Boss Gao's dad Gao Zhuang stared right back at great elder Gao.
They were already prepared for this, so of course they wouldn't back down now.
Great elder Gao was surprised since he had already assumed that he had taken care of them, but it seemed like this father and son pair still had their backbone.
Great elder Gao gave a snap and three elders moved over to where Boss Gao and his dad were standing.
Then he turned back to Lin Fan and said, "I don't know what lies they have been telling little friend Lin, but I guarantee that cooperating with the Gao Family is the best choice."
In the end, if he could end this without any real action, that would be for the best. He wasn't sure just how much power Lin Fan had, but he assumed that it wouldn't be able to match up to the power of the Gao Family.
But what he didn't know was that he was completely wrong and how he would suffer from it later.
Lin Fan matched his gaze once again, "Unfortunately, my master doesn't plan on cooperating with this kind of Gao Family. Maybe we can discuss this again once the Gao Family has solved its issues."
At this, great elder Gao gave another snap and this time the elders behind him surrounded Lin Fan.
Great elder Gao said in a cold voice with a cold smile, "I think that little friend Lin should come and have a chat with us first before we decide anything. I'm sure we can convince you to change your mind."
Lin Fan was already expecting this, so he broke out in laughter before suddenly stopping to say in a cold voice, "Are you certain you want to do this?"
Great elder Gao had the same cold smile, "Little friend Lin is the one who can make all this stop with a single word, I have nothing to do with this."
Lin Fan just gave a sigh and shook his head at this, then without saying a single thing, he just gave a snap of his finger.
What came out didn't come as a shock since he had already called it out several times. It was the phoenix chick, Xiao Huo.
With the information network of these nobles and the large show he had put on at the tournament at Luo Qing's school, it would be hard for them not to find out about it.
But even so, great elder Gao didn't panic since he was already prepared when he came up with this plan.
Great elder Gao came forward and gave his orders, "All of you work with the second and fourth elder to restrain Lin Fan, I'll take care of the pet! Seventh elder, you restrain Gao Zhuang!" Once he shouted these orders, he immediately released his aura and rich golden life energy was released.
In response to this challenge, Xiao Huo released his flames. The gold flames had a tinge of white to it, showing that Xiao Huo was in the peak Gold Realm.
Great elder Gao was about to attack Xiao Huo, but he immediately drew back the moment he saw these flames since he was only in the high Gold Realm.
He immediately changed his mind once he saw just how strong Lin Fan's pet was and great elder Gao called out, "Old He, Old Yong, come help me!"
Two of the attendees jumped forward to land behind great elder Gao and they also released their life energy, which while was a bit weaker compared to great elder Gao, it was still quite rich.
These two were clearly close to the high Gold Realm, so working together with great elder Gao, they were able to stall Xiao Huo.
Xiao Huo had plenty of fighting experience, but the one thing he didn't have experience fighting was with other humans. Most of the opponents Xiao Huo fought were beasts since beasts under the Legendary Realm couldn't transform into humans and Xiao Huo fought its shadow self in the shadow cultivation room.
So while Xiao Huo was trained from rich fighting experience, he was still inexperienced when dealing with the coordination between these three Gold Realm experts.
As for great elder Gao, he didn't mind using these two trump cards because he was certain that as long as he could bring Lin Fan to his side, either by persuading him or beating him, he would be able to control Lin Fan's shop. It really was a shame that he didn't know a thing.
On the other side of the room, Gao Zhuang was fighting the two elders that great elder Gao had sent to attack him, but both sides seemed like they were holding back.
In truth, during this time, Gao Zhuang had been losing his influence in the family, but before that, these two elders had been on his side. They still had a bit of friendship between them even if they were on different sides now, so neither side could bear to use any real strength.
While Xiao Huo was being held off by great elder Gao and his two allies, Lin Fan was surrounded by two Gold Realm elders and several Silver Realm elders. The two Gold Realm elders were the ones in front while the Silver Realm elders stood in the back, forming some kind of array that generated power that was given to the Gold Realm elders.
When the Gold Realm elders released their aura, it became as strong as the two Gold Realm Experts helping great elder Gao, almost reaching the high Gold Realm.
Both these elders were confident since their job was taking care of Lin Fan who was barely in the Gold Realm according to their intelligence. Even if he had some time to train, he wouldn't have become much stronger than when he was in the tournament.
It was a shame that neither of them knew that Lin Fan had a certain cheat called the system.
The elders even felt like they were bullying Lin Fan, so only the fourth elder came forward with a smile and said, "I'll be the first one to play with little friend Lin, I hope you don't mind."
Lin Fan just gave a chuckle and said, "You're attacking me, why do you need to be this polite?"
The fourth elder gave a confident smile, "Well, we will be working together in the future, so it's better to have a good relationship."
Lin Fan just said with a cold smile, "You're attacking me and you're trying to talk about a good relationship? What a joke."
The fourth elder didn't say anything and just slowly walked forward with a smile. When he was halfway towards Lin Fan, that smile suddenly disappeared along with the fourth elder. Once the fourth elder appeared again, he was already in front of Lin Fan with his fist raised prepared to punch.
Lin Fan immediately reacted and sent out his fist as well.
When the two fists clashed, waves of golden life energy spread.
The fourth elder was confident at first, thinking that he would easily defeat Lin Fan, but soon he found that it was like punching a steel wall and he couldn't move forward no matter what. Then as time passed, the fourth elder felt his own power weakening as Lin Fan began pushing him back.
The second elder could sense this disparity in the clash and immediately charged forward to punch out at Lin Fan, but Lin Fan just raised his other hand to collide fists with the second elder and the same thing occurred.
Both of these elders were pushed back, but with tacit understanding, they immediately charged at Lin Fan together.
Lin Fan just continued duking it out with these two elders like it was the simplest thing in the world, pushing them back again and again as their auras began to weaken.
On the other side, Xiao Huo eventually adapted to the attack patterns of great elder Gao and his two helpers. Xiao Huo was filled with all kinds of combat experience, allowing him to adapt to all kinds of enemies. That was just what one gained from dying thousands of times.
Great elder Gao could tell that Xiao Huo was slowly pushing them back and he could also tell that the second and fourth elder were being pushed back by Lin Fan alone. He knew that if this situation continued, they would be defeated here.
With one big attack, great elder Gao pushed back Xiao Huo and called out, "Elders gather with me!"
As soon as he shouted this, all the elders attacking Lin Fan and Gao Zhuang retreated, moving back and creating space between them and Lin Fan.
Lin Fan wasn't in a rush to end this because he knew that this plot wasn't as simple as it seemed.
Great elder Gao had a very hesitant look and a bit of fear in his eyes as he looked at Lin Fan, but eventually he said, "Lord Feng, it seems like we do have to rely on you."