How could Lin Fan not see the way that the elders were looking at him?
But he ignored all of them and just said with a serious look, “We should head back and prepare for the last trial.”
The elders just continued looking at Lin Fan with those strange looks for a bit, but in the end…they dropped this matter.
Since this was something that he wanted to hide, he must have his reason for doing so.
That was the conclusion that they came to.
Not to mention, even if they wanted to find out what power this was, it wasn’t as if they would be able to do so. Unless he was willing to tell them, none of them had the ability to force Lin Fan to spill his secrets.
So there was no reason for them to be hung up over this.
The elders followed Lin Fan back through the forest and returned to the camp.
When they arrived, they found that the camp was only half full.
It seemed that some of the disciples had headed out to fight the spirit beasts while they were gone.
This had become something normal, so they weren’t surprised at all to see that half of them were missing.
They knew that the elders that had remained in camp would take care of them, so they didn’t think about this anymore. Instead, they went to rest up after what had happened to them in the desert.
Or at least that was what they had planned to do.
That was until one of the disciples that had been out suddenly ran into the camp shouting, “Help! Help!”
As soon as they heard this, all of the elders immediately knitted their brows.
They immediately gathered around that disciple and found that he was covered in wounds.
This was one of the disciples of one of the elders that had stayed back to watch the camp. Since that elder wasn’t in the camp, it was very likely that this elder had gone out with his disciple to protect him while he was fighting the spirit beasts.
For this disciple to run back covered in injuries while the elder was missing…it was very likely that something had happened outside of their camp.
Lin Fan came forward to stand in front of this disciple and grabbed him by the shoulder before saying, “What happened?”
He said it in such a firm voice that the disciple had no choice but to calm down and face him.
After taking a few deep breaths, the disciple said in a trembling voice, “Sect, sect master, we were just, just minding our own business hunting the spirit, spirit beasts when we were suddenly surrounded by them.?We, we didn’t know where they came from, but, but they completely surrounded us.”
He seemed like he was about to keep rambling on, but Lin Fan stopped him and said, “Get to the main point. Where are the others that you were with?”
The disciple was surprised to be cut off like this, but he also quickly said, “Master, master stayed back with the other elders to hold off the spirit beasts while letting me escape.”
Lin Fan deeply knitted his brows before looking around at the other elders around him.
They all nodded in response to this look from him.
Lin Fan gave a nod too before turning to the disciple to say, “Take us to where you were attacked right now. We need to go save the others.”
The disciple gave a slow nod before turning around to head into the forest.
Lin Fan didn’t waste any time as several elders followed behind him.
This wasn’t all of the elders that had come back to the camp with him, there were some that were staying in the camp instead.
That was because they were completely exhausted after that trip into the desert.
They knew that even if they were to follow, they wouldn’t be able to help.
So they chose to leave it in Lin Fan’s capable hands.
The group quickly moved through the forest and soon left the barrier.
As soon as they did, they found that they were surrounded by spirit beasts.
But for these elders, these spirit beasts weren’t anything. For these elders, it was just a wave of the hand for them to take down the spirit beasts.
So they quickly dispatched the spirit beasts that had surrounded them.
However, during this fight…Lin Fan had noticed something strange.
It was something strange with the disciple that had been leading them.
The elders had kept this disciple behind them while they were fighting to protect him, but this disciple…seemed to be acting strange.
It seemed like he wanted to fight, but his weapons were aimed at…the elders that were protecting him.
It was almost as if he wanted to attack the elders instead of the spirit beasts.
Lin Fan immediately used his Appraisal Eyes when he saw this and he found something shocking, but he kept it secret for now.
He waited until the elders finished taking care of the spirit beasts before bringing it up.
After the elders came back, they reported, “Sect master, all of the spirit beasts have been taken care of.”
Even though Lin Fan could have seen it with his own eyes, they still reported this to him.
Lin Fan gave a nod before turning to the disciple to say, “Lead the way.”
The disciple gave a nod before turning around to lead.
But as soon as he turned around, Lin Fan suddenly reached out and grabbed him from behind.
The elders were all shocked to see this, but they didn’t stop Lin Fan.
The disciple was also shocked as he said, “Sect master, what are you…”
Before he could finish, he found that there was something suppressing him, making him unable to speak.
Lin Fan forced this disciple onto the ground before tying him up with some spiritual energy rope.
Once he was tied up, he let the disciple sit up before releasing the pressure he had put on him. Then he looked at him and asked, “Who are you?”
The disciple and the elders all revealed confused looks when they heard this.
Then the disciple asked, “Sect master, what’s wrong? I am one of the disciples of the Love Sect, the disciple of…”
Before he could finish, he immediately closed his mouth when he found that there was a blade of ice that had appeared at his neck.
This blade of ice didn’t cut him, but he could feel it freezing his skin as it was placed right up against his throat.
The disciple’s eyes filled with panic when this happened and he said, “Sect master, what are you doing? Please let me go!”
But Lin Fan didn’t move a muscle as he stared at this disciple.
Seeing that Lin Fan wasn’t going to do anything, the disciple turned to the elders and said, “Elders, please save me! The sect master has gone crazy!”
The elders had hesitant look in their eyes when they heard this.
They also believed that there was something wrong for Lin Fan to act this way, but they didn’t know what it was exactly.
However, whenever Lin Fan had acted this strangely before, he usually had a good reason for it.
So he most likely had a good reason for tying up this disciple like this.
After hearing him beg the elders for help, Lin Fan said with a cold laugh, “It seems like you aren’t willing to show yourself. Then don’t blame me for being impolite.”
When he said this, there were more blades of ice that had appeared around him.
Seeing this, the elders had no choice but to act.
After all, if they didn’t act, they didn’t know if Lin Fan would actually kill this disciple or not.
This disciple was still one of their Love Sect disciples, so they couldn’t just let Lin Fan kill him.
Senior Brother Ying came forward and stood between Lin Fan and the disciple. He raised his hand and said, “Sect master, if there is something wrong, we can discuss it. There’s no need to take drastic measures like this.”
Lin Fan just calmly said, “Hold him down and strip him. Search every inch of his body.”
The elders were all shocked with Lin Fan’s response.
They looked between him and the disciple on the ground…but they still followed Lin Fan’s orders in the end.
They wanted to see just what was happening that Lin Fan was acting this way.
When the disciple saw this, his eyes opened wide and he desperately shook his head as if he wanted them to stop. But the elders just came forward and started pulling his clothes off.
Luckily for the disciple, they left his underwear on in the end.
They didn’t want to humiliate him, they just wanted to see why Lin Fan wanted them to do this.
But after searching his body, they weren’t able to find a single thing.
So they turned back to look at Lin Fan with a confused look, as if they didn’t know what was happening.
Lin Fan had been watching the entire time, but he hadn’t done anything.
He waited for the elders to finish their inspection before coming forward.
As he stood over the disciple, he suddenly reached down and turned the disciple around so that his back was facing him.
Then he reached out towards the disciple.
When he did, all of the elders couldn’t help revealing strange looks.
That was because Lin Fan was currently reaching towards the disciple’s butt…