Chapter 46, The Seventh Elder of the Bai Clan is Making Trouble.

Business at the Spiritual Tavern has been going well for the past ten days:

Today was another busy day at the Spiritual Tavern. The place was parked but not over crowded. Although lots of people were curious about the food and wanted to try it, they couldn't afford it and could only watch from a distance. There were some people who were curious about how fast the restaurant is growing despite its expensive dishes.

Rumor has it that this restaurant only has three employees  working. They have never tried to hire anyone. And the owner is the one that does the cooking. How ridiculous is that? People who want to eat here are so crazy that they think the owner is the greatest cook that ever existed in history.

Some people said it's because the owner doesn't want his recipes to be stolen, that is why he doesn't want too many workers. But a big restaurant such as the Spiritual Tavern that started business a few days ago would soon shut down with no powerful backer. 

A world like this, fear the strong and disregard the weak. A society that can be controlled by the strong.  A culture that believes that the strong should run everything. A society where the weak should be eliminated or else you will fall into a pit of suffering and loneliness.

If the owner of the Spiritual Tavern was a weak and easy going person, then it's only a matter of time that he would lose his business. 

Zhou Lifen, stood at the door as usual, observing the people who walked in, he would occasionally answer questions if any were asked. Few well dressed men and elders walked in with their heads up high. Enjoying the envious glance of those who couldn't afford it. 

Inside the restaurant.

Although the restaurant was big, it wasn't big enough to accommodate all of its customers, therefore some could n't get seats and were forced to order takeaway. 

The wait staff were always there to take care of their needs. As long as there was no problem, then Zhou Lifen would stay quiet and focus on his job instead of listening to the conversations of those that were ordering. 

The line for takeaway was very long. Although others were forced to order takeaway, it was an objective for some people that were in a hurry and couldn't sit to enjoy the delicacy. 

After the first person in line was served, it was an elderly man turned. 

"What is your order, sir?" Bai Lian asked  politely while wiping off the countertop with a damp towel. After all, he had been doing the same since the start of the day.

The Spiritual Tavern has made things very simple. Once you enter the dining area, there's instructions on the wall that instruct you to input your spiritual sense to view the manual. Therefore once you reach the counter, you will know what you want.

 It was very convenient to have your spiritual sense scan the menu. Even the menus were organized according to taste, preferences and function.  All of these were programmed inside.

"I want level 4 beast meat over fried rice." Said the elderly man.

"That will cost twenty high grade spirit stones." Replied Bai Lian

"Don't give me that bullshit!" He replied sharply. "How many times do I have to tell you to give us good prices? You know we don't have money to waste."

"Sir, please refrain from using bad language in front of the customers." Bai Lian said calmly.

"So expensive? Can't you make it a little cheaper?" The elderly man shouted, attracting everyone's attention.

"Didn't you read the manual? If you can't afford it, buy something else or get out." Bai Lian was getting impatient. There were still plenty of orders left and people were getting irritated.  This old bastard was causing more trouble than he was worth.

"How can you be so unreasonable and disrespectful? The owner actually put someone like you in front of the counter. This business is meant to break down sooner or later." The elderly man said arrogantly. 

Everyone listening to the conversation could tell that the elderly man was making trouble on purpose, but they couldn't wait to see how the Spiritual Tavern would deal with such a problem. The atmosphere of the dining hall suddenly became extremely tense. Everyone present stopped eating and looked at the old man.  

Bai Lian raised his eyebrows: "Old man, get out of the way, you're wasting my time." 

"You dare to speak to me like this?!" The elderly man exclaimed angrily before pointing at Bai Lian: "How dare you talk to an elder from the Bai Clan like that? Do you know this could get your whole family killed?!"

The Bai Clan? Some people who heard this name were terrified! People around began whispering furiously, looking at Bai Lian with sympathy. No one dared to say anything, for if the Bai Clan gets involved they wouldn't be able to escape death. The Bai Clan is a strong clan with many elders at the Soul Palace realm and a powerhouse ancestor at the Divine Power realm overseeing them. No one dares to offend this clan, and they do their best to avoid them at any cost! No one wants to incur the wrath of the Bai Clan. The Bai Clan is feared by humans and demons alike in Jiusi City, and many people were afraid of offending them.  

Bai Lian remained calm, his cold gaze stared at the elderly man with contempt. Bai Lian didn't know who the Bai Clan was and obviously didn't care. How can the Bai Clan compare to his boss?

"You are the one who came to buy something, yet can't afford it. I don't need to please you. Look around, we don't lack customers. If you won't make an order, then step aside, you are wasting others' time. Else, I'll throw you out myself." Bai Lian was finally losing his temper. He doesn't need someone as stupid as this old man to affect their business in the morning.

So what if the Bai Clan is powerful? What if there are thousands of years old ancestral records that recorded every move of the Bai Clan. What if they have good talents?  It's a mere City clan, nothing to  worry about.

"Hmph! Hopefully you're able to back that rude tongue of yours!" As he said so, the elderly man released his spiritual power  and attacked Bai Lian viciously. At the same time, he formed hand seals in succession and shot multiple beams of white spiritual force towards Bai Lian. He was trying to knock him out, otherwise he would definitely get thrown out of the store.

As expected of a cultivator of the Soul Palace realm.  The amount of strength he displayed was truly unbelievable.  The people watching were alarmed by his aggressive attack. A powerful spiritual sense presses on everyone making them tremble and  shiver involuntarily. 

Most of the people at the restaurant were mostly at the Spiritual Sea realm and couldn't bear the power of a Soul Palace realm elder. Although the two realms weren't far apart, there's a greater difference between their power.

Therefore, many people could feel the pressure from their opponent. If it wasn't for the presence of those with stronger spiritual sense than theirs, they probably would've already fainted from the pressure.

Bai Lian looked at the uncomfortable customer and frowned in displeasure. He released his spiritual power and pressured the old man in return. The pressure was so heavy that the old man couldn't resist and fell to his knees. 

He gritted his teeth as his face went pale, but he still got up again.

Then a black light flashed in front of Bai Lian's eyes. Before he could even react, another beam of white spiritual force flew out from the side of the room and hit the old man's knees causing him to fall again. 

Before the old man attacked early, he had checked Bai Lian cultivation and found out the other was at the early stage of Soul Palace realm, he himself was almost at the peak, therefore he thought he could easily deal with the other party. He didn't expect to hit an iron wall, but it was too late to retreat now.

His legs weakened as he fell to his knees once again.

The old man tried hard to struggle but failed. As his leg was hit by the invisible spiritual energy, he let out a painful scream as he lost his ability to stand up. 

The elderly man tried to wake up sevious times but was forced back on his knees again and again.

Ding, ding, ding. Bai Lian rang the golden bell at his side three times. Soon, Zhou Lifen, who was standing at the gate, immediately appeared.

"Where is the person?" He asked with a frown

"There." Bai Lian said lightly, pointing at the elder who was panting on the ground in embarrassment. 

A smile appeared on Zhou Lifen's face after hearing Bai Lian words, he then reached out his hand and pulled the elder into his arms.  With just one pull, the old man felt his entire body going numb. He wanted to protest against this but didn't have enough strength to even make sounds.

To him, the pressure from Zhou Lifen was more terrifying than Bai Lian.

Zhou Lifen picked the Bai Clan elder up by the neck of his robe and threw him over the gate. Totally shocking the customers. 

When the people at the gate saw someone flying over, they were frightened and immediately made way for the person to fall.  When they saw the elder's head was smashed on the floor, a look of shock appeared on their faces.

Band! Click click!

The Bai Clan elder fell and coughed out a mouthful of blood. The sound of his bones cracking could be heard among the silent crowd.

This scene quickly drew the interest of the rest of the people at the restaurant gate. They started discussing among themselves while looking at the elder on the floor.

 Apparently the situation turned out very differently from the expectations they had for themselves, although the old man wasn't dead, he suffered severe injuries.  

"What unlucky guy is this? Seems like he's very hurt."

"Maybe he offended someone he shouldn't have."

"Look, isn't that the Bai Clan cross?" A person with sharp eyes immediately spotted the badge on the Bai Clan elder robe.

"Could he really be an elder from the Bai Clan?"

"I guess he must be. He's a senior, why would he be wearing such expensive clothes if he isn't one?"

The crowd burst into an argument and completely ignored the old man.

At this moment, the Bai Clan elder stood up from the ground, holding onto the edge of the gate for support.   His facial expression turned extremely grim and gloomy. Even though the Bai Clan Elder was at the middle stage of Soul Palace realm, he couldn't withstand the backlash caused by Zhou Lifen The old man clenched his fists tightly as his lips trembled uncontrollably.  

When was the last time the seventh elder from the Bai Clan suffered such humiliation? He looked at his broken arm and internal injuries, he grit his teeth in unwillingness and teleported from the center of the crowd.

"Just you wait, Spiritual Tavern. The humiliation you made me suffer today, I'll repay tenth forth." With these words in the air, only the dust from his clothes was left in the air. 

"Should I have killed him?" Zhou Lifen rubs his nose slightly. 

Bai Lian shook his head: "Nah, he didn't post threats to us. If you kill him, the boss will be really angry."

"What a pain." Zhou Lifen sighed as he left the dining hall back to his pose.

The customers in the restaurant were dumbfounded. That is a Soul Palace realm elder you are talking about like a piece of trash.