Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 554 A Cloudless Sky

chapter 554 a cloudless sky

translator: borntobe

“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[1]. 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’.[2] 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 tenants 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 tenants 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 tenants 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.

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.