4 Market Hall

Once they entered the Market Hall, Song Yang noticed many stalls selling various products. There were still a lot of disciples inside the hall, so it was difficult to circulate and locate the products that interested them.

"The first floor is for food and furniture. The second floor is for cultivation resources and weapons." Explained Tan Yanyan.

"There's a spiritual rice merchant over there" Said Xia Zilin, pointing to a stall on their right.

The owner of the stall was quite old, he had white hair and a long white beard.

"Welcome young girls, my prices are the most reasonable in the Market Hall! One Spirit Stone for twenty kilograms of spiritual rice." He said.

"Sounds good. Sister Yu Qi, you're paying for the rice, I will pay for the vegetables, and Sister Zilin for the furniture." Said Tan Yanyan.

"Alright." Said Song Yang, taking out a Spirit Stone from his pouch and giving it to the merchant.

"Here is your spiritual rice." Said the merchant, giving him a big and heavy bag.

Seeing it, Song Yang became quite depressed. It meant that he would have to transport this heavy bag until they went back home. He could see how some disciples around him struggled to carry their goods...

"Don't worry Sister Yu Qi, my big brother gave me a Storage Pouch, I can store anything inside it!" Said Tan Yanyan, smiling proudly.

She touched the rice bag with her Storage Pouch and it disappeared inside it.

"Amazing! Where can I buy a Storage Pouch?" Asked Song Yang. Although he already had the inventory of his system, he couldn't use it in front of everyone without attracting unnecessary attention.

"Let me guess, only inner disciples can buy one?" Said Xia Zilin.

"No, no, everyone can buy one, here in the Market Hall. A Storage Pouch cost fifty Spirit Stones." Explained Tan Yanyan.

"I'm afraid that fifty Spirit Stones are too much for me..." Sighed Xia Zilin.

"Haha, don't worry Sister Zilin, once you become an inner disciple, fifty Spirit Stones won't be too much for you anymore." Said Tan Yanyan patting her shoulder.

"..."

"Alright, let's go buy the spiritual vegetables now!"

They walked towards another stall and bought fifteen kilograms of spiritual vegetables for one Spirit Stone. Spiritual vegetables were more valuable than spiritual rice so naturally, the price was higher.

"Now let's go to the furniture stall." Said Tan Yanyan.

On their way towards the furniture stall, Song Yang saw a stall selling meat. However, he was really surprised to see the price: one Spirit Stone for three hundred grams of meat. The price seemed unreasonable compared to the price of rice and vegetables.

"Why is the meat so expensive?" He wondered aloud.

The owner of the stall heard him and immediately answered him.

"Little girl, it's not just any meat. All my meat is from Demonic Beasts! This one is from a Fierce Lightning Wolf and this one from a Mighty Flame Bear. Demonic Beasts meat is really nutritious for cultivators as it contains spiritual energy." Explained the owner.

"Sister Yu Qi, Demonic Beasts meat is too expensive so it's not worth buying it. It's better to keep your Spirit Stones to buy cultivation resources instead." Said Tan Yanyan.

Song Yang understood that, but he really wanted to know the taste of Demonic Beasts meat. Moreover, one Spirit Stone was nothing to him since he had 50000 of them.

"I understand Sister Yanyan but I want to buy some Demonic Beasts meat to celebrate our first day in the sect with you and Sister Zilin." Said Song Yang, smiling. Of course, it was just an excuse to avoid sounding suspicious.

"In that case, thank you, Sister Yu Qi!"

"Thank you, Sister Yu Qi!"

Both Tan Yanyan and Xia Zilin thanked Song Yang who bought three hundred grams of Mighty Flame Bear meat for one Spirit Stone.

Finally, they arrived at the furniture stall and bought some firewood, buckets, bowls, and kitchenware.

Now, they were ready to leave the Market Hall.

Once they were outside, Tan Yanyan turned towards Song Yang and Xia Zilin and pointed her finger towards the northeast.

"Before going back, we need to fill the buckets we just bought with water from the river. It's over there." She said.

Song Yang nodded and followed her along with Xia Zilin. He was really glad that he was not alone and had someone like Tan Yanyan to guide him. He realized that getting used to living in this new world would ask him some time as he was too used to the comfort of modern society.

They walked for around ten minutes before finally seeing the river. A lot of disciples were already there, filling their own buckets.

Song Yang noticed that one boy, particularly thin and lacking strength, was having a hard time carrying his bucket. As the boy was looking down and was focused on not dropping the bucket in his hands, he failed to notice that a group of three boys was walking in his direction.

The thin boy bumped into the boy in the middle of the group and spilled all the water in his bucket onto him.

"You trash! How dare you wet young master Li Qiang's clothes!" Exclaimed loudly one of the boys of the group, drawing the attention of all the disciples in the area to him.

"I-I-I a-apologize. I'm s-sorry, I didn't see you." Said the thin boy, frightened.

"You think that an apology is enough?" Said Li Qiang, smiling cruelly. Then, he suddenly punched the gut of the thin boy and forced him to kneel on the ground.

The two boys that were accompanying the one named Li Qiang started kicking the thin boy who couldn't do anything to defend himself. The poor boy was crying and screaming in pain with every blow he received.

Although there were a lot of people, no one dared to intervene to help the boy who was kicked.

'I didn't expect to see an arrogant Young Master so soon...' Thought Song Yang.

He was really appalled to see this scene, but he didn't dare help the boy either. He knew nothing about this world and was not strong enough yet to make enemies 'in the name of justice'. He could only clench his fists and watch in silence.

"I know him, he is Li Qiang from the famous Li family in the Sun Empire. I heard that his family has close ties to the sect." Whispered Xia Zilin.

"Yes, the Li family is famous and powerful. It's better if we don't provoke him." Said Tan Yanyan.

In the Eastern Continent where the Myriad Clouds Sect was located, there were eight powerful empires. Among them, three empires were under the jurisdiction of the sect: the Sun Empire, the Moon Empire, and the Star Empire. These three empires sent every five years their young between the ages of fourteen and sixteen to take the test to enter the sect.

After a minute, the thin boy lost consciousness and the kicking stopped. Then, everyone resumed their activities as if nothing had happened. In the sect, there was no rule forbidding disciples to hurt each other, only killing was forbidden.

Song Yang and his two roommates decided to not stay in this place longer than necessary and quickly walked towards the river.

While Song Yang was filling his bucket, he caught a glimpse of his reflection on the surface of the water and studied his facial features. 'He' was actually extremely beautiful with deep black phoenix eyes that contrasted with his white jade skin, a small nose, and natural soft pink lips. Even without makeup, his face could put any top model on Earth to shame! He couldn't believe how beautiful the original owner of his body was. A beauty like that would definitely attract calamity, it was very bad!

'Fuck, I always dreamed of having a girlfriend as beautiful as this girl but I never thought that I would become this kind of girl instead...' He thought, frustrated.

Sighing, Song Yang finished his task in silence and lost in his thoughts before joining his two roommates.

After the girls finished filling some buckets in the river, they started to make their way back to their wooden house.

Once inside their house, Tan Yanyan removed all the things they bought from her Storage Pouch and placed them on the table in the dining room.

"Alright, who volunteers to make breakfast?" Asked Tan Yanyan.

"I don't know how to cook." Immediately said Xia Zilin.

"You want to become an alchemist but you don't know how to cook?" Asked Song Yang, surprised.

"Hey, it's not the same! At home, I had servants that cooked for me so I never entered a kitchen..." Said Xia Zilin.

"Yeah, it's the same for me." Said Tan Yanyan.

Both Tan Yanyan and Xia Zilin looked at Song Yang with expectancy.

"Alright, I suppose I can cook. Prepare the fire and heat a pot of water, you can at least do that, right?" Said Song Yang.

"Yes, yes, of course."

"Sister Yu Qi is the best!"

In his 'previous life', Song Yang had lived alone for many years so he obviously knew how to cook.

He started cutting some vegetables as well as the meat in dice. Once the water was hot enough, he put the spiritual rice in the pot and let it cook. In the meantime, he took a pan and started to fry the meat with the vegetables.

Once the rice was cooked, he let it cool a little before adding it to the pan with the meat and vegetables. He fried everything together for a few minutes and removed the pan from the fire.

"This is the fried rice recipe by Song Yan-... I mean Song Yu Qi!" He announced, almost spilling his real name.

Sure, he didn't have all the ingredients nor any spices but he estimated that it should be good enough.

"Sister Yu Qi, it smells so good!" Said Tan Yanyan, excitedly.

Everyone took a bowl, poured themselves a portion, and started eating.

When Song Yang swallowed the first bite, only one word came out of his mouth: "wow!"

Spiritual food tasted completely different compared to normal food. It was like it was naturally delicious. Even the meat was excellent and he was sure that even the famous wagyu beef on Earth was not as good as the Demonic Beasts meat.

Although the portion he ate was small, he felt strangely full and his body was invigorated after finishing it.

"Sister Yu Qi, this is so good!" Said Xia Zilin, smiling.

"I agree! I suggest that Sister Yu Qi cooks food every day!" Said Tan Yanyan.

"What? Everyday? Even for lunch and dinner?" Song Yang didn't want to cook three times a day every day, it was too troublesome.

They both looked at him strangely after hearing this.

"Sister Yu Qi, only one portion of spiritual food is enough to feel full for a day. Don't tell me you want to eat more than that? You will become fat!" Said Tan Yanyan.

"Of course, I was only joking, haha! Alright, I will cook breakfast every day, on the condition that you prepare the fire." Said Song Yang.

"Deal!"

After they finished eating, they cleaned the utensils and put everything in the two medium-sized wooden cupboards that were at the back of the room.

"Alright, we should now focus on our cultivation and prepare ourselves for the tournament next month." Said Tan Yanyan.

"The tournament?" Asked Song Yang, surprised to hear about that.

"Sister Yu Qi, don't tell me you weren't listening to the elder yesterday?" Asked Tan Yanyan, looking at Song Yang like he had committed a serious sin.

"I... Not really... Sorry." Said Song Yang, not knowing what other excuse he could give. It was not his fault if he transmigrated to this world today and not yesterday!

"Next month, there will be a tournament between all the new outer disciples. The elder said that the top five will receive additional cultivation resources for one year! So, we must do our best to reach the top five." Explained Tan Yanyan.