However, just when everyone was wondering if they'd just been seeing things, just when they were convinced that plate of bear paw had been sitting there the whole time…

they suddenly saw Lin Yi wave his hand, and in the very next instant, the dozens of dishes in front of them all vanished into thin air.

That's right, not a single plate left, everything disappeared, and even the low table itself went missing without a trace.

Only at this moment did everyone's mouths fall open yet again, and at the same time, they pushed that thought they'd just had clean out of their minds.

What do you mean "we were seeing things"? That pot of bear paw had absolutely disappeared just now, there was no doubt about it.

After all, can't you see that right now, even the table itself has already disappeared along with it?

Even if their eyesight was useless, even if they couldn't see clearly how many dishes were on a tray, this was an entire table that had completely vanished.

It just straight-up disappeared into thin air right in front of their eyes—how could they not be shocked by something like that?

How could they possibly not be astonished?

For a moment, everyone's gaze snapped toward Lin Yi, toward this newly enthroned king.

At the same time, something else surfaced in all their hearts—an incident, a guess, a rumor.

That was the rumor that had been circulating earlier, saying this newly enthroned king was actually an Immortal from the heavens.

But when they'd heard that before, they'd all thought it was just a joke.

After all, how could the heavens really exist?

How could Immortals possibly come down and share the mortal world with them?

In their minds, Immortals were lofty and untouchable, Immortals disdained to descend into the human realm.

For that very reason, their attitude toward Lin Yi up till now had just been as toward a capable ordinary man, nothing more.

After all, those little Eunuchs hadn't seen what happened last night with their own eyes.

This was also because life inside the Royal Palace came with strict restrictions. Take these little Eunuchs for example: no matter how big the commotion outside, as long as the fire wasn't in their own quarters, they were absolutely forbidden to run about the palace.

In other words, once night fell, or when they were off duty, they had to stay honestly in their own rooms and were not allowed to wander in and out as they pleased.

That's why, even though last night's disturbance had been so huge, many people still hadn't seen it for themselves, and many more simply didn't dare take so much as half a step out of their rooms.

At this very moment, Lin Yi casually waved his hand and stored that big table full of dishes into the System Space, then directly spoke into the void within the System Space:

"Help me check whether there's anything toxic to the human body in this table of dishes."

As Lin Yi's voice echoed through the space, the System Space immediately gave its answer:

"After scanning by the System Space, no toxins have been detected."

Hearing this, Lin Yi finally nodded in satisfaction and brought the entire table of dishes back out again.

The sudden reappearance of the dishes had already left all those little Eunuchs completely numb. They weren't even as shocked as before anymore; they just stood there staring blankly at everything happening before their eyes, as if this had somehow become something reasonable.

Of course, in their hearts, they had completely redefined this newly crowned king.

Looks like what they'd heard before wasn't just rumor after all. This person might really be an Immortal from the heavens.

Because only Immortals could use methods like this, not ordinary mortals.

Precisely because of that, when they looked at Lin Yi, their eyes were filled with deep, deep fear.

This fear came straight from the heart. It wasn't that Lin Yi was harsh with them, or that he treated them badly.

It was simply that Lin Yi's level was far, far above theirs.

How could an ordinary person not feel awe and fear when seeing an Immortal?

How could they not be afraid?

Who knew if an Immortal might just twitch a finger and erase them on the spot? Something like that was hardly unheard of.

After all, that's exactly how the stories and chapbooks always wrote it.

However, Lin Yi at this moment didn't notice any of that, nor did he bother with them. After bringing that whole table of dishes back out, he simply waved his hand and said to Xiao Chen at his side:

"Alright. I've personally checked this table of dishes; there's no trace of poison. You may go."

This… Xiao Chen opened his mouth after hearing this, wanting to say something, but when he thought back to the scene just now, he forcibly swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

He answered "yes" instead, then bowed and backed away.

No kidding—he'd just witnessed that scene with his own eyes. The other party was a being like an Immortal; such an Immortal could decide a man's life and death with a wave of the hand.

Let alone telling whether there was poison in some food.

Come on—would an Immortal like that really be afraid of poison?

Even if the dishes had truly been poisoned, maybe it would work on ordinary people, but on an Immortal, it probably wouldn't have any effect at all.

What Lin Yi didn't know was that this very move of his today would spare him a lot of trouble in the future.

Once what happened today spread, no one would ever dare poison his food again, because they all knew one thing very clearly: no matter how vicious the poison, once it went into his bowl, he still wouldn't react in the slightest.

Let's put aside future matters and come back to Lin Yi in this moment.

Looking at the table piled high with dishes in front of him, he reached out and picked up an exquisitely carved pair of dragon-patterned chopsticks, then reached toward a dish that, at least in terms of appearance, looked pretty decent.

He picked up a piece and casually popped it into his mouth.

Just judging by looks, this dish was similar to braised pork and should have tasted quite good. But the moment that bite entered his mouth, his brows furrowed ever so slightly.

This piece of meat, red and glossy as it looked, actually didn't taste anything like braised pork.

Not only that, it didn't even have the slightest hint of saltiness or sweetness.

The only impression this dish left on him was: gamey and bland.

Just from that one bite, Lin Yi could tell this meat was either beef or mutton.

And more importantly, the way this dish had been prepared…

[To be continued…]