After taking some time to catch up, Mu Bao Bao suddenly remembered something.
She turned to look at Lin Fan who was still sitting up in the tree and immediately jumped up to him.
Seeing the tired look on his face, she asked in a concerned voice, “Are you alright?”
Lin Fan had been watching them catch up and seeing the happy look on her face, he didn’t want to interrupt them. But now that she was here worried about him, there was a warm feeling that filled his heart.
He just waved his hand and said with a smile, “I’m fine. Just a little tired.”
Mu Bao Bao still had a concerned look on her face, but seeing that he did look a bit better, she gave a nod and said, “Un.”
But she still carefully came to his side and supported him out of the tree.
When they came back down, all the other disciples of the Love Sect couldn’t help looking at the two of them with strange looks.
As far as they could remember, their junior sister Mu had never shown any interest in men. She was friendly and kind, but she never had this kind of close relationship where she would support a man like this.
It could even be said that she normally recoiled when she was approached by men.
Could it be that this man who called himself her “disciple” had actually forced himself onto her?
Even though that seemed very unlikely with the difference in cultivation between them.
How could Mu Bao Bao not see the strange way that they were looking at her. She didn’t like this feeling, especially how they were looking at Lin Fan, so she said, “You should all know the rules of our Love Sect.”
They were surprised to hear her saying this, but they also nodded in response.
The rules of the Love Sect was that they were free to love whoever they wanted. That was the foundation that the Love Sect had been built on and the rule that every member of the sect followed.
So that meant that even if they had strange relationships, the other members of the sect couldn’t judge.
Mu Bao Bao then added, “Do you really think that he would be able to force himself onto me? Plus, he’s done a lot to help find you all and help rescue you all, so I won’t let you slander him in any way.”
The Love Sect disciples were surprised to hear how firm Mu Bao Bao’s tone was. However, it also made it clear how she felt about Lin Fan and what the relationship between them was.
Lin Fan revealed a strange smile when he heard this.
Mu Bao Bao didn’t miss this and immediately glared at him.
Lin Fan raised his hands in surrender the moment in response to this.
Seeing this, the Love Sect disciples couldn’t help revealing faint smiles. It seemed that the relationship between Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao was quite good that they could even play around like this.
They were naturally happy for their junior sister Mu finding someone that she could be happy with. They had all watched her grow up as their youngest junior sister, so they all cared about her like she was their real little sister.
As for the fact that they had introduced themselves as master and disciple, they didn’t care about that.
The Love Sect had been filled with many different strange relationships that they were already used to this. A master and disciple relationship wasn’t anything that was that uncommon when it came to the Love Sect, it was almost even kind of boring with how many times it had happened in the history of the Love Sect.
Their Love Sect cared more about being happy with their relationships than with what others thought about the relationships.
Once they had all been introduced and they were finished with their greetings, they turned their attention back to the crater that had been formed in the ground.
This was where their “junior brother Gu” had blown himself up.
In the center of the crater was a burned mess, but they could still make out the general form of it. It was a smoking puppet with a shattered core that was lying in the center of this crater.
Lin Fan took the lead and jumped down into the crater to take a look at the puppet.
He had been surprised that he didn’t recognize that this was a puppet earlier.
When he had looked at it earlier, he had only noticed that there was an illusion array around it that was hiding his true appearance. He didn’t see that what was hidden under it was actually a puppet.
He couldn’t help wondering what was so special about this puppet that he wasn’t able to see through it.
When his Appraisal Eyes fell onto it, he understood what it was.
It wasn’t the puppet that was special, but rather the core that it had been given.
The core was a special core that was made from a special material called Soul Crystal which would allow one to inject a portion of their soul into it. So as long as this Soul Crystal was embedded into a puppet, it would be like this puppet was a living being, which was why Lin Fan wasn’t able to see through it.
In a sense, it was like creating an avatar.
However, this was something that could only be done by cultivators with very high levels of cultivation. Lin Fan couldn’t help feeling more and more worried about this since it was clear that the one who made this puppet was very strong.
Most likely, this person was even stronger than Mu Bao Bao…
And they had already seen their faces when the puppet had exploded…
So it wouldn’t be surprising if a bounty was put on their heads or a bounty for information about them was sent out.
It seemed like their troubles were just beginning.
Lin Fan had thought that he was being cautious enough by bringing Mu Bao Bao out with him after seeing the illusion array.
That was why he had waited an entire day before coming back to save the Love Sect disciples. He had spent the entire day preparing for everything that could possibly happen.
But even then, he still couldn’t prepare for everything.
It seemed that he had underestimated this cultivation world too much…
Still, seeing Mu Bao Bao’s happy face, he felt that it was worth it.
He knew that eventually he would offend some powerful people, it was not something that he could avoid. After all, this world was filled with powerful people and if he wanted to do anything, he would eventually come into contact with them.
It was not something that he could avoid no matter how hard he tried.
So at the very least, he had done it for the right reason.
He had at least made his woman happy with his actions.
After he finished checking the puppet, he threw it into his Pet Storage Space just in case he could do something with it. After all, even if it was blown up, it was still something that was made from rare materials.
If there was a chance that he could restore it, it would mean gaining a powerful tool.
Not to mention, he wouldn’t lose anything from keeping it on him.
So there really wasn’t a reason not to take it.
When he came out, he found that the Love Sect disciples were currently deep in discussion over something. However, he didn’t find it strange since they were currently in a dire situation.
There was this unknown enemy that was chasing after them and it was hard for them to decide who to trust because the elder brother Han that they believed was on their side…was actually a traitor working for the enemy.
If they were to go their separate ways again, it would be hard for them to find any allies. So they had to carefully discuss what their next plans were.
But Lin Fan was the one that gave them a solution.
“You can just come with us.”
Mu Bao Bao was surprised when she heard this.
This was what she had wanted in the first place, but she felt that she had already burdened Lin Fan enough. If she arbitrarily made the decision to take in her fellow disciples, then she felt that she would be adding more burdens to him.
So she didn’t give the suggestion and waited for Lin Fan to make a decision.
The others were also surprised, but they were also hesitant. They didn’t know anything about Lin Fan, but to have him suddenly host four Qi Condensing Realm Cultivators wasn’t something that they could push onto him.
Not to mention that there were the enemies that were currently chasing them.
Lin Fan just said, “It’s fine. Contrary to what I look like, I am quite rich. Not to mention that I have a close relationship with the Mercenary Guild, so the town that I made is being guarded by them. Even if your enemies want to come, they have to ask the Mercenary Guild first.”
All of them were surprised when they heard this, but Mu Bao Bao confirmed it by saying, “That’s right, that’s right! Lin Fan is very rich! The Royal Style Store is his property!”
All of them were even more surprised when they heard this.
Even if they had been wandering around, they had still heard about the Royal Style Store since a branch had been popping up in various different cities. They saw how popular the Royal Style Stores were, so they didn’t doubt that Lin Fan had money.
But the most shocking thing was to hear that Lin Fan had a close relationship with the Mercenary Guild and he even owned a town.
The Mercenary Guild was an organization that even their sect hadn’t dared to tangle with when their sect had been at its peak, so there was no doubt that they would be safe if Lin Fan even had the protection of the Mercenary Guild. Not to mention, Lin Fan owned a town, so the empire would also step in if the enemies took it too far.𝗈𝓋𝑳xt.𝒸𝑜𝕞
In a sense, Lin Fan’s place really was the safest place for them.
But it really was awkward for them to impose on him.
As for Lin Fan, he wanted them to come for a different reason.
These were four Qi Condensing Realm Cultivators that were attached to the Love Sect…They were just what he needed right now!
He had been worrying about how to complete the main mission from the system, mainly the high level cultivator parts.
He had only been able to find a few Qi Gathering Realm people and in terms of Foundation Realm, he was the only recognized disciple…
There was no need to mention the Qi Condensing Realm disciples or the Golden Core Realm Elders. He really needed more people or else he wouldn’t be able to finish the mission in time…
So he really needed them to come with him!