Seizing Wang Dong'er's Meal, Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber! [Caught a Fever, No Energy All Day]

Time flew by, and Chu Lan safely completed his first semester at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Having just finished cultivating, Chu Lan eagerly began today's journey to another world.

"System, travel!"

Whoosh!

Chu Lan instantly vanished from the dormitory. When he reappeared, he was already inside an ancient palace.

Inside the palace, a young girl with long pink-blue hair was just about to enjoy the delicacies on the dining table before her. Many of them were made with rare medicinal herbs, and there was even the exceedingly rare Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber among them!

Chu Lan's sudden appearance gave the girl a huge fright.

"Y-you... who are you? How did you get in here?!" The girl pointed at Chu Lan and stammered loudly.

"Take a guess!"

Chu Lan did not care about any of that. He placed both hands on the edge of the table, and when the five seconds were up, he vanished along with the entire table and all the food on it.

"Thanks!"

The pink-blue-haired girl stood there in a daze, with Chu Lan's words of thanks still echoing in her ears.

"My Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber!!!"

"Eldest Daddy!!! Second Daddy!!!"

The girl's cries echoed through the palace. In less than three seconds, two burly middle-aged men appeared at the same time and arrived at her side.

"Dong'er, what happened? What is it?" Niu Tian asked with a face full of concern.

Tai Tan looked equally nervous.

"I... Someone suddenly appeared and snatched away an entire table of my food!" Wang Dong'er pointed at the empty table before her and said angrily.

"Huh? Th-this... Someone actually managed to sneak into Clear Sky Castle without us sensing them!" Niu Tian said in disbelief, not doubting Wang Dong'er's words in the slightest.

Tai Tan gently comforted her. "Dong'er, don't worry. We'll investigate right away and have an even better, more delicious lunch prepared for you."

Even after hearing that, Wang Dong'er's anger did not subside.

Meanwhile.

Chu Lan returned to his dormitory carrying the entire table of food.

He had heard Wang Dong'er's words just now, and a smile could not help appearing on his face.

[ Ding! ]

[ Congratulations, Host, for seizing a table full of exquisite delicacies from Wang Dong'er! ]

"It smells pretty good... There are probably quite a few priceless treasures among these things, aren't there?"

Chu Lan eagerly began eating.

"So the other world I just traveled to was a parallel universe ten thousand years in the future. Interesting. Too bad I only had five seconds, otherwise it would have been even more fun."

"System, when will you be repaired? When can you get rid of the words 'battle-damaged'?"

Swish!

A panel appeared before Chu Lan. It displayed a progress bar that had currently reached sixteen percent.

Chu Lan calculated that he would have to wait until at least the age of twelve for the system to finish repairing itself.

Only after Chu Lan had swept the entire table of delicacies clean did he pat his stomach and clean up the aftermath.

"Only someone like Wang Dong'er, whose background is practically divine, could use Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber as an ingredient! Only by using heavenly treasures and Whale Rubber could Wang Dong'er obtain Soul Rings beyond her age limit!"

"If I could get another piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, I'd be confident in absorbing a Thousand-Year Soul Ring for my second Soul Ring!"

Chu Lan began looking forward to it, hoping he could snatch some more treasures to use.

Even if it was not Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, he would not turn down treasures comparable to it.

Knock, knock, knock!

Someone knocked on the dormitory door, and Tang San's voice came from outside. "Chu Lan, are you in there?"

Chu Lan opened the door. Seeing that Tang San had come looking for him, he casually asked, "What is it?"

"The break has started. Want to head back together?" Tang San invited him. At Notting Academy, only he and Chu Lan were from the same hometown. Rather than traveling alone, he might as well go with Chu Lan and have company on the road.

"I still need to buy some things and make preparations. You go on ahead," Chu Lan politely declined.

Tang San felt a little disappointed, but he did not think much of it. He nodded, then turned and left with his luggage.

Chu Lan got himself ready, then bought some practical things on the streets, such as eggs, intending to give them to the villagers.

After returning this time, he did not know when he would next come back to Holy Soul Village.

Holy Soul Village.

After distributing all the gifts he had bought to the villagers, Chu Lan arrived before his little wooden house. The marks left behind when he had casually swung Tiger Soul and released countless blade energies were still there.

Before leaving Holy Soul Village, he planned to renovate the little wooden house. Perhaps someday far in the future, he would return here.

When the villagers of Holy Soul Village saw Chu Lan rebuilding his house, they voluntarily came to help. For a time, the village was exceptionally lively.

In less than three days, a sturdy, brand-new wooden house stood before Chu Lan.

During those three days, Chu Lan only saw Tang San once, on the first day. After that, he never saw him again.

Evening.

As usual, Chu Lan took out the Little Green Bottle and placed it beneath the moonlight to absorb the essence of the moon.

He himself circulated the Nine Yang Divine Skill to cultivate, and his Soul Power steadily increased.

Even without cultivation techniques, Chu Lan's talent would have placed him among those seen only once in a century. Innate Full Soul Power made him an unquestionable genius.

Now, with cultivation techniques such as the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Mysterious Heaven Skill aiding him, after studying at Notting Academy for one semester, his Soul Power Level had already reached level seventeen!

The next day.

Chu Lan bid farewell to the many villagers of Holy Soul Village and returned to Notting Academy.

The break had not yet ended, and quite a few students had already graduated, making the academy seem especially deserted. When Chu Lan arrived at the cafeteria, he happened to spot Tang San and Yu Xiaogang having lunch in a corner on the second floor.

Even now, Yu Xiaogang still felt somewhat uncomfortable whenever he saw Chu Lan.

Tang San's attitude, however, was completely different. When he saw Chu Lan approaching, he raised a hand in greeting. "Chu Lan!"

Perhaps because Tang Hao had left, and because Chu Lan was his only fellow villager at Notting Academy, Tang San treated him so kindly.

Chu Lan walked closer and comforted him. "Little San, I heard your father left. My condolences."

Tang San's expression darkened considerably, and the corner of Yu Xiaogang's mouth twitched involuntarily.

With a speechless look on his face, Tang San said flatly, "My father only temporarily left Holy Soul Village. He isn't dead."

"Slip of the tongue, slip of the tongue." Chu Lan patted Tang San on the shoulder, glanced at Yu Xiaogang, and left with a beaming smile.

Yu Xiaogang always felt that the smile on Chu Lan's face was deliberately mocking him, but he had no proof.

In truth, that was exactly what Chu Lan thought. However, directly humiliating someone in public and deliberately picking a fight was not his style.

Of course, as an interdimensional bandit, robbing things from other times did not count.

Yu Xiaogang was also brewing a new plan. The more he looked at Chu Lan now, the more displeased he felt, and he desperately hoped Chu Lan would leave Notting Academy as soon as possible.

Thinking that Chu Lan was already a Soul Master and had met Notting Academy's graduation requirements, a plan immediately formed in Yu Xiaogang's mind.