Even though Lin Fan felt this pressure on him, he looked back at the two of them with a calm look on his face.
He didn’t seem to react at all even though they were clearly trying to pressure him.
Finally, Lin Fan said in a calm voice, “I have no idea of any of this.”
Ye Jian and Huo Wang both had looks of doubt on their faces, but there was nothing else that they could say.
After all, they could see a single thing that would suggest that Lin Fan was lying to them.
Not to mention, they couldn’t think of a single way that he would have been able to do anything.
They had been watching him the entire time and even when they left, they had made sure that there were others watching him. So they knew that he hadn’t done a single thing to contact that b*stard from the Demon Palm Sect.
In that case, could it really be a coincidence that the Demon Palm Sect was with the Love Sect disciples?
There was a part of them that thought about killing Lin Fan here and now, but that part of them was quickly suppressed.
The moment that they did something like this, it would mean their deaths.
After all, without Lin Fan, there was no way that they would be able to accomplish their goal of trying to convince the Mu Empire to fall back under the Five Great Sects. The two of them knew about the special relationship between Lin Fan and the current empress of the Mu Empire.
It could even be said that he was the key to their plan.
But it would certainly cause a rift between them once the disciples came back and he learned of what they had done…
So it wasn’t as if they could just let him leave here today without doing something about him.
After a long silence, Ye Jian said, “There’s too many coincidences for us to ignore this. I hope that Sect Master Lin can give us some kind of insurance just in case.”
Huo Wang wasn’t exactly certain what Ye Jian was planning to do, but he knew that it would be best to support him for now.
They were in the same precarious situation, so he didn’t believe that Ye Jian would fool around at this point.
So Huo Wang gave a nod of agreement to what Ye Jian said.
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes when he heard this before asking, “What kind of insurance?”
Ye Jian revealed a faint smile that could almost be considered friendly as he said, “Just leave a part of your soul with us. It doesn’t have to be a big part, just big enough that we can ensure that we’ll be able to cooperate with each other.”
Right after saying this, both of them once again started putting their pressure on Lin Fan as if they wanted to force him into doing this.
However, Lin Fan just said with a calm look on his face, “I refuse.”
The two old men were shocked when they heard this.
Up until now, it seemed that Lin Fan had gone along with anything that they had proposed other than the one request that they made. They thought that as long as they didn’t cross that line, he would agree to anything.
Especially since this could be considered sacrificing himself for his sect.
They were only surprised for a minute before gathering themselves and they started using their pressure on him once more.
Ye Jian said, “Do you want to die then?”
He didn’t really plan on killing him, but he could at least threaten him into listening to him.
But to both the surprise of Ye Jian and Huo Wang, Lin Fan just calmly said, “I would rather die than be controlled.”
The two of them looked at each other with complicated looks when they heard this.
After all, they never expected Lin Fan to say something like this.
They thought that they would be able to bully him into following their orders, but it seemed that he did have a backbone…
Why did he have to grow a spine when they were in their most dangerous position?
Ye Jian narrowed his eyes to look at Lin Fan before saying, “You think that we won’t do it? Even if you’re gone, there will be others that can take your place. I think you’re looking down on the power of our sects too much.”
At this point, it was too late for him to back down.
So the only thing that Ye Jian could do was double down and threaten him even more to see if he could make him bend.
It was just that…Lin Fan had no intentions of bending.
Even if he wasn’t able to see their information with the Appraisal Eyes, he wouldn’t bend.
After all, Lin Fan knew that the moment that he did this, it would all be over.
He was the one that held all the cards now and as long as he gave them any form of leverage, it would be impossible for him to win.
The only thing that Lin Fan was afraid of was that they would be pushed so far that they wouldn’t care about anything anymore. He was afraid that they would just ignore the consequences and attack him.
While they wouldn’t actually be able to threaten his life, he would be forced to reveal a trump card that he definitely didn’t want to reveal.
So Lin Fan could only double down on the only thing that he could do at this moment.
Lin Fan pulled out his sword and brought it to his own neck as he said, “Then go ahead. I’ll make it easier for you.”
Both Ye Jian and Huo Wang revealed shocked looks when they heard this.
After all, neither of them had expected Lin Fan to take it this far.
When Lin Fan saw these looks on their faces, he knew that his gamble had paid off.
He didn’t know why, but it seemed that he was important to the two of them that they weren’t willing to hurt him. While he didn’t know why they thought that he was important, this was definitely something that he could use.
No, he had an idea of why he was important to them.
It was simply because of his relationship with Mu Bao Bao.
As long as he had this relationship that they thought that they would be able to exploit, they wouldn’t actually do anything to him.
So it seemed that he would be able to get away with just this.
There was silence when the two old men saw Lin Fan holding the sword up to his neck, as if they were trying to figure out if he was being serious or not.
Seeing this, Lin Fan decided to provoke them a bit by pushing the sword towards his neck and drawing a bit of blood.
When they saw this, the two old men panicked a bit before Ye Jian said, “Alright, stop. There’s no need to act this way, I’m sure that we can talk this out.”
But even then, Lin Fan didn’t stop as he started moving the sword even more.
Ye Jian had no choice when he saw this.
“Alright, enough. We won’t ask you for anything.”
It was only then that Lin Fan stopped moving the sword.
Huo Wang looked at Ye Jian with a worried look, but Ye Jian just said with a smile, “Sect Master Lin, that was all just a test to see if you were loyal to our Five Great Sects. There’s no need for you to go this far. I understand your loyalty now, we won’t doubt it anymore.”
Lin Fan looked at the two of them for a few seconds before suddenly turning around to leave.
He didn’t even say anything as he left, almost as if he wasn’t respecting them.
Huo Wang had wanted to say something, but Ye Jian raised his hand to stop him.
When Huo Wang looked at him as if he was asking him what he was doing, Ye Jian didn’t answer as he watched Lin Fan walk out.
Only when Lin Fan left did Ye Jian turn back to say, “Forget it, we still have time before they come back. It won’t do us any good if we try to force him right now.”
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Huo Wang was still confused and a bit concerned since he never thought that Ye Jian would be so afraid of a small sect’s sect leader like this.
Ye Jian could see the way that Huo Wang looked at him, so he said with a sigh, “If we use force and he really kills himself, what do you plan on doing then?”
“Can he? We can move faster than him even in our state, we can stop him if it really comes to it.”
Ye Jian didn’t say anything when he heard this as he revealed a strange look.
In the end, he said with a sigh, “Just trust me on this. There was a strange feeling coming from him that I can’t read. It’s better this way.”
Huo Wang looked at Ye Jian with a strange look, but he didn’t say anything in the end since he knew that there was nothing to gain from arguing with Ye Jian.
Instead, it was better to focus on…
“What do we do now then?”
“For now, we just wait and see. I’m sure that we’ll be able to find something that we can use.” Ye Jian said in a calm voice, but it was clear that he wasn’t that calm judging by the look in his eyes.