Published: February 10, 2025
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Haman Dan left again, but this time he wasn't going to seek help. Instead, he went to the palace to bond with the lord of the holy city as father and son, leaving Ye Zhongming behind to think things over and provide an answer by tomorrow.
Ye Zhongming indeed needed some time to consider whether to proceed, and tonight, he also had an appointment with that middle-aged South American man.
Haman Dan's residence in the holy city was equally luxurious. Although it lacked the modern and technological feel of an underground base, it was filled with the regal metallic texture of the medieval era, giving anyone who entered a singular impression.
Luxurious!
The only way to describe it was with these two words.
The entire villa… Yes, it was indeed a villa. White jade and gold were the primary themes, with white and gold serving as the only two colors. The floors were made of white jade, the walls were white jade, and the decorations and items were gold.
Even after spending several hours there, Ye Zhongming and many warriors had not yet adapted to this style.
After sending away the maids who wore nearly useless veils and revealed large areas of snow-white skin, his people from the Xia Bai Squad took over the task of serving Ye Zhongming.
It wasn't that those maids weren't doing a good job; they were professionals. It was just that the female warriors felt uneasy and didn’t permit even a hint of an accident.
In the spare moments of contemplation, Ye Zhongming used his time well, creating and researching various equipment. While contemplating whether to take the risk at the Star Mother Disc and waiting for the South American to trade, he began crafting two pieces of blue equipment.
Previously, the failure rate for crafting blue-level weapons and gear was very high. Until now, not every core member was able to possess one; only the true key figures, like Ye Zhongming, Xia Bai, Xia Lei, and Park Soo-young, had them, and even among them, not everyone had a full set of blue items.
Due to the low success rate, the successful crafting of a single blue piece meant consuming several sets of materials, or even more, if luck wasn't on one's side.
However, now Ye Zhongming had taken a mid-level artisan’s potion, boosting the base success rate to thirty percent.
This was terrifying. Even when using the imprint armor, the success rate for crafting blue items nearly approached forty to fifty percent.
Thus, after successfully crafting two pieces of blue equipment, he had only failed once, which clearly showed that luck was still on his side.
Seeing that Ye Zhongming had finished crafting, Xia Bai spoke beside him, “When Haman Dan left, he gave you something… I think you should take a look; otherwise, it would be a waste.”
Ye Zhongming was puzzled; this wasn’t like Xia Bai, who usually spoke straightforwardly. What was she hinting at?
But Ye Zhongming wouldn’t doubt this woman, and he followed her to a certain place. After seeing it, he understood why Xia Bai had said that.
This was a natural hot spring.
A spring that had been enclosed within Haman Dan's villa, the spring's mouth wasn’t large, but it consistently released clear, warm spring water. Surrounded by white jade stone, a large pool had been formed, with a sculpture in the center resembling the famous painting "The Spring" by Ingres, which was once housed in the Louvre. Water streamed from the vessel on the sculpture's shoulder, circulating with the pool water below.
Petals floated atop the hot spring, swaying with the ripples of the water, complemented by a faint mist that made one yearn for it.
Upon entering, Ye Zhongming felt a slight chill. Looking around, he noticed that pure gold containers were filled with ice, systematically placed around the area, which was the source of the coolness.
Inside several of the ice buckets lay opened bottles of fine wine. Judging by their colors, they seemed to be red, white wines, and champagne.
Hot springs, flowers, ice, fine wine...
No wonder Xia Bai said that not coming here would be a waste.