Liu's Beef Offal Noodle Shop was tiny, yet business was booming. There was not enough room inside, so tables and chairs had been set out front, taking up nearly half the street.
Jiang Wang and Zuo Guangshu sat outside eating noodles, each perched on a little stool with his bowl placed on another stool, facing each other without the slightest concern for appearances.
June was the height of sweltering heat. Diners vigorously fanned themselves with palm-leaf fans; men undid the buttons of their front-fastening robes, women rolled their sleeves up to their elbows, and bare-chested men occasionally passed by.
Though the two brothers had dressed as plainly as they could, they were still somewhat too tightly covered. Zuo Guangshu especially showed no skin at all, which actually made him rather conspicuous.
Chu Yuzhi saw Jiang Wang and Zuo Guangshu, but did not come over to greet them. He merely gave an almost imperceptible nod before turning and leaving.
Zuo Guangshu kept his head down, picking out beef offal to eat as though he had noticed nothing.
Over the past few years, the young lord of Great Chu had traveled through the various states, hunting for food in streets and alleys. But it was not purely to satisfy his appetite—when it came to the ultimate pursuit of fine food, none surpassed Huangliang Terrace. There was no reason to seek what was far away while neglecting what was near.
As the heir to Duke of Huai Mansion, the responsibilities upon him did not permit him to idle his days away.
It was only that, after gaining the Nine Phoenixes Supernatural Power in the Mountain and Sea Realm, he had continually suffered under the influence of divinity. There was no precedent to follow in exploring this unprecedented Supernatural Power. It was immensely complex