Although Tianxiang Restaurant looks shabby on the outside, the decoration inside is quite wild, completely different from the decoration of restaurants in other states. All the walls in the building were decorated with decorations made of animal skins, claws, fangs and other items.
Even tables and chairs are not made of wood, but are made of some brown-red stones. If you didn't look carefully, you would think it was stained with a layer of blood.
Jiugui and Mu Jingyu pushed open the door and found that it was already crowded. After the traveling businessmen entered, all their nerves relaxed. A few familiar people sat together in small groups, ordered some wine and food, and started drinking happily.
"This restaurant is so lively!" Mu Jingyu looked around and saw the businessmen who were on guard outside. Once they entered the restaurant, they all lowered their guard and exclaimed curiously.
"My good disciple, don't look at it. This Tianxiang Tower is located in the boundary of Yaoming Palace. In fact, it is much safer and more stable than the other states where the righteous sects are entrenched."
Mu Jingyu let out a light sigh and asked with some disbelief: "Master, do you think the western boundary of Zhanzhou in the South China Sea is safer and more peaceful than the other states?"
It's no wonder that Mu Jingyu has such doubts. Since he was born in Cangmangyunzhou, he has always heard the elders in the village talk about these monsters. They are all ruthless and cruel people who can eat people worse than bones.
After following Mo Yunshen out of Cangmang Mountain, most of the spirits encountered were like this. Therefore, in his mind, he has determined that most of the spirits in this world are extremely ferocious beasts. Only a handful of them have good intentions and rarely cause harm to the world.
As a place where all the spirits and monsters from all over the world gather, the Demon Underworld Palace is an even more dangerous place. When you hear a drunkard say that this place is quite peaceful and peaceful, you naturally don't believe it.
While scanning the interior of the restaurant, looking for empty seats, the drunkard explained: "Ever since Bai Ze and Bi Luo took charge of this land, they have established a strict system. No monsters are allowed to do evil here and cause harm. Innocent and random fights. Once discovered, they will be dealt with severely. Over time, the western boundary of Zhanzhou in the South China Sea will become the most stable land among the nine states in the world."
Mu Jingyu never expected that the wild land he had always thought would turn into the safest place among the nine states in the world. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't have believed it just from what the drunkard said.
The drunkard glanced around the first floor and found that the place was already overcrowded. He raised his legs and wanted to go to the second floor.
A waiter who had just served tea to the table next to him saw it and hurriedly bowed over and blocked the drunkard's way.
"Old man, I'm really sorry. We have some small rules in this restaurant. Ordinary businessmen can only dine in the lobby on the first floor. This second floor is specially used to receive distinguished guests. I hope you can forgive me."
Although the waiter in this shop has a humble attitude, what he says is not polite at all. Overtly and covertly, he rejected the drunkard and wanted to go to the second floor.
"VIP!" Mu Jingyu curled his lips unconsciously. He didn't expect that this small Tianxiang Building would actually imitate those big stores that have been famous for a long time and set up so many rules.
The drunkard didn't care at all, and still said with a smile: "Brother, look at our grandfather and grandson, we have worked so hard to come all the way from other places, just because we want to start a small business in Zhanzhou, Nanhai, so that we can My grandson is marrying a wife. I am really tired and hungry after walking here, so I ask you to make it easy for us to have a meal while we are on our way."
As the drunkard spoke, he took out a few taels of silver given to him by Qin Muzhi from his sleeve, and handed it to the waiter's hand without leaving a trace.
"Old man, I must be a villain to make things difficult for you. This floor is actually full, and the second floor only accepts distinguished guests. If I let you go up there casually, I'm afraid the shopkeeper will blame you. I couldn’t eat anymore and walked away.”
The waiter waved his hand hurriedly, trying to refuse the broken silver handed over by the drunkard. But the drunkard didn't allow him to elaborate, so he grabbed his right hand and forced the money into his palm.
"Oh, please don't make things difficult for me! There is an inn more than ten miles away. There are few people there. Please take a few more steps to get there..."
The waiter hurriedly refused, but in the middle of his words, his expression suddenly froze. He looked down at the money that the drunkard had forced over him. After thinking for a while, he changed his mouth and said: "Then... I will make an exception for you. Please go to the second floor to rest for a while."
Before Mu Jingyu could figure out why the waiter suddenly let go, he was already pulled by the drunkard and followed the waiter to the second floor.
The second floor is indeed a place for receiving distinguished guests. It is not only luxuriously decorated, but also clean and tidy. It was quite quiet, with only five or six tables of guests drinking and eating.
Mu Jingyu glanced around casually and found that the guests at the four tables were all, like Qin Muzhi, heads of aristocratic families wearing luxurious clothes. Although the guests at the other two tables looked the same as the other four tables in appearance.
But upon closer inspection, there is still a big difference. I saw two young people in their thirties sitting at a table near the stairs. There were two plates of side dishes and a bottle of sake on the table. After seeing the waiter leading the two drunkards up, they all put down their glasses and kept looking at the two of them.
The other table was near the window, and there were four or five guests of the same age chatting with each other. After seeing Jiugui and Mu Jingyu, there was only one young man in brocade clothes with sharp eyes and a hook-like nose. After turning his head to glance at the two of them, he paid no attention to them.
Mu Jingyu didn't need to be reminded by the drunkard to figure out the identities of the young people at the two tables. They should be the spirits stationed here by Yaoning Palace, specifically monitoring the merchants traveling here.
What's strange is that the two tables of monsters seem to have different divisions of labor. The four or five spirits by the window are obviously spirits used to monitor the merchants coming and going. But the identities of the two people near the stairs were unknown.
"Old man, the second floor is relatively quiet with few guests. You should just eat some food here before you go on your way."
The waiter diligently led the two of them to a remote table on the second floor. He took off the towels on his shoulders, wiped the seats, and invited them to sit down.
"Thank you, little brother." The drunkard sat down first, then waved to Mu Jingyu to sit on the chair opposite.
"You're very polite, madam." The waiter smiled and said, "I'll go downstairs and bring the menu up. Please order."
After the drunkard nodded, the waiter ran downstairs in a few steps.
Mu Jingyu looked around the beast's head and found that the table and chairs were in the corner of the second floor. There were seven or eight empty tables around it, quite far away from the others. Except for the two tables of ghosts who looked at the two of them for a few times when they first came up, none of the other four tables of guests looked at them.
Mu Jingyu glanced at the waiter who ran downstairs, and said in a low voice: "Humph, then this waiter is really a snobbery. Just now he was trying to avoid us and didn't want us to come up. But when he saw the money, he immediately changed his attitude. , please come up."
The drunkard just smiled and didn't answer.
Mu Jingyu continued: "Master, if I had followed my temper just now, I would have opened the door and gone out. Didn't he say that there is an inn ahead? Let's just go there and have some food. Why do we have to stay here? …”
The drunkard tapped the table with his fingers a few times and said: "Silly boy, you are young and strong, it will not be a big deal if you are hungry for a while. Old man, I am old and frail, and I can't bear not eating when the time comes."
Mu Jingyu was stunned when he heard this. Drunkard is a person with a level of spiritual knowledge. Not to mention skipping a meal, even if I were hungry for three days and five nights, there would definitely be no problem.
Just when he couldn't figure out why the drunkard said that. But he saw the drunkard squinting at the two spirits not far away near the stairs. The fingers tapping on the table seem to be drawing these fonts.
It suddenly became clear that the drunkard said this because he was afraid of attracting the attention of those monsters. But with his fingers on the table, he wrote a few words.
Mu Jingyu imitated the drunkard, pretending to be hungry, and kept complaining loudly that he didn't have enough to eat in the morning, but carefully observed the drunkard's words from the corner of his eyes, and the three fonts of Wangxianlou left on the table with Ling Qixu. .
"Silly boy, the food at Tianxiang Restaurant is the best restaurant within a hundred miles. If you try it once, I guarantee you will never forget it."
After the drunkard finished speaking, he leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes, and went to recuperate.
Mu Jingyu responded, and understood instantly in his heart. This Tianxiang Tower should be the Wangxian Tower founded by Jin Buhuan, one of the four heavenly masters.
It's just that the Wangxian Tower is too famous. If a restaurant is opened here blatantly, it will definitely attract the attention of Yaoming Palace. That's why I changed my name, hid here, and secretly inquired about information. At the same time, we will provide some information and necessary help to the casual cultivators who come and go here.
The drunkard obviously knew some of the secret codes of Wangxian Tower. He took advantage of the moment when he handed the money to the waiter and told him his identity. Only then did the waiter suddenly change his attitude, lead the two of them upstairs, and also arranged a Secluded location.
After figuring this out, Mu Jingyu immediately closed his mouth and imitated an alcoholic, closing his eyes and concentrating instead of speaking. To avoid making too many mistakes, if it attracts the attention of those monsters, something could be very wrong.
Not long after, there was another sound of stepping on the stairs. Mu Jingyu tilted his head when he heard the sound and saw that the waiter from the shop just now left and came back. There were several dishes of food and drinks on the plate in his hand. A recipe book made of sheepskin was placed on his waist.
After serving the food and wine to the other tables of guests, he hunched over and hurriedly walked to the front of their table in three steps and two steps at a time.
"Old man, I hope you can forgive me for keeping you waiting for so long." After the waiter apologized, he took out the sheepskin menu from his waist and handed it to the drunkard respectfully with both hands.
The drunkard took the menu, flipped through a few pages at will, then closed the menu, looked at the waiter with a smile and said: "There are a lot of delicious food in here, I am a little dizzy. Just order some wine and food, please hurry up Come quickly so that we, grandfather and grandson, can fill our bellies."
After the waiter said yes, he quickly took out a pen and paper and said: "The old man wants to order something to eat. I will write it down right now and order the cook to do it quickly."
After pondering for a while, the drunkard said slowly: "Well, you can first serve a pot of the top-notch Yunshan Mist and Snow, then a plate of the unique Shiquan Beast Soup, and finally two bowls of ink-colored fragrant rice."
When the waiter heard this, his expression was slightly startled. These three seemingly ordinary meals seemed to have different meanings to his ears.
After quickly taking a pen and writing everything down on the paper, he said "wait a moment" and hurried downstairs.
Even though Mu Jingyu had little experience, he could see some clues from the expressions of the two people. It was expected that the drunkard had just reported three meals, and there must be a hidden meaning in them. Otherwise, the waiter would not have suddenly changed his color.
The two spirits who were near the stairs just now listened carefully to the wine and dishes reported by the drunkard. After seeing that these drinks and dishes were all common names of dishes in Tianxiang Tower, they completely put down their vigilance.
After the time for a cup of tea, the waiter came back again, still holding the dinner plate in his hand. The pot of tea, a plate of dishes and two bowls of fragrant rice on it were exactly what the drunkard just reported. meals.
It was just that when he had just climbed the stairs and wanted to turn around and come to the table of drunkards, he seemed to be tripped by something, his body tilted and he almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, his other hand held onto the railing in time to stabilize his body.
It was during this staggering moment that the spirit who was sitting aside glanced sideways at the food that was about to be spilled. The other spirit sniffed hard. After the waiter stood up straight, the two spirits immediately returned to normal.
After the two looked at each other, they looked at each other calmly. The vigilance that had just been put down appeared on his face again.
