I am a male god in Liyue

Qiqi stood up and said seriously: "You're welcome."

Hutao also stood up and greeted him with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Xia, we meet again."

Xia Zhi hesitated for a moment, then seemed to remember her and asked uncertainly: "Are you... Hall Master Hu?"

"It's only been a few days, has Mr. Xia forgotten me as a neighbor? It's really sad."

"Sorry, Hall Master Hu, it's not that I forgot, it's just that I didn't hear it just now."

"listen?"

"I'm actually blind."

"Ah... sorry."

Hu Tao looked stunned for a moment, then said seriously.

"Mr. Xia, I was just joking with you, please don't take it seriously."

Xia Zhi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's okay, my store is opening today, and I'm very happy that Hall Master Hu can come to support me. This is Miss Zhuzi, the waiter in my store. This is Hall Master Hu, who passed away next door to us. The boss of the hall."

Hutao smiled and greeted Zhuzi and got to know each other. He didn't say that he came here because of Qiqi. He asked curiously: "I heard from Qiqi that Mr. Xia sells specialty drinks." shop."

"Ah."

"I saw the poster in the store. Do you want a drink for 100 moras?"

"Yes."

"The price is so expensive."

“It’s worth the price and it’s half price today.”

"Even if it's 50 molas, it's still very expensive. Mr. Xia, I should be the first customer in your store."

"No, Qiqi is."

"Hey?"

Hu Tao glanced at Qiqi, who was silently picking up his stool, walking back to the shop and sitting at the table with the incense burner.

"As the second guest, I should be considered special, right?"

Xia Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, then I'll treat Hall Master Hu to a drink."

Hu Tao nodded with satisfaction: "Thank you, Mr. Xia."

After all, business in the Palace of Purity is not easy to do, and now that I have a guest who is very good at spending money, I can naturally save a little bit every day.

Entering the store together, Xia Zhi came to the table and took out four clean cups from the cabinet.

Hutao was excited to watch how he prepared a cup of juice worth 100 molars.

For such an expensive drink, the production process must be complicated and difficult, right?

First fill the cup with water.

Then he took out a bottle and dropped a drop of liquid into the cup.

Then Xia Zhi pushed a cup of colored juice over and said, "Hall Master Hu, please use it slowly. Zhuzi, this cup belongs to you. Please help bring this cup to Miss Qiqi."

???

No, is this done?

Hutao lowered his head and stared blankly at the incredibly beautiful glass of juice in front of him: "That's it?"

"Ah."

"Is this thing selling for 100 moras?"

"Yes, Hall Master Hu, don't think that my preparation process looks very simple. In fact, the production process of the bottle of juice puree in my hand is very complicated, but you can't see the process behind it."

"……I see."

How complicated can the process of juice puree be? Isn’t it just washing the fruit and squeezing it into juice?Although this rainbow-like color looks very beautiful, it must be made from seven different fruits, right?

Hutao picked up the cup with some suspicion and brought it to his mouth.

A strange fruity scent wafted into her nose, making her eyes light up.

"In this fragrance, there seems to be sunflower seeds, fallen berries, peaches, apples, lemons... No, there are more than seven... ten... twenty... and more..."

The expression on Hutao's face slowly turned serious, because she even smelled a smell from the glass of juice that shouldn't exist.

It was the taste of a forbidden fruit that only grew in the borderland. No living person could set foot in that place or eat that kind of thing.

Hutao put down the cup, looked at Xia Zhi and asked seriously: "Mr. Xia, can you tell me how you make this kind of juice puree?"

Xia Zhi shook his head and replied seriously: "Sorry, this is a secret."

Hu Tao looked at him deeply.

Xia Zhi just picked up his glass of juice, took a sip, and then asked, "Palace Master Hu, don't you want to drink it?"

Hutao turned around and glanced at Zhuzi and Qiqi. They were both drinking juice. Not counting that Qiqi was a zombie, the look on Zhuzi's face did not show any pain, but was very satisfied.

The four cups of juice were all made from the same puree. Since Mr. Xia and Zhu Zi were fine after drinking it, it proves that the juice is harmless.

In other words, there should be no forbidden fruits used in the raw materials.

But why can I smell the unique taste of that forbidden fruit?

Could it be that the aroma of this juice can recreate the taste that diners remember?

Hu Tao was a little confused, so she picked up the cup, hesitated for a moment, brought it to her mouth, and took a sip.

The cool juice flowed into her mouth and immediately played a colorful music on the tip of her tongue, making her feel like she was in a fruitful orchard.

Hutao closed her eyes and felt it carefully for a long time before opening her eyes again and exclaimed: "It smells like a dream..."

Xia Zhi smiled and asked, "Does Hall Master Hu still think the price of 100 molas is expensive?"

Hutao sighed and said, "This price is simply an insult to it."

She took another sip of juice, with the same satisfied look on her face as Zhuzi, and then asked curiously: "How many kinds of fruits did you use as raw materials? There are so many flavors mixed together without any conflict."

"This is a secret."

Xia Zhi looked at the golden progress bar [Progress: 3%] on her body and said in a casual tone.

"If Hall Master Hu likes to drink, you are welcome to come to our store often in the future."

Chapter 55 We are friends

"Come often..."

Hutao picked up the cup and took a sip of juice, his expression looking a little depressed.

"Although the price of 100 molars is not expensive for its quality, if I come here to drink it often, I really can't afford it."

"Hallmaster Hu's family has a big business, how can he not afford it?"

"Mr. Xia doesn't know something. The business of the Palace of Purity is quite special." Hutao shook his head and said seriously. "We, the abbots, perform funerals not for money, but to allow the deceased to sleep peacefully. Funeral ceremonies are the last dignity of mortals. Regardless of the deceased's high or low birth status or wealth, we must provide them with a ceremony that is worthy of their status. funeral."

Hearing this, Xia Zhi couldn't help but be in awe: "So that's it. It's really admirable for the Rebirth Hall to act like this."

"It's nothing, this is how we have always been at the Rebirth Hall."

Hutao picked up the cup and took another sip of juice.

"But last time I heard someone at the city gate saying that there seemed to be an advertisement for the Hall of Purity posted on the wall, saying that the second monument was half price..."

"Ahem..." Hutao couldn't help but choked, put down the cup, and said seriously: "It doesn't matter whether the discount is discounted or not. That advertisement is actually just to remind everyone that if there is anything wrong at home, you must come to us at the Rebirth Hall. Hold a funeral.”

Xia Zhi heard something else from her words and asked casually, "What would happen if the dead person was buried directly without a funeral?"

Hu Tao frowned slightly and said, "It won't be a big deal, but it's best to hold a funeral."

Xia Zhi nodded and said with a smile, "I thought he would turn into a ghost."

Hutao was startled and glanced at him. Seeing his relaxed expression, she thought he must be joking, so she laughed and said, "What the hell, I've dealt with so many dead people, but I've never seen one."

lie!

You clearly have a beautiful female ghost in the Hall of Rebirth!

She also comes over every night to annoy me!

Xia Zhi took a sip of the juice and did not expose Hu Tao's lie. He just felt that the fruit in the Hall of Rebirth was really deep.

The so-called funeral ceremony in Hu Tao's mouth is probably some kind of extraordinary requiem ceremony.

The book "Jueyun Jiwen" records many folklore legends of Liyue. In the stories, lonely ghosts often appear. These should be people who died accidentally in the wild, because they did not do any serious things after death. He was comforted by the funeral ceremony, so he turned into a ghost and never had peace.

Xia Zhi chatted with Hu Tao for a while, then picked up the cup, walked to Qi Qi's table, and sat down.

At this time, the progress bar on Qiqi has changed to [Progress: 88%].

It will be nine o'clock in a while, and he will be busy making juice when the business opens, and has no time to accompany Qiqi, so he has to take advantage of this time to work harder to finish the last bit of progress on her body.

"Qiqi came so early today."

"Ah."

"Didn't you go collect medicine last night?"

"No, rest in the medicine house."

"Is there a lot to do in the Medicine House?"

"Fortunately."

"How do the people at Yaolu treat you?"

Qiqi thought for a moment, nodded, and said softly: "...Well, everyone is fine."

Xia Zhi noticed that she thought carefully before answering.

Although her answer is yes, in her daily life, everyone should still treat her somewhat differently from normal people.

After all, she is a zombie, an inhuman thing.

Even if he knows that she will not harm him, sometimes he will unconsciously want to stay away from her.

Sometimes it may be just a small look or a casual word that can hurt her.

Xia Zhi was silent for a moment and said, "When you are free, you can come here to play with us."

Qiqi glanced at him, then at the incense burner, nodded, and said softly: "Okay."

After chatting for a while, Hutao came over with a cup and said with a strange expression: "Mr. Xia and Qiqi have a very good relationship."

Xia Zhi smiled and said, "We are friends."

friend?Qiqi lowered her head, her eyes seemed to waver.

Hutao was stunned and said, "Really?"

"Of course, Qiqi also helped me check out the store before."

"That's true."

Hu Tao nodded and did not continue to talk about Qiqi's topic. She sat down at the table, looked at the smoking incense burner, and said, "Mr. Xia, the incense in your shop smells so special."

"Of course, like juice, it's one of our store's specialties."

"Did Mr. Xia also make it himself?"

"Ah."

"Don't want money?"

"To be precise, it actually costs money, but since today is the first day of opening, it's free."

"That's it."

Hu Tao was not surprised. After all, the requiem effect of this kind of incense was too powerful. If it was really burned in the store for free every day, then she would just live in this store from now on.

There are so many tables in this store, so it must be reasonable to hire a waiter.

Hu Tao then asked: "How much does this incense cost?"

Qiqi stared at the incense burner in a daze, and quietly pricked up her ears.

Xia Zhi said with a smile: "This involves another service of my store."