Chapter 1347: Five-Poison Banquet

Bang!

At Chen Ling's command, the restaurant door opened immediately. Under the shocked gaze of Jian Changsheng and the others, scorpions walked in one by one, carrying plates with their tail hooks.

These scorpions looked hideous, and their tail hooks emitted a chilling light that made one's hair stand on end. Any one of them placed outside would scare the residents of half a street out of their wits...

But at this moment, they were as well-behaved as well-trained waiters. Their steps were light, their pincers were tucked in, and their tail hooks carried the plates without shaking at all. After arriving beside the 6-generation group, they just gave a light flick, and the plates were placed steadily in front of them.

Just seeing the food on the plates, the expressions of Jian Changsheng and the others froze.

"This dish is called Charcoal-Grilled Centipede. It's specially selected from small centipedes less than three months old, grilled over charcoal until crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, then the hard outer shell is peeled off, and it's seasoned with water salt unique to the abyss. The taste should be quite good."

Chen Ling introduced it while swallowing his saliva inadvertently.

"Clubs should like this dish; it's a classic dish in your hometown, Fresh Snake Soup! After removing the fangs and poison glands, put it in a pot..."

"This is Crispy Fried Scorpion..."

"Gecko Sashimi..."

"Raw Marinated Toad Legs..."

"Ugh——！！！!"

The moment the toad legs were placed in front of Sun Bumian, Sun Bumian's throat rolled, and he turned his head to retch under the table!

"Who served him the toad legs? Take it away, take it away!" Seeing Sun Bumian's reaction, Chen Ling seemed to guess something and immediately waved his hand to have the scorpion take the dish away.

The little scorpion didn't seem very smart. It hesitated for a long time, thinking it had made a mistake somewhere, and fell prostrate in front of Chen Ling with a thud, shivering on the spot, begging the King not to put it on the dining table as well.

Jian Changsheng and the others saw this scene, and their expressions were incredibly colorful!

Chen Ling frowned, picked up the little scorpion by its tail, threw it out of the restaurant, and then had a centipede that was more "human-like" remove the plate of toad legs before returning to the head of the table to sit down.

He smiled apologetically:

"The Ghost-Mockery Abyss is not a human domain, the ingredients here are very limited... However, the poison glands of these insects have all been processed, so there shouldn't be any problems."

After learning that Jian Changsheng and the others had come to the Ghost-Mockery Abyss, Chen Ling had set about preparing this banquet. The Ghost-Mockery Abyss had nothing but rocks and venomous insects, so he had no choice but to use a small portion of the insects that had made mistakes to make the dishes...

In the entire Ghost-Mockery Abyss, only Chen Ling possessed human hands and knew how to cook human food, so he had to do the cooking himself... However, he had never prepared poisonous insects before. Although he had tried his best to remove their toxins, he still felt uneasy about it.

Fortunately, the "6-generation" were not ordinary people; even if he hadn't removed all the toxins, they shouldn't run into any trouble.

Jian Changsheng’s mouth twitched slightly. It took a long time for his gaze to move away from the banquet of poisonous insects on the table, and he squeezed out a reluctant smile:

"Haha... uh... it's fine, it's fine. At least the presentation looks... um, not bad..."

"Mhm, it smells quite fragrant too, doesn't it?" Chen Ling licked his lips.

"...Yeah, yeah."

"Pick up your chopsticks and eat."

“……”

Jian Changsheng turned his head to look at Jiang Xiaohua and Sun Bumian, only to find both of them staring straight at him, their eyes seemingly saying, "You're the hardest to kill, you eat first."

Jian Changsheng bit the bullet and reached out to grab the fork in front of him.

"Eat, we're definitely going to eat... these are high in protein, good stuff! Hahaha... um???"

Before Jian Changsheng could finish his sentence, the fork in front of him suddenly shifted to the side, causing him to grab at thin air.

It moved so fast that Jian Changsheng almost thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. When he reached out to grab the fork again, it acted as if it had come to life, frantically arching and crawling to the side!

At the same time, a human mouth even opened at the joint of the fork, letting out a shrill scream!

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH——!!!!"

Jian Changsheng: ????????????

Opposite him, Sun Bumian’s eyes widened. He slapped himself hard and began to mutter in a daze:

"It's over... the toxins must not have been fully removed... I'm already hallucinating."

BANG——!!

Chen Ling, at the head of the table, slammed his hand down, creating a dull, thunderous sound that startled everyone in the dining room.

His bright red opera robe looked grim and terrifying in the candlelight. Chen Ling stared fixedly at the tableware on the table and spoke in a chilling tone, "Whoever doesn't behave, I'll throw them into the cesspit to sink at the bottom for all eternity!"

The fork’s screaming stopped abruptly.

It lay quietly on the edge of the table like a real fork, but its body continued to tremble with fear, as if it were stuck in vibration mode.

Jian Changsheng looked at the vibrating fork, then at Chen Ling. After a moment, he pointed at himself in confusion...

"Thrown into the cesspit... me?"

"Oh, I wasn't talking about you guys. I was talking about the tableware."

"Red Heart... this tableware..." Sun Bumian’s expression was strange, his words trailing off.

"They are from the Jiangtian Sect," Chen Ling replied expressionlessly. "The palace is a bit lonely on normal days, so I just made some toys. Don't mind them; just treat them like regular tableware."

“……”

As he spoke, Chen Ling picked up a pair of chopsticks that were also trembling, calmly picked up a charcoal-grilled centipede, stuffed it into his mouth, and chewed unhurriedly, producing a crisp crunching sound.

"Don't just sit there, eat up," Chen Ling said immediately, seeing that the three of them hadn't touched their food.

Jian Changsheng had no choice but to bite the bullet. He grabbed the trembling fork, speared a pitch-black scorpion, and shoved it into his mouth, his expression as resolute as if he were heading to the execution ground.

Chew, chew, chew.

Jian Changsheng’s expression became increasingly colorful.

After laboriously swallowing the scorpion, he squeezed out a smile that looked worse than crying and gestured with his chin toward Sun Bumian and Jiang Xiaohua:

"What are you waiting for? Eat... it's actually quite tasty."

Jiang Xiaohua didn't hesitate. He picked up his chopsticks, grabbed a centipede, stuffed it into his mouth, and began to munch away.

"...How is it?" Sun Bumian asked cautiously.

Jiang Xiaohua tilted his head and thought for a while:

"It's alright."

Sun Bumian: ...

"I suddenly feel a bit parched," Sun Bumian said, waving his hand. "Anyway... you guys go ahead and eat. I'm going to go get a drink of water in a bit..."

"Parched?"

Chen Ling seemed to remember something and snapped his fingers lightly:

"Someone, bring out the Five-Poison Wine!!"

"??? What wine??"

Under Sun Bumian’s horrified gaze, several centipedes crawled in from outside, carrying jars of mysterious liquid on their backs.

The moment Jiang Xiaohua smelled the wine, his eyes lit up slightly.