"I am Bai Zhi, an elder of the Hundred Flowers Sect. I am here with my disciples to greet you, senior!" The elder of the Hundred Flowers Sect stepped forward with a stiff upper lip and said respectfully.
Their disciples bowed in greeting, their hearts pounding with nervousness.
"Don't worry, your sect leader Yue Wushuang and I are old flames. I'm here today to help you," Lin Fan said calmly.
"Old flame?"
The members of the Hundred Flowers Sect looked at each other in bewilderment. Their sect leader was pure and innocent, and they had never seen her have any deep relationship with any man, let alone any intimate relationship.
They must have misheard; he must have said "old acquaintance," they thought to themselves.
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask her yourself. Ask her if she misses me. Just tell her that I miss the time in the Monster Mountain Range. This is a token of love she gave me.”
Looking at their expressions, Lin Fan knew they definitely didn't believe him. It didn't matter; he was just making things up anyway, and he didn't expect them to believe him.
"Could it be true?" Elder Baizhi saw his lingering expression and thought it didn't seem fake. Besides, their sect leader had indeed visited the Monster Mountain Range some time ago.
Looking at the jade slip in his hand, he was unsure whether it was real or fake.
They were caught in a dilemma. If they refuted him, they would anger the man before them and might all die here. If they did not refute him, it would be tantamount to admitting what he said, which would jeopardize the sect leader's reputation.
"Please pass on a message to Yue'er for me!" Lin Fan said with a calm smile.
"What did you say?" Elder Baizhi asked politely, her expression strange.
"Tell her I'm going to Zhongzhou. If she misses me, she can look at my portrait. But please don't come to Zhongzhou to look for me," Lin Fan said, urging the carriage onward.
The disciples of the Hundred Flowers Sect made way for them, their expressions varied, but there was something indescribable about them.
"Mmm..."
Fengxi pointed to her mouth, indicating that she really wanted to speak, but Lin Fan ignored her and continued driving the carriage.
Heading south, Lin Fan looked at the map. There was a small mountain range there, where a fourth-tier Thundercloud Lion lived. It was skilled in thunder and was fierce and domineering.
"Brother, will that lion really be used as a vehicle?" Fengxi blinked, her face full of doubt.
According to her understanding, monsters are all very irritable, especially beast kings, who are proud and would never willingly become their mounts.
"Yes, we are all reasonable people. As long as it's the right thing to do, whether it's a magical beast or a powerful human, they will listen to us," Lin Fan said confidently.
“What if it doesn’t want to listen to our reasoning?” Fengxi asked again.
“Then we’ll use brute force to make them listen to my reasoning. When we’re out in the world, the most important way to conduct ourselves is to win people over with virtue,” Lin Fan explained.
Yu's wet nurse listened in a daze, as if what he said made a lot of sense and was correct, but upon closer inspection, she couldn't find anything strange about it.
It's like you know he's wrong, but what he's saying makes a lot of sense.
Could it be that my mind is not working properly and my reactions are slow after my serious injury?
The mountain road ahead was rugged, so they abandoned the carriage. After a few days of recuperation, Yu's injuries had almost fully recovered.
With her Golden Core cultivation, walking on such mountain paths was as easy as walking on flat ground.
"Wouldn't it be too conspicuous for us to return to Zhongzhou with the Thundercloud Lion?" Granny Yu asked worriedly.
They were outnumbered and outmatched by the Liu family in Zhongzhou, and she worried that if they stood out too much, they would be targeted.
"The key is to make a strong first impression, to overwhelm them with our presence, and to let them know that we are not to be trifled with," Lin Fan said.
They were on the mountaintop; the weather was gloomy, as if it were about to rain.
There is a cave entrance at the top of the mountain, which is the lair of the Thundercloud Lion. Every time it returns from hunting, it squats at the cave entrance to enjoy its dinner and then looks at the beautiful scenery in the distance.
It lived a carefree and leisurely life, until one day, a young man in white descended from the sky, pointed a sword at its neck, and asked if it wanted to be his mount. Its life changed from that moment on.
...
"Human, get out of the mountains, and I'll pretend nothing happened!" Thundercloud Lion roared threateningly, its eyes cold.
If it weren't for its inability to see through the boy in front of it, it would definitely have opened its mouth and cracked him open.
"If you haven't made up your mind yet, I can give you time to consider it. In the future, I will make you a ninth-tier sacred beast," Lin Fan said with a smile.
The Thunder Cloud Lion also has a pair of wings on its back, making it a majestic and impressive vehicle.
"You're quite arrogant!" Lei Yunshi said coldly.
"You can speak human language at the fourth level, which means you must have eaten some rare and precious herb like the Transformation Grass. Your future is limitless. I'm only advising you because I value your abilities." Lin Fan looked at the Thundercloud Lion, whose pupils faintly flashed with lightning, indicating that it was a magical beast with lightning attributes.
"I promise you, I will find you eight or nine lionesses in the future, so that your bloodline can continue for thousands of generations, how about it?"
Upon hearing this, Lei Yunshi flew into a rage and coldly shouted, "You have successfully angered me."
"If you don't like lionesses, tigers will do too. I know a white tiger, how about I play matchmaker for you?" Lin Fan said with a mischievous smile.
Thundercloud Lion charged forward in a rage, opening its mouth to unleash an air cannonball. Lin Fan leaped to dodge, but still managed to say, "Then tell me what you like, and I'll find it for you."
"I'll eat you up!" It stomped on the space, causing the void beneath its feet to crack. It moved like a rabbit, rushing towards him with its blood-red maw open, ready to swallow him whole.
"Really no room for negotiation?" Lin Fan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his demeanor turned cold.
"Absolutely impossible!" Thundercloud Lion roared in fury, unleashing several bolts of lightning.
Lin Fan shifted his form and swiftly struck the Thundercloud Lion's belly, delivering a flying kick that struck its chin.
The massive, clumsy Thundercloud Lion fell backward, crashing into the mountain and causing its body to collapse into it.
It struggled and burst out of the ground. Seeing Lin Fan crashing down, it was terrified and quickly dodged.
"Human, you have angered me!" Thundercloud Lion exuded a fierce aura, its eyes filled with intense killing intent as it stared intently at Lin Fan.
However, Lin Fan's figure flashed, and he appeared in front of the Thundercloud Lion in a strange way. He performed a hook kick, lifting the lion's head and slamming it back into the ground with powerful force.
It felt dizzy, as if its skull was about to shatter.
Shoot Shoot
Four beams of spiritual energy descended, binding its limbs and pinning it firmly to the ground.
The difference in strength between the two was too great. Lei Yunshi had just broken through to the fourth level, while Lin Fan was already at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and could easily defeat him.
Unable to break free, the Thunder Cloud Lion was then bombarded with a barrage of fist strikes, so dense and numerous that it became dizzy and disoriented.
"Stop hitting me! A scholar can be killed but not humiliated! If you have the guts, kill me!" Thundercloud Lion roared. This human was too insidious. Every punch landed on its handsome face, almost turning it into a pig's head.
"You've chosen to submit?"
Lin Fan put away his fist, twisting his arm a little sore. Lei Yunshi's skin was really thick; his fist was a little sore from the punch.
"Impossible! My Lion lineage would never allow a mount! Give up! I will never submit, even if it means death!" Thundercloud Lion said viciously.
"Alright, I won't force you!" Lin Fan shrugged, then took out a sharp sword and slashed it across the air between the Thunder Cloud Lion's legs.
"Holy crap, you bastard, what are you trying to do?" Its legs trembled uncontrollably, its eyes fixed on the sword, as if afraid that it might accidentally cut something.
“I’ve heard that Sanbian wine looks very good, but I haven’t heard of Lei Yunshi’s. Tiger King’s wine is hard to get lately, so I’ll try yours as a substitute for Tiger King’s wine.”
"The Lion King and the Tiger King should be about the same. Since you're unwilling to be my mount, and I've already come all this way, I can't leave empty-handed!"
Lin Fan extended his sword and placed it on the few ounces of flesh. The sharp sword light exuded a chilling aura, and Lei Yunshi tried desperately to squeeze his legs together but could not.
Seeing him raise his sword to strike, Lei Yunshi roared, "Wait, you bastard, I promise you!"
Lin Fan stopped what he was doing and asked, "No regrets?"
"Untie me now, or I won't regret it!" Lei Yunshi struggled and said.
"I didn't force you, did I?" Lin Fan asked again.
"I wasn't forced, I did it voluntarily," Lei Yunshi roared.
"Alright, release your consciousness, and I'll place another restriction on you. If you dare to back out, you'll suffer a fate worse than death!"
Lin Fan made a hand seal and began to condense a light seal, which was then integrated into the Thundercloud Lion's sea of consciousness.
Lei Yunshi had no choice but to sigh reluctantly and do as he was told.
After placing the restriction, Lin Fan nodded smugly and released the restraints on its body.
Fengxi and Yu, the wet nurse, came out. The latter looked at her mistress with complicated eyes. Seeing that her eyes were full of stars and she was infatuated, she shook her head helplessly. Her mistress must have been led astray.
“Xi’er, this is the principle of ‘courtesy first, force later.’ If the other party doesn’t cooperate, you can use your fists to subdue them, and then reason with them until they are willing to cooperate,” Lin Fan said seriously.
Yu the wet nurse rolled her eyes inwardly and muttered to herself, "What kind of nonsense is this 'courtesy first, then force'? It's just robber logic, just using force to suppress people."
Such people are also terrifying. They clearly have the power to easily control their opponents, but they insist on being polite first. If you disagree, they will say that you are not cooperating, and then they will use force with a legitimate reason.
Fengxi chicks pecked at the rice and nodded. Seeing that Lei Yunshi had regained its arrogant attitude, it carefully stepped forward and stroked its majestic body.
"Little girl, do you want to die?" Thundercloud Lion stared at her coldly, but the next second it immediately covered its head and howled, its face contorted in pain.
"I was wrong, please spare me!" Lei Yunshi begged miserably, the excruciating pain feeling like a drill was churning its head, something no ordinary person could endure.
"Little lion, don't forget your place! How dare you roar at us like that!"
Lin Fan took out the carriage and gestured for it to come in by itself, so that it could be tied to the pulley.
Lei Yunshi rolled its eyes, thinking of the excruciating pain it had just experienced, and gave up, obediently strapping itself onto the carriage.
"That's right!" Lin Fan said with satisfaction.
With this Thundercloud Lion pulling the carriage, they will arrive in Zhongzhou even faster.
"You must remember your promise and find me eight or nine lionesses!" Thundercloud Lion suddenly said before taking a step.
"Don't worry, I guarantee you'll be satisfied!" Lin Fan gave a thumbs up; this lion's kidneys are really good.
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