Fan Lin cut the call.
After a minute of thinking, he changed directions mid-flight and made his way to the north.
"Why make things hard?"
He was going to create the playground into which his plans could easily come into fruition. There was no need to take the harder approach just because it was more lenient towards the stability of his current mind.
There wasn't much to lose anyway. He will get what he wants. He always does.
....
Northern Douluo Continent
Tealeaf City
Spirit Pagoda Tealeaf Branch.
Fan Lin stopped just above the Pagoda and before he could call the Elder that he was here for, he was in front of him.
"Hello, Elder Dou. There's something I wanted to know from you. I pertain your knowledge on would be of great assessment to my need."
Fan Lin said to the man with a silky smooth white beard that was moving with the wind. The beard easily reached his waist. The obviously handsome face and well built physique was something that he had disregarded in front of the beard.
This was Elder Dou, an Elder who was hailed as the most proficient Soul Doctor in the entirety of the Spirit Pagoda. His words were held in great regards. Quite a great regard.
"What may you need from me, Fan Lin?" [Elder Dou]
Elder Dou, although confused, kept his calm and asked Fan Lin the reason for his visit.
He squinted his eyes at Fan Lin's rumoured attire and dead visage as Fan Lin, instead of answering his words, just flew closer to him until he was just a hand away such that the Elder could even feel the deadness that he possessed in his presence.
"If I explode, I will destroy the world. I want you to check if I am right." [Fan Lin]
He said while removing his sleeves and lifting his hand to the Elder, gesturing him to inspect him.
Perturbed by the delusion-sounding words that he had heard his great grandchildrens speak, Elder Dou took a deep look at Fan Lin, as if making sure that he wasn't possessed by some evil soul master and this was just an elaborate set-up to trap him.
After a few seconds of silence that ensued between them causing Fan Lin to slightly tilt his head to match the Elder's eyes as he seem to be keen on finding something did the Elder took Fan Lin's hand and began to inspect him.
It was a mystery as to what the Elder was going to do if things went otherwise or how he knew that things weren't going to go otherwise but the moment he began to inspect Fan Lin's body, his eyes widen at the seer fear that crept his spine.
Elder Dou took his hand back and not just the hand, Elder Dou himself was a mile or so away from Fan Lin, purely based on the instinctual dread that he felt.
Beads of sweat could be seen forming on his forehead as his back was drenched with apprehension.
Fan Lin had gotten his answer. He gave a really small nod at the Elder and left.
Not even a minute later though, he got Qiangu Dongfeng's call and he was loud.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?"
Fan Lin cut the call before going to the Heaven Dou City. Next month, he will be starting the replantations of the surrounding areas and he needed to inform them beforehand so that they can begin the preparations for it.
Staff and work had to be allotted beforehand but it couldn't be too soon or too late otherwise it was a waste of workforce and that wasn't good for the still recovering Spirit Pagoda who had finally made a research comeback after the mysterious death rampages.
Fan Lin had heard of the comeback as well, why wouldn't he, he was the one who had been safeguarding the research data and documents all this time and he was also the one who had subtly provided it to the various people who were searching for it.
Most of his knowledge on the Spirit Pagoda and Spirit Masters in general had came from them and that's what he had generally used to further control and use the people of the Spirit Pagoda since his coming.
Now that the information was of much use to him, he had been gracious enough to provide it to them as Qiangu Dongfeng was needed. Needed for a bit longer and for Qiangu Dongfeng to be able to stay, he would need achievements and a good enough reason for his stay.
This was the reason why Fan Lin had went to replant the areas that Qiangu Dongfeng needed for his biospheres and soul beast reservation parks which in turn had also became a reason for him keeping his position and slowly limping his way towards his return to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
Now with the retrieval of pretty much all the research data and the infrastructure for the future projects, Qiangu Dongfeng had a good stand hold to keep his position for a bit longer.
But Qiangu Dongfeng seem to be such a black hearted person. Fan Lin was doing so much for him and yet he didn't even complete a single of his request without being forced to.
Such a shameful conduct. That won't be tolerated.
.....
A minute ago.
Elder Dou looked at the vanishing silhouette of Fan Lin that had completely disappeared from both his eyes and senses within a moment.
He recalled what he had sensed.
He recalled what he had felt.
He looked at his trembling hands, he wiped the sweat on his forehead and immediately called Qiangu Dongfeng while relaying a message to the Tang Sect in Shrek City.
"If Fan Lin exploded, he will destroy the world. Please stop him." [Elder Dou]
{What are you babbling now? Is he with you? Put him on li—} [Qiangu Dongfeng]
"President Qiangu! I am not joking. He had immense energy in his body. He is a breathing bomb! You need to find him! Contain him. You can not let him be free." [Elder Dou]
{...Fine, I will see to it.} [Qiangu Dongfeng]
It was unknown if Qiangu Dongfeng had enough trust in Elder Dou or was it the threat of Fan Lin but Qiangu Dongfeng reply after a brief pause and ended the call.
Elder Dou immediately contacted the Seagod Pavilion and relayed the message to them as well but this time in far more detail and his personal opinions attached.
His call lasted for half an hour and was only interrupted when Qiangu Dongfeng called him again.
{What happened?}
"The President must be aware of Fan Lin' skills since the President trained him." [Elder Dou]
{...Yeah, I did teach him. Is there a problem with him? Is it his weak constitution?}
"It is related to that. Currently, his body contains energy enough to obliterate the entirety of the world if set free and he is dying in 5 months. If he dies, all the energy in his body would most likely be released in what he calls the Energy Storm. The same attack that he used in the Spirit Soul Tower but on a planetary scale." [Elder Dou]
{What happened? How did things lead to this? When did he meet you? What was he talking about? Tell me in detail...}
"He visited half an hour ago and wanted me to verify if the world would be destroyed if he exploded. I was confused but examined his body and his body was overflowing with overwhelming rampaging energy." [Elder Dou]
"I am sorry President but I didn't fully examine him as I had backed away in fear and he had left after he seem to have gotten his answer... I can assure you though, I am not lying and neither I am mistaken, he has too much energy in him and I don't know what's keeping it al in him but once he dies, it will all be out. I don't think the planet would survive that." [Elder Dou]
{...Keep it a secret for now. No one should know it. Not even the Vice President. The gravity of the situation is not to be taken lightly.}
....
Meanwhile in Heaven Dou City and at this exact moment.
"How? How are you alive?" [Elder Huazhi]
Elder Huazhi exclaimed while backing away from Fan Lin.
"So would it work?" [Fan Lin]
"I... I, I*haah* I, I don't know. Give me some time to think. Let me clear my head first." [Elder Huazhi]
"How much time." [Fan Lin]
Fan Lin said, unnerved and emotionless.
"-uh?" [Elder Huazhi]
Elder Huazhi looked at him, as if questioning how he can even ask something like that from him at a time like this.
"5 mins. Give me five minutes. I will answer in five minutes." [Elder Huazhi]
"En." [Fan Lin]
Elder Huazhi backed away a bit more and sat down at the sofa. He looked at Fan Lin, bearing the same fear and emotions that Elder Dou had a while ago.
Fan Lin looked at Elder Huazhi. He was one of the vehement supporters of Fan Lin in the Spirit Pagoda and was also of the few that had openly challenged and sweared atrocities at Qiangu Dongfeng for his activities regarding Fan Lin and Gu Yue.
Fan Lin had came to him half an hour ago but had to wait all this while because he was in a meeting.
Once he was done, he came to meet Fan Lin on his own and then Fan Lin revealed the big surprise and Elder Huazhi was shocked and now here we are, watching Elder Huazhi heave and get stressed as he thought about Fan Lin's question that would have been pretty simple if the situation was something else.
Five minutes passed slowly and as the final tick of clock on the wall signalled the five minutes time that he had asked for, he saw Fan Lin looking dead at him.
"It is feasible... Any other plans." [Elder Huazhi]
"You do not want the world to survive." [Fan Lin]
"I never said that! I am just saying that you are pretty much dead even if you are planning to re-cultivate from the beginning." [Elder Huazhi]
"Thanks for your help, I will take my leave." [Fan Lin]
"Wait a second, did you opt out of the Spiriters(President candidacy) due to this?" [Elder Hauzhi]
"No." [Fan Lin]
"Why then? If I may ask." [Elder Huazhi]
"I like Vice President Leng Yaozhu. She already has a candidate. I would win if I fight her." [Fan Lin]
"?" [Elder Huazhi]
"You are making fun of me?" [Elder Huazhi]
"Why would I lie to you? You would not snitch this to others, will you?" [Fan Lin]
"No. I won't." [Elder Huazhi]
"Okay." [Fan Lin]
Fan Lin left after this and not even a minute has passed did Elder Huazhi spread this to the entirety of the Spirit Pagoda as Fan Lin had a plan that he had made and he wanted everyone to know that, for in the situation that they failed and he were to not succeed, they would likely die.
Die in an Energy Cyclone.