Who Let Him Cultivate?!

After finding out the target location, Lu Yang and the other two convened and analyzed:

“Judging from Qin Yuanhao’s walking posture and breathing rate, he should be at the late stage of Foundation Establishment Cultivation Level.”

“The place he lives is just a regular residence, it’s not big, and doesn’t look like he has any servants. He appears to be living alone.”

“We should stay nearby to observe him for a while. Firstly, to study his habits so as we won’t appear completely ignorant if questioned after infiltrating the demonic sect. Secondly, to follow him to see if we can find the Yanjiang Rudder’s location.”

Man Gu from the Barbarian tribe was confused: “Qin Yuanhao has so many followers, why don’t we follow them to find the location of Yanjiang Rudder?” Meng Jingzhou dismissed the idea, he knew more about the demonic sect than the others: “Those people don’t have any cultivation levels. They are undoubtedly Qin Yuanhao’s followers, but not members of the demonic sect. The sect is not as easy to join as you think, it is debatable whether those people even know that Qin Yuanhao is a member.”

“But where can we hide to observe him? There are no inns nearby, just a few tea house and taverns. We can have tea in the tea house during the day, but what about the night?”

The demonic sect prefer to move at night.

Lu Yang was also at a loss, but then his eyes lit up when he saw a tea-tavern for rent in his peripheral view.

“The location of this tea-tavern is ideal. We can observe Qin Yuanhao from the second floor. We can rent this place and observe his movements under the pretense of running a business!”

Meng Jingzhou nodded, then asked: “What kind of business should we start?” “Although the business is a facade, it must be convincing. I’m not good at brewing tea, so we definitely won’t continue running a tea house. I have an elder in my family who is proficient in verbal talents, and I have learnt how to entertain by speaking, learning, and singing during the time I spent with him.” Showing a professional attitude, Meng Jingzhou suggested: “I propose to open a comedy club, where I can perform stand-up comedy.”

Lu Yang admired the versatile Meng Jingzhou: “However, stand-up comedy would only be lively during the day and there won’t be many people at night. The best approach would be to choose a business that operates at night, such as an entertainment venue, where people can drink, make merry and have lots of fun. This way, we can observe Qin Yuanhao from the second floor without him noticing us.”

Meng Jingzhou’s face blushed at this point, he was somewhat hesitant but more excited: “A business that opens at night, you mean to open a…” Lu Yang nodded: “Yes, I’m talking about opening a barbecue shop.” Meng Jingzhou: “… yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking.” Lu Yang had thought it through, barbecuing is simple and easy to learn, even if they mess up a few times in the beginning, they should be able to get the hang

“Leave the barbecue to me.” Man Gu was fully confident, and even took out a piece of paper labeled “ancestral barbecue secret recipe” from his pocket to prove his abilities.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were very familiar with this secret recipe. It was the ancestral barbecue secret recipe that needed to be exchanged for a hundred contribution points!

Man Gu laughed heartily: “I used to often roast wild animals for myself when I was home, like black bear, wild boar, rabbit and so on. I noticed that there were lots of food options in the Seek Dao Sect, but hardly any barbecue shops, so I put out the ancestral barbecue secret recipe.”

At that time, Lu Yang was puzzled about who would hang a barbecue secret recipe on the exchange board. Now he realized it was Man Gu who had put it up! “Did anyone buy it?” Meng Jingzhou was curious.

Man Gu said honestly: “One of the Senior Brothers told me that after buying the barbecue secret recipe, he used it to win the heart of a Senior Sister during an outdoor mission.”

Mengjingzhou: “…”

I shouldn’t have asked.

Man Gu gave a slight smile, saying, “And there’s another good thing about opening a barbecue shop.”

“What is it?”

Man Gu summoned two ghouls, “I don’t have to do it myself. I can just let these two ghouls do the barbecuing in the kitchen. Plus, I won’t have to pay them, making it very convenient.”

And like this, they even saved the money on hiring an errand boy. It was a plan that maintained their secret and also saved money.

Man Gu had been following Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou for so long, so he had picked up some things along the way.

Lu Yang firmly denied that Man Gu had learnt from him.

Man Gu spent the entire night researching the secret recipe. His home being the wild, the original barbecue recipe required many ingredients unique to the untamed wilderness. Man Gu needed to research which ingredients could be substituted.

“By the way, do you guys eat roasted worms, or roasted cow eyes?” Man Gu suddenly asked.

Both Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou shook their heads unanimously, advising Man Gu to roast something more within the realms of general peoples’ tastes.

Man Gu grunted in agreement, thought for a moment, and came to the conclusion that firstly, he was a normal person, and secondly, since he could accept these dishes, so could other normal people.

Case closed.

Man Gu decided to keep dishes like roasted worms and roasted cow’s eyes on the menu, among other local specialties, hoping that the people of Yanjiang County would like them.

Early the next morning, Meng Jingzhou surprised everyone with his financial power and bought the entire tea house.

“Wait, wasn’t we supposed to rent it?” Meng Jingzhou moved so fast that Lu Yang hadn’t even had time to react before the tea-tavern belonged to them.

Lu Yang was astounded, he looked at Meng Jingzhou incredulously. Their task was just for a few months, was he planning on running it forever?

Mengjingzhou defended himself: “I never use things that are not mine. I always buy if I have the option to, rather than rent! If anything, I’ll just sell it when the mission is over.”

Seeing how prompt Meng Jingzhou was with his payments, the previous owner swiftly packed up and left.

After the previous owner left, a very serious matter laid before the three of them – what to name their barbecue shop.

“I suggest calling it Meng Xiaoer’s Barbecue Shop.” Meng Jingzhou proposed. Lu Yang snorted at Meng Jingzhou, expressing his disdain: “Your name is too common. I suggest we call it Strong Wine Barbecue Shop. Eat, drink, then go fight a tiger on the mountain, very fitting.”

Both Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu shook their heads in unison, not finding it fitting at all.

Man Gu, unusually, proposed a different name: “The name Strong Wine Barbecue Shop is too long, we should adopt our tribe’s style and call it Hahaha Barbecue Shop, or Heeheehee Barbecue Shop.”

Lu Yang had heard of the naming style of the wild barbarian tribe, and thought this way of naming was quite advanced even in the progressive Seek Dao Sect- Hehehe Weapon Shop, Hohoho Tavern, Aahhahah Brothel…

“How about calling it Transcendance Tribulation Stage Barbecue Shop?”

“We could call it Ascension Barbecue Shop.”

I think Light Boat Barbecue Shop would work.”

“Who would give such a lofty name to a barbecue shop?”

They couldn’t agree on a name after much debate, and finally had to admit one thing – none of them knew how to name a shop.

“Forget it, let’s each write a name on a piece of paper, put them all into a bowl and pick one randomly. That’s the name we’ll go with.” Lu Yang proposed this solution and got approval from both of his partners.

Considering that Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou might play tricks, they decided to

let Man Gu be the one to draw the papers.

Man Gu shuffled the slips of paper in his cupped hands, and released two of them by opening his thumb.

He opened one paper and it read “Try again”.

Man Gu, quite confused, opened the other slip of paper, it read “Thanks for visiting”.

ManGu: “???”

Man Gu was unable to comprehend the situation. He was supposed to be naming the shop, not running a lottery… right?