Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 624 - 623 Tian Peng Returns to the Mortal Realm

Chapter 624: Chapter 623 Tian Peng Returns to the Mortal Realm

However, these were not enough for Chen Nuo, who thought that the food delivery machine was a bit too primitive—it could only place orders, but customers couldn’t see what the dishes would look like when prepared. This was not satisfactory, so he summoned the system.

"System, come out for a moment."

"Ding! May I ask what would you like to purchase, Host?" The system immediately came online upon being called.

"The delivery machine, is it possible to upgrade it to include a picture view? Having only text descriptions isn’t enough. It would be better if people could see images," said Chen Nuo.

"Please wait, currently searching," the system responded with a waiting beep.

Chen Nuo serenely sat under the tree drinking tea, waiting for the system’s reply.

The system didn’t keep Chen Nuo waiting long and soon replied, "Search complete. The food delivery machine can be upgraded. There are two upgrade options available. The newly upgraded machine includes a picture mode, allowing users to choose their dishes through images, and a scent mode. Upon entering the scent code into the system, customers can also smell the dish when they place an order."

"That’s good," Chen Nuo immediately responded upon hearing the system’s message.

This made it even more user-friendly. The ability to smell the dishes would help customers to be more certain of what they want to order, a feature that had not been accomplished even in the modern world.

"Upgrading the delivery machine will cost one thousand Merit Points. Would you like to proceed with the payment?"

"Pay."

"Ding, payment successful. The food delivery machine system has been upgraded."

Since the food delivery machine had been upgraded, it certainly couldn’t be done in vain.

Whether upgraded or not, the machine was still usable, but since he had spent Merit Points on the upgrade, he would naturally charge for it.

However, the Merit Points he spent were not many, so he couldn’t charge others too much.

After pondering for a while, Chen Nuo edited a message on the delivery machine.

To upgrade the food delivery machine, one needs only a superior Magic Artifact. After the upgrade, customers can enjoy the functions of a visual and textual menu and previewing the taste beforehand.

Those who could afford a food delivery machine naturally wouldn’t mind a superior Magic Artifact; they were all capable of paying the cost.

No sooner had the news of the upgrade for the delivery machine been sent out than the majority of the Immortal Officials who owned one had upgraded theirs.

The rest who hadn’t upgraded simply hadn’t seen the message yet; anyone who saw the message would certainly upgrade their machine.

With the upgraded delivery machines, the number of orders began to soar, and the orders for Little Dragon shrimp also saw a significant increase.

Chen Nuo glanced at the orders popping up on the delivery machine’s system; he would now be quite busy.

Chen Nuo, cooking Little Dragon shrimp in the kitchen, directly used a telepathic message to tell Tian Peng to catch more Little Dragon shrimp from the back mountain and deliver them to the kitchen for processing.

After receiving the telepathic message, Tian Peng promptly abandoned his current work and rushed to the back mountain to catch Little Dragon shrimp.

No sooner had Chen Nuo finished cooking the batch of Little Dragon shrimp on hand, than Tian Peng replenished it with another batch he had just processed.

Focusing on dealing with the Little Dragon shrimp as a priority, Chen Nuo made sure each serving was particularly generous, also tagged as a new item. Each serving had half more than the usual amount, and it was only available for a limited time.

Chen Nuo believed that after the problem of the Little Dragon shrimp overpopulation was resolved, orders for them would decrease significantly due to reduced portions. But the original goal was to resolve the overabundance of these shrimp, and compared to the situation in the village, these issues were insignificant.

"Shopkeeper, looking at the number of orders, it seems the problem with the Little Dragon shrimp overpopulation will soon be resolved," said Tian Peng.

"Hmm, this is the best outcome, solving the issue of the crayfish infestation and securing the restaurant orders. It’s a win-win situation," Chen Nuo nodded.

At this rate, it wouldn’t take many days before the crayfish infestation would be under control.

But Tian Peng couldn’t stay at Chaos Residence for too long, and he had to leave in the evening.

For the mortal world, a long time had already passed, which just happened to coincide with his appointment to the Northwest.

"Shopkeeper, I might not be able to wait that long. I have to take my post in the Northwest tonight," Tian Peng told Chen Nuo.

"Once I get to the Northwest, I guess there won’t be much to do, so I will focus on my cultivation, hoping to become an Immortal soon and then have you accept me as your disciple."

"I’ll be waiting," said Chen Nuo, "But while you’re still here, go catch more crayfish in the back mountains. There aren’t many people in the shop now, and if you leave, Mr. Monkey will be even busier."

Tian Peng said with a laugh, "Shopkeeper, you’re really squeezing every last drop of use out of me. I’m about to leave, and you still won’t let me rest for a while."

Chen Nuo was busy cooking crayfish and didn’t even spare a glance at Tian Peng.

"You’ll have plenty of time to rest in the Northwest. Why should I let you rest now when the shop is so busy? Wouldn’t you feel ashamed to rest?" 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Tian Peng indeed felt too ashamed to rest, so he rolled up his sleeves and started dealing with the crayfish again.

Tian Peng originally thought that he would be in Chaos Residence for only half a day, so he wouldn’t end up dealing with too many crayfish.

But when it was time for him to leave in the evening, he realized he had underestimated the abilities of those Immortal Officials.

Before leaving, he glanced at the village again and noticed that crayfish were almost no longer visible anywhere except in the transport formation.

The crops in the fields had started growing again. The fields had been barren when he left, and now he returned to see a bountiful harvest.

Tian Peng smiled, "That was fast. Even after such a disaster, they recovered quickly. Indeed, that’s the resilience of mortals."

After checking the situation in the village, Tian Peng prepared to return when a flash of light suddenly appeared before him.

"Marshal Tian Peng, I really can’t thank you enough. I thought it would be good just to get things sorted out by the end of the year, but you’ve solved everything in just three months. I don’t know how to thank you," the Land Deity said.

With a smile and a wave of his hand, Tian Peng responded, "There’s no need for thanks. Since I’ve seen it, I obviously couldn’t ignore this place."

"I should really thank you. Several Immortal Officials have been here before and just looked around before leaving. When I approached you, it was out of desperation. I never expected you’d actually help me," the Land Deity said.

Tian Peng didn’t think much about it; he simply wanted to avoid revealing his whereabouts, which is why he decided to help.

"It was a minor effort, nothing worth citing," Tian Peng modestly replied, then remembered to caution the Land Deity not to let other Immortal Officials know of his whereabouts.

The Land Deity had already been considering reporting Tian Peng’s help to the Jade Emperor so that the latter could reward him.

"Rest assured, I won’t let your help be in vain. I will surely report this matter to the Jade Emperor and ask him to reward you properly," the Land Deity promised.

"No, no, don’t do that," Tian Peng interjected hastily. The last thing he wanted was for the Jade Emperor to find out about this; being unnoticed by him was already a stroke of luck.

Hearing Tian Peng’s refusal, the Land Deity thought he was just being modest and quickly said, "You don’t have to be polite with me about such a significant matter. I know this may seem trivial to you, but it affects the well-being of the people."

"So rest easy, I will report everything to the Jade Emperor without holding back any details."

"You might want to keep some details to yourself," Tian Peng said, "Thank you, but really, you can’t tell the Jade Emperor about this."