Fan Gang

After listening to what Dugu Yan said, Lu Xuan couldn't help but sigh, "Indeed, the world is vast and full of wonders; you can see all sorts of bizarre and wonderful Martial Soul."

He finished the rabbit head in his hand and didn't rush to take the rest from the plate. Instead, he looked up at the menu on the wall.

Even the most exquisite ingredients in the restaurant's ordinary dishes couldn't meet his standards.

But the line on the menu that offered processing services for Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast instantly caught Lu Xuan's eye.

Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast are already rare, Soul Master only need them after their fifth or even Sixth Soul Ring.

In addition, its enormous size means that ordinary people's Storage Soul Tool simply cannot hold too much of it.

Hunting and carrying such a large, heavy piece of meat into the city is definitely not an easy task!

The boss stated that it was a contract manufacturer, not a buyer, which probably means he couldn't afford the high price of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's body.

Lu Xuan pondered for a moment, then called over the waiter who was waiting nearby and asked, "I heard that your shop can process Soul Beast?"

"Yes, young master." The waiter answered respectfully upon hearing his question, "Are you planning to bring Soul Beast to our shop for processing?"

"Whether it's possible or not depends on your chef's skills." Lu Xuan smiled faintly. "Is he free now? I'd like to speak with him in person."

"Alright, I'll go inform them right away!" The waiter nodded hurriedly and turned to run quickly towards the kitchen.

A moment later, the waiter hurriedly returned, his face showing a hint of eagerness. He bowed and replied, "Young master, our head chef said he's free right now. If you can produce Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast soon, why don't we move to a private room and sit down to discuss this in detail?"

"Understood." Lu Xuan nodded slightly, then turned to Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan beside him and asked, "Lingling, Yanyan, would you like to come over with me for a chat, or stay here and continue enjoying the rest of the rabbit heads?"

"Let's go up together." As soon as Dugu Yan finished speaking, she nimbly picked up the food box, packed up the remaining spicy rabbit heads on the plate, and didn't want to waste a single bit of this rare delicacy.

Ye Lingling, standing to the side, was much more composed. She took out a clean tissue and carefully wiped away the red oil from the corner of her lips with gentle and elegant movements, displaying a graceful demeanor.

After the two girls had finished getting ready, Lu Xuan followed the waiter to the private room. They walked through the bustling lobby, turned down a corridor, and pushed open the door. There was already someone sitting in the private room.

He was a middle-aged, plump man in a shiny white chef's uniform, with the sleeves rolled up to his forearms. He had a friendly smile on his face and was clearly the head chef of this restaurant.

"My name is Fan Gang, the head chef of this hotel." Upon seeing the three enter, the fat man quickly stood up and greeted them with a smile, "Young masters and ladies, are you planning to have me cook Soul Beast for you?"

Lu Xuan looked up at the head chef, scrutinizing him from head to toe, and slowly said, "May I see your Martial Soul?"

"No problem at all." Fan Gang nodded readily, and with a thought, he released his Martial Soul and Soul Ring.

A heavy iron pot, over a meter in diameter, appeared in front of him, its surface gleaming with a warm, dark iron luster—it was his Martial Soul.

Five Soul Ring slowly rose along his body, white, yellow, purple, black, with distinct layers, quietly swirling.

Food-type Soul Master are inherently very difficult to cultivate, and they don't have many means of self-protection. Reaching the Soul King level is truly not an easy feat.

At this moment, Fan Gang took the initiative to speak, introducing his Martial Soul to the three. "Gentlemen, my Martial Soul is this iron pot. Its five Soul Skill aren't particularly impressive. The First Soul Skill is heat preservation; it locks in the flavor of the food after cooking, maintaining it at the perfect temperature for three hours. The second and third Soul Skill enhance freshness, maximizing the natural flavor of the ingredients and elevating the taste. The Fourth Soul Skill is preservation; cooked food won't spoil or go bad within twelve hours. As for the Fifth Soul Skill ..."

"As for the Fifth Soul Skill, it's called [Ten Thousand Flavors Melding Cauldron]," Fan Gang said with a smile. "This Soul Skill of mine can harmonize the inherent properties of ingredients, neutralizing their natural fishiness, bitterness, coldness, or heat, and bringing out all the rich flavors hidden within them. The more precious and complex the ingredients, the more obvious the effect of this Soul Skill will be. It's perfect for cooking the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

"Oh?" After listening to Fan Gang's introduction, Lu Xuan slowly asked, "How often do you use this Fifth Soul Skill?"

"Not many." Fan Gang shook his head awkwardly. "This Soul Skill has usage restrictions; it can only be activated once a day. I usually save it for rare ingredients that are over a thousand or even ten thousand years old."

"Have you used it today?" Lu Xuan asked, raising his hand to take out an 18,000-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit from his Storage Soul Tool. He looked up at Fan Gang: "If you haven't used it yet, this one is yours to take care of."

They encountered and hunted this Soft Bone Rabbit during their journey; it had been dead for less than a day, and its meat was at its best.

Fan Gang spotted the Ten-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit at a glance, and his excitement was like seeing a priceless treasure. His voice involuntarily rose. "It hasn't been used yet! It hasn't been moved at all! I'll get to it right away!"

He looked at Lu Xuan with eager eyes and said urgently, "Young Master, I'll take it to the kitchen to cook right away! What flavors would you three like?"

"Spicy," Lu Xuan said calmly. "From start to finish, the rabbit head and rabbit meat will all be prepared in the spicy way."

"Alright! Just wait and see! I guarantee it will suit your tastes!"

Before he finished speaking, Fan Gang scooped up the Soft Bone Rabbit and hurried off to the kitchen.

After the person left, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling looked at Lu Xuan. Dugu Yan, being straightforward, asked, "Lu Xuan, is there anything we didn't expect on this?"

Lu Xuan looked at the two of them and said, "You know that eating a lot of high-quality Soul Beast can improve your physical fitness, right?"

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling nodded; they knew this.

However, this efficiency is not as good as Lu Xuan's [Jade Flute Fivefold Melody] and [Rainbow Dragon Listening Melody], nor as good as taking Whale Rubber.

Even if eating a pound of Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast every day could increase the upper limit of the Soul Ring that the physical body can bear by one year, that would already be considered a rare achievement.

It's not that it's useless, it's just that the results are very limited.

Moreover, even if it's Storage Soul Tool, it can't permanently lock in the life force of Soul Beast's body; it will still deteriorate and spoil over time. If one wants to enjoy it every day without any worries, it means hunting a ten- Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast every day. Such extravagance is something even the well-established Spirit Hall couldn't afford, let alone other forces.

When you calculate it this way, the slight boost you get from eating Soul Beast is almost negligible.

"I suspect this cook named Fan Gang can amplify the physical enhancement effects of Soul Beast," Lu Xuan said, looking at the two. "Not just the physical body, the Soul Beast of the mental type could very well amplify mental effects."