Morning sunlight spilled over the Whisper Bowl like a blessing…
but inside the restaurant, blessings were nowhere to be found.
Instead, the building shook with the kind of chaos only new cultivators and panicked trainees could create.
The Empress rubbed her temples.
Two days left before reopening.
Two days until the world walked into her restaurant expecting perfection.
Two days to turn this battlefield into a respectable business.
She regretted everything.
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1. Ghost Trouble at Dawn
Fen Yu was sulking on the ceiling like a wet cat.
A faint silver glow surrounded her, swirling in chaotic spirals.
"Fen Yu," the Empress warned, "stop glowing. Someone will see."
"I can't stop!" Fen Yu wailed. "My beauty is too powerful now! Men will fall at my feet! Ghost men already did!"
Li Shen, floating calmly nearby, corrected her gently,
"No. They ran away because they thought you were exploding."
Fen Yu gasped.
"I was exploding! Spirit energy comes out of me like fireworks!"
