Chen Lin did not dare ignore Lord Xila's warning.
Besides, anyone who could make even Lord Xila wary-the owner of the Nine-Nine Restaurant-was certainly no benevolent soul.
Once he agreed, relief at having survived a calamity finally appeared on Zhang Dayou's shiny, oily face. He lightly cupped his hands, then vanished on the spot.
But he alone left.
The half-finished dish, all the tableware, every little possession on his person, and even his clothes remained in the square.
He had not taken his alluring female subordinate with him, either.
Chen Lin was rather stunned.
"Everything he owned" really did cover everything.
Had the man run back without so much as a scrap of cloth on him?
As he wondered, the two Tasting Stages slowly dissolved, finally turning into a wash of light that enveloped all of Zhang Dayou's possessions and vanished in a flash.
Immediately afterward, a mechanical voice sounded in Chen Lin's mind.
Zhang Dayou's possessions have been delivered to your Peerage Space. You may collect them at any time.
Chen Lin's eyes flickered.
Having his winnings delivered to his Peerage Space was standard procedure, but the fact that the alluring woman had vanished along with everything else surprised him.
He had never known that the Peerage Space could hold living beings.
Still, that was not particularly useful.
Although the Peerage Space belonged to him, he could only withdraw items from it, not store them inside. It could not serve as a Grotto-Heaven Treasure.
"To think you're a Gastronomist as well. You really can do everything!"
Bluwa flew over just then.
After speaking in an astonished tone, she looked at the steamer basket on the ground.
Everything sent into the Peerage Space by the Competition Token's light belonged to Zhang Dayou. The things Chen Lin had brought