Led by the Qin sisters, Xu Changling ascended to the second floor with his beloved daughter.
"Wow!"
As soon as they entered the bamboo forest environment on the second floor, Xu Yiyun couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment. It seemed as if she had stepped into a real bamboo forest, with scattered bamboo shadows all around, creating a seamless and harmonious atmosphere.
Although there was nothing extraordinary visible from the outside, the second floor turned out to be a hidden paradise.
Xu Changling felt no less amazed than his daughter, but he was accustomed to concealing his emotions. He only slightly contracted his pupils in surprise before quickly returning to normal.
An illusion-type Spirit skill? Or something else?
Xu Changling's spiritual power subtly probed outward and soon found a clue. His eyes flashed with understanding.
An interesting design.
In his heart, he began to pay more attention to this small shop called Cold Food.
The owner didn't seem quite like someone from the Star Luo Empire, yet he remained confident and composed in front of Xu Changling. Everything in the shop was different from the outside world. This small shop was probably not as simple as it seemed.
The bamboo forest on the second floor had an extraordinary impact on every newcomer, but Xu Changling, who had already discovered its clues, quickly turned his gaze to the few tables of customers on the second floor.
Upon reaching the second floor, the unique and rich aroma of hotpot had already entered his nostrils. This unprecedented sensory experience made him extremely curious about the special delicacies on the second floor.
However, Xu Changling, who originally intended to observe the food on other customers' tables, soon became slightly stunned.
These customers seemed familiar.
As the Advanced Spirit Master Academy Spirit Fighting Tournament was held once every five years and was the most important event for demonstrating national prestige, he naturally wouldn't miss it.
Although Xu Changling, as the Prime Minister of the Star Luo Empire, had never had a good relationship with the Emperor of the Star Luo Empire, and they often had significant conflicts due to differing political views, they still had to maintain a false appearance of harmony in front of others.
Therefore, during the competition these days, he had been sitting behind the Emperor of the Empire, watching the matches.
How could Xu Changling, who had access to detailed information about every participant in the competition, not be familiar with the Shrek Academy, which had dominated almost every tournament for the past five thousand years? He even had detailed information on every participant, including reserve team members.
And now, to his astonishment, he discovered that all the members of Shrek Academy were here.
Was it just a normal team gathering for participants in the competition, coincidentally chosen at this restaurant?
Or was there another reason?
He walked slowly over to Cao Rang's side and bowed slightly.
"Mister Cao Rang, I've long admired you."
Super Douluo is a pillar-like existence in any place and deserves such respect from him.
Cao Rang had already noticed the newcomer and recognized his identity. He was somewhat surprised that Xu Changling took the initiative to greet him, but he stopped eating and nodded slightly in acknowledgment. "Prime Minister Xu, there's no need to be so formal."
Shrek City didn't belong to the Star Luo Empire, so Cao Rang didn't need to observe too much etiquette towards Xu Changling. This was the norm. Xu Changling nodded with a smile, intending to leave and not disturb Cao Rang's meal. However, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed the face of the person sitting across from Cao Rang, and his whole body trembled.
That was...
Even as he sat somewhat numbly at the empty hotpot table with his beloved daughter, Xu Changling still had many doubts in his mind.
Why would the Sect Master of the Tang Sect be here? Tang Sect and Shrek...
In that instant, many records about the relationship between the two flashed through his memory.
No, that's not it!
He quickly realized that the key issue lay not with Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, but with this small shop.
According to what Yiyun had said, this shop had clearly just opened for business today. It was already extremely unusual for all the members of Shrek Academy's participating team to come here, and even the Sect Master of Tang Sect had personally come?
What kind of ability was this?
This shop must be extremely extraordinary!
"Dad? Dad!"
"Huh?" Xu Yiyun's slightly reproachful shout brought Xu Changling back to his senses. Looking at his daughter's pouting lips due to dissatisfaction, Xu Changling smiled apologetically.
He had promised to take his daughter out for dinner, but now he was lost in thought again.
As for the background of this small shop, he would have those guys investigate it later.
"Dad, you're daydreaming again! We haven't even ordered the soup base yet! How about each of us picking one?"
Soup base?
Completely oblivious to the introduction of hotpot by the Qin sisters due to his previous distracted thoughts, Xu Changling awkwardly smiled and took the menu handed to him by Xu Yiyun. With his intelligence, he quickly understood how to order this unfamiliar delicacy.
"Then let's have a seafood soup base."
Tang Qianqiu picked up a piece of snowflake beef, blanched it in the hotpot in front of him for a few seconds, then dipped it into sesame sauce before putting it in his mouth. A satisfied expression couldn't help but appear on his face.
Such delicious beef was truly beyond words.
In front of him, Cao Rang was sweating profusely from the spicy hotpot. With his cultivation as a Super Douluo, eating hotpot shouldn't have affected him like this, but Cao Rang found that not deliberately suppressing the secretion of sweat glands made eating hotpot even more enjoyable.
Whew. This spicy hotpot is really too spicy, the boss.
Watching the junior with less than dignified table manners, Tang Qianqiu shook his head helplessly.
Naturally, he had seen the recommended way to eat snowflake beef, but he couldn't appreciate the intense spiciness of the hotpot. Instead, he found the light but equally delicious nourishing hotpot more to his taste.
As the Sect Master of Tang Sect, Tang Qianqiu had also studied the medicinal scriptures held by the Medicine Hall. He quickly identified several kinds of precious ingredients for nourishing and conditioning from the nourishing hotpot.
Delicious and nutritious at the same time, Tang Qianqiu's fondness for this nourishing hotpot increased greatly.
"That little guy just now, is he the Prime Minister of the Star Luo Empire?" Tang Qianqiu picked up another piece of snowflake beef, his lips moving slightly as he transmitted his voice to Cao Rang's ears.
Cao Rang paused slightly with his chopsticks in hand, "That's right, that's Xu Changling, the Prime Minister of Star Luo Empire."
Tang Qianqiu narrowed his eyes and nodded without saying anything further.
This name, he remembered it.
This Xu Changling thought he had acted seamlessly, but he underestimated the intelligence capabilities of Tang Sect.
In such an important stronghold as the capital of Star Luo Empire, if a Branch Master were to be manipulated into a scheme, how could Tang Sect not thoroughly investigate? Under the full investigation of Tang Sect, the incident of Xu Changling sending people to pass on messages in other cities had long been discovered by following the trail.
Tang Qianqiu had previously thought that the mastermind behind the scenes, manipulating things behind the emperor's back and involving Liu Xu in the disputes of Star Luo, was this cunning Prime Minister. But the actual situation seemed to be different.
It made sense; such a clever person wouldn't make such a foolish move.
However, this also indicated that the Prime Minister of Star Luo, second only to the Emperor in power, seemed to be standing on the opposite side of the royal family?
And from the investigation that followed, Tang Sect's people even found some incredible information.
The forces behind this Prime Minister turned out to be those guys.
It seemed that there would be quite a show to watch in Star Luo City soon.
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