The monsters and the Taoist priests from the sects of the human delegation all sat in their seats in an orderly manner, but the independent cultivators could not all sit down. There were soldiers surrounding them outside, and many of the independent cultivators were blocked outside. Only the more powerful independent cultivators could enter based on their status.
There were people outside standing on tiptoe to look in, but they could only see a corner. Liu An also saw cameras or something outside... They probably couldn't get in, so they could only take pictures of the outside.
There are some people with strong connections who are always making phone calls and contacting people outside the door.
As they were playing, a cheer came from the crowd. They quickly took off their down jackets, put on something more formal and went in. People around them looked at them with envy.
However, no matter how envious I am, there is nothing I can do... The policemen with real guns blocking the door are not fake, they are standing there very seriously.
Liu An entered with the credentials of his original sect. Although he had been expelled, he was still better than other independent practitioners. Moreover, he was a well-known newcomer at that time. So as soon as he took out the credentials, the person in charge of verification at the door let him in immediately and handed him a room card and bracelet.
He put the bracelet on his hand, pushed the door open and walked in. In an instant, he felt a burst of heat and mixed with evil spirits...
Liu An looked around. The independent cultivators who had sneaked in like him were considered later arrivals and did not have official seats, so they were assigned a separate table. Of course, there were also those who did not want to sit with the independent cultivators and sat with the Taoist priests from the sect.
He took a casual look and saw that the dishes on the table were extremely rich and were of a completely different quality than what they had eaten in the past few days.
Most of the casual cultivators came simply to join in the fun. They came in basically to see the world, and of course some came to strike up a conversation. It was a great achievement to be able to hook up with someone in such an occasion. Liu An came simply to join in the fun. He found an empty seat and sat down quietly. Waiters were walking back and forth from time to time.
Liu An was not trying to make connections, so he was very interested in the dishes on the table. He glanced around the table casually. Today's dishes were amazing...
Why didn’t you prepare such a sumptuous meal a few days ago? Is it true that you can only make do with it internally, but have to pretend to be nice to others
"… What are these things?" When Liu An was about to eat, he suddenly heard a voice with a strong northeastern accent to his left. The person who spoke picked up a bowl of something that looked very similar to shark fin.
Liu An was gnawing on some pork ribs with his head down when he heard someone talking next to him. He glanced over there inadvertently and immediately frowned.
The casual cultivator over there was still talking to the person next to him, "Look, this shark fin is so beautiful, and the color is so transparent."
Liu An took another bite of the bone and smiled as he went over to talk to the casual cultivator, "Brother, that dish... you may not be used to it. It's a specialty of the monsters..."
"Hmm?" The casual cultivator was startled, and turned to look at the dish of "shark fin soup". Liu An silently took it aside and said, "Of course, if you want to try it, you can. This thing is nothing special, just a little fishy..."
"Oh my god, what the hell is this?" The casual cultivator quickly put the dish back, making it look like he had thrown it away.
Liu An didn't answer him. Suddenly, his shoulder was patted. He turned around and saw a little monster standing behind him, asking if he could give him the food in his hand.
The big brother next to him stared with his eyes wide open, and Liu An passed the bowl of "shark fin" to him.
The little monster took it, thanked Liu An, turned around and left, brought the dish to the table, and then it was unclear what he was doing.
Liu An turned around and continued eating his pork ribs.
"Hey, brother, you haven't told me what that thing is... What the hell is that?" The casual cultivator next to him was obviously a big brother from Northeast China. Liu An turned his head, thought for a few seconds, and said, "It's a kind of monster... Forget it, I won't tell you. I'm afraid you won't have an appetite if I tell you."
“… On a person?” The Northeastern brother asked after a few seconds of silence.
"How is that possible?" Liu An gnawed a piece of bone. "If you dare to use human flesh in this kind of situation, it will cause international problems. What are you thinking?"
"Emma, you scared me to death." The big brother from Northeast China next to him let out a sigh of relief.
Liu An thought that he had probably gone to the wrong place accidentally... There was no one to supervise them as independent cultivators, and they sat in the most remote area, where the people looked the most mixed, mixed with reporters and those who had entered through the back door. Not all the waiters were Taoists, so mistakes were inevitable.
He just turned around to throw away the ribs and picked up another plate of abalone when he felt the person next to him patting his shoulder again, "Hey, brother, you are awesome. How did you get in? I couldn't get in originally, but our editor-in-chief got a quota from somewhere and let me in. There are seven of us here, and I am the only one who got in."
Hey, reporter brother, which magazine are you from? Liu An looked down and saw the nameplate on the brother's chest read "Taoist Instant", and his eyes lit up immediately.
Emma, it's one of the top ten Taoist newspapers in China. Although it ranks low, it's also an authoritative newspaper. They used to publish it every month in the mountains. No wonder they were able to sneak in.
"I... am considered a researcher." Liu An said.
"Oh, I didn't realize you're such a great guy. I'm going to rely on you for the next few days. What are you mainly researching?"
"Study... the different living habits of humans and monsters and the different customs caused by historical development." Liu An thought for a moment and said seriously.
"Oh, I didn't expect to meet such a capable person." Another casual cultivator who had been listening to Liu An and the man from the northeast entrance talking suddenly spoke up.
"No wonder you recognized what that dish was at first sight." The big brother from the northeastern side also praised him repeatedly, making Liu An feel embarrassed... because he was just making up stories, although they were half true and half false.
Liu An sat down and continued eating, and then he understood one thing within twenty minutes.
No wonder there were seven people from their newspaper office... only the eldest brother came in alone.
This guy is so talkative, he talked about everything in a short while, and his head hurt. He lowered his head and took another rib, continued to chew it, and listened to the chatter of the big brother next to him.
"Ah, it's really hard to be a Taoist priest these days. You can see that the monsters came with great momentum this time. In the past, when there were no videos or photos, I could only rely on words to imagine what the monsters looked like. Today I really saw them." said the eldest brother.
"Huh? Weren't you a Taoist priest before?" Liu An heard something.
"I'm not. I was transferred here later." The eldest brother waved his hand quickly. "My mother is a Taoist priest, but my father is not. When I was a child, I wanted to be a Taoist priest, but my father didn't allow me to. So I made do with being a reporter."
The waitress wearing a cheongsam brought another dish. Liu An took a look at it and looked disgusted again.
Can we please stop fooling around like this
The big brother over there looked around for a while, then he suddenly patted Liu An on the shoulder and said mysteriously, "Hey, don't you think the guy sitting in the second seat over there is weird... He has people following him, but not him. Since he came in, he has been keeping his head down and not talking, as if someone owed him two million..."
Before he could finish his words, Liu An covered his mouth with his hands and made a "hush" gesture in front of his mouth.
Liu An quickly turned his head and looked over there, only to see that the monster sitting in the front of the monsters was still with his head down, eating the food in front of him slowly.
It was a bit blurry from such a remote place, but the man was sitting in a relatively conspicuous position after all, so it was relatively clear.
The Taoist priest next to them who had been joining in the fun also looked quite panicked. He kept looking over there nervously. The two of them waited for more than a minute and when they found no response from the other side, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
The reporter looked at a loss. He was a little confused and didn't know what was going on.
The Taoist priest next to him waited until Liu An put his hand down, and then said to his elder brother earnestly, "Don't talk nonsense. The monster has very sharp hearing. Don't worry about him hearing you."
"Oh." The reporter nodded quickly. Liu An continued to eat his meal with his head down. While he was eating, the reporter leaned close to his ear and hummed: "Hey, who is that guy? Is there anything he can write? I think he looks pretty cool in the monster world."
"Yeah, who is this person?" The Taoist priest who had been eavesdropping came over and looked like a thief, leaving Liu An speechless. "I just looked through the list, and there's no such person... I have no impression of him at all, it's like he just appeared out of thin air."
Liu An was also eating spare ribs when he was confused by the two people next to him and began to wonder, yes, who is this person? I have no impression of him at all... Where did this person suddenly appear
"Hey, look what the guy next to him brought to him?" Ever since what happened just now, the eldest brother didn't dare to say it directly and only dared to refer to him as "he".
"Brother, what is that?"
Liu An narrowed his eyes and said, "It's a traditional dish of... monsters..."
"That's what you just said, brother." said the eldest brother.
"Then let me tell you more clearly. That thing is made from monster blood. As for what kind of blood it is, I don't know. I tend to think it is the blood that the local monsters use to offer sacrifices to the big monsters."
"Will the little monster... supply blood to the big monster?"
"There are many types of offerings, and it mainly depends on the needs of the big monsters. This banquet must be organized by the local government and the local monsters. It's not surprising to get this kind of thing, but I don't think there are many. Didn't you see that there are two or three plates on that table, and there are none on other tables?" Liu An said.
"Oh my god, this monster is so cruel? It eats the monster's blood directly? Isn't that the same as us drinking human blood?" the reporter said with horror.
"No, no, no... that's a huge difference." Liu An said, "The internal fighting between monsters is very fierce, and small monsters and big monsters are really two different creatures... If you are interested, I will tell you about it."
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"Excuse me, this..." the middle-aged bald man on the human side asked the white-bearded old man hesitantly. Yuan Yuanyuan was concentrating on eating the bowl of egg custard at that time. Suddenly she heard someone calling her, so... she ate a little faster.
"Oh, this one." The white-bearded old man smiled and patted Yuan Yuanyuan on the shoulder. "He is also someone you humans are quite familiar with."
"Oh? We humans are more familiar with him?" said another elegant lady sitting over there. She had a smile on her face and looked very curious. "Which one is it that we are more familiar with? Can you let us know your name?"
Yuan Yuanyuan put down the silver spoon and looked at the lady opposite her. She felt that she had gone a little too far.
How can someone sit in the front seat and keep his head down to eat... How can he eat in such an occasion? Are he too careless
A closer look revealed that only the monsters and humans in the back were eating particularly happily, while the monsters and humans in the first ten rows were chatting while eating, humans chatting with monsters, monsters chatting with ghosts... anyway, they were all exchanging feelings and discussing business.
In this kind of occasion, communicating feelings is the most important thing.
But she really didn't know what to say, for fear that she might say something wrong and cause trouble for others. She had never experienced such a situation, so she decided not to make trouble.
Yuan Yuanyuan thought about it, reached out and pulled off the hat on her head, looking at the lady and the middle-aged balding man opposite her. Since they were not outside and would not be the focus of everyone's attention, she took it off.
Her train of thought is like this - basically after taking it off, the person on the other side should understand... She comes here mainly to join in the fun, or act as a thug or something, don't look for her for other things, of course she won't know anything if you look for her.
So Yuan Yuanyuan said nothing and looked at the middle-aged balding man opposite her with deep affection.
Hmm… Hmm… Hmm
Just like that, the look in your eyes, brother... can you understand
The bald man and the lady next to them had their pupils dilated the moment Yuan Yuanyuan took off her hat, and said, "You, you are..."
Yuan Yuanyuan waited for a long time but didn't hear anything else, so she glanced at the white-bearded old man next to her, motioning them to continue chatting, and she lowered her head to continue eating.
She was sitting relatively close to the front and was less affected, so naturally she didn't notice that the noise inside the hotel was getting louder and louder.
“Woo! Woo! Woo…” The big brother who was struggling desperately with Liu An and another Taoist covering his mouth almost popped his eyes out. The Taoist next to him said in shock: “That’s not… that’s not who!”
He looked behind him and saw more and more people noticing him, even the people who were stopped outside had noticed him. At this moment, the entrance was in a state of commotion, and the police were blocking the entrance...
"Shh." Liu An didn't say anything, just shook his head.
He took another intent look over there, picked up a rib from the table and put it in his mouth, and together with the Taoist priest next to him, he carried the reporter upstairs.