CFSMS -Chapter 284 Someone, Quick! This Person Has No Shame!

After finally catching his breath, he looked up—and immediately froze in embarrassment again.

“Um… I really didn’t mean to do that. Seriously.”

When he had coughed earlier, a mouthful of rice had sprayed out. The chewed-up grains were now stuck all over the other person’s face, hair, and clothes. It looked absolutely disgusting.

Faced with that chilly gaze, the diner felt his scalp tingle. Shrinking his neck, he stammered,

“I-I’ll wipe it off for you.”

As he spoke, he hurriedly pulled out a handkerchief and tried to salvage the situation.

As for why he didn’t use a spell?

The truth was that he was so embarrassed he’d completely forgotten.

Cultivators were strong. Very strong.

After several vigorous wipes, the grime on the person’s face was gone.

Unfortunately, things started heading in a far stranger direction.

“Um… is your face okay?”

he asked cautiously, his eyes fixed on the area where the cheek met the ear.

Maybe he had used too much force and rubbed the skin raw.

But strangely, the person’s face remained fair and smooth, without the slightest trace of redness.

It looked…

Fake.

The thought had barely crossed his mind when he saw the person’s skin begin to sag from the ear downward.

A little.

Then a little more.

It was as though an invisible hand was peeling the face right off.

Yet the owner of that face showed no reaction at all. Instead, he merely stared back with a profound expression.

The horrifying sight made every hair on the diner’s body stand on end.

!!!

The gourmet show had suddenly taken a sharp turn into the horror channel.

Instinctively, he jumped back and shouted:

“Help! Someone! This guy has no face anymore!”

The cry immediately drew everyone’s attention.

Plop!

As the protagonist of this horror story, half of the man’s face had already peeled off.

The wrinkled skin hung limply from his features.

Yet instead of causing panic, the scene only left everyone puzzled.

Because beneath one handsome pale face…

There was another handsome pale face.

“That half-face looks kind of familiar.”

Someone stroked his chin thoughtfully.

“Now that you mention it, I feel the same way.”

Another person agreed.

Lu Wu’s attention was also drawn over. Hearing the discussion, she nodded.

It really did look familiar.

In fact, she’d seen it quite often these past two days.

“Q-Q-Qing…”

Someone recognized him and was so shocked that he started stuttering, making everyone listening increasingly anxious.

“Qing Emperor!”

Finally, the last word came out.

The speaker felt relieved.

The audience felt relieved too.

That’s right.

It was the Qing Emperor.

The face beneath the disguise was unmistakably that of the Qing Emperor in his mature form.

Even his physique had changed into that of a fully grown adult—tall, well-built, and radiating strength with every movement.

Nothing like the slender frame of his youthful appearance.

Having been identified, the Qing Emperor’s ears slowly turned pink.

Maintaining a wooden expression, he picked up the fallen half-mask and stuck it back onto his face, attempting the most futile cover-up imaginable.

“I am not the Qing Emperor. You’ve mistaken me for someone else.”

The stiff voice was a deliberately lowered bass tone.

No matter how one listened, it sounded utterly despairing.

“This boss here, are you still doing business? I’d like to place an order.”

The full-sized Qing Emperor stood rigidly before the stall.

There was even a faint trace of pleading in the way he looked at Lu Wu.

“Ahem. Then what side dishes would you like?”

Lu Wu tactfully chose not to expose him.

She had been wondering why the three of them hadn’t appeared after the stall had already been open for a while.

Turns out they had been playing disguise games.

Although the other two hadn’t revealed themselves yet, Lu Wu strongly suspected they were also hiding in the crowd under different faces.

As for why?

Probably because the three of them had fought so fiercely yesterday that, after coming to their senses, they realized they had behaved like a bunch of overgrown children.

Now they were too embarrassed to show up with their real appearances.

Somewhere in the queue, two neighboring figures suddenly shuddered.

They glanced around warily.

After confirming it was a false alarm, both relaxed at the exact same moment.

“We haven’t been discovered, right?”

The two spoke in perfect unison.

Anyone witnessing it would have praised their remarkable synchronization.

The next instant, their eyes met.

Sparks flew.

“The saber guy?”

“The fire-breather?”

“What are you doing here?!”

Well.

There was no need for Lu Wu to play detective anymore.

The werewolves had just self-destructed.

Watching her ancestors provide entertainment free of charge, Lu Wu was delighted.

She practically wished she could record the scene as a keepsake.

The three ancestors suddenly sensed something and simultaneously swept their gazes toward her.

Lu Wu: Innocent.

Back to work, back to work.

The customers were practically starving.

Under Lu Wu’s diligent efforts, everyone soon got their rice balls.

The sauces and fillings made the overall flavor much smoother and prevented the rice balls from being dry or choking.

While the human cultivators were happily devouring their rice balls…

Back at the demon camp, the brainwashed wolf demon had escaped from prison.

Now he was hiding in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity.

After several days of reflection, he had reached enlightenment.

Joining the humans had definitely been the correct choice.

But he wanted greater merits.

Greater merits meant more delicious food.

Thus, before defecting to the human side, he had escaped from his cell with the intention of preparing a grand gift for Boss Lu.

Inside the demons’ main command tent, several demon leaders were sighing heavily.

“We can’t win anymore. Should we retreat?”

Grandpa Goat sat in his chair with a troubled expression.

According to his original plan, the two sides should have been evenly matched.

Yet somehow, the humans had become absurdly aggressive lately, forcing the demons into constant retreat.

Now only a tiny portion of the battlefield remained under their control.

If they couldn’t find a solution soon, they would be completely suppressed by the humans.

When that happened, every demon would become livestock raised by humanity.

He was unwilling to accept such a fate.

“Retreating is impossible. I’d rather die in battle than become a deserter.”

The Minotaur slammed his fist onto the table with a loud bang.

“Ever since that Boss Lu appeared, the humans have changed. That human is the key. I say we capture Boss Lu. The humans will definitely hesitate and hold back.”

The newly promoted Rat Demon leader let out a sinister laugh.

Previously, the rat demons’ attack on that human woman had enraged the human race.

As a result, every battle afterward saw the humans deliberately targeting the rat demon clan.

Fortunately, rats reproduced quickly.

There were still plenty of descendants left.

Otherwise they would have been wiped out entirely.

Still, the deaths of their high-level fighters had caused the rat clan’s status among the demons to plummet.

Now they barely had any say in major decisions.

The rats were very unhappy.

The grudge between both sides had already been formed.

The rat demons wanted nothing more than to skin Lu Wu alive to vent their hatred.

Capture Boss Lu?

The wolf demon, who had just happened to overhear the conversation outside, immediately disliked that idea.

If Boss Lu got captured, then following behind the Black-Robed Man, he wouldn’t even get a sip of soup in the future.

No.

He had to act.

Completely forgetting that he was technically a demon, the wolf demon’s expression turned fierce.

He rummaged through his robes and pulled out several small black spheres.

Then he tossed them into the tent.

“Ambush!”

the Minotaur roared.

The next second, the black balls exploded.

Some released thick smoke that obscured vision.

Others scattered powder that weakened the demons’ bodies after inhalation.

A few even contained deadly poison.

Mere contact caused their blood to flow backward and their spiritual energy to rapidly drain away.

All of these were little gadgets he had obtained from the Black-Robed Man.

The wolf demon still remembered the meaningful expression the Black-Robed Man had worn when handing them over.

A look that seemed to say everything without saying a word.

The Black-Robed Man had definitely foreseen today’s situation.

Humans…

Truly terrifying.

Wait.

Little Wolf here was now part of the human camp too.

Then everything was fine.