Chapter 57 - Establishing a Sect (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

A free meal? Just now?

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It was no wonder this person looked familiar—he was the owner of the restaurant they ate at earlier.

Shen Ying’s expression darkened. She and Yi Qing both turned to Lonemoon with chiding eyes.

“Holy shit, what are you looking at me for?” Lonemoon’s expression also darkened. If he had not been so agitated by that stupid radish, he would not have forgotten to pay. Also… must he always be the one footing the bill?

“Owner…” Lonemoon had an awkward expression on his face as he stepped forward. He had already lived one lifetime and was on his second, but this was the first time he had been chased after for having forgotten to pay for a meal.This is so embarrassing! “Heh, this was our mistake. We were in such a rush that we forgot to pay our bill. We’ll compensate you right now. How many spirit stones did our meal cost?”

“Stop acting!” The owner glared at him and shouted, “All the cultivators saw what you did earlier. The three of you ran away on purpose. If I didn’t chase after you, would you have come back to foot the bill?”

“Er…” Lonemoon blushed, growing increasingly ashamed of himself. He really had not realized that they did not foot the bill.

“You expect this to be over just because you claim it was a mistake? It’s not so easy! All the food you ate earlier on was made from spirit herbs and spirit rice. It would cost you more than ten low-grade spirit stones.”

“…”

“I’ve seen many people like you. You’d continue to hold out hope until you’re faced with grim reality. If I don’t teach you a lesson today, everybody would come to my restaurant and think they can have free meals.” As soon as he had finished, he waved his hand. The crowd surrounding them began to draw their weapons.

“Wait… Owner, I can explain.” We really just forgot. Lonemoon was starting to get anxious, but he knew he could not fight back because he was in the wrong. “Let’s talk it out amicably! Hey, say something!” Lonemoon shouted as he turned around to look at his companions.

Shen Ying and Yi Qing kept quiet and retreated, turning away.

Holy shit, they lack loyalty.

“That…” He plucked up the nerve to ask, “What do you think about this. I’ll pay you double in spirit stones for the meal we had earlier on.”

“Double?” The restaurant owner’s expression softened. He looked Lonemoon up and down, then signalled for the men around him to put away their weapons. “Are you serious?”

“I’m serious, I’m serious,” Lonemoon answered as he took his spirit stones out of his bag. “Forgive us, Owner, we really just forgot.”

“Alright! Since you’re so sincere about this…” The owner seemed less angry now as he continued, “My restaurant isn’t unreasonable. I’ll accept your spirit stones.” He received the bag of spirit stones and suddenly seemed to realize something. “From your looks, you must be cultivators who have just arrived here in the Upper World. I’ll let you off this time. Hmph! The next time I catch you trying to eat a free meal, it won’t end this simply!”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Lonemoon nodded. This is so embarrassing!

“Oh yes, what’s your name?”

Lonemoon stiffened. Was he going to add his name to the blacklist? After half a second, he said firmly, “I’m Shen Ying!”

Shen Ying: “…” Son of a b*tch!

“That’s S-H-E-N Y-I-N-G!” Lonemoon added.

“Shen Ying…” He turned to look at the other two. “And you guys?”

Yi Qing hesitated and replied, “Radish!”

“Why are you named after a vegetable?” The owner frowned. He turned to look at Shen Ying and said, “You… Forget it, it’s not important! We’ll forget about it this time. Let’s head back, guys!”

He waved his hand and, together with the cultivators he had brought along, flew into the sky.

The three of them: “…”

After a moment…

“What are you looking at me for? You were the one who ate the most just now.”I’m only using your name. “We can’t tell him our real names, can we? Yi Qing changed his name to Radish as well.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry. Your presence is insignificant anyway, so they won’t remember you.”

Lonemoon patted his chest and made a guarantee.

However…

Three hours later, in Upper Azure Town…

At every street and alley, the shops had the same wooden signboard hanging beside their doors. The words on the wooden board were painted in gold and they were extremely eye catching: