Chapter 134: Kitchen: Savory Pearl and Jade Mountain Bamboo Shoots
Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Kitchen: Savory Pearl and Jade Mountain Bamboo Shoots
"Sigh..."
Zhu Ge heaved a long sigh. "What realm is your father?"
This was exactly the kind of thing Zhu Ge hated most.
You beat the young one, the older one shows up. You beat the older one, the ancient one comes out.
And the cause was always something like greed, arrogance, or jealousy.
The problem was, Zhu Ge hated trouble.
He was currently in a period of rapid growth, integrating new Martial Arts into his Martial Arts Heart every single day.
For every bit his Martial Arts Heart grew, the Upper Yuan Palace he would one day establish would grow an inch larger.
This meant his Divine Sense would also become correspondingly stronger.
But at such a critical time, running into some good-for-nothing rich kid was truly infuriating.
"His father is in the Second Realm!" Li Hao said quickly.
"Young Master Zhu, the Fish Scale Martial Arts Hall is a massive enterprise with thousands of disciples. They have five or six Mountain Shattering Realm Martial Artists alone, and over a hundred in the Anger Realm."
"And Young Master Yu’s father is a late-stage Mountain Shattering Realm Martial Artist! You can’t beat him, Young Master Zhu!"
Li Hao’s voice was filled with a provocative, instigating tone.
She was simultaneously praising the young man named Yu while trying to bait Zhu Ge into a fight.
However, Li Hao’s words also provided Zhu Ge with a lot of information.
"If you know what’s good for you, hand over my Martial Arts Hall’s storage Spiritual Artifact. I, Yu Rui, will naturally spare you," Yu Rui said smugly.
The men behind him also pressed forward, their Blood Qi surging within them.
Big Mouth Li quickly stepped aside, stopping his count of the meat.
Li Hao also retreated with a strange expression on her face.
Just then, a faint voice reached Zhu Ge’s ears:
"Young Master Zhu, if you agree to a long-term partnership with me, I’ll help you take care of this matter. How about it?"
’A long-term partnership?’
Zhu Ge sighed inwardly.
It wasn’t that a long-term partnership was out of the question, but Zhu Ge didn’t want it to start with him owing someone a favor.
So, Zhu Ge stirred his Martial Arts Heart, and a torrential wave of Blood Qi roared out.
Since it couldn’t be avoided, he decided to reveal his Cultivation to see if he could prevent further trouble.
RUMBLE...
His Blood Qi surged.
"A sound like rolling thunder?!" Li Hao exclaimed in shock.
At the same time, hearing the sound of Blood Qi surging within Zhu Ge’s body, everyone present turned pale.
Zhu Ge had only released ten or twenty percent of his Blood Qi, yet it was enough to create the sound of thunder as it coursed through his body.
One had to remember, when his Martial Arts Heart first coalesced, its first beat was in the manner of "the greatest sound is silence."
But now, with just ten or twenty percent of his Blood Qi, Zhu Ge could generate the sound of thunder within his body.
A person too weak to even truss a chicken holding a storage Spiritual Artifact was a completely different matter from a powerful Mountain Shattering Martial Artist holding one.
"A Mountain Shattering Martial Artist..." Yu Rui’s expression changed at the sight. He immediately took two steps back, bowed his head, and cupped his fists. "Senior, this junior was ignorant of Senior’s Cultivation. Please forgive my transgression!"
His lackeys behind him also bowed their heads and cupped their fists in deference.
It was clear that while Yu Rui was arrogant, he wasn’t a fool.
He knew better than to make a powerful enemy for his Martial Arts Hall and his father.
"Scram!" Zhu Ge couldn’t be bothered to say more, spitting out a single word.
Hearing that word, Yu Rui immediately turned and left, but the moment his back was turned, his expression became utterly hideous.
He walked all the way to the entrance of Tongfu Restaurant and continued for several hundred meters before glancing back.
"Young Master, are we just letting it go like this?" a disciple from the Martial Arts Hall following him stepped forward to ask.
"What else? You want to be killed by that guy named Zhu?" Yu Rui’s face was grim as he added:
"However, since this Zhu fellow hid his Cultivation and didn’t participate in the battle, there are a few things we can do..."
"Zhang San! Go report to the City Guard that there’s a Mountain Shattering Martial Artist here. You know what to say!"
...
Zhu Ge didn’t know what Yu Rui would do after leaving.
But it didn’t matter.
He planned to sell the meat and leave the city directly under the cover of night.
With his [Secret] trait, it wouldn’t matter even if Yu Rui came after him with seven or eight Mountain Shattering Martial Artists once he was out of the city.
"Are you still buying meat or not?" Zhu Ge asked, looking at Li Hao.
Li Hao’s expression was also a bit unnatural at this point.
She had instigated the whole affair, aiming to make Zhu Ge submit.
She just hadn’t expected that Zhu Ge wasn’t just a Mountain Shattering Martial Artist, but that his Martial Arts Heart was also incredibly powerful, with a sound like rolling thunder.
Now, she could only try to mend their relationship. "Yes, we’re buying! We’re buying!"
She called for Kitchen Chef Big Mouth Li to come and select the meat.
Zhu Ge gave a cold nod. "Be quick about it. I have several thousand catties of meat here!"
He once again took the meat out of the straw bowl for Big Mouth Li to choose from.
About twenty minutes later, the meat in Zhu Ge’s straw bowl was finally all sold.
In the end, Zhu Ge received a grand total of six hundred gold!
Six hundred!
It was a number that made even Zhu Ge break into a wide, irrepressible grin.
He was happy, and the proprietress, Li Hao, was happy too.
"Young Master Zhu, how about this..." Li Hao’s face was flushed with excitement.
"I’ll have Big Mouth Li prepare a Spiritual Cuisine for you. Consider it my way of making amends, and please, don’t hold a grudge, Young Master Zhu."
"Spiritual Cuisine?" Zhu Ge looked at Big Mouth Li. "What are its effects?"
Big Mouth Li spoke up, "I can prepare a low-grade Spirit Level Spiritual Cuisine. It can either increase your strength or your speed. You can choose."
Strength?
Speed?
Zhu Ge’s eyes lit up. "Then let’s go with speed!"
His strength was already enhanced by Martial Arts like the Vajra Palm and the Great Pendulum Hammer; it was already on par with a Demon Beast’s.
His speed, on the other hand, could use a boost. He’d be able to run faster in the future.
"Alright! I’ll make a ’Pearl Jade Mountain Bamboo Shoot Medley’!" Big Mouth Li nodded and went to prepare the ingredients.
Zhu Ge then turned back to Li Hao. "As for that matter with Yu Rui, you handle it for me, and we’ll consider this settled."
"Rest assured, Young Master Zhu," Li Hao said with a smile. "Although Yu Rui is the young master of the Fish Scale Martial Arts Hall and has lived a life of luxury since birth, he isn’t stupid. He won’t provoke you."
"He’d better not," Zhu Ge said flatly. "If he comes to bother me again, I’ll kill him outright and frame you for it."
’Kill him and frame me?’ Li Hao’s expression changed. She had a feeling Zhu Ge was telling the truth.
"I... I’ll do my best..." Li Hao felt the man before her had a heart of stone, completely unyielding.
But at the same time, she felt that such a man, one whose every word was his bond, could be relied upon.
’I hope he’ll supply meat to my restaurant in the future...’ Li Hao thought, slightly worried. Then, she recalled Zhu Ge’s strength, and her mind began to scheme.
Zhu Ge didn’t know what Li Hao was thinking. After eating the Spiritual Cuisine, he left Jianshui City.
The Spiritual Cuisine did indeed make his body, especially his legs, feel much lighter.
He knew without looking that his legs had become much longer and leaner after eating the ’Pearl Jade Mountain Bamboo Shoot Medley’.
Zhu Ge left the city under the cover of night, sprinting all the way to the valley.
After wearing his [Secret] trait for a minute along the way, he also took the opportunity to slaughter two unfortunate Spiritual Demon Beasts that crossed his path.
Finally, he reached the valley.
"I’m finally here!"
"This trip was so rewarding!"
"Liu Jianjian, Sword Hero, Zhu Sisi, come on out!"
"Come see what I brought back!"