604 Strip it Clean and Throw it Out! (1/2)

The rain had yet to stop. Raindrops fell relentlessly like great sheets from the sky.

Wen Renchou stood there stiffly, with an expression of shock and terror plastered on his face. His lips mumbled something unintelligible and his eyes shone with a weird light.

In front of him, a searing-white teleportation array appeared and began to shine brilliantly. Mysterious ripples emanated from the teleportation array into the surroundings. An indistinct silhouette gradually stepped out of the teleportation array.

Tap tap tap...

The crisp sound of footsteps of the silhouette not only left Wen Renchou stunned, but it also shocked the customers who were in the queue. None of them expected that a teleportation array would appear in that place.

The person who stepped out of the array had to be someone incredible! Was everyone nowadays really so extravagant? They could actually afford to arrive in a teleportation array just for a meal at Owner Bu's restaurant!

Naturally, that was simply what they thought in their minds. However, in reality, no one recognized the person who stepped out of the teleportation array other than Wen Renchou, who was still frozen on the spot.

It was a young man who wore a spotless chef robe and he had a head full of light blue hair. He looked ethereal and his marble-like pale skin and slender body lit up many pairs of eyes in the crowd.

The crowd was curious. Why was this person wearing a chef robe?

”Junior Brother Wen, it seems like you aren't doing so well,” the young man said disdainfully, directing a smirk toward Wen Renchou as his teleportation array vanished.

”You… How could it be you?! What are you doing here?!” Wen Renchou growled as his eyes revealed a sliver of terror and he began to tremble violently. The young man's look of arrogance intensified and the gaze he laid on Wen Renchou was even more contemptuous.

”You still dare to ask me what I'm here for? As for what you have done… you should know best!” The young man replied apathetically. ”You initiated a Chef's Challenge without permission outside the valley and you even got defeated… You lost the Crystal Cleaver and, on top of that, the right to cook. You are no longer qualified to be a chef of the Valley of Gluttony.”

The pupils of the customers in the surroundings shrunk and they had a confused look on their faces as they watched the spectacle of Wen Renchou and the young man unfolding before their eyes.

What's the situation now? Wen Renchou and this young man were acquainted? The young man was even wearing a chef's robe… Could it be that he was a chef as well? Looking at the arrogant expression on the young man's face, could his culinary skills be even higher than that of Wen Renchou?

”I… I just slipped up for a moment there!” The blood drained from Wen Renchou's face and hopelessness could be seen in his eyes. He knew that this young man was there to deliver judgment onto him. He knew that he would be unable to contest whatever this young man said from that moment on. He was to return to Valley of Gluttony and receive punishment accordingly.

”Senior Brother… Please spare me! I don't want to return to the Valley of Gluttony…” Signs of weakness gradually appeared in Wen Renchou's eyes. When he imagined how pathetic he would be after returning to the Valley of Gluttony, he could no longer bear it.

The contempt in the young man's eyes for Wen Renchou rose by another notch, ”Wen Renchou, you really are getting more and more disappointing.” After saying his piece, the young man opened his palm. A ball of green flame burned on his open palm. ”As a chef of the Valley of Gluttony, you will be a member of the Valley of Gluttony when you're alive and a ghost of the Valley of Gluttony when you're dead… You cannot escape this fate.” The young man snorted coldly.

His words sent shivers up the spines of many of the people surrounding them.

A pure white bun appeared in the ball of green flame. With a flick of the young man's fingers, it was sent flying toward Wen Renchou. The latter stared at the bun and fear and helplessness were written all over his face.

”I don't want to! Zhou Tong, how dare you do this to me!” Wen Renchou howled as he retreated frantically. He turned and fled into the distance. He wanted to escape. Once he consumed the bun, everything would be over.

However, the young man who was called Zhou Tong simply smirked. ”No wonder our master was so disappointed in you… Wen Renchou, ah Wen Renchou, you're really the greatest disgrace of our Valley of Gluttony,” Zhou Tong said plainly.

As soon as the words left his mouth, he immediately disappeared. In the next moment, he appeared in front of Wen Renchou. With a wave of his hand, a jade talisman appeared. As Zhou Tong crushed the jade talisman, a wave of unique ripples spread out from it. A bright light shot forth and bound Wen Renchou tightly.

”Just eat this entire bun and follow me back to the valley. Join the servants obediently. From today onwards, you're no longer a second-grade chef of the Valley of Gluttony” Zhou Tong mocked lightly.

He grabbed Wen Renchou's chin firmly and channeled a wave of true energy through his fingers.

Wen Renchou's nerves were triggered and his mouth opened wide without his control. The bun was forced into Wen Renchou's mouth and in an instant, his eyes turned a dead grey. On the crown of his head, the indistinct figures of two spirit beasts appeared. When the bun entered his stomach, the figures of the beasts dispersed like smoke.

Zhou Tong patted him gently on his back and a chain emerged and wrapped around Wen Renchou tightly. He put Wen Renchou in a cage and placed him under supervision. After completing this, Zhou Tong let out a soft sigh.

As if feeling the gazes of the surrounding customers, he was slightly startled. He turned his head towards them and gave a warm laugh. ”Oh, this is actually a restaurant? Could the chef of this restaurant be the chef who trounced my Junior Brother in the Chef's Challenge?” Zhou Tong said with a slight smile. His voice was as gentle as the whispers of a spring breeze.

However, no one dared to take him as a gentle person. The sight of him force feeding the poisoned bun to Wen Renchou was carved deeply into the minds of all who witnessed it. This was an extremely ruthless person!

”This restaurant is really small,” he said indifferently with a smile while casting a perfunctory glance over the restaurant as he stood outside.

The rain in the sky descended in sheets. The raindrops that landed on him were instantly boiled into steam by the green flame burning on the surface of his body, endowing him with an elegant air.

The surrounding audience watched on in silence.

Zhou Tong began to walk slowly as he passed the crowd and headed toward the Cloud Mist Restaurant.

”If you want to taste the Boss' dishes, you have to queue up!” someone in the crowd said disgruntledly after seeing Zhou Tong walking to the front of the queue.