Chapter 474: Chapter 166: The Art of Sorcery and Gu! Are you eating a pig? You’re eating a Taoist! (A 10,000-word Chapter asking for subscriptions)_5
At that moment,
the Shop Assistant approached once again, carrying a dish of roasted meat. Suddenly, he noticed the piercing gaze of the three strange and distinguished guests converging upon him.
The Shop Assistant trembled all over with fright.
Especially under the scrutinizing gaze of Fan Wu, the Shop Assistant wasn’t sure if it was his own misconception or not, but he had the eerie feeling that his life was hanging by a thread.
This terrifying sense of oppression nearly caused him to drop the plate of roasted meat he held in his hands.
"Ser... sirs..." the Shop Assistant stammered, his voice trembling, "Your... your second dish has... has been served."
Then, the Shop Assistant saw Fan Wu rise from his chair, his towering height causing the Shop Assistant to fall onto the cold ground in fear.
"Where is the kitchen?" Fan Wu towered over the Shop Assistant. He hadn’t actually exerted any intimidating aura; he merely stood up and asked the other party a question.
In order not to scare the Shop Assistant into fainting, Fan Wu’s tone was as gentle as possible.
But even with such a simple question, the Shop Assistant was so frightened that he wet himself.
Fan Wu could tell that it wasn’t out of guilt that the Shop Assistant reacted this way, but pure fear.
After all, in the eyes of the Shop Assistant, Fan Wu’s appearance was indeed terrifying.
Especially the exaggeratedly large sword on his back.
That alone made the Shop Assistant break into a profuse sweat!
Facing Fan Wu’s question, the trembling Shop Assistant blurted out the answer without any hint of concealment, "It’s... behind that door, that’s... that’s where the kitchen is."
Fan Wu glanced at the Shop Assistant, who was now scared to the point of wetting himself, then looked around at the patrons who were solely focused on devouring the unknown meat on their tables and were not paying attention to this scene.
He clicked his tongue and walked towards the direction the Shop Assistant had indicated.
Yun Jiuqing and Xing Fengzi immediately stood up and hurriedly followed.
Both of them were now trembling with fear.
However, their emotions had nothing to do with the Shop Assistant. What made them tremble was the knowledge, imparted by Daoist Priest Fan, that there was a significant problem with the meat.
Then, looking around at everyone enjoying their meals,
both of them felt chills running down their spines.
It was utterly creepy.
If the meat on their tables was the same as the meat Daoist Priest Fan had talked about... hiss! Wasn’t that just nauseating? Had they actually felt their appetites whetted for such meat just a moment ago?
That was even more disgusting!
If not for suppressing the urge, Yun Jiuqing might have thrown up on the spot, because the situation at that moment had exceeded her psychological limits.
Fortunately...
fortunately, she had not touched the chopsticks.
Nor had she taken a bite.
Amidst the misfortune,
that was the only piece of good luck.
...
"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" In the back kitchen of the tavern, several cooks were busy working in front of a number of clay roasting stoves, each topped with slabs of unidentifiable meat.
As they liberally sprinkled spices over the meat, they continuously turned it to prevent it from burning on the stoves.
Meanwhile, a man dressed like a merchant berated them, "Faster, even faster! Every day there are hundreds of people queuing outside! What are you doing? That’s silver we’re talking about! Shiny silver! Are you trying to spite the silver?"
"I didn’t fight my way up from a village hunter to where I am now just to cater to a bunch of lazy and slow bums like you! Quicker, I said, quicker!"
"The distinguished customers have thrown down a silver note worth a hundred taels, that’s a hundred taels we’re talking about!"
"You... Hm?!"
Just as the man in ancient attire was rebuking his staff, he suddenly heard some commotion behind him.
Turning to look back, he was momentarily stunned.
The merchant said in astonishment, "Who are you people?!"
Clearly, he had not expected for anyone to just barge into the tavern’s back kitchen without a word, giving off a somewhat unfriendly vibe.
"We are the very customers you spoke of," Yun Jiuqing answered straightforwardly, "The ones who threw down a silver note of a hundred taels."
Yun Jiuqing, who had entered the back kitchen, curiously surveyed her surroundings, especially the slabs of meat that appeared very fresh.
Yun Jiuqing hesitated... this looked like nothing out of the ordinary in terms of meat!
Could it be an illusion as well?
They had not only cast illusions on the cooked meat, but even on the raw meat!
"You..." The merchant tried to say something, but Yun Jiuqing brutally cut him off.
With a stern face, she declared, "Just how much longer do you plan to keep up this facade? Openly butchering people for their flesh, treating human flesh as if it were animal meat. Even casting illusions to bewitch and deceive the public, your blasphemous acts are outrageously bold!!"
The merchant was utterly baffled, "What... what are you even talking about? What blasphemy? What murdering for flesh?!"
Yun Jiuqing glared fiercely.
Well then, they had already arrived at his doorstep and this guy still wanted to argue his case?
