“I’m so tired, I don’t want to work at all.” The three of them yawned and said in unison, their eyelids fighting to stay open.

The helmsman came up with a terrible idea to come here to eat.

They were on their way back to the barbecue restaurant. After a day of battling wits, they finally infiltrated the enemy’s camp and now just wanted to eat a big meal and get a good night’s sleep.

The Immortal Sect had everyone’s thoughts focused on the Mountain and River Cauldron, which caused great exhaustion.

“Fortunately, I had the ghoul string properly before we came. We can open directly when we get back.” Man Gu said thankfully.

When they arrived at the door of the barbecue restaurant, Lu Yang recognized someone familiar.

“Captain Wei? What are you doing here? Do you need something?”

Captain Wei had been knocking on the door of the barbecue restaurant for a long time, thinking that there was no one inside.

There was indeed no one inside except for two ghoul strings who were working hard. When the ghouls heard Captain Wei knocking on the door, they were scared and didn’t dare to open it.

Just as Captain Wei was about to give up, Lu Yang arrived.

Captain Wei was overjoyed, “Little Lu, you’re finally back.”

Lu Yang nodded and blurted out a lie, “I saw that the weather was good in the morning, so the three of us decided to go out for a walk. We just got back.”

“Are you still open today?”

Lu Yang thought for a moment. The helmsman and his crew were coming, about twenty people in total. They should be able to open, “Yes.”

Captain Wei spoke in a soft tone, “Little Lu, you see, your barbecue restaurant is quite famous around here. I often bring a few brothers to eat here.”

“I know you guys just like running a barbecue restaurant and don’t have any expansion plans, nor do you like others to advertise for you.”

Lu Yang nodded.

Captain Wei regretfully said, “My brothers couldn’t keep their mouths shut. After eating, they went back and praised how delicious it was here. Now, other people are also drooling and saying that they want to come here for a meal after work. The brothers on night duty at the yamen even said that they want to bring some back after eating.”

Looking at Captain Wei’s expression, Lu Yang thought to himself that it was probably not just his brothers who spread the word, but Captain Wei as well.

“So?”

“There are quite a few catchers in Yanjiang County, and we can fill up all the tables. The chief catcher will also come. I was thinking, can we book the whole place tonight and only serve us?”

Lu Yang suddenly realized and then looked embarrassed, “But I have a few good friends coming tonight too. I’m afraid…”

Captain Wei quickly said, “No problem, no problem. These few people won’t matter. We can all eat together. It’ll be lively with more people.”Before the constable arrived, he boasted to his colleagues that they would definitely get to eat, and if they couldn’t, he would be embarrassed.

Lu Yang agreed, “Alright, let’s prepare, and we’ll open in half an hour.”

The constable received a positive response and left satisfied.

…

As the time the leader had agreed on approached, people from all sides gathered at the barbecue restaurant, including the leader, eleven stewards, and seven new members.

Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi even brought several barrels of wine.

“I’m worried that the wine in this small restaurant won’t be strong enough, so I brought several barrels of thirty-year-old Ling wine and daughter red.” Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi said.

This kind of spirit wine is extremely strong, even those in the foundation building period cannot dissolve it.

The other five new members also wanted to bring wine as a gesture of respect, but they were all in the Qi refining period and couldn’t bring anything good.

In order to eat, the leader also changed his mask to one that revealed the lower half of his face.

Lu Yang and his two companions walked out of the barbecue restaurant and invited everyone in. “Come in quickly, everything is ready. Originally, someone had booked the place today, but we managed to persuade them to leave us a table.”

The leader nodded. Originally, he was worried that Lu Yang and his two companions were troublemakers who wouldn’t listen to authority, but now it seemed that they were quite decent and knew to reserve a table in advance.

“Don’t stand there, come in.” The leader called out to everyone.

The barbecue restaurant was empty, and the leader naturally sat at the middle table, which was the largest and had the best position, in keeping with his status.

Lu Yang reminded him carefully, “Leader, this table has already been reserved.”

Before the leader could say anything, Chi Xulong spoke up, “Make them move aside, who do they think they are, trying to take our spot?”

Since the leader didn’t object, Lu Yang didn’t say anything either.

Everyone sat down, and Man Gu took out the menu. “What do you want to eat?”

Shen Jinyi handed the menu to the leader, “Leader, you go first.”

The leader waved his hand, “Just order whatever you want.”

“You’re treating us, so you should order.”

“No need, just order whatever you want.”

Everyone declined, and the menu ended up back in Man Gu’s hands. He rolled his eyes, feeling that this group of people was too indecisive even when ordering skewers.

Man Gu wasn’t used to declining, so he ordered himself and took the menu to the backyard, letting two little demons start grilling.

Soon, Man Gu brought out plates of delicious skewers that smelled amazing. Everyone knew the taste would be great just from the smell.

“Come on, the skewers are here, pour the wine!” The leader laughed and gestured for everyone to pour the wine.

Meng Jingzhou smiled, “I don’t need wine, I prefer tea and don’t like to drink.”The leader of the sect smiled and said, “Xiaomeng, how can you travel the world without drinking? You should get used to it and have three drinks first.”

Meng Jingzhou still refused.

The leader couldn’t bear it, his eyebrows furrowed, and Chi Xulong took the opportunity to scold, “What’s wrong with you? The leader asked you to drink, and you don’t drink. Are you not giving face to the leader?”

Meng Jingzhou sneered, “It’s just a drink. Why does it have anything to do with giving face? If the leader asked me to drink, isn’t it not giving me face?”

Chi Xulong was about to say something, but the leader stopped him.

The leader knew that Meng Jingzhou had unlimited potential and didn’t want to argue with him.

Only the leader knew the evaluation of Lu Yang and the other two by the sect master, and even they themselves didn’t know.

“There’s nothing fancy about the welcome feast. Let me introduce myself first. My surname is Chu, and you can call me Chu Leader.”

After the leader introduced himself, it was the turn of the thin and tall man who had gone to the brothel with Qin Yuanhao before, “My name is Wang He, and people who know me well like to call me Wang Big Mouth.”

“Bai Zifang.”

“Peng Shuo.”

The eleven stewards introduced themselves one by one, but they only reported their names and didn’t reveal any other information such as their cultivation, hobbies, or specialties.

There is little trust between the demonic sects, so they try to hide themselves as much as possible.

As if there had been no dispute, everyone enjoyed the food.

“These skewers taste really good.” Chi Xulong ate a few and was surprised. This was the best skewer he had ever eaten.

He had a greedy idea and asked the leader quietly, “Should we force the owner to hand over the recipe? Even if we sell it in exchange for spirit stones, there is a market for it, and we can make a lot of money!”

The leader was also tempted. He had done a lot of things like killing, smuggling, and extortion, and this was no different.

Lu Yang asked on the side, “What if the owner doesn’t give up the recipe?”

Chi Xulong flashed a coldness and grinned, “Then we’ll see if he values his life or the recipe more!”

He slammed the table and shouted, “Where’s the owner? Come out! You don’t even show up when all the skewers are ready. Don’t you know the rules?”

Then the voice of the guard captain sounded from outside the door, “Haha, where’s the owner? I brought my brothers over.”

Groups of catchers leaped in, including the chief catcher of the Golden Core stage, surrounding the table of the leader and his men.

(End of this chapter)