“Is this the barbecue restaurant in Yanjiang County that’s said to boost vitality?”

“Indeed, we better hurry and line up. I thought we came early enough, but it seems we still have to queue!”

“This place closed down three months ago and just recently reopened. The business is even better than before. I came here during the Spring Festival, and the taste was quite good!”

“So, it seems the entire staff went for training and now they’re back with significant improvements?”

“That seems to be the case.”

“I wonder if we’ll get to eat today. I heard some people have been queuing for days without getting served.”

……

“What a booming business!” Standing on the upper floor, the bustling scene didn’t feel as intense. But standing in front of the barbecue restaurant, Shi Huagu truly felt the overwhelming popularity of the place.

Their Nine Nether Sect had many businesses, but none had such an exaggerated customer flow.

The queue started from the entrance and extended to the neighboring shop, blocking its door.

The neighboring shop didn’t mind, as those who grew impatient from waiting would come to their shop to eat, improving their business instead.

Huo Divine Transformation conveyed through a voice transmission, “I heard that this place used to offer delivery services. But now, they can’t even keep up with the dine-in business, so they’ve discontinued the service.”

“Originally, Zhou Shan and I wanted to try the taste, but we couldn’t get in the queue. We could only ask the customers who had eaten here about the situation.”

Shi Huagu snorted coldly, ready to barge into the shop, “Have we forgotten our status? Do we need to queue?”

Two at the Divine Transformation stage, one at the Body Fusion stage, they were qualified to establish a second-rate sect. Even first-rate sects would respectfully invite them in.

A mere barbecue restaurant was not the headquarters of the Heavenly Court Sect.

“There are people cutting in line!”

“Hey, you three have no manners!”

“No etiquette!”

Seeing the three walking in, the people in line behind them started cursing. The three of them turned a deaf ear. At this moment, a beautiful figure blocked their path.

“You, stop right there. Don’t you know you have to queue?” Qin Yanyan stood at the entrance, her eyes filled with anger. Everyone was queuing, why couldn’t they follow the rules?

Qin Yanyan didn’t recognize the three. At that time, Huo Divine Transformation was hiding in the dark, and only Lu Yang noticed his presence.

Just as Shi Huagu was about to explode, he heard Huo Divine Transformation hurriedly transmit, “Sir, this is the reincarnation of Sect Leader Qin, Qin Yanyan.”

“What?” Shi Huagu was taken aback. Qin Haoran had been the sect leader of the Nine Nether Sect for nine hundred years. Although he had fallen, he still had prestige within the sect.

Whether it was his methods or cultivation, Qin Haoran was superior to him. Shi Huagu had a certain respect for this former sect leader.

“It seems that the Heavenly Court Sect already knows we’re here and deliberately sent the reincarnation of Sect Leader Qin to stop us!”

“Are they hinting that this is their territory, and we have to follow their rules?”

“And by having the reincarnation of Sect Leader Qin maintain order here, are they implying that no matter how great our background is, we’re nothing in front of them?”

Shi Huagu was a clever man and quickly guessed the implications.

He dared not offend the Heavenly Court Sect. They were from ancient times, with a profound background. At the very least, they had a Tribulation Crossing cultivator, possibly even several. He, a mere Body Fusion cultivator, couldn’t afford to provoke them.

“Fine, we’ll queue!”

The three high-ranking members of the Nine Nether Sect queued until late at night. Just when there were only four or five people left in front of them, Qin Yanyan poked her head out of the door, “Sorry, we’re closing for the day.”

Shi Huagu’s face turned ashen, but he dared not lash out.

“Hmph, we’ll come again tomorrow!”

……

The next morning, before the barbecue restaurant opened, Shi Huagu brought his two subordinates to the entrance.

He didn’t believe that they would still need to queue in broad daylight?

The door of the barbecue restaurant opened, and Wei Buzheng sat inside, chatting and laughing with Lu Yang.

“Congratulations, Chief Wei. No, I should call you Chief Wei now!” Lu Yang laughed. After the county governor was killed, the Chief became the county governor, and Wei Buzheng became the Chief, skipping more than ten years of promotion, it was a meteoric rise.

Chief Wei was beaming, “Don’t mention it. Although the title of Chief sounds impressive, I’m working to death every day. I’m afraid my monthly income is not even as much as your barbecue restaurant’s daily income.”

Lu Yang smiled without saying anything. This was the truth, and he didn’t know how to respond.

Chief Wei didn’t dwell on this topic and continued, “My promotion to Chief is also thanks to your barbecue restaurant for catching criminals. I remember you, Little Lu, had a few friends who came to eat at your restaurant, got into a fight, and were caught red-handed. They were locked up for a few days. Later, when the Immortal Sect was destroyed and the member list was made public, those two who were fighting turned out to be from the Immortal Sect!”

“Little Lu, you need to be careful when making friends. Your judgment is not good, it’s too dangerous. They might have targeted you, wanting to use you as a sacrifice for the Immortal Sect!”

Lu Yang laughed heartily, promising that he would be careful when making friends in the future.

“It’s been more than half a month since your barbecue restaurant opened, but unfortunately, no criminals have come to your place to surrender. If there are any who are blind enough to come here, especially members of the Demon Sect, then my position as Chief would be more secure.”

Chief Wei realized he had misspoken and shook his head with a laugh, “Look at what I’m saying, it’s as if I’m cursing your place to be visited by the Demon Sect.”At this moment, the Chief Catcher noticed the three petrified bone men at the entrance of the shop and curiously asked, “Are those three at the door your friends?”

“Where?” Lu Yang turned his head, but the three petrified bone men had already run off without a trace.

“There’s no one there?”

“Perhaps they were just passing by.”

……

“What a Heavenly Court Sect, they converse freely with the righteous path, yet they still want to capture the Chief Catcher of the Demon Sect. Are they showing off their abilities to us?” The petrified bone men had had many encounters with the imperial officials and knew that a Chief Catcher would always have a token. If the Chief Catcher encountered an enemy he couldn’t handle, he would crush the token, and a powerful cultivator would come to his aid.

“Sir, what should we do?”

“Line up again tonight!”

……

“We’ve been staking out here for more than half a month, why haven’t the people from the Nine Nether Sect come yet?” Meng Jingzhou was puzzled, he thought the people from the Nine Nether Sect should have arrived by now.

“Niece, you’ve been guarding the door every day, have you seen anyone like the Nine Nether Sect?”

Qin Yanyan innocently shook her head. Although occasionally one or two unreasonable people tried to barge in, after she scolded them, they obediently went to the back of the line. The Nine Nether Sect wouldn’t be so reasonable, would they?

Lu Yang was also puzzled. He believed that anyone in the Nine Nether Sect who had knowledge of the ancient times should believe in the Heavenly Court Sect he had created.

Since they believed in the Heavenly Court Sect, they would definitely send someone over.

“Let’s wait a little longer.”

……

By nightfall, the three petrified bone men had learned their lesson and lined up early. They were in luck this time, with only about twenty people ahead of them.

After waiting for most of the day, it was finally their turn.

“Three pounds of lamb skewers!”

(End of Chapter)