Douluo: Starting Out by Furiously Rebuking the Grandmaster

Flowers on My Face

"It was unlikely." Lu Yu shook his head. "If they truly intended to harm me, they definitely wouldn't choose such a method. It would have to be an assassination."

"Unless..."

Lu Fei hurriedly asked, "Unless what?"

Lu Yu said, "Unless they're already prepared to go to war with Spirit Hall."

Hua Yuan nodded to himself.

He rather agreed with Lu Yu's view.

"Besides, even if they were preparing for war, they wouldn't use me as their point of breakthrough. The key to victory or defeat doesn't lie with me. I'm not that important yet," Lu Yu added.

Hua Yuan asked, "So, are you going?"

Whether they were trying to poach him was unimportant. Hua Yuan believed Lu Yu could tell which side was better. What mattered was whether Lu Yu wanted to go.

Lu Yu smiled. "Of course I'm going. Why wouldn't I? Someone's treating us to a meal, so why not go? Xiao Fei and I can go tomorrow. Old Hua, do as you please."

"This..." Hua Yuan was still somewhat worried.

Lu Yu smiled. "Don't worry. Isn't Snake Lance Douluo here? Forget some mere Heaven Dou Crown Prince—even if Chen Xin were there, it wouldn't be much of a problem."

Naturally, there was some reassurance in those words, but Lu Yu couldn't exactly tell him the truth.

"You can go."

At that moment, Snake Lance Douluo's voice drifted over, like an extremely potent calming pill forcefully tossed into Hua Yuan and Lu Fei's stomachs.

Seeing this, Hua Yuan said no more.

Snake Lance Douluo had already agreed. What else could he say?

Just as Lu Yu had said, with a Title Douluo secretly protecting them, a mere Xue Qinghe couldn't cause much trouble.

Lu Yu made the decision. "Then it's settled. Xiao Fei and I will attend the banquet tomorrow. Old Hua, take the day off."

Hua Yuan nodded.

After that, the three of them returned to their respective rooms and began cultivating.

The following day, at noon.

Lu Yu brought Lu Fei to the so-called Strange Flavor Restaurant at a leisurely pace.

Strange Flavor Restaurant was simply a restaurant.

However, just its entrance gave people the feeling that they couldn't afford to eat there.

And that was indeed the case.

Strange Flavor Restaurant was famous not only in Heaven Dou City, but throughout the entire Douluo Continent. Its branches could be found in every major city.

Though it was merely a restaurant, the dishes it sold were no ordinary dishes. They used exceptionally precious Soul Beasts as ingredients.

From Soul Beasts that were merely decades or centuries old, all the way to thousand-year and even ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts, they were nothing more than ingredients here.

Aside from ordinary Soul Beast meat, they also offered specialty dishes made from the most refined parts of various Soul Beasts.

For example, bear paws from all kinds of bear-type Soul Beasts, snake soup from all kinds of snake-type Soul Beasts, or seafood from certain marine Soul Beasts.

In short, there was practically no Soul Beast you couldn't eat here.

Provided that you had the money.

Thus, the prices here were far beyond what ordinary people could afford.

A single meal cost at least a thousand Gold Soul Coins. Several thousand, tens of thousands, or even a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins was nothing unusual here.

Though they had long known about this place, Lu Yu and Lu Fei had never dared to come.

Because they couldn't afford it.

The moment they entered the magnificent hall, a pretty young woman in a special uniform came forward to greet them.

The uniform... how should he put it?

It was very revealing.

The woman's figure was displayed to the fullest by that uniform. Most importantly, she was also extremely beautiful, making it difficult to look away after a single glance.

Lu Yu fell into thought as he looked at her attire.

It seemed this place was more than just somewhere to eat.

Lu Fei, meanwhile, was having a hard time.

Where had he ever seen such a scene in all his life?

His face had turned so red it looked ready to bleed. Looking was wrong, not looking was wrong, and for a moment, he didn't even know where to put his eyes.

"Hello. Do you two have a reservation?"

The woman came up to them and bowed slightly. She did not look down on them because of their clothes or their age.

But it would have been better if she hadn't bowed.

That deep cleavage made even Lu Yu's eyes widen.

Good heavens.

The development industry on Douluo Continent was even more outrageous than the Soul Master industry.

Lu Fei was another matter.

His gaze had long since wandered somewhere else. He was destined to miss out on this view.

Lu Yu said, "The Crown Prince invited us."

He did not know what name Xue Qinghe had left behind, but presumably there was no need to hide it.

The woman's eyes lit up. Rising to her feet, she said, "This way, please."

Lu Yu could clearly sense that after he mentioned the Crown Prince, she became much more enthusiastic.

This was no longer the professional warmth from before. It came from the heart, to the point that she could barely even lead the way properly.

She insisted on brushing against Lu Yu's side.

Every now and then, she even tossed him a flirtatious glance.

Yet Lu Yu acted as though he saw nothing, leaving her rather helpless.

Very soon.

The woman led them to the entrance of a private room.

Heaven on Earth.

This...

Lu Yu wondered whether Qian Renxue knew the deeper meaning of this private room's name.

"Your Highness, the guests you invited have arrived." The woman pressed the doorbell Soul Tool and called out respectfully.

"Come in!"

Only after the person inside spoke did the woman push open the door and step aside.

Only after entering did Lu Yu realize that the private room was not only luxuriously decorated, but also quite spacious. Even ten or so people could sit inside without it feeling crowded.

Yet there was only one person inside.

The other party had a boyish face, luxurious clothes, and short golden hair. She looked no different from an anime character, except far more real.

Looking at her.

To be honest, Lu Yu did not feel much.

Though he knew an incomparably beautiful face lay beneath her disguise, it was truly difficult for Lu Yu to feel interested in her current appearance.

After all.

This was not some woman disguising herself as a man in a period drama.

In a certain sense, she had truly become another person.

A man.

If Lu Yu could still be interested, then there really would be something wrong with him.

"Greetings, Your Highness." Lu Yu gave a shallow bow, neither servile nor overbearing.

Lu Fei did the same.

However, Lu Fei did not dare openly examine her like Lu Yu did. Instead, he secretly sized her up with curiosity.

"No need to stand on ceremony. Please, have a seat." Xue Qinghe nodded slightly, then looked toward the woman at the door. "Serve the dishes."

The woman acknowledged the order, left, and closed the door behind her.

Lu Yu did not hesitate and sat down directly across from her.

Lu Fei sat beside Lu Yu.

Lu Yu's gaze swept back and forth across her body without restraint, as though he wanted to see through her disguise. But reality was cruel.

If he could see through it with just a few glances, the grass on Qian Renxue's grave would probably already be two meters tall.

Even if she had not died, she should have returned to Spirit Hall by now.

"Do I have flowers on my face?" No matter how good-tempered she was, Xue Qinghe felt somewhat displeased under Lu Yu's unrestrained gaze.

However, she could not show it.

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Well-Fed and Sated

"Not that I can see." Lu Yu shook his head and withdrew his gaze from her.

However, he did not take the initiative to mention why Xue Qinghe had invited him.

She was not in a hurry, so why should he be?

He would eat first and talk later.

Opportunities like this were rare for them. After today, who knew how long it would be before they were qualified to step into Strange Flavor Restaurant again?

He was not in a hurry, and neither was Xue Qinghe.

How could one bring up such matters the moment they met? Did they still want to eat or not?

Thus, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.

However, Lu Yu felt nothing at all. He continued looking around the private room on his own, like a country bumpkin entering the city for the first time.

In the end, only Xue Qinghe and Lu Fei felt awkward.

Fortunately, the dishes arrived quickly.

Each time a dish was served, the attendant announced its name and ingredients.

Bear paw from a thousand-year Earth Explosive Bear...

Dragon sinew from a thousand-year Millennium Fire Flood Dragon...

Millennium Golden-Spotted Lobster...

Nearly every dish was made from thousand-year Soul Beasts. Whether they could make one immortal was uncertain, but they were definitely expensive.

Lu Yu estimated that this meal would cost at least several tens of thousands.

As dish after dish of delicacies was served, Lu Fei gradually began to embarrass himself. His eyes stared fixedly at the food, and he was practically drooling.

Seeing his hopeless appearance, Lu Yu said irritably, "If you want to eat, then eat. His Highness invited you here for a meal. Do you think she'll stop you from eating?"

"Uh... hehe..."