Chapter 1356: I Want to Challenge You

These disciples had no interest in the new canteen; in their view, whether it was the new canteen or the old one, it was all the same.

It lacked appeal; who would go there for no reason?

Liu the cook paid no attention to the disciples' gazes, ignoring his apprentice's objections, and after asking along the way, he arrived at the new canteen in a fury.

But upon looking, the courtyard gate was tightly shut, with no one around?

"Damn it, where did everyone go?"

He knocked angrily on the door, but there was no response; Liu the cook gritted his teeth and shouted a curse.

"Wait a minute, you're a cook—why aren't you staying in the canteen and running around instead?"

Moreover, taking a look at this new canteen, it's more than twice the size of his own—does the Valley Master favor him that much?

The more he thought, the angrier Liu became; he had spent so many years in Bai Song Gu, yet now he was inferior to a fresh‑faced newcomer?

This is utterly upside‑down.

Still getting no reply, just then a disciple happened to pass by, and this disciple had indeed eaten at the canteen before.

Seeing this, Liu the cook hurried forward and asked whether the disciple knew where Ye Zhangqing was.

Hearing that, the disciple also didn't know and casually replied.

"If the canteen isn't open, Young Master Ye is probably in his dong fu."

"Dong fu?"

At first Liu the cook didn't react, wondering what dong fu? Was he visiting an elder as a guest? Or perhaps an inner disciple?

In Bai Song Gu, only those who possess a dong fu are at least elders or inner disciples.

Even the many stewards aren't qualified to live in a dong fu; at most they reside in a slightly larger courtyard with a better environment.

"You didn't know the Valley Master granted a dong fu to Young Master Ye?"

Huh???

Only when the disciple spoke did Liu the cook realize, and in an instant his anger flared, the jealousy burning fiercely.

Damn it, a newly arrived spirit cook even has a dong fu?

He has toiled as an ox and horse in Bai Song Gu for years, going through more than a dozen woks, his shovels worn to the point of smoking.

And yet, to this day he doesn't even have a courtyard, let alone a dong fu—still living in the back of the canteen, damn it.

The more he thought, the angrier Liu became; after asking for the exact location of the dong fu, he stormed off, knife in hand.

But halfway there, Liu realized something was off—how could this be right next to the Valley Master's dong fu, damn it?

If he remembers correctly, that area only has two dong fu.

One belongs to Valley Master Qiu Baiyi, and the other, if he's not mistaken, has always been empty.

Could the Valley Master have bestowed this dong fu upon him?

Is this damned thing drugging the Valley Master to give him Bai Song Gu's finest dong fu?

His teeth gritted with a creaking sound; "You little brat, playing with people's hearts, huh? I'll see if you've got any real skill."

Fu Liu surged with rage and rushed straight to Ye Zhangqing's dong fu.

Meanwhile, Ye Zhangqing's face grim as he listened to Li Tie Niu speaking before him.

"Boss, the Valley Master has already returned; she sent some nourishing soul pills and spiritual fruits, saying they'd help your injury."

"Just accept them."

"And furthermore..."

"And what else?"

"Also, the Valley Master said before leaving, don't be angry; she truly didn't mean it, and she'll come see you later."

Qiu Baiyi left in the morning for a few Shíchén, then returned; this time she didn't insist on seeing Ye Zhangqing.

Upon hearing that Ye Zhangqing was missing, she didn't press the matter, behaving very obediently; she simply handed the items she brought to Li Tie Niu to pass on and then left.

But now, upon hearing the name Qiu Baiyi, Ye Zhangqing couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.

"How can the Heavenly Union Merchant Association be so inefficient?"

He waved for Li Tie Niu to step back, Ye Zhangqing lay on the bed, constantly thinking about that imperial-rank transmission fu.

Several days have passed, and the Heavenly Union Merchant Association has sent no word at all.

With such efficiency, how can it claim to be a great merchant guild spanning multiple worlds?

Don't they know that in business time is money? When a customer buys something, shouldn't it be delivered immediately?

"Could that woman have intercepted it again midway?"

Thinking of Qiu Baiyi, Ye Zhangqing furrowed his brows; if it happened like last time, there was nothing he could do.

It seems he must find an opportunity to sound out that woman, to see whether she really intercepted it.

This damned place, Ye Zhangqing can't stay even a minute.

Staying longer might endanger his life—that woman is too dangerous.

Ye Zhangqing thought of that imperial-rank transmission fu; it is his current lifeline, his only hope.

Just then, Li Tie Niu went away and came back.

"What's up?"

Seeing this, Ye Zhangqing tilted his head and asked; his first thought was whether that woman Qiu Baiyi had come again, and his face darkened instantly.

However, upon hearing, Li Tie Niu replied.

"Boss, outside there's a Liu surnamed spirit cook who claims to be the cook of Bai Song Gu, personally naming you for a challenge."

"A spirit cook from Bai Song Gu? Challenging me?"

Ye Zhangqing knew there was another spirit cook in Bai Song Gu, but he had never been interested nor met him; how did this suddenly turn into a doorstep challenge?

"No interest, let him go."

What challenge? Ye Zhangqing has no interest in dealing with it—I'm someone who wants to run away, where would I get the mood to play these with you?

Hearing that, Li Tie Niu nodded, turned and left the room.

At the Dong Fu entrance, Li Tie Dan blocked Spirit Chef and his two disciples; at this moment, Spirit Chef held a cleaver, eyes wide open, and said.

"Let that brat come out; today I, Liu, will challenge him to a match between Spirit Chefs."

Just as he was speaking, Li Tie Niu returned, his expression indifferent as he said to Spirit Chef.

"Let's go, our boss doesn't accept the challenge."

"Not accept? No, you have Ye Zhangqing come out; I want to see him."

Hearing that, Ye Zhangqing directly refused, and from beginning to end he didn't even show his face; Spirit Chef immediately became angry.

Wielding the cleaver in his hand, he roared angrily.

Seeing his appearance, Li Tie Niu's face also turned cold; our boss already told you to leave, yet this guy still dares to show off here?

All this while fleeing, Li Tie Niu and them have endured a lot of anger, but damn it, who were they facing?

All are Li Xue, Viper, Qiu Baiyi—figures of the Emperor Sovereign Realm; you, a mere Spirit Chef with Heavenly Human Realm cultivation, dare to cause trouble here?

With a dark face, he shouted coldly.

"Get lost."

"What did you say? I'll fucking chop you to death."

Already furious, in his anger Spirit Chef directly swung a cleaver at Li Tie Niu; seeing this, Li Tie Niu naturally wouldn't indulge him, and immediately kicked out, sending Spirit Chef flying to the ground.

Then the two brothers swarmed over, pressing Spirit Chef to the ground and giving him a beating.

The youth beside them, seeing this, also panicked, at a loss what to do.

"How can you beat people? This is a sect; how can you beat people? Stop quickly, release my master."

Saying that, he stepped forward and grabbed Li Tie Dan's hand.