A few minutes later, the food and drinks were served, and Xia Tianqiong continued to eat heartily.
He felt a sense of crisis and knew he had to become stronger as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the strange bride turned on him one day, he would have no ability to resist and wouldn't even be able to escape.
Just as they were enjoying their meal, the manager led eight waiters to the sixth floor.
When Xia Tianqiong saw it arrive, she smiled faintly and said, "Shopkeeper, your boss has already rented the basement to me, did you know that?"
The shopkeeper nodded slightly, but for some reason, his expression was somewhat strange.
“I already know, but…”
Hesitant and stammering, only saying half of what he meant.
Xia Tianqiong wondered if she had been deceived. Could it be that the Ghost Bride wasn't the owner of this place?
"But what? Isn't the Ghost Bride the boss?"
"She's one of the owners, so you can rest assured that she has the authority to rent that floor to you, but I advise you to think carefully."
"Why the need for such careful consideration? Please explain more clearly, shopkeeper."
The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, his chubby face showing a hint of doubt. "Take these waiters with you for now. I'll take you to the basement level in a bit, and you'll understand when you get there."
Behind the shopkeeper stood eight waiters, of varying heights and builds, some handsome, some ugly.
They didn't want to be sold to a human, but they had no choice; they were the property of the restaurant, and the manager had the right to sell them.
At this moment, the waiters stood in a row, glaring at Xia Tianqiong with resentment and hatred in their eyes.
"I'm just selling them to you; how the contract is handled is up to you."
The shopkeeper noticed the waiter's reluctance but didn't care and had no intention of helping Xia Tianqiong.
"I have my own ways of subduing them."
Xia Tianqiong was full of confidence. She suddenly added eight more shop assistants. Although they were all of the same kind of strangeness and possessed the same tricks, the increased number of them would also improve the overall strength.
Simply point the mirror at the waiter and collect them all into the mirror space.
"I'll go in and take care of it, I'll be right back."
Xia Tianqiong was a little worried, so she told the shopkeeper and entered the mirror space herself.
As soon as he entered, he heard the Mirror Ghost complaining to him.
"With so many coming in at once, I'll have to create many clones to control them, which is a huge loss for me!"
Each time the Mirror Demon condenses a mirror image, it consumes its own Netherworld Power.
Therefore, it always complained, feeling that it had contributed more and should receive more gold than the other two ghosts.
"Enough with the nonsense. Here's an extra fifty taels for you. Now, subdue them immediately."
"Alright, Master, just you wait and see!"
The Mirror Image was overjoyed and instantly created dozens of clones of Xia Tianqiong.
The eight waiters who had just entered the shop were secretly plotting to join forces and kill this human and his contracted monster.
In an instant, numerous clones formed from the power of the underworld appeared all around them, completely surrounding them.
The mirror image can extract the soul from a human body; this technique is quite powerful for killing.
However, since the eerie creatures have no souls, the mirror images are of no advantage to them and can only be used to punch and kick them like thugs in a brawl.
The waiter's trick, "flower-shooting," works on the mirror image clone.
If you tap the shoulder, the clone will enter a brief state of daze.
In a one-on-one situation, the shopkeeper is guaranteed to win.
Unfortunately, there were too many clones. As soon as I took a picture of one, I was attacked by several others.
Moreover, there were also delivery ghosts and gambling ghosts attacking from the side, and even the waiter who had just made a contract downstairs joined the attack.
In the blink of an eye, the eight waiters were subdued, pinned to the ground, and lined up in a row.
"Sign a human-master contract with me, or die!"
Xia Tianqiong stood in front, looking down at them as if he were a monarch looking at his slaves.
"Don't even think about it. We'd rather die than sign a human-master contract with you."
"The human-made contract is an insult to us; we would rather die than submit."
"If we sign an equal contract, we can consider it. A human-dominant contract is absolutely out of the question. If we don't sign an equal contract, then kill us all."
They seemed to have planned this all along, knowing they couldn't escape it in the end, and were trying to negotiate a better agreement.
Xia Tianqiong coldly laughed: "You came to the human world to kill and eat people. I'm humiliating you, so what? Is there a problem?"
He paced in front of the eight waiters, then suddenly stopped, pointed at one of them, and said, "This one is too ugly, kill it for me."
As soon as the order was given, the delivery monster was the first to rush forward, opening its huge mouth and tearing at the food.
The gambling ghost and the mirror ghost were a minute slower, but then they rushed up as well, while the waiter who had already made a contract with them was the last to go up and help.
It hesitated somewhat, after all, these were its former colleagues with whom it had a good relationship, but now it had to kill them with its own hands.
Xia Tianqiong took out a paper ingot, stood to the side, and absorbed the scattered Netherworld power.
Two or three minutes later, the waiter's body disintegrated, and all the netherworld power was absorbed into the paper ingot.
This time, only one paper ingot was used, so this gold ingot was particularly large. Xia Tianqiong had some difficulty holding it and could only put it on the ground.
The other seven waiters witnessed all of this and were completely dumbfounded.
No wonder this human has the money to buy them, now I understand.
Xia Tianqiong continued to linger in front of several waiters, choosing her next target to kill.
"This one will do!"
He had barely finished speaking when, before the deliveryman could even make a move, the chosen waiter suddenly began to struggle and cry out.
"I am willing to sign the Human-Master Contract, Master, please don't kill me!"
As soon as it spoke, the other waiters hesitated slightly, but they all agreed.
After all, even the supernatural are afraid of death, just like humans.
Xia Tianqiong smiled and then signed contracts with each of them.
"Let's give you names, otherwise it will be hard to tell you apart."
There are now eight waiters in total. They have their own names, but Xia Tianqiong is too lazy to remember them, so she simply named them Xiao Yi, Xiao Er, Xiao San, and so on up to Xiao Ba.
None of the eight waiters liked the name, but they dared not voice any objections.
Xia Tianqiong then left the mirror space.
"It's over so quickly?"
The shopkeeper was quite surprised. It had only taken less than five minutes to subdue eight waiters. That was fast!
"A few minor monsters, making a contract with them is not difficult."
Xia Tianqiong said casually, as if she had completed a small task, "Let's go, shopkeeper, take me to the basement."
Give me the teleportation token.
The shopkeeper took Xia Tianqiong's teleportation token, rubbed it with his hand, and three more words appeared on the back: "Basement Level".
"Alright, you can now use it to teleport to the basement level."
Xia Tianqiong took the token, activated it with her mind, and was then teleported to the basement level.
The scene before him changed drastically, sending chills down his spine and giving him an urge to flee immediately.
"This... this can't be the realm of ghosts, can it?"
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