Chapter 31 - Stuffing His Face With Food

Once Yuan and Xiao Hua left the auction house, they wandered around the city aimlessly.

"What should we do now, Xiao Hua? Now that we have enough money, maybe we should better gear ourselves for the future."

However, Xiao Hua merely tilted her head in a puzzled manner and spoke, "But Xiao Hua has plenty of treasures you can use."

Yuan showed a bittersweet smile and said, "While that is true, I cannot rely on you for everything. Furthermore, I want to use this body of mine as much as possible."

Xiao Hua remained puzzled, and she asked, "Xiao Hua has noticed this for a bit now, but why does Brother Yuan want to work so hard? If it were someone else in your shoes, they would surely take advantage of the situation and not do so much work."

Yuan chuckled after hearing her words and said, "Although it may not seem like it, I have lived the majority of my life as a cripple, where I cannot even use the bathroom without help from someone else. I hate the feeling of being so powerless and useless, and despite breathing, I never felt alive. But now that I can finally use my useless body again, I want to enjoy life to the fullest and experience what it means to be alive."

"Brother Yuan… you must have lived a difficult life…"

"Past tense?" Yuan laughed in a dispirited tone, "Even though I may appear fine now, I am actually still living that pointless life."

"..."

"But Brother Yuan is no longer a cripple! He's even a cultivation genius!" Although Xiao Hua does not know his situation, she could feel a sense of loneliness and desperation within his tone.

"That may be true in this world, but once I log out, I will return to being a cripple in that dark and still world. Anyway, let's leave this depressing topic behind and enjoy ourselves with our newfound wealth." Yuan said as he continued walking around the city.

Meanwhile, Xiao Hua silently stared at him with a pondering gaze, seemingly in deep thoughts.

'Maybe there's something Xiao Hua can do to relieve Brother Yuan's pain…' she thought to herself.

Sometime later, they arrived at what appears to be an equipment shop.

"Welcome to the Dragon Armory!" The middle-aged man behind the counter said to them after noticing their presence. "We have all sorts of Spirit-grade weapons and armor! If you are looking for something specific, just let me know!"

"I will," Yuan said as he began looking around.

'Good lord, the equipment here is so expensive!' Yuan's eyes widened when he saw the price for these Spirit-grade weapons. It made the 540 Gold he'd earned completely insignificant!

"It's expensive, right?" Xiao Hua could read his expression and said with a smile. "Unless you are from a noble family or have the backing of a powerful Sect, nobody would come to these places to look for equipment."

"Why didn't you tell me before we walked in here? Now I feel like a beggar walking into a jewelry store…" Yuan sighed. "Let's leave and get something to eat instead."

When the middle-aged man saw that they were leaving after looking at just two items, he sucked his teeth in disdain, "Che! To think I'd wasted my breath greeting these poor bastards."

"..."

Hearing such words, Yuan stopped walking and turned around to look at the middle-aged man with a frown.

"What? Are you going to hit me for speaking the truth?" The middle-aged man remained nonchalant and even continued to insult him. "This store is owned by the Earth Dragon Sect. Hit me if you dare."

"..."

Yuan's eyebrows twitched at the irritating tone coming from the middle-aged man, and he reached for his storage ring.

A few seconds later, he retrieved his Spirit Sword and pointed it at the middle-aged man and spoke in a calm yet clear voice, "I am leaving not because I am poor but because this place is filled with nothing but trash!"

"A peak quality Spirit-grade weapon and a storage ring!" The middle-aged man's eyes widened at the shiny sword. Although Spirit-grade equipment cannot be considered very rare, peak quality equipment is always valuable no matter their equipment grade and they are usually worth 10 times more than high-grade equipment. In fact, even though his store is filled with Spirit-grade equipment, it does not have a single one at the peak quality!

Although Yuan did not particularly like to brag, especially when the thing he's bragging about isn't really his property, he really despised people like the middle-aged man and felt the urge to slap his face.

"Hmph!"

Yuan tossed the Spirit Sword back into his storage ring a few seconds later and walked out of the store with a nonchalant expression.

However, Xiao Hua remained inside the store for a little bit longer to mess with the middle-aged man by showing off not one but two Heaven-grade weapons, one in each of her hands, even waving it around as though they were toys.

When the middle-aged man realized that she was holding two Heaven-grade weapons and even treating them as though it was trash, his eyes rolled back from shock, and he collapsed the next moment.

"That's what you get for bullying Brother Yuan." Xiao Hua coldly sneered before putting away the Heaven-grade weapons and leaving the store.

Once they left the store, Yuan and Xiao Hua went to a nearby restaurant, where they proceeded to fill their stomach with delicious food.

"Oh my god! This food is crazy delicious! I can't believe how real it tastes inside a game!" As though he'd turned into a beast, Yuan stuffed food into his mouth and down his throat, and both of his hands were occupied with food at all times.

Meanwhile, Xiao Hua watched him eat like an animal with her jaw hanging. This is the first time she has seen anyone eating so frantically. It was almost as though he'd never eaten anything before today.

"The food isn't going anywhere, Brother Yuan. If you don't eat slowly, you might choke," she said to him.

"I can't help it! My hands are moving by itself! After all, I have eaten nothing but soup for the last few years!" Yuan said in a stuffed voice as he continued to mercilessly shove food into his mouth.

Xiao Hua merely shook her head before she began to eat her food with elegance.