After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 478 The Grass Boat

"You go back first! You don't need to wait for me."

"Young master, please take this. You can use this to take a boat directly back to Tingtao Residence." After handing him a jade token engraved with the words "Tingtao Residence," the young man steered the boat away from the waters.

"Greetings, esteemed guest. We are honored to have you boarded the Hundred Herbs Boat for this ceremony. Is there anything you require?" Upon seeing Shen Xu board the boat, a servant immediately came forward to greet him.

"I heard that Lord Aoki once studied medicinal cuisine here?"

"Then you've come to the right place. When you were a child, you often bought medicinal food from us. You must have learned a lot about making medicinal food from us."

Moreover, I heard that Lady Aoki's medicinal cuisine played a significant role in earning her the title.

"Since you've come all the way to our Hundred Herbs Pavilion, it would be a real shame not to try our medicinal cuisine."

"Really? Then bring me your signature medicinal cuisine to try," Shen Xu said with a smile.

"Alright! Please come in, esteemed guest! I'll find you a nice seat by the window."

"Trouble!"

"You're too kind, esteemed guest. This is what I should do." He had seen too many people like this recently, all of them coming for the medicinal cuisine that Lord Aoki had tasted.

Stepping inside the Baicaofang, the boat has clearly been specially modified; it's more like a restaurant on board than a flower boat.

Sitting by the window, watching the Jade Belt River shimmering in the morning sun, Shen Xu was in a fairly good mood.

"A wonderful day starts with spotting faults!"

Qingyun's cooking skills are quite good; I wonder what the medicinal dishes she made, which she learned from Baicaofang, tasted like.

If it doesn't taste good, he wouldn't mind giving Qingyun a simple revenge.

The dishes at Baicaofang were served quickly. He hadn't been sitting for long when the first medicinal dish was served. It was a small bowl of thick, green medicinal soup, which made him lose his appetite.

But even if it was disgusting, he had paid for it, and it smelled like herbs and plants, so he picked up a spoon and carefully took a bite.

"Tsk..." Shen Xu frowned. Although it wasn't as bad as he had imagined, it was far from delicious either.

However, this medicinal dish made Shen Xu lose much of his expectations for the remaining medicinal dishes. With the idea of ​​giving it another chance, he tasted the remaining three medicinal dishes.

Finding there weren't many surprises, Shen Xu shook his head and prepared to pay the bill and go inside.

He wanted to see just how much of these four unremarkable medicinal dishes they dared to order.

"Distinguished guest, you have consumed a total of 830 Nourishing Yuan Pills. Would you have used pill tickets or actual pills?"

"How many did you say?"

"Distinguished guest, you have consumed a total of 830 Nourishing Yuan Pills. Would you have used pill tickets or actual pills?"

The woman in the green dress who was in charge of settling the bill was used to this kind of thing. There were always some poor people who wanted to taste the medicinal food that Lord Aoki had tried without even asking the price.

Shen Xu glanced coldly at the woman. Apart from the witch, no one had ever managed to swindle the Nourishing Essence Pill from him.

"Are you planning to dine and dash?" the woman in the green dress said coldly, while signaling the waiters around to surround Shen Xu.

The guests at Baicaofang also turned to look in this direction.

"Hmph!" Shen Xu sneered.

"I wonder what Lady Aoki would think if she knew that you were using her name to cheat customers."

As far as I know, you made things difficult for Lady Aoki when she bought medicinal food from you!

Seeing that Qingmufang was deserted, you immediately raised the price of the medicinal meals her master needed.

Once, she was caught by you for secretly learning your medicinal cuisine recipes and was forced to work for you for free for six months.

Even if she finds all the necessary medicinal materials, you still have to charge her half of the processing fee.

besides……"

"Shut up! You're slandering me!"

The woman in the green dress shouted angrily, but her heart was pounding. She knew that what the man in front of her was true, but how did he know it?

"Listen up, everyone! I met Lord Aoki during the sword selection process, and Lord Aoki told me all of this himself."

I just can't stand how they treat Lord Aoki's family's pleasure boats like this, yet they're thriving in Hundred Flowers City thanks to Lord Aoki's reputation.

This Baicaofang restaurant is doomed sooner or later. If you don't want to get involved, you'd better leave quickly.

"Shut up! Grab him!" the woman screamed hysterically.

But no one around dared to make a move; instead, they looked at the woman with deep confusion in their eyes.

"Brother, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course, I wouldn't dare joke about Lord Aoki's reputation. If I'm not mistaken, there should be many witnesses on this Hyakusō-bō."

"They're all gone. Baicaofang has almost no old employees; they've probably all been silenced."

"What a heartless woman!"

"Her husband is a Qi Sea Realm cultivator, so be careful."

"Young man, it's best to be lenient when you can. We don't seem to have offended you in any way." At this moment, a figure holding a knife slowly walked out from the direction of the kitchen.

Many of the workers showed a hint of fear when they saw the middle-aged man and quickly made way for him.

"roll!"

Shen Xu uttered a single syllable, and a powerful sword aura instantly pressed down on the man, who felt an immense pressure, like that of a mountain, suddenly pressing down on him.

"boom--"

A loud crash came from the ground, and the wooden floor shattered, creating a large hole in which most of the middle-aged man's body was embedded.

A sword aura pierced through the man's brow. "One should be lenient when one can, but unfortunately you have no intention of giving me a discount."

Upon seeing the man bleeding from between his eyebrows, everyone's expression changed drastically, and some female cultivators even covered their mouths to prevent themselves from screaming.

They all knew that the middle-aged man was at the Qi Sea Realm, so how sacred must the young man before them be?

"Also, you have to be alive to spend the money you earn!" Shen Xu smiled at the woman who was already terrified, then walked out of the cabin and flew away from the Jade Belt River.

After Shen Xu left, everyone scattered and fled.

After all, no one wants to stay on a ship that is destined to sink.

Soon, the joint enforcement team of the Crimson Yuan Sect and the Hundred Flowers Alliance arrived at the Hundred Herbs Pavilion.

"My lords, you must avenge me! My husband died a terrible death!" the woman in the green dress cried out, tears streaming down her face.

"Get lost!" One of the young men in the green robe kicked the woman away.

"According to eyewitnesses, he seemed to have been first crushed under the cabin, and then pierced through the forehead by a sword strike," the woman examining the body said, frowning.

"It seems the opponent is extremely powerful. I don't know if they are a Yuan Dan realm cultivator, but they are definitely not someone we can handle," the leading youth said.

"In the past two years, Baicaofang has made a lot of money by relying on Lord Aoki's reputation."

"But our investigation confirmed that what that person said was true; Lord Aoki was indeed tormented by this couple when he was young," the Hundred Flowers Alliance member added cautiously.

"This concerns Lord Aoki, Captain, should we report this?"

"No need, just call it an accident, and throw this woman to the dogs!"