Venerable Demon Chef

Chapter 567: Chapter 564: Regret

’Broke?’

’I’ve been scammed out of nearly two hundred Immortal Level Spirit Medicines by you!’

’Are you seriously mocking me right now?’

Feng Gong’s heart was bleeding.

If Qin Hai and the other two hadn’t been holding him back, he would have attacked Xiao Zhang already.

"Old Feng, impatience in small matters will ruin our grand plan. He’s obviously doing this on purpose. Don’t forget why we’re here!" Gu Weitian reminded him via voice transmission.

"Hmph!" Feng Gong snorted, retracting his imposing aura. "Sooner or later, this damn brat will pay the price!"

"Rest assured. Including Mo Qi and the Demon Sect, not a single one of them will escape!" Qin Hai said with a sinister smile.

A black light, wicked and cold-blooded, flashed in the depths of his eyes. The other three, blinded by their rage, didn’t notice anything unusual about Qin Hai.

However, far away, Elder Ku Mu, who had been half-asleep, suddenly opened his eyes, a look of confusion on his face.

’Strange. I clearly sensed that aura, but it vanished in an instant. Am I just being paranoid? Whatever. I’ll investigate it in a few days.’

With that thought, Elder Ku Mu rolled over, shifting his legs into a more comfortable position to continue sunbathing.

Xiao Zhang didn’t tamper with the soup-steeped rice to make things more difficult for Qin Hai’s group.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but Mo Qi had long since instructed him that while he could mess around with anything else, the Medicinal Cuisine was off-limits.

This was Mo Qi’s bottom line as a chef.

Anything could be ruined, but never the Medicinal Cuisine.

Even though they harbored immense resentment toward Mo Qi, after tasting the soup-steeped rice, Qin Hai’s group had to admit that Mo Qi’s skill was truly and utterly convincing.

Even with their vast perspectives, experiences, and high Cultivation, they were still moved by the Medicinal Cuisine, becoming completely immersed in it. They couldn’t even stop themselves from licking their bowls clean.

Although the medicinal effects of the soup-steeped rice were negligible for the four of them, the flavor alone made them feel that the forty Immortal Level Spirit Medicines were well spent.

Even their resentment from being extorted for five hundred Immortal Level Spirit Medicines by Xiao Zhang—an exorbitant demand to compensate for the damaged table—had weakened considerably.

"No wonder this caused such a sensation. If you hadn’t tried it yourself, who would believe a simple bowl of soup-steeped rice could have such miraculous effects!" Gu Weitian sighed, licking the last grain of rice from the rim of his bowl.

"And the flavor is just too exquisite!"

The other three all nodded in agreement.

"What are your thoughts on this?" Qin Hai asked.

"His skill is simply divine!" Although He Jincheng was reluctant to admit it, he had no choice. Even the most powerful Alchemy Master in his He Family, using the Void Spirit Flash Flame and an equivalent value of Immortal Level Spirit Medicines, could not refine an Elixir that could compare to this soup-steeped rice.

In fact, it would be far inferior.

"If the cheapest soup-steeped rice in the general area is this miraculous, what about the more expensive dishes? What about the Elite and VIP sections?" Gu Weitian suddenly asked.

The other three all fell silent.

Indeed, if even the cheapest soup-steeped rice was this incredible, then how heaven-defying must Mo Qi’s other abilities be?!

After a long moment, Qin Hai said grimly, "Aside from the Demon Sect, according to my information, twenty-three members of our North District Envoy Hall have entered the VIP private rooms in the last half month. We don’t know what happened inside, but not a single one of them has caused any trouble afterward."

"This means it’s highly likely Mo Qi truly helped them solve their problems."

The silence that followed his words was even heavier.

After some time, Gu Weitian sighed again.

"Sigh... If we hadn’t made an enemy of Mo Qi, we could be using this opportunity to reap enormous benefits right now!"

Gu Weitian was filled with regret. If he’d known things would turn out this way, he never should have allowed the situation with Gu Peng to escalate to the point of making an irreconcilable enemy of Mo Qi.

"Hmph, what’s the use of saying that now? We may not know how the kid does it, but we absolutely cannot let him continue to grow stronger. The consequences would be unimaginable!" Feng Gong shot Gu Weitian a glare of dissatisfaction.

"You’re not thinking of making peace with Mo Qi, are you, Gu?"

Not to be outdone, Gu Weitian met Feng Gong’s gaze. "Make peace? Do you think that’s even possible? Don’t forget, we’ve all sent assassins after Mo Qi!"

"Good. At least you haven’t lost your mind completely," Feng Gong retorted, pursing his lips.

His second son, Feng Qing, had his External Dragon Elephant Bloodline stolen, creating a blood feud with Mo Qi.

They would never rest until one of them was dead.

As for He Jincheng, there was even less to say. The very foundation of his family, the Void Spirit Flash Flame, was in Mo Qi’s possession, dooming them to a fight to the death.

And as for Qin Hai, he was the one who had initiated the assassination attempts on Mo Qi; it was even more impossible for him to coexist peacefully with Mo Qi.

If Mo Qi’s restaurant continued to develop, more and more people from the North District Envoy Hall would benefit from it.

Although on the surface it was an exchange of equal value, in reality, any normal person would be filled with gratitude toward Mo Qi.

If this went on, the difficulty of dealing with Mo Qi would increase exponentially.

Moreover, looking at it from another angle, as other factions benefited from the restaurant, their corresponding strength would also grow.

But as for their four factions, it didn’t take a genius to know that Mo Qi would never let them benefit so easily.

They had to pay four times the price for the same soup-steeped rice, to say nothing of his other services.

As a result, other factions could very well surpass them in a short period, perhaps even trampling their four families underfoot.

This was a future they could not accept under any circumstances.

"Qin Hai, it’s time you told us your plan!" The three of them turned their gazes to him.

Qin Hai shook his head. "Not yet."

"What do you mean? Things have already come to this, and you’re still holding back?" Feng Gong demanded angrily.

Qin Hai looked at Feng Gong as if he were an idiot. "First of all, the time isn’t right. And even if we were to discuss this, we shouldn’t do it here! Have you forgotten there’s an existence nearby we can’t afford to provoke? Can you guarantee our voice transmissions won’t be intercepted by him?"

As he spoke, he shot a pointed glance at the distant Elder Ku Mu.

Startled, Feng Gong and the other two didn’t dare to press the matter further.

"Then what do we do now?"

Qin Hai looked up toward the second-floor private rooms. "Since this Mo Qi brat’s abilities are so extraordinary, why don’t we make full use of him before we make our move? I’m sure that after struggling on the path to becoming Immortals for so many years, you all have needs in that area."

"And even if you don’t, some of the outstanding younger members of your families will. We might as well take this chance to resolve all those issues. As long as they can truly be solved, it would be worth it even at ten times the cost."

Gu Weitian and the other two thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Since a life-and-death battle with Mo Qi was inevitable, they might as well get as much out of him as they could beforehand.

If not for others, then for themselves.

"So, shall we go and see what the VIP section is like?"

"Alright!"

And so, the group of four made their way to the restaurant’s second floor.

Gu Peng and Gu Lele were responsible for greeting guests, and they immediately spotted Gu Weitian among the crowd.

Gu Weitian was the Patriarch of the Gu Family, while Gu Peng and Gu Lele had once been nothing more than insignificant juniors. The gap in their statuses was immense.