Chapter 114 Roujinzi

Xie Xun frowned as he looked at it. Without further hesitation, he took out three more talismans.

This time, he drew different runes on each talisman and then pasted them in three different locations in the hall.

"Five stars illuminate the heavens, their light shining upon the darkest depths!"

In an instant, the diners' skin became translucent, and it was clear that what flowed through their bodies was not blood, but the same pale yellow liquid as the proprietress's.

The proprietress let out a shrill scream in the golden light, and her body began to melt, just like the pieces of meat from before.

Just as the proprietress was screaming and melting in the golden light, the curtain of the kitchen was suddenly ripped down.

The fat chef stood in the doorway, still holding that heavy cleaver. His apron was soaked with blood and grease, its original color unrecognizable, and his face was expressionless.

"My flesh..."

The proprietress was still writhing on the ground, desperately reaching out to the chef, "Give me meat..."

The portly chef ignored her, his gaze fixed on Xie Xun. He slowly raised his cleaver, the tip pointing at Xie Xun.

"My meat is ruined."

His voice was low and hoarse, his eyes fierce. "You have to pay!"

Lin Huairou immediately threw out a yellow talisman, "Watch out!"

The yellow talisman burst into flames in the air and shot straight toward the fat chef.

To everyone's surprise, he casually swung his knife and cleaved the flames in two!

"Wow!"

Lin Huairou stared wide-eyed, her face filled with disbelief. "What kind of approach is this?"

The fat chef walked forward step by step, his fat jiggling with each step. But a closer look would reveal that his bare arms were also covered with the same puncture marks as the proprietress's, some of which were oozing a pale yellow liquid.

"Put the knife down!" Zhou Wei pulled out his sidearm and pointed it at him.

The fat chef seemed not to hear him and continued walking forward, but his eyes had already begun to turn as red as those of the diners.

Fu Qinghuai suddenly laughed out loud, and the black energy gathered at his fingertips almost solidified, suddenly transforming into a sharp blade that slashed towards the fat chef.

Xie Xun was not to be outdone, and the Soul-Locking Chain on his wrist instantly materialized, heading straight for the fat chef. But the moment the sharp blade and chain touched the chef's body, they made a sizzling sound, as if they had encountered something corrosive.

“There’s something wrong with his blood.” Xie Xun frowned and retracted the Soul-Locking Chain.

Just then, as if he had seized the opportunity, the fat chef suddenly accelerated and rushed towards Xie Xun!

He raised his cleaver, but Xie Xun neither dodged nor avoided it; instead, he stepped forward to meet it. Just as the blade was about to touch him, he slammed the last talisman onto the chef's chest.

"break!"

The talisman emitted a blinding white light, and the fat chef let out a howl that sounded inhuman.

Immediately afterwards, his body began to swell, and something seemed to be writhing wildly under his skin.

"not good!"

Liu Xiuyuan suddenly shouted, "He's going to explode!"

Xie Xun immediately retreated, shouting to the crowd, "Back off!"

Fu Qinghuai swiftly set up a barrier to ensure that the filth wouldn't fall on them.

The fat chef's body swelled larger and larger until, with a loud bang, it exploded into countless fragments.

But what splattered out wasn't flesh and blood, but...

"It's minced meat!" Ah-Can exclaimed in horror, pointing to the still-wriggling red bits on the ground.

What's even more unsettling is that the fragments are slowly gathering together, seemingly trying to recombine.

"What on earth is this thing?" Lin Huairou felt a chill run down her spine.

No one answered her.

The bits of meat on the ground writhed and twisted like earthworms, slowly gathering together.

To everyone's astonishment, it actually reassembled into a human shape!

The fat chef and the proprietress are back, but they look a bit creepy and disgusting.

This time, they seemed to be sewn together by minced meat, their movements stiff, yet they both simultaneously turned their heads and reached towards the kitchen, muttering:

"lantern……"

"Lantern...give me...lantern..."

Lin Huairou rubbed her arms, looking on, "What are they trying to get?"

"It doesn't seem like it,"

Liu Xiuyuan's face turned pale, and he said in horror, "It looks like they're begging for something."

Xie Xun made a quick decision: "Go check out the kitchen!"

Several people tiptoed around the still-wriggling chunks of meat and slipped into the kitchen.

What they saw terrified them all.

The kitchen walls, floor, and ceiling were covered with strips of meat tendons, throbbing like blood vessels.

Looking further down, you can see that the meat tendons eventually connect to the old lantern hanging above the stove.

The lantern was now emitting an eerie red light, illuminating the entire kitchen like a slaughterhouse.

If you look closely, it seems like there's something wriggling around inside the lantern skin, like it's pregnant.

"This lantern is absorbing their life force."

Liu Xiuyuan said, trembling, "Then the meat appeared..."

As if to prove his point, some dark red viscous liquid suddenly began to drip from under the lantern, flowing down the fleshy tendons on the wall.

Where it flowed, fresh chunks of meat sprouted up like mushrooms.

The slime emitted an indescribable stench, like the smell of a rotting dead rat fermenting for days.

Ah-chan was the first to lose control and vomited.

Liu Xiuyuan quickly helped him up, his own face turning pale as he struggled to suppress his nausea.

"This...this is disgusting..."

Lin Huairou covered her mouth and nose, her stomach churning violently.

Even the well-informed Zhou Wei frowned, his Adam's apple bobbing unnaturally.

Xie Xun's face turned pale, and his fingers trembled slightly.

That's disgusting!

How could such a disgusting thing exist!

He suppressed the urge to vomit, staring intently at the ever-growing chunks of flesh, pondering how to deal with them.

All of this must be related to the human skin lantern in the Liu family.

But this time, I don't know why.

"So all that meat that can never be finished..."

Ah-Can gagd and said, "Did these lanterns all turn into this?"

At this moment, the proprietress and the chubby chef, who had been reassembled, also came in, knelt down under the lantern with a thud, tilted their heads back and opened their mouths, like fish waiting to be fed.

They greedily inhaled the stench that filled the air, as if it were the most delicious aroma in the world.

Suddenly, the lantern began to shake violently, and a crack appeared on top.

A pale hand emerged from the crack, its fingers still covered in a sticky red liquid.

"vomit……"

This time, even Lin Huairou couldn't help but gag. "How disgusting! What the hell is this?!"

Xie Xun, seeing this disgusting scene, finally could no longer bear it.

The Seven Star Sword on his wrist suddenly materialized, and he gripped it tightly in his hand. Seven stars were inlaid on the blade, and the edge gleamed with a cold, righteous light.

"Get out of the way!"

Xie Xun took a step forward, and the Seven Star Sword, carrying a sharp sword aura, slashed down. Wherever the sword light touched, the writhing tendons were severed, and foul-smelling viscous fluid gushed from the cut.

"Pfft—"