100: Chapter 100 Human and Ghost at the Same Table! Did they add something to this hot pot broth?

Night fell as the city lights began to glow.

Inside the courtyard of 44 Locust Tree Alley, the atmosphere was bustling and filled with a rich aroma.

A massive circular stone table had been moved to the center of the courtyard. In the middle of the table sat a large copper pot, half a meter in diameter, with red oil rolling and white broth boiling, gurgling with rising steam.

This was the welcome hotpot feast personally ordered by Su Yang!

"Come, come! Don't be polite! Sit down!"

As the head of the household, Su Yang sat grandly in the seat of honor, holding a pair of extra-long serving chopsticks as he directed the scene.

"Today is to celebrate our Agency growing stronger and gaining a spokesperson. Everyone, eat up!"

The lineup of humans and ghosts gathered around the table was both luxurious and eerie.

To the left was the human camp: Ye Yuqing, Liu Waner, Zhou Mingyue, and the big star Reba, who had just showered and changed into loose loungewear but was still breathtakingly beautiful.

To the right was the non-human camp: Mary the Vampire, Chu Ling the Zombie, Su Qingcheng the Red-Clothed Vicious Ghost, and Jiang Yingxue the White-Clothed Female Ghost.

As for the Old Yellow Weasel, because it was a demon after all, it wasn't qualified to sit at the table. It could only stay beneath the table with its disciples and grand-disciples, guarding a dedicated small basin and eagerly waiting for Su Yang to feed them.

"Wow! These vegetables are so fresh!"

Reba stared at the table full of vegetables, her eyes going wide.

The greens, radishes, and mushrooms were all succulent, as if still covered in morning dew, emitting a faint fragrance that stimulated the appetite just by smelling it.

"Of course they are."

Liu Waner, who was in charge of the cooking, introduced them with a proud face:

"These are Spirit Vegetables grown in our own courtyard. They're watered with Spirit Spring Water and fertilized with... ahem, special fertilizer."

"Even for a million, you couldn't buy a single cabbage leaf outside!"

"Special fertilizer?"

Reba froze for a moment, instinctively glancing at the dark Spirit Field not far away and the Black Demon Flower puffing out mist. A sudden sense of foreboding rose in her heart.

"Don't ask. If you must know, it's organic fertilizer."

Su Yang picked up a slice of blanched premium snowflake beef and placed it in Reba's bowl.

"Eat quickly. It won't taste as good once it cools down."

Reba picked up the meat slice and carefully put it in her mouth.

Boom!

In that instant, the tender meat juices mixed with the fragrance of the Spirit Vegetables exploded in her mouth.

"Mmm!!!"

Reba's eyes widened; it was so delicious she almost cried.

This wasn't just a treat for the taste buds; it was a baptism of the Soul!

She felt her body, which had been somewhat weak from her recent scare, instantly fill with warmth after that single bite of meat.

"Delicious! It's too delicious!"

At this moment, her image as a star and her diet management were all thrown to the back of her mind.

She picked up her chopsticks and joined the army of people scrambling for food.

"Mary! That duck blood is mine! You're not allowed to take it!"

"Nonsense! Duck blood was prepared for us Vampires in the first place!"

Mary brandished her fork, fiercely guarding a plate of fresh duck blood. She even took advantage of a moment when no one was looking to sneak some medical plasma she'd just bought from the hospital into her dipping bowl.

"Chu Ling! You can't eat that raw! That's pig brain! It has to be blanched before you can eat it!"

Ye Yuqing was quick, grabbing the little zombie who was trying to stuff raw pig brain directly into her mouth.

"Why... raw is chewier..."

Chu Ling pouted, but under the manager's imposing pressure, she could only obediently toss the pig brain into the pot.

On the other side, although the two female ghosts, Su Qingcheng and Jiang Yingxue, couldn't directly eat solid food,

Su Yang had specially lit several sticks of custom 'Offering Incense' for them.

The two elegantly inhaled the incense smoke while catching the aroma of the hotpot, which was a unique experience in itself.

"Boss, this life... is really good."

Zhou Mingyue took a sip of iced beer and couldn't help but sigh as she watched this chaotic yet strangely harmonious scene.

"Yeah, it's really good."

Su Yang leaned back in his chair, waving a cattail fan as he looked at this large family.

Once upon a time, he was just a loser worrying about a few thousand yuan in rent.

But now, he possessed assets worth over a hundred million, commanded a legion of fierce ghosts, was surrounded by beauties, and even a top star had to come to his house for a meal.

This life was simply like playing with cheats enabled.

"However..."

Su Yang looked up at the moon in the sky.

Tonight's moon was very round, but its edges were tinged with a faint blood-red color.

"There's less than half a month left until the fifteenth day of the seventh month."

"That old woman probably won't be able to hold back much longer."

"Boss, what are you thinking about?"

Reba, who had already eaten until her belly was round, was slumped in her chair without any regard for her image. Seeing Su Yang dazed, she asked curiously.

"I was thinking..."

Su Yang snapped back to reality. Looking at Reba's face, which had become rosy and alluring from the Spirit Food, a mischievous smile played on his lips.

"Since you've eaten my food, you're one of my people now."

"Reba, shouldn't we talk about... the matter of the endorsement fee?"

"Ah?"

Reba was stunned, her pretty face immediately turning red as her eyes darted away.

"If you want to talk... then let's talk."

"As long as you don't mind, Boss, I... I can sign a lifetime contract."

"You mean... an indenture?"

"Pfft—!"

Ye Yuqing, who was drinking water, spat it out directly.

"A lifetime contract? Reba, are you crazy? Would your Agency ever agree to that?"

"Who cares about them?"

Reba glanced at Su Yang, a flicker of determination in her eyes.

"After what happened this time, I've come to understand."

"Fame and fortune are all fleeting clouds; only one's life is truly their own."

"In this world, staying by Master Su's side is the safest place to be."

"And..." she whispered to herself, "the food here is just too delicious. I wouldn't leave even if you tried to kick me out."

"Hahahaha!"

Su Yang let out a loud laugh and raised his glass.

"Good! Then it's settled!"

"Come, to the bright future of our Celestial Master Agency, cheers!"

"Cheers!!!"

The women all raised their glasses together.

The crisp sound of clinking glasses echoed in the small courtyard, accompanied by laughter that drifted far, far away.

However.

At this moment of celebration.

"Ding! Emergency System notification!"

A piercing alarm suddenly rang out in Su Yang's mind, causing the smile on his face to freeze instantly.

"Extremely intense malice detected approaching Jiangzhou!"

"Danger Rank: S-Rank!"

"Target locked: Southeast direction, sea area!"

"That old woman... she came early?!"

Su Yang put down his glass, his gaze piercing through the courtyard wall to look at the southeastern night sky.

There, the originally brilliant starry sky was being slowly swallowed by a boundless darkness.

A storm was coming.