Chapter 1034: You MUST Protect Him Properly, Alright?

The newly recruited disciples of the Heaven and Earth Sect were shocked silly.

“Our sect’s Senior Brother Lin is way too tyrannical, isn’t he?! To think that he would strike out at an elder of the Kunlun God Sect directly! Just what sort of capabilities does he have?”

“Huehue… Senior Brother Lin is extremely capable. Can’t you tell that Senior Brother Lin hasn’t even used any mystic skills just yet? All he did was slap down. Who else would have guts like that?”

“It’s so nice to have a senior brother like that! If we are ever bullied by anyone in the future, senior brother will definitely help us stand off!”

…

On the seats of the Grandmasters…

The face of the Grandmaster of the Kunlun God Sect was looking extremely terrible. But, when he caught sight of how that disciple had dared to challenge their elder, his lips curled into a smirk, “Elder Wang, just teaching him a small lesson will do. Make sure that you do not take his life.”

The position of this Elder Wang was extraordinary in the Kunlun God Sect. Otherwise, there was naturally no way he would be accompanying the Grandmaster over to the Heaven and Earth Sect.

With a cultivation state of Golden Immortal realm, he was far from simple. Every single strike of his was absolutely earthshattering. The might of a Golden Immortal could cause the entire world to shake. For a mere Remnant to challenge a Golden Immortal, that was just the former seeking death!

“Don’t worry, Grandmaster. I know my limits. Such an arrogant disciple naturally deserves a good lesson. Otherwise, he would die if he were to go out with that attitude.” Elder Wang laughed out coldly. He was already enraged over the fact that this disciple had dared to provoke him.

However, they were in the Heaven and Earth Sect right now. Therefore, he would naturally not take the latter’s life. Although, the consequences would be far from normal still. Even if he were to strip this fella of his cultivation state, so what?

The palm above his head wasn’t anything flashy, neither was it some type of secret mystic skill. It was just a plain and simple palm strike.

Elder Wang’s face tensed up slightly as a beam of light gushed forth from that Golden Immortal body of his. This was a light beam that could destroy anything that was below the Golden Immortal realm in its path. In a flash, Elder Wang raised his hand and placed two fingers together. Once Lin Fan was to land, he would undoubtedly destroy the latter’s Law and waste him completely.

Qing Yangzi bolted upright as his eyes shone with a look of worry. However, it was all too late right now.

Lin Fan smiled gently as he pushed down with his palm, colliding against that beam of light.

“Huehue… Overestimating your strength.” Elder Wang laughed out in disdain. However, his expression changed all of a sudden.

“Lay down!” Lin Fan called out coldly as he grabbed onto that light beam with his fingers.

Creak!

A crisp sound rang out. As though it had met with some tremendous impact, the light beam exploded.

Bam!

“How could this be?” Elder Wang’s face drained of color as the Laws of Golden Immortals within his body burst wildly. To his horror, he realized that there was a boundless might attached to that palm strike, such that no one could defend against it at all!

Bam!

In that instant, everyone was in a complete daze over the sight before them. It was as though they had just seen a ghost, their faces filled with disbelief.

Lin Fan landed down with his hands behind his back, “Even an elder of the Kunlun God Sect could only amount to this much. This is pretty disappointing.”

Uproar!

“What! That Elder Wang was a Golden Immortal powerful being!”

“How could this be! How in the world did that fella cultivate! Above True Immortal state is the Mystic Immortal state, above which is the Golden Immortal state. Every single Golden Immortal is a significant powerful being in the world. How can a Remnant of the Heaven and Earth Sect be that strong?”

Ling Wuzun felt his body shivering. He could never catch up, not even with his entire lifetime.

Was this fella even a human or not? How in the world could he even be this strong? Just what had he been through in the past three years to turn this sick?

At this moment, all the Remnants of the Heaven and Earth Sect could clearly feel how wide the gap between them and this person was. Initially, they had thought that being a Remnant was the only thing that was befitting of their strength. But, after witnessing Lin Fan’s strength, they realized that their position as Remnants was an utter joke.

On the other side, all disciples of the Kunlun God Sect were completely frozen as they stood there blankly. In their eyes, he was no longer a human at all.

At this point, no matter how much Lin Fan humiliated them, they could not get enraged at all. This wasn’t someone they could stand shoulder to shoulder with! There was a huge gulf between them which they could never ever hope to cross!

Elder Wang was slapped down onto the ground by Lin Fan’s palm strike. That was all a Golden Immortal amounted to in front of him. If not for the sake of the sect, Lin Fan would not have minded killing him. After all, there were still a few experience points to be gained out of that.

“Brazen…!” The Grandmaster of the Kunlun God Sect could no longer tolerate this anymore as he emanated out a horrifying aura. It was as though he was ready to strike out at any moment to take down Lin Fan.

Han Juntian smiled out calmly and spoke up straightaway, “What now? Do you intend to interfere in the business of the younger generation?”

The voice of Han Juntian had the Grandmaster of the Kunlun God Sect calming down immediately. He then let out a strange smile, “Oh, how could I do that? Congratulations on the other hand though, Brother Han. The fact that the Heaven and Earth Sect could have such a brilliant genius is your fortune! You MUST definitely protect him properly, alright?”

“That’s of course. The Heaven and Earth Sect will naturally protect him properly. However, for this matter, I suppose that I, Han Juntian, have got to account for it properly.” Han Juntian chuckled out slightly before turning over to Lin Fan, “Lin Fan, hurry and apologize to Grandmaster Tai, won’t you?”

Lin Fan chuckled out as well as he raised his head, “Oh, my apologies, Grandmaster Tai! I had not expected that this precious elder of your sect would be so pathetically weak. Had I known that was the case, I would not have been so hard with my strike.”

“Doesn’t matter. There’s nothing to begrudge when their skills are weaker.” Tai Qiantian put on a huge forced smile as though he was magnanimous. However, the fury within him was practically enough to incinerate the entire world. If not for that fact that he had to consider his position, he would have long suppressed Lin Fan.

“Grandmaster, if there’s nothing else, your disciple will return to his peak first.” Lin Fan spoke up.

“Alright.” Han Juntian smiled out. His heart was naturally joyous right now; their face had been fought back and restored.

Lin Fan felt that this place was really boring as he brought Qiu Zhanyu and Jin Zhengu back to his peak. When the Heaven and Earth Sect’s disciples watched their Senior Brother Lin leaving, their eyes shone with a look of reverence.

He was simply way too tyrannical, truly the role model of their times!

They did not hope to be the exact same as their Senior Brother Lin. But, as long as they could even have ten percent of his strength, they would be satisfied.

All thanks to the blessings of Lin Fan, the atmosphere of the entire scene had taken a complete 180-degree change.

The Heaven and Earth Sect was unusually happy. As for the Kunlun God Sect people, their faces were terrible, having a grim and baleful mood as though they had just swallowed a housefly.

The Grandmaster of the Kunlun God Sect, Tai Qiantian, stood up, “Brother Han, we’ll take our leave first then. Now that the Heaven and Earth Sect has produced a genius of this level, it’s truly something that’s worth being joyous about and celebrating!”

“You’re too kind, too kind. From now on, we will still have to depend on you to take care of us, brother!” Han Juntian’s mood was extremely relaxed right now. This was the type of feeling he had aimed for.

At the same time, he felt relief in his heart. Thankfully, that lad had made it back in time. Otherwise, they would have really lost all their face.

After the events this time around, Han Juntian had truly understood that there was quite a big difference between the Remnants of the Heaven and Earth Sect and those of the Kunlun God Sect. He really had to train them up properly now. Otherwise, they would not be able to hold their ground in the future.

Tai Qiantian did not say anything more. Sweeping his robes, he enveloped all the disciples of the Kunlun God Sect and dove into the void straight to leave this place.

Right before they left, Tai Qiantian cast a glance far in the distance where Lin Fan had flown off to. This issue was far from over.

After the masses of the Kunlun God Sect took their leave, the disciples of the Heaven and Earth Sect roared out in cheers.

“Qing Yangzi! Follow me to the Saint Devil Peak!” Han Juntian spoke up.

Right now, Qing Yangzi had many questions for Lin Fan as well. Therefore, he naturally agreed to it readily, “Alright.”

Saint Devil Peak…

Lin Fan was back to the place he was familiar with.

“Big Bro, is this your mountain peak here?” Qiu Zhanyu asked.

“Yes.” Lin Fan nodded his head.

This time around, the main reason for his return was to clarify some stuff before heading out to explore the world outside for yet another round.

After all, raising one’s strength was of paramount importance. He could not allow any delays in that task.

But just at this moment, raindrops suddenly poured down from the void above out of nowhere!

Drip, drop, pitter patter!

“It’s raining…!” Qiu Zhanyu exclaimed out in astonishment.

Lin Fan stretched out his palm and allowed the rainwater to flow down his body.

There was something different about this rain.

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Although, why was Qing Yangzi was worried about Lin Fan. Didn’t he remember the news from 3 years back that Lin Fan took down the elders of the other sect? Wasn’t that guy a Golden Immortal as well? HMMMM.

Chapter 1035: Grandmaster Candidate

When the raindrops landed on Lin Fan’s body, they gave off a mysterious aura. Sensing that, Lin Fan breathed out a short laughter.

“Haha! It IS the original you indeed. For you to have grown to such an extent in just three years is something that even Your Grandmaster is having difficulty believing. Therefore, I could only test and check to make sure you’ve not been replaced by some monster or anything.” Han Juntian stepped out of the void while saying.

Standing beside the Grandmaster, Qing Yangzi heaved out a sigh of relief as well.

The main reason was that the growth of this lad had been way too tremendous.

Being able to take down a Golden Immortal after just three years? What sort of an idea was that? In fact, even Qing Yangzi himself had been wondering if Lin Fan had met any mishaps or was possessed by some evil being to infiltrate the sect, since there had been no news from him for three years now.

But after the test of the Grandmaster, he heaved out a sigh of relief as well.

“Grandmaster.” Lin Fan cupped his fist and greeted.

Han Juntian’s mood was pretty decent right now, “Good! Very good! What sort of a reward do you want?”

As for things like rewards and whatnot, Lin Fan wasn’t really bothered about it at all. Right now, what he needed the most was experience points.

“Grandmaster, that is only my duty as a disciple.” Lin Fan replied politely.

Han Juntian nodded his head and swept out his robes, causing a couple of pills and treasures to float out, “You have contributed to the sect. This is what you deserve.”

Lin Fan cast his sights over and his heart leaped with joy. To think that these pills would be Immortal Pills! Immortal Pills possessed the Laws of the Immortal Dao, and therefore, each Immortal Pill would always bring a tremendous amount of benefits.

This was especially the case for Lin Fan: these were all experience points for him!

However, ever since he had broken through to the Golden Immortal state, ordinary Immortal Pills did not have much of a use to him anymore. The only things that could still give him an ocean worth of experience points were probably Upper and Supreme Grade Immortal Pills by now.

However, these few pills were all Lower and Middle Grade Immortal Pills. Anyway, they would still do. Since they were gifts from the Grandmaster, Lin Fan naturally accepted them.

When Qing Yangzi caught sight of how generous the Grandmaster was, he felt pretty good in his heart as well. The fact that a disciple brought by him was being recognized by the Grandmaster was an incredible honor for him.

Amongst the treasures was a Lower Grade Immortal Weapon that emanated the radiance of the Immortal Dao. Lin Fan could do without something like this, but for anyone else, this was just absolutely extraordinary.

If they could only get their hands on a single Lower Grade Immortal Weapon, they would definitely flip out in joy.

“Much thanks, Grandmaster.” Lin Fan said humbly.

“Yes. Train hard and well. Also, do watch out when you’re heading out in the future. That Tai Qiantian is extremely petty. Even though it might not get to the extent where he would hunt you down personally, it’d still be better to take caution.” Han Juntian said.

The one thing Lin Fan was least afraid of was people causing trouble for him; he would kill no matter how many people came at him. However, if the Grandmaster of the Kunlun God Sect were to come at him personally, that might get a little troublesome. Since the Grandmaster was so certain about it, the possibility of that happening should be close to none.

And even if something like that DID happen, Lin Fan was sure that the Grandmaster must have prepared some tricks up his sleeves.

But. to be honest, Lin Fan was someone who had even dared to face up against the Boundless Future Buddha Lord. It was not as though he could get afraid of one single Tai Qiantian.

After handing over some more stuff, the Grandmaster took his leave. At the same time, he gave Lin Fan even more authority as he promoted him to one of the Grandmaster Candidates of the sect, giving him the right to fight for the position of Grandmaster.

Within the sects, other than the Remnants, there were still the Grandmaster Candidates.

These disciples were all chosen from within the Remnants. However, they did not reside within the sect. They just roamed around the Endless Mainland, and would only be back when it was time to contest for the position of Grandmaster.

Lin Fan had not come across these disciples before, the main reason for that being that his strength was far too weak three years ago. Normally, the position of Remnants was the highest position that only the top disciples could reach within the sect.

“Lad! You have not let me down indeed! To think that you would give this old man such an incredible surprise after three years! This is simply way too alarming!” Qing Yangzi exclaimed.

Lin Fan chuckled out, “Elder Qing Yangzi, so, who are the other Grandmaster Candidates?”

“Given your strength right now, you are definitely one of the forerunners in contesting for the position of the Grandmaster. There were a total of twelve Grandmaster Candidates in the sect. With you, there are thirteen now.”

“You can take a look at this. The name list of the Grandmaster Candidates is here.” Qing Yangzi took out a jade bamboo scroll.

Lin Fan took a look and felt his heart skip a beat. These were extraordinary beings indeed! To think that even the weakest among them would be at the Golden Immortal full cultivation state!

“These disciples do not stay within the sect usually, and are always out training in the Endless Mainland. Other than a few elders within the sect, their position in the sect is above everyone else.” Qing Yangzi said.

“So, that’s the case. Gosh! I was just thinking that if these Remnants were the only fresh blood that was within the sect, our sect would definitely not exist anymore after a hundred years!” Lin Fan said.

“HAHA!” Qing Yangzi roared out in laughter, “But, that’s not truly the case either. The ones truly protecting the sect are the Senior Elders, who are all trying to seek out even higher cultivation states. Unless the sect is ever faced with a calamity of being destroyed, those Senior Elders will not show their faces at all.”

“The legacy of the Heaven and Earth Sect has been around for 100,000 years now. No one knows how many Grandmasters there have been. Each time a Grandmaster stepped down from his position, they would retreat to the deepest parts of the sect to cultivate. As for just how deep the foundations of our sect actually reach, that is something that is probably known to no one other than the Grandmaster himself.”

Lin Fan nodded his head. This was something that he understood now. Perhaps he had just been oversimplifying things in the past.

At the same time, he understood why those Grandmaster Candidates would choose not to cultivate and train within the sect. If they were to train here for their entire lives, they might not have that great of an improvement. It was only through entering the Endless Mainland and facing the trials and tribulations out there that would bring forth a brighter future for them.

“Elder Qing Yangzi, I want to know of the countless secret and dangerous grounds of the Endless Mainland. I intend to head out to train before long.” Lin Fan said.

“Don’t worry, I will prepare everything for you.” Qing Yangzi naturally wanted to shoulder all the responsibility onto himself.

Lin Fan was someone whom he had inducted into the sect. If this person were to become the Grandmaster, that would be just crazy. Even if Qing Yangzi were to die, he would definitely pass onto the underworld while smiling.

As for those Grandmaster Candidates, some of them had headed out to train for dozens of years now. There were even those who had trained for hundreds of years. No one knew just what was the extent of their growth in cultivation state.

After Qing Yangzi left, Lin Fan returned to the house. As for Qiu Zhanyu and Jin Zhengu, their interest toward the Heaven and Earth Sect was piqued at this point.

At the same time, Lin Fan did not want to bring them along with him. After all, it was really way too dangerous out there.

This time around, Lin Fan intended to head to the deepest parts of the Endless Mainland. There might be even graver dangers there. If anything were to go wrong, he could very well die right there.

As for how huge the Endless Mainland was exactly, no one knew for sure. Even a powerful being such as the Grandmaster had not personally reached the ends of the Endless Mainland. There were a lot of places that were unknown to them out there, so he had to be careful.

…

After Ling Wuzun returned to his peak, he had some plans of his own.

The display of might that Lin Fan had shown upon his return was a huge blow for him. He felt as though he was a frog in a well, thinking which, he began making plans.

He wanted to head out of the sect to train. Even if he were to die outside, he would have to try and raise his strength. If he did not crush Lin Fan beneath him, he would never be satisfied. Well, even if he could not take down Lin Fan, the least he wanted to be on even grounds with him. That would soothe his heart at least.

Three days later, Ling Wuzun left the sect. As to where he went, no one knew.

Ten days later…

Lin Fan had fully prepared himself within the sect by now. At the same time, he had gotten wind of some places he could aim for on the Endless Mainland from Qing Yangzi.

Qiu Zhanyu and Jin Zhengu had been accepted as Inner Sect disciples of the sect with their strength of True Immortal state. Lin Fan then entrusted them to Elder Qing Yangzi’s care.

At the Sect entrance…

When Qing Yangzi, Qiu Zhanyu, and Jin Zhengu looked at that leaving figure of Lin Fan, they sighed out gently.

“Big Bro is gone now. I wonder when he’ll return.” Qiu Zhanyu said with reluctance.

“The next time Big Bro returns, he will definitely bring for us an even greater surprise!” Jin Zhengu surmised.

Qing Yangzi’s heart was filled with an infinite curiosity as well. He wondered just what sort of surprises Lin Fan would return with the next time.

As for Lin Fan, he was instead over to the Rising Dragon City at this moment. He felt that he ought to go check it out a little.

After all, he had lived there for eleven years no matter what.

#### ** Lam_

Another chapter of leaving people behind. Bittersweet memories really.

Although, I’m getting yet another foreboding feeling about the Rising Dragon City arc.

Anyone feels the same as me? :/

Chapter 1036: Return

Rising Dragon City…

It was just an ordinary city at one point in time. But, with the appearance of a gifted genius such as Lin Fan, the entire place became famous overnight and shocked the entire world.

The Lin Family had turned into the leader of the eight great families. However, they did not rule over the other families through their strength, just with their name alone.

As for the other seven great families, none of them were displeased in the slightest bit. The fact that the Lin Family Head, Lin Haoming, wasn’t someone who was interested in power struggles had the other great families feeling immensely grateful.

The reason why they were willing for the Lin Family to be the leader family was naturally because of that gifted genius, Lin Fan. He was their Young Master recruited by the Heaven and Earth Sect. However, the fact that he had not even returned once in the past three years was something that had everyone feeling a little bewildered.

In fact, they could not even get rid of a growing thought that the Young Master Lin might have been killed by others outside.

Even though it was a great fortune for someone to be taken in by a sect, sects were not places like playhouses. It was a place filled with immense dangers.

The number of disciples who died outside was uncountable.

Even though the other seven great families did bear such thoughts before, they buried it at the bottom of their hearts. That was because they had realized that the feeling of living as such in the past few years was pretty decent as well.

As for the Big Missy of the Lin Family, she was out of the city in a sect as well. Through a stroke of affinity, she had managed to enter a female sect. This was something that left the Lin Family ecstatic. Two outstanding talents being produced by their family was something absolutely heaven revolting!

But, this Big Missy of the Lin Family, Lin Hanyu, would always return from time to time and hand over some pills to the Lin Family. At the same time, she would split them out for the other seven great families as well. This was a really pleasant feeling.

Crackle, pop, sizzle, bang!

The Rising Dragon City was bustling with life right now as fireworks filled the sky.

Many people were gathered at the city entrance.

There were members of the eight great families present, as well as some of the wealthier folks and commoners. The Big Missy of the Lin Family had returned from the sect once more. Not only that, she seemed to have brought back good news this time around.

“Brother Lin, congratulations! To have two outstanding talents in your family, the Lin Family could be said to be skyrocketing into the Heavens!” The Huang Family Head, Huang Yan, congratulated. At the same time, there was a slight bit of envy in his heart as well.

When he looked at his son, Huang Yan felt miserable in his heart. That guy was just wasting his time idly every day without seeking to improve himself at all. In fact, he hadn’t even gotten himself a wife till now.

“You’re too kind, too kind.” Lin Haoming was truly feeling pretty good in his heart right now. To think that he would have brought forth the rise of the Lin Family singlehandedly.

Lin Haoming had suddenly realized that he was way too incredibly strong! All the sons and daughters that he had were all so strong!

This was especially the case for that son of his who was accepted as a disciple of the Heaven and Earth Sect. However, Lin Haoming was a little displeased that this lad had not even brought back home a single piece of news after three whole years! That was truly worrisome!

If not for the fact that the journey to the Heaven and Earth Sect was one that was long and fraught with dangers, Lin Haoming would have wanted to head over to take a look and check out just what sort of big things that lad was being kept busy with.

The commoners all around looked at Lin Haoming with envious faces.

“The life of the Lin Family is really good indeed! To think that they would have two children entering sects.”

“That’s right! In the past, the Lin Family used to be the weakest of the eight great families. But right now, they’re leading the pack for real!”

“The Big Missy of the Lin Family would always return once per year. But, as for Young Master Lin, no one has heard from him for three years now.”

“I’ve heard rumors that the Young Master Lin might have died outside the sect!”

“You had better keep those nonsensical words to yourself! It would be bad if anyone heard you!”

“Hais! It’s not that I want to spout these nonsensical words either! But, this was something that had already been spreading since half a year ago! Even people who were within the Heaven and Earth Sect did not have any idea on where the Young Master Lin was!”

“Shh! That’s enough now!”

…

“Daddy! Is that big sister?” At this moment, the youngest daughter, Lin Lan’er, pointed over to a spot of light in the sky and exclaimed excitedly. In three years, Lin Lan’er had grown into an elegant and breathtaking woman.

The number of people coming forth for marriage proposals for her were so many that the Lin Family’s doorsteps were almost going to be broken apart from their footsteps. If this were in the past, Lin Haoming would have naturally just looked for some good in-laws. But now that Lin Fan was so extraordinary, his aim was to groom his remaining two children well. It’d be for the best if they could enter sects as well.

“It should be.” Lin Haoming said with a smile on his face.

Soon, the bright spot came even closer.

At this moment at the entrance of the Rising Dragon City, a few figures descended from the void. Lin Hanyu was amongst them, accompanied by three other women. There was a man amongst them as well.

Lin Haoming shouted out happily, “Light the fireworks!”

Bam!

Bam!

The fireworks flowered in the sky, letting off a spectacular sight.

Lin Haoming rushed forth immediately, “Daughter, you’re back!”

“Father, mother, younger sister!” Lin Hanyu’s face was beaming with a bright smile. Even though she had been returning once per year, Lin Hanyu was still ever so emotional for her return each time. The feeling of reuniting with one’s close ones was something truly amazing for sure.

The four people behind Lin Hanyu had an indifferent expression on their faces. They did not bother too much about these mortals. All of these were just ants in their eyes.

They were only tagging along with their Junior Sister Lin to check out how the world of mere mortals was like, and that was all.

The sect that Lin Hanyu had entered was called the Hundred Flowers Palace. It wasn’t one of the big sects, and could only be considered as a middle sized sects.

The nine sects and six residences et cetera were all prominent sects that had a legacy of hundreds of thousands of years. As for this Hundred Flowers Palace, it had only risen in the past tens of thousands of years. Compared to the Heaven and Earth Sect, there was a world of difference. There could be no comparison made at all.

“Father, these three here are senior sisters of my sect. They had been especially kind and caring toward me in the sect.” Lin Hanyu introduced. She then pointed out at the man beside them, “This here is the son of the Grandmaster of the Metal Sword Sect.”

The moment Lin Haoming heard that, he was even more polite in his tone, “Welcome, welcome!”

How could he not know what sect the Metal Sword Sect was? And when he heard that this was the son of the Grandmaster, he knew that it was an even more outrageous status there.

The son of a sect’s Grandmaster! This was a super duper second generation, not someone that a mere mortal family such as theirs could compare with!

Ning Tiekun nodded his head without a single bit of expression. In fact, he didn’t even speak of a single greeting of politeness.

“Big sister!” Lin Feixue and Lin Lan’er leaped over and hugged their big sister. After being separated for such a long time, they were naturally missing her badly.

When the son of the Metal Sword Sect’s Grandmaster caught sight of Lin Lan’er, his eyes flashed with a glint. However, he hid it completely soon after.

“Junior sister, let us head over to your house to take a seat first, shall we?” Lin Hanyu’s senior sister spoke up.

“Alright.” Lin Hanyu nodded her head.

Lin Haoming spoke up at this moment, “Ah, Hanyu. The uncles of the seven other great families have already prepared a welcome feast for you guys. How about heading over to eat something first?”

At this moment, the Family Heads of the other seven great families waited with bated breath. But, a single sentence from the other side had them feeling awkward.

One of the senior sisters who had a slightly thin face with a protruding cheekbone remarked, “There’s nothing good to eat about the food of mere commoners. We’ll head over to your Lin Family to take a look first.”

The moment Lin Hanyu heard that, she nodded her head awkwardly, “Father, I guess let’s forget about it.”

Even though Lin Haoming was evidently somewhat displeased in his heart, he still put on a chirpy smile, “Alright, alright! Let’s head home then!”

“Oh, right! Darling daughter, what good news did you say you were going to tell your father?” Lin Haoming asked.

“Father, I’m already an Outer Sect disciple of the sect now!” Lin Hanyu declared happily.

“Good, good! Being an Outer Sect disciple is wonderful! Very well done! I’m sure you will be able to catch up to your younger brother before long!” Lin Haoming chuckled out as he said this.

“Father, has little brother not returned home yet?” Lin Hanyu asked. In her heart, she had been worrying about Lin Fan all this time.

“No.” Lin Haoming shook his head.

At this moment, Ning Tiekun spoke up, “Hanyu, your younger brother has been accepted by the Heaven and Earth Sect as a disciple. However, it is not safe in those big sects in the slightest bit. All of those secret grounds are extremely treacherous as well. There’s a high chance of people dying there.”

With these words of Ning Tiekun, the entire atmosphere in the air turned awkward. At this point, Lin Haoming’s heart was burning with a ball of flames. Was this fella trying to insinuate that his son was dead?

But, when he considered the identity of the other party, he let out a smile still nevertheless.

“Let’s head back first.”

…

#### ** Lam_

All these guys had better wipe their asses clean for our Lin Fan’s return.

But I kind of like Lin Haoming though. His character is really amicable and friendly to be honest! Cheers!

Chapter 1037: Humiliated

The Lin Family’s residence…

The Family Heads of the seven great families were gathered in discussion.

“Those disciples of the sect brought back by Hanyu seem pretty overbearing.”

“I can tell that they’re totally looking down on us. Their expression looks as though they’re just looking at us as beasts.”

“Now, that sentence of yours isn’t quite right now, eh? How can they take us as beasts?”

“Well, I was just saying. But in any case, that’s my intuition so far.”

“Hais! At times, it really sucks to not have strength on your own. You will forever be under the control of others. Take a look at Brother Lin. His daughter had entered a sect while his son has not returned with any form of news for the past three years. Now that his daughter brought back her senior sisters, they are so darned arrogant. Seems like Brother Lin is really going to be in for a rough time now.”

“Should we head over to check things out?”

“No, if we head over, we’ll be deemed as causing trouble. Just wait and wait out the situation further.”

“Alright.”

The situation that the Family Heads of the seven great families spoke of had truly happened.

Right now, Lin Haoming was having a huge headache. Those few fellas acted as though they were their ancestors. The moment they reached the Lin Family, they treated the Lin Family like their servants. If not for the fact that they were way too strong, Lin Haoming was even prepared to fall out with them.

On the dining table…

Lin Haoming did not take the main seat of the host. Instead, Ning Tiekun sat there.

“Everyone, please enjoy your meal.” Lin Haoming invited them with a cheery face full of smiles and politeness. Lin Feixue, Lin Lan’er, and Mrs. Lin sat down without making a single peep. They could sense that there was something off with the situation.

“Don’t bother. I can’t bring myself to consume the food of commoners.” Ning Tiekun said, then took out a pill and swallowed it into his tummy.

Out of the three senior sisters who had followed Lin Hanyu back, one of them had a pretty good relationship with her. She then took up her chopsticks and started eating, “Not bad! The taste is pretty good!”

Lin Hanyu looked over at her Senior Sister Xiao Yuya and gave her a look of immense gratitude.

As for the other two senior sisters, they were just like Ning Tiekun. They refused to budge at all, as though this food was way too lowly for them.

“If it’s not bad, then do please eat more! Thank you all so much for looking after my daughter in the sect!” Lin Haoming said.

“Yu’er, I heard from your father that you had become an Outer Sect disciple? How is it like being an Outer Sect disciple? Is it much better than before?” Mrs. Lin asked.

Lin Hanyu truly did not know how to reply. Within the sect, Outer Sect disciples did not have much of a status, unlike Inner Sect disciples; they were just like ants. However, to give her family a peace of mind, Lin Hanyu naturally nodded her head, “Yepps, it’s good! Ever since I’ve become an Outer Sect disciple, things have been much better!”

“Ah, it’s all good as long as things are fine.” Mrs. Lin heaved out a sigh of relief.

Lin Feixue and Lin Lan’er dug into the food with their heads lowered.

But suddenly, Lin Lan’er raised her head, “How nice would it be if Big Brother were here…”

“Father, has there really not been a single peep from Little Brother in the past three years?” Lin Hanyu asked.

It was only after entering a sect that she knew how things were like there. The competition between the disciples were extremely intense, and it was filled with dangers. If there had been no news for the past three years…that was a situation she did not dare to imagine.

Lin Haoming nodded his head, “Yes. It’s been three years without news now. I wonder what that lad is doing.”

“Well, that just sounds like a grim omen to me.” Ning Tiekun spoke up. He did not care about how everyone else at the table felt.

And indeed, the moment Ning Tiekun spoke up, the faces of Lin Haoming and the others changed slightly.

Lin Lan’er had even rebutted, “You’re talking crap! My Big Brother will definitely be fine!”

“Hmm?” Ning Tiekun’s face changed, evidently slightly enraged.

Lin Hanyu knew of Ning Tiekun’s background, and was pale as a sheet momentarily. She wasn’t close to this Ning Tiekun at all. He was an acquaintance of one of her senior sisters. This time around, she had been returning with three of these senior sisters when they bumped into this Ning Tiekun along the way. She did know that much about him either.

However, looking at how her senior sisters were all polite and respectful toward him, she naturally knew that she could not afford to offend him.

“You said that I’m talking crap?” Ning Tiekun’s face tensed up as his wrath bubbled. When Lin Lan’er caught sight of this, she was scared silly and sat there blankly.

“Sir Ning, please be appeased. My Little Sister is still young and isn’t sensible enough yet.” Lin Hanyu said.

Senior Sister Xiao Yuya helped to chime in from the side as well, “Sir Ning, I’m sure you wouldn’t get angry over something as small as this, right?”

Lin Haoming added in to apologize profusely as well.

This time around, the people brought back by Lin Hanyu weren’t people he liked at all. However, what could he do about it? The other party was evidently far from simple. If they had offended him, what could the Lin Family have to defend against them?

Furthermore, his daughter was still in that sect. If they were to offend the other side and they were to make things difficult for her in the future, what were they to do?

“Hmph!” Ning Tiekun snorted out coldly. He was just like a high and mighty sovereign right now, “If there’s a next time, I’ll definitely kill her without mercy.”

“Boohoo…!” Lin Lan’er was scared into tears right now as she ran out immediately. Even though Lin Hanyu felt a little enraged in her heart, she did not dare to vent it out.

Lin Feixue and Mrs. Lin chased after Lin Lan’er.

As for Lin Haoming, even though he was displeased in his heart, he still laughed out awkwardly in apology.

Looking at the situation before her, Xiao Yuya could only look at Lin Hanyu and shake her head exasperatedly, indicating that she could do nothing about it.

The position of this Ning Tiekun was extraordinary. He wasn’t someone they could go against. All they could do was to endure.

As a result, this meal was an extremely awkward one. Lin Haoming and the others did not even dare to take in a deep breath of air.

Even though Lin Hanyu was an Outer Sect disciple, in the eyes of Ning Tiekun, she was nothing more than an ant, no different from cannon fodder.

The next day…

The news of Lin Hanyu returning to the Rising Dragon City had spread out. However, everyone also knew that she had brought some other people with her. Those people had a position that was even higher than hers in the sect.

Some people wanted to seize the chance to build some connections. But, when they heard that the other party did not even give the Lin Family any face, they naturally held back. When it came to people as such who were difficult to get acquainted with, they had better just forget about it.

On the streets…

Ning Tiekun and the others walked ahead while Lin Haoming followed behind and introduced everything about the Rising Dragon City to them. Ning Tiekun’s head was raised up high as though no one here was worthy of him looking at them.

The surrounding passersby made way immediately, not daring to head up and check it out.

Lin Hanyu stood by the side, feeling immensely awkward beyond anything else. At the same time, she was boiling in her heart.

“Sir Ning, this is the most glamorous place in the entire Rising Dragon City now.” Lin Haoming said.

“Hmm.” Ning Tiekun nodded his head.

All of a sudden, Ning Tiekun’s eyes sparkled as he pushed Lin Haoming aside and rushed ahead.

Caught totally by surprise, Lin Haoming was nearly pushed onto the ground. Thankfully, there was someone to support him up.

This excitement of Ning Tiekun naturally meant that he had bumped into his acquaintances.

“Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Brother Wang! Long time no see!” Ning Tiekun came before a stall and cupped his fists while greeting.

When these two people who were purchasing some items from the secular world here heard this voice, they raised their heads and stopped looking through the items for a little while, “Oh, it’s Brother Ning!”

Lin Haoming and the others caught up with them as well by this point.

Turning around to look at Lin Haoming and the others in disdain, Ning Tiekun said, “Let me introduce you guys. These two are Inner Sect disciples of the Heaven and Earth Sect, Brother Zhou and Brother Wang.”

When the senior sisters of Lin Hanyu heard the identity of the other side, they were a little excited, “Greetings to the two senior brothers!”

The Heaven and Earth Sect was a big sect within the Endless Mainland, and the disciples within were all extraordinary! It wasn’t something that sects like theirs could compare with!

When Lin Haoming heard that the other side were disciples of the Heaven and Earth Sect, he got emotional momentarily and rushed forth to tug at the two of them, “May I ask…”

However, before Lin Haoming had even managed to speak up, the face of Ning Tiekun turned dark as he kicked him away.

“BRAZEN! These two senior brothers here are not people you can tug at! Lin Hanyu, you had better watch your father’s actions! Otherwise, he is going to cause big problems!” Ning Tiekun barked out coldly.

“You…!” Lin Hanyu could no longer bear with it. She then sighed out and helped her father up, “Father, we’ll ask later when there’s a chance.”

Lin Haoming nodded his head.

Ning Tiekun snorted out coldly once more before turning to the two senior brothers with a face full of smiles, “Senior brothers here, how about letting me prepare a welcome feast for you guys?”

“Our thanks to Brother Ning then.” The two of them did not mind at all. After all, since someone was prepared to host a welcome feast for them, why should they refuse?

At this moment, Ning Tiekun turned around and said to Lin Hanyu softly, “What are you still waiting for? Hurry and get your father and those family members of yours to start preparing!”

Lin Hanyu had wanted to say something when Xiao Yuya held her back and nodded her head to not have her say anything more.

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Wow. This motherfucking son of a bitch. SERIOUSLY? He’s going to get his ass fucking whooped so badly I don’t even know where he’s going to keep it.

I hope Lin Fan just kills him and 2 of those cocky senior sisters as well. DAMN IT.

Also, didn’t Qing Yangzi promise that the Rising Dragon City will be watched over by the Heaven and Earth Sect? Then WHY THE FUCK is this even happening still?! BLOODY HELL.

Chapter 1038: Lin Fan’s Return

Within the Lin Family house…

Ning Tiekun was all smiles as he stepped aside and said politely, “Brother Zhou, Brother Wang, please take a seat.”

The two of them, Brother Wang and Brother Zhou, didn’t feel shy as they walked out briskly toward the main seats, “Brother Ning and fellow junior sisters, please take a seat as well.”

Ning Tiekun sat down following both of them. The remaining three junior sisters did not stand on ceremony as they sat down on the left and right as well. The only one who was displeased in her heart was Lin Hanyu as she stood by the side without budging a single inch.

Xiao Yuya pulled at Lin Hanyu and whispered softly, “Sit down. These two aren’t people we can offend. It’d be best not to create trouble for your family.”

Lin Hanyu then sat down with reluctance. In her heart, she was filled with regrets. Had she known that this would happen, she would not have chosen to return. Or in fact, she could have returned alone as well. Everything that was happening right now had her feeling extremely aggrieved in her heart.

While the seven of them sat here, the Family Heads of the eight great families were just like servants right now, surrounding them while serving them tea, wine, and food.

Just what sort of face should someone have to command such a scene?

Being summoned here, the other Family Heads of the seven great families felt extremely indignant as well. Since when had they ever endured humiliation as such? That Ning Tiekun was just calling them by their full names directly and having them serve left and right as though he was calling out to his servants.

“Pour wine for both of them.” Ning Tiekun chuckled out before inquiring straightaway, “Now, senior brothers, what brings you guys to this small place?”

Zhou Jun raised his wine glass and gulped it down with a single swig, “We passed by this area and decided to head down and take a look while buying back some items of the secular world back for our fellow senior and junior brothers.”

“Oh, so that’s the reason. Well, leave that matter to me!” Even though Ning Tiekun was the Young Master of the Metal Sword Sect, he was smooth and slick in relationships. Toward the disciples of big sects, he was always polite and reserved. However, he was always cold and haughty toward those weaker than him.

“We’ll have to trouble you then, Brother Ning.” Both of them laughed out before raising their wine glasses and toasting one another, drinking to their heart’s contentment. Even though they were only Inner Sect disciples in the Heaven and Earth Sect, to disciples of other sects, they were people with an esteemed status.

They naturally knew that Ning Tiekun was trying to suck up to them. At the same time, they were more than willing to give him the opportunity to do so.

As for these commoners who were serving them wine and food, they both felt that it was the honor of these people. After all, it would be prideful for them to be able to tell the world that they had once served the disciples of ‘so and so’ sect.

“Brother Zhou, Brother Wang, this plain and simple place has nothing much to offer. I’m afraid that you guys will have to make do with it.” Ning Tiekun’s tone bore a heavy disdain.

When the Huang Family Head, Huang Yan, served both of them wine, his hand trembled for a moment and spilled some of it onto the table surface. When Ning Tiekun saw this, he flew into a rage and barked out, “What are you doing? If you can’t even do something as simple as such, what use do you have?”

Even though Huang Yan was the Huang Family Head, how would he dare to be insolent in the face of these disciples of sects? His face was drained of color as he went into a flurry while apologizing profusely.

“Hmph!” Zhou Jun snorted out coldly. As an Inner Sect disciple, he was naturally prideful. But of course, he would not go to the extent of striking out at a mere mortal with that slight bit of cultivation state.

“Uncle Huang, let me do it.” Lin Hanyu’s tone was displeased as she walked beside Huang Yan. Taking over the wine jar, she served Zhou Jun wine personally.

Zhou Jun smiled out. A beautiful woman with good wine… This was pretty decent.

While the faces of the other Family Heads were normal, they were totally incensed in their hearts. Detestable! These people were too darned detestable!

…

At the entrance of the Rising Dragon City…

A streak of light landed.

The first thing that struck the minds of the commoners was fright. But when they saw that it was a human figure, they heaved out a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn’t anything non-human, it was fine!

Returning to the Rising Dragon City three years later, Lin Fan did not sense much of a change. The city entrance was still the city entrance. Heck, even the tiles had barely changed their position.

Stepping a foot into the city, Lin Fan could tell that it was lively as ever.

When he thought of that Lin Haoming, Lin Fan could barely hold in his laughter. If that guy knew just how strong he was and what his position in the sect was right now, Lin Fan truly did not know how high that guy would fly.

After entering the Golden Immortal state, Lin Fan’s aura had taken on an extremely huge change. Everyone who passed by could not pull their sights away from him. It was as though they were completely mesmerized by him. Some of the passersby started exchanging glances with one another before conversing.

“Such a handsome young lad!”

“That’s right! I’ve never seen him before in the past! I wonder which family he is from.”

“Eh? Why do I get such a familiar feeling about him?”

“Chey! You say that about everyone! The previous time, there was someone else who had arrived that you claimed to find familiar. Have you recalled who he was till now?”

“No, no! This time around, it’s really different! I really do find him extremely familiar!”

…

When Lin Fan had reincarnated from the Ancient Saint World, this was the place where he was born. Even though there was no blood relationship between them, after staying here for eleven years, it was impossible for him to not have feelings.

Some of the young girls passing by could not bring their gaze away from him as they tried sending him signals secretly. It was as though they were bewitched by Lin Fan.

Lin Fan smiled out, causing his charisma toward these girls to skyrocket even further.

When Lin Fan passed by a herbal medicine shop, he could not help but stop in his tracks.

Lin Fan remembered this herbal medicine shop: it was a business of the Lin Family. At this moment, there was an elderly man whom Lin Fan was extremely familiar with in the shop, the Lin Family’s old housekeeper.

After not seeing him for three years, the old housekeeper had aged considerably. However, with the help of pills, he was naturally not at a point where he could not walk or move any longer.

“Old housekeeper.” Lin Fan spoke.

When the old housekeeper who was summing up the accounts in the shop right now heard that voice, he was stunned for a moment. He then looked up outside. When his sight was cast over, his face changed into one that bore a slight disbelief.

“Young…Young Master!” The old housekeeper was taken aback. When he had verified that it was truly the Young Master, he rushed out from behind the shopfront and gripped Lin Fan’s hands tightly, “Young Master! Are you really back?”

“Yes.” Lin Fan nodded his head.

Some of the commoners nearby started exclaiming out.

“That’s the Young Master of the Lin Family?”

“THE Young Master Lin who had entered a sect and from whom no one had heard a single piece of news for the past three years?”

“He’s back?!”

“Holy f*ck! The memories of that duel three years ago are still fresh as yesterday in my mind! To think that he would truly be back! Not only that, check it out, guys! After three years, the aura of around the Young Master Lin has changed. He is way more fearsome than he was in the past now!”

“The Big Missy of the Lin Family has also returned from her sect! Now that their Young Master is back as well, this is truly a matter of double happiness!”

“Haven’t you guys heard? Those companions of the Big Missy Lin who had come along with her seem to be pretty disrespectful to the Lin Family and the other seven great families.”

“Ah, I did hear of something like that!”

…

Lin Fan’s lips curled into a smile, “After not returning for three years, I do miss this place quite a bit. Let’s head back first.”

“Alright, alright! This old servant will rush back to report this immediately!” The old housekeeper was extremely emotional right now.

Young Master Lin was a gifted genius who was accepted in by the Heaven and Earth Sect! A glorious thing as such was the number one achievement of the entire Rising Dragon City!

“You don’t have to. Just come along with me. That’ll do.” Lin Fan said.

As they headed toward the direction of the Lin Family, the surrounding commoners started spreading the word by mouth.

‘The Young Master of the Lin Family has returned.’

For anyone out there, this was an unusually interesting thing to hear about. None of them knew just how the Young Master of the Lin Family had been doing out there for the past three years.

But now that he was back, the rumors of him having fallen was naturally dispelled.

At the entrance of the Lin Family…

There were two guards standing watch.

“Hurry up and open up! Young Master has returned!” The old housekeeper cried out emotionally.

When the guards heard it, they were stunned for a moment. Without thinking twice, they then shouted out in surprise. To think that the Young Master would have returned!

Lin Fan chuckled as he stepped foot into the Lin Family. This time around, he was back to take a look.

Just a look and he would be off after he was done.

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Brother Wang HUH? Brother Zhou HUH?

TAKE A LOOK AT WHO’S COMING. YOUR FUTURE GRANDMASTER YOU LITTLE DIPSHITS! HMPH! >:(

And yes, there’s no mistake with the title. It’s the same as Chapter 1036. Cheers!

Chapter 1039: Enjoy Your Meal

Even though Lin Haoming was the Family Head of the Lin Family, he was like a servant right now, being made to pour wine, serve food, and exchange plates.

It was the same for the other Family Heads of the seven great families.

Sitting there, Lin Hanyu could not even bear to take in a single bite of her food. Her heart was extremely pained right now. In her eyes, the other party was just humiliating her family.

This was especially the case for the expression with which Ning Tiekun was looking at her father. It was as though he was looking at an ant. If only she were stronger, something as such wouldn’t have happened.

“Master! Young Master has returned!” At this moment, the voice of the old housekeeper rang through.

When Lin Haoming, who was just pouring out wine for everyone present heard this voice, his hand trembled slightly. He then let out an ecstatic smile as he placed down the wine jar in his hand. Ignoring the expression on Ning Tiekun’s which almost seemed as though he wanted to eat him up, Lin Haoming went straight toward the entrance of the house.

Lin Hanyu bolted upright as well, as though she could not believe what she had just heard!

“You’re courting death! Come over and pour the wine!” Ning Tiekun was enraged. His voice was thunderous, causing the void to crack out with its might.

However, for Lin Haoming, this threat of Ning Tiekun meant jacksh*t.

When Lin Fan was walking through the courtyard, his brows furrowed at the sound of that enraged shout. He then entered the house.

“Son…! You’re finally home…!” Lin Haoming was smiling ear to ear right now, happier than anyone could ever be.

“Yes, I’m back.” Lin Fan nodded his head before surveying the house.

“Little Brother.” Lin Hanyu stood up.

Xiao Yuya turned her head around and looked at the person who had arrived, feeling worried in her heart. At this moment, things did not seem as though they were going to be settled that easily, especially not with the expression that Ning Tiekun was giving off.

When the other Family Heads caught sight of Lin Fan, they were unusually happy as well. They felt as though they could finally regain all the face they had lost.

Clang!

Initially, Zhou Jun and Wang Yun were sitting there idly and carefreely, intending to watch the show fall out. But, when they caught sight of that familiar face, they felt their hearts freeze up as they bolted up while shivering uncontrollably.

That once comfortable chair seemed as though it was made out of pins right now.

“Who was asking whom to pour what wine?” Lin Fan asked calmly before walking over to the dining table. When he caught sight of everything before him, that initially calm expression of his flashed with a slight tinge of anger.

“Son, this…” Lin Haoming was hesitant, not knowing what he should say.

“Little Brother, these three here are your elder sister’s senior sisters.” Lin Hanyu introduced.

Xiao Yuya looked over at Lin Fan and smiled. As for the other two, they just tossed him a casual glance, and were totally unbothered afterward.

Lin Hanyu’s younger brother? So what? Even Lin Hanyu was just a mere Outer Sect disciple. As for this younger brother of hers, he should be treating them with immense respect!

Huang Yan spoke up, “Young Master Lin, we are waiting on them right now.”

“Oh? Waiting on them?” Lin Fan raised his head slightly. His face showed an immense might without displaying any anger in them.

“Hmph! Scram! Can’t you see that we’re having our meal now?” Ning Tiekun barked out.

Lin Fan had merely tossed a quick glance over at Ning Tiekun before turning his sight onto the other two.

At this moment, there was an intense tension in the air.

All of the commoners who had followed Lin Fan to the Lin Residence held their breath as well. They could feel that something big was about to happen here.

Zhou Jun and Wang Yun’s faces were frightfully pale right now. That initially calm heart of theirs started palpitating furiously. They wanted to move, but they could feel an immense pressure locking down their bodies.

But they knew that if they still stood there without budging an inch, the consequences were going to be disastrous.

Gulp!

The both of their throats started moving and feeling choked as they tried with all their might to budge.

“Senior Brother Ning, this is my Little Brother. He is a disciple of Heaven and Earth Sect.” Lin Hanyu called out fiercely.

“Huehue.” Ning Tiekun laughed out coldly. If this person were truly a disciple of the Heaven and Earth Sect, how could Brother Ning and Brother Wang not recognize him when he had entered?

But, since Brother Ning and Brother Wang were saying nothing at all right now, it was evident that this person must be any normal disciple in the Heaven and Earth Sect. Who knew, he might even be a servant disciple!

“Good guts there! To have my Lin Family and the seven other Family Heads wait on you… That is really some bold guts you’ve got there.” Lin Fan said.

Ning Tiekun chuckled out coldly, “Brother Zhou, Brother Ning, what position does this person have in your Heaven and Earth Sect?”

But when Ning Tiekun turned his head around, he was frozen by the scene before him.

Right now, Ning Tiekun was not the only one who was frozen. Everyone was dumbfounded by what was happening.

Zhou Jun and Wang Yun were biting down on their teeth while trembling violently. As though they had used up every single last bit of strength left in their bodies, they collapsed onto their knees in a thud.

“I-Inner Sect disciple Z-Zhou Jun.”

“I-Inner Sect disciple W-Wang Yun.”

“G-Greetings to Grandmaster C-Candidate senior brother!”

“PLEASE SPARE OUR LIVES, SENIOR BROTHER! THE BOTH OF US TRULY DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS WAS YOUR FAMILY, SENIOR BROTHER! PLEASE SPARE OUR LIVES, PLEASE!”

BAM!

BAM!

The both of them knelt on the ground and kowtowed in apology profusely. The strength which they were using was immense, causing the sound of it to reverberate through the nine heavens just like thunder.

Both of them did not dare to use any bit of powers at all. They were just slamming their heads down like mere mortals, causing a series of dull thuds to ring forth from their kowtows.

Fresh blood oozed out, staining the entire ground red.

When they caught sight of Lin Fan’s figure, both of them were absolutely flabbergasted. This was Senior Brother Lin, the one who had suppressed all the Remnants of the Kunlun God Sect, and had even taken down their Golden Immortal elder with a single palm strike! If they had known that these were Senior Brother Lin’s family members, they would not have dared to come in even if they had ten sets of guts!

Within the sect, even if Senior Brother Lin met with the Grandmaster, he did not have to kneel down and greet at all! Both of them knew that if they could not obtain their Senior Brother Lin’s forgiveness right now, their lives would not leave this place intact.

Lin Fan’s hands were behind his back as his face was icy cold while looking at everything before him. As long as he did not say anything, Zhou Jun and Wang Yun did not dare to stop at all.

At this moment, other than the sounds of the heads banging, the entire world was absolutely silent.

The commoners outside were all dumbstruck.

The seven Family Heads were all frozen.

Lin Haoming and Lin Hanyu looked at Lin Fan blankly.

Ning Tiekun stood up with an aghast expression, as though he had just bumped into a ghost.

For everyone present, there was only a single voice ringing in their heads.

“Grandmaster Candidate…”

For any single sect, these two words were extremely impactful.

This wasn’t even considering that this was THE Heaven and Earth Sect they were talking about!

There were only twelve Grandmaster Candidates in the Heaven and Earth Sect, each one of them being tantamount to the Heaven itself. This was especially the case within the sect where their status was definite. Other than the Grandmaster himself and a few other esteemed elders, no one else would dare to be insolent before them!

And now, what did those two people just say?

This man was the Grandmaster Candidate of the Heaven and Earth Sect…!

Lin Fan did not say anything more as he walked over to the main seat, “Father, please take the main seat. The other Family Heads, please have a seat as well. Housekeeper, could you please change the utensils and serve some new dishes?”

“Yes, Young Master!” The old housekeeper was beyond elated in his heart as he sprinted like he was flying to prepare for everything.

Ning Tiekun gulped down his saliva as his heart sank right down to the bottom. He then rushed beside Zhou Jun and Wang Yun, and just like them, kowtowed furiously.

The three senior sisters of Lin Hanyu stood on one side without daring to budge a single inch. They were totally petrified by the sight before them.

It didn’t take long before the old housekeeper returned with new utensils and removed the old ones.

Lin Fan poured wine for Lin Haoming personally and toasted a cup with him.

Holding the wine cup in his hand, Lin Haoming’s hands were trembling right now. He then swallowed it emotionally, “Good, good…! Good!”

Right now, things were truly good! Glorious! This was simply way too glorious for their family!

Initially, he had thought that the most glorious moment of his life would have been when his son entered the Heaven and Earth Sect. To think that they would be experiencing an even more glorious moment right now!

Lin Fan took up his wine cup and rose, “Seven Family Heads, thank you for taking care of the Lin Family for the past three years.”

The seven Family Heads bolted upright straight without daring to dilly dally. With polite courtesy, they downed the entire cup respectfully.

Comfortable! This was way too comfortable a feeling!

The seven Family Heads had never once felt this comfortable ever. What did all the wronged feelings they had earlier on amount to? It was all vented at this very moment.

Lin Hanyu and her three senior sisters stood there without saying anything.

Right now, Xiao Yuya’s heart was entirely taken aback. She had not expected that Junior Sister Lin Hanyu’s younger brother would hold such a position within the Heaven and Earth Sect!

“Enjoy your meal!” Lin Fan said with a smile. He then paused and looked at Lin Hanyu, who was standing at the entrance, “Big Sister, come and sit won’t you?”

Lin Hanyu nodded her head absentmindedly, having her brain freezing at this moment. Even sitting there, she did not know what to do at all.

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Those shitstains must be praying right now for the meal to never end. While we’re all waiting for the meal to end. BEST FEELING EVER.

Chapter 1040: Judgment

During the meal, Lin Fan’s expression was normal as though the entire issue did not matter to him.

However, Zhou Jun and Wang Yun were feeling extremely nervous in their hearts, frightened beyond words. If Senior Brother Lin had scolded or whacked them, they might have felt a sense of relief. But now that Senior Brother Lin was expressionless without saying anything to them, it had them feeling extremely panicked.

“Son, how come there was no news from you for the past three years?” Lin Haoming asked. Even though there was no intention of blaming, he still felt a little grievance in his heart. If there had been some news for the past three years, he wouldn’t have been so worried.

He naturally knew about the rumors that were spreading outside. However, he did not choose to believe in any of them in his heart. At times, he felt pretty helpless as well. After all, there had not been a single peep from Lin Fan for the past three years! Even if he had wanted to refute those rumors, he had to have some evidence to do so.

Lin Fan chuckled out, “I was training outside and met with some stuff. Hence, I didn’t have the chance to get back at all.”

Lin Haoming nodded his head. Anyway, he was in a pretty good mood right now, “So, that’s the reason. But, you’ve got to watch out, alright? And, come back to check on us often as well!”

“Yes.” Lin Fan nodded his head.

The other seven Family Heads surrounding them were all smiles as they ate and drank without any hesitation. From time to time, their gazes would sweep across the people who were kneeling on the ground right now.

Huehue!

Acting tough in front of them and wanting them to be their servants? They could just look where things were now! Now that Young Master Lin was back, no matter how tough these guys wanted to act, they still had to kneel there obediently without daring to make even a single sound!

However, Lin Fan was the one they were most impressed with. To think that he would have gotten to such a state in just three mere years! This was practically enough to have gods and ghosts crying over!

Grandmaster Candidate! How incredible was that! In fact, they were even thinking what would happen if the Young Master Lin went on to be the future Grandmaster of the Heaven and Earth Sect one day!

If he really became the Grandmaster, that would be absolutely outrageous! The entire Lin Family would just skyrocket into the Heavens!

In fact, even their own families would not lack in terms of the benefits received. The mere thought of that was getting them a little excited right now.

To think that a tiny little Rising Dragon City could raise the Grandmaster of a big sect! From now on, the Rising Dragon City was going to be famous around the entire Endless Mainland!

“Big Brother…”

At this moment, there was a crisp, clean voice coming from outside, seeming to be rushing in quickly.

Lin Fan looked over as his lips curled into a grin.

Lin Lan’er had been in her house, feeling extremely terrible the entire time. The people who had followed her Big Sister home this time around did not make her feel good at all. In fact, she was even detesting them.

However, the other party was too strong and had a high status. They weren’t people she could afford to offend. Therefore, she ran straight into the house since she would feel no evil if she saw no evil.

But, after the servants came to inform that the Young Master Lin had returned, it uplifted Lin Lan’er’s mood tremendously.

Her own Big Brother was home…!

Lin Lan’er was not the only one who had arrived; there was Lin Feixue as well. And at the same time, Mrs. Lin was also rushing in while feeling exceptionally emotional. After not seeing her own child for the past three years, she was naturally feeling hollow in her heart.

But when Lin Lan’er entered the house, she was absorbed by the sight before her.

It was especially eye-catching for Lin Lan’er to see the fella she detested the most, Ning Tiekun, just kneeling down there. That had her feeling pretty bewildered.

“Little Sister.” Lin Fan spoke up, indicating for her to sit down.

Mrs. Lin and Lin Feixue headed up to ask about Lin Fan as well. Through the conversation he had, Lin Fan felt that it was really quite a nice feeling to have a family at times.

“Big Brother, what are they doing?” Lin Lan’er asked.

“They’re just wrongdoers.” Lin Fan replied indifferently, totally unbothered with them.

“Oh!” Lin Lan’er nodded her head and let out a bright smile.

Kneeling there, Ning Tiekun and the others did not feel even a single bit of anger. Their hearts were only filled with fear. They were truly afraid right now.

Even though he was the son of the Grandmaster of the Metal Sword Sect, the difference between the Metal Sword Sect and the Heaven and Earth Sect was as great as the one between Heaven and Earth themselves. There was no way to compare them at all.

Not only that, the identity of the other party was that of the Grandmaster Candidate of the Heaven and Earth Sect! Compared to his own status, that was way, way higher!

The hearts of the three senior sisters of Lin Hanyu were long surging with tidal waves. They could not believe that Junior Sister Lin Hanyu’s younger brother would be this incredible!

In the past, they naturally knew that Junior Sister Lin Hanyu had a younger brother who had entered the Heaven and Earth Sect. But even then, they did not bother too much about it.

How big was the Heaven and Earth Sect, and how intense was the competition within it? If one wanted to stand out on top there, it was a task that was more difficult than difficult.

Even in their small little sect, for example, it was already extremely difficult if one wanted to make a name for themselves, let alone the Heaven and Earth Sect.

Therefore, they did not get overly concerned with Junior Sister Lin’s younger brother. To them, he was probably just a small nobody in the sect, someone without much of a status.

But right now, they truly understood the situation. They were totally wrong about everything! Not only did Junior Sister Lin’s younger brother have a status in the sect, his status was one that could even shock people to death!

Grandmaster Candidate! Even if he headed over to their sect, their own Grandmaster would have to greet him respectfully without daring to get brazen in the slightest bit!

…

When Ning Tiekun looked at how Lin Fan was all smiles toward his family members and the seven Family Heads, he had assumed that the other party must have been appeased by now. This little life of his should be safe.

But Zhou Jun and Wang Yun felt that things would definitely not end up being so simple.

How could Senior Brother Lin spare them so easily?

BAM!

BAM!

The thudding sounds of their kowtowing got even louder. That was because in their minds, they could tell that a storm was coming.

Once Senior Brother Lin and his family were done with their meal, it would perhaps be time for him to lay judgment on them!

…

After some time, Lin Fan placed down the utensils in his hands.

The other Family Heads were a little high through drinking now, the main reason being that they were absolutely ecstatic. The commoners outside had been waiting for a long time as well, and were getting particularly excited at this moment.

“What do you guys think Young Master Lin is going to do to these fellas?”

“I’ve got no idea. But, I don’t think that they’ll be let off so easily.”

“It’s not as though he is going to kill them, right? That man seems to be the son of the Grandmaster of some sect, with quite a distinguished status. No matter how high Young Master Lin’s status in his sect is, he shouldn’t want to kill the other party, should he?”

“That’s hard to say.”

“Eh? Take a look…”

At this moment, Lin Fan rose up and walked beside Zhou Jun and Wang Yun.

“Senior brother! Please spare our lives! We really know that we’re in the wrong now!”

Zhou Jun and Wang Yun cried out tragically. They were truly afraid, and their heads were still banging down furiously. The sounds were getting even louder, echoing out reverberatingly.

They could only hope that on account of being in the same sect, Senior Brother Lin would be gracious and spare them this one time.

At the same time, they bore an intense hatred toward Ning Tiekun right now. If not for this fella, they would not have had something like this happening to them!

Bloody hell! Even if he wanted to die, why the hell did he have to implicate them?

To think that he would head over to Senior Brother Lin’s house to act tough! Not only that, he even had Senior Brother Lin’s family members work as his servants! Wasn’t that just bloody looking for death?

Looking at the three of them, Lin Fan’s lips curled into a grin.

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Hehe. What’s Lin Fan gonna do? Any guesses? :>

Chapter 1041: You’d Really Dare To Kill Me?

Lin Haoming and the others placed down the chopsticks in their hands. The seven Family Heads understood in their minds that it was probably time to settle the scores now.

At this moment, Ning Tiekun and the other two were extremely horrified as their hearts pounded furiously.

Senior Brother Lin stood in front of them without saying a single word. However, the invisible pressure that he brought forth was just like a gigantic mountain that crushed down onto their hearts, causing them to shiver and fear from within.

“Senior brother…!” Zhou Jun and Wang Yun gulped their saliva, looking exceptionally frantic at this moment.

“What do you guys propose that I should do?” Lin Fan spoke up as he lowered his head to look at these three people. His heart was blazing with a slow burn right now. Bold… Really bold! To think that they would dare to come and show off in front of his family!

“Senior brother, we truly did not know! This Ning Tiekun was the one who had dragged us over! Even if you gave us ten guts, we would not have dared to act audaciously in front of your family and close ones, Senior Brother Lin!” Zhou Yun and Wang Jun cried out.

Senior Brother Lin was one of the Grandmaster Candidates! Even if he killed them, the sect would not make any noise about it. At the most, they’d give him a slight reminder. But, the worst thing was that they were the ones at fault right now! Even if Senior Brother Lin wanted to kill them, the sect would absolutely do nothing about it!

Lin Haoming stood there, feeling extremely gleeful. This was his son! He was feeling way too proud right now. Even though he had been messed around mercilessly by the other party earlier on, now that his own son was back, what could all the pains he had suffered earlier on amount to?

The other seven Family Heads had the same thoughts as Lin Haoming. Even though Young Master Lin did not have that much of a relationship with them, the seven great families were all watched over by him still.

What could all these disciples who acted all high and mighty because they were in some sects amount to?

Now that Young Master Lin was back, didn’t they have to kneel down onto the ground obediently one by one still?

Usually, when they were having their meals, they would look for performers to play some music to add to the mood of the meal. But today, while everything was a little unexpected, the sounds of those head thudding during their meals were ever so melodious despite being a little annoying.

“Ah, son! Actually, those two junior brothers of yours weren’t really disrespectful to me.” Lin Haoming spoke up for both of them. These two were his son’s junior brothers. No matter what, they were part of the same sect. If he were to get too extreme with things, his Little Fan might attract some trouble for himself.

The moment Zhou Jun and Wang Yun heard that, they were filled with immense gratitude in their hearts. With that, they thudded their heads even more furiously toward Lin Haoming. To think that at the end of the day, it would be senior brother’s father who would speak for them! At the same time, the hatred they had toward Ning Tiekun was getting more and more torrential.

It was all because of this fella! If not for this fella, they would naturally not have something as such happening to them!

Damn it!

As long as they could escape out of this sh*t, they would definitely discipline this Ning Tiekun properly.

“Both of you may be spared from death, but you will still be punished accordingly. Do you guys know what you’re supposed to do?” Lin Fan’s voice was calm.

However, the entire house fell silent.

Lin Hanyu looked at her younger brother in stupefaction. She had not imagined that her younger brother would have grown to such an extent. Those two people were Inner Sect disciples of the Heaven and Earth Sect. For a small sect like hers, that was already an esteemed status which they could never hope to compare with.

As for her other three senior sisters who were standing there, they seemed even more dumbfounded. Not only did they not dare to say anything, they did not even dare to let out a single peep.

Everything happening before their eyes right now was already having them shell-shocked to the point they did not know what they could say anymore.

Zhou Jun and Wang Yun exchanged glances with one another. They did not have any intention of resisting in their eyes; instead, it was relief. They were relieved that they did not have to die at least.

This should be the greatest leniency that their Senior Brother Lin could have shown to them. If they still could not please Senior Brother Lin even at this point, they would absolutely deserve it even if they were killed.

At this moment, Zhou Jun and Wang Yun stretched out their hands and extended both arms straight. Gritting down on their teeth, their powers rumbled furiously.

Crack!

Severed!

“To have the father of our senior brother serve us wine, these pair of hands of ours deserve to be severed!”

There was no bloodied scene at the place. Those pair of hands just dissipated into smoke under the effect of the channeled powers.

However, both of them had the strength of Immemorial Ancient state beings. Therefore, they COULD regrow their limbs.

“Scram on one side. After we return, head back to the sect to receive your punishments.” Lin Fan said coldly. If he did not show his might right now, things would really go out of hand.

When some of the commoners caught sight of what was happening within the house, they exclaimed out.

“So tyrannical! Young Master Lin is way too suave! To think that he would just have both of them sever their arms by themselves!”

“Huehue… Tyrannical? If not for the fact that Master Lin had spoken of mercy for both of them, I don’t think they could have gotten out of it alive!”

“That’s overexaggerating it, isn’t it? No matter what, they’re from the same sect.”

“What’s so great about that? Didn’t you see the status of Young Master Lin in their sect? Both of them were shocked silly the moment they caught sight of him! Even if Young Master Lin were to kill both of them, I’m sure nothing will happen to him at all.”

“That’s true as well. I wonder what’s going to happen to that last fella now. I heard that he was the Young Master of some sect or something! He seems to have a pretty high status, doesn’t he?”

The commoners of the Rising Dragon City were discussing fervently right now. Since when had they ever seen such a scene before? Everything that had happened today had their knowledge of the world expanding widely.

“Thank you! Thank you for your grace of not killing us, senior brother!” Zhou Jun and Wang Yun cried out, their face filled with snot and tears. They were truly petrified in their hearts earlier on.

But, when they heard those words of their Senior Brother Lin, both of them could finally heave out a sigh of relief at that moment.

Moving to one side, they lowered their heads and did not dare to speak at all.

When the three senior sisters of Lin Hanyu looked at the both of them, their bodies could not help but break out in shivers. This was especially the case for two of those senior sisters. When they recalled their attitude back on the dining table, they felt a cold chill run down their spines.

Thankfully, Lin Hanyu was their junior sister. This younger brother of hers should not do anything much to them, right?

At the same time, they truly had not expected that Lin Hanyu would have a younger brother as such. If they had known about it, they would have definitely tried to build a closer relationship with her.

They would definitely not have acted as they did till today.

They couldn’t help but feel an immensely deep regret.

…

At this moment, Lin Fan stood before Ning Tiekun, who was drenched with sweat from head to toe, feeling impossibly afraid in his heart. When he looked at the former’s eyes, he felt as though his entire soul was being sucked right into them.

“I…I…” Ning Tiekun’s nerves were in such a wreck that he was stuttering uncontrollably.

He was truly frightened within his heart at this moment. He then turned his gaze toward Zhou Jun and Wang Yun, hoping that both of them would speak up for him. However, their faces were indifferent as they ignored him entirely.

“S-Senior Brother Lin! My father is the Grandmaster of the Metal Sword Sect! Please spare my life!” Ning Tiekun said.

Right now, the biggest trump card he had was the identity of his own father. He was hoping that the other party could let him off on account of his father.

Creak!

All of a sudden, Lin Fan raised Ning Tiekun up.

“Does the family of I, Lin Fan, look like something you can humiliate?” Lin Fan asked with an icy voice as his tone was filled with a killing intent. It was as though he could squish Ning Tiekun to death at any moment now.

The moment Ning Tiekun heard these words, all the color drained from his face.

“Y-You’re going to kill me?” Ning Tiekun could not believe that the other party would truly want to kill him!

Zhou Jun and Wang Yun both felt their hearts skip a beat. They knew that Senior Brother Lin was truly going to kill this Ning Tiekun now.

“Hmph! Remember this. The outcome of humiliating my family is to wash away the sins with your life.” At this moment, Lin Fan’s killing intent was torrential.

As for the masses out there, they were even more taken aback, seeming to be frozen in the face of this scene before them.

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Hmph! The bold guts of these fools. HMPH.

Chapter 1042: Waiting

At this moment, everyone present held their breaths. This was especially the case for those three senior sisters of Lin Hanyu whose eyes shone with looks of fear. They had a feeling that something horrifying was really about to happen later on.

“ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO KILL ME?” Ning Tiekun screamed out at the top of his lungs as both his eyes widened like those of a cow. In fact, his voice was almost turning hoarse from it.

“What now? Is there any reason why I can’t kill you?” Lin Fan asked coldly. He was totally unbothered by an existence as such. Every single one he killed was one more, and that was it. Even if he had some status to him, so what? Lin Fan would still f*ck him to death without discussion.

When Ning Tiekun heard those words, his entire heart froze up. He could feel the killing intent emanating out of the other party, causing him to scream out, “YOU CAN’T KILL ME! MY FATHER IS THE GRANDMASTER OF THE METAL SWORD SECT! EVEN IF THE METAL SWORD SECT ISN’T COMPARABLE TO THE HEAVEN AND EARTH SECT, YOU WILL STILL REGRET IT IF YOU WERE TO KILL ME!”

Right now, Ning Tiekun was truly frantic in his heart. He was hoping that the other party would consider about this issue and spare his life. However, he was probably going to be disappointed this time around.

If Lin Fan were the type of person who would cower in fright, he wouldn’t have gotten to where he was in such a short span of time.

“Hmph! Even if your father were here, it would be of no use at all. It would be better for the Metal Sword Sect to not come and mess with me, in fact. If they did, the only path awaiting them would be death.” Lin Fan laughed out coldly as he used some slight strength with his hands.

Snap!

A crisp, clean sound rang out along with a low growl. However, it was all over in a flash.

‘Ding…Congratulations on killing Immemorial Ancient state weak chicken.’

‘Ding…No Experience Points gained.’

Lin Fan glared at the corpse in his hand coldly and wrung his wrist. As he pointed out with his finger, the corpse of Ning Tiekun disintegrated into dust that scattered out in the air.

Dead!

He was really dead!

At this moment, everyone was shocked senseless.

From the start till the end, Lin Hanyu did not say anything at all. That was because she had long been shocked silly.

She had not expected that her younger brother would be this violent! To think that he would not show any bit of mercy at all even though this Ning Tiekun was the Young Master of a sect!

Zhou Jun and Wang Yun did not say anything either. This was an outcome they had long expected. Senior Brother Lin would definitely not take many things into consideration when he struck out. He would definitely just have the other party dead.

Moreover, if the father of Ning Tiekun dared to come and create trouble for Senior Brother Lin, he would definitely not have a good ending either.

“Ah, son! This wouldn’t cause any issues, would it?” Lin Haoming let out a look of worry.

This was the son of the Grandmaster of the Metal Sword Sect! Now that his son had killed this person just like this, wouldn’t it cause any accidents or anything?

“What issues could there be? If the Metal Sword Sect were to not know what’s good for them, they would just be seeking their own doom.” Lin Fan did not bother about the Metal Sword Sect at all. If they really dared come, he would let them know the true meaning of horror.

Furthermore, Lin Fan was lacking in powerful beings who wanted to harass him. The only issue was that Metal Sword Sect was just a small sect. Lin Fan did not know if there would be any powerful beings within it.

Meanwhile, the commoners outside were totally stupefied.

“Young Master Lin is incredible! To think that he would really kill that person!”

“I heard from others that he was the son of the Grandmaster of the Metal Sword Sect! Would there be any problems caused by killing someone of that status?”

“How could there be any problems? Didn’t you see it for yourself just now? That so-called son of the Grandmaster was already so polite to those two earlier on. And then, those two had to kneel and kowtow in fear so badly at the mere sight of Young Master Lin for such a long time!”

“That’s true. I wonder what the status of Young Master Lin is. To think that he would be so incredible that everyone would be so afraid of him!”

“I’m not too clear either. He seems to be one of the Grandmaster Candidates.”

“Doesn’t that mean to say that there’s a chance Young Master Lin would become the Grandmaster one day?”

“Incredible! That’s way too incredible! With Young Master Lin, the Lin Family would definitely rise for sure!”

“That’s right!”

…

The discussions outside were rife.

At this moment, Lin Fan cast his glance toward the three senior sisters standing beside Lin Hanyu.

When the three of them caught sight of Lin Fan’s gaze, they felt their hearts squeeze tightly as beads of sweat began to pour down their forehead. They were feeling extremely fearful in their hearts.

Lin Hanyu knew how frightened her senior sisters were. No matter what, as their junior sister, she could not just stand by idly.

“Little Brother, they are all senior sisters in my sect. They have been caring toward your Big Sister.” Lin Hanyu spoke up.

She was starting to feel that it was getting more difficult to see through her Little Brother. In the past, he was always silent and quiet, different from everyone else.

It was only till now that she understood that it was all because her Little Brother was a supreme paragon. In just a few years’ time, he had already grown to such an extent.

“Son, they are from the same sect as your Big Sister.” Lin Haoming tugged at Lin Fan while saying.

Lin Fan nodded his head, “Forget it! Since you guys have spoken up for them, I’ll let this matter be then.”

Zhou Jun and Wang Yun were standing there in shivers. They were really thrown into a pit by someone today.

That Ning Tiekun had thought of himself to be quite the somebody. To think that he would have met with a dead end today. Due to the fact that he had pushed both of them into this pit along with himself, there was truly no one to pity his death.

However, both of them did not resent Senior Brother Lin for it at all. After all, if something as such were to happen to anyone, they would not let it go either.

“Thank you, Senior Brother Lin.” Xiao Yuya spoke up with gratitude, and the other two followed suit.

“Big Brother, you’re so amazing now!” Lin Lan’er said excitedly.

Lin Fan fondled her head, “Yepps. When there’s time, I’ll bring you over to the sect as well and have you join our Heaven and Earth Sect.”

The moment Lin Haoming heard this, he was stunned, “Ah, son! The Heaven and Earth Sect is a big sect! Can they let just anyone join just like that?”

Lin Fan chuckled out, “This isn’t anything much.”

Zhou Jun and Wang Yun spoke up at this moment, “Senior Brother Lin is the Grandmaster Candidate of our sect! It’s definitely no issue for him to bring some people back in!”

Lin Haoming was elated right now. To think that their Lin Family would have produced such a character. This was a matter of great pride on their ancestor’s tomb!

As for the other remaining seven Family Heads, their eyes shone with a bright glint as well. If that were indeed possible, wouldn’t they be able to pull people from their own families into the Heaven and Earth Sect as well?

However, they naturally kept those thoughts in their minds for now. They’d wait for an opportune moment to speak with Lin Haoming about this. After all these years, their relationships were pretty decent. They should most likely not be rejected for it.

At the same time, after this matter, they were even more certain that they would have to support the Lin Family keenly from now on.

The Lin Family of today was incomparable from its past stature. It wasn’t something they could hope to compare with.

As long as Lin Fan were to not fall, the Lin Family would definitely reign over the land for centuries to come. What could the mere Rising Dragon City amount to? They might even be able to reign supreme over the Endless Mainland one day!

But that naturally required time to come to fruition. However, all of them believed that that was something bound to happen one day.

After everyone dispersed, Lin Fan headed back into the house. Right now, he wanted to wait for the other party to descend.

Since Ning Tiekun was killed by him, the Metal Sword Sect would definitely head here to check it out. But, that was fair as well. He’d just see what the situation would be like later on.

In another house…

Lin Hanyu was being surrounded by her two senior sisters. Right now, she was a big character in their eyes.

Even though she was only an Outer Sect disciple in their sect, her younger brother was a Grandmaster Candidate of the Heaven and Earth Sect! That was something absolutely incredible!

Xiao Yuya stood outside and maintained an astonished expression. She then took out a talisman and burnt it to transmit her voice with it.

She had to report this matter back to the sect.

If she were to let things continue progressing as such, there was a chance that Junior Sister Lin would leave the sect and join the Heaven and Earth Sect instead.

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I’ve always thought that Xiao Yuya was a good person. But why did she have to do this? Is there some motive they have for wanting to keep Lin Hanyu in the sect? Or do you guys think that I’m just overthinking things?