Chapter 29: Did I Make the Newspaper?

"Tsk tsk, another new evil god, another lawless evil cultivator."

Li Yu’s fondness for the *Wanfu Daily* at this moment was already written all over his face.

Even without looking at his own retina, he knew that the fifth Truth Bubble must have started accelerating its charging again.

A new evil god!

A new pathway sequence!

Such transcendent knowledge likely carried significant weight in the judgment of the Door of Truth; as long as it was absorbed, the iridescence of the Truth Bubble could leap forward by a notch.

He was in no rush to do anything else; finishing this newspaper, which was a treasure to him, was the proper priority.

The master bedroom was still thick with choking smoke and fire, and that cursed bronze chicken was still clucking away incessantly.

He simply sat down beneath the human-faced peach tree and began to study it page by page, terrified of missing any transcendent knowledge—losing even a tiny bit of charge was an unacceptable loss.

Furthermore, this was an excellent way to understand and integrate into Wanfu City; there was no need to go out and wander, it was simply perfect.

And the more he read, the more he understood what it meant to have "outstanding people and spiritual land" and "simple folk customs."

"An unknown plague broke out in Guanyin Ward of the West District; although it was contained and resolved the following day, it still resulted in hundreds of deaths."

"Post-incident investigation confirmed the culprit was an evil cultivator known as Green Robe; this person is suspected to belong to the same faction as another wanted individual, [Benevolent Doctor Hu Buku], both of whom worship the evil god Merciful Father."

"This act has angered the Fallen Buddhism, which has issued a bounty with a very high reward."

"A tragedy also occurred in the North District; the day before yesterday, dozens of people spontaneously combusted in broad daylight, instantly turning into charred corpses."

"According to investigations, this was the work of an evil cultivator known as Lady Ba, who worships an unknown evil god and claims that all the victims did not die, but rather ascended to the dwelling of a great deity."

"On the same day, in the North District near the Valley of Terror, a practitioner of the Orthodox God Sect accidentally trespassed."

"This person is named Liu Tu and claims to be a follower of the Orthodox God [Heavenly Venerable Who Sweeps Away Demons]; for unknown reasons, he was not tolerated by the Demon-Sweeping Sect, so he forced his way into the forbidden area to cultivate in Wanfu City."

"Just after entering the city, he judged many practitioners he saw in the North District to be evil people who must be killed, thus sparking a conflict; after beheading over a dozen people, he was surrounded and severely wounded, and his whereabouts are now unknown."

"Although he claims to be an Orthodox God cultivator and his combat methods are highly similar to the Sequence 7 [Sword Hero], he cuts out the heart of every person he kills while reciting heroic poetry; his behavior is manic, and it is feared he has suffered unknown corruption."

"In Taiping Ward of the South District, over a dozen practitioners incited the surrounding commoners, causing a riot; thousands of people broke into the [Taiping Grand Market] to loot."

"Although the strange objects were recovered afterward and the instigators were all executed, this incident still dealt a blow to the commercial reputation of the Taiping Grand Market."

"The Taiping Ward Master issued a statement, believing that high-sequence powerhouses must be pulling strings behind the scenes, calling it an extremely shameless trade war, pointing the finger directly at another transcendent market in the city, the East District’s Yongning Grand Market."

"The Heavenly Craft Sect issued a statement today that it will continue to invest heavily in steam airships, monster buses, patrol tower ships, and other means of transportation."

"And it will comprehensively lower costs so that every citizen of the city can tour the entire Wanfu City in a single day."

"Subsequently, our sect will also launch more powerful vehicles, and the tour range can gradually be expanded to outside the city."

"The million ice corpses on the Wan Gui Tundra, the infinite ghosts of the Ancient Black Forest, the evil god remains in the Valley of Terror... and so on, will all be excellent attractions for citizens to view in the future; please look forward to it."

As the pages of the newspaper turned one by one, Li Yu could clearly feel it.

Even though he did not step out of his house, his familiarity with "Wanfu City" was skyrocketing.

At the same time, he finally understood just how insane this city was.

Whatever kind of person or scene appeared in this city, nothing was strange.

"Only two pages left!"

"I really am a bit reluctant."

Li Yu rubbed his skull, which was somewhat swollen from absorbing too much transcendent knowledge, and looked at the last two pages with great reluctance.

He had studied this first issue of the *Wanfu Daily* for a full half-hour and still hadn't finished. The fifth Truth Bubble!

Silently, it was already half-charged.

However, when he flipped to the second-to-last page and took a rough glance, an expression of surprise and absurdity immediately appeared on his face.

The content on this page had indeed been mentioned by that salesman Meng Shenji before he left.

Wanfu City Gourmet Selection!

The entire page was filled with famous large restaurants and eateries within Wanfu City.

For example, the ones ranked first and second were the two names Li Yu had heard before.

Garuda Grand Restaurant!

Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Grand Restaurant!

These two large restaurants alone took up a significant amount of space.

The dishes listed above were densely packed.

The latter was fine, but as a restaurant opened by a high-sequence powerhouse of the Forbidden God pathway, what kind of good things could be on the list of dishes?

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Although a large portion of them had nothing to do with cannibalism, there were still quite a few in the corners that made Li Yu feel deeply disgusted.

Of course, besides these famous ones.

There seemed to be quite a few mysterious gourmet spots unknown to ordinary people.

From top to bottom, they were integrated and listed together as a large-scale ranking.

There were corresponding dish introductions, professional and detailed reviews, and even a scoring section.

At the end, it even solicited names for the list from all readers.

And the reason why these left Li Yu feeling speechless was that he discovered he seemed to be on the list.

The position was also quite conspicuous.

At the very end of the list, in last place.

"Mysterious Private Kitchen!"

"This is a newly opened spiritual food private kitchen; its address is not public, and it is only known to be hidden within the complex alleys of the South District of Wanfu City."

"Our newspaper's special guest was fortunate enough to become one of the first customers and, at the risk of offending the chef, publicly revealed three dishes: Eight-Treasure Rice, Deep-Fried Mountain Demon Brain, Hundred-Rat Stew... the following are the corresponding reviews."

"Although this spiritual food private kitchen received the lowest score in the scoring section and is thus ranked at the end of the list, it is still a leader in the city."

"The quality of the spiritual food it cooks could reach the third or even fourth floor of many of the large restaurants at the top of the list, yet its price is extremely low; the reason for being on the list is impeccable."

"Special Note: The chef of this private kitchen is in a manic, near-death state, so every meal is one less; if those with affinity encounter it, do not miss it."

Li Yu stared at the sentences of reviews at the end of the list, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

Mysterious special guest?

Heh, if not for the tragedy at the old street the night before, he really would have had a hard time guessing who had submitted a post to the *Wanfu Daily* without his consent.

After all, those three dishes had been specifically shuffled and combined.

And now, there was no need to guess.

There were eleven diners that night, and ten of them had already died tragically.

"Zhu! Mei!"

"So this pig-headed monk, before running off to advance, actually used my spiritual food private kitchen to earn a bit of manuscript fee?"

"If that were all, fine, but he even specifically added a note to smear me?"

"For a thieving monk to be so desperate for money, it seems that the Black Maitreya pathway Sequence 7 [Life-Demanding Walker] is not so easy to pass; it couldn't be that it requires 'pay-to-win', could it?"

(End of chapter)