The old man ignored them as he continued thinking about something while stroking his beard.
Even though these men were being ignored, not a single one of them dared to say a thing as they all waited on one knee with their heads lowered.
It was a completely different scene from before, none of them dared to be disrespectful towards this old man at all, they all treated him with the utmost respect.
After a while, the old man finally came back from his thoughts and turned around to see the men on one knee. As soon as he saw them, he said, "Oh, when did you all come back?"
Even if they secretly complained, none of these men dared to say a single thing. The young man in the white suit said, "Senior, we've just arrived and were waiting for your instructions."
The old man gave a nod when he heard this and then he said, "Very good, you've all done what I've requested, so of course you'll receive your rewards. I'll have someone deliver them to you in a few days."
But then before he left, he also slapped the man who had been leading the group on the face and said, "Learn to have limits. If you said one more thing about my granddaughter, you would have died on the spot."
With a cold snort, he disappeared from the spot.
Even after he disappeared, not a single one of them dared to stand up or even move. All of them just stayed there on one knee with their heads down, not even daring to breathe too loud.
The only change with them was that swelling on the face of the man who had been hit.
The old man didn't even use his life energy in that hit, but that man hadn't dared to block it and just let the old man hit him.
That was more than enough to show how much they were afraid of him.
After a while, when they were sure that old man was gone, they finally let out a sigh and fell down on their butts.
This group was actually quite a well known loan shark group in this area, which was why they had attracted that much attention.
But even with this reputation, even with a Fragmented Soul Realm Expert on their side, they were like children in front of the old man. They didn't dare make a sound out of fear of angering him.
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After taking care of that side stop, Lin Fan had the beast carriage continue along the way back to the Seekers Guild.
There was nothing else that stopped them along the way, it was actually quite a smooth ride. It was just too bad that Angela had heard everything that the old man had said about his granddaughter, so Lin Fan had to deal with a cold stare the entire time, but at least this was better than before when she used to beat him up.
Once the chilly ride was over, Lin Fan's group went straight into the Seekers Guild and found Xiao Ling at the counter. It had already been several days since they set out, so it wasn't that strange to see her there since she must be taking another shift.
Though Xiao Ling was surprised to see them appear as she said, "Why are you all back so soon?"
Lin Fan was only surprised when he heard this, "What do you mean by soon? Didn't I take quite a bit of time to get back?"
"Ha?" Xiao Ling said in a confused voice.
It seemed like there was a big disconnect here.
For most normal seekers, a trip into the Kunlun Mountains would take them at least two or three weeks. That was not to mention that Lin Fan's group had been sent to deal with an Embryo Soul Realm beast.
But Lin Fan's group had returned after just two days, that really was a bit too hard for her to accept.
However, since they were able to bring out the Nine Star Ginseng in the end, Xiao Ling had no choice but to accept it.
After Xiao Ling recovered from her surprise, she looked at Lin Fan for a bit before saying, "You're lucky since your client is here today. I'll go prepare the room for you."
It didn't take her long to finish this and soon she came back down to bring Lin Fan's group upstairs. However, this time they didn't go to the same room, they went down two doors.
When they came in, they saw a completely different room. Well, it wasn't completely different, it was actually the exact same design, just with a different colour scheme.
Sitting in the middle waiting for them was the same woman as last time.
Once Xiao Ling showed them in, she closed the door firmly behind them.
The woman saw that they had arrived, so she lifted her hand and invited them to sit down.
Just like the first time, there was no one that spoke as they both stared at each other.
It was only after a while that the woman said, "I've heard that you've finished my quest already. Can you take out the item for me?"
Lin Fan nodded and with a wave of his hand, the Nine Star Ginseng appeared on the table in front of the woman.
She leaned over and began looking over it.
Her expression was calm at first, but then slowly she began to knit her brows as she looked over it. Finally, there was a bit of agitation in her voice as she asked, "How did you get this?"
Lin Fan was confused by this question as he said, "I went to the place you wanted me to go and obtained it. How else would I have gotten this?"
The woman didn't realize what was wrong with her words as she continued, "But there was an Embryo…"
Before she finished, she suddenly covered her mouth because she realized that she had said the wrong thing.
Lin Fan revealed a faint smile at this. It seemed like it really was as he suspected, they did know about it and had sent them anyway.
Once he learned this, he did feel a bit of gratitude towards Xiao Ling because she had been the one to warn him about this.
Lin Fan just said with that faint smile, "You mean the Embryo Soul Realm beast?"
The woman had an awkward look on her face when she heard this, but she still gave a nod.
Lin Fan just gave a shrug as he said, "What else could I have done? I beat it up and took this Nine Star Ginseng."
"Ha?" The woman was clearly shocked when she heard this.
This was an Embryo Soul Realm beast, it was something that had caused quite a bit of trouble for the Seekers Guild, but she never thought that he would directly beat it up.
But what was even more surprising was the hidden implication of this.
This young man was basically saying that he was able to fight those in the Embryo Soul Realm.
Those kinds of experts that weren't related to any forces were rare and yet there was one in front of her. If she was able to pull him to the Hunters Organization, she would definitely be rewarded for her work.
At the same time, she couldn't help taking a slight peek to the side as a blush came over her face.
The woman gave a cough and calmed herself before saying, "Well, it seems like you're much more powerful than I thought you were, but that's a good thing. So what did you do with the Embryo Soul Realm beast after you beat it?"
Lin Fan gave another shrug as he said, "What else could I do, do you know what identity that Embryo Soul Realm beast has?"
The woman revealed a curious look, "What identity?"
"It's the daughter of the ruler of the Kunlun Mountains, do you really think I would be able to kill someone like that?"
The woman knitted her brows when she heard this, "That, that really is hard to deal with. But we still need these Nine Star Ginsengs, so in the future…"
Lin Fan waved his hand, "It's fine, I've already discussed it with the ruler and he'll let humans harvest the Nine Star Ginsengs."
This was a straight lie, but it was also a simple matter for Lin Fan since he was now Qing Ao's sworn brother. It would take just a single message to Qing Ao to arrange this, so there was no problem telling this lie.
The woman looked at Lin Fan doubtfully, but after a while, she gave a clap and said, "Very good, that can be considered a great merit to the Seekers Guild."
Lin Fan revealed a faint smile as he said, "Then does that mean I passed the test, miss president?"
The woman was taken aback when heard this, but then she also revealed a smile as she asked, "When did you find out?"
Lin Fan gave a shrug and said, "It's not hard if you put the clues together."
The woman was about to say something, but then there was a strong laugh that came from the ceilings.
Neither side could find where the laughter came from as they looked around, but after a while there was a figure that fell down in front of them, one that caught both of them off guard.
That figure had a smile on his face as he asked Lin Fan, "How about it, do you want to marry my granddaughter now?"