Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 78: Righteous and Diabolic Paths as One Family

The constables spread themselves out and sat down. Captain Wei wasn’t exaggerating when he claimed that they could take up all their tables.

With the branch leader’s table in the center surrounded by constables, it was a scene of harmony, the righteous and diabolic paths coming together as “one family.”

Chi Xulong was so terrified that he hastily lowered his head. One shouldn’t be fooled by the rumors of his arrogance; that was just an image he built for himself. Whenever he did something bad, he would either be in disguise or cover his face. If he encountered someone from the authorities, he would hide away as far as possible.

Now that he had nowhere to hide, he could only lower his head and pretend to be an ostrich.

“Captain Wei, I’m here.” Lu Yang smilingly stood up and greeted Captain Wei.

Chi Xulong widened his eyes as he stared at Lu Yang in disbelief. So you are the shop owner!

“You've already started eating.” Captain Wei was a bit embarrassed.

“It’s fine. What would all of you like to eat?”

Captain Wei waved his hand. “There’s too many people here to be ordering. Just serve whatever you have.”

“Alright,” Lu Yang agreed, already guessing Captain Wei’s response beforehand.

As the constables sniffed in the delectable aroma from the branch leader’s table, they subconsciously swallowed their saliva. It was mealtime now, and they were already hungry, so the fragrance only made them hungrier.

Fortunately, Lu Yang had made preparations in advance, getting the tiger-henchman ghosts to work at full steam before the constables came. They would grill some of the portions first so that food could be served once the constables arrived.

Soon, Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu brought out plates of skewers to let the constables fill their stomachs for the time being.

Despite not voicing it out, Captain Wei was very grateful to Lu Yang for saving him from the complaints of his colleagues.

“Let me introduce to you, this is our chief constable, Fang Qingyun!”

Fang Qingyun politely shook hands with Lu Yang. As a Golden Core cultivator himself, he could discern that Lu Yang was a fellow cultivator. And not just Lu Yang. He could also tell that the branch leader’s table was made up of only cultivators.

He made no comment since plenty of cultivators ran businesses. As long as they don’t break the law, what does that have to do with me? It’s not like running a barbeque shop is illegal.

So what if the table is occupied? As chief constable, I can’t abuse my authority to bully others. That wouldn’t be good for my reputation if rumors get out.

After Lu Yang sat down with a smile, Chi Xulong cursed silently before complaining so that the branch leader could hear him. “You bastard, you have ill intentions! Why didn’t you tell us earlier that the constables are coming?!”

Lu Yang pretended to feel wronged. “That’s because I want to let all of you build a good relationship with the constables. You should grab hold of this opportunity.” Lu Yang pointed at the silk banner on the wall. “Do you see that? Captain Wei gave me that silk banner.”

He randomly made something up. “Before I joined the creed, I had specially found a base beforehand so that I could lay the foundation to establish connections with the authorities. That way, no matter what I do, the authorities won’t suspect me. When they come here to drink, I can even eavesdrop on their intel.”

The branch leader nodded. What Lu Yang said makes a lot of sense. He is worthy of the creed leader’s appraisal. The creed leader had mentioned that although these three may seem to be messing around wilfully, there’s actually a deeper layer to their actions. We can’t judge them just by what we see on the surface.

Just based on how they have proactively built connections with the authorities, the courage and ideas they’ve showcased have already surpassed most of the people within the creed!

“Come, drink.”

After eating a few skewers to temporarily satiate their hunger, the constables began to drink. As they consumed more and more skewers, the constables drank to their hearts’ content. They drank round after round and exchanged toasts, a lively atmosphere to behold.

In stark contrast to the buzz in the surroundings, those at the branch leader’s table in the center were drinking very cautiously, afraid that they might spill some secrets by accident if they had too much to drink.

Toward the end, they even stopped drinking wine altogether and switched to tea instead.

Captain Wei noticed that the branch leader’s table was lacking a lively mood, and he felt that his presence might have been the culprit. Feeling guilty inside, he picked up his wine cup and walked over.

“Come come come, don’t mind us. We’re just ordinary people when we’re off duty. We should be eating and drinking happily when we’re at a barbeque shop!!

“Come on, let’s have a drink!” Captain Wei called out to Chi Xulong.

Chi Xulong gingerly lifted his teacup. Captain Wei was displeased, his face stern. “What’s with drinking tea? Are you not giving me respect? Pour wine!”

Chi Xulong had no choice but to brace himself to down the thirty-year-old spirit wine he brought along.

Captain Wei was spinning in circles as he drank, while the other constables were clearly drunk. They followed him and started to drink at the branch leader’s table, enjoying themselves to the fullest.

No one looked for Lu Yang and the other two to drink. There was a tacit consensus that they shouldn’t be getting the boss of the shop drunk.

The strength of a thirty-year-old spirit wine was not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator could tolerate. Chi Xulong and the others ended up intoxicated. Seeing that they already had their fill, the branch leader found an excuse to leave.

With their boss gone, under the influence of alcohol, the people gradually became less restrained. Chi Xulong and Shen Jinyi put their arms over each other, determined to unite and make a name for themselves in the Everlasting Creed.

“Chi Xulong, the biggest weakness you have is that you’re too impatient and flamboyant. You should tone it down a little!” Shen Jinyi advised Chi Xulong.

However, Chi Xulong was not happy to hear that. He was a free soul and wasn’t willing to accept criticism. “Oh, please. You’re saying that I’m flamboyant? Then should I be a coward like you? Someone who doesn’t dare act by themselves and teach a bunch of students to do the work for them? You’re always hiding behind others like a girl!”

Shen Jinyi flared up. “Chi Xulong, don’t mistake my kindness for weakness! I’m looking out for you, yet you tried to bite me back?”

Chi Xulong was even more irate. “Who are you calling a dog?!”

He sent a punch right into Shen Jinyi’s face.

How could Shen Jinyi take something like this lying down? If I swallow my anger now, based on Chi Xulong’s character, he’ll definitely push his luck further. He picked up his wine cup and splashed it at Chi Xulong. Although the latter was drunk, his reflexes were still nimble enough to dodge. The wine ended up splashing onto Bai Zifang, who was just watching the commotion from the side.

Bai Zifang was also not one to be trifled with. He was insistent on getting payback for being implicated in something he had no part in, so he splashed wine all over Shen Jinyi to give him a taste of his own medicine. That wasn’t enough. He even smashed a plate right into Shen Jinyi’s face.

The three of them became embroiled in a brawl. The others who tried to intervene were instead accidentally injured in the process, which fueled their anger.

I was kind enough to help you all avoid embarrassment, yet this is how you repay me? It’s fine if you don’t appreciate it, but how dare you hit me?!

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I was being too nice!

The spirit wine was so strong that it addled everyone’s mind. Without even caring that they were surrounded by constables, they launched an all-out fight.

Crash!

Someone had flipped a table, sending things flying to neighboring tables.

It was the constables’ first time encountering such brazen people and witnessing cultivators in a public brawl.

Moreover, it was with the constables right at the side. If we aren’t around, who knows how much worse it could have been!

A public brawl among cultivators could inadvertently kill innocent bystanders. This is extremely evil and must be punished!

The chief constable, Fang Qingyun, released an oppressive pressure to suppress the diabolic creed members.

“Take them away. Let them sober up in prison!”

The creed members instantly became sober. Upon realizing what had happened, cold sweat streamed down their backs.

Too many people had come this time, overwhelming the two tiger-henchman ghosts who were so busy that they became fainter. Man Gu stepped in to personally help out. Lu Yang and Man Meng Jingzhou kept shuttling between the backyard and the main hall. The skewers they had prepared were decreasing at a rapid speed.

Lu Yang lifted the curtain and apologized, “I’m sorry, everyone, the skewers are all finished... What’s going on here?”

Lu Yang saw the arrogant and domineering diabolic creed members sitting obediently in the main hall while the constables watched them with mocking smiles.

Captain Wei whispered, “Sorry, Manager Lu, your friends were involved in a public brawl. The chief constable hates it the most when cultivators do something like this. The commotion they caused was so big that even passers-by outside had noticed. It wouldn’t be right to not punish them.”

Lu Yang didn’t know what to say to that. To be honest, I did have the intention of playing with them by arranging the creed members and constables to sit together. But I honestly didn’t expect this group of people to be so audacious as to fight right in front of constables.

Meng Jingzhou’s mouth twitched. “I told you, don’t drink wine. Nothing good ever comes from drinking.”

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On the day of the welcome party, Chi Xulong and gang were detained for ten days for engaging in a public brawl.

When Branch Leader Chu learned of the news, it took him quite a while to register it.