bookbashuk Chapter 489 During Meal
Chapter 489 During Meal
The long street outside Xian Shan Fang was bustling like a market.
Fatty Li, along with several villagers helping in the kitchen, moved between the tables, their trays emptying and filling repeatedly. Pot after pot of food was being brought out, and the fire in the stove never went out. Sun Wei squatted in front of the stove, adding firewood until she was covered in sweat, her face streaked with black and white smoke, but she couldn't stop smiling.
"Senior Brother Li, stir-fry two more batches! Those kids can eat too much!"
Fatty Li didn't even turn his head, his spatula flying as he yelled, "Enough nonsense, add more firewood!"
At the long table at the end of the street, the Black Bear Spirit was engrossed in finishing his third bowl of braised pork.
It held the large bowl with its two bear paws, its mouth wide open, and in one gulp, half the bowl of meat was gone. The dark brown broth smeared all over its face, dripping down its chin onto the table, but it didn't bother to wipe it off. It just stuck out its tongue to lick it and then lowered its head again.
The wild boar spirit next to it ate even more voraciously. It buried its entire head in the bowl, snoring louder than a pig rooting for food. Occasionally, it would lift its head to catch its breath, its face covered in sauce and rice grains, its two small eyes squinting into slits, full of devotion to its food.
"Phew—" The black bear spirit finally finished the third bowl, slammed the bowl on the table, and let out a satisfied burp.
The burp was like muffled thunder, startling the little monsters at the next few tables who all turned to look at it.
The black bear spirit didn't care at all, sticking out its tongue to lick the soup from the corner of its mouth, its blood-red eyes filled with satisfaction. It leaned back in its chair, its massive body making the bench creak, its two bear paws resting on the table, looking languidly content with its meal.
"That was amazing," it muttered. "I've never eaten anything this satisfying in my life."
The wild boar spirit pulled its head out of the bowl, smacked its lips, and was about to say something when its gaze was suddenly drawn to the crowds coming and going on the street.
It squinted its small eyes and stared at the cultivators who were walking by in twos and threes.
Cultivators dressed in the robes of various sects walked and chatted, some carrying loads on shoulder poles, some carrying bamboo baskets, and some empty-handed.
The wild boar spirit stared at it for a long time, then suddenly frowned.
It nudged the black bear spirit with its elbow and whispered, "Old bear, look at those people."
The black bear spirit, who was squinting as he digested his meal, lazily opened his eyes a crack upon hearing this: "Who are they?"
"Those guys in monk's robes," the boar spirit gestured toward the street. "Look at how they walk."
The black bear spirit followed its gaze.
There were indeed quite a few people dressed in various colored monk robes walking around the streets. There were old and young, men and women, in twos and threes, chatting and laughing. As for their gait…
The black bear spirit stared for a while, but couldn't figure it out, so it squinted its eyes and asked, "What's wrong with how you walk?"
"Look closely!" the boar spirit cried out urgently, lowering his voice even further. "Their footsteps are so unsteady! And they have absolutely no spiritual energy!"
The black bear spirit was stunned for a moment, then opened its eyes and looked at it carefully for a few moments.
Those cultivators did indeed walk with unsteady steps, lacking the lightness one would expect from a cultivator. Upon closer inspection, one could detect no spiritual energy fluctuations on their bodies, just like... just like ordinary people.
The black bear spirit's eyes slowly widened.
"This..." it murmured, "What's going on?"
The wild boar spirit leaned close to its ear, its voice tinged with surprise and doubt: "This Cloud Hidden Sect... is strange."
The black bear spirit remained silent, thinking of the strange houses, the roads, and the things it had never seen before when it entered…
"Old Bear?" The wild boar spirit nudged it again. "Say something."
The black bear spirit, regaining his senses, muttered, "Who cares where it is? It's better than Tianxuan Palace anyway."
The wild boar spirit paused for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "That's true. Those bastards from Tianxuan Palace wouldn't treat us to a meal like this. In their eyes, lowly errand runners like us are just consumables."
Just then, a commotion suddenly broke out at the street corner.
"Make way! Make way! Make way! A monster is coming! Make way, everyone!"
A cheerful female voice rang out from the street corner.
The crowd looked in the direction of the sound and saw a large group of people walking towards them from the street corner.
Leading the way was a tall, exquisitely beautiful woman. This stunningly beautiful woman carried a thick wooden bar on her shoulder, from which hung a colossal creature.
It was a giant python.
It was a full three zhang long and as thick as a water bucket, its entire body covered in bluish-black scales. Its head drooped, clearly dead, but two rows of menacing fangs could still be seen in its gaping maw.
Beside the woman was a "giant" who was three meters tall. Who else could this combination be but Suzuya Yu and Ishi?
Behind them followed several women of similar height and appearance, each carrying or lifting various sizes of demonic beasts.
A pheasant bigger than a calf, with colorful feathers and a long tail dragging on the ground.
A pure white fox with glossy fur was hanging upside down on a wooden bar.
A giant frog, the size of a millstone, with its four legs tied together, was being carried by two women.
There were also several other strangely shaped, unidentifiable monsters, large and small, carried, lifted, and hoisted by them, marching in a grand procession toward the Immortal Cuisine Shop.
The crowd on the street automatically parted to make way for them. Some daring children ran after it, pointing at the giant python and shouting, "What a big snake!" before being pulled back by their parents.
"Reisen has hunted down another big one!"
"The Stone Immortal is still as majestic and imposing as ever."
"So, can we have an extra meal today?"
A cheer erupted from the crowd.
Ling Caiyou smiled, switched the wooden bar on her shoulder, and shouted towards the direction of Xian Shan Fang, "Where's Fatty Li? Is Fatty Li here?"
Stone, carrying a white fox on his shoulder, replied in a muffled voice, "It's definitely there."
Smoke rose from the entrance of Lingcai Youjianxian Restaurant, where a long line of tables stretched out, packed with people.
She paused for a moment, her steps faltering.
"Why are there so many people today?" she muttered, then smiled again. "Perfect! This big snake is enough for several stews!"
As she spoke, she carried the giant python and continued walking forward.
The group of little monsters sat at a table at the end of the street, holding bowls in their hands and stuffing meat in their mouths, yet they seemed frozen in place, completely motionless.
The rabbit spirit's bowl fell to the table with a "clatter," splashing meat soup all over itself, but it was completely unaware. Its red eyes were wide open, staring intently at the group of people carrying the monsters at the street corner, its two long ears standing stiffly upright like two wooden stakes.
The squirrel spirit's tail bristled into a huge ball of fur, three times the size of its body. It desperately protected the smaller squirrels behind it, while it itself trembled like a leaf, its teeth chattering.
The fox spirit dropped its chopsticks with a "clatter" to the ground. It stood up and instinctively took half a step forward, trying to block the smaller ones behind it, but its legs were trembling so badly that it could barely stand.
"As expected, these immortals are the same; they want to eat us!"
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