Xu Lin already knew that this question would be coming eventually, but he held onto the faint hope that the senior had forgotten.
But in the end, it still came like he had expected.
Xu Lin revealed a difficult look since it was clear that it was something he wanted to keep secret, but Lin Fan pretended like he didn't notice any of this.
Finally, Xu Lin said with a sigh, "Senior Lin, it isn't that I don't want to tell you, but this involves a secret of my family. I do not want to involve you in my matters."
Lin Fan just smiled as he said, "I think it's already too late for that."
Then with a wave of his hand, there was a green blade that suddenly flew out into the forest.
Instead of meeting no resistance at all and just flying through the forest, there was a suddenly clashing sound, like the blade of wind had hit a metal blade.
As this sound rang out, there was a figure that was knocked out of hiding in the woods and sent into the sky. That figure flipped twice in the air before suddenly landing in an open space.
The moment Xu Lin saw this figure, he immediately narrowed his eyes and said, "It's you!"
The figure completely ignored Xu Lin and just stared at Lin Fan with a cautious gaze before saying with cupped hands, "This senior, I don't think that there's any grievances that our organization has with you. Is there a reason that you are making a move today?"
Lin Fan didn't bother answering this question as he directly said, "What are you offering me then?"
Both Xu Lin and the figure were both shocked when they heard this as they looked at Lin Fan in disbelief.
Xu Lin wanted to say something, but the figure was faster than him.
The figure said, "Senior, if you're willing to join us, we can give you the seat of an elder in our organization."
It was clear that by the way this young expert used laws, he was clearly a Soul Realm Expert and with how young he was, he was clearly a very talented person. But the thing was that this figure had never heard of this person before.
There were only two cases for that.
One was that this young expert was a special genius trained by one of the twelve ruling forces or that this young expert was a true genius who had made his way up from the lower realm, meaning that he wasn't affiliated with anyone.
If it was the former, it was fine since this would mean that they would be able to become affiliated with one of the twelve great factions. If it was the latter, then it was even better since this meant that before anyone else found him, he would be able to bring this young expert to his faction to groom. As long as they were able to groom him, he would definitely lead them to greatness in the future.
No matter how he looked at it, it was clear that he had given the better offer since in terms of power or the force behind him, it was all better than the kids.
That was, unless the kid was willing to give this young expert "that".
But that was even more unlikely since that kid's family had been willing to die just to protect "that".
Lin Fan stroked his chin before turning to Xu Lin, "You heard his offer, do you have anything to say in response to that?"
Xu Lin had a very conflicted look on his face when he heard this.
He knew that based on the current situation, if he were in Lin Fan's shoes, he definitely would choose to accept this offer since an organization that could have a Platinum Realm Expert as an assassin was definitely headed by a Soul Realm Expert.
Other than the twelve great factions, Soul Realm Experts were considered powerful experts that led smaller factions that had influence in various parts of the city. To use a comparison, the Soul Realm factions were like the nobles on the Blue Star Planet.
That also meant that each of their factions received quite a bit of resources.
Compared to a kid that he didn't know, what could Xu Lin offer him?
Finally, Xu Lin took a deep breath and said, "Senior, are you willing to listen to my story?"
Lin Fan maintained the same expressionless face, but he couldn't help smiling deep down.
Compared to that Platinum Realm Expert, Lin Fan was much more interested in Xu Lin.
The Platinum Realm Expert only offered Lin Fan an elder position which Lin Fan definitely wasn't interested in.
Lin Fan was confident in his own strength and based on the fact that only a Platinum Realm Expert was sent, it was clear that the leader of this organization wasn't that strong. Lin Fan was confident in his ability to wipe them out since he had some understanding of the upper realm factions after listening to Xu Lin.
At best, all this organization had was an Embryo Soul Realm leader to rely on and that was something that Lin Fan was certain he could beat.
So if the figure had offered Lin Fan the leader position, he would have been more interested, but they didn't so Lin Fan didn't even consider it.
Instead, what Xu Lin was hiding was definitely a treasure.
For them to be willing to send a peak Platinum Realm Expert to come and capture Xu Lin, it was clear that he was hiding something valuable.
Plus there were Lin Fan's own feelings. If he was to work with someone, he would choose to work with someone with Xu Lin's personality instead of that idiot Platinum Realm Expert who didn't even bother hiding his killing intent.
Xu Lin saw that Lin Fan didn't say anything, so he continued, "I came to this Green Mist Forest to find a special herb to cure my father. As long as my father is cured, they won't dare do anything to us."
Then he turned and looked at the figure, "As for why my father was poisoned, it was all because they wanted something from our family, a special treasure that we passed down for generations. Senior, as long as you're willing to help me find the cure and help our family destroy their organization, we can give you that treasure."
Lin Fan looked at both of them for a few seconds before saying, "Not good enough. Become my subordinates and I'll consider it."
The first thing Lin Fan had to do was build his pet shop in the upper realm and the second thing he had to do was develop his forces. Since there was a chance to do so right now, why would he turn it down?
But of course, he couldn't just be partial towards Xu Lin because of his personal feelings.
He turned back to the Platinum Realm Expert and said, "The same to you, as long as you give me the leader position, I can consider working with you."
Both of them revealed difficult looks because they never expected Lin Fan to be this greedy.
But this was also just a part of the upper realm, everyone cared about themselves and greed was just second nature up here.
This time, it was the Platinum Realm Expert who was the first one to speak, "Senior, is there any other way? If you were to meet our leader, you would know that giving you the title of elder is already being very generous. I hope that you can understand that."
There was a clear underlying threat in his voice, but that just had the opposite effect on Lin Fan.
Lin Fan just gave a cold snort before saying, "I'll give you a minute to think it over. This is a one time offer."
Just like that, the surrounding area fell into silence.
A minute didn't take long to pass, but before the minute did pass, there was a beeping sound that came from the Platinum Realm Expert.
When he heard this sound, he took out a token from his chest and seeing the glow that came from it, he suddenly revealed a smile.
When the minute was over, Lin Fan looked at both of them and said, "Well?"
Neither one of them said a word, but then after a few seconds of hesitating, Xu Lin asked, "Senior Lin, I can't make a decision for my entire family, but if you can help us, we can definitely make it worth your time."
Lin Fan shook his head at this before turning back to the Platinum Realm Expert, but the Platinum Realm Expert didn't have the same difficult look on his face like before. Instead there was a calm smile as he said, "This kid, I suggest you put away your pride and consider joining us. The elder offer is no longer on the table, but if you work hard for us, we can guarantee that you'll be able to become an elder one day."
Lin Fan knitted his brows when he heard this, but before he even had a chance to say a thing, there was a figure that fell down at him right from above. This figure moved at such a speed that the kids and the Platinum Realm Expert couldn't see him clearly, but that didn't mean Lin Fan couldn't.
This figure didn't hold back at all as he attacked Lin Fan.
But before he could even hit Lin Fan, Lin Fan had already grabbed him by the neck.