Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 156 - 156 99 I Am Ill To Cut Open My Heart for Proof_3

156: Chapter 99: I Am Ill, To Cut Open My Heart for Proof_3 156: Chapter 99: I Am Ill, To Cut Open My Heart for Proof_3 Xia Hongyao and Hua Yue Yu took their seats to Lin Baici’s left, while Du Xin tried to sit on Lin Baici’s right, only to have his hair grabbed by Guo Zheng and get yanked to a spot beside him.

Gu Rongjie hesitated for a moment, choosing not to sit next to Guo Zheng, but instead beside Xia Hongyao.

“Damn!”

Du Xin cursed, having no other choice but to sit next to Gu Rongjie.

These low tables were one meter long and half a meter wide, classically styled, with exquisitely crafted bronze beast heads embedded at all four corners.

Positioned at half-meter intervals, there was one for each person, signifying individual servings.

Kneeling may look simple, but without the proper training, this position becomes quite uncomfortable for the legs, which would soon start to feel numb.

The head eunuch stood on the stairs leading to the north side loft.

“Begin the feast, serve the food!”

The eunuch’s voice was drawn out, like a dead person from a mass grave, howling for lost souls.

Xia Hongyao looked around, observing the environment, “Little Linzi, I guess to get through this, we might need to assassinate that king.”

“Maybe?”

Lin Baici was uncertain.

“Look quickly!”

Hua Yue Yu exclaimed.

Rows of bronze platters, large enough to be wash basins, floated in the air unattended, drifting down from the staircase.

Everyone present gasped, the scene resembling something from a ghost movie, and what made it even more frightening than a ghost movie was being in the middle of it.

These bronze plates were beautiful, engraved with dragons and phoenixes and animal patterns, but there was no sign of any food.

After floating over, they settled on everyone’s tables.

Eight dishes per person, plus a pot of wine, which appeared to be quite a feast, except that the plates were all empty.

“What are we supposed to eat, air?”

Fang Wen frowned.

“Idiot bird!”

Du Xin muttered under his breath, even if there were dishes on these plates, would you dare eat them?

Bronze chopsticks fell onto the tables.

Mist filled the air, and the sky had darkened.

On the platform, some ten meters away, mummified courtesans in resplendent palace attire danced eerily in the shadows, their figures illuminated by distant lights, casting a dim and ghostly glow over the area.

What was this?

A dance party in the netherworld?

Everyone’s scalp tingled.

“Raise your cups, a toast, to celebrate our king!”

The head eunuch called out loud.

Everyone scrambled, lifting their bronze wine goblets.

However, they were completely empty.

Of course, thinking of the corpse-infused liquor in the underground cellar, Lin Baici and the others would rather have empty cups.

“My loyal subjects, let’s drink up!”

The king laughed heartily.

People held their goblets in front of their mouths, pretending to drink.

The head eunuch continued to call out, and after three rounds of toasts, the king gestured dismissively, “My loyal subjects, please relax.”

The king resumed flirting with the beauty in his arms.

“What now?”

Guo Zheng whispered, “Just sit here doing nothing?”

“Do you think one could pretend to have a pressing need to pee and leave?”

Gu Rongjie suggested.

“You can try that!”

Guo Zheng’s eyes lit up, thinking the idea was good.

Gu Rongjie thought to herself with a chuckle, if I dared to do that, why would I even share such an idea?

[Once entering the Star-Plucking Palace, it’s a one-way street to death.

There’s no way out, unless…]

Lin Baici listened carefully but the Eater God cut off mid-sentence, falling silent.

“My beloved subjects, do you think I have treated you well?”

The king surveyed the crowd, his gaze sliding over each person’s face.

No one spoke up, and while Zeng Chuan and the others looked towards Wang Mingfu, they found Boss Wang staring at Lin Baici, as were Gu Rongjie and the others.

Lin Baici was the pillar, the go-to person when no one knew what to do.

“Hmph, why are you all looking at him?”

The king snorted, his tone filled with discontent, “Could it be that you think the king has not treated you well?”

“You, speak!”

With a casual point, the king singled someone out.

Everyone was startled and then followed where his finger pointed.

“…”

Lv Yingxi’s face was solemn as her gaze met the king’s.

“Good, good, it’s not me!”

Du Xin patted his chest, displaying a look of relief as if he had narrowly escaped disaster.

All eyes were on Lv Yingxi.

“The king has treated me well!”

Lv Yingxi spoke up, her voice loud and clear.

“Then would you die for me?”

The king questioned.

“To go through fire and boiling water, I would not hesitate!”

Lv Yingxi hesitated, wondering if she should kneel to appear more loyal?

“Haha, well said!”

The king laughed heartily and picked up his cup, drinking a large gulp.

“It should be fine now, right?”

Hua Yue Yu muttered.

Just when everyone thought it was over and Lv Yingxi was safe, the king spoke again.

“Servant, bring wine!”

On the balcony, an attendant in blue robes came down.

Upon seeing who it was, Lv Yingxi was stunned, “Brother Tang?”

Guo Zheng’s gaze rested on the area below Tang Zhiqian, but he did not mock the other; with the rules contaminated, it was good enough to be alive.

Tang Zhiqian approached Lv Yingxi’s table to pour her a drink.

This time, a jade-green liquid flowed out.

“Yingxi, run quickly!”

Tang Zhiqian whispered urgently.

A shock ran through Lv Yingxi’s heart, “Is there something wrong with this drink?”

“No, it’s much worse than that, don’t wait for the king to ask the next question, run now!”

As an attendant, prior to Lin Baici and the others, Tang Zhiqian had already served a group of people in this Star-Picking Palace and had witnessed that kind of horrifying death.

Lv Yingxi’s face grew grim, dark as if ink were about to drip from it.

She knew Tang Zhiqian would not harm her, but to run…

Lv Yingxi looked at the long staircase and at the armored guards surrounding her, her heart filled with despair.

If I’m lucky enough to run out of here, where could I possibly go next?

“This king has suffered from a headache for decades, from unbearable pain every time it flares up.

Since you are willing to die for me, I would like to borrow something from you to cure this king’s headache.”

The king looked at Lv Yingxi, wiping the corner of his mouth.

“What does the king wish to borrow?”

Lv Yingxi felt that this “thing” might be fatal.

The others listened in silence.

“I wish to borrow your heart!”

When the king said this, his expression was indifferent, as though he was borrowing a copper plate, something trivial and readily available from anyone.

Lv Yingxi’s complexion changed drastically, and she instinctively turned her head, looking towards Lin Baici.

The others also turned pale, for after borrowing from her, the king would certainly borrow from others too!

Dammit!

A heart, is that something to be lent to another?

“Alas!”

Tang Zhiqian sighed, his good friend was doomed, yet he was powerless to help.

“Why do you not speak?”

The king’s expression darkened, his voice becoming stern, “If you are willing to die for me, why the hesitation?”