The heroines want to talk

Behind Xia Shi, the tea monster Xiao Ming was blowing air on him with a small battery-powered fan.

A pleasant fragrance emanated from Xiao Ming's body and filled the entire room with the breeze.

"Yes, yes! Dasha and the others are not afraid of being tired." As a young assistant, Xiao Ming enjoys his current wonderful life very much.

The food has become better, and every day I just give the Demon King a shoulder massage and run errands. It’s really great!

“……” Eriri looked at the capitalist Natsumi and his accomplices, and was speechless.

After all, working 16 hours a day is too much.

It's scary that even with such intense work, those monsters still look like they have earned something.

"I also take a walk in the fields every morning. I don't feel tired at all. How dare they say they are tired?" These days, Xia Shi spends ten minutes walking in the fields every day, using his catalytic power to ripen the plants.

He had done this a lot before, so he was very familiar with it. In fact, with Xia Shi's ability, he didn't need to go to the fields himself, he could also ripen the fruits at home, but who made him a good boss who cared about his subordinates?

"Yes! Lord Demon King works in the fields under the scorching sun every day. Dasha and the others must understand Lord Demon King's painstaking efforts." Xiao Ming nodded.

Eriri felt that this monster had completely become Natsumi's little follower and had no opinion of his own at all.

There is nothing else to say except to agree with the big fool's ideas.

"It looks like lunch time is almost here," Eriri reminded.

Upon hearing this, Xia Shi stood up and prepared to move to the restaurant next door. It was called a restaurant, but it was just a simple small shed, but this restaurant was in the shade and was very cool.

"Dasha, Ersha, come and eat!" Xiao Ming turned off the electric fan, took on the role of foreman, and shouted to everyone.

Ying Lili had a look of disillusionment on her face.

The monsters in this world are so simple and pitiful.

After taking a look at the monsters who were eager to go to the restaurant, Eriri silently followed Natsumi.

……

After dinner, Xia Shi walked away from the fields and returned to his residence next to the peach blossom forest.

He recently discovered a new feature of the conversion between reality and illusion, that is, if there are raw materials for conversion, the consumption of physical energy will be greatly reduced. For example, at lunch just now, the bread on the table was made of wheat and did not consume much physical energy.

Similarly, if you have iron and steel, then making weapons will not take much physical strength, and if you have cloth, then making clothes will be almost zero consumption.

There are many characteristics of colorful superpowers, and Xia Shi feels that there is still a lot of room for development.

The tea demon Xiao Ming stayed in the fields as a supervisor, and only two people returned to the peach forest.

I pushed open the door of the wooden house and looked at Suika who was eating watermelon in the restaurant.

Opposite her, Ibaraki Hanasu was also there.

"..." Seeing this, Xia Shi hurried into the restaurant and opened the refrigerator he had asked the Snow Girl to make a few days ago. The Snow Girl could make ice cubes that would not melt for a long time.

After opening the refrigerator, Xia Shi was dumbfounded.

"How many did you eat?!"

How come there is not a single one left of the three watermelons I froze this morning?!

Ibuki Suika threw the watermelon rind out of the window and said, "Tanuki, can't you just conjure up a few more?"

Really, why are you so stingy?

Chapter 296: Going to Heian-kyō to sell bath water?

"Those watermelons were grown by me, they didn't appear out of thin air." Xia Shi rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache.

The watermelon transformed by virtual-real conversion is not as delicious as the one ripened by absorbing spiritual energy. If we grade the things transformed by supernatural power, then basically 60 points is the passing score, unless Xia Shi spends a lot of time to learn relevant knowledge to improve the quality.

Although the ability to accelerate ripening also speeds up the development process, it does not affect the quality.

These three watermelons were fruits grown by Xia Shi in the experimental field. He originally planned to share them with Ying Lili, but he didn't expect that they would be eaten up by these two greedy ghosts.

"This is delicious!" Suixiang picked up another batch of watermelon slices.

The only thing I can be thankful for now is that they still knew to cut it before eating, and did not think about eating one bite at a time.

Xia Shi also picked up a piece and took one for Eriri as well.

After taking a bite, it is juicy, sweet, and crispy. It is much better than the melons you eat in real life.

After all, with such unreasonable energy as spiritual energy, it is expected that such high-quality fruits can be produced.

Monsters are unable to use spiritual power, they are better at using powerful destructive demonic energy.

Spiritual energy, demonic energy, and divine energy. These are the three kinds of extraordinary energy that exist in the world. Divine energy was very rare in the Heian period, and has gradually decreased since the era of gods a thousand years ago. Demonic energy is generated by resentment. Because of constant disputes, the demonic energy in the Heian period was very strong, so a large number of monsters were bred.

Reiki has existed since ancient times, and Onmyoji relies on it to practice. Plant monsters usually absorb reiki instead of demonic energy, so their temperaments are more docile.

"Hmm~ I'm so full~" Suixiang slumped in the chair and patted her belly.

Ibaraki Hanasu elegantly took the napkin and wiped her mouth.

Delicious food can make people feel better. Ever since Hua Shan discovered the fragrance coming from Xia Shi’s cottage two days ago, she has come to eat there every day.

When it’s time for dinner, two more ghosts will appear at Xia Shi’s residence.

"I think what you said last time will work." Hua Shan talked about the topic that Xia Shi talked about two days ago.

A plan on how to sustain the organization's growth.

The current Dajiangshan is like a stream without a source, which will eventually run dry.

Although we now have logistics and food supply, it is not easy to gain a foothold in the world.

Yesterday, an Onmyoji came to Oeyama and found an excuse to attack us, saying that he wanted to avenge a destroyed village at the foot of the mountain.

But the people in Huashan village had no idea what was going on.

As long as the monsters in Mount Oe are restrained, the humans living at the foot of the mountain will basically not be harmed. Even if they come to rob houses, their targets will not be the poor civilians, but the wealthy gentry.

Why would you go looking for trouble if you can satisfy your needs all at once? Wouldn't it be troublesome to rob families one by one? Isn't that just looking for trouble?

"Oeyama is still too close to Heian-kyo." Xia Shi frowned and sat at the dining table.

Ying Lili walked away tactfully and went to the living room to read a book.

"Humans who want to become famous, Onmyojis who hold a grudge against monsters, or other monster organizations are all threats." Hua Shan nodded.

Although it is not ruled out that there are good people among Onmyoji, most of them act based on their stance and usually sit on the side of humans. Even if they encounter a good monster, they will take action to repel it on the grounds that the monster may cause trouble in the future.

"Business has been booming recently. We can consider selling goods in Heian-kyo. After we have money, we can also consider colluding with officials. In this way, if the situation is not right in the future, we can get information quickly and evacuate early." This was the plan Xia Shi mentioned last time.

"What products do you want to choose?" Hua Shan didn't think that Dajiangshan had anything to sell.

There is not enough food to be self-sufficient, and taking out the gold, silver and jewelry would cause a lot of noise and it would be difficult to explain where they came from.

"Perfume!" Xia Shi said lightly.

"Perfume?" Hua Shan repeated in a low voice.

Xia Shi didn't explain, but walked silently to the bedroom and took a bottle from the dressing table. The outer packaging had been localized, so it wasn't too strange.

Back to the restaurant.

Hua Shan took the small bottle from Xia Shi, tried to spray it, and took a light sniff. She found the smell very familiar.

After thinking for a moment, she showed a surprised expression, "This, is this the bath water of that little tea demon?"

It smells really good.

But when he thought of its true form, Hua Shan's expression changed instantly.

If I sell this thing, won’t I be punished by God?

"Well, besides these, there are other scents, such as the scent of peach blossoms." Xia Shi discovered that plant-based monsters can produce perfume as long as they are soaked in water. They are simply perpetual motion machines!

Hua Shan covered her face, she already knew what was going on.

"In addition to perfume, there are also alcoholic beverages." Xia Shi said.

Alcohol can attract men, perfume can attract women, two-pronged approach, invincible!

"Okay, so you want to take those two little demons to Heian-kyo?" Hua Shan asked.

"Xiao Ming doesn't have any evil aura, so it's unlikely that she'll be discovered, but Yaoyao has ghost horns on her head, and she can't hide, so she'll be easily seen." Cuixiang interjected while chewing a melon.

Hua Shan: "If you leave, our logistics department will collapse again."

Xia Shi said, "I will take Xiao Ming over there, because we may be short of manpower in the early stage. It won't take too long. I will come back after it gets on track, which will take at most half a month. Later, we can just hire someone to transport the goods nearby."

Hua Shan looked up at the ceiling.

Asking someone to transport bath water? You're amazing!

……

A week later, a caravan left the Tamba Mountains and headed towards Heian-kyo, with two people and a demon on board.

Following the caravan into Heian-kyo, they entered from the Suzaku Avenue that runs from north to south, crossed the Luocheng Gate, and Natsumi, Eriri, and the little tea demon entered Heian-kyo.

As it was getting late, the three decided to find a place to stay first.

They found an inn near East Market and rented a room. Xiao Ming was a tea fairy who could turn into tea leaves, which made it convenient for them to sleep at night. Xia Shi and Ying Lili were a couple, so they could just sleep in the same bed.

Put things away.

"You big idiot~ I'm so tired~" Ying Lili lay on the bed, motionless.

After a busy day, she just wanted to go to bed quickly.

Xia Shi looked at her helplessly, "Didn't you say yesterday that you wanted to exercise well?"

A few days ago, Suika taught Eriri how to absorb and hide the demonic energy. Eriri also made a vow at that time to practice it every day.

As a result...it's only been so long.

Minister Yukinoshita actually persisted in exercising for a whole week.

"No~" Ying Lili was too tired to move.

"Well, do you want to go out for a walk? This area is quite luxurious." Xia Shi looked out the window.

The lights are bright and it is very lively.

"Yes!" When Ying Lili heard that she was going shopping, she instantly gained strength.

Chapter 297 Umbrella Demon

Xia Shi and Ying Lili went downstairs, preparing to go shopping in the nearby market and have a meal. As for the tea fairy Xiao Ming, she had already fallen asleep.

Heian-kyo was built in imitation of the Tang Dynasty's Chang'an City, with a similar layout. It also had the East Market and West Market for transactions. Most of the coins used were imported, not locally produced. This was mainly because the island country's local coin-making technology was low at that time, and imitation was too easy, which led to a sharp depreciation of the currency.

But this is all real history. This parallel world? Let's just understand it this way.

I don’t know whether the development history of this world is consistent with reality.

"Hello, give me a pancake..." Xia Shi handed some coins to the night market vendor.

Natsumi took the sesame cake that the other party handed over and put it next to Eriri's mouth.

This sesame cake, or more accurately called Hu cake, should have come from the Dragon Kingdom on the other side of the ocean.

Ying Lili took a light bite and showed an unsatisfied expression.

Unappetizing.

After being used to modern food, Ying Lili couldn't accept the ancient taste.

Seeing this, Xia Shi started to eat it himself.

Very hard, but has a nice aroma.

It’s definitely not as good as what I make in the kitchen of Dajiangshan, but it’s not bad to try.

"What's wrong? You're looking sad."

"I feel that the ancient times were not as beautiful as I imagined." Ying Lili observed her surroundings and wrinkled her nose: "The air quality is not good either, it stinks."

"The life of common people is definitely different from that of dignitaries." Xia Shi was also observing his surroundings. It was very ordinary.

Logically speaking, with supernatural powers like spiritual power, productivity should be developed. But those people in the upper echelons don't seem to think so.

Xia Shiyou had learned from Hua Shan that the selection of Onmyojis was very strict, but it was not because of so-called qualifications or anything else. Onmyojis cared more about the purity of bloodline and the stability of rule than talent.