The basement had originally contained only one Mimic Cultivation Room.
But now, there was an additional tunnel.
Its far end connected directly to the basement of Chrysanthemum Douluo's home.
Looking at the seamless tunnel that seemed as though it had always existed, Lu Fan clicked his tongue in amazement.
He could not help marveling at how efficient the people handling this had been.
If he had hired people to do this in his previous life, it definitely would not have been finished in less than a week or two.
Yet the people here had completed it in only half a day.
Then again, that made sense.
This world had extraordinary powers.
Whether it was excavation or preventing cave-ins, everything was incredibly easy.
Such speed was perfectly reasonable.
And this had been a request from a powerful Titled Douluo.
How could those people dare to cut corners, slack off, or drag their feet?
Lu Fan merely gave it a cursory look before leaving the basement.
Having just returned home, he naturally needed to eat before cultivating.
Very soon, a chef personally assigned to him by Yue Guan brought out steaming hot dishes.
After finishing his meal, Lu Fan felt as though something was missing.
Wiping his mouth, Lu Fan suddenly looked at the chef and asked, "Are you a fire-attribute Soul Master or a food-type Soul Master?"
The man froze when he heard that.
It was as though he had not expected Lu Fan to suddenly ask such a question.
However, he quickly recovered and replied, "Young Master, this subordinate is a food-type Soul Master. If you require a fire-attribute Soul Master, there are some in the kitchen as well."
Lu Fan nodded. "Go buy some Whale Rubber. Thousand-year-old is best, but hundred-year-old will do if there really isn't any. From now on, have a fire-attribute Soul Master melt it and serve it with every dinner."
"Huh? Whale Rubber?"
The chef thought he had misheard.
He repeated it, staring at Lu Fan in disbelief.
After all, he was Chrysanthemum Douluo's personal chef.
He knew a little about Lu Fan, the disciple Chrysanthemum Douluo had only recently taken in.
Although Lu Fan looked like a fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy, he was actually only nine.
"Yes, Whale Rubber."
Lu Fan reiterated it.
Seeing that Lu Fan truly wanted that stuff, the chef became somewhat at a loss.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Young Master, Elder Chrysanthemum personally reviewed and selected your menu. Whether something is added or removed, this lowly one dares not make such arrangements without permission. I must first ask Elder Chrysanthemum..."
As he spoke, he did not dare look at Lu Fan's expression.
After all, in a sense, this was no different from refusing him outright.
Ill-tempered heirs of wealthy families often felt that their authority had been challenged at times like this and flew into a rage.
However, Lu Fan was fairly mild-tempered.
He did not make things difficult for the man.
He nodded and said, "All right. Go tell my teacher, then."
As for how he would answer if Yue Guan asked about it,
Lu Fan had already thought of something.
Yue Guan already knew that he ate Whale Rubber.
At worst, he could just say that he was a little addicted to it.
Lu Fan felt that as long as he did not actually go looking for women to vent his desires, Yue Guan probably would not stop him from indulging in such a minor hobby.
Seeing how easygoing Lu Fan was, the chef breathed a sigh of relief.
"This subordinate understands."
After eating, Lu Fan went to cultivate in Yue Guan's private cultivation room.
As for Yue Guan himself,
Lu Fan had no idea what he had gone off to do.
But considering that Yue Guan's cultivation would normally remain unchanged for roughly the next ten years,
he probably did not cultivate much in his daily life.
It was even possible that Bibi Dong feared he and Gui Mei would break through Rank 96 and become worshippers beyond her control, so she deliberately suppressed them.
Lu Fan meditated and cultivated in the cultivation room for six hours.
By the time he finished, it was already one or two in the morning.
Lu Fan returned from the underground cultivation room to his own courtyard.
Seeing him, the servants on night duty hurriedly brought him a bowl of lotus seed soup.
"Young Master, this was made from the fruit borne by a thousand-year soul beast, the Virility Lotus. Elder Chrysanthemum instructed that you drink a bowl every night after cultivating. It will help you achieve the Indestructible Diamond Body sooner."
Lu Fan nodded, accepted the lotus seed soup, and drained it in one gulp.
As expected of an ingredient produced by a thousand-year soul beast, its effects were truly remarkable.
Or perhaps it was because of the top-tier chef serving a Titled Douluo.
Over the past two days, Lu Fan had truly eaten well at every meal.
Even the worst thing on the table had been meat from a hundred-year soul beast.
A single meal like that was something commoner Soul Masters could not afford even with a year's worth of subsidies.
After drinking the bowl of lotus seed soup, Lu Fan felt a pleasant warmth in his lower abdomen.
Lu Fan handed the empty bowl to the servant waiting nearby.
After receiving the bowl, the servant added,
"This subordinate has prepared a medicinal bath for Young Master according to Elder Chrysanthemum's instructions. Elder Chrysanthemum said it can relieve your mental and physical fatigue, and it will also help you attain the Indestructible Diamond Body."
Lu Fan nodded and had the servant lead the way.
The bath barrel had been placed in his room.
Lu Fan stripped naked and climbed straight in.
Contrary to the pungent medicinal odor he had expected,
the air was filled only with floral fragrance.
Not only was it not unpleasant,
but a single whiff gave him the blissful sensation of his mind emptying.
"Mmm... ah~"
Lu Fan could not help moaning in pleasure.
His body kept sinking deeper into the medicinal bath.
Not only did his fatigue fade away,
Lu Fan could also feel his Soul Power slowly increasing.
"Even taking a bath can raise my cultivation. Is this what it means to enjoy the shade beneath a great tree?"
Lu Fan truly felt that he had wasted the past several years of his life.
If he had come to Spirit Hall earlier, he would definitely be a Soul Elder by now.
If he had come to Spirit Hall the moment his Martial Soul awakened, he might already have been Rank 33 or even Rank 34.
"I was blind and ignorant before. I always thought that since Douluo One did not have many pills or anything like that, the gap in resources aside from Spirit Rings should not have been that great."
"It has only been two days, yet I can already feel such an obvious difference. Sigh."
Lu Fan let out a sigh.
Although he regretted it,
no matter what, he was still young, and it was not too late for anything.
Lu Fan found it so comfortable that he could not even be bothered to get out, soaking in the bath barrel all night.
The next day,
at eight-thirty in the morning,
a servant came to wake Lu Fan and prepare him for classes at Martial Soul Academy.
Lu Fan opened his eyes and stood up from the bath barrel, completely naked.
Two quick-witted maids stepped forward with bath towels and began drying him off.
Lu Fan only needed to spread his arms. Not only did someone dry every drop of water from his body, someone also dressed him from head to toe, putting on his clothes, pants, and shoes.
One of the maids asked, "Would Young Master like his hair done?"
Lu Fan shook his head. "No need. I'm used to wearing it loose like this."
"What is it?"
Lu Fan asked in confusion.
The two maids had been staring at him with flushed faces, and Lu Fan could not figure out why.
When the two maids heard him ask, their cheeks reddened even more.
But since Lu Fan had asked, they did not dare remain silent.
"Young Master, you... you smell so good~"
After saying that, the maid did not dare look at Lu Fan, afraid that he would take offense.
Hearing that, Lu Fan raised an arm and sniffed himself.
Sniff, sniff.
Lu Fan's lips twitched. "Mm, I do smell pretty good."
"Probably because I soaked for so long that the scent seeped into me."
Without thinking much of it, Lu Fan went to the main hall to have breakfast.
The moment he entered, Lu Fan saw that Yue Guan and Gui Mei were already sitting at the dining table.
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