The Golden Generation had finished eating. Now they held their money and gazed at Lin Feng with eager, hopeful eyes.
Lin Feng rose unhurriedly and stretched.
"All right, time for the draw. Who wants to go first?"
Hu Liena and the others' eyes lit up at once, their excitement plain to see.
"Senior, I'll go first!"
Hu Liena immediately placed her Gold Soul Coins on the counter, waiting for Lin Feng to "reward" her.
Aside from her main course, she'd also ordered a fruit salad today, spending four hundred Gold Soul Coins.
After just receiving three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, she wouldn't have batted an eye at such a small amount. At that moment, the little fox could only hope she'd get a decent reward.
Just then, the shop door swung open.
Chrysanthemum Douluo came in, pulling Ghost Douluo along by the arm.
"Senior!" The moment Chrysanthemum Douluo saw Lin Feng, he switched straight into bootlicker mode. "Sorry for the trouble again today!"
His obsequious manner stood in stark contrast to the arrogance he'd shown when he first walked in yesterday.
Ghost Douluo followed behind, his eyes taking in the shop's surroundings.
To be honest, he was still skeptical about what Chrysanthemum Douluo had told him. Could this ordinary-looking little restaurant really be so miraculous?
"Mm." Lin Feng glanced at Chrysanthemum Douluo. When he saw Ghost Douluo behind him, his mood improved considerably.
But he kept his expression indifferent. "Wait over there for now. I'll finish their draws first."
Chrysanthemum Douluo hurriedly nodded. "Of course, of course. Please, go ahead, Senior!"
He led Ghost Douluo to a seat off to the side and lowered his voice. "Old Ghost, keep your eyes open. It's almost time to witness a miracle!"
Ghost Douluo nodded skeptically, his gaze fixed on Lin Feng.
Lin Feng returned to Hu Liena and raised his right hand, lightly tapping the air with his index finger.
"Begin the draw."
[Spending: 400 Gold Soul Coins.]
The system's voice sounded in Lin Feng's mind.
[System evaluation: The little leek finally decided to spend! And she didn't waste any food, either. Very good!]
[Random reward: One eight-thousand-year Soul Ring.]
[Host reward: 40 Gourmet Points.]
Seeing Hu Liena's draw result, Lin Feng's lips curled slightly.
An eight-thousand-year Soul Ring was just what Hu Liena needed right now.
She'd already broken through to level forty and was probably fretting over her fourth Soul Ring.
The system had gone ahead and arranged one for her. How thoughtful.
[Hmph! Don't get ahead of yourself, you useless host. I just don't want to watch this little leek waste time hunting for a Soul Ring.]
[If she spends a month or so in the Soul Hunting Forest, Maple Dye Pavilion will lose a loyal customer for that whole time, won't it?]
[I'm only thinking of your points!]
The system's voice rang in Lin Feng's mind, its sharp tongue dripping with smugness.
Lin Feng chuckled to himself, but said nothing.
Either way, Hu Liena would get her Soul Ring, and he'd earn points. It was a win-win.
"Your reward is..."
Lin Feng paused theatrically. Seeing Hu Liena's expectant eyes, he finally continued.
"One eight-thousand-year Soul Ring."
With a light wave of his right hand, a Soul Ring glowing with a deep purple light appeared out of thin air and slowly floated in the air.
At the sight of it, Hu Liena and the others all drew in sharp breaths, their eyes nearly bulging out of their heads.
Ghost Douluo, seated to the side, froze completely, his skepticism giving way to stunned disbelief.
"This... this really is an eight-thousand-year Soul Ring!"
Ghost Douluo's voice trembled.
As a Titled Douluo, he could naturally sense that the Soul Ring was real.
This was no illusion or sleight of hand. It was a genuine eight-thousand-year Soul Ring!
Chrysanthemum Douluo looked smug. "Old Ghost, believe me now?"
But Ghost Douluo was too stunned to answer. He could only nod woodenly.
Hu Liena, meanwhile, was torn.
She looked at the enticing glow of the Soul Ring before her, her feelings in turmoil.
Of course she was excited. The value of an eight-thousand-year Soul Ring spoke for itself.
But the problem was...
"Senior, can I... absorb this Soul Ring?"
Hu Liena's voice carried clear concern. "By conventional standards, the limit for a fourth Soul Ring should be five thousand years."
"I'm worried that eight thousand years might..."
She left the sentence unfinished, but everyone present understood what she meant.
A Soul Ring that exceeded a Soul Master's limits could make them explode from within!
Hearing Hu Liena's concern, Lin Feng shook his head with an air of helplessness.
"You spend money here. I wouldn't put you in danger."
Without waiting for her reply, he pointed at the Soul Ring.
In the next instant, the eight-thousand-year Soul Ring slipped smoothly into Hu Liena's body, and she absorbed it at once!
"This..."
Hu Liena's eyes widened. She had no idea what had just happened.
She only felt a gentle force pouring out of the Soul Ring, flowing through her body like a warm current.
There was no pain, no feeling of tearing.
The eight-thousand-year Soul Ring that should have made her explode now seemed as docile as a kitten, obediently merging with her body.
"I absorbed it? An eight-thousand-year Soul Ring, just like that... I absorbed it?"
Her Soul Power Level also rose straight from the level forty she'd just reached to level forty-two!
Seeing this, Xie Yue and Yan were both delighted for Hu Liena.
As for Ghost Douluo? He'd already turned to stone.
Hu Liena was still lost in the euphoria of her sudden breakthrough when Xie Yue started itching to have his own turn.
"Senior, I want to draw too!"
Xie Yue's eyes shone with excitement. Seeing how pleased his sister looked, he could hardly wait to try it himself.
"Let me go first! Let me go first!"
But as soon as he spoke, Yan's burly frame appeared. He shoved Xie Yue, the skinny fellow, aside with his backside.
"Hey, hey, Yan!" Xie Yue nearly fell from the shove. "You can't cut in line!"
"First come, first served!" Yan chuckled, plopping down on the chair in front of the counter.
Yan slapped his Gold Soul Coins onto the counter, his eyes sparkling. "Senior, I want to draw!"
Lin Feng glanced at the excited Yan, then at Xie Yue, who'd been shoved aside.
"Cutting in line?"
Lin Feng's voice remained lazy, but the dangerous note beneath it made Yan freeze.
[Spending: 500 Gold Soul Coins.]
[System evaluation: This leek doesn't know how to behave, and I'm very unhappy! A nobody like him deserves nothing but trash rewards!]
[Random reward: Slight increase in Soul Power.]
[Host reward: 50 Gourmet Points.]
Seeing the reward the system had given, Lin Feng's eye twitched.
Yesterday, Yan had spent one hundred Gold Soul Coins and only gotten a slight increase in Soul Power. Today, he spent five hundred, and the system still gave him the same thing?
But that made sense. Yan had nearly violated the shop's rules.
If he'd cut in line while ordering, that would probably have counted as breaking the rules.
Then even Lin Feng's points might have been reduced!
"Slight increase in Soul Power."
Lin Feng's voice was utterly indifferent as he said it.
With Yan watching anxiously, Lin Feng finally gave a light wave of his right hand. A faint glimmer entered Yan's body.
After two increases in Soul Power, Yan had finally reached level forty.
But he couldn't feel happy about it at all.
Compared with the eight-thousand-year Soul Ring Hu Liena had just received, his reward was like heaven and earth.
More importantly, his foolish behavior just now seemed to have offended Lin Feng again!