The Tofu Shop on Front Gate Street

After seeing Lu Yang perform a set of animal-shaped boxing techniques and transform into the shape of Man Gu, Lan Ting silently took out a yellow talisman.

I'll just draw a transformation symbol myself.

As expected of the immortal sect renowned for its imaginative ideas and Law Technique, using fist techniques to disguise a transformation spell requires an incredibly profound understanding of Law Technique to accomplish such a feat.

Fellow Daoist Lu Yang must have reached the level of understanding Law Technique that transcends the ordinary and the extraordinary, directly pointing to the origin.

Among those of the same rank, Lanting believed that no one could surpass Lu Yang in Law Technique prowess.

Lu Yang then remembered that Lan Ting had taken the tiger skin to make talismans, which meant she was quite accomplished in the field of runes.

Lanting pointed to her eyes. "My eyes are somewhat extraordinary. I am very sensitive to patterns and can see through the core of runes and the key points of formations. I am naturally skilled at creating runes and drawing formations."

"However, my energy is limited, so I focus my main efforts on making talismans, and I only have a slight understanding of formations."

Lan Ting's words of humility actually reveal an extraordinary talent, one that will undoubtedly lead him far in the fields of runes and formations, making him the envy of many rune and formation masters.

Lanting quickly drew a transformation talisman, stuck it on her body, and her stunning beauty transformed into something ordinary—it was quite magical.

In this way, the barbecue restaurant welcomed new employees.

Two days after Lanting joined the barbecue restaurant, the restaurant remained as busy as ever. With the addition of a new employee, the workload for the three of them became much lighter.

Lu Yang noticed that Man Gu seemed a little unhappy, so while serving the guests, he used his Divine Sense to ask, "What happened? You don't seem very happy?"

Man Gu nodded. "I don't know if Brother Lu has noticed, but our barbecue restaurant has seen a decrease in customers in the past few days. I've calculated the revenue for the past few days, and it's true."

Lu Yang was taken aback; he hadn't really noticed that. "Because of Lanting?"

Business would be even better with female staff joining the store.

"No, the number had already decreased before Lanting arrived. I haven't figured out why, and I don't know where the problem lies." Man Gu had been pondering this question.

Lu Yang didn't care; he was hoping the barbecue restaurant would have less business. "You think about it first, I'll go deliver the food."

A month ago, at Meng Jingzhou's suggestion, the barbecue restaurant added a delivery service. During the day, a box was placed at the door, and anyone who wanted to order delivery would write down the type of barbecue they wanted, the delivery time, and the address on a piece of paper. In the evening, three people would be randomly assigned to deliver the food.

Today it's Lu Yang's turn.

Lu Yang hadn't gone out at night for the past few days. This time when he did go out, he noticed that there were fewer pedestrians on the street than usual.

Perhaps this is why the barbecue restaurant has seen a decrease in customer traffic, Lu Yang thought.

"Let me see where I should deliver it this time... to the tofu shop on Qianmen Street?"

Wen Xiangyu had long heard about a popular barbecue restaurant that had opened nearby, and she really wanted to try it to see if it was as delicious as the legends said. However, since her husband passed away and she inherited his tofu shop, she rarely went out at night.

Not to boast, but with her fair skin and beauty, she was coveted by countless men, and going out alone was extremely dangerous.

Later, she heard that the barbecue restaurant offered delivery service, so she wrote down what she wanted to eat on a piece of paper and put it in the box outside the restaurant.

She's been feeling sleepy for the past few days, and it's even worse today. The barbecue skewers hadn't even arrived yet when she couldn't resist the drowsiness and went to bed early.

The staff at the barbecue restaurant should be able to wake themselves up.

Lu Zhi is a thief who has been giving the police a headache lately. He often sneaks into people's homes at night, steals money while people are asleep, and then quickly leaves without leaving any clues. When the police ask the neighbors, the answer is always the same: they were sleeping too soundly to notice anything outside.

This time, he set his sights on the tofu shop on Qianmen Street. The tofu shop owner was a famous and beautiful widow whose tofu was renowned far and wide. The money she had made in recent years had made the surrounding shops envious.

Lu Zhi was agile, like a monkey, and silently climbed onto the roof. With a twist of his body, he opened the second-floor window.

"She should be asleep."

Lu Zhi was very confident. He had accidentally obtained a yellow paper talisman that could put people to sleep. He pasted it outside his house, and people within a fifty-meter radius would be affected and fall into a deep sleep. This trick never failed him.

Lu Zhi tiptoed, holding his breath, and when he saw the beauty lying on the bed, a smug smile appeared on his face.

Then he turned and went to the cupboard to look for valuables, because in his experience, women liked to keep their things there.

"No?" Lu Zhi frowned and turned to look at the tofu shop owner's location.

Since it's not here, it must be under the bed.

He carefully crouched down and peered under the bed, his heart skipping a beat.

There was a human face under the bed!

"A ghost!"

Zheng Shouhe is a notorious womanizer who has been giving the constables a headache lately. He often hides under the bed of single women in advance, and when the women are asleep, he crawls out from under the bed and defiles them.

However, sometimes he would encounter women having affairs, and he could only obediently hide under the bed and wait.

This time, he set his sights on the tofu shop on Qianmen Street. The tofu shop owner was a famously beautiful widow who had captivated countless men.

As usual, Zheng Shouhe hid under the bed early, waiting for nightfall to have a sexual encounter with the tofu shop owner's wife.

"So sleepy." Zheng Shouhe had never felt so sleepy before. He usually became more and more energetic as he waited, but today, for some reason, sleepiness kept creeping up on him.

His eyelids drooped, and he tried to open his eyes a few times, but he couldn't resist the drowsiness and fell asleep.

A scream woke him up; it sounded like someone was yelling about a ghost or something.

Zheng Shouhe suddenly opened his eyes and saw Lu Zhi lying under the bed, looking at him in terror. He quickly covered Lu Zhi's mouth with his hand, crawled out from under the bed, and took out a dagger from his waist with his other hand, holding it to Lu Zhi's neck.

Zheng Shouhe then saw Wen Xiangyu curled up in a ball on the bed, trembling.

Clearly, Wen Xiangyu was also awakened by Lu Zhi's shouts.

"You get up too! What an unlucky day!"

Zheng Shouhe cursed and found a rope, tied Lu Zhi up, and planned to kill them both after he had finished enjoying Wen Xiangyu.

Just then, there was a knock on the door downstairs.

"Is anyone there? I'm here to deliver food."

Zheng Shouhe clicked his tongue, thinking how unlucky he was today. He tied Lu Zhi up and made Wen Xiangyu go downstairs with him.

Zheng Shouhe threatened Wen Xiangyu with a dagger and whispered, "Make sure the people outside leave!"

Everyone in Yanjiang County knows that the pretty widow who runs the tofu shop lives alone. If she asks the people outside to leave, they will inevitably become suspicious if they hear a man's voice.

"Just leave your things at the door, I'll go get them in a bit," Wen Xiangyu called out in a soft voice.

"No, you haven't paid yet," the person at the door replied.

Zheng Shouhe's face hardened. "Since you're courting death, you can't blame anyone else!"