dmims Chapter 429 Shrek Stirs Up Trouble
Chapter 429 Shrek Stirs Up Trouble
Chapter 429 Shrek Stirs Up Trouble
After checking into the room, Ye Qifeng led Zhu Zhuqing to a quiet corner in the restaurant on the first floor and they sat down.
A restaurant waiter quickly came over and handed over a menu.
Ye Qifeng took it and glanced at it, finding that the contents were quite complete, with a wide variety of dishes, all products of the Star Dou Great Forest.
The vast majority of these are, of course, the meat of soul beasts, which only soul masters can eat.
After all, the hotel is located within a hundred kilometers of the Star Dou Great Forest, relying on the Star Dou Great Forest for its livelihood. The Star Dou Great Forest is rich in edible products, and it is not lacking in soul beasts.
Ye Qifeng casually ordered a roasted rabbit, a stir-fried bamboo shoot with pork, and a garlic-flavored vegetable dish.
Well, the rabbit is naturally a soft-boned rabbit, the bamboo shoot is a kind of bamboo shoot that grows in a way that looks like a hammer, and the green vegetable is a kind of wild vegetable that looks like blue silver grass.
One meat dish and one vegetable dish, plus a mix of meat and vegetables, is just right.
When Ye Qifeng ordered a roasted rabbit, Zhu Zhuqing, who was resting her elbow on the table and supporting her cheek with her hand, lit up.
She suddenly remembered the roasted rabbit she ate for the first time when she met Ye Qifeng in the Star Dou Great Forest three years ago.
That fragrant roasted rabbit, I really miss it.
I wonder how the roasted rabbit at this hotel tastes? Hmm, it definitely can't compare to Brother Ye's cooking; Brother Ye's roasted rabbit is much more fragrant.
Now that we're in the Star Dou Great Forest, I should be able to taste Brother Ye's cooking again, right?
Thinking of this, Zhu Zhuqing couldn't help but stick out her little tongue and lick her lips. Her sexy lips immediately became moist, bright red, and slippery and tempting.
After ordering three dishes, Ye Qifeng handed the menu to Zhu Zhuqing and asked her to order some dishes she liked.
However, Zhu Zhuqing did not reach out to take it, but shook her head slightly, indicating that Ye Qifeng should order it himself.
She eats whatever Ye Qifeng orders.
Zhu Zhuqing knew nothing about food.
Her training in her family focused on agility-based skills such as assassination and survival, and she didn't have high requirements for food.
Moreover, due to the suppression by her older sister Zhu Zhuyun, the food she received in the family was not plentiful and the variety was quite limited. She couldn't eat anything good and didn't know much about food.
So, Brother Ye can take care of ordering the food. Well, the food Brother Ye orders is more meaningful and will taste better.
Ye Qifeng didn't ramble on, so he ordered a spicy rabbit head and a chicken and mushroom stew.
With two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and one soup, plus a half-meat, half-vegetable dish, it's just the right amount for two people.
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By this time, the restaurant was about 60-70% full, and the hotel owner was busy shuttling between the counter and the hotel entrance, bowing and scraping as he served the guests who came to eat or stay.
The waiters were also busy shuttling between the tables, delivering menus, taking orders, serving food, and clearing tables.
After all, the hotel relies on Soul Masters for its livelihood, so the service must be impeccable and cannot be taken lightly.
Every single person who can come here to eat and stay is a Soul Master.
Being a Soul Master is a noble and lucrative profession, and the hotel owner and staff dared not neglect it in the slightest.
Just then, a group of seven people walked in. They were dressed very casually and in a non-uniform manner, and looked no different from ordinary people.
This group of seven was led by Zhao Wuji and consisted of members from Shrek Academy.
After leading Tang San and his group of six into the hotel, Zhao Wuji didn't even glance at the restaurant. With his cultivation level, he could easily sense how many people were in the restaurant and their strength.
There's absolutely no need to look at it further.
At this moment, the Soul Masters in the restaurant were at most Soul Grandmasters. Zhao Wuji had no interest in them and no intention of befriending them, lest his identity be recognized and reported to the Spirit Hall.
After all, he was still carrying the Spirit Hall's wanted poster.
After entering the hotel, Zhao Wuji did not linger in the restaurant on the first floor. He briefly instructed Tang San and the other six to book a single room for himself, and then went upstairs on his own.
Tang San and his companions were responsible for their own accommodation and meals, as was the rule at Shrek Academy.
Shrek Academy was already short of money and was almost on the verge of bankruptcy, so Zhao Wuji didn't have the spare money to take care of them.
Anyway, Tang San and the others all have the Spirit Hall's monthly Soul Master stipend, so paying for accommodation and meals is definitely not a problem.
Of course, Dai Mubai and Ning Rongrong are exceptions; they are not commoner soul masters and are not eligible to receive the subsidies provided by the Spirit Hall.
However, neither of them is short of money.
After all, they were both noble scions from prominent families. Dai Mubai was the third prince of the Star Luo Empire, and Ning Rongrong was the eldest daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, one of the three upper sects. The two of them had more gold soul coins than they could ever spend.
After Zhao Wuji went upstairs, Dai Mubai and Tang San discussed it briefly and booked rooms, one for four people and one for two people.
The six of them then found a table in the corner of the restaurant and sat down.
The restaurant's tables are typical eight-person tables, with a maximum of two people sitting on each side.
Tang San and Xiao Wu naturally clung to each other, occupying the best spot near the window with the best view.
Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, one a lecherous tiger with evil eyes and the other a phoenix from a brothel, were birds of a feather and naturally occupied the side with the widest view, able to survey the entire restaurant.
This makes it easier for them to look at girls.
Ning Rongrong seemed to be ostracized by the others, and could only sit down alone with her back to the other hotel guests.
Having witnessed Ning Rongrong's bad temper, Oscar no longer wanted to deal with her. His peach blossom eyes flickered slightly, and he ultimately chose to sit on the side facing away from the restaurant's main entrance.
Dai Mubai was a wealthy man and didn't lack money. He got a little carried away by Ma Hongjun's flattery and immediately offered to treat Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong to a welcome dinner.
Ma Hongjun was immediately overjoyed. He picked up the menu and quickly ordered more than a dozen dishes, demonstrating what it means to "know how to eat".
The food would take some time to be served, so Ma Hongjun, the lewd and shameless courtesan, took the opportunity to scan the diners in the restaurant to see if there were any attractive girls.
There were indeed a few female Soul Masters in the restaurant at this time, but almost all of them were old, middle-aged women or grandmothers, and had long lost their youthful beauty.
Ma Hongjun lost interest for a while, but suddenly he noticed a hot young girl. His small eyes immediately lit up with lust, and drool instantly dripped from his mouth.
But the next second, when he saw the girl's cold face, Ma Hongjun's fat face suddenly changed color and turned red visibly. Then, his fat began to tremble violently.
Snapped--
Ma Hongjun slapped Dai Mubai on the groin.
"Ouch—, you fatso, why did you hit me?"
Dai Mubai winced in pain from his thigh, gasped, and demanded a loud question.
"Hey yeah, Fatty, what are you shaking for? Be careful you don't break the chair."
Seeing Ma Hongjun's fat jiggling violently, Oscar, who was standing next to him, also asked a question.
Tang San and Xiao Wu, who were whispering to each other, and Ning Rongrong, who was looking down absentmindedly, all looked up at Ma Hongjun with curiosity.
"Boss Dai, I saw those two guys who beat me up last time."
Ma Hongjun raised his chubby hand and pointed tremblingly in a certain direction inside the restaurant.
"What?"
Dai Mubai suddenly looked up and followed the direction Ma Hongjun was pointing.
Sure enough, in a quiet corner deep inside the restaurant, I spotted two familiar figures, a man and a woman.
It was Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing.
Dai Mubai was extremely surprised and astonished, but his expression turned very ugly.
The reason? Nothing more than that Zhu Zhuqing was his fiancée in name only, but she ran off with another man, which made him feel very embarrassed.
Tang San and Xiao Wu's faces darkened when they saw Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing.
Of all those present, Tang San and Xiao Wu were undoubtedly the ones who disliked, hated, and resented Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing the most.
Ning Rongrong also turned around and glanced at Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, a hint of surprise on her face.
Although she felt some affection for Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, for some reason, she suddenly remembered what Ye Qifeng had said to her before leaving Shrek Academy—"Take care of yourself."
Considering her current awkward situation, Ning Rongrong couldn't help but purse her lips in annoyance, secretly blaming Ye Qifeng for his bad luck.
Upon seeing Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, perhaps the only one among them who felt even slightly happy was Oscar.
After all, he's relatively normal.
Adding to the fact that Ye Qifeng had generously bought him large and small sausages, and hadn't discriminated against or mocked him because of his lewd soul spell, Oscar felt a little grateful.
Shrek and his group spotted Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, who in turn spotted them, but neither of them intended to pay them any attention.
Ye Qifeng ate the spicy rabbit head in front of him nonchalantly, even deliberately picking it up and showing it to Xiao Wu's mischievous rabbit.
Brother Ye is so naughty, but I like him. Seeing this, Zhu Zhuqing's beautiful eyes flashed slightly. She followed suit, broke off a rabbit leg, gently raised it, and then took small bites of it.
This infuriated Xiao Wu! How dare they eat the Soft-Boned Rabbit clan! Those were her and her mother's offspring!
The rogue rabbit was furious and almost lost control of its temper, about to rush up and duel with Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing.
Fortunately, Tang San held her back, preventing her from making any rash moves or rushing forward, as he was worried that Xiao Wu would get beaten up.
However, Tang San's expression became even more gloomy.
His face darkened considerably when he noticed the dishes on the table in front of Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing—roasted rabbit, spicy rabbit head, stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat, and garlic greens.
Although it's none of my business what others eat, I always felt that Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing were deliberately targeting me and Xiao Wu; just look at the dishes they ordered.
The roasted rabbit and spicy rabbit head were definitely targeted at Xiao Wu, because Xiao Wu's martial soul is a rabbit, which is of the same origin as the Soft Bone Rabbit on their table.
In addition, the stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat and the garlic-flavored greens were clearly targeted at himself.
He had just looked at the descriptions of those two dishes on the menu. The ingredients were extremely similar to his own martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, and the Blue Silver Grass. Although he wouldn't dare say they were exactly the same, they were definitely seven or eight parts similar.
If this isn't directed at me, then what is it?
Upon thinking of this, Tang San's eyes instantly filled with murderous intent, and he muttered to himself countless times, "You have a way to die!"
But he dared not make a move, nor did he dare to provoke Ye Qifeng.
Dai Mubai, that lecherous tiger, and Ma Hongjun, that brothel phoenix, were both angry but dared not speak out, nor dared they step forward.
None of the six of them were a match for Ye Qifeng, and Zhao Wuji, the strongest among them, was not present. If a fight broke out, they would most likely be the ones to suffer.
The four people who had grievances against Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing could only sit down angrily again, their faces all equally gloomy.
Ning Rongrong glanced indifferently at Tang San and his companions with her beautiful, emerald-green eyes. She found it somewhat amusing, but her expression remained calm as she sat quietly at the table, not saying a word.
Oscar also knew that Tang San and the other three had grudges against Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing, so he wisely kept quiet, keeping his eyes down and minding his own business, as if it didn't concern him.
The already strained atmosphere among them suddenly became even more discordant.
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Just then, eight people walked in through the restaurant door.
The leader was a middle-aged man, about forty years old, of medium build, with a handsome face and a full head of neatly combed, shiny black hair.
The middle-aged man wore a magnificent moon-white Soul Master robe, covered with patterns embroidered with silver threads. Under the glow of the Soul Guiding Lights in the restaurant, it shimmered, and it was clear at a glance that the material was extraordinary.
He walked ahead with his head held high, striding confidently like a dragon and a tiger, followed by seven young people, six men and one woman.
These seven people were all around twenty years old, wearing the same moon-white Soul Master robes as the middle-aged man, but they were not as ornate and lacked the silver embroidery.
On the left shoulder of each of the seven men and women, just like the middle-aged man, there was a blue circular mark embroidered inside the circle, with two characters of the same color inside – Canghui.
Their identities were revealed; they were teachers and students of Canghui Academy.
Canghui Academy is not well-known on the continent, but it is a legitimate advanced soul master academy with abundant financial resources. It has everything from teaching staff to soul master resources, and it is completely different from Shrek Academy, which is a shady academy without proper licenses.
Upon seeing this elegantly dressed group enter, the hotel owner hurriedly stepped forward to greet them with a smile, displaying impeccable politeness.
Those whose clothing is noticeably different from ordinary people are usually wealthy; if you serve them well, you might even receive a large reward.
Ye Qifeng and Zhu Zhuqing also saw the arrival of the Canghui Academy group. After all, their clothes were different from everyone else present, too flamboyant, making it hard not to notice them.
Upon seeing the group from Canghui Academy, Ye Qifeng's eyes flickered slightly, already sensing that something interesting was about to happen.
as predicted.
Just as Ye Qifeng had this idea, Shrek Academy and his group clashed with Canghui Academy.
The root cause of the conflict was that Shrek Academy and his group, using Flander's monster quote—"Those who dare not cause trouble are mediocre"—made Ma Hongjun flirtatious remarks and even maliciously stared at a pretty female student from Canghui Academy with lewd eyes, while Dai Mubai spoke recklessly, mocking Canghui Academy as low-class. The two of them provoked trouble for no reason.
(End of this chapter)