CHAPTER 607: CHAPTER 605: HOW ABOUT I TREAT YOU TO A MEAL AS A THANK YOU?

Lin Fan paused and thought for a moment.

Then, he chased after Ling Qiong Lan in her direction.

As Ling Qiong Lan walked, her heart was filled with immense unease. Would Lin Fan catch up to her? If Lin Fan did catch up, how would she face him?

If Lin Fan didn’t catch up...

Ling Qiong Lan felt rather uncertain in her heart.

She admitted to herself that she liked Lin Fan; her affection for him began on the Wilderness Continent!

At first.

Ling Qiong Lan didn’t have that kind of affection for Lin Fan.

They had just shared hardships together, being chased by a Ninth Rank devil octopus!

But afterward.

After that incident, the shadow of Lin Fan lingered in Ling Qiong Lan’s heart, and she began to miss him day and night.

Once the feeling of missing someone takes root and sprouts, it can grow wildly like a devil!

Ling Qiong Lan felt something was wrong with this longing, so she suppressed it deep within her heart!

Originally.

Ling Qiong Lan had gradually been erasing the shadow of Lin Fan from her heart!

But the more she suppressed it, the more terrifying the rebound when it finally broke free!

Especially when she saw Lin Fan again in the Spirit City on the Wilderness Continent, the concern and longing for Lin Fan in Ling Qiong Lan’s heart burst forth like a flood.

That’s why Lin Qiongling spoke up, begging her master to help Lin Fan!

Later on, when Ling Qiong Lan encountered Lin Fan in the Baili family of the Spirit Realm and found out that Lin Fan was fighting for Ye Yilin’s hand in marriage, she felt both envious and jealous...

After that, she heard the news of Lin Fan’s death...

Unexpectedly, just now, when Ling Qiong Lan thought she was going to die, Lin Fan suddenly appeared and saved her.

However...

Ling Qiong Lan realized that Lin Fan’s arrival at the Holy Mansion was also only for Ye Yilin, and one can imagine the sense of loss in her heart.

So Ling Qiong Lan chose to leave silently!

Suddenly.

"Wait!"

Ling Qiong Lan’s voice came from behind her.

Her delicate body trembled violently!

She stopped in place!

Lin Fan walked up, smiling and said, "Last time you saved me, and I haven’t yet thanked you in person! Now I have the chance. When I said you looked familiar, to show my gratitude, how about I treat you to a meal?"

"Huh?"

Ling Qiong Lan was stunned, shock forming inside her, and her heart surged with joy.

Lin Fan actually spoke up and invited her to a meal!!!

"Uh..."

Ling Qiong Lan’s cheeks flushed, and all the various emotions of sadness, loss, loneliness...

All the negative feelings disappeared in that instant!

Even.

There was a sneaky sense of delight in her heart – Lin Fan actually took the initiative to invite her for a meal?

"Okay... okay!" Ling Qiong Lan nearly fainted with happiness, nodding subconsciously.

"Then you lead the way? I’ve just arrived at the Holy Mansion and am not familiar with this place," Lin Fan said to Ling Qiong Lan with a sunny smile.

Afterward.

Under Ling Qiong Lan’s guidance, the two left the arena and headed toward the Inner Mansion’s restaurant of the Holy Mansion.

However, this type of restaurant had high standards and was only accessible to disciples within the Holy Mansion, and as Ling Qiong Lan was a student from the Outer Mansion, she fundamentally did not have the qualifications to enter the Inner Mansion.

Under normal circumstances, disciples of the Outer Mansion’s academy of the Holy Mansion can only go to the restaurants of the Outer Mansion!

However, at Lin Fan’s request, Ling Qionglan took him to the most luxurious restaurant outside the Inner Mansion of the Holy Mansion.

"Lin Fan...you...are you sure you want to go to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion? I...I am a student of the Outer Mansion, and by all accounts, I am not qualified to enter the Inner Mansion." Ling Qionglan said with some uncertainty, her puzzled gaze turning towards Lin Fan.

"It’s alright, I have a token given to me by the Pavilion Master, so there shouldn’t be a problem just to have a meal." Lin Fan said with a light smile, "Moreover, you saved me last time on the Wilderness Continent, if not for you, I wouldn’t have today. Inviting you to a meal, we should go to the place with the highest standards."

"Well, alright then."

Persisted by Lin Fan, Ling Qionglan did not say much.

Thereafter.

Accompanying Lin Fan, they arrived at the base of the Drunken Immortal Pavilion.

The entire Drunken Immortal Pavilion was immensely large, resembling a towering skyscraper.

It had a total of ninety-nine floors, each exuding sheer luxury.

The lowest ten floors were where the ordinary Inner Mansion students dined.

Above that, the next thirty floors were reserved for students with slightly more strength.

The next thirty floors were considered the pinnacle dining area of the Holy Mansion’s top students and Elders, where they usually dine!

The food here was exquisite and of superb quality, made of rare ingredients, even specially transported from various realms using Breakthrough Ships!

If an ordinary Inner Mansion student wanted to eat there, they could, but first they needed to pay a hefty entrance fee, a truly terrifying fee.

Going further up, the top twenty-nine floors are basically not open to the public!

Unless it is an important day, or distinguished guests have arrived, ordinarily, the floors above the twenty-ninth are almost uninhabited.

After entering the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, Lin Fan and Ling Qionglan saw at a glance that almost all the students were stunning females.

As for male students, out of every ten, only one or two were present!

Indeed, whether on Earth or in otherworlds, women always have the greatest fondness for delicious food.

As for men visiting the Drunken Immortal Pavilion, most were there to accompany their female companions!

For cultivators, reaching this realm means they could go a lifetime without eating and not starve to death; eating is solely to satisfy one’s cravings.

"Lin Fan, which floor shall we go to?" Ling Qionglan stuck out her little tongue, her eyes shyly shifting to Lin Fan.

Having a meal with someone you like is a joyous occasion. As for where to dine, Ling Qionglan couldn’t care less; even if it were the cheapest food on the first floor, she would be happy.

"Let’s go straight to the seventieth floor!" Lin Fan said with an indifferent smile.

The seventieth floor, if the twenty-nine floors above are not open, is practically the topmost level!

Moreover, the food on the seventieth floor mostly comes from other worlds, transported via Breakthrough Ships.

To put it in Earth’s terms, they are imported ingredients, absolutely extravagantly priced.

As his words fell.

A sneering laughter came: "Heh, you think you can dine on the seventieth floor? Have you not seen what kind of place the seventieth floor is? One at the Void Refining Early Stage, and the other...oh my, not even at the Nascent Soul with only Golden Core Late Stage. With the status of you two, could you afford even the cheapest snack of the seventieth floor?"

Hearing this, Lin Fan’s brows furrowed.

Looking up, he saw a group of girls with looks scoring around nine, standing in front of them.

The group consisted of about five or six people.

"Our dining here has something to do with you?" Ling Qionglan spoke coldly.

"Hehehe!"

The girls laughed tremulously, the corners of their mouths filled with mockery.

"You might not know, but a casual snack on the seventieth floor starts at a thousand Spirit Stones, a normal dish at least five thousand Spirit Stones, and higher-end dishes are priced at tens of thousands of Spirit Stones! The signature dishes start at a hundred thousand Spirit Stones each, and a full table of dishes, if lavishly prepared, won’t cost less than a million Spirit Stones. Are you sure you can afford it?" one of the girls said, her eyes sweeping over Ling Qionglan dismissively, then meaningfully settling on Lin Fan.

"Ah?"

The pretty face of Ling Qionglan flushed with shock.

Although she knew the food at the Drunken Immortal Pavilion was expensive,

she had not thought it would be this expensive!

A million Spirit Stones for a single table of food? That’s horrifying!