Chapter 7: Your Sister (Part 1)

  Considering the eight big legs standing at the door of the Will Communication Bureau, it was really impossible to spare manpower to let Li Yuanba continue his cultivation, so Xiao Si had to hurry up and take him to find a restaurant.

  Li Yuanba put his mount, Qianli Yideng, in the Liu Garden and took down the two mallets from the horse's back. With a thought, he urged the golden mallet to shrink suddenly and store it in his sleeve.

  Xiao Si asked curiously: "Since you can put the hammer into your sleeve, why let this donkey carry it?"

  Li Yuanba said: "Men, real men - hang two big hammers and look majestic!"

  Xiao Si couldn't help but nod in agreement, only feeling that Li Yuanba's two drumming fists were a bit too big. He turned his brain and remembered what Yuling said a few days ago about the escorts and porters who got beaten up and couldn't find anyone, suddenly he had an idea, and pulled Li Yuanba away: "Let's go, Fourth Brother will take you to find something delicious."

  Two people swaggered onto the street, Xīao Sì deliberately led Lǐ Yuánbà on a wild goose chase through alleys and streets before finally entering Fú Bù Suí. This place is known as the number one restaurant in Cháng'ān, where every dish's ingredients are carefully selected and then cooked by the head chef using ancient secret methods, enough to satisfy even the most discerning gourmets.

  Not only that, but this is also a great place for information gathering in Chang'an. In the lobby on the first floor, a list of famous scholars is prominently displayed. Xue Xiaowu's ranking is surprisingly 19th, but it's very likely that he'll be exposed next time the rankings are released.

  He led Li Yuanba to a table by the window, ordered a table of wine and dishes, and the shopkeeper brought up a steamed mandarin fish first.

  Xiao Si stretched out his hand to pick up the chopsticks, just wanting to take a bite. Li Yuanba looked at the steaming fish and drooled, saying: "Four, four brother, I'll show you a magic trick!"

  He muttered to himself, then suddenly pointed out of the window and said: "Look, what's that?"

  Xiao Si turned his head in surprise, but saw that the street outside the window was bustling with people coming and going, without anything unusual.

  He turned back in doubt and suddenly found that the whole steamed mandarin fish had been swept away by Li Yuanba in an instant!

  Li Yuanba put down the empty bowl that didn't even have a single drop of soup left, and smiled: "Look, the fish has transformed... into nothing."

  "What about the fish bones?"

  Li Yuanba blinked his eyes, stretched out his hand to pinch his throat and shouted: "Here, here!"

  Xiao Si sadly discovered that he couldn't be fooled by Li Yuanba's slender figure like a reed, this kid was born to be a foodie!

  No matter what dish comes up, whether it's steamed, spicy, cold or sour, he just pours everything into his mouth with the soup and water, and his belly will never bulge!

  In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, Li Yuanba's table was piled high with plates, but he showed no signs of being full and continued to eat with gusto, leaving Xiao Si to sigh in admiration.

  At this time, five or six sturdy men walked to the table. One of them, a man in blue clothes, said: "Friends, you two are occupying an entire table, where do you want us brothers to sit? I'm taking this table, you go squeeze over there."

  Xiao Si raised his eyes and looked at these guys who came to find trouble, and smiled in his heart.

  He smiled and replied: "Alright, alright, I'm just afraid that my brother won't be happy about it."

  The man in blue clothes looked coldly at Li Yuanba, who was burying his face in a plate, and one of his companions beside him understood the hint, stretched out his hand to grab his shoulder and said: "Little kid, give up your seat——"

  Before he could even speak, Li Yuanba didn't lift his head and reached out with his left hand to grab the man's waistband, twisting his wrist and making a "thud" sound, this guy's head was smashed into the floor!

  Look at Li Yuanba again, who is occupying a plate of Gongbao chicken dices and eating with relish. While chewing, he speaks unclearly: "You... move aside!"

  The man in blue was shocked and his four companions shouted angrily and rushed towards Li Yuanba.

  Li Yuanba was concentrating on solving the remaining peanuts in his plate, when he saw a group of guys rushing towards him with ferocious faces. He couldn't help but get furious, threw away the plate and grabbed them with both hands, and then heard "bang bang bang" sounds, and eight legs frantically kicked on the floor.

  He didn't finish speaking and with a swift motion, he reached out and grabbed at the blue-robed man's chest, saying: "And you too!"

  The man in blue hastily sank his wrist to block, Li Yuanba suddenly changed his move and caught the other's arm. "Ka" - a twist turned him around to his waist. The man in blue was in pain, sweating on his forehead, shouting: "Let go quickly, I am the Forbidden Army Lieutenant General Liang Zuo!"

  Xiao Si gazed at Liang Zuo with infinite sympathy, thinking to himself that it was strange how this guy had such bad luck, running into Li Yuanba. This glutton was the precious son of Tang Guogong Li Yuan and a direct disciple of Qingcheng's number one master, Zi Yang Zhenren. Anyone who provoked him would be "done for", let alone someone like Liang who was just a deputy?

  As expected, Li Yuanba let out a loud and clear shout: "You damned green, oily... piece of crap!" As he spoke, his hand shook and he threw Liang Zuo out the window.

  Liang Zuo was about to fall to the ground, but suddenly felt a surge of heat spreading from his waist, and before he knew it, he had flipped over and landed with a "splash" in the vat of wastewater across the street.

  Li Yuanba said calmly to the onlookers: "Nobody move, I just love watching people play handstands!"

  Xiao Si picked up a piece of scallion and beef with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, watching Liang Zuo emerge from the vat with excitement, with abalone soup on his head, seaweed wrapped around his waist, and braised pork belly under his feet, rushing to the east end of the street, probably going back to get reinforcements.

  "He warmly invited: 'Yuan Ba brothers, what else do you want to eat? Waiter, bring all the dishes on the menu! Don't worry, I'll compensate for anything that's broken later.'"

  Li Yuanba was overjoyed, his eyes almost closed into a line, and he regarded Xiao Si as his parents.

  Two men pushed the tray and changed bowls, eating hot and fiery. In a moment, Li Yuanba's feet had four more legs, but someone reported to the government, and Chang'an County sent two bailiffs to catch people, who were also cultivated by this foodie.

  Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes was urgent on the street, and more than 20 forbidden guards came, and the leader was actually General Yuwen Chengdu.

  He strode into the Fudu Inn, his hand on the hilt of his sword, his face cold and stern. The reeking Liang Zuo pointed at Li Yuanba and said, "General, it's this little monkey!"

  Yuwen Chengdu looked at Li Yuanba and said coldly: "Little kid, you have a big nerve!"

  As he spoke, he lifted his left foot and kicked the backsides of the imperial guards and officials who were dancing with abandon, sending them flying out of the floor holes.

  Li Yuanba finally gave Yuwen Chengdu some face, lifted his head from the bowl and glanced at him, asking: "Fourth, fourth brother, who is he?"

  Xiao Si let out a deliberate sigh and said, "Brother, we're in trouble. This is the Right Guard Cavalry General Yuwen Chengdu of the Imperial Guards I mentioned to you earlier. Those people who just came to grab seats are his underlings. As the saying goes, 'when beating a dog, one must consider its master.' Now that the dog's master has arrived, it looks like you won't be able to finish your meal."

  Yuwen Chengdu listened to him say "beat the dog" and shut up "dog owner", scolding himself and his subordinates, raised an eyebrow and said: "You can't eat this meal indeed. But don't worry, there's also food in prison, I guarantee you'll have enough to eat for a lifetime!" Xiao Siyu was fearless, smiling and saying: "General Yuwen is so enthusiastic and hospitable, it's really an honor. Unfortunately, we have other plans tonight."

  Li Yuanba was taken aback and said: "Is there anything else planned for tonight?"

  Xiao Si replied: "Brother, didn't your mom call you back for dinner?"

  Li Yuanba suddenly came to his senses and chuckled: "Right! I...I must listen to what my mother says."

  He looked at Yuwen Chengdu and said: "Little white face, next time I'll invite you again."

  Yuwen Chengdu sneered and said, "How dare you!" He slowly raised his arm towards Li Yuanba's shoulder, using the same move as several of the Imperial Guards officers, but with a slower and more deliberate motion, as if his arm was weighed down by a thousand pounds of lead.

  Li Yuanba sat still and also stretched out his left hand, with five fingers curled up slowly to meet Yuwen Chengdu's claws.

  "Snap!" In a flash, the two people's fingers clashed and entwined, bursting out a series of crisp sounds, a chess match that was hard to distinguish and difficult to unravel.

  Yuwen Chengdu's expression remained unchanged as he changed his move, his five fingers clenched into a fist and with a low shout, he struck directly at Huang Long.

  A burst of sound, the air around his fist rippled like a wave, giving off a silver-white glow, suddenly solidifying into a majestic dragon head, emitting a faintly audible thunderous roar.

  Li Yuanba still sat steadily without getting up, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, his left fist clashing head-on.

  "Wooo——" The wind and clouds surged, and a sharp gun tip flashed out from the fist, shooting out a black and shiny, indestructible spearhead, meeting Yu Wencheng's "Yellow River Thousand Dragon Roar" head-on.

  "Boom!" The silver and black light burst forth like shattered glass, the raging gale violently surged, sending tables and chairs within a ten-meter radius flying, some ceramic cups and plates "popped" and shattered into powder, the entire wine tower was doomed.

  Yuwen Chengdu's face flashed with a hint of silver frost, his upper body remained still, but his feet retreated two steps backward.

  His face showed a look of astonishment, and he realized that Li Yuanba's cultivation realm should be Tongyao, but his innate talent was not inferior to the top masters in the Zuo Zhao realm!

  Li Yuanba's body swayed twice, his horseback riding posture unchanged, but the chair under his buttocks had vanished into thin air and disintegrated into dust.

  He gazed at the food scattered all over the ground, his eyes flashing with ferocity. With a loud shout, he raised the golden drumstick and yelled: "You, you pig head! Watch as I smash you to death!"

  Xiao Siyi looked at the fire and thought it was almost ready. If they continued to make a fuss, the food would be ruined. He shook his head and sighed: "General Yuwen, my brother Li Yuanba came from Qingcheng Mountain all the way to Chang'an City with great enthusiasm, wanting to join the army and serve the country. As a result, he got hungry and wanted to eat a meal, but someone wanted to grab the seat and put him in jail. Is it against the law to have a good meal?"

  Yuwen Chengdu was shocked and realized that he had inadvertently fallen into Xiao Si's trap of borrowing a knife to kill someone.

  Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, was not only a senior official in charge of guarding Taiyuan, but also Yang Guang's iron buddy since childhood. Plus, Li Yuan had the backing of Zhenyi, the Purple Sun True Man from Qingcheng, making him an old mixed hair that no one dared to provoke, and he was famous for being short-tempered.

  He gazed at Xiao Si with a stern expression, nodded and said: "You have guts!" Then he turned around and walked out of the Fu Bu Inn without saying another word.

  Li Yuanba's anger on his face vanished like magic, and he narrowed his triangular eyes to stare at Yuwen Chengdu's tall back in the distance, muttering something under his breath.

  Xiao Si's heart was filled with curiosity, and she quietly leaned in to listen closely. The foodie muttered under his breath like he was reciting an incantation: "You're not Grandpa's type, you're not Grandpa's type..." His words flowed smoothly without any stuttering.

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