After Getting a Travel System, I Sold Hometown Dishes in Ancient Times

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This story is told in first person.

An Ruyu wakes up to find herself reborn as the proprietress of a restaurant on the verge of bankruptcy in the capital.

System: Ding! Welcome to the Travel System! Your tasks are as follows:

1. Meet a fellow Yunnan native.

2. Take a cookbook to Yunling.

Our recommendation is that you travel all the way to Yunnan, complete your tasks, and return to the modern era~

An Ruyu, food blogger: Travel? That sounds exhausting. I'd rather cook! [Lying flat]

*

Xiao Fengzhu, a bona fide Yunnan native, wakes up to find himself in the body of an imperial censor tasked with touring the country.

System: Ding! Welcome to the Gourmet System! Your tasks are as follows:

1. Own a Yunnan restaurant.

2. Find a cookbook in Yunling and use it to make secret-recipe crossing-the-bridge rice noodles.

Our recommendation is that you resign from your post, open a restaurant, complete your tasks, and return to the modern era~

Xiao Fengzhu, office drone: Tour the country? What a great opportunity to travel! Why would I cook? [Rubbing his hands together]

*

Savor the fragrant goodness of steam-pot chicken, pineapple rice, and crossing-the-bridge noodles.

Try auspicious rolls, milk fans, and Yunnan flavors from every corner with me.

An Ruyu, the famous young cook, sets up a stall in the bustling market, and the customers line up. But every day, a man pesters her.

Xiao Fengzhu: An'an, I reckon you're a fine lass. Why not just marry me?

An Ruyu: What a rotten-luck fool. He's got his eye on me. Run, run, run!

The most romantic thing in the world is to savor good food and travel to beautiful places together, join hands to complete quests, and drive the System into a corner.

A sweet little story of everyday food and life in ancient times. Welcome, dear readers!

The Demon Lord Reborn as the Immortal Venerable's Defiant Disciple

The mighty Demon Lord Feng Wujing has been reborn as a disciple of the foremost champion of the righteous path in the Immortal Realm!

Would you put up with such humiliation if it happened to you?

Feng Wujing swears that once he returns to the Demon Realm, he will raze the Immortal Realm and destroy the righteous dogs who imprisoned him!

So Feng Wujing tries every trick in the book to get back to the Demon Realm.

Mighty senior brother: You were born here. If anyone from the Demon Realm dares hurt you, I'll wipe out their whole family!

Feminine second senior brother: Little junior brother, don't go! You loved playing dress-up with your senior brother when you were little.

Though Feng Wujing's memories are incomplete after being reborn, he has no doubt about who he was in his previous life. He looks at the two self-important men before him, scoffs, and draws his saber.

White-robed master: Don't go. The demons once hurt you and stole your memories. You are a native of the Immortal Realm.

Feng Wujing: ...?

Gazing at Gu Langqing's alluring neck, bared to the air, Feng Wujing silently puts away his saber and gives him an obedient smile. "All right, Master. I won't go."

Feng Wujing's memories of his previous life gradually return, but he still delights in playing the role of a rebellious disciple who dares to defy his master, hoping to figure out what Gu Langqing is really up to.

Until one day, Feng Wujing discovers that the two clueless senior brothers of his are nothing but puppets Gu Langqing conjured out of thin air.

Vague, blurred images of passionate nights between the clouds and rain surface in his mind, and Gu Langqing is the other person in them.

At last, on a dark and stormy night, Feng Wujing sneaks into Gu Langqing's room, only to find him curled up on the bed in agony, calling his name.

The marriage flowers bloom, the red thread snaps, yet through life after life, they remain entangled.

Later, Feng Wujing tears away Gu Langqing's false mask, his eyes full of mischief. "Immortal Venerable Gu, if your aim is to unite the Immortal and Demon Realms, why not ask me to help? We are a match made in heaven, the only one of our kind."

Gu Langqing presses a foot against Feng Wujing's pale chest. "Lord Demon, do you think I can't manage without you?"

Feng Wujing grabs his icy ankle and curls his lips into a smile.

If he won't yield, then Feng Wujing will make him weep and tremble, submitting beneath him for all eternity.

Reader's guide: The protagonist is no saint. The Immortal Venerable is a hypocrite who hides his true nature, and the Demon Lord is a deranged madman.

Theme: Sharing food culture.