Chapter 325: Chapter 324: The Barbecue Store Reopens_1

After Lu Yang woke up, Li Haoran and Qin Yanyan also awoke in succession. The father-daughter pair looked around, unable to grasp their surroundings.

“Are you all awake?” The Fifth Elder sat on a stool, appearing carefree.

Qin Yanyan recalled the scene before she fainted. With a wave of the Fifth Elder’s sleeve, their vision went dark. By the time they regained consciousness, they were already here.

It was just like the legendary Universe within the Sleeve.

“I get it now, you just used the Universe within the Sleeve, didn’t you!” Qin Yanyan excitedly exclaimed, not expecting a chance to personally experience this legendary divine ability.

The Elder of the Seek Dao Sect is truly impressive!

The Fifth Elder revealed a faint smile without revealing more.

Li Haoran appeared thoughtful, never having heard of his master knowing the Universe within the Sleeve skill.

Meng Jingzhou, who had been observing all along, raised his eyebrows. He was the only one who hadn’t lost consciousness among the four.

After knocking out Lu Yang’s trio, the Fifth Elder had explained to Meng Jingzhou, stating that he was worried they might have a fear of heights or lack flying experience. Knocking them out made it more convenient to transport them.

Then the Fifth Elder fetched three sacks and efficiently bagged up the unconscious trio, as if he had done it many times before.

“So, this is the ‘Once More’ barbecue restaurant you’ve spoken of?” The Fifth Elder had done his homework before setting off, having asked Dai Bufan for Lu Yang’s mission report, which informed him of the events in Yanjiang County.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, seeing the familiar decor, showed expressions of nostalgia.

Time flies, situations change, and the past feels unrecognizable. Years have passed in the blink of an eye. The Eternity Sect has been annihilated, and they hadn’t expected to return here.

The Fifth Elder dragged his finger across a table, a thick layer of dust clinging to it. “Three months have passed; it’s time for a cleaning.”

Just as the Lu Yang’s group was preparing to clean, the Fifth Elder waved his hand, saying, “There’s no need for all that trouble.”

His lips quivered slightly as he muttered an incantation unintelligible to anyone else. He casually formed a spell imprint with his hand.

The imprint fell to the ground, causing space to seemingly tremble and ripple invisibly, in circle after circle.

The dust on the tables, chairs, and floor undulated with the oscillation of space, coming off the objects they were attached to and spreading outward.

Even the dust on Lu Yang’s group tremored slightly, leaving their bodies.

When the dust, oil stains, and other dirt had spread to the corners of the room, the Fifth Elder summoned a suction force in his palm. The dirt gathered inward, forming a swirling vortex.

Finally, the dirt formed a small sphere, after which the Fifth Elder clenched his fist, and the sphere vanished without a trace.

The entire barbecue restaurant felt refreshed. Everything appeared new.

“This is the Dust Purification Spell, often used for cleaning. In your leisure time from cultivation, you can practice these practical minor magic skills,” the Fifth Elder explained.

“If you ever take a dislike to someone, you can also use the Dust Purification Spell to collect the dust into a ball, and throw it at them.”

This was the original intention behind the Fifth Elder’s learning of the Dust Purification Spell.

“Let’s reopen!”

Lu Yang fetched seasoning, skewers, the Automatic Skewer Array, barbecue grill, and other barbecue ingredients from his Identity Jade, all things left behind when they vacated the shop.

“This Automatic Skewer Array is quite interesting, very creative.” After taking a glance at the array, the Fifth Elder immediately understood its function.

Lu Yang thought to himself that the array was the newest achievement of the upper echelons of the Eternity Sect, representing the wisdom of four Unification stage cultivators.

The Fifth Elder inquired, “Do you have an array or magical artifact for automatically grilling skewers?”

Lu Yang shook his head. They had not designed one yet.

“In that case, how about this: I’ll design one. But I haven’t grilled skewers before and lack experience. I’ll need to grill for a couple of days to practice. That way, I’ll have a better idea of how to design a magical artifact for automatic grilling.”

Crafting magical artifacts not seen before was something the Fifth Elder always enjoyed.

Lu Yang was overjoyed at this; previously he’d been thinking about whether he needed to capture a couple of ghouls, but that seemed unnecessary now.

Lu Yang quickly mixed assorted spices in carefully calculated proportions, soon producing a bright red jar of barbecue sauce, distinctive to the Barbarian tribe.

“I’m going out to buy some raw ingredients,” Lu Yang said, allowing the Fifth Elder to familiarize himself with the process.

“Go ahead, go ahead.”

As Lu Yang pushed open the door, he drew the surprised gazes of the pedestrians on the main street.

“It’s Shopkeeper Lu!”

“What, this is Shopkeeper Lu?”

“Is the barbecue shop reopening?”

“I heard Shopkeeper Lu went out to start his own business. Is this him returning to the barbecue shop after failing?”

“Wasn’t it said that Shopkeeper Lu went home to take over the family business, why is he back?”

“There’s that story too?”

“Haven’t you heard? Shopkeeper Lu got separated from his parents as a child. The barbecue recipe of the shop is a childhood memory of his. One day, a great power came to eat kebabs here. After the meal, he was moved to tears, saying that only someone from his family could have made it. He asked who had made it, and then there was a father-son reunion, after which the barbecue shop closed.”

“How come I heard that Shopkeeper Lu has a very wealthy fiancée and was taken away by her?”

The passersby were abuzz with gossip. The ‘Once More’ barbecue shop was the hottest spot in Yanjiang County, known even in the neighboring counties.

Unfortunately, after the Spring Festival, the barbecue shop closed, leaving people craving for more.

People speculate about Lu Yang’s departure endlessly as they missed the barbecue shop.

As for the death of the County Magistrate at that time, no one connected it to the barbecue shop, let alone a barbecue shop decorated with banners of praise.

“Shopkeeper Lu, are you reopening the barbecue shop?”

“Yeah, without your kebabs in the evening, it always feels like something’s missing!”

Facing the enthusiastic locals, Lu Yang raised his hand and declared loudly, “Everyone, please quiet down. We’ve returned specifically to continue running the barbecue shop. So please rest assured on this matter. We plan to reopen the barbecue shop tomorrow!”

“That’s great!”

By the time Lu Yang managed to escape the crowd, he was again surrounded at the market. When he returned to the barbecue shop, he was panting heavily, feeling more tired than after a battle.

“I’m back!”

Lu Yang tossed the meat and vegetables onto the Automatic Skewer Array, which automatically cut them into small pieces. The wooden skewers floated in mid-air, piercing the meat and vegetables together in a smooth process.

The Fifth Elder took the skewered food over to the barbecue grill, then turned his head and asked, “Do you guys have a specific flame for barbecuing?”

As a Grandmaster of crafting artifacts who possessed seven types of True Fire, all of his flames were intense, suitable for crafting artifacts but not so for barbecuing.

“I have Three Flavored True Fire!” Lu Yang volunteered, his fire being the most suitable for barbecuing.

“I also have True Fire.” Meng Jingzhou stated, a hot flame springing up from his palm.

“Pure Yang True Fire?” The Fifth Elder recognized the origin of the flame in Meng Jingzhou’s palm; every single Body Spiritual Root cultivator would automatically grasp this flame upon forming a Single Golden Elixir.

“But your flame is not as useful as Lu Yang’s Three Flavored True Fire, right?”

𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Meng Jingzhou showed a confident smile, “No, my Pure Yang True Fire is the product of a dual Single Body Spiritual Root, and it has effects that the previous Pure Yang True Fire did not.”

The Fifth Elder asked curiously, “What is it?”

“It can invigorate Yang.”

“Food cooked with Pure Yang True Fire can invigorate Yang!”