Chapter 51: Business is Booming

He glanced at Lu Yang, then at Meng Jingzhou, and slowly asked, "Are these the names you came up with?"

Lu Yang nodded, "I named it 'One More Time BBQ'."

Meng Jingzhou also nodded, "I named mine 'Thank You for Your Patronage BBQ'."

Man Gu felt that his own proposed name, 'Three Lambs BBQ', was still too ordinary.

Man Gu revealed Lu Yang's proposed name first. According to the rules, the BBQ restaurant would be called 'One More Time BBQ'.

"By the way, does anyone here have a method to conceal their aura?" Lu Yang asked.

While on the street, Lu Yang noticed many people had different breathing patterns and affinities for spiritual energy, indicating they were definitely cultivators. However, when he scanned them with his spiritual sense, he couldn't determine their cultivation levels.

One or two people having higher cultivation than him would be reasonable, but for everyone to have higher cultivation than him was clearly impossible.

Yanjiang County was different from Taiping Village; there were quite a few cultivators, but it wasn't so exaggerated that everyone was in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Lu Yang quickly understood: a cultivator's strength determined their status. To travel the pugilistic world without being bullied, one either needed extraordinary cultivation or the ability to conceal it, preventing others from acting rashly.

Their undisguised appearance outside was practically telling everyone that the three of them were greenhorns.

To infiltrate the demonic sect, they needed to act like seasoned veterans.

"I actually do have one; it's something we use for hunting back home," Man Gu said, pulling out a roll of parchment from his embrace.

"Wild prey are very cunning; they flee at the slightest disturbance. To hunt successfully, you need to conceal your aura and ambush them in advance."

The Barbarian Tribe, to which Man Gu belonged, was a prominent tribe in the wilderness, and Man Gu held the highest bloodline status.

Among the Barbarian Tribe, it wasn't just Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment clansmen who hunted; even Golden Core stage cultivators, who could go without food, would go out hunting.

For the Barbarian Tribe, prey wasn't just for sustenance; it also possessed the effects of natural treasures.

"However, when using this secret technique of mine, you can't move, or it will break the effect."

The greater the restriction, the greater the effect. In terms of concealment alone, the technique recorded on the parchment scroll could rank among the top three.

"I have a common concealment spell here. Only someone a major cultivation stage above you would be able to discern your true cultivation," Meng Jingzhou said, taking out a bamboo slip from his jade pendant. It had been stored for so long that it still carried a faint scent of bamboo.

The quality of the bamboo also hinted at how extraordinary the spell recorded on the slip was.

Meng Jingzhou's jade pendant also contained many spells and divine abilities he had brought from home, so many that he didn't have time to learn them all.

Lu Yang looked at Meng Jingzhou strangely. "Didn't you run away from home? Where did you get so many good things?"

"My sister secretly gave them to me."

"Alright then."

The three began to learn concealment spells. Being prodigies, these minor spells were incredibly easy for them to grasp. They had learned most of it within half an hour, with only practice remaining.

Lu Yang cupped his fists in gratitude. "Once I learn new spells, I'll definitely teach them to you!"

Although Man Gu and Meng Jingzhou presented them casually, Lu Yang knew, even without being told, that these two concealment spells were incredibly rare. It was clear how much the two trusted him.

Meng Jingzhou burst out laughing, telling Lu Yang not to worry about it. Man Gu said something similar.

***

"Huh, I remember this place being a teahouse. Now it's a BBQ restaurant?" Under the night sky, two Jianghu knights accidentally discovered that the original teahouse had vanished, replaced by a BBQ restaurant with a rather interesting name.

"'One More Time BBQ', what a delicious aroma!"

The first knight sniffed, the rich aroma of BBQ wafting directly to his nose, making it utterly irresistible and his mouth water.

"Shall we eat?"

"Let's go in."

The two immediately agreed and entered the BBQ restaurant.

Upon entering, the two were stunned by the boisterous atmosphere. Diners clinked glasses, feasted on skewers, drank heartily, and ate with beaming smiles, their voices loud enough to lift the roof. A burly man dashed in and out with skewers, clearly a waiter.

Such a robust waiter — was he there to prevent customers from dining and dashing?

"This newly opened place is so popular?"

The two felt a sense of anticipation. A place this popular surely had its reasons; it was definitely worth trying.

They were lucky; there was only one empty table left.

As they settled down, another waiter named Lu Yang approached with a small notepad, a standard service industry smile on his face. "Hello, what would you two like to order?"

"Two pots of wine, a plate of boiled peanuts, thirty lamb skewers, thirty beef skewers, two servings of grilled potatoes... all mildly spicy. We can't handle too much spice."

Lu Yang hummed in acknowledgement as he jotted down the order, while secretly transmitting a message to Man Gu: "Can you adjust your recipe? The BBQ is too delicious; it's attracting so many people. How are we supposed to monitor Qin Yuanhao like this?"

Lu Yang hadn't expected Man Gu's secret recipe to be so effective. On the first night, a few customers came. On the second day, there were several tables. By the third day, all tables were full. Now, on the fourth day, after the two Jianghu knights took the last table, people were already queuing outside.

Lu Yang suspected that by the fifth day, people might start reserving tables or sharing tables. In thirty days, they could open a chain store in the neighboring county. In a year, they could have two hundred chain stores across the northern Central Continent. In three years, it could sweep across the entire Central Continent, and in five years, it could go public... if such a concept existed here.

Man Gu's recipe wasn't problematic, was it? He hadn't put any illicit substances in the sauce, had he?

That was a joke, of course. Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou had tasted Man Gu's grilled food; there were no illicit ingredients, and it was indeed delicious, though they hadn't anticipated it would attract so many customers.

Lu Yang later realized that he had grown accustomed to the finest delicacies at Tianmen Peak, spoiling his palate. For him, someone used to eating mountain and sea delicacies, to call it delicious, Man Gu's BBQ recipe truly had its unique merits.

In short, they absolutely could not let the shop become any more popular.

"It seems pretty busy downstairs. Do you need me to come down and help?" Meng Jingzhou's lazy voice drifted into their ears.

Currently, Meng Jingzhou was the only one on the second floor, monitoring Qin Yuanhao.

"You stay put upstairs and diligently monitor Qin Yuanhao! Don't come down and cause trouble!" Lu Yang warned. If Meng Jingzhou came downstairs, it wouldn't be as simple as just being a waiter.

Based on his understanding of Meng Jingzhou, he could probably perform a stand-up comedy routine while serving dishes.

Meng Jingzhou let out a huge yawn that made one drowsy just listening. "But the second floor is really boring. It's been four days, and Qin Yuanhao has no intention of leaving home. He just meditates all day, with no entertainment whatsoever."

"If you ask me, we might as well pretend to be wandering street performers. I'll go to Qin Yuanhao's house and perform stand-up comedy, you can perform lifting a large vat, and while their attention is diverted, Man Gu can install a listening talisman or something."

Lu Yang and Man Gu both ignored Meng Jingzhou.

The best way to deal with a talkative person was to ignore them.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Meng Jingzhou had no choice but to change the subject. "Man Gu, are you really not going to consider making the skewers less delicious?"

Man Gu had his own principles. "Our family is a BBQ dynasty; eighteen generations of us have mastered grilling. I cannot let the reputation of the Barbarian BBQ fall in my generation!"