Papa's Pizzeria (2/2)

'I finally made it. This is a great achievement' thought Shen Yue.

Shen Yue cuts the pizza into six equal slices and gets himself one and for the fatties as well.

"Young Master! This is truly great blessing from heaven." cried Chang Jiao Rao with Chef Zang agreeing with him. Gluttonous pigs!

Shen Yue took a bite off a slice and was enjoying it; tasted slightly like normal pizza with the tomatoe puree being sweet and the cheese slightly sour both tastes contrasting one another to create a harmonious duet.

"Yeah it truly is my friend." smiled Shen Yue smiled at Chang Jiao Rao as he was munching on the pizza.

Shen Yue looked back at the pizza slice he was holding, it had a big bite mark at the part that was supposed to be the tip. When he looked down, the world around him had a darkish green mist as the pizza in his hand also transformed. The cheese was replaced by worms, the sauce by snots and the crust was hair, the hair also had lots of scary blood eyes staring at him.

"How do you feel?" whispered a cold voice behind him.

Shen Yue felt really scared, really scared. This reminded him of the terrible nightmares that he was always hunted by; he thought they would finally disaapear yet they came back and he wasn't even dreaming now, he knows he wasn't. When Shen Yue saw the pizza turning into the disgusting shaiza he was going to drop it but he couldn't control his hand; furthermore the voice behind him gave him an ice cold chill, he was very scared. Shen Yue closed his eyes in desperation hoping it was a dream.

Close!

Darkness baptised his horrified eyes, only the darkness right now could comfort his trembling little eyes. But he had to open them, to see if it was a dream.

Open!

When Shen Yue opened his eyes and everything returned normal back to how it used to be.

"Young Master...You alright? You've been staring into thin air and looked terrified for a minute and then you closed your eyes really tightly as if you were scared, is there truly something wrong?" said Chef Zang as he looked into Shen Yue's eyes.

"Yeah, you don't seem normal as you usually do, you started acting strange for these past few months, If you need help you could as us." Chsng Jiao Rao gave a friendly advice.

"Everything is alright." said Shen Yue expressionlessly. The fatties stopped there advances as they knew it was futile.

But as he said that, he couldn't notice a faint tiny tear of blood that fell down from his left eye to the pizza below his chin.

Shen Yue was slightly disgusted by the pizza slice in his hand because of the nightmarish appearance it had and decided to drop it in the bin, luckily he didn't drop it on the beautiful marble floor as that would ruin it. Shen Yue disposed of the pizza slice.

Shen Yue went to Master Kang for the daily martial arts, exercise routine and to also hammer the metal hundred thousand times. Shen Yue before he does his daily routine he always changes into his Gi as he doesn't want his little blue hanfu dirty.

"Boy, I think you are ready to form your flame today." smiled Master Kang

"Really!?" Shouted Shen Yue loudly.

"Yes - But don't shout like a little girl, it's annoying for my old ears to handle." chuckled Master Kang, calling Shen Yue a little girl, this old man sometimes liked to make bad jokes. Shen Yue was pouting like a little kid showing he's not enjoying it, but in actuality he was enjoying it, Master Kang was like his second father.

" Remove your Gi Top." Shen Yue did just as he said, leaving him with only his gi trousers that looked cool, you could also see that he was ripped for his age, a six pack, big biceps and forearms muscles. His serratus anterior were like a six pack on the ribs (he had muscular sides basically).

"Now recite what I'll tell you to okay!" said Master Kang as he told Shen Yue what to recite.

"Fire, Nature, Demon, God, Heaven, Hell, creation and destruction, Yin and Yang. Great powerful celestials, grant me your love and manifest in me as a flame, as a sign of my love to you all. Fire the bringer of life yet death, beautiful red and blue. Destruction, the start of a new beginning. Demon, free and chaotic, fun is like a narcotic. God, the great and powerful balancer of order, majesty. Heaven, the house of purity and innocence, the realm of beauty. Hell, the place of dire cruelty, place of justice and evil, beautiful in its own nature. Nature, the mother of all, life and death within its beautiful hands, pretty she is. Creation, the start of all existence and reason for the birth of life. Yin the dark negative beauty, yang the bright positive handsome. Help me fufill my eternal desire, help me gain power to spread your love across the world. Amen." chanted Shen Yue

As Shen Yue said that, he felt many different energies coming within his soul realm (dantian), he looked within and could see a rainbow of many different colours gathering within bundling together like a group of friends.

PA!

As Shen Yue finished his chanting and looked within his soul realm, Master Kang conjured a normal looking flame within his palm and then quickly slapped his palm onto Shen Yue's abdomen where his soul realm was, the fire managed to get past his skin and in to his soul realm.

Woosh!

All the energies in his soul realm immediately got set on blaze like gasoline meeting fire. The burning energies got gathered together to create a small bright lump that turned into a small flame.

Within Shen Yue's soul realm was a small flame, it looked ordinary but that flame wasn't normal as there was transparent lightning, it had no colour but the outline was visible, the lightning circled the flame like a serpent.

'That looks cool' thought Shen Yue as he was immediately woken up by his master's coughing, the cliche type that woke people from their thoughts. Master Kang told Shen Yue he was drooling like a baby, then he told Shen Yue to be careful and not to use his flame for three months as the body needs to become accustomed to the flame, it requires a strong body as if it didn't during the accustom period then the flame would start burning his body from the inside. That's why he needs a strong healthy body to withstand the heat for three months.

"Ok." said Shen Yue as he walked to a collection of buildings, the building in the middle between a alchemist shop and a tailor, there was a massive three story building overshadowing the two buildings near it that were only two stories tall, which was impressive for peak middle class.

On the building's banner were six characters [爸爸的披萨店] or simply Papa's Pizzeria. The restaurant that Shen Yue was asking for was finally here, he could see through the glass window that the inside of the first level already looked good so then the upper levels will look cooler.

Shen Yue went inside and everyone there greeted him with 'good morning young master', the waiters, the chefs, the bodyguards (who were all silver rank) they all smiled.

The first level had wooden tables, four legged wooden stools, there was the counter that was black, wooden statues of ancient beasts were close to the door like some sort of feng shui, the floor was just white rock. The second level also had statues but this time made from silver, the tables had silver tops but wooden frames at the bottom, the chairs this time had cushions and detail on the back such as flowers and swirls, the counter was white this time and they had a carpet that was black. The third level, statues were gold, tables were fully silver with golden runes on them to make them look further beautiful, the chairs were made from bone this time but still same shape but more cushions on front and back, the counter was violet and the carpet was gold. There was also a bar there filled with alcohol in the back on selves.

Between all levels, at the centre back of building was an elevator to help people travel faster, there were stairs as well.

Shen Yue went to the kitchens that were just as fancy as his houses but no marble floor. He taught the chefs how to make pizza, it took him two hours to full explain the process and teach them how to make it, the kitchens had lots of ingredients that were required, tons.

He told got Niu Wang to work in the counter for the first level, it was to build his socialising skills and for him to gain confidence whilst also getting payed since his family was poor.

Today was the grand opening of the restaurant, Shen Yue was excited as there was a large crowd of people that were curious. He opened the doors to the entrance.

"Welcome to Papa's Pizzeria, today is our grand opening, you get 5% discount for today." smiled Shen Yue as the audience looked at him.