Cultivation Pet Shop

Qing Ao’s father doted on Qing Bao Lan for a bit like this until he finally came back to his senses.

However, even after coming back to his senses, he still didn’t let go of Qing Bao Lan.

Even if he was a foolish doting grandfather, he wasn’t a fool when it came to other things.

He knew that the moment that he let go of Qing Bao Lan, she would run off to Xiao Feng again.

That was the last thing that he would allow!

Xiao Feng couldn’t help shrinking a bit under this Ruler Realm Dragon’s gaze and he even went over to hide behind Lin Fan, so that even Lin Fan was suffering from the pressure of this Ruler Realm Dragon.

But in the end, Qing Ao’s father released his pressure and returned to the main topic.

“So you said that you found the Dragon Stone.” He suddenly brought this up.

He had been distracted by his son and his granddaughter, but in the end, he was still the head of the Azure Dragon Tribe. The Dragon Stone was a very important item to them, so it wasn’t as if he could just toss that aside.

When they heard this, everyone suddenly turned to look at Lin Fan since he was the one that was currently holding it.

Lin Fan gave a nod in response to this before reaching his hand out.

As he held his hand there, there was a stone that suddenly appeared out of nowhere in his hand.

When the stone appeared, Qing Ao’s father couldn’t help looking at it with a strange look. However, after looking at it for a bit, his expression quickly changed to one of surprise.

Then he moved closer to the stone as if he wanted to get a better look at it.

As he continued looking over this stone, his expression kept changing until he finally had a look of shock.

Qing Ao’s father reached his hand out towards the stone and asked, “Can I hold it?”

Lin Fan just gave a simple nod in response before holding it out.

He didn’t mind since this thing belonged to the Azure Dragon Tribe in the first place.

Qing Ao’s father took the stone in his hand and as he held it, he couldn’t help muttering to himself, “This feeling, it’s this feeling…This is just like the ancestors described it…”

After he looked and groped the stone for a bit, Qing Ao’s father immediately turned to look at Lin Fan with a strange look. It was clear by the look on his face that he was filled with doubt towards Lin Fan.

After a long moment of silence, he asked, “Where did you get this from?”

Lin Fan just looked at him with a calm look without saying a thing, making it clear that he wasn’t going to say a thing.

Since he couldn’t get the answer from Lin Fan, he turned to look at Qing Ao and Hong Long in succession.

Both of them looked away, as if they weren’t willing to say a thing.

They knew that the only reason that they had found this Dragon Stone was because of the help of the master of the store. So if they were to tell him what he was looking for, then they would be betraying the master of the store.

Neither of them were foolish enough to do that.

So the only thing that they could do was stay silent.

Seeing that neither of them were willing to say a thing, Qing Ao’s father turned back to look at Lin Fan.

He didn’t do anything as he just stared at Lin Fan since he wasn’t able to see through Lin Fan at all.

He could easily see through Lin Fan’s cultivation, but it was his mind that was completely guarded. He couldn’t see through Lin Fan’s intentions at all, which was why he was worried.

There was still the chance that his old friend and son were controlled by Lin Fan since this was all too suspicious.

It wasn’t that this head of the Azure Dragon Tribe was cautious of humans by nature since he was part of the peace faction, but the circumstances of all of this had been so suspicious that he couldn’t help being doubtful.

So after thinking about it, he decided to release his pressure.

This time, his pressure was used on Lin Fan.

But before he could use his pressure to threaten Lin Fan, Hong Long suddenly came up in front of him.

He used his own pressure to force Qing Ao’s father’s pressure down before putting a hand on his shoulder. He looked right into his eyes before suddenly shaking his head.

Qing Ao’s father couldn’t help being taken aback when he saw this.

He never expected Hong Long to have such a strong opinion on this matter…

But since Hong Long had taken this stance, it wasn’t as if he could do anything to Lin Fan and the others. At the same time, he could see out of the corner of his eyes that Qing Ao was also looking at him with the same intentions.

Even if he didn’t trust Lin Fan, it wasn’t as if he could let this matter turn him against his closest friends and family members.

So in the end, he pulled back his pressure and waited for Lin Fan to speak.

But Lin Fan didn’t say a single word as he stared at Qing Ao’s father.

With this impasse, Qing Ao’s father had no choice but to drop this matter since there were more important matters to take care of.

For example, now that they had the Dragon Stone, they had to figure out how to stop Qing Ao’s brother.

The plan that he had was to have Qing Ao come back with the Dragon Stone and then have him present the Dragon Stone to the entire Azure Dragon Tribe.

Everyone in the Azure Dragon Tribe knew how important the Dragon Stone was, so if Qing Ao had the accomplishment of bringing it back to their tribe, there was no doubt that he would be able to claim the position as the next head. That had been Qing Ao’s father’s plan the entire time.

But now…there were many different variables that had been added into this plan and it was impossible for them to use this simple plan anymore.

So he had to think about all the different things that he had just learned and he would come up with a new plan.

However, as he was thinking, he couldn’t help suddenly remembering something.

Lin Fan, that was the name of this young man in front of him.

For some reason, he couldn’t help thinking that it seemed a bit familiar…until he suddenly remembered where he had heard it.

𝑂𝒱𝓵xt.𝒸𝗈𝗆

In the reports that he had received, he had heard that the Lin Astral Empire’s royal family had found a new heir and that new heir’s name was…Lin Fan.

Qing Ao’s father looked at Lin Fan and said, “How are you related to the Lin Astral Empire?”

Lin Fan revealed a bitter smile, but he didn’t answer.

Still, that smile was more than enough of an answer for Qing Ao’s father…

It seemed like this really was the new heir of the Lin Astral Family.

This just made things even more complicated…

After all, if it was the Dragon Race as a whole, they wouldn’t need to care about a single Astral Empire. The Dragon Race as a whole was stronger than a single human Astral Empire.

But that wasn’t the case for the Azure Dragon Tribe alone.

The Azure Dragon Tribe alone wasn’t strong enough to face an entire Astral Empire, so now they also had to consider the Lin Astral Empire if Lin Fan was involved.

Seeing the look on his father’s face, Qing Ao also told him about the envoys that his brother had sent to the Lin Astral Empire.

When he heard this, Qing Ao’s father couldn’t help revealing an ugly expression.

It would have been fine if he had just gone in the name of the Azure Dragon Tribe, but to fake an envoy from the entire Dragon Race was not something that simple. Once this was discovered by the other tribes, there was no doubt that the entire Azure Dragon Tribe would suffer.

As for how the Dragon Race would find out…that all depended on the Lin Astral Empire.

This son of his had really thrown the Azure Dragon Tribe in a pit.

So even if he didn’t trust this young man in front of him, Qing Ao’s father had no choice but to trust him at this moment.

He took a deep breath before looking at Lin Fan and saying, “What plan do you have?”

Since he had confidently come to the Azure Dragon Tribe, that must mean that he had some kind of plan, right?

That was what Qing Ao’s father believed.

But to his shock, Lin Fan just gave a shrug and said, “I don’t have a plan at all.”

Qing Ao’s father looked at Lin Fan with a look of disbelief, as if he couldn’t understand the words that Lin Fan was saying.

But seeing that his expression didn’t change at all, Qing Ao’s father had no choice but to believe this.

Lin Fan then said, “I’ll leave it to you. As long as it doesn’t hurt the Lin Astral Empire, I can go along with your plan.”

Qing Ao’s father looked at Lin Fan in disbelief once again.

But seeing the calm and determined look that he had, he said with a sigh, “Alright, we’ll do it your way.”