Danwu Refining Spirit

Chapter 85 Staged Accident

For several days in a row, the Xiao family's pioneering team stayed quietly in Tiannan Town and did not venture into the mountains of the Southern Wilderness to search for spiritual veins.

The official explanation given was that the Xiao family leader was attacked by a wild beast and seriously injured a few days ago while searching for spiritual veins. In reality, however, Xiao Chong was simply adjusting to the changes in his body.

Having sat in his room all night, Xiao Chong's strength inexplicably increased significantly. This was naturally a good thing, and Xiao Chong was so excited that he didn't sleep a wink all night.

But after the initial excitement, Xiao Chong tragically discovered that this suddenly increased power was difficult to control. If he wasn't careful, the furniture in the room would be destroyed and left in a mess.

While eating, the chopsticks broke with the slightest force, and the bowls and plates were smashed to pieces. So, he tried eating pills and beast cores instead, but they all turned to powder between his fingers.

I just picked up a cup of hot water, intending to swallow the powder, but the cup shattered into pieces, and I could only lick it with my mouth.

After finally having a full meal, I wanted to sit down and rest, but unfortunately, I used too much force and the chair broke into pieces.

What embarrassed Xiao Chong the most was that after dawn that day, in order to express his gratitude to the fat man for risking his life to save him, he patted the other man's shoulder lightly in a friendly manner.

Good heavens! The fat man screamed in agony as his 300-pound body was slammed to the ground, where he lay like a mountain of flesh, unable to get up for a long time.

This is murder! It's a betrayal of brotherhood, a blatant act of poison! The fat man with the dislocated shoulder wouldn't let it go, demanding an explanation from Xiao Chong.

"You've really wronged me, brother! I absolutely didn't mean it!" Xiao Chong pleaded gently at first, then swore oaths and even threatened to be struck by lightning.

Finally, after promising numerous benefits and exempting the fat man from his daily twenty laps of training, he gained the fat man's forgiveness.

Being the eldest brother isn't easy, and being a truly benevolent and righteous one is even harder. There's no other way; for a lazybones like Fatty who refuses to endure hardship yet dreams of achieving great things through cultivation, we have to find another solution.

So, having nothing to do these past few days, Xiao Chong took Fatty to eat and drink to his heart's content in the restaurants and taverns of Tiannan Town, in order to soothe Fatty's wounded heart and also to experience the local customs and culture of the Southern Wilderness.

This caused a disaster for the restaurants in Tiannan Town. Wherever the two went, everything in the restaurants, from small tables and chairs to large doors and stairs, was destroyed.

There's nothing more to say, just pay me back. I'm not a gangster, I wouldn't do something like bullying the innocent.

Fortunately, I had nothing else on me but plenty of money. The money I squeezed from the miserable boss, Tiger, was poured out like water, which finally calmed down the shopkeepers who were crying their eyes out.

Now Xiao Chong and Fatty have been labeled as unpopular. Wherever the two go, the shopkeepers will carefully hang a sign indicating that the shop is closed before they enter.

Like today, they had been walking all morning and their legs were sore, but they still couldn't find a restaurant or a teahouse.

What's most infuriating is that many restaurants, despite having a constant stream of customers, each have a waiter squatting outside, holding a sign that says "Closed for the Day," and making a show of hanging it up when they see the two of them coming from afar.

There was no way out. Xiao Chong was alright, occasionally tossing a pill into his mouth as a snack, while the fat man was already dizzy from hunger.

"Young Master Chong, we need to think of a way, otherwise if we continue like this, your brother might starve to death before we even find a restaurant."

The fat man's voice was weak and listless, but he still looked at Xiao Chong with hope, hoping that the other party could bring him a surprise.

"Here, chew on a beast core to tide you over for a while, consider it a treat." Without saying a word, Xiao Chong took out two beast cores and, ignoring the fat man's strong objections, shoved them into his mouth.

"Ugh..." Having grown accustomed to gourmet food, the fat man was clearly not used to the fishy smell of beast cores and started dry heaving as he squatted by the roadside.

Unfortunately, Xiao Chong used too much force when he stuffed it in, and the beast core had already been swallowed, turning into streams of blood and qi that filled his body, making it impossible to spit it out.

After a while, the fat man, who had vomited water all over the floor, stood up, swaying unsteadily, his face flushed with a lustful glow, as if he were drunk.

Since you're not training hard, the only way to increase your cultivation is through nutrition! I'm trying to nurture you, and instead of being grateful, you're glaring at me like that.

Seeing the fat man giving him a resentful look, Xiao Chong felt no guilt whatsoever.

The two walked for a while longer, and as lunchtime was approaching, they were about to head back home when they discovered that a new restaurant had opened not far from the town headman's residence in Hengshan Town, Tiannan Town.

"Come on, no matter what, I'm going to take you there for a meal today!" Xiao Chong pointed to the restaurant and said confidently to the fat man.

Finally, he could have a full meal. The fat man's eyes lit up, and he took off running, his previous dejected state completely gone.

Upon arriving at the restaurant, one sees a large plaque hanging above the entrance, bearing the three large, gilded characters "Kuaihuolin" on a black background, gleaming brightly in the sunlight.

Happy Forest? The name sounds a bit like a shady inn. Xiao Chong recalled the scene of Wu Dutou drunkenly beating Jiang Menshen.

Just as I was enjoying my daydreams, a waiter outside the shop called out loudly, "Welcome! Take a look, don't miss out! Although our shop is newly opened, we have all kinds of delicacies and fine wines. We're not afraid you won't come, we're afraid you won't want to leave after you've eaten."

"Do you not want to leave, or are you preventing us from leaving?" While Xiao Chong was still hesitating about whether to go to another restaurant, the fat man let out a howl and rushed inside.

Well, with a foodie brother like this, there's nothing more to say. Xiao Chong had no choice but to follow the waiter inside.

"Shopkeeper, bring me a plate of each of your best dishes, money is no object!" the fat man shouted loudly, drooling, after taking his seat.

Even if you have money, you shouldn't spend it like this! What's the difference between this and being a nouveau riche? I'm a refined person, I can't afford to lose face like that!

Xiao Chong tiptoed down and sat down, looking at the fat man with a gluttonous face, feeling very worried about his poor manners.

"Alright, please wait a moment, you two." The waiter agreed, but did not leave. Instead, he stared intently at the chair on Xiao Chong's back, as if a flower might sprout from it at any moment.

Hmm? Something's fishy, ​​there's definitely something fishy going on here! Xiao Chong gently stretched his body, afraid that he might accidentally stage another forced demolition scene.

Oblivious to everything around him, the fat man anxiously urged, "Hurry up, hurry up! I'm starving!"

"Oh." The chair didn't produce any flowers, and the waiter turned and left, looking disappointed, his attitude no longer as enthusiastic as when the two had just entered.

After a long time, just as the fat man was about to faint from hunger again, the waiter finally started serving the food.

A standard four-dish meal with a soup, plus a pot of extremely cloudy wine.

Two dishes of pickled vegetables, one dish of dried fruit, and another dish of meat of unknown origin, stir-fried until it was a dark black, and it was unclear whether it was cooked or not. Next to it was a rough porcelain bowl filled with half a bowl of water, with a few vegetable leaves floating on top; this was probably the soup.

Why isn't there any of the promised delicacies and fine wines? How can I be happy in such a carefree place? Xiao Chong stared at the "food" on the table for a long time, but couldn't bring himself to eat it.

The fat man was probably starving, so he didn't pick and choose his food at all and started eating ravenously.

After finishing his meal, seeing that Xiao Chong hadn't touched it, she wiped her mouth apologetically and said, "I've been walking all morning and I was starving, so I didn't think about anything else. How about I get you another serving?"

"How could you possibly swallow this 'delicacy'!" Xiao Chong said to the waiter with a dark face, "Check, please!"

"Your table is a full-course banquet from the south, which, including drinks, will cost a total of 100,000 taels of silver. In addition, our business is small and profits are meager, so we do not offer credit!" the waiter said expressionlessly.

This is ripping off customers! Four dishes and a soup, even in the past, would have been the standard for honest and self-disciplined public servants. How did it become a grand banquet in your hands?

Damn it! If you're so good at business, why don't you go to Qingdao and sell prawns?

"That's all!" Xiao Chong stood up and threw a copper coin on the table, staring fiercely at the waiter, his face already as black as the bottom of the pot.

Seeing Xiao Chong leading the fat man away, the waiter stepped forward to stop them, saying in a sarcastic tone, "Gentlemen, you can't just dine and dash in Happy Forest."

Xiao Chong's brow twitched, his bushy eyebrows trembled, radiating boundless killing intent. He pushed the waiter aside and said, "What are you waiting for?"

"Bang!" Before her fingers even touched the waiter, he was thrown off his feet like a paper doll in the wind and slammed onto the table.

"Clang!" The table was smashed open, scattering into a pile of wooden planks, and the spilled soup splashed all over the waiter's head and face.

A master, absolutely a master! I secretly tested that table while the fat man was eating. Although it wasn't very useful, it was definitely not something that just anyone could collapse on it.

It could definitely withstand the full force of someone with a physique like the fat man's. There's only one reason: the other person used hidden force when pressing down on it.

Xiao Chong stared intently at the man lying on the ground, ready to face any sudden attack from him.

But the waiter didn't make any attacking move. Instead, he slowly got up, wiped the juice from his head, and said with a mournful face, "Sir, it's nothing that you hit me. I'm of lowly status, and even my life isn't worth much. But you absolutely have to pay for that table."

"How much compensation do you want?" Xiao Chong asked with a mocking laugh, clearly intrigued.

The waiter, still wearing an expression as if his parents had died, said, "Sir, you may not know this, but this table was once used by a Martial Saint. It is said that it contains a piece of the Martial Saint's insights, worth at least a million."

Is this the legendary staged accident scam? A risk-free, high-profit scheme, even more sophisticated than ripping off customers? But this excuse is utterly shameless. Why don't you just say it was used by a martial god? Wouldn't that be worth more?

Xiao Chong's lips twitched; he looked down on the waiter's unprofessional behavior.

Seeing that Xiao Chong remained silent, the shopkeeper assumed he had intimidated him and added, "It's gold!"

You're getting more and more worked up. Who do you think I am? In my past life, I grew up eating gutter oil and drinking toxic milk powder. I've long since developed an immunity to all poisons. Do you think I'd be scared by a bunch of clowns like you?

Xiao Chong kicked a chair next to him, smashing it to pieces, and shouted, "Call your boss out here!"