Old Wang spoke up, "You can't eat this, it's being prepared for the guests outside."
Ma Lu's eyelids twitched at these words, fearing that the Golden Slime would lash out in a fit of rage.
He thought to himself it was just a pumpkin cookie, after all. If giving it away would send off this plague god, he believed Lady Cheng outside wouldn't mind waiting a bit longer to eat.
To Ma Lu's surprise, the Golden Slime didn't get angry; instead, it took half a step back and then took off the Bull Horn Hat on its head.
Underneath was a seal pendant.
It used its solidified tentacles to hold up the pendant and handed it to Ma Lu.
"Ah?" Ma Lu was taken aback once again.
"It wants to use this thing to pay for the meal," Old Wang said.
"Is this a... keychain?" Ma Lu thought to say that this wasn't enough to cover the meal, but considering that he couldn't defeat the creature opposite him, he decided to swallow the rest of his sentence.