Chapter 1278 1278: A ‘friendly’ bet
Once they learned Lin Fan’s identity, the way that the Heavenly Demon Sect disciples treated him completely changed.
After all, they now knew that he was one of them and not only that, he was a disciple of two of the Eight Kings at the same time.
A core disciple like this was without a doubt special in the Heavenly Demon Sect.
In the first place, the Heavenly Demon Sect was a place that strength was admired.
With the strength that Lin Fan showed, there really wasn’t anything that anyone could say about him.
With the strength that Lin Fan showed, all of them accepted him.
There were even some that came forward as if they wanted to approach him. That included the ones that he had just beaten up not that long ago.
It didn’t seem like they cared about their injuries at all as they tried to get closer to Lin Fan.
Lin Fan couldn’t help feeling a trace of bitterness when he saw them acting like this, but he still raised his hand and released the Clear Water.
The Heavenly Demon Sect disciples were confused when they saw this, but they didn’t resist. When they found that the Clear Water actually healed their injuries, they immediately thanked Lin Fan for it.
But at the same time, the way that they looked at Lin Fan changed as well.
“Power, defense, and healing abilities…just what kind of cultivation technique is he cultivating?”
The more that Lin Fan showed, the more mysterious he became in their eyes.
The more mysterious he became, the more that they wanted to know about him.
At the same time, the more that they wanted to know about him, the more that they would approach him.
That made it easier for him to fulfill his second goal which was to gather people in his faction. He wanted to bring people under him so that he would be able to build his own faction in the Heavenly Demon Sect.
After all, he had already come to the decision to gather his power so that he wouldn’t be against having kids anymore.
He wanted to gain enough power that no one would dare to mess with his children.
He had already seen the way that it was with the large families of this cultivation world, so he wanted to use power to make sure that nothing like that would happen to the children of his family.
For that, he needed these Heavenly Demon Sect disciples.
It was just that it wasn’t that easy to get these Heavenly Demon Sect disciples to follow him.
There were some that chose to follow him, but they were of the lower ranks that had nothing to lose. As such, they decided that they would gain quite a bit if they followed Lin Fan who was a core disciple.
The ones that were a bit stronger that had faced him seemed like they were hesitating.
They didn’t want to commit to a single force just yet since there was no telling what would happen in the future. They even seemed like they would have preferred following Ye Qing Huan instead of Lin Fan.
Lin Fan made sure that Ye Qing Huan wouldn’t do anything since this was a force that he was building for himself, so that was why they weren’t interested in the end.
Lin Fan didn’t mind the way that they acted since this was just how it was.
He was already quite satisfied with how things turned out so far.
It was a good first step.
“Young Master Lin, my master has asked for you to come see him.”
Lin Fan didn’t ask who this messenger was since he could tell from his clothes that he was someone that was on his side. He could tell that this was one of the followers of the Poison King.
The members of the Wisteria Squad wore something similar after all.
Since it was someone that followed the Poison King, it meant that there was no harm in following him.
Though Lin Fan was surprised to hear that this master of his was currently in the Heavenly Demon Sect.
He thought that this master of his would be busy with other stuff, but that didn’t seem to be the case.
But before leaving, he said to the disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect, “My doors are always open if you change your mind.”
Though they wanted to stay on the fence, Lin Fan didn’t mind taking that extra step to invite them one last time. There might be those that changed their minds and there might be those that didn’t.
Regardless, there was nothing to lose from saying these words.
After saying that, Lin Fan followed behind the messenger that came.
Ye Qing Huan didn’t seem happy about the messenger messing with their date, but she still followed behind the messenger with Lin Fan.
She could tell that this was a messenger from the Poison King as well, so there was nothing that she could do about it even if she wasn’t happy. After all, it was the Poison King who was behind this messenger.
In the Heavenly Demon Sect, there were few that could go against the wills of the Eight Kings.
The messenger led them quickly and soon they arrived where the Poison King was.
It was just that neither Lin Fan or Ye Qing Huan expected what they found.
“Ha, ha, ha, that was a good fight kid.” The Poison King said while raising a cup of wine in his hand.
On the side, there was another ‘old man’ who didn’t really look like an old man.
The only indication that this was an old man was his white hair, but nothing else about him looked like an old man. Instead, he looked like quite the handsome young man with his appearance.
Since this was a person that Lin Fan didn’t recognize, Ye Qing Huan took the lead for him.
Cupping her hands and giving a slight bow, she said, “Poison King, Blood King.”
Lin Fan wasn’t surprised that it was another member of the Eight Kings since they should be among the few that could be drinking with the Poison King like this.
Only he was confused why they had called him here all of a sudden like this.
The Blood King gave a slight nod before looking at Lin Fan, which just made Lin Fan even more confused.
After all, he didn’t know the Blood King and he didn’t know what the Blood King knew about him. So he was unable to figure out why the Blood King was looking at him like this.
In the end, Lin Fan did the same thing as Ye Qing Huan and greeted the Poison King and Blood King like she did.
It was only then that the Blood King said, “It was indeed a good fight.”
It wasn’t surprising that the two of them had seen what Lin Fan had done with the Heavenly Demon Sect’s disciples. The two of them were part of the Eight Kings and their cultivation was incomparable to the rest of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Though with their status, there were plenty of people that reported to them anyway.
With this, they were able to easily find out what happened.
The thing that caught Lin Fan off guard was their reaction to this.
“Now cough up what you owe me.” The Poison King said with a smile.
“Tch.” The Blood King gave a click of his tongue, but he still tossed something over to the Poison King.
The Poison King caught it with a smile before saying, “If you can’t afford to lose, then you shouldn’t bet in the first place.”
The Blood King seemed even more annoyed when he heard this, but he didn’t say anything in the end.
Though the two of them acted as if they were friends, one could tell that they weren’t friends at all.
Even though they acted friendly, the looks that they gave never actually reached their eyes.
Rivals.
That was the only way to describe the two of them.
It was clear that these two were rivals that had come up together.
They were able to act as friends, but really they wanted to see the other person suffer.
What they really wanted was to beat each other down in any way that they could and this ‘friendly’ bet of theirs was one of those ways.
Once the Blood King handed the thing over, he looked back at Lin Fan and said, “Those techniques that you used seemed quite unique, where did you get them from?”
“Are you really asking my disciple that? Do you think that this is something that you should be asking?” The Poison King suddenly put down the cup of wine in his hand and narrowed his eyes to look at the Blood King.
But the Blood King didn’t seem to care as he said with a casual shrug, “It was just a question, it’s fine if he doesn’t answer.”
The Poison King didn’t say anything in response, but the way that he looked at the Blood King with narrowed eyes showed that he was still suspicious of him.
In the end, the Blood King proved that he was right.
“So how about sparring with one of my disciples? Since his technique is so special, it shouldn’t be a problem, right?”
The way that he said this was as if he was praising Lin Fan, but it was clear that this was done to make it hard for the Poison King to reject this proposal.
The Poison King still said, “Why should I?”
“Just call it another bet.” The Blood King said with a smile.
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