Three Visits to the Barbecue Shop

"You mean there's a barbecue restaurant in Yanjiang County that's supposed to enhance male virility? Is this the one?"

"That's right, hurry up and get in line! We thought we were early enough, but we still have to wait in line!"

"This shop closed three months ago, but it's reopened now and business is even better than before. I came here during the Spring Festival, and the food was quite good!"

"So, the whole store went out for training, and now they've come back with great results?"

That must be the case.

"I don't know if I'll be able to get a table today. I heard some people have been queuing for days and still haven't gotten a turn."

"What a booming business!" In the past, when I stood upstairs and looked, I didn't really feel it, but standing in front of the barbecue restaurant, I truly felt how popular the business was.

The Nine Nether Sect has many businesses, but none of them have such an exaggerated number of customers.

The queue started at the entrance and stretched all the way to the door of the shop next door, completely blocking the entrance to the other shop.

The shop next door wasn't bothered either. When the people waiting in line got impatient, they would come to their shop to eat, and their business actually got better than before.

Huo Spirit Transformation transmitted his voice, saying, "It's said that this store used to offer home delivery service, but now they can't even keep up with the dine-in business, so they've discontinued that service."

"Zhou Shan and I originally wanted to try it out, but we couldn't get in line, so we could only ask other customers nearby who had eaten there."

Petrified Bone snorted coldly and was about to barge into the store, "Have you forgotten who you are? Do we even need to queue?"

Two Nascent Spirit Transformation stage cultivators and one Body Integration Realm cultivator—they are qualified to form a second-rate sect. First-rate sects would respectfully invite them in.

It's just a barbecue restaurant, not the headquarters of the Heavenly Court.

"Someone's cutting in line here!"

"Hey, you three, don't you know any better?!"

"You have no manners!"

Those queuing behind them started cursing as the three walked in, but the three, including Petrified Bone, ignored them. Just then, a beautiful figure blocked their way.

"Stop right there! Don't you know you have to queue?" Qin Yanyan stood at the door, her eyes blazing with anger. Everyone else was queuing, so why were you the only ones not following the rules?

Qin Yanyan did not recognize the three of them. At that time, Huo Spirit Transformation was hiding in the shadows, and only Lu Yang noticed his presence.

Just as the petrification bone was about to flare up, Huo Spirit Transformation hurriedly transmitted his voice. "My lord, this is the reincarnation of Sect Leader Qin, Qin Yanyan."

"What?" Petrified Bone was shocked. Qin Haoran had been the leader of the Nine Nether Sect for nine hundred years. Although he had fallen, he still held prestige within the sect.

Qin Haoran was superior to him in both methods and cultivation, and Petrified Bone had some respect for this former sect leader.

"It seems the Heavenly Court Sect already knew we were here and deliberately sent the reincarnation of Sect Leader Qin to obstruct us!"

"Is this an implication that this is the territory of the Heavenly Court Sect, and that we must abide by their rules now that we're here?"

"And having the reincarnation of the Qin Cult Leader here to maintain order means that no matter how powerful your background is, you're nothing compared to the Heavenly Court Cult?"

Petrified Bone was an extremely intelligent person, and he quickly guessed the underlying considerations.

He dared not offend the Heavenly Court Sect, as they came from High Antiquity and possessed profound resources. They had at least one Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivator, and possibly several, which was beyond the reach of someone as mere Body Integration Realm like himself.

"Fine, I'll queue!"

Three high-ranking members of the Nine Nether Sect were queuing at the end of the line. It was well past midnight, and only four or five people remained ahead of them. Qin Yanyan peeked out from the doorway and said, "Excuse me, we're closing now."

Petrified Bone's face turned ashen, but he dared not retaliate.

"Hmph, come back tomorrow!"

The next morning, before the barbecue restaurant even opened, Petrochemical Bone arrived at the restaurant entrance with two subordinates.

He simply couldn't believe there was a need to queue in broad daylight.

The barbecue restaurant doors opened, and Officer Wei sat inside, chatting and laughing with Lu Yang.

"Congratulations, Officer Wei! No, you should be called Chief Officer Wei now!" Lu Yang laughed. After they killed the prefect, the chief officer was promoted to prefect, and Officer Wei became chief officer in turn, saving more than ten years of time. It was like rising to the top in one step.

Chief Constable Wei beamed, "Don't mention it. My title of Chief Constable sounds impressive, but I work myself to the bone every day, and my monthly salary is probably less than what your barbecue restaurant earns in a single day."

Lu Yang smiled without saying a word; it was the truth, and he couldn't easily respond.

Chief Constable Wei didn't linger on the topic, continuing with a sigh, "My promotion to Chief Constable wouldn't be without the credit for arresting people at your barbecue restaurant. I remember, Mr. Lu, some of your friends came to eat at the restaurant and got into a brawl. They were caught red-handed and detained for a few days. Later, when the Immortal Cult was destroyed and its members' list was made public, those two who got into the brawl were from the Immortal Cult!"

"Young Master Lu, you need to be careful about who you befriend. Your judgment is terrible, it's dangerous! They might be targeting you, wanting to use you as a sacrifice for the Immortal Cult!"

Lu Yang laughed heartily and said frankly that he would be more careful in making friends in the future.

"Your barbecue restaurant has been open for over half a month, but unfortunately no criminals have come here to walk right into your trap. If only some fools would come here, preferably members of the Demonic Cult, then I could hold onto my position as chief constable."

Chief Constable Wei realized he had misspoke and shook his head with a laugh, "Look at what I said, it's like I'm cursing that there's a demonic cult here."

At this moment, Chief Constable Wei noticed the three petrified skeletons at the shop entrance and asked curiously, "Are these three people at the entrance your friends?"

"Where?" Lu Yang turned his head, but the three petrified bones had already disappeared.

"Nobody's here?"

"Maybe they were just passing by."

"What a Heavenly Court Sect! They're chatting and laughing with the righteous path, yet they still want to capture the chief constable of the Demonic Sect. Are they showing us their methods?" Petrified Bone had dealt with the imperial officials many times and knew that chief constables of this rank would have a token. If a chief constable encountered an enemy he couldn't handle, he could crush the token, and a powerful cultivator would come to his aid.

"Sir, what should we do?"

"Let's queue again tonight!"

"We've been staking out this place for almost half a month, why haven't the Nine Nether Sect members arrived yet?" Meng Jingzhou wondered, he felt the Nine Nether Sect members should have arrived by now.

"My dear niece, you've been guarding the gate every day, have you ever seen anyone who looks like the Nine Nether Sect?"

Qin Yanyan shook her head innocently. Although there were occasionally one or two unreasonable people who tried to barge in, they obediently went to the back of the line after she said a few words to them. The Nine Nether Sect shouldn't be so reasonable, right?

Lu Yang was also puzzled. Anyone with knowledge of the High Antiquity should believe in the Heavenly Court Sect he had created, and he felt that there should be such people in the Nine Nether Sect.

Since they believe in the Heavenly Court, they will definitely send people over.

"Wait a little longer."

That evening, the three petrified bones remembered their mistake and arrived early to queue. This time they were lucky; there were only about twenty people ahead of them.

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

"Three pounds of lamb skewers!"