Fire pot restaurant, second floor.
The place was packed to the brim, the business of the restaurant was booming. Steam from the hot pot continuously rose, and the red beef tallow hot pot kept bubbling, greatly stimulating one's appetite.
However, Luo Yu had no appetite at the moment, his head buzzing.
Bi Bidong and Xiao Wu and her mother sat opposite him, looking at him with shallow smiles that made his skin crawl, while Qin Lan and Jia Lan also sat there somewhat awkwardly.
He didn't want to come up here originally, but getting caught red-handed, he felt even more guilty not showing up.
"Benefactor, I had my daughter contact you, didn't you say you were busy helping friends with errands?" Bi Bidong said with a sweet smile, yet the temperature around seemed to have noticeably dropped.
"Ah?"
Luo Yu quickly composed himself and responded:
"Jia Lan and her friend wanted to shop around here. As they are unfamiliar with the place, I'm accompanying them for safety."
"For safety?" Bi Bidong laughed and said, "In the vast Capital of Sichuan Province, what danger could there be?"
Luo Yu shook his head.
"Before I ran into you, I just dealt with seven little ghosts from Dongying. My men are probably collecting their bodies right now."
"What?"
Both Bi Bidong and Xiao Wu's eyes widened in surprise.
"There really was danger?"
"Yes, if Luo Gongzi hadn't been there, my sister and I might have fallen into the hands of those villains," Qin Lan said, still shaken, without any pretense. In fact, had Luo Yu not happened to be there, their outcome would have been dire indeed.
"My sister was frightened. Let's consider this meal a way to calm her nerves," Bi Bidong said, softening her voice and abandoning her previous confrontational stance, as she instructed the waiter to serve the dishes, and also asked Qin Lan and the other girl if they wanted anything particular to eat. As for Luo Yu, it was as though he was being ignored by a jealous her.
This left Luo Yu somewhat baffled.
By all accounts, he and Bi Bidong, as well as Xiao Wu, had not yet established any sort of relationship, so why was she showing such fierce jealousy, as if she were his wife in charge of him?
Of course, the problem did not lie here.
Importantly, he felt somewhat guilty, truly experiencing the anxiety one might feel having an affair behind his wife's back, lying to her, and then getting caught by her.
What was going on?
Watching everyone now eating harmoniously, the previous tension dissipated, and Luo Yu finally let out a sigh of relief.
He couldn't help but feel gratitude towards the seven "little ghosts." Had they not sought him out, he feared he would have peeled off a layer of skin in this Shura Field.
Even with their professionalism, the waiters couldn't help but show a look of astonishment when serving the food.
The women at the table were as beautiful as celestial beings, each with a unique aura, and collectively they were a rare sight of stunning beauties.
The man was even more breathtakingly handsome, making the female waiters' hearts race. It wasn't that they intended anything by it, rather when faced with such beauty, they couldn't help being captivated.
Indeed, Luo Yu's looks were extraordinarily handsome. Coupled with his cultivation of secret techniques handed down by the great patriarch and drawing from the Origin of Hundred Gods, excelling in various aspects to complement himself, his aura became even more extraordinary and peerless.
Exiting the hot pot restaurant, Luo Yu had no intention of changing his appearance back, instead staying as he was.
There was no need for disguise when with his own women.
If any foreign cats or dogs were to pop up on the street, he'd simply chop them down, for his strength was growing at an astronomical rate.
He should definitely not be measured by the cultivation speed of an ordinary martial artist.
With the cultivation speed of two Ancient Spirits, his was already twice that of an ordinary Spirit Martialist. He possessed hundreds of Deity-level Ancient Spirits, constantly drawing in nature's spiritual energy and it was many times that of an average martial artist.
Even Luo Yu himself was often shocked by the speed of his cultivation.
Is this really the cultivation speed of a human?
"Tap, tap—"
A man and four women strolled along the busiest street in the Capital of Sichuan Province, the man strikingly handsome and the women as beautiful as celestial beings, voluptuous and alluring, creating an explosive effect on the street and drawing countless looks.
If it were simply walking, it would have been fine.
Witnessing these four uncommonly beautiful women, who seemed to be subtly jostling for a position beside the man, provoked shock and dismay among many men, along with overwhelming envy and jealousy. However, once they noticed Luo Yu's appearance, they felt somewhat inferior.
"Weren't you mother and daughter running a small business in Da Jing? What suddenly brought you to Sichuan Province?" Luo Yu inquired.
Bi Bidong revealed, "My daughter wanted to travel, and since you were around here, we hadn't visited this place, so we closed the shop and took my daughter out here."
"And to think we just happened to encounter you shopping with two sisters."
Luo Yu's mouth twitched. He had casually started a topic just to avoid discussing unpleasant matters, but the conversation had circled back to it.
"Indeed... quite the coincidence..."
Xiao Wu sneakily pouted.
Always using her as an excuse.
What travel? It was purely because Bi Bidong wanted to see Luo Yu—of course, she did too.
"It's getting late. Luo Gongzi, let's escort Xiao Wu and her mother back. It might not be safe for them to go back alone," Qin Lan suggested, glancing at the dark sky with the ominous Red Moon hanging high, emitting a sinister glow.
As his cultivation level increased, Luo Yu faintly felt something ominous about the light from the Red Moon, but couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong, just feeling a sense of aversion.
Bi Bidong's eyes flickered, as if she had seen through Qin Lan's little scheme.