CFSMS -Chapter 1 The Innocent Little Meat Bun

“Boss Lu, you’re really setting up a stall?”

The moment Lu Wu opened her door, the old man from next door, who happened to be passing by, wandered over and asked.

The way he looked at her was as if he were staring at a fool.

“Yep, really setting up a stall.”

Lu Wu replied with a smile.

Under the old man’s scrutinizing gaze, she pushed her food cart out the door.

She had transmigrated into this cultivation world called Qingyuan Realm a month ago. At first, she had been overjoyed, dreaming of stepping onto the path of cultivation and becoming like those cultivators who could summon wind and rain, perhaps even achieve immortality.

Unfortunately, the aptitude test had slapped her hard across the face.

In Qingyuan Realm, a single spiritual root was considered the best. The more spiritual roots one possessed, the poorer their talent. Even the worst five-spiritual-root cultivators could at least cultivate, though no sect was willing to accept them.

As for her?

She didn’t have a single spiritual root.

She couldn’t even draw qi into her body.

She was the very definition of useless.

Just as she had given up on her dreams of cultivation, her cheat system finally arrived.

【Ding! The Gourmet Cultivation System has been activated. As long as the host completes tasks, cultivation can be obtained.】

One sentence was enough to hook Lu Wu completely.

The system’s missions were simple: sell food at locations designated by the system. Every mission cycle lasted seven days.

And this was her very first task.

【Current Mission: Sell 1,000 buns within seven days.】

【Designated Location: Opposite Baihua Pavilion in Xiaohe Town.】

【Designated Time: From the beginning of Hai Hour to the end of Chou Hour.】

Translated into ordinary terms:

9 PM to 3 AM.

When she had discussed the feasibility of selling buns in front of a brothel in the middle of the night with the old man next door, he had given her a look that clearly questioned her intelligence.

Fortunately, the system had provided all sorts of bun recipes. Having already prepared the fillings during the day, Lu Wu confidently marched toward the brothel district.

The night was deep, but the street of pleasure houses was brightly lit and lively.

The scent of cosmetics drifted through the air, somewhat overwhelming.

Women’s coquettish laughter mixed with the loud voices of men.

Pushing her bun cart through it all, Lu Wu felt completely out of place.

This was Xiaohe Town’s famous Red Willow Street, where businesses of the flesh thrived.

The customers here liked meat, but not the meat inside meat buns.

At this hour, they were all lost in their dreams of beauty and pleasure.

Thus, when Lu Wu set up her stall, the courtesans leaning over the second-floor railing of Baihua Pavilion cast curious glances her way.

Suppressing her embarrassment, Lu Wu lit the fire, boiled water, and began making buns.

She had prepared three flavors:

Spicy Kidney Bun

Sweet Honey Red Bean Bun

Innocent Little Meat Bun

Don’t ask.

The system named them.

Sprinkling flour onto her workboard, Lu Wu placed the already-proofed dough onto it and began kneading with practiced force.

The dough was snowy white, made from premium spiritual wheat flour. No matter how it was cooked, it naturally carried a pleasant fragrance.

She divided the soft dough into evenly sized portions and set them aside before taking out the fillings.

All three fillings had been prepared in advance.

The two meat fillings glistened with rich juices, their fat-to-lean ratio perfectly balanced.

The mashed red bean paste was wrapped inside the dough, gradually enclosed by the white exterior. The contrast of red and white made it easy to imagine how, once steamed, the sweetness of the bean paste would seep into the dough, creating an exquisite bite.

Lu Wu’s hands moved quickly.

Before long, plump white buns the size of fists were lined up inside the steamers.

As the water heated up and steam began to rise, Lu Wu glanced at the passersby and hung up her menu.

“Little sister, are you short on spirit stones?”

A teasing voice drifted down from above.

Looking up, Lu Wu saw a courtesan dressed in a thin layer of gauze, leaning against the railing. Her graceful figure was tantalizingly visible beneath the fabric.

The sight made Lu Wu’s face heat up.

It wasn’t that she lacked composure.

The courtesan’s charm arts were simply too powerful. As an ordinary mortal, she had no chance of resisting them.

After all, this was the cultivation world.

Even the courtesans here were often cultivators.

The disciples of the Hehuan Sect, who cultivated through dual cultivation and the path of passion, particularly enjoyed working in such establishments.

Lu Wu had heard rumors that this entire street served as a stronghold for Hehuan Sect disciples.

The men who left these brothels at dawn every day all walked with weak, unsteady steps, looking as though their vitality had been thoroughly drained.

Yet the courtesans’ service was so good that the men simply couldn’t stay away.

Among all the establishments on the street, Baihua Pavilion was by far the most prosperous.

“Big sister, want to buy a bun?”

“One low-grade spirit stone each.”

Lu Wu blinked innocently and tried to make a sale.

The courtesan was so shocked by the price that even the fan in her hand stopped moving.

The way she looked at Lu Wu now was as though she were staring at a shameless bandit.

Lu Wu maintained a sincere smile that displayed all eight of her teeth.

The system set the price.

No bargaining allowed.

“Are you selling buns or committing robbery?”

The courtesan laughed so hard that her body shook.

Yet when she saw Lu Wu’s pitiful expression, she still tossed down a spirit stone.

“Think of it as a reward. Once the buns are ready, bring one upstairs for me.”

With that, she turned and disappeared into the room.

As her mission progress increased by one, Lu Wu secretly made a little victory gesture.

As the buns continued steaming, an enticing aroma began to spread.

The fragrance drilled directly into people’s noses.

Even the nearby street vendors, who had secretly been laughing at Lu Wu earlier, began turning their heads toward her stall.

“Damn, what’s that smell?”

A drunken man happened to be passing by.

His nose twitched, and his attention immediately locked onto Lu Wu.

“A bun stall?”

“Little girl, you’re selling buns here in the middle of the night?”

Another person who clearly thought she was crazy.

But Lu Wu didn’t mind at all.

“That’s right! The first batch will be ready soon. Want one?”

She greeted him enthusiastically, putting her full effort into customer service.

What a joke.

Completing missions meant gaining cultivation.

How could she not be motivated?

The man’s stomach was already sloshing with alcohol. He let out a burp and felt the need to put something solid inside it.

“Fine. Give me one…”

He glanced at the menu.

“An Innocent Little Meat Bun.”

His expression became rather strange.

“Boss, you are selling normal buns, right?”

Why did the names sound so suspicious?

Feeling as though her integrity had been questioned, Lu Wu lifted the steamer lid and picked out a bun.

“The bun is perfectly normal. As for whether the system is normal, I have no idea.”

“Here you go, customer. One low-grade spirit stone. Thank you for your patronage.”

The outrageous price sobered the man up considerably.

His mouth opened as he prepared to curse.

But the rich aroma of the meat bun wrapped around him like the seductive beauties inside the brothel.

Choose me! Choose me!

The drunken man felt as though he were hallucinating.

Could he endure that?

Absolutely not.

Swallowing hard, he eyed Lu Wu suspiciously, but eventually paid.

“Fine. I want to see what’s so special about this bun that it costs this much!”

For the same price, he could have eaten his fill at any other bun shop.

“Guaranteed satisfaction.”

Lu Wu had complete confidence in her cooking skills.

Watching the man squat nearby, preparing to take a bite, Lu Wu picked up a Sweet Honey Red Bean Bun and headed into Baihua Pavilion to find the courtesan from earlier.