“Brother Lin, what are you thinking about? Is there something on your mind?” Mo Jingzhe asked.
Mo Jingzhe had only ever approved of two cultivators in his life, Jian Wuchen and Lin Fan. However, Jian Wuchen assassinated a sect mate of his. So he broke all ties with him, and now Lin Fan was the only person he approved of.
Lin Fan wasn’t in the mood to talk. ~Did we learn two different skillsets?~
~Impossible, he gave me The Divine Art of Startling Dragon. How could we end up practicing different skillsets?~
“Nothing. The Divine Religion has gotten daring these days. How dare they sneak into the city and ambush your family?”
“I eliminated one of their branches, so they aren’t happy about it.” Old master Mo said after a pause. “Their Bishop came today, but since he was killed, we should be fine now.
“Oh, how is Old master Mo so sure?”
“It’s not that I’m sure. But seeing how well the Divine Religion has been hiding, they definitely won’t make another appearance since their Bishop was killed. They will think that there’s an elite here guarding Spirit Wind city, and that elite might find out their location if they show themselves again.” Old master Mo said.
Lin Fan nodded. He felt that what Old master Mo said made sense. Back when he killed Jun Wutian, their guardians retreated immediately after realizing that his master was around. The pope also chose to cut his arm off to escape Lin Fan’s master. This all proved how secretive the Divine Religion was.
~If not for me, the Mo family would have been destroyed. But after my appearance, hopefully the Divine religion understands where they stand and think twice before they attack again.~
“Oh, I have something that I need you all to take note of. The Divine Religion’s Skin Changing Collection has been greatly improved, making it harder for them to be discovered. Please pay attention to any suspicious people.”
He needed to spread the news about this, as it seemed that the Divine Religion was filled with talents. Hiding wasn’t the only reason they managed to survive until now. The geniuses that created or improved skillsets, together with their elites were key to their survival.
But until now, Lin Fan still wasn’t able to understand how the Divine Religion became so strong today. ~Who’s support do they have? Could it be that there’s really a powerful sect behind them aiming to crush the Magnificent Flame Sect so we can’t develop?~
~ It’s terrifying if this is really the case.~
“Be at ease, I’ll send people to search the city tomorrow. I will also implement a stricter check on those entering the city from today onwards.” Old master Mo said.
“Alright.” Lin Fan said and stood up. “I have something on, so I’ll get going now. I will come back another day.”
“Brother Lin, you’re leaving already?” Mo Jingzhen said, shocked. He hadn’t expected Lin Fan to leave so soon.
“Mhmm.”
~I haven’t gotten the answer I was looking for, so the Thousand deep cave is my next destination. The secret chamber there is still waiting for me, as well as that cute frog. I wonder how it’s doing.~
“Goodbye!”
Lin Fan tore open space and left swiftly.
Mo Lingyu stared at the crack blankly. She hadn’t expected such a significant improvement from Lin Fan after their last meeting at the Thousand deep caves.
‘Lingyu, what are you looking at?” Old master Mo asked with a smile. Seeing how Mo Lingyu looked at Lin Fan. It seemed like he has noticed something.
“Nothing.” Mo Lingyu looked down shyly. She said nothing else.
In the empty space!
Lin Fan looked down at the Spirit city. Back when he was still an Earth Star Border realm cultivator, he didn’t feel a mystical force in the Spirit Wind city’s air, but he did now.
~This might be the spell formation.~
~However, It’s still too weak. A Heaven Star Border realm cultivator will be able to crush the formation with a finger.~
~It seems like there’s still a lot for me to learn.~
~I’ve tried Pharmacology and refinement. I’m going to pick them up, but it’s not easy to do, and they’re time-consuming. It would be best if I could acquire the relevant skills through the lottery. I’m willing to learn them via points too.~
~I’d rather use my time to earn points instead of learning skills.~
~I have about Eight hundred thousand points now, and I’m not going to make use of them. I’ll save them for future use.~
Even though Lin Fan was flying in the air, he still observed his surroundings too.
~Since the Divine Religion was lurking around the Magnificent Flame Sect, I’ll kill them if I come across them.~ However, Lin Fan didn’t feel anything weird all the way up to the Thousand deep cave.
Cumulus Bazaar.
As usual, it was bustling with activity. There were people all around, and businesses were well here.
With the Thousand deep cave and Spirit Summoning Ruins around, it could ensure the Cumulus Bazaar’s survival.
“Points are never enough. Would I get the chance to destroy both danger zones this time around?”
That’s the only question on Lin Fan’s mind now. He might have cultivated to Heaven Star Border Stage One, but many were still way more powerful than him.
However, Lin Fan wasn’t afraid of them. ~So what? They will at most be killed anyways.~
Walking through the bazaar, Lin Fan frowned. He smelled something weird. He was unable to tell in the past, but he’s able to do so now.
In a Restaurant.
A handsome and tall man was standing next to a woman. “Don’t be angry, Ying-er.”
“Hmph!” The woman folded her slender arms. She looked over with a hum and pouted like a drama queen, acting as if furious.
“Don’t be angry, Ying-er. I brought something that you’ll like.” The man said, hovering around her.
The other diners had a smile on their faces while they look at them. They were able to recognize the man. He was the young master of the Medicinal Palace, who everyone recognized as Prince of Medicine.
The Medicinal Palace was side-by-side with the Alchemy Pavillion as the Cumulus Bazaar’s most prominent business.
Cultivators would sell the herbs and treasures they found in danger zones to one of the businesses. If someone were to find an incredible item, both businesses would fight for it with high prices.
The most recent fight was only a few months ago, for the body of a Gorefiend Dragon.
However, all of them felt that the woman was pretty too. She had snow withe skin and looked like a fairy. ~No wonder she was able to make the Prince of Medicine fall head over heels for her.~
“What have you brought?” The woman snorted, not sparing him a look. But she asked the critical question.
The Prince of Medicine took out an embroidered box. “Didn’t you say the last time that you wanted to see the treasure of the Medicinal Palace? I sneaked it out for you.”
Hearing his words, a smile could be seen on the woman’s face. “Let me take a look.” She said, putting out her palm.
Seeing the surrounding situation, the Prince of Medicine lowered her volume. “Ying-er, it’s not safe here. This treasure is very precious. I can only allow you to take a look, or I might be killed.”
“You don’t love me.” Ying-er hummed unhappily.
After much thought, the Prince of Medicine gritted his teeth and finally nodded. “Alright, but promise me that you can’t keep it. You can only take a look, and you must give it back to me afterward.”
“Mhmm.”
Just then, a figure appeared in front of the woman, putting his nose near her.
“What are you trying to do?” Seeing a man get too close to Ying-er, the Prince of Medicine blew up.
“That weird smell.”
The man who was smelling Ying-er was Lin Fan. He realized that the Divine Religion was hiding amongst the commoners here at the Cumulus bazaar.
He followed the nearest smell, which led him to this restaurant.
Seeing this, the other diners jumped up in surprise too. They then started whispering to one another.
“Who is this? He’s so audacious.”
“She’s the Prince of Medicine’s woman! He’s so daring to get so close. Is he looking for death?”
Whispers could be heard from the crowd. They were extremely shocked by Lin Fan’s actions.
~He must be either crazy or stupid. This is the Cumulus Bazaar, where the Medicinal Palace and Alchemy Pavillion reigns supreme.~
~Even elites have to behave when they are here.~
~Even Heaven Star Border realm cultivators!~
~The Medicinal Palace’s master is an elite Pharmacologist. His ability has even attracted many Heaven Star Border realm elites’ support to become the Medicinal Palace’s assistant~
“What are you doing?” Ying-er asked in disgust. Fear could be seen on her face.
Suddenly!
Something completely unexpected could be seen, shocking all of them.
The man could be seen grabbing Ying-er by her hair. He then pinned her against a pillar.
“You’re great at hiding.” Lin Fan looked at Ying-er and smiled.
~ I’ll kill every one of you I see. None of you shall escape my hands. This is my principle.~
“What are you doing? Let go of Ying-er. I’m the prince of medicine! How dare you!” The prince of medicine yelled furiously. He punched Lin Fan’s back with all his might.
But his punches were nothing to him.
What happened next was so aggravating that it made the prince of medicine nearly vomit blood.
“Ah! How dare you!”
The man could be seen touching Ying-er on her body, from her abdomen to her chest, somewhere even the Prince of Medicine had never touched before.
“Trying to escape, huh?”
Bang!
Lin Fan pressed down his hand onto the woman’s body, and a ball of flesh could be seen shooting out of the body, with veins connected to it. Trying to escape, the ball of flesh broke the pillar behind it.
“Interesting. Lin Fan launched an attack and crushed the ball of flesh.
Seeing the remaining skin slide down to the ground, the prince of medicine was dumbfounded. ~Is this even Ying-er?~
The box fell out of his hands.
A grey-colored bead rolled out. Grey-colored fog coiled around the pillar. It was obvious that the bead wasn’t ordinary.
Just then, numerous figures shot towards the bead.
“I knew it. There’s more than one.”
Lin Fan laughed. But the bead caught his attention too, and Lin Fan picked it up out of curiosity. He could feel that something in the bead, but he didn’t know what it was.
“Hand it over!”
The Divine Religion followers hidden amongst the crowd shot towards Lin Fan immediately. They had their eyes on the bead.
“You want this, huh? Then all the more, it shouldn’t be given to you guys.” Lin Fan kept the item and gave them all a slap. The followers exploded under his attack.
Lin Fan’s points increased.
“Pieces of trash.”
Lin Fan laughed. But he didn’t know why they were looking for this bead either.
“Magnificent Flame Sect disciple, hand it back to me!”
Just then, changes could be seen taking place in the sky. Blood-colored clouds could be seen billowing in as if there was a terrifying being hiding amongst the clouds.