The last thing that Lin Fan thought was why Momonga didn't help him.
When the upper realm experts came into the room, the only one they saw was Lin Fan.
Lin Fan naturally knew to keep a few cards hidden just in case, so he had Momonga and Angela hide themselves with Momonga's darkness laws ahead of time. They had been standing on the side observing the whole conversation.
It wasn't that they didn't want to act, or rather it wasn't that Angela didn't want to act.
She was about to stop the little girl from putting Lin Fan to sleep, but Momonga suddenly reached out to grab her hand and stop her.
She had glared at Momonga, but he had shook his head with a rare serious look.
Normally she wouldn't have cared and would have still helped Lin Fan, but seeing that rare serious look, she knew that this might not be the time.
Momonga had felt that laws that the little girl used and he knew that they were the rare illusion laws.
These laws drew upon the deepest parts of the enemy's souls to create illusions for them, making them face the things hidden deepest inside of their souls.
For someone like Lin Fan who clearly had a split soul, this was probably the best thing.
If he could face this problem in the illusion, it would help him solve this problem and maybe fix his soul.
So Momonga wanted to use this opportunity to see if it would do anything to Lin Fan.
Of course, he wouldn't put Lin Fan in danger since Lin Fan was important to him.
Putting aside his own personal feelings, there was still the master behind Lin Fan which was the most important thing. He had been cultivating for all these years, but he had never seen through the way forward.
Now that he had finally come in contact with something that could give him a clue, he naturally wasn't willing to give it up.
Whether that was for his own goals or for his own personal path of cultivation, it was something that he desired deeply.
After putting Lin Fan to sleep, the group from the upper realm headed over to the fountain and dived deep into the bottom.
Before they left, the experts that knew Lin Fan all couldn't help taking one last look back at him. Those that knew about his shop knew that this would be a terrible decision, but what could they do against the experts of the upper realm?
They just hoped that Lin Fan wouldn't hold it against them for saving themselves…
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When Lin Fan woke up again, he found himself back in the pet shop in Snow Wind City, sitting right behind the counter.
The store was filled with customers that were wandering around looking over the products and in the store, there were the various employees that he had employed during his time here.
While it didn't seem strange to him, what he should have noticed was that all the workers were actually workers from the various branch stores. Instead of being in those branch stores, they were currently all working in the Snow Wind City store.
Angela and Song Shu were sitting nearby talking about something when they saw him wake up.
They came over with smiles on their faces and Song Shu asked, "Big brother Lin, you're finally up?"
Lin Fan looked at Song Shu and what he saw wasn't the same young Song Shu, but rather a fully grown Song Shu who had matured into a radiant beauty. With her pure white and smooth skin and her figure that had filled out, she was a beauty that was on the same level as Angela.
But for some reason, Lin Fan only knitted his brows for a second before accepting all of this.
Angela noticed this and immediately asked, "Are you alright?"
Even this Angela was different. Instead of being the same cold and silent beauty, this Angela was kind, caring, and very outspoken.
Lin Fan also looked at her in a daze for a second before saying, "No, it's nothing. I just thought of something, but it doesn't matter right now."
Angela revealed a smile as she said, "That's good then. What are you thinking about getting for lunch?"
Just like that, the time passed in their normal lives.
Lin Fan lived in this alternate world, living life like normal.
Even though everyone was completely different from their counterparts in the real world, Lin Fan didn't find a single thing strange.
He lived a happy and peaceful life, completing missions for the system and slowly expanding the pet shop.
In the first year, he expanded to the first branch in Green Wood City, sending a few workers there to manage it.
In the second year, he expanded to two more branches in Water Pearl City and Rock Mountain City.
In the third year, he expanded to all five of the main cities and even managed to expand into a branch in Central City.
In the fourth year, he had expanded onto the Central Continent.
In the fifth year, he had expanded into the Western, Northern, and Southern Continents, covering the entire Blue Star Planet with his brand of pet shops.
He had become the richest man on the Blue Star Planet, but for some reason, he still felt empty inside.
But on the final day of the fifth year, the system suddenly announced that he had finished all the missions that it had for him and that he had gained the right to travel back to earth.
The system explained that it was created to build the culture of this planet and Lin Fan had been chosen as the host because of all the work he had done for pets back on earth.
In this reality, Lin Fan's past life on earth was as an animal activist who had saved millions of abandoned pets, giving him the right to come to this world.
Now that he had completed the missions of the system, he had earned the right to return to earth and be resurrected. In a sense, this was a test to see if he was worthy of being given a second chance and he had passed this test.
When the system had announced this, there was a portal that had appeared inside the Snow Wind City pet shop, right in front of Lin Fan.
There were naturally many cultivators who were surprised by this, but they were also drawn by the energy that came from the portal. Anything that could give off this kind of aura was definitely not a normal thing and if they were willing to take this risk, they would definitely gain something worthwhile.
However, when the cultivators came forward to enter the portal, the moment they made contact with the portal, they were blasted away with a flash of light. There was a strong force that knocked away anyone that touched the portal, throwing them into the wall.
Only when Lin Fan approached was there no reaction from the portal.
But when Lin Fan approached, there were many people that suddenly came out.
Song Shu was the first to come forward as she asked, "Big brother Lin, what are you doing? Are you going somewhere?"
Angela also came forward and asked, "Ah Fan, what is this thing?"
Then, the door to the shop suddenly opened and Lin Fan's family in this world also came in.
They all asked him about what this thing was and what he was about to do.
Lin Fan didn't know how to feel at first, but shock was definitely the first emotion he felt. He was so shocked that he didn't hear what anyone had said as he stared right at the portal.
In truth, since he had come to this world, he had been thinking about heading back to earth.
This was a world of cultivation and things like spatial laws, so there must be something that could bring him back to earth.
He always thought that it would take a long time for this to happen and he would have plenty of time to prepare, but he never thought that the system would directly offer him this option. It would even open up a portal right in front of everyone, as if it didn't care about revealing its existence which went against all its actions from before.
After being in a daze for a bit, he made his decision.
After all, he was someone that didn't belong to this world, so if he had the option, was there a reason to stay?
Even if he had made a place for himself in this world, he was still filling someone else's shoes. The one that they wanted was already gone and he had done enough as their replacement to give these people good lives, so was there anything else he had to do?
He should go back to the world that he came from, right?
But the moment that came to this decision, there was also another voice that whispered in his mind.
It said, "But what was there on earth for him to go back to?"
The moment this whisper appeared, Lin Fan was completely thrown into chaos.
That was right, he had never thought of this before, but his life on earth wasn't perfect either.
The only family member he had cared about was gone and his parents were cold and uncaring to him.
As soon as he remembered this, Lin Fan also realized that something was wrong.
The system had told him that his parents were hard working people who had cared about him, providing him with a foundation that allowed him to save all those animals.
But even if that was the case, his memories told him a different story.
This entire time, Lin Fan had never had a reason to think about this, but once he did, everything seemed like it had collapsed.