Wei Fan's home.
Qian Daoliu sat at the dining table, watching Wei Fan bring out basin after basin of delicious food.
He knew today's business would be hard to handle!
"If I'd known you were coming today, I'd have prepared more food!"
Qian Daoliu: "..."
"You already know what happened, don't you?"
Qian Daoliu cut straight to the chase.
"No rush!"
"Let's eat first!"
"You've come such a long way. You must be starving."
"First, try this new dish I've recently developed!"
Wei Fan brought out the "main attraction" he had prepared.
"What the hell is this?"
Qian Daoliu stared at the basin of golden strips.
He was dumbfounded!
He had never even seen this dish before!
Wei Fan had developed it himself?
Was that shit even edible?
A huge question mark sprang up in his mind.
"Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon tendons!"
"I went to a lot of trouble to find these ingredients. You've got to give them a proper taste today."
These were things that little rich girl Xue Ke had brought him from the Imperial Kitchen.
Honestly, he had never seen anyone eat anything like this.
They were incredibly tough!
He had even used his Martial Soul, the Trident, to cut them. Ordinary knives couldn't cut through them at all. He really had no idea why the people in the Imperial Palace liked eating this stuff.
"Dragon tendons?"
"Do you know what these things are used for?"
"Ropes for Soul Beasts!"
Qian Daoliu looked utterly helpless.
Dragon tendons were made into ropes that even Soul Beasts couldn't break free of. That alone showed how tough they were.
And this stuff could be eaten?
Who the hell could chew through it?
He hadn't seen Wei Fan for a year. Why had the brat started cooking up such bizarre things?
Couldn't he serve something meant for the living?
"This is a dish from the Imperial Kitchen-the finest hospitality I can offer-and you're still unhappy?"
"Stop trying to fool me, brat. I've been to the Imperial Kitchen. They have no such dish. They use these dragon tendons to tie up ingredients."
Wei Fan froze for a moment. So that was it.
He had wondered why they had given him so few dragon tendons. They weren't ingredients after all!
"Times have changed!"
"This is a new dish the Imperial Kitchen developed recently. I secretly picked up the recipe."
"You should count yourself lucky you get to eat it!"
Whether these were ingredients or not, he had already made them into a dish.
How could he let them go uneaten?
"You must have come here about something today, right?"
Seeing that Qian Daoliu still refused to pick up his chopsticks, Wei Fan added another remark.
"Since it's a new dish, I'll give it a try."
Qian Daoliu knew exactly what this little brat Wei Fan was like. If he didn't eat this meal today, he wouldn't get a single word out of him.
The moment the dragon tendon entered his mouth, Qian Daoliu felt as though it would chip his teeth. It was like biting into a spring.
But it really did taste good!
Fortunately, as a rank ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, he had no trouble using his Soul Power to eat a few dragon tendons.
"You already know what happened, so I won't beat around the bush."
"That girl is my granddaughter. She came to the Heaven Dou Empire for a very important task..."
"Don't worry. I'll keep it secret! Provided she doesn't cause trouble for me."
Wei Fan picked up where he left off.
Even if Qian Daoliu hadn't come to see him today, he wouldn't have told anyone about this.
He wasn't an idiot!
Telling people would bring him nothing but trouble, with no benefits whatsoever.
"With your word on that, I can rest easy."
Qian Daoliu chuckled.
"Speaking of which, you're really something, brat!"
"You actually have twin Martial Souls, and you kept it from me."
Even now, bringing it up still left Qian Daoliu shocked.
Twin Martial Souls were simply too rare!
Only a handful had ever appeared in the history of the Douluo Continent. The only person he currently knew of was Bibi Dong, and Wei Fan was the second.
No wonder the brat was so talented, already a Soul King at such a young age.
It truly astounded him!
"You never asked!"
Wei Fan shrugged.
"What exactly is going on with your Soul Rings?"
"Xiao Xue said you have a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring."
This was the question that interested Qian Daoliu the most.
Before coming, he had considered every possibility. Aside from sacrifice, no explanation seemed capable of putting a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring on a Soul King.
But Qian Renxue had also told him that Wei Fan's Soul Ring had initially been black, then turned straight to red.
That was just fucking absurd!
He could rack his brains until they burst and still couldn't figure out what was going on.
"I can't tell you that!"
Wei Fan refused to answer.
This was his greatest secret, one he absolutely couldn't tell anyone.
Besides, even if he told Qian Daoliu, would the old man believe him?
Of course not!
Qian Daoliu: "..."
The brat was being mysterious again!
He also knew this was probably a Soul Master's greatest secret. It was perfectly normal for Wei Fan not to tell him.
But he was so curious!
It seemed he would have to find a chance to coax it out of Wei Fan.
The two continued eating and chatting like this...
Half an hour passed...
[Ding~ Treated Qian Daoliu to stir-fried dragon tendons. Reward: Soul Skill "Sleep Bubble" control duration increased by one second!] [Ding~ Treated Qian Daoliu to bones to gnaw on. Reward: Soul Bone age increased by 2,000 years!] [...]
After a crisp mechanical chime, Wei Fan's eyes lit up.
This truly was a lucky fluke. Serving an ingredient that wasn't even an ingredient had actually earned him an increase in control duration.
It seemed he would have to broaden his thinking from now on!
He couldn't keep focusing on treating people to home-style rice. If he was going to feed them, he should feed them weird and wonderful things!
Today's rewards had already decided the path he would take in the future.
He had to admit, the rewards for treating a Peerless Douluo to food were excellent!
"Buuurp~~~"
Qian Daoliu leaned back in his chair and rubbed his belly.
After this entire meal, he hadn't managed to get anything out of Wei Fan.
The little brat's lips were sealed far too tightly!
Then again, that was a good thing. At the very least, it showed that Wei Fan wouldn't spill the secret about his granddaughter.
That reassured him even more!
"Wei Fan, when do you plan to return to Sea God Island?"
As he asked this question, Qian Daoliu's expression shifted slightly. There was someone he loved on Sea God Island.
Unfortunately, ever since returning from Sea God Island, he had never seen Bo Saixi again.
"I don't know!"
Speaking of Sea God Island, Wei Fan had a "motherfucker" he wasn't sure he should say.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Family, the Crown Prince's Palace.
"He didn't say anything?"
Although Qian Renxue was somewhat disappointed, she had anticipated this outcome.
If she possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, she wouldn't tell anyone where she had obtained it either.
"That brat's lips are sealed tight!"
"But don't worry. He's already promised to keep this secret."
"Just don't go causing trouble for him!"
Qian Daoliu gave her a warning.
"I know!"
Qian Renxue reluctantly agreed.
Even if she wanted to cause trouble for Wei Fan, there was nothing she could do right now.
Because she really couldn't beat him!
And with her grandfather standing in her way, the people of the Elder Hall wouldn't help her either.
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