Chapter 1404: Chapter 1404: Is This Man Crazy?
On the street, an elderly man in gray robes was hurriedly rushing towards the Seven Treasures Restaurant.
This person was the Building Owner of the Seven Treasures Restaurant, a Martial Artist at the Nine Tripods Main God Realm. Most of the time, he didn’t reside within the Seven Treasures Restaurant but had a small house elsewhere in Tanshan City.
Usually, unless there was something that the manager, Mao Wen, couldn’t handle at the Seven Treasures Restaurant, he would rarely come over to personally deal with things.
Just moments ago, he had received an earth-shattering piece of news: the Young Master Mo Wei of the Mo Family and Young Master Liu Tang of the Liu Family had died inside the Seven Treasures Restaurant. Hearing this news left him stunned.
This was simply like a bolt from the blue!
In Tanshan City, the Seven Treasures Restaurant was just an ordinary restaurant. While Building Owner Zhuo Ming had some influence in Tanshan City, he was nothing but an ant in the eyes of such powerful families as the Mo Family and the Liu Family.
Having heard that the young masters of the Mo Family and the Liu Family had died in his restaurant, how could he not be anxious as the Building Owner of the Seven Treasures Restaurant?
Upon first receiving the news, he even thought about fleeing immediately, leaving Tanshan City. But after calming down, he dismissed that idea. Even if he left Tanshan City now, if the Mo Family and the Liu Family wanted to hunt him down, it would be hard for him to escape.
No matter what, he had to face this issue head-on.
"Building Owner Zhuo Ming!"
As Zhuo Ming arrived outside the Seven Treasures Restaurant, General Shen Hui and the guards were still stationed outside.
Seeing Zhuo Ming, Shen Hui immediately cupped his hands in greeting and politely called out.
Building Owner Zhuo Ming was a longtime resident of Tanshan City. His Seven Treasures Restaurant had been in operation long before City Lord Zhao Tianmei took charge of Tanshan City. Even then, Building Owner Zhuo Ming was already a Martial Artist at the Nine Tripods Main God Realm.
"General Shen Hui?" Zhuo Ming saw Shen Hui, and his expression became even more bitter.
On his way, he kept praying that the news was wrong, that Mo Wei and Liu Tang hadn’t died in the Seven Treasures Restaurant. But now, his heart felt heavier. With General Shen Hui surrounding the Seven Treasures Restaurant with soldiers, something significant must have happened.
Without much time to exchange pleasantries with Shen Hui, he rushed straight in.
Jing Yan, Gao Feng, and Jing Dongxue were still in conversation when they saw an elderly man rush in.
Jing Yan’s gaze immediately fell upon the elderly man. Gao Feng and Jing Dongxue also looked towards Building Owner Zhuo Ming.
"Husband, this is Building Owner Zhuo Ming. It was he who let me bring Dongxue to work at the Seven Treasures Restaurant back then," Gao Feng introduced to Jing Yan.
At the time, when Gao Feng and Jing Dongxue managed to enter Tanshan City, it was coincidentally when Building Owner Zhuo Ming was also present in the restaurant. Seeing Gao Feng and Jing Dongxue unsupported and with such low strength, he took pity on them and allowed them to stay.
Without any support and with no vast amount of Divine Crystals to reside permanently, under usual regulations, someone like Gao Feng and Jing Dongxue would be expelled. Thus, Building Owner Zhuo Ming did have some kindness towards them.
Though Gao Feng suffered many grievances at the Seven Treasures Restaurant, without Building Owner Zhuo Ming allowing her and her daughter to stay, who knows what terrifying fate they might have faced?
In their prior conversation, Gao Feng also mentioned Building Owner Zhuo Ming. Hearing Gao Feng’s introduction, Jing Yan nodded in acknowledgment.
"Building Owner Zhuo Ming, I am Jing Yan, Gao Feng’s partner. I am grateful that you extended a helping hand to Feng’er and her mother back then," Jing Yan cupped his hands towards Building Owner Zhuo Ming.
Zhuo Ming looked at Gao Feng, then at Jing Yan.
Subsequently, his gaze fell upon the bodies.
That was Manager Mao Wen! That was Young Master Liu Tang of the Liu Family!
Another body with a shattered head, though not visible, could roughly be deduced to be Young Master Mo Wei of the Mo Family.
Building Owner Zhuo Ming’s body began to tremble slightly.
He was doomed!
He regretted it terribly! Regretted meddling back then and allowing Gao Feng and her daughter to stay at the Seven Treasures Restaurant. If not for that, such a dreadful event would never have occurred today.
Although Mo Wei and Liu Tang’s deaths were unrelated, they still died within the Seven Treasures Restaurant. Would the Mo Family and Liu Family reason with him, Zhuo Ming? If he were a strong God Lord level, he might have had a chance to negotiate with the Mo Family and the Liu Family. But he was not a God Lord, merely a Nine Tripods Main God.
"Gao Feng, you..." Zhuo Ming’s face turned extremely unpleasant.
Right now, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his entire body cold and shivering, so he didn’t respond to Jing Yan’s greeting but instead focused on Gao Feng.
"What kind of disaster have you brought upon me! I’m ruined, completely ruined! The Mo Family and the Liu Family will definitely come after me. Gao Feng, you’ve truly brought calamity upon me." Building Owner Zhuo Ming alternated between nodding and shaking his head, appearing somewhat deranged.
Jing Yan frowned.
Being blamed by Building Owner Zhuo Ming, Gao Feng looked embarrassed and could only look at her husband, Jing Yan. Gao Feng didn’t know how this situation would ultimately unfold.
She couldn’t be certain if Jing Yan could withstand the retaliation from the Mo Family and the Liu Family. While her husband Jing Yan might be a God Lord level powerhouse, both the Mo Family and the Liu Family had God Lord powerhouses in their midst. Not to mention, there was also the City Lord Mansion to consider.
Jing Yan had killed within the city, and of significant figures no less, surely the City Lord Mansion couldn’t just ignore that?
"Building Owner Zhuo Ming, I’ll handle this matter. Rest assured, I won’t let you bear the wrath of those two families," Jing Yan said to Building Owner Zhuo Ming.
At this point, Building Owner Zhuo Ming glanced at Jing Yan once again, though his mood hadn’t lightened from Jing Yan’s words.
He sneered and said, "Do you think the Mo Family and the Liu Family will listen to you? Even if you take full responsibility for this incident, do you think the Mo Family and the Liu Family won’t blame me? Won’t blame the Seven Treasures Restaurant? You’re oversimplifying things!"
At this moment, Zhuo Ming clearly hadn’t realized that Jing Yan was a God Lord power level.
Gao Feng was just an ordinary Void God, and her daughter was an ordinary low-level Void God.
How strong could Gao Feng’s partner be?
The fact that he could kill Mo Wei and others was already very surprising. He might really be quite a strong Main God Warrior.
But so what?
"Whether they listen to me or not, I actually don’t care," Jing Yan chuckled.
"If they don’t listen, I’ll just kill until they do," Jing Yan followed up with another sentence.
These words made Zhuo Ming shudder violently.
Is this person crazy? Does he even know what he’s saying? Against the Mo Family and the Liu Family, to kill until they listen – how could such words come from a normal person’s mouth?