret manuals in the palace."

Jiang Shuang smiled and said, "Heavenly-level secret manuals are indeed rare. But all they need to do is copy them down and give them to us. It's not like they'll lose them after we give them to them. Besides, it won't have any impact on the world if we take them. They're not losing out in this deal."

The following afternoon, just as Lin Xiaoqian finished selling his braised pork trotter rice and was about to close up shop, Su Hezhou arrived with a group of people.

Behind him was a large box containing a newly copied martial arts manual.

The box was placed on the ground, and Su Hezhou told everyone who was not involved to leave.

Lin Xiaoqian stared curiously at the large box and asked, "Lord Su, is the secret manual inside?"

Su Hezhou nodded. "That's right, the quantities that the two young ladies mentioned yesterday are all here."

Jiang Shuang called Lin Xiaoqian and turned to go upstairs, actually taking out a gun from her spatial ring.

Except for the gun that Jiang Shuang used herself, which was in a separate box, all the others were kept together in a wooden crate.

The boxes were quite heavy, so we had to ask Lin Xiaoqian, a strongman, to help us carry them down.

The two men unloaded the box containing the guns and placed it next to the box containing the martial arts manuals.

Su Hezhou looked at the two boxes and said, "Miss Jiang, Miss Lin, let's begin the exchange."

Jiang Shuang nodded. "Lord Su, please wait a moment. We need to take a look at the manual first."

Su Hezhou made a gesture of invitation.

Jiang Shuang and Lin Xiaoqian opened the box containing the secret manual and quickly began to peruse it.

Lin Xiaoqian secretly asked the system in her mind, "System, can you detect whether this martial arts manual is real or fake?"

The system replied indifferently: "This system is the God of Cooking System, and has no functions other than identifying ingredients."

Lin Xiaoqian: ...

Fine.

This was indeed a disadvantage for them in their exchange, as they had no idea whether these martial arts manuals were genuine or not.

One can only hope that their weapons will shock the people of the martial arts world enough to deter them from deceiving them.

After flipping through a few books, Jiang Shuang stopped, her eyes fixed on Su Hezhou, and said, "Xiao Qian, let's leave it at that. I trust Lord Su's character; he wouldn't lie to us."

Su Hezhou nodded slightly and said, "It is my honor that Miss Jiang trusts me."

Seeing that Su Hezhou wasn't lying, Jiang Shuang's suspicions lessened somewhat.

After carefully examining the weapons in the box, Su Hezhou had Sikong Zhenyue lead his men to carry them away first.

Once only Lin Xiaoqian, Jiang Shuang, and Su Hezhou remained in the shop, Su Hezhou whispered, "His Majesty said he would personally come tonight to exchange the great treasure that Miss Jiang mentioned with you two."

Jiang Shuang and Lin Xiaoqian exchanged a glance, both with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

“Alright, we understand. We will await His Majesty’s arrival,” Lin Xiaoqian said.

Su Hezhou nodded to the two of them and then left.

Watching Su Hezhou and the others leave, Lin Xiaoqian said in disbelief, "Sister Shuang, are we about to meet the world's highest leader?"

Jiang Shuang patted Lin Xiaoqian's shoulder lightly and said, "It's not a big problem, we'll just deal with it as usual."

Lin Xiaoqian nodded and put the manual away with Jiang Shuang.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he said to Jiang Shuang, "Sister Shuang, what do you think about us just showing the old beggar any secret manual we can find?"

Jiang Shuang pondered for a moment and said, "That is a good idea, but I don't know if that old beggar knows any martial arts manuals."

Lin Xiaoqian said, "Let's give it a try. What if he knows? It's better than us being completely clueless."

Jiang Shuang thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go find him now."

The old beggar was dozing in a haystack on the street corner, and was a little confused when Jiang Shuang came looking for him.

"Miss Jiang, you're having dinner so early today?"

Jiang Shuang smiled and said, "Grandpa, I didn't come to bring you dinner. I have something I'd like to ask you."

The old beggar scratched his head. "What's wrong?"

Jiang Shuang led the old beggar into the shop, took out a secret manual from a box at random, and handed it to him.

"Does the old man recognize this?"

The old beggar took the manual, squinted and examined it carefully for a while, his expression gradually becoming serious.

He slowly said, "Ladies, this is no ordinary thing."

Lin Xiaoqian's heart tightened, and he hurriedly asked, "Grandpa, please tell me, what is this?"

The old beggar flipped through the book again, closed it, and said with a serious expression, "This is a Heaven-level fist technique, long lost to the martial arts world. How did you obtain it?"

Lin Xiaoqian and Jiang Shuang exchanged a glance, and Jiang Shuang said, "Grandpa, don't worry about that. Just tell us if there's anything wrong with this manual?"

The old beggar recalled seeing the guards from the Imperial Guard come into the shop and stay for a while before leaving. He had some guesses in his mind, so he didn't ask any more questions.

He handed the manual to Jiang Shuang, squinting as he said, "This manual is fine. However, you must not let this slip. If people in the martial arts world find out that you have a Heaven-level manual, it will likely cause endless trouble. This Heaven-level manual is coveted by countless people. Once the news gets out, countless experts will come to snatch it."

Jiang Shuang and Lin Xiaoqian nodded solemnly: "Thank you for the reminder, old man. We will be careful."

They possess more than one Heaven-level secret manual.

The old beggar waved his hand, thinking to himself that he was worrying for nothing; these two young girls were no ordinary people.

Then he slowly walked out of the shop and went back to his haystack to curl up.