As Fatty Shopkeeper let out a furious roar, everyone's eyes instinctively turned to the waiter standing to the side.

Now everyone was a bit puzzled.

Judging by the shopkeeper's demeanor, it seemed he was entirely unaware of the matters concerning the baozi. Could it be that there was a hidden truth to all this?

"I, I, I, I, I, I, I..."

At this moment, seeing everyone looking over, the waiter was equally stunned.

He suddenly came to his senses, stammering "I" for a while but unable to utter a complete sentence.

Fatty Shopkeeper said nothing, rushed over directly, and grabbed him by the throat.

"No... it wasn't me..."

The waiter, strangled by the neck and lifted up, could only muster these few words with all his strength.

Seeing this, Master Liu frowned slightly, flicked his finger toward that side, and an attack invisible to the naked eye shot out.

"Bang!"

In the next moment, a muffled sound was heard.

Fatty Shopkeeper seemed to have been struck in the chest, falling backward, crashing into the wooden wall, and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"Uh..."

Master Liu scratched his head and said apologetically:

"Sorry, I didn't control my power..."

He wasn't saying this deliberately; he genuinely felt he'd used too much force.

Originally Pei Laoliu just wanted to prevent the other from killing, wanting to hear how the waiter would explain, without intending to harm Fatty Shopkeeper.

After all, if the human meat baozi wasn't something he made, then he was indeed hosting himself and others, and naturally, he shouldn't harm him.

He just didn't control his power well just now, accidentally sending the person flying, making him suffer.

"Hmm..."

Fatty Shopkeeper immediately climbed up from the ground after landing, putting on a guarded posture.

"Such strong Inner Strength!"

He looked at Master Liu with a vigilant expression, but inside, his mind was surging with waves of shock.

The old man in front had such strong Inner Strength, able to hurt him from such a distance.

This level of power was something he had never heard of.

Unexpectedly, in his small inn today, aside from Yan Jiantong, there came such a powerful deity, unsure whether to call himself lucky or unlucky.

Thinking of Yan Jiantong's attitude while interacting with the other party just now, Fatty Shopkeeper couldn't dismiss some of his concerns.

It seemed this old man must be some incredible hidden master.

This kind of strength must have reached its peak, worthy of being called the ultimate martial arts.

No wonder a proud person like Yan Jiantong can willingly follow him.

It seemed if he didn't explain the situation clearly, he would surely face great danger.

The onlooking crowd didn't think much of it, simply considering it the appearance of another formidable martial arts expert.

Only the hot-tempered strong men noticed something extraordinary, looking at Master Liu with shock on their faces.

Earlier Yan Jiantong's sneak attack only managed to push the opponent back a few steps, but to their surprise, this person was so powerful, none of them saw what happened, yet he made Blood Yama spit blood.

"Cough, cough... please calm down, elder... there must be a misunderstanding... cough, cough..."

Fatty Shopkeeper, enduring the pain, cupped his hands in Master Liu's direction and said:

"Earlier I was reckless... please rest assured, elder, I will surely investigate the truth and give you an explanation!"

Pei Laoliu looked at the sincere expression of the other party and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Well, it seemed the saying "might makes right" holds true everywhere.

Next, Fatty Shopkeeper interrogated the waiter in front of everyone.

But judging by both his expression and answers, it seemed he didn't do this; he was completely unaware.

"Could it be that these guys are just too good at acting...?"

Pei Laoliu was now murmuring to himself as well.

Their expressions were sincere, their reactions consistent with common sense, indeed not looking like people who would do such things.

Just at this moment, a crisp knocking suddenly echoed, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

"Knock knock knock, knock knock."

"Knock knock knock, knock knock."

"Knock knock knock, knock knock."

"..."

This knocking was rhythmically rich, and the people inside, upon hearing it, only paused slightly and then revealed an expectant expression, seeming to be very accustomed to it.

"Old Zhu delivering meat has arrived!"

They had stayed in this inn for quite some time and were very familiar with Old Zhu, who frequently came to deliver meat; their supplies relied entirely on him.

"Woof, woof..."

Beside him, Big Black and Little White suddenly became alert, growling lowly toward the inn's entrance.

Pei Laoliu also seemed to sense something, suddenly furrowing his brow, and muttered:

"Ah, so that's it... interesting..."

Li Qiang beside him looked at him and asked cautiously:

"Master Liu, have you discovered something... what's going on here...?"

Pei Laoliu leisurely sipped his tea, shook his head, and said:

"Listen carefully to the knocking, do you know what it means?"

"What does it mean?"

Everyone around also looked over, with puzzled expressions.

Pei Laoliu laughed and said:

"Forgot you don't have cultivators here anymore, no wonder you don't know... the knocking is long-short-long, tsk tsk, it's like urging you to hurry towards doom!"

"Ah!?"

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