The Time of Judgment

Raiden Ei wore a tall white chef's hat, a spatula in one hand and a ladle in the other, clanging away as she cooked in the kitchen.

Yu Yuanzhen watched from the side with an expectant look on his face.

Then his eyes filled with doubt.

She neither peeled nor cut the tomatoes, neither cracked nor beat the eggs.

She just put two eggs straight into the wok, then added two whole tomatoes?

In the end, she even gave them two stirs with the spatula, looking utterly professional.

But what finally made Yu Yuanzhen want to flee was when Raiden Ei poured in the salt and nearly dumped in an entire bag.

She was the true Salt King, wasn't she?

"Um... miss, are... are you making salted eggs pickled in tomato flavor? This shouldn't be tomato scrambled eggs, right...?"

Yu Yuanzhen felt that no matter how incompetent someone was, they could not lack even the most basic common sense when it came to cooking.

He figured that what Raiden Ei was making was something he had never seen before.

After all, she was so powerful. It was perfectly normal for her to invent some unusual dishes.

"What pickled salted eggs? This is clearly tomato scrambled eggs." Raiden Ei said blankly.

"Damn! Miss... I suddenly feel like my stomach hurts. I'm going to the toilet..."

A chill ran down Yu Yuanzhen's back. Could this meal even be eaten?

Wasn't Mei supposed to love cooking the most? Wasn't her food incomparably delicious, like celestial delicacies that children fought over?

What the hell was this?

"Where are you going?"

Just as Yu Yuanzhen was about to run, he discovered that Raiden Ei was already blocking the kitchen door, staring at him with a sinister expression.

Yu Yuanzhen immediately went numb. Suddenly, he looked up at Raiden Ei's head, and his pupils constricted. His legs gave out, and he collapsed onto the floor.

"Y-you... you don't have horns. You're... you're not Mei. You're the Raiden Shogun..."

He had nearly been cut down by the Raiden Shogun before. Now, with Raiden Ei looking at him like that, he felt that his life was already in her hands.

How could he dare to run? Could he even escape?

He was nowhere near as fast as the Raiden Shogun's blade.

Looking once more at the delicacies in the wok, his throat bobbed. A bad stomach was better than death.

So he hurried over to the stove where soup was simmering and said:

"My lord, I... I suddenly don't think my stomach hurts anymore. I'll help you add firewood."

Heh... A Titled Douluo, the mighty and dignified clan leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, reduced to this state. If word got out, probably very few would believe it.

Raiden Ei nodded in satisfaction. Then she lifted the lid off the soup pot, poured in a spoonful of MSG, and then half a bottle of sugar.

Yu Yuanzhen trembled at the side, his face ashen as despair took hold.

"Huh? Where did Shadow go? Isn't she always the most enthusiastic when it comes to eating? Didn't Yu Yuanzhen say he was staying for dinner? Why is he gone too?"

When it was time to eat, Starry Sky tilted his head and asked in confusion.

"I've been cooking the whole time, so I didn't notice. Let me see where Yu Yuanzhen is."

Mei surveyed the surroundings. Yu Yuanzhen was a guest, after all, and could not be neglected.

Then a look of alarm appeared on her face, and she hurriedly ran in one direction.

"What happened, Sister Mei?"

Why was she so panicked? Had something happened to that old man Yu Yuanzhen?

Starry Sky hurried after her, while Zhu Zhuqing followed out of curiosity.

Only Underworld remained, focused on stuffing herself with food.

"Ei, why did you cook again? And you even let a guest eat it?"

"He said he wanted to eat it."

"He said he wanted it, so you made it? What if something happened to him?"

"He clearly said it was delicious."

"This is delicious? Delicious enough to kill!"

Starry Sky and Zhu Zhuqing poked their heads into the kitchen.

They found Mei scolding Raiden Ei.

Raiden Ei looked completely unwilling to listen.

Meanwhile, Yu Yuanzhen was already lying on the floor, foam spilling from his mouth as he lay unconscious.

"Gasp... Sister Zhuqing, let's get out of here. If Shadow sees us, we're done for too."

Starry Sky quickly grabbed Zhu Zhuqing's arm and ran outside.

A Raiden wife killed without consequences.

"What happened? Was Sister Raiden's cooking that terrible? Grandpa Yu will be all right, won't he?"

Zhu Zhuqing asked worriedly.

It would not be good for anyone if they became enemies with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

"He probably won't die, right? Let's not get involved. If we do, we'll definitely die."

Starry Sky's voice trembled.

Zhu Zhuqing could sense that Starry Sky was afraid, so she did not dare ask anything more.

Perhaps there really would be danger.

It was not until the afternoon that Mei managed to save Yu Yuanzhen. He had become completely dead inside.

"Starry Sky, this is the highest jade token of my Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan besides the clan leader's. You... cough cough, come visit the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan sometime when you're free."

Yu Yuanzhen did not dare stay here any longer. He needed to go back and recover.

Starry Sky accepted the jade token, nodded, and said:

"Okay. My sisters and I will come visit when we have time."

"Your sisters..." Yu Yuanzhen's pupils suddenly shook. He leaned close to Starry Sky and said:

"Starry Sky... when... when you come to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, remember to send someone ahead to inform me. I... I need to prepare in advance to welcome you."

This old man was probably planning to run away ahead of time. Starry Sky saw through him but did not expose him, merely saying, "Okay."

Then Yu Yuanzhen fled as if for his life, terrified that if he stayed, he would be eaten.

That night.

"A... a Titled Douluo!"

Xiao Wu often skipped class. Fortunately, she had not been at the academy when Yu Yuanzhen came today.

Otherwise, her identity would have been exposed.

"Yeah, he even wanted to take Brother Kong as his disciple, but Brother Kong's sisters wouldn't allow it," Zhu Zhuqing said, tossing out a pair of threes.

"Then... then will he come again?" Xiao Wu was terrified. If her true identity was discovered, she would be finished.

Distracted, she directly threw down the joker bomb.

"Probably not. He was nearly poisoned to death by Sister Raiden's cooking today. Judging from how miserably he fled when he left, he probably won't come back for the rest of his life," Zhu Zhuqing explained, then frowned.

"Xiao Wu, I only played a pair of threes. Why did you bomb me? And Brother Kong is the landlord!"

Wasn't that sabotaging her teammate?

"You're strong, you go ahead, you go ahead." Starry Sky truly could not beat it, so he hurriedly mixed the joker bomb back into his cards, afraid Xiao Wu would regret it.

"I... I took the wrong cards! I wanted to play this pair of fives..." Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief. So the Titled Douluo had already left.

Otherwise, she would not get to eat Mei's delicious cooking.

"I already passed. No cheating!" Starry Sky pressed his cards firmly against the bedboard, showing no intention of yielding to Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu's face flushed red with anger, but she could only swallow the loss.

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was ugly as well. The joker bomb had been in their hands, yet Xiao Wu had thrown it out so easily.

And then she played a pair of fives. It had not served the purpose of holding down the landlord's cards at all.

Starry Sky burst into laughter, delighted beyond measure.

Winning this round had been ridiculously easy.