Since Ling Han had handed the restaurant for her to manage, unless it was a last resort, she did not want to disturb Ling Han. As a result, she asked, “Mr Lang, could it be that laws do not exist in the Extreme Yang City?”
“They do. However, the law would only protect a limited number of people, such as my Lang Clan. For now, at least, Miss Liu is not under the protection of the law. Only when you enter the camp of my Lang Clan will you get similar protection,” Lang Jun Cai said with a smile, admiring Liu Yu Tong’s delicate features. He was definitely going to get hold of this beauty.
Liu Yu Tong suppressed the anger she was feeling, and stated calmly, “I’m afraid Mr Lang is being too overconfident.”
“Oh, you don’t believe me?” Lang Jun Cai asked, smiling. He did not think that a few words would be able to conquer Liu Yu Tong. “You can make your own investigation and find out what my Lang Clan represents in this Extreme Yang City. Additionally, from tomorrow onwards, it would be best for the restaurant to close temporarily. Whenever you agree to my conditions, you can come find me at Listen to the Rain Pavilion. I am there most of the time.”
He stood and said, “I’ll beg my leave then.”
“I won’t bother to see you out!” Liu Yu Tong said coolly.
The moment Lang Jun Cai left, Liu Yu Tong immediately went to make enquiries about the Lang Clan. The result made her frown.
The Lang Clan was a party at the level of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier. Though it was not one of the top clans in the Extreme Yang City, they possessed their own space in the society. More importantly, the Lang Clan was a vassal clan of an Earth Grade alchemist in the North Pill Pavilion 1 , and that was the real source of confidence for Lang Jun Cai to make such a ridiculous demand.
Could it be that Ling Han had to use the name of an Earth Grade alchemist to suppress Lang Jun Cai?
That would really be like using an ox cleaver to kill a chicken—that would really lower his status.
But who asked Ling Han to currently have too few people he could actually use effectively by his side? At first, Guang Yuan had already broken through to the Spiritual Pedestal Tier, but his cultivation level had fallen dramatically now. If one was considering the strongest in their group, that would actually be Ling Han, an Earth Grade alchemist, and the next strongest was a little girl of five or six, Hu Niu.
Liu Yu Tong sighed. The main thing was that Ling Han’s alchemy had improved too quickly, and the power of those by his side could not catch up at all. Otherwise, an Earth Grade alchemist would at least have a large number of Spiritual Pedestal Tier elites following by his side, and it would not be strange for even a few Flower Blossom Tier elites to appear at his side.
She pondered the issue for a while, but still decided to inform Ling Han of this matter, because she was not able to settle this issue at all.
“Oh, a fly?” Ling Han’s mouth twitched. He said, “It’s all right. I will go and sit at the restaurant personally tomorrow. I’d like to see how arrogant he can be.”
Liu Yu Tong nodded. At worst, Ling Han could just reveal his identity as an Earth Grade alchemist, and at that time, there would be no worries that Lang Jun Cai would not kneel in front of Ling Han and beg for his forgiveness with fear and trepidation.
The night passed. Early the next morning, Ling Han brought with him Guang Yuan, Can Ye, and Zhu Wu Jiu to the restaurant. As for Hu Niu, there was of course no way he could leave her behind.
At the beginning, everything was normal. However, when it was about noon and time for lunch, a few groups of black-clad people came to the restaurant. They did not order any dishes, but simply sat down at various tables.
These black-clad people were not ordinary customers. Most of them were in the Gushing Spring Tier, and there were a small number in the Spiritual Ocean Tier. It would not attract anyone’s attention if there was only one or two of them, but with such numbers, the moment ordinary customers entered, they would turn around and leave.
These people’s auras were too overbearing. Even the waiters did not dare step up to urge them to make their orders or leave. All the way until noon, there was not even a bit of business in the restaurant left.
“These people must have been sent by Lang Jun Cai to make trouble!” Liu Yu Tong said furiously.
Ling Han smiled and said, “Firstly, they are here to ruin our business, and secondly, they are here to show off their might. To be able to mobilize so many Spiritual Ocean Tier and Gushing Spring Tier elites, hoho, this Lang Jun Cai is indeed a scheming character.”
“What do we do? Do we have Hu Niu go and chase them off?” Liu Yu Tong asked.
Hu Niu instantly grinned. Violence was her favorite activity, but Ling Han usually did not allow her to get into fights.
Ling Han smiled and said, “Diplomacy before violence. We are doing business here, so we should be amiable, which would attract riches.” As he spoke, he descended down the stairs from the second floor.
Liu Yu Tong could not help but roll her eyes. Being amiable to attract riches? From the killing intent all over Ling Han’s face, he looked more like he was about to go on a killing spree.
Chapter 373
Chapter 373: Total Knock Out
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
Ling Han walked downstairs slowly. As his eyes swept over the whole area of black-clad people, he smiled and said, “It is now time for lunch. Everyone, you all can either begin to make your orders, or leave and get lost. Don’t affect my business.”
“F***, can’t I study the menu for a while longer and think about what I want to eat?” one of them immediately shouted, slamming a hand onto the table.
“That’s right. What kind of damn restaurant is this that won’t even allow its customers to look at the menu, and force them to order? Is this what it means when they saw a big shop will bully its customers?” someone sneered.
“We are not people who can easily be trifled with, so I’d really like to see how they want to bully us!”
“Waiter, come here and tell us what’s on the menu. You’ve got to be clear, and don’t stutter.”
A waiter came forward, trembling. He was only a waiter and received a small salary, so he really did not want to get involved. But having a Gushing Spring Tier elite pointing at his nose, how could he, an ordinary man, dare not go over?
He began to recite the dishes on the menu.
“Louder, did you f******* not eat?” that black-clad man immediately yelled.
The waiter could only raise his volume, and began to recite the menu in a louder voice.
“*****, how dare you actually spit in my face!” The black-clad man glared fiercely, and pa , delivered a harsh slap directly to the waiter’s face. The force of the blow caused the waiter to spit out three of his teeth.
The waiter was slapped dizzy. Three other waiters hurriedly took a few steps forward and supported him. They all looked at that black-clad man with angry expressions, but did not dare to voice out their resentment.
How could he bully them like that!
“What is it, you still dare to glare at me?” The black-clad man glared back at them, his ferocious nature on full display.
“Hehehe.” The other black-clad people broke out into laughter. In their eyes, this was only a farce.
Ling Han strode over, a carefree smile still on his face, and arrived in front of that black-clad man.
“You’re the manager? Then you come and recite the menu to me!” The black-clad man turned his fierce eyes onto Ling Han. The command they had received was to threaten the people of this restaurant as much as possible.
“Recite your sister!” Ling Han moved and grabbed his head, which he then slammed onto the table. With a bang, the pearwood table was instantly broken into pieces. That black-clad man fell down onto the ground, groaning as he held his head in pain.
Even if he was in the Gushing Spring Tier, it was not pleasant when Ling Han slammed his head onto the table like that. It felt as if his head was ex
ploding in agony.
Shua , at least 90% of the black-clad people stood, and the only people seated were seven black-clad people who were in the Spiritual Ocean Tier. They were still calmly and coolly seated, as if nothing had happened at all.
“You f******* actually dare to commit a crime!” Those black-clad people all glared fiercely at Ling Han.
“This is considered a crime? Hey, hey, hey. You all really have too little experience.” Ling Han shook his head. Pa , with a stomp of his foot, the head of the black-clad man who was still lying on the ground was stepped into the floorboards. He maintained a kneeling stance, his backside raised high, as if he was waiting for someone to pamper him.
Qiang, qiang, qiang . Those black-clad people all drew out their respective weapons, all of them wearing expressions of rage.
Hu Niu immediately bared her teeth at the people around them. The little girl was the really violent one; her large eyes were filled with killing intent. In her mind, there was completely no laws, no logic, and no rules.
Whoever treated her and Ling Han well she would only consider as non-enemy, but whoever treated them badly was her enemy! A wild beast’s attitude towards enemy… would be to slaughter them!
“Subdue him, take off all his clothes and hang him at the door to allow everyone to admire the view,” a black-clad man called out.
“This idea’s not too bad!”
“But we have to give him a thrashing first for daring to hurt one of us.”
“Let’s go!”
Immediately, eight people came forward, brandishing their weapons to attack. When Hu Niu saw this, she instantly leaped down from Ling Han and attacked. Peng, peng, peng, peng . The weapons flashed, and those eight people were instantly all knocked over, lying on the ground and moaning in pain.
This naturally was because Hu Niu had been merciful—Ling Han had shook his head at her, not allowing her to kill anyone. Though the little girl was very unhappy at this, she would still not defy Ling Han’s order.
“Yi!”
“En!”
“Ah!”
When they saw that Hu Niu was actually so powerful, the seven people in the Spiritual Ocean Tier could no longer sit by calmly, and they all stood up as well.
This was just a newly opened restaurant and the owner was a newcomer. He had just come to the city, so what kind of background, or power, could he possibly have? As a result, now that the seven of them in the Spiritual Ocean Tier moved, it should be a cinch for them, but they could not see through the oddness of Hu Niu.
“I’ll go!” One of the black-clad men at the Spiritual Ocean Tier acted, stretching out a hand to grab Hu Niu.
“Invincible Little Tiger Fists!” Hu Niu somersaulted in midair, and with speed as fast as if she was a flash of light, arrived behind that black-clad man. She punched with her tiny fist, and peng , the force of the blow instantly caused the man to stumble and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Ling Han could not help but smile. Did Hu Niu now had an additional attribute of making others laugh?
“Let’s all attack!” The remaining six people in the Spiritual Ocean Tier were greatly shocked and hurriedly advanced all at once.
Ganging up on someone… anyone with a little bit of status or pride would definitely feel that it was beneath their dignity to do something like that, what more when the opponent was only a little girl. However, these six people were mere servants, so how could they possibly have the bearing of elite martial artists?
If one was not enough… then of course all of them should attack at once; as for whatever pride, could it fill their stomachs?
Hu Niu was calm and unafraid. Her tiny figure dashed left and right, and here and there. Even Ling Han could not capture her movements at that kind of speed if he did not activate the Eye of Truth, what more for these six people? Within a few moments, all six of them had been completely knocked over.
“Yay!” Hu Niu skipped around happily, ‘I’m so awesome’ written all over her face.
The other black-clothed people all hissed. Oh no, they were finished— they’d kicked an iron plate! 1
Before this, they had all thought that this restaurant was opened by a little martial artist in the Gushing Spring Tier. At most, there would be one or two Spiritual Ocean Tier elites on standby here; seven of them came in one go, so they should have been sufficient to quash any opposition.
Indeed, only two people in the Spiritual Ocean Tier came from the other side, but they were all too f****** powerful, weren’t they? They managed to thrash seven great elites like them as if they were mere stray dogs, what the f***.
“Flee quickly, report to Young Master Lang!” Someone immediately thought of fleeing immediately, yet saw that Ling Han was currently looking at them smilingly.
“I told you all to leave just now, but you refused. Now, it’s too late for you to leave!” Ling Han moved and slapped them unconscious one by one. Soon enough, all of them lay on the ground, unmoving.
Those waiters all watched on, dumbstruck, thinking, ‘So the boss was actually so mighty. As long as news of this battle spread, no one would dare come to make trouble again in future.’ But they were still a bit worried. The Extreme Yang City was a place filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Even Spiritual Ocean Tier martial artists could only be considered minor characters here.
“Young Master Han, what do we do with them?” Zhu Wu Jiu asked.
“Tie them all up and hang them at the door,” Ling Han answered calmly.
“Doing that would affect our business,” Zhu Wu Jiu said with a bit of hesitation. Ordinary people would definitely want to avoid trouble, and when they saw that kind of scene, who would dare to still enter?
“It’s fine. Just let them see our power,” Ling Han said. As an Earth Grade alchemist, did he need to be afraid of them? He smiled slightly at that waiter who had been slapped and said, “You go and collect ten silver coins from the counter. Your salary is doubled from now on.”
“Thank you, Sir!” The waiter was instantly elated. If three of his teeth could get so many benefits in exchange, it was worth it!
Chapter 374
Chapter 374: Gong Letian
Translator: _Dark_Angel_ Editor: Kurisu
A total of forty plus black-clad people had come this time. They were strung up in a bunches of ten, and hung from the top of the restaurant’s third floor as if they were grasshoppers. There were a total of five bunches in all, which made for a rather spectacular sight.
Many people had gathered outside the restaurant, pointing at them. Some of them were there to watch the show and some to laugh at them, but anyway, those black-clad men naturally became a laughingstock.
However, though there were many there watching the excitement, not one of them entered the restaurant for a meal, because they had all recognized the identities of these black-clad men. They were from the Lang Clan, a party on the level of the Spiritual Pedestal Tier—how could they easily let this matter go?
Thus, someone would definitely come from the Lang Clan later, and if they entered the restaurant to eat, they would naturally be dragged into the trouble as well.
Even if they skipped a meal, they wouldn’t starve to death, would they?
But only moments later, a young man in embroidered robes was seen striding over. When he saw the human kabobs hanging from an upper floor of the restaurant, he could not help but laugh loudly. He walked into the restaurant and laughed. “Interesting, truly interesting!”
“Customer, how many are in your group?” a waiter immediately stepped forward to receive him.
“Just me alone.” The young man found an empty table and sat down, seemingly very casual. There was a kind of soaring confidence in his manner. Obviously, he either came from a powerful clan, or he himself was strong enough to be that confident.
“I heard that the Eight Treasures here are very famous. Bring out one of each for me,” he said.
“All right!” The waiter immediately turned around
and went into the kitchen.
Soon, the dishes were served. The young man only took one bite and his eyes widened, a disbelieving expression on his face.
Too delicious, it was too delicious, wasn’t it!?
“Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!” he praised. “To be honest, the culinary skill is just average, but the ingredients themselves are too fresh and delicious. One single bite would make one unable to stop eating. It’s incomparably magnificent.”
“Hungry!” Hu Niu tugged on the corner of Ling Han’s shirt. She didn’t feel anything earlier on, but when she saw someone eating and drinking in front of her, she could not bear it any longer.
Ling Han nodded, and had the kitchen prepare lunch for them as well.
He, Hu Niu, Liu Yu Tong, Zhu Wu Jiu, Can Ye, and Guang Yuan all sat at one table. When the excellent dishes were served, they, too, began eating immediately.
The food they ate was naturally not something the food sold to customers could compare with. Their food not only contained demonic beast meat, there were even various valuable medicinal herbs included, and it was prepared into medicinal food for them. These medicinal herbs had grown inside the Black Tower for at least about a month of two, and were at least a hundred years old. What kind of concept was that?
It could be said that only Ling Han, in his last life, had that kind of tremendous wealth that allowed him to squander so lavishly in this way! However, he was only in the Spiritual Ocean Tier now, and was also in the north region, an area that could be considered relatively poorer than the others. Even a party like the Winter Moon Sect could not do something like that!
In front of delicious food, all of them began to fight over the grub without care for their personal image. Of course, none of them could overcome Hu Niu; this little girl was a born foodie.
“This…” They were just eating in high spirits when they saw that young man in embroidered robes approach their table and say with a salivating expression, “Can I sit down and eat with you? I won’t eat for free, I’ll pay for this meal of yours!”
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