Chapter 554

“Was this written by you?”“Of course . Just look at that calligraphy! Who else could write with such bold, impressive strokes?” said Mo Nian proudly . “Yes, well, let’s ignore that calligraphy for now . I’m very curious why you would decide to turn the original horizontal scroll into a vertical scroll . As for your ‘Guests Come Like Clouds’, it’s not the worst thing I’ve read . “But I really want to know just what you were thinking with the next line, ‘A Cloudless Sky’ . Are you cursing yourself to have no business?” Long Chen was practically without words as he looked at the marvelous couplet written over the entrance . Mu Xue and the others also looked oddly at that couplet . It was no wonder this restaurant looked so forlorn and empty . It was like they had done that on purpose . “Tch, stop spouting nonsense . Do you want to eat or not? Even when I treat you to a meal, you have to be so picky . Are you treating your friend as an outsider?” Mo Nian blushed, also feeling that this couplet he had randomly scrawled out was a bit inappropriate . He hastily brought them inside . They entered a spacious hall without a single person present . “It really is cloudless . ” Long Chen couldn’t help but laugh . Mo Nian angrily shouted, “Hello?! Get out here and receive your customers!”“Junior master? Oh, I mean, boss, you’ve come!” Suddenly, a person wearing a waiter’s clothes ran over . “Where are the others?! Where’s the shopkeeper?” raged Mo Nian . “Isn’t it about dinner time? They went to go eat at the restaurant across the street,” answered the waiter . Mu Xue couldn’t hold back any longer and laughed . They had actually run to another restaurant to eat?“Mo Nian, what are you playing at?” Long Chen also couldn’t help but laugh . Mo Nian laughed mischievously . “In truth, I really only opened this restaurant to play around . There are people publicly challenging my Mo family, and even the renters of this space joined them, refusing to pay rent, so I directly drove them out . “This territory is my Mo Gate’s, but there have been a few clowns recently who like to come here when they’re bored . Well, since we couldn’t rent this place out, I just turned it into a restaurant to mess around . ”Long Chen was slightly surprised . Had Mo Gate really been bullied to this point? Even their renters were beginning to oppose them?Long Chen knew Mo Gate was different from other sects . Qing Prefecture was their territory, and they were part of many businesses, which allowed Mo Gate to keep up with its immense expenses . That was different from the Xuantian Monastery . The Xuantian Monastery got its resources from the supermonastery, while the supermonastery got its resources from the Xuantian Dao Sect . As for how the Xuantian Dao Sect had enough money to groom so many people, he had no idea . Other than its businesses, Mo Gate also rented some of its excess territories to other people for rent money . But now Mo Nian said their renters dared renege on their rent . Perhaps there were many things hiding behind the scenes . “Boss!”At this time, over a dozen people ran over from the restaurant across the street . Seeing Mo Nian, they hastily bowed . “Alright, hurry up and go order some dishes and bring them back here . I’m sure you should know their best dishes after eating there for so long,” said Mo Nian . “Yes, yes, we’ve tried everything on their menu . Don’t worry boss, we’ll go right now!”Those people ran back to the restaurant across the street . Long Chen was unable to understand what they were doing . Did all city people like to play around like this?“Come, let’s go upstairs . I think you’re this restaurant’s first customers . ” Mo Nian laughed . They all followed him to the top floor . This top floor only had a single table large enough for all of them to sit at . From here, it was possible to overlook all the busy streets . The field of view was extremely wide, and it was a very relaxing place to be . Eating here was definitely extremely extravagant . They had only just sat down when Long Chen saw some people rushing over from the opposing restaurant, all carrying large trays . Atop the trays were all kinds of delicacies . In just a moment, these Bone Forging waiters filled the table with dishes . It went without saying that these people really had good taste . These dishes were all amazing delicacies that could make a person salivate . Mo Nian took out dozens of jugs of fine wine from his spatial ring, and the waiters hastily filled up everyone’s cups . “Mu Xue, let me raise a cup to your mercenary unit . I’ll definitely remember this favor,” said Mo Nian solemnly . Although he was Mo Gate’s junior master, he knew being a mercenary was challenging . Each day, they danced on the tip of a blade, and any one of them could die at any time . But they were also hot-blooded people who liked danger, who were loyal and straightforward . Mo Nian sometimes longed for their lives . Seeing Mo Nian stand up to offer them wine, the Muxue Mercenary Unit also stood up . They were filled with respect towards Qing Prefecture’s number one junior generation . “Cheers!”They didn’t say anything . There was nothing to say . All their emotions were conveyed within this wine . Just how many people were able to have Mo Nian propose a toast to them? Let alone the mercenary world, even in all of Qing Prefecture, there were few people who had ever received such treatment . “In truth, you should be thanking Long Chen . It’s actually quite embarrassing for us . If it hadn’t been for Long Chen, we probably wouldn’t have obtained the Hidden Ground Spider’s core, and most of us would probably be dead now . ” Mu Xue couldn’t help sighing regretfully . “You clearly knew it was dangerous, but you still went to go hunt down the Hidden Ground Spider . That makes me feel even more grateful . Come, let me raise another cup!” Mo Nian drained his cup in one gulp . The others followed suit . Mo Nian laughed . “As a person, I don’t have any skill in oration . I’m not like some people who are capable of amazingly graceful but empty speech, so I won’t blindly spout nonsense . Let’s drink again!”Long Chen narrowed his eyes . This little fellow was once more up to his tricks . Just when had he blindly spouted nonsense?After three cups, Mo Nian sat back down, and only then did the Muxue Mercenary Unit’s members sit down, beginning to eat . “Long Chen, how’s your relationship with leader Mu Xue?” Mo Nian suddenly laughed wickedly . Mu Xue turned red . Long Chen glared at Mo Nian . “Brat, if you spout that nonsense again, I’ll smash you with your wine cup . ”“Is there really nothing between you two? How curious, it seems that doesn’t conform with your style?” said Mo Nian curiously . Mu Xue was beginning to feel resentful, but as the Muxue Mercenary Unit’s leader, she had to calm herself back down . “Junior master Mo has misunderstood . Long Chen is a genius like you . We only ran into each other by chance . In the future, it’s fated for us to be parted . “But no matter what, Long Chen was once a member of our Muxue Mercenary Unit, someone who ate and lived with us, someone who fought with us on the battlefield . He will always be in our hearts . ”Towards the end, Mu Xue’s voice began to tremble slightly, causing each warrior of the Muxue Mercenary Unit to feel a bit depressed . The two women’s eyes turned red . Although they had only interacted with Long Chen for a few days, he had given them a deep impression . They were unwilling to let him leave . But the dragon didn’t play with shrimp, and the phoenix didn’t live with sparrows . They weren’t on the same level, and it was impossible for them to be with each other forever . Thinking of their destined separation, they felt a burst of grief . Long Chen was also silent . He wanted to say something comforting, but he was unable to say anything . Mo Nian felt awkward and hastily said, “We should just be happy that we had this time together . Who can possibly predict what will happen on the path of cultivation?“So you should live every day as if it were your last . Come, let’s drink again . No one can leave until we’re all drunk!”Everyone cheered and raised their cups, gulping down their wine . Ten cups later, they were already starting to feel woozy, and they couldn’t continue drinking so fast . The Mo Nian they were seeing today was completely different from the icily arrogant Mo Nian they normally saw . No matter who raised him a cup, he would accept, not putting on any airs . “Hey, has there been a mistake?! What are you doing targeting me? Go target Long Chen!” Mo Nian suddenly realized something was off . “What do you mean, target? What an ugly way to put it . You’re the boss of this place, and we’re eating your food, drinking your wine, so of course we have to express our gratitude,” said Long Chen righteously . “Tch, I won’t talk to you . All you know how to do is talk nonsense . I really can’t beat you in that regard . All of you just wait!“Just now, that brat Long Chen said he wanted to drink me to death! That’s definitely a provocation . So now, I challenge you to a battle!” Mo Nian pointed at Long Chen . “Yes!” Everyone cheered . “Alright, let’s start off with three hundred jugs each!” Mo Nian waved his hand, and a small mountain of wine jugs appeared before them . That made them jump . Three hundred? For an ordinary person, drinking just three jugs would make them collapse . Mo Nian’s wine was peak grade, and they were already dizzy from drinking just over ten cups . It was extremely potent . This was no ordinary wine, but a kind of medicinal wine . It was extremely helpful in stabilizing a person’s cultivation base and was very precious . Most people were unable to even buy it . If they didn’t use spiritual qi, then an ordinary Meridian Opening cultivator would collapse from just three jugs . “That’s a bit inappropriate . The situation isn’t like before . Didn’t your uncle say we should return home once we finished playing around?” said Long Chen . Three hundred jugs of this wine was something Long Chen had never tried before . If he didn’t use spiritual qi to resist, then he probably wouldn’t be able to bear it . Right now, Mo Gate was in an unstable position, and powerful enemies surrounded them . It really was unsuitable to be so unrestrained . Long Chen was on guard, and so he mentioned Mo Nian’s uncle . “Tch, don’t mention my uncle . Don’t worry, those people are just a bunch of hopping clowns . They aren’t able to challenge my Mo Gate . Come, us brothers will drink until we’re happy!”Mo Nian unsealed the first jug, throwing it to Long Chen . He also took a jug for himself . It seemed he was planning on competing with Long Chen in jugs . Long Chen was helpless . Seeing Mo Nian’s excited expression, he didn’t feel right declining . Mo Nian was already starting to work on his jug, so he also raised his jug and began to gulp it down . The Muxue Mercenary Unit cheered from the side . “Long Chen, get the hell out here! Today, I’ll turn your bones to ashes as revenge for my son!” A furious shout reverberated in their ears .

English is written in horizontal scroll, as in left to right . Chinese can be written horizontally, or vertically, as in up to down .

萬里無云 This is an expression that I translated as A Cloudless Sky . This is an expression meaning perfect weather for customers . Saying Customers Come Like Clouds is also a kind of expression, because when you say something is ‘like clouds’ this way, you’re saying there’s a lot of them . So you may see the expressions, experts were like clouds, or beauties were like clouds . So individually, these lines are actually quite good . It’s only when they’re together that . . .