Chapter 30: Special Breakfast

Green Peak Mountain, within the small courtyard.

“Creeak—”

With a harsh creak of the door, Lin Fan walked in, listless.

“Master, you came at just the right time. Hurry up and eat!” Su Muxue called out to Lin Fan. “Sister Qinghong’s cooking is delicious!”

“You all eat. Master has no appetite today.” With that, Lin Fan walked into the inner room without looking back.

“Huh?” Seeing Lin Fan’s unusual expression, Bai Ling and the others looked at each other in bewilderment. “Master, he… what’s wrong?”

“Phew—”

After closing the door, Lin Fan let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, Lin Fan went straight to the bedside and sat down, closing his eyes and falling into deep thought.

“Your demonic power is not pure…”

Recalling the words of the sword spirit, Lin Fan couldn’t help but frown.

If it were just based on the sword spirit’s one-sided statement, Lin Fan would definitely not take it too seriously.
But…

What was with the system’s detection information?

[I say, Host, can we not always be so suspicious?]

The system’s lazy voice suddenly sounded in Lin Fan’s mind.

“Then tell me, what’s going on with my race and my demonic power?” Lin Fan asked, unwilling to give up.

[Aiya, I already said it’s nothing major. Why are you so stubborn?]

The system said with some helplessness.

[Besides, isn’t your demonic power perfectly fine? It’s just that I’ve restricted a portion of it.]

“No…” Lin Fan shook his head very firmly. “I can feel that there has indeed been some change in the demonic power within my body.”

[Change or no change, as long as it doesn’t affect its use, isn’t that good enough?]

The system said, evading the main point.

“Absolutely not!”

Lin Fan clenched his fists tightly. “As the Demon Lord, to not have pure demonic power, wouldn’t I be a laughingstock if this got out?!”

[Alright, alright, I really give up on you!]

The system sighed with some resignation.

[I promise you—there is no problem with your demonic power, and your race has not changed. Is that good enough now?]

“Really?” Lin Fan asked, half-believing.

[Really.]

“Knock knock knock!”

Just as Lin Fan was about to press further, a crisp knocking sound suddenly came from outside the door.

“Master, may I come in?”

“Phew—” Hearing the noise outside, Lin Fan quickly took a deep breath to calm his agitated mood. “Come in.”

“Creeak—”

The door was pushed open, and a graceful figure slowly walked in.

“Master, are you… alright?” Su Mubing looked at Lin Fan cautiously, her azure eyes filled with worry.

“I’m fine,” Lin Fan stood up from the bed and stretched his body slightly, “See, isn’t Master perfectly fine?”

“Master…” Su Mubing walked to Lin Fan’s side and took his hand, “Just stop pretending. Actually, Mubing knows everything…”

???

Hearing this, Lin Fan instantly felt utterly confused.

“You… know what?” Staring at the confident-looking Su Mubing, Lin Fan asked with some suspicion.

“Master must be too lonely, that’s why you’re so gloomy, right?”

With that, Su Mubing’s jade-like hand extended and wrapped directly around Lin Fan’s neck. “In that case, let Mubing accompany Master well tonight…”

!!!

The sudden situation left Lin Fan momentarily stunned.

It took him a good while to gradually come to his senses.

“Mubing, you… have you had too much to drink?” Looking at Su Mubing’s flushed face, Lin Fan asked with some uncertainty.

“Of course not!”

Su Mubing, upon hearing this, pressed herself against Lin Fan defiantly. “If you don’t believe me, Master, just smell. Where is there any scent of alcohol?”

“Hey, hey, hey…” Feeling the wisps of hot breath coming from Su Mubing’s mouth, Lin Fan couldn’t help but feel frantic. “I say, can you not stick so close? It’s the middle of summer, don’t you find it hot?”

???

Hearing this, Su Mubing was stunned.

The system was stunned.

Even Bai Ling and the others, who were peeking from outside the door, were stunned.

“Damn it!” Hearing Lin Fan’s words, Ye Qinghong slapped her thigh in frustration. “What kind of strange thought process is this? He’s rejecting a girl who’s throwing herself at him?”

“Could it be that Bing’er’s charm isn’t enough to hit Master’s aesthetic sweet spot?” Su Muxue at the side asked with a hesitant tone.

“Do you guys think…” Bai Ling blinked her mischievous big eyes, “Could it be that Master… isn’t good in that department…”

!!!

Hearing Bai Ling’s words, Ye Qinghong had a sudden epiphany.

“That’s right!” Ye Qinghong clapped her hands with some excitement. “In that case, we must do something for Master…”

The group discussed in low voices outside the door, completely unaware that Lin Fan had already discovered them.

“I say…” Lin Fan frowned and shouted loudly at Bai Ling and the others outside the door, “You all, if you have something to say, come in and say it!”

“Hee—”

Bai Ling pushed open the door and gave Lin Fan an embarrassed smile. “Master, what a coincidence, you’re not asleep yet either…”

“Coincidence my a**!” Lin Fan cursed, then slowly released Su Mubing’s hand. “She was incited by you, wasn’t she? Hurry up and take her back to sleep!”

“I know…” Bai Ling mumbled with a pout, then said reluctantly, “Goodnight, Master…”

The next morning.

Early in the morning, Lin Fan was woken up by a rich fragrance.

“It smells so good~ My good disciple, what delicious food are you making?” Lin Fan walked to the pavilion and asked Ye Qinghong with a beaming smile.

“Master, you’re awake? Come quickly, today’s breakfast is very sumptuous,” Ye Qinghong said with a grin as she arranged the plates.

“Is that so?” Hearing Ye Qinghong say this, Lin Fan’s interest was instantly piqued. “Then Master will have to take a good look.”

“Ta-da!” Ye Qinghong proudly lifted the cover cloth. “Master, please look!”

“Hm? This is?!” Lin Fan stared at the table full of dishes, somewhat lost in a daze.

“Glutinous rice and sea cucumber congee, cordyceps chicken breast, steamed yam slices, ginseng and soft-shelled turtle soup… Th-th-this…”

Staring at the dishes before him, Lin Fan felt his breathing become a little unsteady. “You call this breakfast?!”

Who eats this for breakfast?!

“There’s more, Master~” Ye Qinghong said, then brought over a large pot of tea. “And this pot of wolfberry-infused black tea was also carefully prepared by Qinghong~”

“This…” Lin Fan was completely bewildered and couldn’t help but shout frantically, “What on earth are you all doing?!”

“Master…” Bai Ling slowly walked up to Lin Fan and took his hand.

“Just stop pretending. Don’t worry, even if you really can’t do it, Ling’er won’t despise you…”

“That’s right, that’s right,” Ye Qinghong and the others quickly nodded in agreement, “We will never despise Master.”

???

Lin Fan was still bewildered, but the system in his mind was the first to react.

[Hahaha… I’m dying of laughter.]

[To think that the majestic Demon Lord would actually have kidney deficiency in real life…]

“Shut up!” Lin Fan had also reacted by now and responded through gritted teeth.

“You all… aren’t you eating?” Lin Fan asked tentatively in a low voice.

“We’ve already eaten!” Bai Ling and the others patted their chests and said in unison.

“What?!” Hearing this, Lin Fan looked at the large table of food in front of him, feeling embarrassed.

“Master, don’t waste it~” Ye Qinghong bent down and whispered softly in Lin Fan’s ear, “You must eat it all~”

[Ding dong! Master-Disciple Interaction Quest triggered!]

[Quest Content: Eat all the dishes by yourself and praise your disciple’s cooking skills.]

[Time Limit: 1 hour.]

“Nani?!”

After hearing the quest content, Lin Fan couldn’t help but shout in exasperation, “Are you messing with me?!”

[Please don’t wrong a good person, Host. How could I deliberately mess with you?]

The system said with an innocent face.

“Then explain to me why the timing of the quests is always so coincidental?”

[I’m so sorry, I forgot to tell you.]

The system gave an embarrassed smile.

[When a disciple makes a request to the Host, there is a nearly eighty percent chance of triggering an interaction quest~]

“What did you say?!”

Just as Lin Fan was still in shock, Bai Ling at the side suddenly ran over. “Master, Ling’er wants…”

“Stop!”

Before Bai Ling could finish, Lin Fan directly placed a finger on her thin lips. “Be good, we don’t want.”

Half an hour later…

“Burp—”

Lin Fan rubbed his bloated stomach and let out a long burp.

“Master, was it delicious?” Ye Qinghong looked at Lin Fan with an expectant face.

“Delicious, very delicious,” Lin Fan couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up, “It’s just, don’t make it again next time…”

“Why?” Hearing Lin Fan’s words, Ye Qinghong was greatly puzzled.

“Sigh…” Lin Fan didn’t speak, just sighed helplessly.

Is there even a need to ask why?

No matter how “deficient” a person is, they can’t withstand being supplemented like this!

[Ding dong! Congratulations, Host, for successfully completing the interaction quest!]

[Congratulations, Host, you have received a Self-Choice Gift Package ×1.]

“A Self-Choice Gift Package?” Lin Fan scratched his head in confusion. “What does it do?”

[To put it simply—the Host can choose any one item from the Forging Immortal Shop to receive for free.]

“For real?” Lin Fan’s interest was instantly piqued. “Then I want the Demon-Refining Gourd!”

[That’s not allowed~]

The system added with a beaming smile.

[You can only choose items below three hundred thousand Forging Immortal Points~]

“Then I don’t want it!” Lin Fan waved his hand grandly. “Just convert it into Forging Immortal Points for me!”

[In your dreams!]

The system retorted irritably.

[Please make a choice as soon as possible, Host. This offer will expire!]

“Expire?”

Only then did Lin Fan notice that in the top right corner of the gift package, there was a white countdown timer.
And the remaining time on it was already less than three minutes.

“Damn it!” Lin Fan shouted, “You can’t be this unfair!”

There were thousands upon thousands of items in the shop, and Lin Fan was truly spoiled for choice.
Seeing that time was running out, Lin Fan’s mood gradually became anxious.

“This one, not worth it…”

“This one, I already have it…”

“This one, it’s too pink, it doesn’t suit me…”

Two minutes passed, yet Lin Fan still hadn’t been able to make a choice.

[I say, Host, are you done yet? Just hurry up and pick something!]

The system’s tone was clearly a little impatient.

“Almost, almost!” Lin Fan said while continuing to browse the shop panel.

“Hm? This is…”

Just then, a rather inconspicuous item instantly caught Lin Fan’s attention.