After exchanging a round of pleasantries with the City Lord, the doppelganger finally used a spoon to scoop up a spoonful of sticky stuff from the bowl and put it into his mouth.
A sticky liquid with a strong smell of wheat continuously swirled in his mouth, and it also carried an unimaginable fishy smell.
'F*ck? Did I drink poison?'
The doppelganger swallowed the liquid in his mouth with disgust. He looked at the attendant standing beside him and whispered, "May I ask what is this that I'm eating?"
"This is Wheat White Fish Soup, which is stewed with the freshest hundred fish from wheat."
"Okay, I got it. Thank you."
The doppelganger looked at Ceci. Instead, he was eating happily. The doppelganger shook his head slightly in his heart.
'A Russian's stomach is really strong. I only dare to drink half a bowl of this soup.'
While the doppelganger was talking with the City Lord, he was having a difficult time eating dinner. Priest Hill was quietly eating the soup while quietly watching the two of them chat.
After dinner, it was already early in the morning. The two of them walked back to their room. Ceci patted his stomach with his hand and let out a breath.
"Finally, I've eaten something that tastes a little bit better. These few days, the taste buds in my mouth have faded."
"I didn't expect you to be able to eat three bowls of that soup. I only ate half a bowl at most and didn't dare to eat it. It's too fishy."
Ceci scratched the back of his head and laughed dryly.
After walking back to the room, the doppelganger took off his coat and shirt. His muscular body made Ceci's eyes light up.
"Boss, do you often work out? Your body is very healthy."
"Work out? No, I usually eat healthily. This body of muscles is made from eating fruits. Rest early. Tomorrow morning, we can go and visit our little shop."
"Oh right, Boss, what do we do after we have a little shop?"
"We'll sell some food and groceries. First, we should stabilize our position. We can't let others easily see that we are people who came out from the gap. Go to sleep quickly."
"Okay."
The next morning, the doppelganger took the contract of the shop from the City Lord. The doppelganger brought the contract, Ceci, and ten B1 Battle Droids to the front of the shop.
"C Street, Little Shop No. 13. It should be here."
The doppelganger waved at the B1 Battle Droids.
"Clean up this little shop. Clean up all the useless things. Bring out the tables and chairs."
"Roger roger."
The B1 Battle Droids opened the door of the store. The store that had not been opened for months was filled with dust, spider webs, and the excrement of some unknown creatures.
"Ten subordinates might not be enough. I need to use some other methods to clean it up."
"Then leave it to me, Boss."
The doppelganger turned to look at Ceci. Ceci stretched his body. The doppelganger could see that he was moving the energy in his body.
"If you want to clean it up, you have to use water!"
Ceci raised his hands, and the water rushed into the store. As streams of dirty water gushed out from the steps of the store, the doppelganger looked at Ceci, who was spraying water.
'The use of his ability is quite exquisite. No wonder he said that he would do it.'
"I still have to blow dry the remaining water stains! Let the wind come!"
Ceci put down his left hand and turned his right hand into the shape of a gun. A gust of strong wind gathered in his hand. With a sharp whistle, the strong wind cleaned up the water stains in the shop completely.
"Boss, the cleaning in the shop should have been completed."
Ceci turned his head to look at the doppelganger with a smile. The doppelganger nodded slightly in a daze.
'The effect of the Ability Fruit is really amazing sometimes.'
The doppelganger stood in the small shop and looked around. Then, he reached out and pushed a big vat. There was nothing in the vat. After the two B1 Battle Droids moved it away, the doppelganger found a secret door that could be moved.
"Ceci, there's a secret door here. Do you want to go in and take a look?"
"Sure!"
After opening the secret door, a secret passage appeared in front of the two of them. They slowly walked down the secret passage. On both sides of the secret passage, there was a mine pit that was more than ten meters deep. On the wall of the mine pit, there were a few small yellow crystals.
"What is this thing?"
The doppelganger took a crystal and placed it in front of his eyes. A message appeared in front of his eyes.
[Small Earth Crystal]
[Effect: It can improve a piece of 3 x 3 land in the manor and increase the number of Divine Fruit Trees.]
[Hint: In the middle of the small Earth Crystals, there will be a large Earth Crystal. It can change the soil structure of the entire manor and make the soil in the manor produce small Earth Crystals. The location of the large Earth Crystal is three hundred meters below.]
"Earth Crystal?"
"Eh?! Boss, do you know what this is?"
"This is an Earth Crystal. It can improve the soil quality of the manor and increase the number of Divine Fruit Trees. Do you need it?"
"Can you give it to me? Some of my good friends are also in need of Ability Fruits recently! Thank you so much, Boss!"
"Take as many as you can. Just don't empty this place."
"Alright!"
The doppelganger let go of the small Earth Crystals on the wall and walked straight into the depths of the mine. When he turned around, he saw a corpse holding a pickaxe.
"It should be a miner who was hiding here because of the plague. Please rest in peace."
The doppelganger put his palms together and bowed to the corpse. He took the pickaxe from his hand and took the small bag from the corpse. He rummaged through the bag and took out more than thirty small Earth Crystals and a colorful crystal.
[Life Crystal, a top-grade crystal born from tens of millions of crystals.]
[Effect: Can let the Life Fruit mature quickly, and Luck +10.]
"This... is the most precious crystal."
The doppelganger put the Life Crystal into his pocket and took the small bag of Earth Crystals to Ceci's side.
"Ceci, don't trouble yourself. I took this small bag from a corpse inside. It's full of Earth Crystals."
"Corpse?!"
Ceci seemed to be frightened and jumped back abruptly.
"B... Boss, does the thing in your hand have a curse on it?"
"Who would use Earth Crystals as a curse medium? That's too extravagant. Hurry up and take it. Besides this place, we have to check the other places in the shop."
"Oh, okay."
Ceci pinched the bag with two fingers and walked out of the secret passage with a look of disgust.
Walking to the second floor of the store, the doppelganger saw a locked box, a bed, and a table. It was a very simple small room.
'Besides the Watchtower, this place can also be used as a temporary stronghold. I'm lucky.'
As soon as Ceci arrived on the second floor, he saw the locked box and immediately threw the small bag aside. He leaned on the box and studied how to open it.
"Boss, this box is so tightly shut. There must be something good inside!"
"You can open it and take a look."
The doppelganger leaned against the table and crossed his arms as he looked at Ceci. He did not believe that people with underground mineral veins would put treasures into a box casually.