Chapter 596 - 378: An Existence Far More Terrifying Than a Third-Order Initial Stage Enemy

Chapter 596: Chapter 378: An Existence Far More Terrifying Than a Third-Order Initial Stage Enemy

The beef vendor was an elderly man with graying hair, probably in his sixties. When he saw Lin Li standing in front of his stall looking at the beef, he immediately smiled and called out to him.

"Young man, you’re here to buy some beef, right? You’ve come to the right place! This beef is a fresh shipment I just got today from the cattle farm on the outskirts of the city. It’s incredibly fresh."

Lin Li looked at the brightly colored beef on the counter, nodded, and said to the gray-haired vendor, "Boss, your beef does look very fresh."

After speaking, he pointed to three large cuts of beef on the counter and added, "This one, this one, and that one. I’ll take all three. Can you weigh them for me and tell me the total cost?"

The gray-haired vendor looked at the three large cuts of beef Lin Li had specified and was stunned for a moment. "Young man, are you sure you want all three of these huge pieces?"

"Yes, I’ll take all three," Lin Li said with complete certainty.

"Young man, do you run a restaurant? If not, there’s no need to buy so much beef at once. It won’t be fresh if it sits around for too long, and the flavor will suffer quite a bit," the gray-haired vendor asked.

The beef vendor asking this showed that he was a rather kind-hearted person.

The three large cuts of beef Lin Li had specified would weigh seventy to eighty pounds combined. Outside of a restaurant, who would buy that much beef at once for personal consumption?

"I don’t run a restaurant, I’m just buying it for myself. Boss, you don’t need to worry about me not being able to finish it. Please just weigh it and tell me how much it costs," Lin Li said.

"Uh..." The gray-haired vendor opened his mouth, intending to try and dissuade him again, but seeing the customer’s resolute attitude, he swallowed his words.

He had given his well-intentioned advice; if the customer still insisted on buying that much meat, there was no need to press the issue.

At the end of the day, he was running a business. There was no sense in turning down guaranteed money.

’Besides, if he can’t finish it all in a short time because he bought too much, he can always just freeze it. He can still eat it later, it’s just that the texture and flavor won’t be as good as when it’s fresh.’

"The three cuts come out to seventy-seven pounds in total, for 2,100 yuan," the gray-haired vendor said after weighing the beef Lin Li had chosen.

"I remember the price of beef was forty a little while ago. It’s actually dropped to thirty now," Lin Li commented with a smile after hearing the total.

He then took out his phone, scanned the QR payment code displayed on the stall, and transferred the money.

"That’s right! A large batch of cattle just went to market recently, so the price dropped," the gray-haired vendor replied with a smile, glancing at the notification for the two thousand one hundred yuan payment on his phone.

He then packed the three large cuts of beef into three separate large bags and enthusiastically offered to help Lin Li carry them.

"Young man, that’s a lot of beef you bought. It’s pretty heavy and won’t be easy to carry. Let me help you take it to the market entrance!"

"Thanks, but I can manage." Lin Li declined the kind offer. He then raised his hand and quickly touched the three large bags of beef. In the blink of an eye, the three bags vanished from the countertop.

"AHH?!!!" A gasp of shock escaped the kind vendor’s lips. He stared, wide-eyed, at the empty countertop.

"Alright, I’ve paid and I have the meat. I’m leaving now," Lin Li said. Before the kindhearted vendor could even react, Lin Li turned and walked away.

’I can’t believe that young man is a Cultivator who’s awakened a Superpower! He must have awakened the Storage Space Superpower, right?’

Although the kind vendor was just an ordinary person, he loved watching news programs about Cultivators. So, when he saw Lin Li make his purchased beef vanish, he immediately thought of the Storage Space Superpower.

After buying the beef, Lin Li returned to the fish stall. By then, Boss Yu had already finished preparing the two large grass carp he had bought.

"Thank you."

"You’re welcome. It’s what I do."

After thanking Boss Yu, Lin Li headed for the market exit, carrying a large bag of sliced fish fillets.

"Huh?!!!"

Boss Yu was watching Lin Li walk away when he suddenly saw the large bag of fish fillets in his hand vanish.

At first, he thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. He quickly rubbed them, but when he opened them again, the large bag of fish fillets the customer had been carrying was well and truly gone.

"What the hell?!!!"

’How did such a huge bag of fish fillets just disappear?’

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Outside the market, under the scorching sun, a black sedan was parked by the roadside.

In the driver’s seat, Zhu Daqi stared at the distant market his target had entered.

He waited by the roadside for nearly twenty minutes before spotting his target coming out of the market.

’What’s with this guy? He was in the market for that long and came out without buying a single thing? Did he just go in for a stroll?’ Zhu Daqi griped to himself as he watched his target emerge empty-handed.

’Man, it’s hot! Now that I have the ingredients, I’d better hurry over to Su Yue’s place.’

As Lin Li emerged from the market, he was hit by a blast of heat from the street that made him instantly uncomfortable. He quickened his pace, heading toward where he had parked his van.