Chapter 1999: This thing looks a bit familiar

At the moment the door opened, the scene became chaotic for a while, but it soon settled down.

The people present spontaneously maintained order, leaving Zhao Buzhu and the fat shopkeeper with numb scalps.

Is there really such an inn in this world? Are we here to eat, or to worship our ancestors?

Only to see the crowd begin to slowly move forward.

Ye Zhangqing's spirit-city artifact is not large—just a front courtyard and a back courtyard.

The back courtyard is where Ye Zhangqing lives; the front courtyard is for receiving guests.

However, such a small place could not possibly seat so many people; nobody minded, they got their food, saw there was no space inside, and, accustomed to it, each found a spot to squat and began eating heartily.

Watching this made Zhao Buzhu and the fat shopkeeper's eyelids twitch wildly.

There's no service either?

After the first batch of people finished their meals, everyone even cast cleaning spells on their own bowls and chopsticks.

Even the bowls are washed by themselves?

Zhao Buzhu and the fat shopkeeper were completely numb—what is this? Is the canteen magical, or has everyone been poisoned?

With this, you still come to eat? You're paying money just to make yourselves uncomfortable.

Zhao Buzhu and the fat shopkeeper could not understand the crowd's behavior—coming to an inn is for consumption, and once you've consumed, you should enjoy it.

But looking around, Zhao Buzhu and the fat shopkeeper saw no sign of enjoyment at all; they were purely here to make themselves uncomfortable.

Yet every person's face bore a satisfied expression, the happiness on their faces impossible to hide.

Absurd, utterly absurd.

With more and more doubts in their hearts, Zhao Buzhu and the fat shopkeeper could only follow the crowd forward bit by bit.

However, because they arrived late, their positions were far back, and there was still a long way to go before they could eat; having no choice, and unwilling to just leave, they gritted their teeth and stayed in line.

One after another, they got their meals and began eating.

Just as everyone was orderly queuing for meals, a tremendous demonic aura suddenly appeared on the distant horizon and rushed rapidly toward them.

That demonic aura seemed to obscure the sky itself.

Seeing this, the people eating also unconsciously looked up.

"A demonic beast?"

"It's not a demonic beast; it looks like an immortal beast no matter how you look at it."

"An immortal-beast of immortal-realm level?"

Prison Immortal Town rarely sees demonic beast attacks, after all there are no powerful demonic beasts around.

Let alone immortal beasts—they are even harder to come by in ordinary times.

And this immortal beast appears to be heading straight for their Prison Immortal Town.

An immortal-realm immortal beast made many people's hearts tighten.

If mishandled, something bad is likely to happen.

Many gazes turned to Li Chengshan, after all he is the town elder of Prison Immortal Town.

If anything happens, he naturally has to step forward.

At this moment Li Chengshan had just finished his meal with Ma Lin, likewise looked up at the immortal beast steadily approaching on the horizon, and frowned as he spoke.

"How could an immortal beast come to Prison Immortal Town?"

"How would I know? Now is not the time to talk—we should quickly subdue it, otherwise if this beast gets into the town, casualties will surely be great."

"Hmm."

Ma Lin's face darkened as he spoke; hearing this, Li Chengshan nodded in agreement—indeed, we cannot let this immortal beast enter the city.

While the two were speaking, the immortal beast had already swiftly flown toward Prison Immortal Town.

Since it came from another direction, Li Chengshan and Ma Lin both intended to put down their bowls and chopsticks first, and eat after dealing with the immortal beast.

But no one expected that the immortal beast would not enter the town; instead, it turned its head and headed for the canteen.

"Huh???"

"Is this beast charging at the canteen?"

Seeing this, everyone was baffled—why would it not enter the town and instead head for a small inn?

And Li Chengshan in the crowd, watching the immortal beast draw nearer, felt a flicker of surprise and doubt in his eyes.

"Huh? This thing looks somewhat familiar."

"Don't brag; don't tell me this is your pet beast."

"Nonsense; when have I ever cultivated the beast‑taming path?"

"Then what's familiar about it is just bullshit."

"Don't you remember I hunted and killed an immortal beast when I was young?"

"Still bragging at this point? Are you addicted to bragging?"

Ma Lin retorted angrily, but Li Chengshan beside him stared fixedly at the ever‑approaching immortal beast, ignoring him.

It looks, it's just too similar—practically identical, except for being larger in size and stronger in strength; everything else is as if cast from the same mold.

Seeing Li Chengshan not retort, Ma Lin was also taken aback; looking at his serious expression, he asked suspiciously.

"You're not saying that's true, are you?"

"Why would I lie to you? It's truly exactly the same as the immortal beast I killed when I was young."

"Heh, well then, it's probably come back to take revenge on you."

"Huh???"

Ma Lin snorted, saying that the immortal beast Li Chengshan had hunted back then, he claimed, had been sold to a senior expert.

After that he never saw that person again, but now an identical immortal beast has appeared.

Moreover, not only did it have no intention of entering the town, it came straight for them.

I reckon it's coming for Li Chengshan; this beast is here to take revenge.

"Nonsense, I personally killed that Immortal Beast back then; what, did it come back to life?"

So why is it................

"Roar."

Not far from the Canteen Tavern, the Immortal Beast let out an angry roar, its eyes filled with blood-red, its killing intent overwhelming.

Even without communication, one could tell from its gaze the Immortal Beast's overwhelming hatred.

Moreover, the direction in which the Immortal Beast roared was exactly where Li Chengshan was, and its blood-red eyes had been locked onto him from the very start.

At first it wasn't certain, but as the Immortal Beast drew nearer, it was indeed heading straight for Li Chengshan.

Seeing this, Ma Lin also wiped off his smile and said coldly.

"This beast really is coming for you."

"I know."

Li Chengshan gritted his teeth, impossible—it can't be that Immortal Beast from back then; he had already killed it.

Besides that Immortal Beast, Li Chengshan has never killed any other Immortal Beast in his life.

For a moment he couldn't figure it out, but a single remark from Ma Lin made Li Chengshan suddenly understand.

"Could it be that you killed its sibling back then, and now it's grown up and returned to avenge its brother?"

Huh???

It seems there is such a possibility; otherwise it wouldn't make sense.

Roar................

With an angry roar, the Immortal Beast had already swooped down from above.

Its massive form enveloped everyone.

Although the target was Li Chengshan, if this strike landed, the Canteen Tavern would also be caught in the aftermath.

Seeing that the Canteen was within the beast's attack range, someone immediately shouted.

"Looking for death, this beast wants to attack the Canteen."

"Stop it, don't let the beast succeed."

"Exactly, this is an Immortal Beast, top-grade ingredients; kill it and send it to Ye Xiaozi."

"That's a good idea; shall we all attack together?"

"Alright, let's join forces and kill this beast."

"Hey, have you forgotten something? This beast has already reached the Immortal Realm."

"So what?"

"Our cultivation........"

Huh???