Lin Fan didn’t stay in the sect for long. As for Qiu Zanyu and Jin Zhen Gu, he had no idea where they were wandering outside.
The safety of the Hundred Flowers Sect near the Heaven and Earth Sect was naturally not an issue. As for those strange beings, if they appeared, they could simply be killed without hesitation—they weren’t even worth worrying about.
Ten days later.
Lin Fan stood before the secret realm he had first entered when he arrived at the Endless Continent.
Only after entering the Endless Continent did Lin Fan realize that he had lived all his life within this secret realm. It had already been several years since he arrived here. With his current strength, he wondered whether he could save them all out of the realm.
Whoosh!
As he entered the secret realm, the beasts inside raised their heads to glance at him, then settled back down. They sensed a familiar aura from Lin Fan and remained calm.
A stone door blocked his path.
Behind this door lay the Ancient Sage Realm, but Lin Fan had no idea how things had turned out there.
He struck the door with a palm, channeling all his spiritual power into the attack.
Boom!
The door didn’t budge even slightly. Lin Fan’s palm, filled with his full strength, had no effect whatsoever, which caused his brows to furrow in disbelief.
“Could it be that my strength is still insufficient?” Lin Fan thought, filled with confusion and a sense of defeat.
A thought summoned the crimson flame.
This was the system’s flame, capable of burning anything. Lin Fan immediately pressed it against the door.
Zzzt!
It burned for a long time, but nothing happened. Not even a single mark appeared on the stone door.
“How could this be…”
Lin Fan sighed, surprised and disappointed. This flame was a product of his system—how could it be utterly useless? It was simply unbelievable.
“Can anyone hear me?” Lin Fan knocked on the stone door, hoping someone inside might respond, but there was no reply for a long time.
Sighing again, Lin Fan shook his head helplessly. It seemed his strength was still insufficient to open the door.
His current cultivation had already reached the Immortal Sovereign stage, and he was only a step away from the Immortal King stage.
Lin Fan stood before the stone door, lost in thought, wondering what had become of the Ancient Sage Realm.
But at the very least, he could be sure that no chaos would erupt inside the Ancient Sage Realm. The Demon God and the Supreme Beings, knowing that they had merely lived within a secret realm all along, probably had no desire to fight over fleeting power anymore.
Leaving the secret realm.
He felt a slight disappointment. He hadn’t expected that even with his current strength, he still couldn’t open the secret realm’s door—it was truly disappointing.
What troubled Lin Fan now was that his cultivation required slaying people to advance. But where could he find someone to fight these days?
Would he have to provoke other sects on his own?
That was a serious issue that required careful thought.
Boom!
Just then, the void trembled.
Lin Fan looked up and became interested. It was a flying fairy artifact.
As Lin Fan prepared to approach, he suddenly remembered that many people on the Endless Continent might now recognize him. If he approached in his usual appearance, it might scare them too much. If they fell to their knees begging for mercy, how could he bring himself to strike?
But that wasn’t a problem. Lin Fan had a divine treasure capable of altering appearances. He quickly changed his features and flew into the void.
A mid-grade flying magical artifact.
A group of people sat on it, their expressions gloomy, some even crying.
“Hehehe…”
At that moment, a voice rang out, startling the people on the immortal artifact. When they looked up and saw the figure’s face, they relaxed slightly, though they still cautiously asked, “Who are you?”
“Hmph, you’re asking for my name? Do you think you’re worthy of knowing who I am?” Lin Fan spoke arrogantly, secretly amused. He expected them to be furious and threaten to cut him down, which would be perfect.
But what shocked Lin Fan was that the one who had questioned him suddenly burst into tears.
Well, one person crying wasn’t so bad—there were others around. But soon, everyone on the immortal artifact began to cry.
Lin Fan listened to the weeping, unable to bear it. He hated it when men cried. “Can’t you guys act a little tougher? I didn’t do anything to you. I just spoke harshly, and you’re all crying like this?”
Though he said that, the crying didn’t stop.
“If you keep crying, I’ll have to kill you all,” Lin Fan roared.
“Kill us then. We have no reason to live anymore.”
“Our sect raised us, but we were of no use. What’s the point of living now?”
“Waaah… Kill us!”
“Killing us would end everything. Master…”
“Sect Leader…”
“Junior apprentice brother…”
At that moment, wailing filled the sky. One after another, they sobbed loudly, as if they had suffered a great tragedy, breaking anyone’s heart.
Lin Fan blinked, his planned routine completely ruined. He patted one of their shoulders and tried to comfort them.
“Hey, men must be strong. Why are you crying? If you have revenge to take, take it. If you have grievances, settle them. As long as the green mountains remain, firewood will never be scarce. Right?”
The disciples shook their heads.
“You wouldn’t understand. You’ll never understand our pain.”
“Our sect wasn’t big, but we lived happily.”
“But now, everything is gone. Our sect leader is gone, our senior apprentices are gone…”
“Now only we remain. What are we supposed to do?”
Lin Fan sighed, finally understanding. “Your sect was destroyed?”
“Yes.”
“They were so cruel.”
“Even Senior apprentice was split in half.”
Lin Fan felt helpless. This was how the Endless Continent worked—either you destroyed others, or others destroyed you. The weak had no place to survive, mere ants in the hands of the strong, crushed without hesitation when the moment came.
“Who destroyed your sect? Just tell me who, and you can cultivate hard and take revenge someday,” Lin Fan tried to comfort them.
“We don’t know who it was.”
Lin Fan was speechless. “You guys are amazing. Not even knowing who destroyed you. That’s truly pitiful.”
“They were so cruel, so evil. Even when our seniors were dead, those people in black robes brought them back to life and made them attack us. We couldn’t bring ourselves to fight back.”
“There were so many skeletons. They were incredibly strong. No matter how many times we killed them, they wouldn’t die.”
…
Resurrected?
Skeletons?
Lin Fan was shocked. He immediately grabbed one of them. “Quick, tell me—did the people who destroyed your sect carry huge swords? And were there others wielding black rods?”
“Yes, exactly!”
Upon hearing that, Lin Fan was stunned. “What the hell, why didn’t you say so earlier? You made me waste so much time talking nonsense with you guys.”
In an instant, Lin Fan changed his appearance back. Damn it, so those bastards were back again. How could he not know about them?
The disciples were frightened by Lin Fan, but when they saw his true face, they froze.
“It’s him, it’s him…”
“Heaven and Earth Sect’s Lin Fan, my idol…”
“I saw my idol…”
At that moment, Lin Fan had already flown into the distance, his heart filled with excitement. Finally, there were people he could cut down.
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