Part 3
Elias shook his head blankly: Am I really… free?
Can I trust the person in front of me? Is everything he said earlier really true?
In the end, he could only follow Young Master Bai away in a trance.
Ning Yunyi left everything to Young Master Bai and didn’t interfere further. He indeed found a tracker in that device, then promptly wrote a program to reverse-track it.
He originally thought that since the South City Underground City people were tracking them, the mastermind South City Lord would be impatient to find West City.
Who knew the other party wouldn’t make a move for two days? It wasn’t until the third day that he saw the red dot from the reverse tracking start to move from South City, heading west, precisely toward the Underground City where he was.
Ning Yunyi contacted City Lord Xuan to give him a heads-up.
Then he went to the Food District.
This time coincided with the opening hours of the six shops in the Food District. After two days of gourmet bombardment, not only did diners from District F hear the news and come running to queue before dawn, but even those from two nearby districts came.
For the South City Lord to come at this time, saying he didn’t intend to pick a fightâNing Yunyi wouldn’t believe it.
When he arrived at the Food District, he glanced at his wristband. The South City Lord’s people were about at the entrance of the Underground City.
He went to find Young Master Bai first.
When Young Master Bai had nothing to do, he would stand by the big bucket in the braised pork shop. As the heat and aroma spread, he would stand there sniffing vigorously.
No matter how many times he smelled it, he still felt the braised pork smelled heavenly.
Of course, now he didn’t have to guard the shop. He would occasionally wander to the neighboring shops, sniffing the scents one by one.
After two days of training, Elias’s knife skills were top-notch. His spiritual power was high to begin with, giving him strong control. The braised pork he cut was almost identical in portion size every time.
The customers were satisfied. Of course, looking at this new little brother, they also found him extremely good-looking.
That face, that figure, especially that head of silver hair and red agate eyesâone look, and half their soul was gone.
The other half was lost to the aroma of the braised pork.
Elias looked at the eye-sore Young Master Bai standing next to him. Thinking about it, he decided to endure. This was the boss’s nephew, a connection; he had to endure.
He looked up, about to call for the next customer, when his eyes lit up. “Mr. Bai.”
Young Master Bai also swiveled around. “Uncle, why are you here?”
Ning Yunyi waved his hand. He didn’t go in but stood aside, telling them to continue and ignore him.
On the other side, the South City Lord brought ten subordinates with him this time, all experts with strong spiritual power.
Even though he had received detailed reports over the past two days, when he actually arrived at West City and saw the foot traffic significantly higher than South City, his face still darkened.
Not only that, but just outside the door, he caught a whiff of a scent so rich it made people unable to move their legs, wafting over faintly.
Knowing about it was one thing, but actually witnessing it brought a sense of crisis. The South City Lord took a deep breath to suppress the anger and the fear that was replacing it.
He had originally thought that once Elias appeared, their South City would become the leader of the four cities in District F. But they were completely suppressed by the [Barbecue Skewers] and [Braised Pork] launched by West City.
Because these two were so shocking, the so-called auction barely made a splash.
At first, he thought the one who bought Elias was Anselm from West City, thinking he wanted to open up and join in for a share of the pie.
Only after investigating did he learn that Anselm had betrayed City Lord Xuan a few days ago and was dealt with directly.
Now City Lord Xuan had retired behind the scenes, and a new City Lord was temporarily acting in his place.
“City Lord, should we go straight in? City Lord Xuan will probably be informed immediately,” a subordinate said, feeling that the current West City was different and fearing a trap.
The South City Lord sneered. “Their people dared to come to my turf to buy people; why can’t we come?”
Moreover, besides stealing customers, they also stole business.
Although the Qiao family didn’t say it directly, they only said their current cooperation with South City still counted, but they had a better choice for the future.
Resulting investigations showed that the Qiao family was actually in contact with West City.
This was intolerable. Today, he was going to see what kind of barbecue skewers could steal back all the customers they had schemed to get!
He planned to deliberately say it tasted bad. He wanted to see how City Lord Xuan would explain.
The South City Lord and his group smoothly entered the Underground City with their passes. Arriving at the entrance of the Food District and seeing the sea of people ahead, he tilted his chin forward. The ten subordinates immediately dispersed to line up at the six shops.
The South City Lord stood there staring, rehearsing countless times in his mind how to cause trouble, how to smash the skewers, and how to fake the most realistic “it tastes bad” performance.
He wasn’t afraid of City Lord Xuan getting angry. It was a good chance to meet the person and see if he was really seriously injured and not long for this world.
If that were true, perhaps he could unite with the other two families to annex West City.
The barbecue skewers were slow, but on the braised pork side, four subordinates split into two groups and got four portions first.
When the four carefully carried the braised pork out, it was entirely by sheer willpower that they didn’t eat it in one bite.
When they got outside, the four subordinates’ voices were floating. “City Lord… b-bought it.”
The South City Lord rolled his eyes at them. “You bought it, so you bought it. Why are you trembling?”
The four swallowed simultaneously. “How about you try it first, City Lord…” Thinking about it, they said in unison, “One portion is enough for acting. How about we eat the other three portions first?”
Otherwise, it would be such a waste later.
The South City Lord smelled the increasingly rich meat aroma in the air and scoffed. Useless things. It smells good, so it’s good? Probably some gimmick created with special perfume derivatives.
How good can exotic beast meat be?
He can even get half-beasts privately; what good things hasn’t he tasted?
He snatched a portion, opened the lid, looked down, and froze.
The South City Lord frowned, staring fixedly at the braised pork close at hand. The impact was so strong that he couldn’t recover for a moment.
His brain was buzzing. His eyes were glued to the piece of braised pork, which was smaller than a palm. Because of his rough action, the stewed, soft, and bright-colored braised pork was trembling, with a thin layer of sauce spilled on the box.
The South City Lord couldn’t help but lower his head and take a bite instinctively.
Instantly, the rich meat aroma melted in his mouth. In a flash, his mouth was full of special meat fragrance, completely different from the texture of the exotic beast meat he had gnawed on before.
Exotic beast meat was dry, hard, and had a strange smell. No matter how it was processed, a lot remained.
But the exotic beast meat in front of him had absolutely no strange fishy smell. The only thing present was pure meat aroma.
Plus the rich spices mixed with other complex flavors made him swallow the rest of the braised pork in one big gulp.
One piece wasn’t enough to fill the gaps between his teeth. He fiercely snatched another portion and immediately gobbled it up.
Soon, another portion.
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