Chapter 1346: Five Poisons Banquet

**Chapter 1347: The Five Poisons Feast**

As Chen Ling gave the command, the restaurant doors immediately opened. Under the astonished gaze of Jian Changsheng and the other two, scorpions, each carrying a serving platter with its tail stinger, lined up and entered from outside.

The scorpions had a ferocious appearance, and their tail stingers gleamed with a horrifying cold light. Any one of them, if encountered outside, would be enough to terrify residents within half a street.

Yet, at this moment, they behaved like well-trained waiters: their steps were light, their pincers tucked in, and their tail stingers held the platters without the slightest wobble. Upon reaching the members of the 'Number 6' generation, they simply gave a gentle flick, steadily placing the dishes before them.

However, upon seeing the food on the platters, Jian Changsheng and the other two stiffened.

“This dish is called Charcoal-Grilled Centipede,” Chen Ling introduced. “We specifically select young centipedes, less than three months old, and grill them over charcoal until they’re crispy outside and tender inside. Then we peel off the hard outer shell and season them with a unique abyssal brine. The taste should be quite good.”

As Chen Ling introduced the dishes, he subtly swallowed.

“Fang Kuai should like this one; it’s a classic dish in your hometown: Savory Snake Soup! After removing the fangs and venom glands, we put it into a pot…”

“This is Crispy Fried Scorpion…”

“Gecko Sashimi…”

“Pickled Raw Toad Legs…”

“Ugh—!!!!”

The moment the toad legs were placed before Sun Buming, he immediately swallowed hard, turned his head, and dry-heaved under the table!

“Who served him the toad legs? Take it away, remove it!” Seeing Sun Buming’s reaction, Chen Ling seemed to guess something and immediately waved his hand, instructing the scorpion to take the dish away.

The small scorpion seemed not very intelligent; it hesitated for a long time, thinking it had made a mistake. It plopped down directly in front of Chen Ling, trembling in place, as if begging its king not to serve *it* on the dining table as well.

Jian Changsheng and the others watched this scene with incredibly varied expressions!

Chen Ling frowned, directly picked up the small scorpion by its tail, and tossed it out of the restaurant. Then, he had a more “human-like” centipede nearby remove the plate of toad legs, before returning to his seat at the head of the table.

He offered an apologetic smile: “The Ghost Laughter Abyss is not a human realm, so ingredients here are quite limited… However, the venom glands of these poisonous insects have all been removed, so there shouldn’t be any problems.”

After learning that Jian Changsheng and the other two had arrived in the Ghost Laughter Abyss, Chen Ling began preparing this dinner. Since the Ghost Laughter Abyss had nothing but rocks and poisonous insects, he reluctantly had to use a small number of troublesome insects for the dishes.

Throughout the Ghost Laughter Abyss, only Chen Ling possessed human hands and knew how to cook human food, so he personally prepared the meal… However, he had never cooked poisonous insects before, and although he had tried his best to remove their toxicity, he was still unsure.

Fortunately, the 'Number 6' generation were not ordinary people; even if some toxicity wasn't completely removed, nothing serious should happen.

Jian Changsheng’s mouth twitched slightly, and it took a long time for his gaze to move away from the table laden with insect dishes. He managed to force out a smile: “Haha… um… it’s fine, it’s fine. At least the presentation looks… hmm, quite good…”

“And it smells quite fragrant, doesn’t it?” Chen Ling licked his lips.

“...Yes, indeed.”

“Go on, start eating.”

Jian Changsheng turned to look at Jiang Xiaohua and Sun Buming, only to find both of them staring at him in unison, their eyes seemingly saying, “You’re the hardest to kill, you go first.”

Jian Changsheng steeled himself and reached for the fork in front of him.

“Eat, definitely eat… These are all high in protein, good stuff! Hahaha… Huh???”

Before Jian Changsheng finished speaking, the fork in front of him suddenly shifted sideways, causing him to grab at empty air.

It moved so quickly that Jian Changsheng almost thought he was hallucinating. When he reached for the fork again, it seemed to come alive, frantically scuttling and crawling sideways!

At the same time, a human mouth even opened at the fork’s joint, letting out a startled scream!

“Ahhhhhhhh—!!!!”

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

Across the table, Sun Buming’s eyes widened. He slapped himself hard and mumbled dazedly: “It’s over… the toxins don’t seem to be fully purged… I’m hallucinating already.”

Bang—!!

Chen Ling, from the head of the table, slammed the table forcefully, emitting a dull thud that startled everyone in the dining hall.

His crimson opera robe appeared menacing and terrifying in the candlelight. Chen Ling stared intently at the tableware scattered across the table and spoke grimly, “Whoever misbehaves again, I’ll throw them into the septic tank and make them sink to the bottom for all eternity!”

The fork’s screaming instantly ceased.

It lay still at the edge of the table, like a real fork, but its body still trembled continuously from fear, as if in vibrate mode.

Jian Changsheng looked at the vibrating fork, then at Chen Ling. After a moment, he pointed blankly at himself… “Thrown into the septic tank… Me?”

“Oh, I wasn’t talking about you; I was talking about these utensils.”

“Red Heart… these utensils…” Sun Buming’s expression was strange, and he hesitated to speak further.

“They are from the Crimson Heaven Sect,” Chen Ling replied expressionlessly. “The palace is a bit lonely on a daily basis, so I made some toys… Don’t mind them; just treat them as ordinary tableware.”

As he spoke, Chen Ling calmly picked up a pair of equally trembling chopsticks, picked up a charcoal-grilled centipede, put it into his mouth, and slowly chewed, producing crisp crunching sounds.

“Don’t just sit there, eat together,” Chen Ling urged, seeing that the three of them were slow to pick up their chopsticks.

Jian Changsheng could only brace himself, grab the trembling fork, impale a pitch-black scorpion, and shove it into his mouth, his expression as resolute as if he were facing execution.

Chew, chew, chew.

Jian Changsheng’s expression grew even more complex.

After finally managing to swallow the scorpion, he forced out a smile uglier than a grimace and motioned with his chin towards Sun Buming and Jiang Xiaohua: “What are you waiting for? Eat… it’s quite tasty.”

Jiang Xiaohua didn’t hesitate. She immediately picked up her chopsticks, grabbed a centipede, put it into her mouth, and began eating with smacking sounds.

“...How is it?” Sun Buming asked cautiously.

Jiang Xiaohua tilted her head and thought for a moment: “It’s alright.”

Sun Buming: ...

“I suddenly feel a bit parched,” Sun Buming waved his hand. “Um… you all go ahead and eat; I’ll go get some water in a bit…”

“Parched?”

Chen Ling seemed to remember something and lightly snapped his fingers: “Someone, bring the Five Poisons Wine!!”

“??? What wine??”

Under Sun Buming’s horrified gaze, several centipedes crawled in from outside, each carrying jars of mysterious liquid.

The moment she smelled the wine, Jiang Xiaohua’s eyes lit up slightly.